YOur first thoughts on the TMNT movie - Page 2

Shreddette · 02-10-2004, 02:58 PM

Ok, I didn't really like the movie... didn't hate it either but the original cartoon was more fun.

-I did not like how they made Splinter to NOT be Hamato Yoshi. It didn't make any sense to me.

-Shredder's costume (esp his face plate) wasn't appealing. I thought it was weird you could sort of see through it, and he was too small looking inside that huge armor. They didn't choose a good enough actor for him.

-April was ugly

-No Krang!! or Bebop and Rocksteady or Technodrome. I wanted to see them drilling around in the escape modules that drilled underground and alla that cool stuff. Damnit.

-YES. That pizza they ate looked awful. I hate how so many movies have the cast eat pizza that looks like some invalid made, instead of getting an appetizing pizza from an actual famous pizza place like Pizza Hut as raphael90 stated.

-Shredder's death was lame. If Shredder's gonna die, it better be a hell of a good death.

-The characters personalities were watered down.

EZweasel · 02-10-2004, 03:18 PM

i just remember liking it alot. the second one was beter at the time, but when i went back and watched them recently the first is alot beter and kicks the crap out of the old cartoon. the old cartoon is a literal joke. and what i mean by that is there was too much comedy. it was a sitcom.

*Dane E5R* · 02-10-2004, 03:50 PM

Y'know, it seems like most of the people here liked the original cartoon because it was silly and funny, however when I think back, I don't think that even as a child I considered the cartoon to be funny. I liked it because they "kicked butt." So when I saw the movie version, and saw the turtles kicking far more "butt" than I'd ever seen before, and on top of that, they cussed (which was cool because it was 'forbidden,' and things you're not allowed to do were always cool) and on top of THAT, The Shredder, whom I'd gotten to know as a bumbling nincompoop actually DEFEATED all 4 turtles single handedly! Everything blew me away. How real the turtles looked (I was convinced for quite awhile that the TMNT were real, because those couldn't have possibly been costumes!) Casey Jones was actually cool, and played a big role in the movie. I thought he was pretty lame in the cartoon. The foot soldiers being human ninjas was a great deal more favorable over the robots with laser rifles. I honestly don't think I missed Krang or the Technodrome one bit.

Shreddette · 02-10-2004, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Elite5Raph

Y'know, it seems like most of the people here liked the original cartoon because it was silly and funny, however when I think back, I don't think that even as a child I considered the cartoon to be funny. I liked it because they "kicked butt."

Yah, I didn't see the humour in it either as much as I do today. Same with all the cartoons I used to watch... especially Loony Toons; there are a lot of phrases that only adults would get, and laugh about.

Cartoons in general were favoured more than anything else when I was a kid. I refused to watch anything but.... for the most part. A few exceptions were Knight Rider, Fantasy Island etc... but that was more because I was watching them with my brother and it was a bonding thing.

*Wes* · 02-10-2004, 05:53 PM

Back when I was younger, I liked them both, but thought the second movie was superior. Now, I recognize that the first was truly the superior film, and therefore like it better. It's really great stuff -- just watched both of them again the other night, and the first one is the one that still brings tears to my eyes every time.

Both then and now, I absolutely hated the third film.

MyPetMonster · 02-10-2004, 07:14 PM

I think I was just in awe.It didn't matter to me that Splinter's origin was different,nor did it bother me that Krang,Bebop and Rocksteady were absent.I was merely fascinated,spellbound by the film.It is one of the few films I've ever bothered seeing more than once at the Theatre.In fact this is the movie for which I set my record for most viewings.I saw the film a whopping four times.

*Buslady* · 02-10-2004, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jarrah White

Back in the 90's most fans of the turtles only knew the turtles from the old toon, they had no idea that they started off as sinister comic book characters. Had no idea that they were watching a cartoon that bares almost no resemblence to the comics it's inspired from, the changing of Splinter's origin, Dimension X, the Utrom inspired Krang, and Bebop & Rocksteady just to say a few. The first film was based on the comics, not the TV show which most fans at the time were familiar with.

My question to those fans is this; when you first saw that film what was your first thoughts of it? Did these questions ever flash your mind; Why is Splinter Yoshi's pet rat? What happened to Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady? Why was there no Technodrome?

i was glad there was no tie to the cartoon and my first thought were, they gotta be real..those arent animatronics!!

impetus · 02-10-2004, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Jarrah White

they had no idea that they started off as sinister comic book characters.

maybe that's because... they DIDN'T.

*Tetsu Deinonychus* · 02-10-2004, 09:42 PM

Yeah, they were dark but not evil.

