Still the BEST TMNT Movie ever, 33 years later. The Movie turned out the way that it did, because it was done by Golden Harvest. The Hong Kong Studio responsible for launching Cynthia Rothrock. They knew how to make the Fight Scenes good, and made them where you can actually see the Martial Artists Skills. New Line Cinema was the only American Studio to believe in the Movie's ability to be a success, and they signed on to be the Distributor of the Movie.
The turtles were designed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, and was one of the last major projects Henson himself had a hand in working on before his death. They still look amazing to this day, despite some visible malfunctions in some scenes.
And Henson himself said it was the most complex thing he ever worked on. Every turtle required a *team* of people. The in-suit actor, the ones running the facial control, and sometimes the voice actors.
This movie perfectly captures the 80s becoming the 90s. It portrays the tropes that were common in both very nicely. It's definitely one of the three films that I feel best portray the 90s.
@@c1ph3rpunk Demolition Man is a whole different breed, if you ask me. It deserves to be studied with how well it predicted the nature of the internet.
@@ShaDHP23 Nature of the internet? How about the fact that you have politicians trying to convince people that taking away their rights and choices is better for them all in the name of safety?
Fun fact: The main thug who offers cigarettes (regular or menthol) and later tried to take on Casey, is SAM ROCKWELL. You may know him as Wild Bill from "The Green Mile", and Guy from "Galaxy Quest", not to mention his Academy Award-winning role of Jason Dixon in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ".
Fun Fact: the actors that was in the suits did cameos in the movie. Michelan Sisti (Michelangelo suit actor) player the Domino's pizza delivery guy. David Forman (Leonardo suit actor) was one of the side gang memeber in the scene when Casey was fighting Tatsu. Leif Tilden (Donatello suit actor) was the Foot Clan memeber that gave Apirl "a message" in the subway. Josh Pais (Raphael suit actor) was the cab passenger when Raphael rolled over it. Furthermore Josh Pais also did the voice to Raphael on top of being in the suit. Also Corey Feldman did the voice to Donatello but he got screwed with his pay.
I thought donatellos character with corey feldmans voice was a BRILLIANT move. His "party" energy was a perfect match for a "teenage" mutant ninja turtle.. and some of it was ad lib from the voice actors.
also to add, there were the suit actors and then the stunt actors... one of which was the stunt actor, Ernie Reyes Jr. in the Donatello suit in the first movie, who ended up playing the pizza delivery boy Keno in the 2nd movie.
The movie as some real depth. The Father-sons relationships between the turtles and its mirror from a twisted angle with Shredder and the Foots. The Growth of the Turtles, who felt lost without their Mentor and father, but overcame that emotional Hurdle ('evne tho they're glad as heck to have found their father safe) It is a teaching about lose and how to cope. 80's/90's Kids movies could get real serious, but the lessons they gave WAS serious and helped kids grow and mature.
This story is based on the original comic story. They swapped Leo and Raph's situations tho. I agree with your feelings though. This movie is what made Raph my favorite turtle for life.
I am the oldest of 4 brothers. We were teenagers when we saw this movie opening day in 1990. We played the TMNT Arcade game while waiting for the 1pm showing. This film has held up amazingly well and will always have a special place in my heart. Appreciate the channel guys, keep up the great work!
I’m the eldest and four brothers as well we loved this movie when we were kids we all wanted to be a turtle I was Donatello lol. We loaded up the vhs and started to fight each other like ninjas lol good times.
I had an older cousin who’s like my big brother and friends who loved these movies. I always chose to be raph and nobody went against it cause I’m definitely like him in a lot of ways. I was never the leader of the crew or the smartest or the funniest. But I was the one who was hot headed and always would go my own way. And I love red 🤷🏾♂️.
I’m 41 and I remember seeing this in the theater when I was 8 years old. I was blown away by seeing my favorite cartoon characters come to life on the big screen.
It has a very Game of Death kind of feel. Ascending the levels to the final boss fight. And the fight choreography, shot in the Hong Kong style, is just so good. Not choppy and frantic, but showing off the martial arts and highlighting the amazing moves the stunt actors were doing in those bulky turtle suits. They really just did everything right in this movie, from the story to the puppetry to the fights. It was lightning in a bottle.
Turtle 🐢 Power !!! & here are a few fun facts: - All of the actors inside the turtle suits make cameos in the movie like Josh Pais (Raph which he also did the voice of) was a taxi passenger, Michelan Sisti (Mikey) plays the pizza delivery man, Leif Tilden (Donnie) & David Forman (Leo) both play Foot Clan Ninjas - Judith Hoag didn’t like this role including the idea of the iconic yellow jumpsuit, but actually Robin Williams (a huge TMNT fan) helped her by telling her everything about April - Jim Henson helped out with the turtle costume’s & puppets
Trivia: In the original TMNT comics there was a little boy who dropped his 4 pet turtles into the radioactive ooze. The ooze also got into his eyes blinding him. While not explicitly stated for copyright reasons it is strongly implied that little boy was Matt Murdock, who is known to the world as Marvel's Daredevil.
Cant even believe what an insane time it was to be alive those few years, with 89 Batman mania, 90s turtle mania, then T2 dropped and terminator mania, holy shit those were beyond amazing times for kids :D
I hope someone noticed the first major role of a future Oscar winner!!! He delivered his line with charisma and excellence! “Regular or menthol?” Then showed his acting chops with, “we have a loyalty to the shredder.”
The TMNT CGI film from 2007 is a good followup to both this movie and Secret Of The Ooze. Also the crossover betwen the 2003 and 80's turtles, called Turtles Forever was a very good movie. And Batman vs TMNT is great. But outside of those there are no other good Turtles movies. TMNT III, The Bayturtles movie and it's terrible sequel, the christmas special, the musical stage show, and the Power Rangers crossover special are all terrible dogshit. Don't watch any of those.
I mean…it was always a “little” wack in how ridiculous it is. But it’s still a timeless classic. I don’t remember who said it, but someone described this as the movie that really segued the transition from 80s culture into 90s culture.
This came out when I was 7. Casey Jones is forever a part of my heart! April O’Neil was one of my first female role models. And the turtles & Splinter… they are core memories. Love this film. The sequel is good too.
