Turtle Tuesdays by James Rolfe (AVGN) - Page 8

*ToTheNines* · 05-12-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sdp

James Rolfe a hipster? Maybe thats why Nick didn't hire him :p

What does that mean?

*Jephael* · 05-15-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Grumble grumble, I'm the dude who shared it with him & he didn't even comment.

Maybe you weren't the first person who sent him the link. I've never even thought about sharing any of these videos with David Wise until now.

PS. Powder if you're reading this, please message me. I haven't heard from you lately.

Bjarni · 05-15-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by TerranigmaFreak

GI'd love to see if he has any reactions to this video.

He said "Damn, we famous!" after I posted on his wall that James Rolfe was talking about the Technodrome, which he created.

Chaotix12345 · 05-17-2011, 03:16 AM

James concludes his TMNT retrospective with some season highlights.

*Powder* · 05-17-2011, 03:49 AM

Neat. Ya think this ends "Turtle Tuesdays"? Hope not, I'm a huge fan of both Rolfe & the TMNT so these few weeks have been great.

**Jester** · 05-17-2011, 03:52 AM

Great...even James calls that one of Ray character Ray Fillet....IT'S NOT RAY FILLET!!!

*The Fifth Turtle* · 05-17-2011, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Neat. Ya think this ends "Turtle Tuesdays"? Hope not, I'm a huge fan of both Rolfe & the TMNT so these few weeks have been great.

Powder I was hoping the same thing. Here is a direct quote from cinemassacre.

"Every Tuesday, I’ll be posting new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle related videos. At least for the rest of the summer. For now, here’s an old one from 2003, but there’s been a few revisions for 2011."

*ToTheNines* · 05-17-2011, 08:55 AM

Great video, couple of nitpicks though:

1. He never uses the black and white Mirage comics when referring to them, always the colored versions.

2. He didn't mention that after season 4, they started using the first episode of each subsequent season to serve as "season finale" to the last. Ya know, with having something big go down with the Technodrome and all.

3. He didn't showcase the OT replacement VA's from Turtles Forever. Raphael's voice actor definitely deserved some props.

TerranigmaFreak · 05-17-2011, 10:18 AM

He says it's all through the summer and summer hasn't even started yet. I think he'll talk about stuff like Next Mutation and more.

*oldmanwinters* · 05-17-2011, 10:19 AM

Hey, cool, that was the first time I've ever seen the TMNT bumpers from the USA Express programming block. @5:59

I think James had his expectations too high regarding "season finales." While some seasons of TMNT and other cartoons made an attempt to have a big adventure to end the year, most kid's cartoons at that time didn't really bother, especially since the episodes might just be aired out of order anyway. The whole "Season" concept wasn't quite as important back in the early 90s as it is today.

*ssjup81* · 05-17-2011, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Hey, cool, that was the first time I've ever seen the TMNT bumpers from the USA Express programming block. @5:59

Wow, really? Another bumper I can remember right off had the turtles training.

FearlessLeader · 05-17-2011, 12:12 PM

Another great video!

I really hope this isn't the end and that he actually does separate showcases for the films, the 2k3 show and Turtles Forever, because for how much he complained about the same thing I felt like the ending to this video "was a little rushed"

*Jephael* · 05-17-2011, 01:22 PM

James definitely got one thing right: Irma's musician boyfriend was the lamest character ever on the show!!!

I really hope he goes over the NES games next. I loved Manhattan Project!

*Revan* · 05-17-2011, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Great...even James calls that one of Ray character Ray Fillet....IT'S NOT RAY FILLET!!!

How is Fillet pronounced anyway.

I always pronounced it Fi-ley as in the food fish-fillet, but I have heard others pronounce it fil-it

Berserker · 05-17-2011, 03:42 PM

He's so far shown a trend of doing one "quirky" video between show recap videos. He's been pretty creative with this so it's hard to predict, but I'm going to guess that his next video will be about bizarre TMNT oddities like the live action show, the Japanese anime, the PSA, TMNT ripoffs/references, etc.

Lisardo · 05-17-2011, 03:45 PM

I've seen all these. Sofar so good. I agree with another poster that he is very informative about some of the themes in the show. I already knew they watched old, cheesy sci-fis, and that the names were mocks of actual movies. Some of the quotes were mocks of movies too, like when Leo in an episode said, "I'm mad as heck and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" (don't think James mentioned that tho). What I didn't know tho is that the dvd releases were so effed, as I don't have all of them. But yeah, it definitely is like another "Chronologically Confused" type ep.

*oldmanwinters* · 05-17-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Neutrino

How is Fillet pronounced anyway.

I always pronounced it Fi-ley as in the food fish-fillet, but I have heard others pronounce it fil-it

Ahem...

