Casey Jones fan film

[Jo Dawn]

I watched it, and I liked it.

I was sort of surprised by the violence, but it didn't negatively affect the movie for me. What did, however, was that horrid... bright... yellow jumpsuit. That is just something that should not be translated from cartoon to real life. Ever. Plus, it didn't even fit the actress that well, but hey. April was probably the only part of the movie that bugged me, and it was mostly the costume.

However, I do give these guys great props for what they did. I really enjoyed it, and the details were a great bonus. Also, uh, Robbie Rist?? Kudos. When Mikey came on, kept thinking, 'Man, this guy is doing a great impression of Movie One Mike'. Haha, silly me.

Great job. I kinda want to watch it again.

[jaymq]

Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

I watched it, and I liked it.

I was sort of surprised by the violence, but it didn't negatively affect the movie for me. What did, however, was that horrid... bright... yellow jumpsuit. That is just something that should not be translated from cartoon to real life. Ever. Plus, it didn't even fit the actress that well, but hey. April was probably the only part of the movie that bugged me, and it was mostly the costume.

However, I do give these guys great props for what they did. I really enjoyed it, and the details were a great bonus. Also, uh, Robbie Rist?? Kudos. When Mikey came on, kept thinking, 'Man, this guy is doing a great impression of Movie One Mike'. Haha, silly me.

Great job. I kinda want to watch it again.

I find myself agreeing wholeheartedly with you again, heh.

One other thing though...

Spoiler:

I completely busted out laughing at Krang when I saw him, I'm not sure if that was the desired effect, but yea...

I enjoyed the movie overall.

[cartoonistaaron]

Moosandra - I did the same thing. I thought the movie was awesome, until Mikey showed up - and the Krang puppet.... I think a silent Shredder would have had a better effect.

Still an awesome job. I can't imagine the amount of time, work, and money that must have gone into making the film.

Also, did anybody else catch the dialogue at the end that was lifted from Casey's first appearance on the old cartoon? "Just tell me when I get to break something!" "I like this boy's attitude!" Nice touch!

[pannoni1]

Just watched it, and it's definately the best live action TMNT we've seen since SOTO. Lots of homage to the classic era, with '80s-era TVs and the music is pretty good. The fighting action is great as well! I liked when Mike said "Well I'm not a Teenage Mutant Ninja Hamster". Sure beats those "side projects" such as Turtle Tunes/Operation Blue Line. Seeing a live action Krang was neat, too! Also, the first time "Channel 6" instead of "Channel 3" is used in live action as well. I recommend this to former fans to reintroduce them to the turtles. Sure, they'll say, "Where's Don, Leo, and Raph?" It looks like this was shot in Dallas.

[UK_Raph_Fan]

WOW! I really enjoyed this! I think you captured the essence of Casey perfectly

[Powder]

Originally Posted by pannoni1

It looks like this was shot in Dallas.

You are correct.

[oldmanwinters]

You know what else was shot in Dallas?

J. R.

Spoiler:

Or was he???

[liugeaux]

I wrote a review of the Casey Flick here:
http://www.techpedition.com/2011/09/...lick-reviewed/
Enjoy!

Now that I read over that, I look like a troll. I promise I'm not. Check it out.

[Raven]

I really wanted to like this, I mean I really wanted to.

From the preview I saw I was expecting something else, not a blood bath of irrational methods. It was a strange blend of crazy psycho Casey and old toon essence. The quality was amazing, really made me jealous. The whole time I was wondering how I would have done this sort of thing given I had the money to back a project of this size.

I loved the Mikey parts, but that was about it. Overall I really felt cheated by this, I was expecting something else so maybe thats why. But the mix of mirage and old toon just was not blended very well at all.

[sdp]

Anyone have a download link?

Finally got to watch it in the crappy small screen, oh well. Overall I thought this was amazing, very enjoyable, great music, ideas, fight scenes, shots and fan service.

I have a few nitpicks of course though, I hated the closeups and/or better look at Mikey's face, it just makes the whole film look cheap, ironically it probably took as much time or more than most other things in the film. But while not their fault at not being able to create a realistic face they could have easily hid it with the style the movie was going for...Casey Jones killing people was a bit extreme. The film also had a few random parts that just made no sense like most parts with the mother. It was a bit silly seeing Casey survive against so many bladed Foot Ninjas...Mikey's dialog while awesome tribute didn't fit the film. Same with the Krang cameo. Unlike others I actually thought April looked fine.

[Plasticplayhouse]

i thought it was very entertaining. the mikey costume kinda subtracted a little from the overall good quality of the film, but i can understand why. the mediocre costume that they used probably cost them a load of money as is. the cinematography was very good for a fanflick, it even had some flashes of briliance.

[Redeemer]

These films bring me back they were so awesome when I first saw them. It was pretty well received by the fan base.

[Powder]

How does it bring you back? It's not very old at all! You must really be a sucker for nostalgia...

[Ulisses31]

Seen it today at http://caseyjonesthemovie.com/ liked it very much.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Powder

How does it bring you back? It's not very old at all! You must really be a sucker for nostalgia...

lol only joking. I saw this about a year or so ago on youtube

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I just discovered the Casey Jones fan film today.

Spoiler:

I like the foreshadowing with the discussion of losing teeth.

The training montage was very well done too.

I really like the camera angle when he smacks the guy in the head with the golf club. It was actually kind of a disturbing scene.

Michelangelo! I think considering the budget, he looks pretty good. I didn't think they'd be able to pull off the turtles at all, but I guess they figured fans would be disappointed without a Turtles presence. I think one of the things I like about fan films is how people work around budget limitations. I think it helps with creativity.

I'm sure some fans were disappointed that Raphael wasn't the one running into Casey, but I think Michelangelo works very well too. Raphael and Casey have similar personalities, but Michelangelo's fun loving, care free attitude makes an interesting contrast with Casey.

Krang! I thought maybe he'd be CGI, but the puppet probably looked better than what they'd be able to do with CGI.

Overall this is one of the most impressive fan films that I've seen.

After reading an above post, I was expecting April to look like she was wearing a yellow tent. I didn't think the costume looked bad at all.

I really want to see a sequel now. I know it's a fan film, but there are still loose ends. Plus I kept wanting April to be more involved in the story.

I'm surprised Casey Jones isn't getting more attention with the fandom. Or maybe it has and I've just missed it until today.

[Navin Johnson]

Anybody else donate and get the DVD

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Navin Johnson

Anybody else donate and get the DVD

Aye, got mine last week.

[Jester]

Wait... how is that legal?

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

Aye, got mine last week.

What's your verdict on the overall DVD presentation?

Originally Posted by Jester

Wait... how is that legal?

I guess "donation" is a broad umbrella term?