Your Interests Before And After TMNT - Page 2

Hannurdock · 09-03-2014, 03:07 AM

Before OT I loved Superman. I had a huge crush on Christopher Reeve (RIP, love you)

When TMNT came along (the original toon) then it opened the floodgates to fandom and I fell headlong into, not just TMNT, but lots of other stuff too.

Around the time of the original cartoon, I had a huge love for martial art films and Jean Claude Van Damme. I also liked Take That (pop band, it was cool at school)

Since then, I've been a fangirl. My strongest passions are;
Buffy / Angel (watching it on repeat never get's old)
Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles (Lestat, yum) and Vampires
TMNT (still, never really ever goes away and when it returns it's like a hammer hitting)
Torchwood / Doctor Who (Jack was awesome, and Torchwood was awesome ... until the dreaded season 3 hit)
and .... The A-Team (original show moreso than the film.)

rustyshark · 09-03-2014, 07:48 AM

Before TMNT I was really into Transformers and MOTU also Ghostbusters. Never really cared for GI Joe to much.
I am still a huge Transformers fan and collect those toys, mainly the Masterpiece line but Ninja Turtles is where it is at for me.

Garfield · 09-03-2014, 03:35 PM

Before TMNT it was the Ghostbusters cartoon. I didn't have any hobbies because I was extremely young. Once TMNT came around I pretty much left any interest in Ghostbusters behind, which is odd, because I don't feel like Ghostbusters began to suck or anything, and I think back on it fondly. But for some reason TMNT stuck. Even when it started to die down a little It was still a thing to. Around late 90's early 2000's or so I got so much into anime that I didn't indulge so much in TMNT. I really got into Pokémon DBZ and such. But I would still go on ninjatutles.com or I'd find old cartoon VHS from blockbuster and buy them so I was still a fan deep down. THen 2003 arrived and I got into the new toy line a little bit and I liked the 2003 cartoon. and I go into it more again.

*Mzx10484* · 09-03-2014, 03:45 PM

Before TMNT, at the age of 6-7, I watched The Smurfs and Looney Tunes. In Germany TM Hero T was later popularized. After TMHT I became a huge Wrestling Fan (Undertaker, Diesel etc...) and Turtles were forgotten for a time.

jenna · 09-05-2014, 09:44 AM

I think TMNT is my only 'fandom'. I have a similar enduring passion for Lord of the Rings and The Beatles, both of which I have loved since childhood.

Before TMNT, I was 7, so it was Transformers, My Little Pony and Care Bears all the way....

*Prowler* · 09-05-2014, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mzx10484

Before TMNT, at the age of 6-7, I watched The Smurfs and Looney Tunes. In Germany TM Hero T was later popularized. After TMHT I became a huge Wrestling Fan (Undertaker, Diesel etc...) and Turtles were forgotten for a time.

I was a huge wrestling fan for a few years and that kinda put the Turtles on the shelf for me as well, but I'm way past that and the Turtles got back to being my main fictional interest.

Kingoji · 09-05-2014, 11:09 AM

Before. During, After. Whatever. My main five would have to be (omitting TMNT):

Godzilla
Transformers
Evangelion
Spider-Man
Bruce Timm's DCU.

Special mentions have to go to Star Fleet and the Metal Gear saga.

PizzaPower1985 · 09-05-2014, 11:14 AM

TMNT, Ghostbusters and BATMAN were my first serious fandoms as a kid of 4 years old in 1989.

After that I lost interest in TMNT and Ghostbusters and got into superheroes in toys, comics, cartoons and movies. I'm 29 now and since about the age of 26, I have been falling in love with TMNT and Ghostbusters all over again. Sometimes it makes me want to cry and I can get very emotional when I think about how or why I abandoned the TMNT because the 1990 movie was so great and the toys and the original 12 or so Mirage issues were amazing. I just am so glad to know the TMNT again. They are great friends.

*Mzx10484* · 09-05-2014, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Prowler

I was a huge wrestling fan for a few years and that kinda put the Turtles on the shelf for me as well, but I'm way past that and the Turtles got back to being my main fictional interest.

Same with me. And can not watch WWE anymore. Sad but true !

Gorilla Grodd · 09-05-2014, 01:17 PM

When I was really young I liked G.I. Joe and Ghostbusters but both of those got dropped with the quickness once the OT came along and the TMNT took over my life. A few years into that I discovered DC/Marvel comics and became obsessed with those as well. Power Rangers joined the club, but I dropped that after a few years.

Parallel to a lot of this I was getting really into sports. Football, basketball, but primarily boxing. Around 12-14 my friends and I hit the ages where we began to really become big fans of certain videogame franchises like Resident Evil, Metal Gear, and lots of JRPGs. So we were all about that for awhile. My last few years of highschool a new kid transferred in who came from a big wrestling school. I had been training in boxing for 2 or 3 years at that point so I had no respect for grappling. He took it upon himself to introduce me to the UFC/PrideFC/K1 back in the dark days of MMA before the big MMA boom. From there I became obsessed with MMA and kickboxing.

