Are you a TMNT fan for life?

*CyberCubed* · 08-30-2008, 02:28 PM

One thing I notice is that when some people have a favorite franchise, such as Star Wars or Star Trek fans, they stick with their franchises for life and are fans of their respective series until the day they die.

Now, none of us know what TMNT will be like, or if they'll still exist 15-20 years from now, but do you think you'll always be a fan of the Turtles because of the cartoons/movies/comics/toys from during either your childhood or from the present day?

Like a lot of people here, I grew up watching the original cartoon back in the 80's and I've been a TMNT fan ever since. I can't ever imagine losing interest in the franchise completely, and I'll always have my comics or the cartoons/movies on DVD to re-watch for years to come.

Do you consider yourself a TMNT fan for life? Or is it just for a brief time in your life before you like something else more?

*gobo* · 08-30-2008, 03:30 PM

TMNT is life. @_@ Join us.

**Jester** · 08-30-2008, 03:36 PM

I dunna.I was a big TMNT fan in the heyday, dropped off when I was a tween and then came back to it hard and heavy when the 2k3 series came out, and I haven't looked back since. Although even when NT:TNM was on, in my teen years, I did own the figures, and East Meets West on VHS (still do actually, check out MCubed this Thursday...shameless plug.

) so I guess it'd be TMNT 4 LIFE!!

*Buslady* · 08-30-2008, 03:59 PM

I am a fan for life for:

TMNT (since 1989)
Star Trek (since 1983)
Hellboy (my newest fandom)
DrWHO (since 1985)

*Drtooth* · 08-30-2008, 04:36 PM

Hey, when I'm a fan of something, I'm usually a fan for life. Even if my interrest drops for a little while, it's still in the back of my mind. TMNT is no exception. Neither are the Muppets, Inspector Gadget, or Darkwing Duck... for examples.

Only things I lost interrest in are Captain Planet (I liked it much better when I was younger... but the older I got the more I thought that Toxic Crusaders was robbed!) and the girly things I liked before I hit preschool. Seriously, that stuff looked like candy. Those bright colors can really make you happy when you're 4.

*Cipher* · 08-30-2008, 04:44 PM

I have left Turtles behind in the past. After the fad died out, I didn't even think about it again until maybe three-and-a-half years ago. Now I'm not going to watch Turtles every day until I die, but I don't think there'll be a time when I wouldn't at least check out a new comic or cartoon.

*Raph's Girl* · 08-30-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buslady

I am a fan for life for:

TMNT (since 1989)
Star Trek (since 1983)
Hellboy (my newest fandom)
DrWHO (since 1985)

Im a fan for life for:

TMNT (since 1987)
Star Trek (since birth. Im a 3rd generation fan)
Star Wars (since 1984)
Dr. Who (newest fandom)
Muppets (since birth probably)
Duck Tales and it's various spin-offs (Im obsessed with the Duck family)
Care Bears (since 1984)

There's probably even more. Im a pack rat....i collect fandoms....

*triplexxx* · 08-30-2008, 05:32 PM

TMNT touched me like nothing else on TV ever did. TMNT addict for life.

Ra · 08-30-2008, 06:36 PM

Well, how can you NOT be a fan for life once you become so absorbed into the franchise? I've sort of dropped off the fandom for now, but that doesn't stop me from loving the characters and the story. Sure, I may not be as hyped up as I used to be, but I've been infected by the bug. And once you're infected, it stays with you for life.

*Mecha Cow* · 08-30-2008, 06:47 PM

My interest in it goes up and down and I'd be lying if I said I've enjoyed every direction the franchise has taken, but it's been too big of a part of my life for me to just stop being a fan. I haven't been following the new cartoon since FF, the latest movie was average at best and the new comics are awful, but I'll always have my memories.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-30-2008, 09:12 PM

I will always like my turtles. It will go into dormacy again I bet you but, I'll always like it very much.

life fan of:

TMNT (both cartoon versions)

The Real Ghostbusters

Extreme Ghostbusters

Mighty Max

Jem

Grimm's Fairy tale Classics

Conan the Adventurer

Gargoyals

Pirates of Dark Water (I'm still holding out hope that they'll finish off the series some day)

abd much, much more than I can probably think of right now.

