Do you think Nick will buy the OT?

*Galactus* · 07-20-2023, 04:59 PM

A waste of money in my opinion.

Firstly they own all the characters and likenesses of the '87 TMNT to use in all their merchandise, action figures, comics and video games which they have been doing since they bought the IP. If they wanted to they could make a follow up with all of voice actors...I mean they done that with all the various crossovers between the 2012 and '87 shows.

Secondly I don't agree that this is the only popular version out there. It wasn't even the only popular version while the show was airing. Pound for pound the 1990 movie was just as important to the success of the franchise. Think of all of the elements that are considered intrinsic to TMNT such as Casey Jones being a central character, Raphael being the angry loner, the idea of the the turtles being brothers and Splinter their father among other things. None of these things were part of the Fred Wolf show but had their genesis in the Mirage comics and popularised by the movie. Heck, we've just had everyone whining about April no longer being a red head and that was something that was started by the movie. It shows to me that the movie leaves just as much (if not more) of a cultural foot print the animated series.

The 2003 series was a ratings hit for most of it's run and for two years running had the #1 toyline for two years running as well as quite a slew of other merchandise. It may not have been Turtlemania but it was a substantial hit. The 2012 series was also a fairly big hit and both were quite distinct from the 80s show.

Maybe they can do another re-release of the DVDs but I imagine who most people whe are inclined to buy the full series in that format already do. Stick on of their streaming services or even air on their traditional tv channel but I doubt there is much money to be made in that. They fixation with trying to recreate the 80s show cost them a lot with the last movie and possibly even the upcoming and yet they still seem intent on pushing this as the only version with everything else as an afterthought.

07-20-2023, 04:59 PM	#28
Galactus Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,009	A waste of money in my opinion. Firstly they own all the characters and likenesses of the '87 TMNT to use in all their merchandise, action figures, comics and video games which they have been doing since they bought the IP. If they wanted to they could make a follow up with all of voice actors...I mean they done that with all the various crossovers between the 2012 and '87 shows. Secondly I don't agree that this is the only popular version out there. It wasn't even the only popular version while the show was airing. Pound for pound the 1990 movie was just as important to the success of the franchise. Think of all of the elements that are considered intrinsic to TMNT such as Casey Jones being a central character, Raphael being the angry loner, the idea of the the turtles being brothers and Splinter their father among other things. None of these things were part of the Fred Wolf show but had their genesis in the Mirage comics and popularised by the movie. Heck, we've just had everyone whining about April no longer being a red head and that was something that was started by the movie. It shows to me that the movie leaves just as much (if not more) of a cultural foot print the animated series. The 2003 series was a ratings hit for most of it's run and for two years running had the #1 toyline for two years running as well as quite a slew of other merchandise. It may not have been Turtlemania but it was a substantial hit. The 2012 series was also a fairly big hit and both were quite distinct from the 80s show. Maybe they can do another re-release of the DVDs but I imagine who most people whe are inclined to buy the full series in that format already do. Stick on of their streaming services or even air on their traditional tv channel but I doubt there is much money to be made in that. They fixation with trying to recreate the 80s show cost them a lot with the last movie and possibly even the upcoming and yet they still seem intent on pushing this as the only version with everything else as an afterthought.