Fun fact: The actors who physically portrayed the Turtles also had cameo roles in the film: Josh Pais, who plays Raphael (and voices him), plays a passenger in the back of a taxicab right after Raphael hops on the cab's hood. Michelan Sisti, who plays Michaelangelo, plays the pizza delivery man who delivers the pizza to the Turtles' sewer. Leif Tilden, who plays Donatello, plays the Foot messenger that meets April in the subway station. David Forman, who plays Leonardo, plays a gang member in the warehouse during Casey's fight with Tatsu.
It's highly impressive how they've manged to balanced both the ol mirage comic's with the 80s cartoon. Still to this day one of the most underrated Comic book movie's and goated TMNT film.
Couple things: The funeral for the pizza was because it had mold from sitting out too long. That’s why the question about liking penicillin was asked lol The other thing is the turtles literally started as a joke amongst the two creators swapping drawings on napkins. Then it got serious once they realized they may have something lol Lastly is the Daredevil connection and parallels. The connection is that the truck and chemicals that caused Matt to lose his sight and gain some ability is the same truck with chemicals that drops a canister of ooze into the sewer that the turtles and Splinter come upon. 1 truck, 1 accident, 6 heroes created. The joke/connection goes further due to a play on a couple names. The turtles fight the Foot, DD fights the Hand. Turtles mentor is Splinter, DDs mentor is Stick
@@zipporahlewis4908 creators thought to go with Japanese names at first, then just settled on Renaissance artists names. Supposedly after the artists they enjoyed most from the period from a book one of the creators owned
Will FOREVER Love this version of the Ninja Turtles, the story, setting, actions and of course the animatronics and costumes done by my hero Jim Henson
Shredder's entrance was epic and scary. As a kid this movie was so beautiful when it came out. Bought the movie, action figures, skateboard and video games. Good times :)
The pizza memorial song was because the pizza was moldy. Donnie said "Do you like penicillin on your pizza?" And Fleming made the antibiotic from mold... that green fluffy mold you get on bread. Edit: I remember my dad explaining the joke to me when I was a kid in the 90s, so now I pass the knowledge on to you... use it well! 🤣
Hoped you listened to the "Turtle Power" song during the credits! It was a hit with all little kids like me who watched this movie. My mom got me the soundtrack for the movie, and I played that song on repeat! She has pictures of me in the back yard pretending to do karate with that song playing on my tape player. :)
it's so crazy how this movie still holds up this long after. They will never top this movie ever unless they go a dark rated R route based on the comic but in today's society that will never happen.
Probably the best part of the release of this movie was that, Casey Jones, an all-time fan favorite character, was a secret held closely by the movie makers. The actor wasn't public about being involved, he wasn't shown at all in the trailer. The shock and cheers rang throughout theatres as Casey Jones just drops in outta nowhere.
That sounds like it would've been rather cool build-up. I was only about 4 or 5 though when this movie came out. And while I do have vague memories of actually seeing it in the theater, I wouldn't have known anything about that sort of thing at that age.
One of, if not the best comicbook movie of all time. This is how the turtles should look and be. No CGI, just practical effects with martial artists/stuntmen doing their jobs.
Absolutely. As a kid, I preferred Secret of the Ooze, but as I grew older, my tastes refined, and I found myself preferring this one. Most importantly though is that no matter the point in my life, TMNT 3 was always the worst.
Just a little fun fact about the turtles and their weapons: each other their individual weapons are actually aimed at their greatest weaknesses as ninja. Raphael being the most aggressive has sai which are primarily defensive weapons, Donatello being the genius has the most simplistic weapon in the bow staff, Michelangelo being the most carefree has nunchucks which require an incredible amount of focus
The amazing thing about this film was that it came out of nowhere. People saw the trailers and just thought, "Oh, goofy kid movie..." Word of mouth was like wildfire. "Oh, you GOTTA see Turtles..." Everything about this flick is perfection... any minor flaws are overlooked due to the quick wit and performances.
This movie is a masterpiece man. From the turtles, splinter, April, Casey, costumes, shredder, voices, story line and plot, sound track…just beautiful. Thank you Jim Hensen RIP🙏🏼🐢 ❤ 💙 💜 🧡
The actors inside the turtles actually get cameos in the movie. Raphael actor is in the cab that Raph jumps on, Michelangelo actor is the one who got stiffed on the pizza tip, Donatello’s actor is the one that slaps April in the sewer & Leonardo’s actor plays a gang member when Casey is fighting Tatsu. This is the only time that Judith Hoag plays April in the live action cause she was a pain to work with and mean (keepin it PG) to her stunt doubles. The stunt actor for Donatello was so good and impressed the producers so much that they created a character for him in the next one. The creator of the turtles wanted them to be tied to Daredevil but had to settle to be a parallel story. He named the bad gang the foot instead of the hand and it was supposed to be if I’m remembering correctly Matt had the turtles in a bowl when the accident happened that made him blind and the same stuff that blinded him helped the turtles to grow and become intelligent. Splinter was a rat on the streets that saw the accident and took the turtles under his care. Too bad Marvel and the TMNT creators couldn’t work together that would be a great movie saga. 19:38 I love when Donny and Casey are working on the truck and calling each other names in alphabetical order. 8:55 that was April’s wallet.
The sequels are goofy and fun, but they don't hold a candle to how good the first movie is. The movie was dark for a cartoon adaptation, which caused parents to raise a stink over it. That's why the sequels were more light hearted and toned up. Yet the first movie is so memorable because even for a kids' movie, it's so dark and serious enough that even adults can appreciate it.
This is why I'm glad I was born in the 80's and grew up during this era. People knew how to make things work for films back them and knew the potential of practical effects and how to apply and capture them the right way. Even kids films like TMNT had this darker element to them which I sorely miss. Additionally, everything that came out, not just movies, always had this next gen quality to it. Things felt more new and improved because you got to see the progression of technology and ideas. Ever since the mid 2000's, things have seemed to plateaued and just add on to existing ideas. Life is boring now and doesn't have the fun factor that it used to.
This movie was beloved when it came out, and it still holds up!! The second movie,'Secret of the Ooze' is just as good, if not better!!! Loved you choose to watch this, big Respect boys 🤘🤘
I think it would have been even better if Judith Hoag had came back as April but there was some issues preventing that. The new April wasn't that bad. But what really held the movie back was the censorship on the turtles using their weapons thanks to all the parents complaining.