~~Jarrah White~~ · 02-10-2004, 09:49 PM

Okay, maybe not sinister, but very brutal, in the Mirage comics the turtles were not afraid to get blood on their weapons.

*Cascadia* · 02-10-2004, 09:52 PM

I liked the first movie.

**Barkworm** · 02-10-2004, 10:27 PM

I was wondering why they "screwed up" the origin story but nevertheless I loved it till no end. Plus it was the first movie I watched in cinema in Germany.

02-10-2004, 03:18 PM	#2
EZweasel Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 847	i just remember liking it alot. the second one was beter at the time, but when i went back and watched them recently the first is alot beter and kicks the crap out of the old cartoon. the old cartoon is a literal joke. and what i mean by that is there was too much comedy. it was a sitcom. __________________

02-10-2004, 03:50 PM	#3
Dane E5R Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Topeka, Kansas Posts: 1,602	Y'know, it seems like most of the people here liked the original cartoon because it was silly and funny, however when I think back, I don't think that even as a child I considered the cartoon to be funny. I liked it because they "kicked butt." So when I saw the movie version, and saw the turtles kicking far more "butt" than I'd ever seen before, and on top of that, they cussed (which was cool because it was 'forbidden,' and things you're not allowed to do were always cool) and on top of THAT, The Shredder, whom I'd gotten to know as a bumbling nincompoop actually DEFEATED all 4 turtles single handedly! Everything blew me away. How real the turtles looked (I was convinced for quite awhile that the TMNT were real, because those couldn't have possibly been costumes!) Casey Jones was actually cool, and played a big role in the movie. I thought he was pretty lame in the cartoon. The foot soldiers being human ninjas was a great deal more favorable over the robots with laser rifles. I honestly don't think I missed Krang or the Technodrome one bit. __________________ http://www.luckyusshow.com

02-10-2004, 05:53 PM	#5
Wes Mad Scientist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A very scary place. With crayons! Posts: 1,607	Back when I was younger, I liked them both, but thought the second movie was superior. Now, I recognize that the first was truly the superior film, and therefore like it better. It's really great stuff -- just watched both of them again the other night, and the first one is the one that still brings tears to my eyes every time. Both then and now, I absolutely hated the third film. __________________ * Scary-Crayon * Wesoteric * Chew your gum properly, ok? Aaand... Technodrome buy/sell/trade thread here!

02-10-2004, 09:42 PM	#9
Tetsu Deinonychus The Iron Dinosaur Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Studio Snowlion HQ Posts: 3,021	Yeah, they were dark but not evil. __________________ (Image hosting by Postimage.org) And here's a list of all my old wacky threads!

02-10-2004, 09:52 PM	#11
Cascadia Oregonian in heart & soul Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,731	I liked the first movie. __________________ Formally known as Scientific freak

02-10-2004, 02:58 PM	#1
Shreddette Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chained to Shredders Bed Posts: 402	Ok, I didn't really like the movie... didn't hate it either but the original cartoon was more fun. -I did not like how they made Splinter to NOT be Hamato Yoshi. It didn't make any sense to me. -Shredder's costume (esp his face plate) wasn't appealing. I thought it was weird you could sort of see through it, and he was too small looking inside that huge armor. They didn't choose a good enough actor for him. -April was ugly -No Krang!! or Bebop and Rocksteady or Technodrome. I wanted to see them drilling around in the escape modules that drilled underground and alla that cool stuff. Damnit. -YES. That pizza they ate looked awful. I hate how so many movies have the cast eat pizza that looks like some invalid made, instead of getting an appetizing pizza from an actual famous pizza place like Pizza Hut as raphael90 stated. -Shredder's death was lame. If Shredder's gonna die, it better be a hell of a good death. -The characters personalities were watered down.

02-10-2004, 07:14 PM	#6
MyPetMonster Mouser Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 7	I think I was just in awe.It didn't matter to me that Splinter's origin was different,nor did it bother me that Krang,Bebop and Rocksteady were absent.I was merely fascinated,spellbound by the film.It is one of the few films I've ever bothered seeing more than once at the Theatre.In fact this is the movie for which I set my record for most viewings.I saw the film a whopping four times.

02-10-2004, 09:49 PM	#10
~~Jarrah White~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,394	Okay, maybe not sinister, but very brutal, in the Mirage comics the turtles were not afraid to get blood on their weapons.

02-10-2004, 10:27 PM	#12
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,701	I was wondering why they "screwed up" the origin story but nevertheless I loved it till no end. Plus it was the first movie I watched in cinema in Germany. __________________ Make ****, not kill!