Why Did They Make Three Turtle Suits for Each Movie?

**Venom** · 03-07-2008, 08:30 PM

I have ALWAYS wondered that! The first were by far the best looking of all the suits! When I was a kid I noticed the change in SotO and thought "Neat, they look and act more like the cartoon!", then in the third film I kept noticing how weird they looked with those big, angled beaks.

Anyway, does anyone have a guess as to why New Line/ Golden Harvest went through the trouble of burning funds to design more costumes when the originals were perfectly fine and embodied the characters the best?

*Roseangelo* · 03-07-2008, 09:09 PM

Because the costumes fall apart like *that*.

*tOkKa* · 03-07-2008, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Because the costumes fall apart like *that*.

-->> ..like what .. like melting ice cream on a hot summer's day !?

>v<

*Roseangelo* · 03-07-2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tOkKa

WANT!

(They do still make it!)

*VaughnMichael* · 03-07-2008, 11:21 PM

Tokka that sig is seriously huge and frightning.

The Shelf · 03-08-2008, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Roseangelo

WANT!

(They do still make it!)

Huh, I really don't know what to think about that. On the one hand, it's cool because, y'know, it's turtles. On the other hand, it doesn't look very appealing to eat. On the other, other hand I'm amazed that they've sold them for what I can only guess has been nearly two decades. On the other, other, other hand bubblegum eyes frighten me...

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Originally Posted by Putrescent

Tokka that sig is seriously huge and frightning.

Ditto. That's one seriously messed up costume.

*Roseangelo* · 03-08-2008, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by The Shelf

On the other hand, it doesn't look very appealing to eat.

They are honestly very delicious!!

*VaughnMichael* · 03-08-2008, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Roseangelo

They are honestly very delicious!!

I agree Rose, everything on them is always good except the gum eyes lol

*Kendamu* · 03-08-2008, 03:29 AM

I remember those from when I was a kid.

Mandi-chan · 03-08-2008, 06:54 AM

Yeah, I remember those ice creams too. They were really good from what I remember, kinda want one now that I'm thinking about it (haven't had breakfast yet).

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 03-08-2008, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Roseangelo

They are honestly very delicious!!

I don't know if I've ever had a turtle one, but I think I've had a Mickey Mouse one before.

Also, that's why I figured the same suits weren't re-used, too. The first ones probably weren't in any condition to be used for the sequels.

*triplexxx* · 03-08-2008, 06:20 PM

Didn't the props for each individual movie include several suits, heads, and whatnot?
Maybe the fact they had different actors in each movie playing the turtles had something to do with it.

*Wildcat* · 03-08-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Roseangelo

They are honestly very delicious!!

Yes they are very delicous.My neighborhood ice-cream truck has had those for years,also in Tweety and Sonic the Hedgehog form.

What makes them so delicious is that its some type of diffrent ice-cream not found in stores and it has a diffrent texture...OH MAN! I wish they would sell that type of ice-cream in stores.

*Revan* · 03-09-2008, 01:13 PM

I suppose resculpting the costumes to look the same as movie one was too difficult. Otherwise the change makes almost no sense. I'm just talking about the head sculpts now because the bodies improved from movie one to movie two but I prefer the heads from movie one.

*VaughnMichael* · 03-09-2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Neutrino

I suppose resculpting the costumes to look the same as movie one was too difficult. Otherwise the change makes almost no sense. I'm just talking about the head sculpts now because the bodies improved from movie one to movie two but I prefer the heads from movie one.

You also have to think about this, Jim Henson worked on the first movie, the second movie he was dead and his son Brian Henson was working on it, first movie had the master, second movie had the Protégé.

Raph The Angry · 03-09-2008, 02:42 PM

I always wondered why they had so many damn freckles in the third movie. Maybe they were supposed to be turtle zits and they had hit teenage mutant ninja turtle puberty?