This series was originally a comic book that was adapted into a TV show. The TV show writers added and changed things a bit. When they made the movie it was licensed from the comic, and followed it more, but many TV series fans were disappointed it wasn't more like the TV show.
This is the one Ninja Turtles movie I can go back and watch over and over again! I watched this movie in Theaters when I was 6 years old. And I watch it at least once a year.
@@michaelconnor1542 The 2007 TMNT was really really good. Sure, the villains werent necessarily the best. But besides that it definitely had some really good parts of it. Especially the Raphael and Leonardo conflict was intense.
First! Best TMNT movie ever, surprisingly adult themes and good writing. For the unaware the turtles were heavily based on Daredevil, the foot clan instead of the hand, the masks, the accident that gives them their superpowers is implied to have been the same one.
29:57 It's an easy thing to miss, it took me until I was 15 to realize what it meant, but Donnie asked Mikey if he liked Penicillin on his pizza just before they started lamenting about it. Meaning it had gotten fuzzy. I don't think even the OG Turtles would go for a moldy pizza.
Penicillin is a fungus... mushrooms. He was asking if there was mushrooms on the pizza. Nothing to do with fuzz as Danny had ordered it as he was hiding there.
There was a show on Netflix about the history of toys, and on there it said the ninja turtles cartoon was created to market toys to kids. Either way I'm glad they made it.
I loved this movie since I was a runt. I cant help but laugh every time, especially since its one of the few that proves Raph is the best fighter. The roof scene showcased him taking on almost 20 Foot Clan members comfortably before eventually getting overwhelmed, yet minutes later it took all three of his brothers to win against the same amount.
The pizza memorial happened because after several days it got mouldy. "Do you like penicillin in your pizza?" Penicillin comes from penicillium mould. Donnie is the nerd, so he has to make a nerdy joke. This movie is worth re-watching and a proper martial arts film with great fighting scenes, plus a great comedy, and very closely related to Eastman and Laird's first Ninja Turtle comic. I remember how kids and grown ups alike in the theater cheered when Mikey says "God, I love being a turtle!"
These movies were on constant repeat as a kid, I probably wore out the VHS! Lol glad you liked it, the sequels are fun, but may only hold up due to nostalgia! Can't wait for the next one, guys!
Wild it’s almost 35 YEARS OLD!!! I remember seeing this with my best friend in theaters as little kids several times ,..took me right back!!! Loved that you guys appreciated it SO much!!!
Love these movies. Movies from the 90s-early 2000s were a different breed. They didnt need flashy animation or a super famous casting. They just had good writing that got you invested. Those that had life lessons or hidden messaging were still hidden enough that it didnt affect the experience. You could just sit back and enjoy them. If were in the sensitive try not to offend anyone period these days than back then it was the hardly anybody gives a fck work out your own problems and live life to the fullest era. Where family movies could thrive and comedy gold existed in various forms. If you couldnt tell ive turned into splinter reacting to the turtles goofyness at my age. Yet also can accept and go along with it at times too. Im all for acting goofy like the turtles.
FUN FACT: DID YOU KNOW THAT EACH OF THE ACTORS WHO VOICED EACH OF THE TURTLES CAMEOD IN A DIFFERENT SCENE.... THE DOMINOS PIZZA GUY, IS MICKY, THE PASSENGER IN BACK OF THE TAXI CAB WAS THE VOICE FOR RAPHAEL... THE FOOT, WHO SAYS "We've been Waiting for you Ms. O'Neill" IS THE VOICE FOR DONATELLO. AND THE VOICE FOR LEONARDO WAS THE FOOT STANDING NEXT TO MASTER TATSU ON HIS RIGHT YOUR LEFT BEFORE THE FIGHT WITH CASSIE JONES....
This movie is actually more based on the comic books, which came before the cartoon. The comics were actually a lot darker and more gritty than the tongue and cheek cartoon. The comic book creator actually hated the cartoon. I'm glad they made the movie how it is. It has a lot more depth and heart.
I was obsessed with this movie when I was 5. Shredders entrance is one of my favorite entrances ever. 🔥🐢🐢🐢🐢🐀 Unfortunately, the movies after this one changed a lot. They changed up the fighting style to more defense moves rather than attack moves to soften the violence. There were also complaints of the movie being "too dark", that also changes in the later movies. They basically changed everything that made this movie work so well.
My mom died this year, and I kept replaying that fireside scene right after. Brought me comfort. My mom was kinda small and skinny like Splinter, and it just hit me hard.
I love the Turtles cartoons especially the movie they had to end the 2003 series it was soo good. I love these 90's films and props to the stunt team for being able to movie in those suits and the fight scenes were great
HELLS YEAH~! This movies practically SINGS my childhood in ways that genuinely hits me in the feels. Not only that, but it almost PERFECTLY captures to tone and feel of the original comics which inspired not only this, but the first Ninja Turtles cartoon that became a marketing smash hit in the late-80s, early-90s. Ah, so many great memories. I'm greatly looking forward to you guys getting into Turtles 2 and 3. Until then, you guys take care and have a good one~! P.S. Also, when you can, I still HIGHLY recommend "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)", "Broken Arrow (1996)", and "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)" for ya'll to react to. Believe me, you won't be disappointed. 😉👍
What continues to do it for me with this movie is, when you break it down to its core, is a coming of age story where four brothers have to get over a major loss to come together and stop a local crime boss and rescue their father. The familial parallels and the difference between the Turtles family and the Foot “family” adds to the level of learning life lessons that help shape us to who we are meant to be. Fun Fact, if you watch this knowing of “The Last Ronin” story plot and knowing that there were removed scenes where April is concerned for Michelangelo during the farm scene because he takes the loss the hardest, it just adds such a new level. Easily my favorite movie of all time for many reasons and gets rewatched frequently.
This film is pure nostalgy ride for me. As kid of late 80's and early 90's getting life lessons from puppet's or person inside rubber suit doesn't feel weird at all.
Oh man my childhood. Turtles were such a huge deal in the 80s and early 90s people not old enough just have no idea. Turtles In Time was boss my man. Also shout out to anyone else that busted their ass on that NES game.