So from 16 to now almost 29 the constant hobbies in my life have been comic books, TMNT, and combat sports. With certain videogames sprinkled in here and there.

*IndigoErth* · 09-05-2014, 02:11 PM

No mentions of Fraggle Rock??

Ran across it in the early a.m. some days ago, not seen it in a while, still love Fraggle Rock.

Not nearly with any of the same passion as TMNT, but it was a goodie and has aged pretty well.

Funny enough I realized the other day that one of my faves from that show, Mokey, is the calmer, rational, zen sort... like a certain Turtle. I sense a theme here... lol

Monte Williams · 09-07-2014, 08:41 AM

Before: G.I. Joe and He-Man.

After: drugs and girls.

*Prowler* · 09-07-2014, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Mzx10484

Same with me. And can not watch WWE anymore. Sad but true !

I haven't really followed it regularly since 2007 or so. Once in a while it holds my interest but I go back to losing it quickly.

Donnieangelo · 09-07-2014, 12:48 PM

Before I liked TMNT, I liked The Wiggles.

I almost had all their videos (my favorites being Wiggly Safari, Top Of The Tots, and Wiggle Bay) and been to two of their concerts. And Greg was there, yes.

Gunpowder · 09-07-2014, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Monte Williams

Before: G.I. Joe and He-Man.

After: drugs and girls.

Made me laugh.

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Originally Posted by Donnieangelo

Before I liked TMNT, I liked The Wiggles.

I almost had all their videos (my favorites being Wiggly Safari, Top Of The Tots, and Wiggle Bay) and been to two of their concerts. And Greg was there, yes.

Fruit salad, yummy yummy

Donnieangelo · 09-07-2014, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunpowder

Made me laugh.

Fruit salad, yummy yummy

Yummy yummy yummy yummy, FRUIT SALAD!

*pannoni1* · 09-07-2014, 01:48 PM

Before: Not too much except for Sesame Street, classic Disney, and Mother Goose-style rhymes since I was in preschool when I discovered TMNT. I got Nintendo several months before Turtles, so I got a bit into that. I even liked some game shows mostly due to the colorful sets and on a show like Wheel of Fortune, learning the alphabet. I may have watched Muppet Babies (definitely so when it was on the same network as TMNT on Saturday mornings).

After: Power Rangers, Teen Pop/some Pop music, Titanic, Nickelodeon, Pokemon, Sim-type computer games, Sonic the Hedgehog, Nintendo 64, Playstation 1, classic Cartoon Network, game shows (peaked with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire's popularity).

Monte Williams · 09-07-2014, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Donnieangelo

Before I liked TMNT, I liked The Wiggles.

Y'all are making me feel my years.

Donnieangelo · 09-07-2014, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Monte Williams

Y'all are making me feel my years.

Those were the good times!

~~Davetello~~ · 09-08-2014, 05:27 AM

Other than the obvious stuff like family, football/soccer and the turtles stand above everything else now. This is simply me talking about entertainment and hence excluding my political views, current affairs, university work etc.

I prefer football by a small margin simply because it's been present all of my life and is ingrained in society where I live. But it's testament to the turtles that they even come close.

09-03-2014, 03:07 AM	#21
Hannurdock Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Birmingham, England Posts: 236	Before OT I loved Superman. I had a huge crush on Christopher Reeve (RIP, love you) When TMNT came along (the original toon) then it opened the floodgates to fandom and I fell headlong into, not just TMNT, but lots of other stuff too. Around the time of the original cartoon, I had a huge love for martial art films and Jean Claude Van Damme. I also liked Take That (pop band, it was cool at school) Since then, I've been a fangirl. My strongest passions are; Buffy / Angel (watching it on repeat never get's old) Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles (Lestat, yum) and Vampires TMNT (still, never really ever goes away and when it returns it's like a hammer hitting) Torchwood / Doctor Who (Jack was awesome, and Torchwood was awesome ... until the dreaded season 3 hit) and .... The A-Team (original show moreso than the film.) __________________ *Try to be like the turtle ... at ease in your own shell.*

09-05-2014, 11:09 AM	#27
Kingoji Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 319	Before. During, After. Whatever. My main five would have to be (omitting TMNT): Godzilla Transformers Evangelion Spider-Man Bruce Timm's DCU. Special mentions have to go to Star Fleet and the Metal Gear saga. __________________ If you can't take your 'Ninja Turtles' with a knowing wink and a smile on your face then what have you got left?

09-05-2014, 11:14 AM	#28
PizzaPower1985 Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: United States Posts: 947	TMNT, Ghostbusters and BATMAN were my first serious fandoms as a kid of 4 years old in 1989. After that I lost interest in TMNT and Ghostbusters and got into superheroes in toys, comics, cartoons and movies. I'm 29 now and since about the age of 26, I have been falling in love with TMNT and Ghostbusters all over again. Sometimes it makes me want to cry and I can get very emotional when I think about how or why I abandoned the TMNT because the 1990 movie was so great and the toys and the original 12 or so Mirage issues were amazing. I just am so glad to know the TMNT again. They are great friends. Last edited by PizzaPower1985; 09-05-2014 at 11:19 AM.