*VaughnMichael* · 03-09-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph The Angry

I always wondered why they had so many damn freckles in the third movie. Maybe they were supposed to be turtle zits and they had hit teenage mutant ninja turtle puberty?

Because the people who made the third movie couldn't compair to Hensons work?

*Revan* · 03-09-2008, 02:52 PM

Freckels weren't half the problem. Those suits were just plain bad.

Triglyph · 03-09-2008, 03:03 PM

OK here's the deal...

First movie = jim henson (the man and the company) and heavy suits which weighed the most

Second movie = Different suits that were made with different material to lower the overall weight. This was a pefecting of the first movie designs from a technical standpoint. Much easier on the actors in the suits.

Third movie = different costume company due to higher cost associated with jim henson studios.

End of story.

*VaughnMichael* · 03-09-2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Triglyph

OK here's the deal...

First movie = jim henson (the man and the company) and heavy suits which weighed the most

Second movie = Different suits that were made with different material to lower the overall weight. This was a pefecting of the first movie designs from a technical standpoint. Much easier on the actors in the suits.

Third movie = different costume company due to higher cost associated with jim henson studios.

End of story.

Oh but there's more! but your short story will work.

03-07-2008, 08:30 PM	#1
Venom Space Knight Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,637	Why Did They Make Three Turtle Suits for Each Movie? I have ALWAYS wondered that! The first were by far the best looking of all the suits! When I was a kid I noticed the change in SotO and thought "Neat, they look and act more like the cartoon!", then in the third film I kept noticing how weird they looked with those big, angled beaks. Anyway, does anyone have a guess as to why New Line/ Golden Harvest went through the trouble of burning funds to design more costumes when the originals were perfectly fine and embodied the characters the best?

03-07-2008, 09:09 PM	#2
Roseangelo Emperor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 9,117	Because the costumes fall apart like that. __________________ www.ninjapizza.net www.colorsbyrosemary.com

03-08-2008, 06:20 PM	#12
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,816	Didn't the props for each individual movie include several suits, heads, and whatnot? Maybe the fact they had different actors in each movie playing the turtles had something to do with it. __________________ Please don't shoot me Mr. Big Mike. I'm too young and good-looking to die, well too young. I got a father, I got a mother, I got a grandmother, I got a little sister...and a little brother this high (raises hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand) and then I got a great big brother this high (slaps gun and runs). "Fright Night" - Three Stooges

03-09-2008, 01:13 PM	#14
Revan Han Shot First Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Paper Street Soap Company Posts: 3,687	I suppose resculpting the costumes to look the same as movie one was too difficult. Otherwise the change makes almost no sense. I'm just talking about the head sculpts now because the bodies improved from movie one to movie two but I prefer the heads from movie one. __________________

03-09-2008, 02:42 PM	#16
Raph The Angry Thug Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Sewers of Iowa Posts: 60	I always wondered why they had so many damn freckles in the third movie. Maybe they were supposed to be turtle zits and they had hit teenage mutant ninja turtle puberty? __________________

03-07-2008, 11:21 PM	#5
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	Tokka that sig is seriously huge and frightning.

03-08-2008, 03:29 AM	#9
Kendamu Sewerhead Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,890	I remember those from when I was a kid.

03-08-2008, 06:54 AM	#10
Mandi-chan Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 932	Yeah, I remember those ice creams too. They were really good from what I remember, kinda want one now that I'm thinking about it (haven't had breakfast yet).

03-09-2008, 02:52 PM	#18
Revan Han Shot First Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Paper Street Soap Company Posts: 3,687	Freckels weren't half the problem. Those suits were just plain bad. __________________

03-09-2008, 03:03 PM	#19
Triglyph Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 215	OK here's the deal... First movie = jim henson (the man and the company) and heavy suits which weighed the most Second movie = Different suits that were made with different material to lower the overall weight. This was a pefecting of the first movie designs from a technical standpoint. Much easier on the actors in the suits. Third movie = different costume company due to higher cost associated with jim henson studios. End of story.