Fun fact: all 4 of the turtles actors appear in person at some point in the movie. Donatello's actor is the foot ninja that slaps April in the Subway. Rachael's actor is the passenger in the cab that Raphael rolls across while chasing Casey after their fight. Michelangelo's actor is the pizza guy And Leonardo's actor is in the background during a group shot in the Foot Clan hideout scenes.
the costumes the Foot wear is a primitive form of Ninja outfit from Japan. it's funny because around the time Ninja Turtles was a thing so was Power Rangers and the Foot looked a lot like the evil Putty foot soldiers from Power Rangers. the comparison was hilarious. i could imagine back then everyone was like "why all you bad guys look alike" XD
This movie is *ridiculously* underrated to this day... because it was so ahead of its time that the critics and adult media at the time didn't know what to make of it. But it's got TONS of heart, GREAT and POWERFUL lessons about family (contrasting Shredder's faux version and Splinter's healthy one), and it was actually taken seriously by the people making it. And (ironically) in most of the other superhero franchises, studios were initially AFRAID to show comic-accurate characters, which is how we ended up with X-men in black leather, trying to quip about "What would you prefer? Yellow spandex?" (YES!). Aside from Batman, it took WAYYYY too long for for a franchise like the MCU to come along and prove that comic-accurate characters are what we actually WANT. Meanwhile, the Ninja Turtles STARTED comic-accurate, and got downgraded over time. WTF was with those CGI monsters where they grew noses??? The first sequel to this movie (Secret of the Ooze) is actually pretty good and worth a reaction. But, it should be noted that the studio interfered a lot because they didn't like the first movie, and they gave it the Snyder-to-Whedon treatment of adding jokes and lightening it up, taking out many of the adult (i.e. meaningful) themes. Still, there's a joke in there about finding one of the turtles that SLAYS. I fucking died for years and years, just playing that joke from memory. The setup, punchline... golden.
I’m so glad you watched this! I recommend the second one, Secret of the Ooze. I still love that one too. Thank you for being awesome as always! Cowabunga!!!
Jim Henson was the best. Him and the talent and craftsmen he developed was far ahead of their time. The work he did is ten times better than any CGI today. Hands down. Bringing back "The Real" Ninja Turtles would be one of the biggest box office hits of the decade. No doubt what so ever!
Still love this movie to this day!! It is kinda cheesy, but surprisingly holds up well! Still quote it very often as well. "Ahwwww... you're letting him run right by ya! Ninja kick the damn Rabbit!" 🤣🤣🤣
My first TMNT movie I saw on the bigscreen was this as a kid. God I’m so glad I saw this as a kid. Even as of today I still cry when I see the campfire scene and sprinter’s message to the turtles. That alone still hits me very deeply..❤❤❤
Nice to see recognition for the stuntmen, because they all said that this was the hardest thing they'd ever done. They couldn't see anything that wasn't directly in front of them, the heads made them off-balance and the shells effected their mobility.
it's literally the best Teenage Ninja Turtles movie, To date. nothing has topped it yet. It had the grittiness of the original comics with a little of the 80's animated series light heartedness. New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. needs to announce a 4K Blu Ray already
This film came out when I was a senior in high school and I remember what a big deal it was at the time. TMNT was the last big toy/cartoon/comic franchise that I got into before graduating. Watching it today, it still holds up and it's rare to see a comic book movie that shows this much respect for its source material, especially these days.
Fun facts. The Turtles were created a spoof/homage to both the X-Men and Daredevil. Daredevil's sensai was a man called Stick, he fought a ninja clan named the Hand, and live and worked in Hell's Kitchen. He gained his abilities while saving an old man nearly run over by mysterious corporation's truck carrying an unknown chemical. In the ensuing accident a canister leaking said chemical, struck Matt Murdock in the head and fell into a stormdrain. According to TMNT it struck a small aquarium held by a child before falling in the drain. Causing the kid's turtles to follow. That is where Splinter's tail picks up. I highly recommend the first few years of the comics for some excellent storytelling.
This was my childhood. Did you happen to catch when Donatello is laughing after seeing raph and Leo hugging? You can see the actors face inside donatellos mouth.
The Domino's pizza delivery man was in the Michaelangelo suit, Corey Feldman did the voice for Donatello, the passenger in the cab did the voice of Raphael & Kevin Clash (the original voice of Elmo) did the puppetwork and voice of Splinter.. 😁👍
I had the experience of watching this movie in the theater when I was a little kid. I was impressed with the special effects. And to this day, very few movies come close with the quality of the craftsmanship for their practical effects. And special mention has to be made that this was a LOW BUDGET film. If you are interested in learning a bit about it, look for some videos here on TH-cam regarding how this film was made and how difficult it was, but despite that, how good the results ended up being. This is one of the movies that respects its source material in the best manner.
My brother and I saw this in theaters when we were kids, after the movie we ran to the sewer drain on a rainy night hoping to see them. 30 years later they re-released it and we went to see it together again. Nostalgia overload my friends. "Pizza dudes got 30 seconds!" What's funny is, the Domino's delivery guy IS a Turtle out of costume, and so is the guy in the cab. We still do the "pork rind?" joke randomly in whatever situation, the less sense it makes the better. Lets all appreciate what these people did without CGI, far better in my eyes. 🍕🐢🐢🐢🐢
This movie I watched a lot as a kid lol. My mom would always mimic Master Splinter with his "I made a funny!" Also fun fact. Robin Williams was a big Ninja Turtle fan. He and Judith Hoag (April) were filming Cadillac Man around the same time this film was greenlit for production. Throughout filming Robin would give Judith advice and background about April. He even showed her his comic book collection.
Still the BEST TMNT Movie ever, 33 years later.
The Movie turned out the way that it did, because it was done by Golden Harvest. The Hong Kong Studio responsible for launching Cynthia Rothrock. They knew how to make the Fight Scenes good, and made them where you can actually see the Martial Artists Skills. New Line Cinema was the only American Studio to believe in the Movie's ability to be a success, and they signed on to be the Distributor of the Movie.
indeed
One and two are amazing. We don't talk about the third one, lol
@@coryH420I'll watch the third one before I watch any of the recent crap.
@anthonyclark9441 Oh I agree with you on that 👏 👍
Oh dude, i loved cynthia rothrock as a kid, that is so cool!
The turtles were designed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, and was one of the last major projects Henson himself had a hand in working on before his death. They still look amazing to this day, despite some visible malfunctions in some scenes.
Actually it was his last major film he died shortly after it was released.