*sdp* · 08-30-2008, 10:07 PM

I'm very different than other people in that if I liked something as a kid I most likely still like it as an adult (22). Power Rangers, TMNT, Nintendo, Jurassic Park, etc. There are very few things I just no longer like. I mean as a kid I may have liked Mickey Mouse or Bugs but now while I don't hate them I don't feel the need to check them out again.

I'm a member of so many fandoms

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Of ocourse I am not a hardcore fan that I talk all the time about all the things I like, I also go dormant for a few months or years for a few franchises but I'll go back to revisit them soon enough.

*Warhorse* · 08-30-2008, 10:58 PM

^You're not alone, I feel like I'm the same way.

But I'm also experiencing something different. I was a big fan of the TMNT back in the day. But then, high school and college came and went, and then my career took the most of my time, so the Turtles and all of those fun things slipped my mind when one day, about the year I joined this forum, I got my first home computer, and discovered youtube, and spent an evening down memory lane, when I realized I still loved The Turtles. And then I found out about the new show, the new movie coming out, and the whole ordeal pretty much cemented the Turtles a permanent mark on my life. I let them slip once from my life, but never again!

Since then, I've also realized I miss and love all of my old shows, Rainbow Brite, Brave Star (that would make one helluva live action movie today with all of our movie magic) Ducktales, Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers, Smurfs, Gummie Bears. And movies such as E.T., The Last Unicorn, Flight of the Navigator, Home Alone, License to Drive, Goonies. Hell, I still love playing the classic games with my friends and cousins such as Monopoly, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Connect Four, Checkers, Game of Life, old fashion Solitaire.

Only thing I don't do that I used to when I was a kid, is play with actual toys and stuff. But I still have my sticker album I'v added to. I've gone from cartoon characters to places that I've visited now. Great way to keep memories alive.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-30-2008, 11:22 PM

OMG, you know about the Last Unicorn?! That is my favorite movie of all time and every one I've ever asked has never heard of it! I'm glad I'm not alone.

Buffy · 08-31-2008, 03:08 AM

I think I'll be a TMNT fan for life. I started taking interest in the TMNT with the old toon, and have been a fan ever since. There was a time though that I forgot (a little) about them, but when my parents got internet the first website I visited was the official website of the turtles and I've been following them ever since again. This was before the new Tales comics or new toon came out.

I'm also a huge Buffy the vampire slayer fan: even though the show has ended I still regularly watch the show on dvd and I read the new comics of course.

*Scandia* · 08-31-2008, 05:08 AM

Like everyone else, I plan on being a Turtles fan for life.

*MrPliggins* · 08-31-2008, 07:09 AM

I don't know, I kind of go in phases. I'm always a fan, but sometimes I'm a huge fan and others I'm not into it much. Right now I've kind of lost interest in a few things but I'm sure it'll go back up in the future. I'm weird like that.

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 08-31-2008, 07:28 AM

I probably will be a fan for life. I did lose interest at one point when I was a kid. I eventually dropped the TMNT at one point for Power Rangers. That was a mistake as far as fandoms go, because as far as something to be nostalgic for goes I think TMNT have aged far better. Aside from the Mirage comics which can be enjoyable for all ages IMO, the Turtles TV show and Archie comics have aged better than the Power Rangers material. I look back at the Turtles show and comics and think about how awesome they were as a kid, sometimes with the Rangers I'll think "I can see why I thought that was cool", but then when you get to the parts with the teenagers I think "how the heck did I sit through this?".

SHREDDER-X · 08-31-2008, 10:28 AM

For me , it's always going to be TMNT for life, as well as DRAGONBALL Z, TRANSFORMERS, GHOSTBUSTERS, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, and MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, THE NEW ARCHIES, ONE PIECE, DUCKTALES, VOLTRON, and TOXIC CRUSADERS.

SassyGal · 08-31-2008, 10:40 AM

I'm a lifer! I will always love TMNT, maybe not every incarnation *cough*NT:TNM*cough*

I still love He-Man, She-Ra, Darkwing Duck, Jem, Teknoman, Sailor Moon, Scooby-Doo (60's & 70's), Tale Spin, & Duck Tales. Yeah, my DVD collection is very much a true representation of the inner child that still lives in me

View Poll Results: Are you a TMNT fan for life?
Yes, I'll always love the Turtles in general	52	96.30%
I see myself losing interest in the future but I'll always have the fond memories	2	3.70%
No, I'm only a fan for a brief time or era of the franchise, but that's it	0	0%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