09-05-2014, 01:17 PM	#30
Gorilla Grodd Thug Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Gorilla City Posts: 65	When I was really young I liked G.I. Joe and Ghostbusters but both of those got dropped with the quickness once the OT came along and the TMNT took over my life. A few years into that I discovered DC/Marvel comics and became obsessed with those as well. Power Rangers joined the club, but I dropped that after a few years. Parallel to a lot of this I was getting really into sports. Football, basketball, but primarily boxing. Around 12-14 my friends and I hit the ages where we began to really become big fans of certain videogame franchises like Resident Evil, Metal Gear, and lots of JRPGs. So we were all about that for awhile. My last few years of highschool a new kid transferred in who came from a big wrestling school. I had been training in boxing for 2 or 3 years at that point so I had no respect for grappling. He took it upon himself to introduce me to the UFC/PrideFC/K1 back in the dark days of MMA before the big MMA boom. From there I became obsessed with MMA and kickboxing. So from 16 to now almost 29 the constant hobbies in my life have been comic books, TMNT, and combat sports. With certain videogames sprinkled in here and there. __________________

09-07-2014, 08:41 AM	#32
Monte Williams Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2008 Location: Twin Falls, Idaho Posts: 825	Before: G.I. Joe and He-Man. After: drugs and girls. __________________

09-03-2014, 07:48 AM	#22
rustyshark Mouser Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Lumber Bridge, NC Posts: 9	Before TMNT I was really into Transformers and MOTU also Ghostbusters. Never really cared for GI Joe to much. I am still a huge Transformers fan and collect those toys, mainly the Masterpiece line but Ninja Turtles is where it is at for me.

09-03-2014, 03:35 PM	#23
Garfield Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: New England Posts: 432	Before TMNT it was the Ghostbusters cartoon. I didn't have any hobbies because I was extremely young. Once TMNT came around I pretty much left any interest in Ghostbusters behind, which is odd, because I don't feel like Ghostbusters began to suck or anything, and I think back on it fondly. But for some reason TMNT stuck. Even when it started to die down a little It was still a thing to. Around late 90's early 2000's or so I got so much into anime that I didn't indulge so much in TMNT. I really got into Pokémon DBZ and such. But I would still go on ninjatutles.com or I'd find old cartoon VHS from blockbuster and buy them so I was still a fan deep down. THen 2003 arrived and I got into the new toy line a little bit and I liked the 2003 cartoon. and I go into it more again.

09-03-2014, 03:45 PM	#24
Mzx10484 WEM Super Starfinder 200 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 2,085	Before TMNT, at the age of 6-7, I watched The Smurfs and Looney Tunes. In Germany TM Hero T was later popularized. After TMHT I became a huge Wrestling Fan (Undertaker, Diesel etc...) and Turtles were forgotten for a time.

09-05-2014, 09:44 AM	#25
jenna Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 1,190	I think TMNT is my only 'fandom'. I have a similar enduring passion for Lord of the Rings and The Beatles, both of which I have loved since childhood. Before TMNT, I was 7, so it was Transformers, My Little Pony and Care Bears all the way....

09-05-2014, 02:11 PM	#31
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,295	No mentions of Fraggle Rock?? Ran across it in the early a.m. some days ago, not seen it in a while, still love Fraggle Rock. Not nearly with any of the same passion as TMNT, but it was a goodie and has aged pretty well. Funny enough I realized the other day that one of my faves from that show, Mokey, is the calmer, rational, zen sort... like a certain Turtle. I sense a theme here... lol

09-07-2014, 12:48 PM	#34
Donnieangelo Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 335	Before I liked TMNT, I liked The Wiggles. I almost had all their videos (my favorites being Wiggly Safari, Top Of The Tots, and Wiggle Bay) and been to two of their concerts. And Greg was there, yes.

09-07-2014, 01:48 PM	#37
pannoni1 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 3,447	Before: Not too much except for Sesame Street, classic Disney, and Mother Goose-style rhymes since I was in preschool when I discovered TMNT. I got Nintendo several months before Turtles, so I got a bit into that. I even liked some game shows mostly due to the colorful sets and on a show like Wheel of Fortune, learning the alphabet. I may have watched Muppet Babies (definitely so when it was on the same network as TMNT on Saturday mornings). After: Power Rangers, Teen Pop/some Pop music, Titanic, Nickelodeon, Pokemon, Sim-type computer games, Sonic the Hedgehog, Nintendo 64, Playstation 1, classic Cartoon Network, game shows (peaked with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire's popularity). __________________ http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...d.php?t=37065- MY WANT LIST TMNT FAN CLUB LINK: http://sot.ag/gCjK/ 30 years of Turtle Power!

09-08-2014, 05:27 AM	#40
~~Davetello~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Greater Glasgow, Scotland, The Ununited Kingdom Posts: 1,712	Other than the obvious stuff like family, football/soccer and the turtles stand above everything else now. This is simply me talking about entertainment and hence excluding my political views, current affairs, university work etc. I prefer football by a small margin simply because it's been present all of my life and is ingrained in society where I live. But it's testament to the turtles that they even come close.