And Henson himself said it was the most complex thing he ever worked on. Every turtle required a *team* of people. The in-suit actor, the ones running the facial control, and sometimes the voice actors.
Most beautifully artfully and skillfully crafted and acted.
There are some photos online of one of the costumes looking horrible and the material deteriorated with age.
Jim Henson had a wait n see .... n now we got wrong soundin muppets
This movie perfectly captures the 80s becoming the 90s. It portrays the tropes that were common in both very nicely. It's definitely one of the three films that I feel best portray the 90s.
I’d like to add Demolition Man to that list.
@@c1ph3rpunk Demolition Man is a whole different breed, if you ask me. It deserves to be studied with how well it predicted the nature of the internet.
@@ShaDHP23 Nature of the internet? How about the fact that you have politicians trying to convince people that taking away their rights and choices is better for them all in the name of safety?
@@spirittammyk that, too.
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
The Father - Son moments get me more and more emotional the older I get
He should of beat Danny’s ass.
Fun fact: The main thug who offers cigarettes (regular or menthol) and later tried to take on Casey, is SAM ROCKWELL. You may know him as Wild Bill from "The Green Mile", and Guy from "Galaxy Quest", not to mention his Academy Award-winning role of Jason Dixon in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ".
Or Justin Hammer from "Iron Man 2", or if you enjoy great films, Sam Bell from "Moon".
@@h2ohydroxMoon was a GREAT movie. Darn good actor.
Didn't notice that was him
charlies angels dancing scene
@@h2ohydroxexactly the two characters I was thinking of.
Fun Fact: the actors that was in the suits did cameos in the movie.
Michelan Sisti (Michelangelo suit actor) player the Domino's pizza delivery guy.
David Forman (Leonardo suit actor) was one of the side gang memeber in the scene when Casey was fighting Tatsu.
Leif Tilden (Donatello suit actor) was the Foot Clan memeber that gave Apirl "a message" in the subway.
Josh Pais (Raphael suit actor) was the cab passenger when Raphael rolled over it.
Furthermore Josh Pais also did the voice to Raphael on top of being in the suit.
Also Corey Feldman did the voice to Donatello but he got screwed with his pay.
I thought donatellos character with corey feldmans voice was a BRILLIANT move. His "party" energy was a perfect match for a "teenage" mutant ninja turtle.. and some of it was ad lib from the voice actors.
also to add, there were the suit actors and then the stunt actors... one of which was the stunt actor, Ernie Reyes Jr. in the Donatello suit in the first movie, who ended up playing the pizza delivery boy Keno in the 2nd movie.
We noticed when Cory got replaced. 90s kid sh!t. 😊
Raphael's character depth is one of the reasons this movie (to me) is still enjoyable
The movie as some real depth.
The Father-sons relationships between the turtles and its mirror from a twisted angle with Shredder and the Foots.
The Growth of the Turtles, who felt lost without their Mentor and father, but overcame that emotional Hurdle ('evne tho they're glad as heck to have found their father safe)
It is a teaching about lose and how to cope.
80's/90's Kids movies could get real serious, but the lessons they gave WAS serious and helped kids grow and mature.
This story is based on the original comic story. They swapped Leo and Raph's situations tho. I agree with your feelings though. This movie is what made Raph my favorite turtle for life.
I am the oldest of 4 brothers. We were teenagers when we saw this movie opening day in 1990. We played the TMNT Arcade game while waiting for the 1pm showing. This film has held up amazingly well and will always have a special place in my heart. Appreciate the channel guys, keep up the great work!
I’m the eldest and four brothers as well we loved this movie when we were kids we all wanted to be a turtle I was Donatello lol. We loaded up the vhs and started to fight each other like ninjas lol good times.
Tell me that at least one Halloween one of you sets of 4 brothers dressed up as them...
I had an older cousin who’s like my big brother and friends who loved these movies. I always chose to be raph and nobody went against it cause I’m definitely like him in a lot of ways. I was never the leader of the crew or the smartest or the funniest. But I was the one who was hot headed and always would go my own way. And I love red 🤷🏾♂️.
That's a cool story. Did you and your brothers divvy up the turtles identities? And if so, who were you?
@@solesoulsorrow I was Leonardo
Who else remembers the VHS version of this movie with the Pizza Hut commercial at the beginning? Those were the days.
Yep.
I even remember the song they had for it.
I’m 41 and I remember seeing this in the theater when I was 8 years old. I was blown away by seeing my favorite cartoon characters come to life on the big screen.
Same here, brother. Same here.
Damn , it’s gone be crazy to say I’m 41 one day and was 7 years old when the first Spider-Man came out 😂.
The fight from the sewer to the street up to the rooftop where they face Shredder is one of the greatest action sequences ever filmed.
The Choregraphy is stunning, and the humourous bits in it are still funny as fuck to me.
@@Mugthraka agreed, they nailed the humour. It’s funny but not dumb funny like Michael Bay went for.
It has a very Game of Death kind of feel. Ascending the levels to the final boss fight. And the fight choreography, shot in the Hong Kong style, is just so good. Not choppy and frantic, but showing off the martial arts and highlighting the amazing moves the stunt actors were doing in those bulky turtle suits. They really just did everything right in this movie, from the story to the puppetry to the fights. It was lightning in a bottle.
By Hollywood standards, yes. By Golden Harvest standards, no.
Turtle 🐢 Power !!! & here are a few fun facts:
- All of the actors inside the turtle suits make cameos in the movie like Josh Pais (Raph which he also did the voice of) was a taxi passenger, Michelan Sisti (Mikey) plays the pizza delivery man, Leif Tilden (Donnie) & David Forman (Leo) both play Foot Clan Ninjas
- Judith Hoag didn’t like this role including the idea of the iconic yellow jumpsuit, but actually Robin Williams (a huge TMNT fan) helped her by telling her everything about April
- Jim Henson helped out with the turtle costume’s & puppets
Donnie's voice was Corey Feldman. And Donnie's stunt person was Ernie Reyes Jr, who gets out of the suit in the sequel as Keno.
Trivia: In the original TMNT comics there was a little boy who dropped his 4 pet turtles into the radioactive ooze. The ooze also got into his eyes blinding him. While not explicitly stated for copyright reasons it is strongly implied that little boy was Matt Murdock, who is known to the world as Marvel's Daredevil.