08-30-2008, 02:28 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,825	Are you a TMNT fan for life? One thing I notice is that when some people have a favorite franchise, such as Star Wars or Star Trek fans, they stick with their franchises for life and are fans of their respective series until the day they die. Now, none of us know what TMNT will be like, or if they'll still exist 15-20 years from now, but do you think you'll always be a fan of the Turtles because of the cartoons/movies/comics/toys from during either your childhood or from the present day? Like a lot of people here, I grew up watching the original cartoon back in the 80's and I've been a TMNT fan ever since. I can't ever imagine losing interest in the franchise completely, and I'll always have my comics or the cartoons/movies on DVD to re-watch for years to come. Do you consider yourself a TMNT fan for life? Or is it just for a brief time in your life before you like something else more?

08-30-2008, 03:30 PM	#2
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	TMNT is life. @_@ Join us. __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

08-30-2008, 03:36 PM	#3
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,298	I dunna.I was a big TMNT fan in the heyday, dropped off when I was a tween and then came back to it hard and heavy when the 2k3 series came out, and I haven't looked back since. Although even when NT:TNM was on, in my teen years, I did own the figures, and East Meets West on VHS (still do actually, check out MCubed this Thursday...shameless plug. ) so I guess it'd be TMNT 4 LIFE!! __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

08-30-2008, 03:59 PM	#4
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	I am a fan for life for: TMNT (since 1989) Star Trek (since 1983) Hellboy (my newest fandom) DrWHO (since 1985) __________________

08-30-2008, 04:36 PM	#5
Drtooth Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,439	Hey, when I'm a fan of something, I'm usually a fan for life. Even if my interrest drops for a little while, it's still in the back of my mind. TMNT is no exception. Neither are the Muppets, Inspector Gadget, or Darkwing Duck... for examples. Only things I lost interrest in are Captain Planet (I liked it much better when I was younger... but the older I got the more I thought that Toxic Crusaders was robbed!) and the girly things I liked before I hit preschool. Seriously, that stuff looked like candy. Those bright colors can really make you happy when you're 4. __________________ [Insert mildly amusing banner here]

08-30-2008, 04:44 PM	#6
Cipher Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,454	I have left Turtles behind in the past. After the fad died out, I didn't even think about it again until maybe three-and-a-half years ago. Now I'm not going to watch Turtles every day until I die, but I don't think there'll be a time when I wouldn't at least check out a new comic or cartoon.

08-30-2008, 05:32 PM	#8
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,809	TMNT touched me like nothing else on TV ever did. TMNT addict for life. __________________ 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

08-30-2008, 06:36 PM	#9
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	Well, how can you NOT be a fan for life once you become so absorbed into the franchise? I've sort of dropped off the fandom for now, but that doesn't stop me from loving the characters and the story. Sure, I may not be as hyped up as I used to be, but I've been infected by the bug. And once you're infected, it stays with you for life. __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

08-30-2008, 06:47 PM	#10
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	My interest in it goes up and down and I'd be lying if I said I've enjoyed every direction the franchise has taken, but it's been too big of a part of my life for me to just stop being a fan. I haven't been following the new cartoon since FF, the latest movie was average at best and the new comics are awful, but I'll always have my memories. __________________

08-30-2008, 09:12 PM	#11
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,926	I will always like my turtles. It will go into dormacy again I bet you but, I'll always like it very much. life fan of: TMNT (both cartoon versions) The Real Ghostbusters Extreme Ghostbusters Mighty Max Jem Grimm's Fairy tale Classics Conan the Adventurer Gargoyals Pirates of Dark Water (I'm still holding out hope that they'll finish off the series some day) abd much, much more than I can probably think of right now. __________________ Cassandra: You won't fight me, but will you fight--for him! Cassandra's Revenge ~Tangled the Series ________________________________ http://frankviola.org/2012/01/30/godsviewofawoman/ _______________________________ http://nox-artemis.tumblr.com/post/4...k-and-feminism

08-30-2008, 10:07 PM	#12
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,192	I'm very different than other people in that if I liked something as a kid I most likely still like it as an adult (22). Power Rangers, TMNT, Nintendo, Jurassic Park, etc. There are very few things I just no longer like. I mean as a kid I may have liked Mickey Mouse or Bugs but now while I don't hate them I don't feel the need to check them out again. I'm a member of so many fandoms . Of ocourse I am not a hardcore fan that I talk all the time about all the things I like, I also go dormant for a few months or years for a few franchises but I'll go back to revisit them soon enough. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