Here you go.

**Jester** · 05-17-2011, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Neutrino

How is Fillet pronounced anyway.

I always pronounced it Fi-ley as in the food fish-fillet, but I have heard others pronounce it fil-it

Well...what Winters posted, but the CHARACTER isn't Ray Fillet. It's just some character who happens to be named Ray!

*oldmanwinters* · 05-17-2011, 04:50 PM

I couldn't believe James doesn't like Usagi Yojimbo! He just lumped him together with Mr. Ogg. Oy...

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Originally Posted by Jester

Well...what Winters posted, but the CHARACTER isn't Ray Fillet. It's just some character who happens to be named Ray!

Back when Steve Murphy still had his TMNT blog, I remember him doing a post on how it was originally going to be Man Ray in the "Rebel Without a Fin" episode but the cartoon's creative minds wanted to make him into a bad guy. Murphy (or somebody at Mirage) protested and they changed the character to a generic fishman named "Ray."

**Jester** · 05-17-2011, 04:57 PM

Yeah, I remember that story too.

And I can't believe I forgot the Usagi and Mr. Ogg comparison...NO, JAMES! NO!

05-17-2011, 03:16 AM	#144
Chaotix12345 Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,135	James concludes his TMNT retrospective with some season highlights. __________________ The Lazy Shell - My nerdy musings in rarely-updated blog form!

05-17-2011, 03:52 AM	#146
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Great...even James calls that one of Ray character Ray Fillet....IT'S NOT RAY FILLET!!! __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

05-17-2011, 10:18 AM	#149
TerranigmaFreak Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 715	He says it's all through the summer and summer hasn't even started yet. I think he'll talk about stuff like Next Mutation and more. __________________ First footage of the new R rated TMNT movie.

05-17-2011, 10:19 AM	#150
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,498	Hey, cool, that was the first time I've ever seen the TMNT bumpers from the USA Express programming block. @5:59 I think James had his expectations too high regarding "season finales." While some seasons of TMNT and other cartoons made an attempt to have a big adventure to end the year, most kid's cartoons at that time didn't really bother, especially since the episodes might just be aired out of order anyway. The whole "Season" concept wasn't quite as important back in the early 90s as it is today. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items! Last edited by oldmanwinters; 05-17-2011 at 10:30 AM.

05-17-2011, 12:12 PM	#152
FearlessLeader Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Watching Space Heroes Posts: 1,048	Another great video! I really hope this isn't the end and that he actually does separate showcases for the films, the 2k3 show and Turtles Forever, because for how much he complained about the same thing I felt like the ending to this video "was a little rushed" __________________ Artwork by Jim Lawson

05-17-2011, 03:49 AM	#145
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,954	Neat. Ya think this ends "Turtle Tuesdays"? Hope not, I'm a huge fan of both Rolfe & the TMNT so these few weeks have been great.

05-17-2011, 08:55 AM	#148
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,352	Great video, couple of nitpicks though: 1. He never uses the black and white Mirage comics when referring to them, always the colored versions. 2. He didn't mention that after season 4, they started using the first episode of each subsequent season to serve as "season finale" to the last. Ya know, with having something big go down with the Technodrome and all. 3. He didn't showcase the OT replacement VA's from Turtles Forever. Raphael's voice actor definitely deserved some props.

05-17-2011, 01:22 PM	#153
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	James definitely got one thing right: Irma's musician boyfriend was the lamest character ever on the show!!! I really hope he goes over the NES games next. I loved Manhattan Project! __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988 Last edited by Jephael; 05-17-2011 at 01:55 PM.

05-17-2011, 03:42 PM	#155
Berserker Thug Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 92	He's so far shown a trend of doing one "quirky" video between show recap videos. He's been pretty creative with this so it's hard to predict, but I'm going to guess that his next video will be about bizarre TMNT oddities like the live action show, the Japanese anime, the PSA, TMNT ripoffs/references, etc.

05-17-2011, 03:45 PM	#156
Lisardo Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 702	I've seen all these. Sofar so good. I agree with another poster that he is very informative about some of the themes in the show. I already knew they watched old, cheesy sci-fis, and that the names were mocks of actual movies. Some of the quotes were mocks of movies too, like when Leo in an episode said, "I'm mad as heck and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" (don't think James mentioned that tho). What I didn't know tho is that the dvd releases were so effed, as I don't have all of them. But yeah, it definitely is like another "Chronologically Confused" type ep. __________________ "Look I'm not gonna stop doing what's right just because it's not appreciated." -Leo

05-17-2011, 04:57 PM	#160
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Yeah, I remember that story too. And I can't believe I forgot the Usagi and Mr. Ogg comparison...NO, JAMES! NO! __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656