That's freaking cool!!
Would Daredevil not have already had his own backstory?
@@gurvmlk He did, the implication was the same event is the origin for both but it's not canon.
@@gurvmlk The Daredevil backstory also already included his nemesis organization, The Hand, but that didn't stop the Turtles from getting The Foot :)
Cant even believe what an insane time it was to be alive those few years, with 89 Batman mania, 90s turtle mania, then T2 dropped and terminator mania, holy shit those were beyond amazing times for kids :D
Facts! My favorite TMNT movie from 1990. Batman 89 is my favorite Batman movie. Terminator 2 still the best Sci-fi action movie.
Then Jurassic Park in 93!!
Those was were the days brother.
It becomes more apparent when you compare the quality of popcorn movies today to the passion and work put in back then.
@@jasonmalone4324 damn youre right, it was like an avalanche of awesome : P
COWABUNGA DUDES!!!!
COWABUNGA DUDE 🤘
Hey guys they should watch ninja turtles 2012 series
COWABUNGA!!!!!!!!
REAGANOMICS!!!!
Cowabunga! 🥷 🐢 🍕
I hope someone noticed the first major role of a future Oscar winner!!! He delivered his line with charisma and excellence! “Regular or menthol?” Then showed his acting chops with, “we have a loyalty to the shredder.”
A classic. None of the remakes have the magic of this one. You think it'd be wack after rewatching it, but it holds up so well.
The TMNT CGI film from 2007 is a good followup to both this movie and Secret Of The Ooze. Also the crossover betwen the 2003 and 80's turtles, called Turtles Forever was a very good movie. And Batman vs TMNT is great. But outside of those there are no other good Turtles movies.
TMNT III, The Bayturtles movie and it's terrible sequel, the christmas special, the musical stage show, and the Power Rangers crossover special are all terrible dogshit. Don't watch any of those.
I mean…it was always a “little” wack in how ridiculous it is. But it’s still a timeless classic. I don’t remember who said it, but someone described this as the movie that really segued the transition from 80s culture into 90s culture.
This came out when I was 7. Casey Jones is forever a part of my heart! April O’Neil was one of my first female role models. And the turtles & Splinter… they are core memories. Love this film.
The sequel is good too.
2nd movie is underated and more leans toward the show than the darkness of the comic. both are good in different ways.
Fun fact: The actors who physically portrayed the Turtles also had cameo roles in the film:
Josh Pais, who plays Raphael (and voices him), plays a passenger in the back of a taxicab right after Raphael hops on the cab's hood.
Michelan Sisti, who plays Michaelangelo, plays the pizza delivery man who delivers the pizza to the Turtles' sewer.
Leif Tilden, who plays Donatello, plays the Foot messenger that meets April in the subway station.
David Forman, who plays Leonardo, plays a gang member in the warehouse during Casey's fight with Tatsu.
The more you know
Never knew that 🤔
It's highly impressive how they've manged to balanced both the ol mirage comic's with the 80s cartoon.
Still to this day one of the most underrated Comic book movie's and goated TMNT film.
Couple things:
The funeral for the pizza was because it had mold from sitting out too long. That’s why the question about liking penicillin was asked lol
The other thing is the turtles literally started as a joke amongst the two creators swapping drawings on napkins. Then it got serious once they realized they may have something lol
Lastly is the Daredevil connection and parallels. The connection is that the truck and chemicals that caused Matt to lose his sight and gain some ability is the same truck with chemicals that drops a canister of ooze into the sewer that the turtles and Splinter come upon. 1 truck, 1 accident, 6 heroes created. The joke/connection goes further due to a play on a couple names. The turtles fight the Foot, DD fights the Hand. Turtles mentor is Splinter, DDs mentor is Stick
Did they ever say why they're named after the Renaissance artists🤔
@@zipporahlewis4908 creators thought to go with Japanese names at first, then just settled on Renaissance artists names. Supposedly after the artists they enjoyed most from the period from a book one of the creators owned
Couple means two.
@@jp3813 lol… never thought I’d say this but congrats on the most useless feedback ever on TH-cam 🏆
@@Fernando_616 Ditto on that reply.
Will FOREVER Love this version of the Ninja Turtles, the story, setting, actions and of course the animatronics and costumes done by my hero Jim Henson
Shredder's entrance was epic and scary. As a kid this movie was so beautiful when it came out. Bought the movie, action figures, skateboard and video games. Good times :)
The pizza memorial song was because the pizza was moldy. Donnie said "Do you like penicillin on your pizza?" And Fleming made the antibiotic from mold... that green fluffy mold you get on bread.
Edit: I remember my dad explaining the joke to me when I was a kid in the 90s, so now I pass the knowledge on to you... use it well! 🤣
Hoped you listened to the "Turtle Power" song during the credits! It was a hit with all little kids like me who watched this movie. My mom got me the soundtrack for the movie, and I played that song on repeat! She has pictures of me in the back yard pretending to do karate with that song playing on my tape player. :)
And that's how you learned Raphael was the leader of the group right :P
Transformed from the norm by the nuclear goop
it's so crazy how this movie still holds up this long after. They will never top this movie ever unless they go a dark rated R route based on the comic but in today's society that will never happen.
Probably the best part of the release of this movie was that, Casey Jones, an all-time fan favorite character, was a secret held closely by the movie makers. The actor wasn't public about being involved, he wasn't shown at all in the trailer. The shock and cheers rang throughout theatres as Casey Jones just drops in outta nowhere.
That sounds like it would've been rather cool build-up. I was only about 4 or 5 though when this movie came out. And while I do have vague memories of actually seeing it in the theater, I wouldn't have known anything about that sort of thing at that age.
One of, if not the best comicbook movie of all time. This is how the turtles should look and be. No CGI, just practical effects with martial artists/stuntmen doing their jobs.
The best TMNT movie
Absolutely. As a kid, I preferred Secret of the Ooze, but as I grew older, my tastes refined, and I found myself preferring this one.
Most importantly though is that no matter the point in my life, TMNT 3 was always the worst.
Just a little fun fact about the turtles and their weapons: each other their individual weapons are actually aimed at their greatest weaknesses as ninja. Raphael being the most aggressive has sai which are primarily defensive weapons, Donatello being the genius has the most simplistic weapon in the bow staff, Michelangelo being the most carefree has nunchucks which require an incredible amount of focus
What about Leonardo? What does his katanas represent?