08-30-2008, 10:58 PM	#13
Warhorse Emperor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 5,544	^You're not alone, I feel like I'm the same way. But I'm also experiencing something different. I was a big fan of the TMNT back in the day. But then, high school and college came and went, and then my career took the most of my time, so the Turtles and all of those fun things slipped my mind when one day, about the year I joined this forum, I got my first home computer, and discovered youtube, and spent an evening down memory lane, when I realized I still loved The Turtles. And then I found out about the new show, the new movie coming out, and the whole ordeal pretty much cemented the Turtles a permanent mark on my life. I let them slip once from my life, but never again! Since then, I've also realized I miss and love all of my old shows, Rainbow Brite, Brave Star (that would make one helluva live action movie today with all of our movie magic) Ducktales, Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers, Smurfs, Gummie Bears. And movies such as E.T., The Last Unicorn, Flight of the Navigator, Home Alone, License to Drive, Goonies. Hell, I still love playing the classic games with my friends and cousins such as Monopoly, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Connect Four, Checkers, Game of Life, old fashion Solitaire. Only thing I don't do that I used to when I was a kid, is play with actual toys and stuff. But I still have my sticker album I'v added to. I've gone from cartoon characters to places that I've visited now. Great way to keep memories alive.

08-30-2008, 11:22 PM	#14
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,926	OMG, you know about the Last Unicorn?! That is my favorite movie of all time and every one I've ever asked has never heard of it! I'm glad I'm not alone. __________________ Cassandra: You won't fight me, but will you fight--for him! Cassandra's Revenge ~Tangled the Series ________________________________ http://frankviola.org/2012/01/30/godsviewofawoman/ _______________________________ http://nox-artemis.tumblr.com/post/4...k-and-feminism

08-31-2008, 03:08 AM	#15
Buffy Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: where am I? Posts: 1,472	I think I'll be a TMNT fan for life. I started taking interest in the TMNT with the old toon, and have been a fan ever since. There was a time though that I forgot (a little) about them, but when my parents got internet the first website I visited was the official website of the turtles and I've been following them ever since again. This was before the new Tales comics or new toon came out. I'm also a huge Buffy the vampire slayer fan: even though the show has ended I still regularly watch the show on dvd and I read the new comics of course. __________________ Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.

08-31-2008, 05:08 AM	#16
Scandia Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,265	Like everyone else, I plan on being a Turtles fan for life. __________________ Turtles fight with honor!!!

08-31-2008, 07:09 AM	#17
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,050	I don't know, I kind of go in phases. I'm always a fan, but sometimes I'm a huge fan and others I'm not into it much. Right now I've kind of lost interest in a few things but I'm sure it'll go back up in the future. I'm weird like that.

08-31-2008, 07:28 AM	#18
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	I probably will be a fan for life. I did lose interest at one point when I was a kid. I eventually dropped the TMNT at one point for Power Rangers. That was a mistake as far as fandoms go, because as far as something to be nostalgic for goes I think TMNT have aged far better. Aside from the Mirage comics which can be enjoyable for all ages IMO, the Turtles TV show and Archie comics have aged better than the Power Rangers material. I look back at the Turtles show and comics and think about how awesome they were as a kid, sometimes with the Rangers I'll think "I can see why I thought that was cool", but then when you get to the parts with the teenagers I think "how the heck did I sit through this?".

08-31-2008, 10:28 AM	#19
SHREDDER-X Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ALABAMA Posts: 104	For me , it's always going to be TMNT for life, as well as DRAGONBALL Z, TRANSFORMERS, GHOSTBUSTERS, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, and MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, THE NEW ARCHIES, ONE PIECE, DUCKTALES, VOLTRON, and TOXIC CRUSADERS. Last edited by SHREDDER-X; 08-31-2008 at 06:48 PM.

08-31-2008, 10:40 AM	#20
SassyGal Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London, Canada Posts: 1,349	I'm a lifer! I will always love TMNT, maybe not every incarnation coughNT:TNMcough I still love He-Man, She-Ra, Darkwing Duck, Jem, Teknoman, Sailor Moon, Scooby-Doo (60's & 70's), Tale Spin, & Duck Tales. Yeah, my DVD collection is very much a true representation of the inner child that still lives in me