Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

[JoeD80]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Your confusing the rights to the TMNT franchise with the rights to the show.

No, I don't believe I am. It's there in the end credits (this from the old cartoon credits):

"Executive Producer: Mark Freedman"
"This program is produced pursuant to an exclusive license granted by Surge Licensing."

If Surge had pulled the license, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson wouldn't have been able to produce the show anymore legally. I assume the deal was similar with Saban.

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Surge licensing sold people the right to do stuff with the TMNT characters, but Surge doesn't and never has owned any part of the Turtles.

They don't sell the rights, they only license them. It's not the same thing. It's like when Pocket Books does Star Trek stuff. It's a license, not a purchase. I didn't say they owned the TMNT; only the television rights (and other licensing rights, toys, etc. e.g. Playmates interfaced with Surge.) Surge manages all the licenses, or they did still at least at the time of the 1997 show.

EDIT: I found a specific mention of Saban/Surge and the show where it's clear that it's up to Surge (from 1998, I assume they are talking of VHS), although I guess Disney or whoever would have to want to release it first...hmm....:

In other Turtle news, Surge Licensing, worldwide licensor for the Turtles, has licensed Saban Entertainment, co-producer of the show, to distribute the episodes to the home video market later in the year.

[Leonardo15]

In 1997 I did watch it, but was very embarassed to call NT:TNM part of TMNT universe.

What I didn't like:
Venus, she really annoyed me, and the Shinobi magic chi stuff was far-fetched.
The cartoony sound effects were very embarrassing.
Ninja Turtles themselves acted like kids instead of adults.

I dunno the cartoon/show it felt more like watching power rangers without the robot animals.
Disney did show the crossover of PR/TNM once on Toon Disney. Toon Disney isn't called that anymore it's now called DXD.

[ToTheNines]

They won't release it. If they wanted to they missed their chance because they could have just thrown a "25th anniversary" sticker on it and made a buck, if it comes out 2010+ no one will even look at it.

[CyberCubed]

I figure the Next Mutation will be forgotten entirely as the years progress.

It didn't start the franchise on TV like the original cartoon did, and it wasn't current like the 2k3 series was.

It also only lasted 1 season, and since Venus is in it, Pete will make no mention of it.

[gobo]

Regarding the UK DVD sets of HT:TNM, most eps were trimmed to 16 minutes, but they were still annoying and embarassing. Someone just lacked enough integrity to say, "Power Rangers is stealing the audience and popularity of TMNT. It's time we made some Mighty Morphin' Ninja Turtles...".

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by gobo

Regarding the UK DVD sets of HT:TNM, most eps were trimmed to 16 minutes, but they were still annoying and embarassing. Someone just lacked enough integrity to say, "Power Rangers is stealing the audience and popularity of TMNT. It's time we made some Mighty Morphin' Ninja Turtles...".

I agree. It was in 1997.