@@jefelix2010 He's kind of a lame goody two shoes but the katanas are badass AF :P
Splinter's talk to Raph about his anger is still real deep for a kid's movie.
The amazing thing about this film was that it came out of nowhere. People saw the trailers and just thought, "Oh, goofy kid movie..." Word of mouth was like wildfire. "Oh, you GOTTA see Turtles..." Everything about this flick is perfection... any minor flaws are overlooked due to the quick wit and performances.
This movie is a masterpiece man. From the turtles, splinter, April, Casey, costumes, shredder, voices, story line and plot, sound track…just beautiful. Thank you Jim Hensen RIP🙏🏼🐢 ❤ 💙 💜 🧡
The actors inside the turtles actually get cameos in the movie. Raphael actor is in the cab that Raph jumps on, Michelangelo actor is the one who got stiffed on the pizza tip, Donatello’s actor is the one that slaps April in the sewer & Leonardo’s actor plays a gang member when Casey is fighting Tatsu. This is the only time that Judith Hoag plays April in the live action cause she was a pain to work with and mean (keepin it PG) to her stunt doubles. The stunt actor for Donatello was so good and impressed the producers so much that they created a character for him in the next one. The creator of the turtles wanted them to be tied to Daredevil but had to settle to be a parallel story. He named the bad gang the foot instead of the hand and it was supposed to be if I’m remembering correctly Matt had the turtles in a bowl when the accident happened that made him blind and the same stuff that blinded him helped the turtles to grow and become intelligent. Splinter was a rat on the streets that saw the accident and took the turtles under his care. Too bad Marvel and the TMNT creators couldn’t work together that would be a great movie saga. 19:38 I love when Donny and Casey are working on the truck and calling each other names in alphabetical order.
8:55 that was April’s wallet.
The sequels are goofy and fun, but they don't hold a candle to how good the first movie is. The movie was dark for a cartoon adaptation, which caused parents to raise a stink over it. That's why the sequels were more light hearted and toned up.
Yet the first movie is so memorable because even for a kids' movie, it's so dark and serious enough that even adults can appreciate it.
You guys are reacting to my childhood here… perfect playlist the last few episodes! My hat’s off to you both!
This is why I'm glad I was born in the 80's and grew up during this era. People knew how to make things work for films back them and knew the potential of practical effects and how to apply and capture them the right way. Even kids films like TMNT had this darker element to them which I sorely miss. Additionally, everything that came out, not just movies, always had this next gen quality to it. Things felt more new and improved because you got to see the progression of technology and ideas. Ever since the mid 2000's, things have seemed to plateaued and just add on to existing ideas. Life is boring now and doesn't have the fun factor that it used to.
Exactly how many cool IPs have been created in pop culture since the 90s even? Sooo few….
This movie was beloved when it came out, and it still holds up!!
The second movie,'Secret of the Ooze' is just as good, if not better!!!
Loved you choose to watch this, big Respect boys 🤘🤘
I think it would have been even better if Judith Hoag had came back as April but there was some issues preventing that. The new April wasn't that bad. But what really held the movie back was the censorship on the turtles using their weapons thanks to all the parents complaining.
"Forgiveness is divine,but never pay full price for late pizza" wise words spoken by sages
Best line ever wise man once said never pay full price for late pizza
This series was originally a comic book that was adapted into a TV show. The TV show writers added and changed things a bit. When they made the movie it was licensed from the comic, and followed it more, but many TV series fans were disappointed it wasn't more like the TV show.
The only thing to my knowledge that they brought over from the first cartoon was the turtles' love of pizza.
Once I saw the movie I stopped watching the cartoon....lol
This is the one Ninja Turtles movie I can go back and watch over and over again! I watched this movie in Theaters when I was 6 years old. And I watch it at least once a year.
Glad you liked it. Best TMNT movie for now, better than the new ones!
A close second is the fantastic cgi 2007. Which is considered part of this universe.
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The 2007 TMNT was really really good. Sure, the villains werent necessarily the best. But besides that it definitely had some really good parts of it. Especially the Raphael and Leonardo conflict was intense.
It's been 33yrs since the original dropped its safe to say it's the all time best one
Part 2 was slightly better but by like 2 points, fucking vanilla ice
First! Best TMNT movie ever, surprisingly adult themes and good writing. For the unaware the turtles were heavily based on Daredevil, the foot clan instead of the hand, the masks, the accident that gives them their superpowers is implied to have been the same one.
29:57 It's an easy thing to miss, it took me until I was 15 to realize what it meant, but Donnie asked Mikey if he liked Penicillin on his pizza just before they started lamenting about it. Meaning it had gotten fuzzy. I don't think even the OG Turtles would go for a moldy pizza.
Penicillin is a fungus... mushrooms. He was asking if there was mushrooms on the pizza. Nothing to do with fuzz as Danny had ordered it as he was hiding there.
@@twilightturtle Penicillin was derived from mold. It was mold on the pizza.
@@twilightturtlemold and mushrooms are both fungi
Penicillin is the strain of mold in blue cheeses
There was a show on Netflix about the history of toys, and on there it said the ninja turtles cartoon was created to market toys to kids. Either way I'm glad they made it.
I loved this movie since I was a runt. I cant help but laugh every time, especially since its one of the few that proves Raph is the best fighter. The roof scene showcased him taking on almost 20 Foot Clan members comfortably before eventually getting overwhelmed, yet minutes later it took all three of his brothers to win against the same amount.
The pizza memorial happened because after several days it got mouldy. "Do you like penicillin in your pizza?" Penicillin comes from penicillium mould. Donnie is the nerd, so he has to make a nerdy joke.
This movie is worth re-watching and a proper martial arts film with great fighting scenes, plus a great comedy, and very closely related to Eastman and Laird's first Ninja Turtle comic. I remember how kids and grown ups alike in the theater cheered when Mikey says "God, I love being a turtle!"
These movies were on constant repeat as a kid, I probably wore out the VHS! Lol glad you liked it, the sequels are fun, but may only hold up due to nostalgia! Can't wait for the next one, guys!
Wild it’s almost 35 YEARS OLD!!! I remember seeing this with my best friend in theaters as little kids several times ,..took me right back!!! Loved that you guys appreciated it SO much!!!
Love these movies. Movies from the 90s-early 2000s were a different breed. They didnt need flashy animation or a super famous casting. They just had good writing that got you invested. Those that had life lessons or hidden messaging were still hidden enough that it didnt affect the experience. You could just sit back and enjoy them. If were in the sensitive try not to offend anyone period these days than back then it was the hardly anybody gives a fck work out your own problems and live life to the fullest era. Where family movies could thrive and comedy gold existed in various forms.
If you couldnt tell ive turned into splinter reacting to the turtles goofyness at my age. Yet also can accept and go along with it at times too. Im all for acting goofy like the turtles.
FUN FACT: DID YOU KNOW THAT EACH OF THE ACTORS WHO VOICED EACH OF THE TURTLES CAMEOD IN A DIFFERENT SCENE.... THE DOMINOS PIZZA GUY, IS MICKY, THE PASSENGER IN BACK OF THE TAXI CAB WAS THE VOICE FOR RAPHAEL... THE FOOT, WHO SAYS "We've been Waiting for you Ms. O'Neill" IS THE VOICE FOR DONATELLO. AND THE VOICE FOR LEONARDO WAS THE FOOT STANDING NEXT TO MASTER TATSU ON HIS RIGHT YOUR LEFT BEFORE THE FIGHT WITH CASSIE JONES....
This movie is actually more based on the comic books, which came before the cartoon. The comics were actually a lot darker and more gritty than the tongue and cheek cartoon. The comic book creator actually hated the cartoon. I'm glad they made the movie how it is. It has a lot more depth and heart.
It's great when a movie takes a completely ridiculous premise and treats it with total seriousness. Some of the best movies ever have come from that.
I was obsessed with this movie when I was 5. Shredders entrance is one of my favorite entrances ever. 🔥🐢🐢🐢🐢🐀
Unfortunately, the movies after this one changed a lot. They changed up the fighting style to more defense moves rather than attack moves to soften the violence. There were also complaints of the movie being "too dark", that also changes in the later movies. They basically changed everything that made this movie work so well.
They need to bring back old school puppetry and practical effects! This is over 30 years old and still looks AMAZING
This makes me happy. I remember seeing this in theatres when it first came out. It was an amazing time in my childhood.
My mom died this year, and I kept replaying that fireside scene right after. Brought me comfort. My mom was kinda small and skinny like Splinter, and it just hit me hard.
Oh snap! Y’all are watching the greatest turtles film ever. Crazy to think that after 30 years this still the best movie, live action or animated
Guys, I almost fell out of my chair lol'ing more than 5 times. I love you guys.
I love the Turtles cartoons especially the movie they had to end the 2003 series it was soo good. I love these 90's films and props to the stunt team for being able to movie in those suits and the fight scenes were great
They had the memorial for the pizza because he said "do you like penicillin on your pizza?" meaning that the pizza was all moldy.
HELLS YEAH~! This movies practically SINGS my childhood in ways that genuinely hits me in the feels. Not only that, but it almost PERFECTLY captures to tone and feel of the original comics which inspired not only this, but the first Ninja Turtles cartoon that became a marketing smash hit in the late-80s, early-90s. Ah, so many great memories. I'm greatly looking forward to you guys getting into Turtles 2 and 3. Until then, you guys take care and have a good one~!
P.S.
Also, when you can, I still HIGHLY recommend "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)", "Broken Arrow (1996)", and "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)" for ya'll to react to. Believe me, you won't be disappointed. 😉👍
What continues to do it for me with this movie is, when you break it down to its core, is a coming of age story where four brothers have to get over a major loss to come together and stop a local crime boss and rescue their father.
The familial parallels and the difference between the Turtles family and the Foot “family” adds to the level of learning life lessons that help shape us to who we are meant to be.
Fun Fact, if you watch this knowing of “The Last Ronin” story plot and knowing that there were removed scenes where April is concerned for Michelangelo during the farm scene because he takes the loss the hardest, it just adds such a new level.
Easily my favorite movie of all time for many reasons and gets rewatched frequently.
I love these movies so much, they were a huge part of my childhood and I still enjoy watching them ❤❤❤❤
This film is pure nostalgy ride for me. As kid of late 80's and early 90's getting life lessons from puppet's or person inside rubber suit doesn't feel weird at all.
Oh man my childhood. Turtles were such a huge deal in the 80s and early 90s people not old enough just have no idea. Turtles In Time was boss my man. Also shout out to anyone else that busted their ass on that NES game.
Fun fact: all 4 of the turtles actors appear in person at some point in the movie.
Donatello's actor is the foot ninja that slaps April in the Subway.
Rachael's actor is the passenger in the cab that Raphael rolls across while chasing Casey after their fight.
Michelangelo's actor is the pizza guy
And Leonardo's actor is in the background during a group shot in the Foot Clan hideout scenes.
the costumes the Foot wear is a primitive form of Ninja outfit from Japan. it's funny because around the time Ninja Turtles was a thing so was Power Rangers and the Foot looked a lot like the evil Putty foot soldiers from Power Rangers. the comparison was hilarious. i could imagine back then everyone was like "why all you bad guys look alike" XD
This movie is *ridiculously* underrated to this day... because it was so ahead of its time that the critics and adult media at the time didn't know what to make of it. But it's got TONS of heart, GREAT and POWERFUL lessons about family (contrasting Shredder's faux version and Splinter's healthy one), and it was actually taken seriously by the people making it. And (ironically) in most of the other superhero franchises, studios were initially AFRAID to show comic-accurate characters, which is how we ended up with X-men in black leather, trying to quip about "What would you prefer? Yellow spandex?" (YES!). Aside from Batman, it took WAYYYY too long for for a franchise like the MCU to come along and prove that comic-accurate characters are what we actually WANT. Meanwhile, the Ninja Turtles STARTED comic-accurate, and got downgraded over time. WTF was with those CGI monsters where they grew noses???
The first sequel to this movie (Secret of the Ooze) is actually pretty good and worth a reaction. But, it should be noted that the studio interfered a lot because they didn't like the first movie, and they gave it the Snyder-to-Whedon treatment of adding jokes and lightening it up, taking out many of the adult (i.e. meaningful) themes. Still, there's a joke in there about finding one of the turtles that SLAYS. I fucking died for years and years, just playing that joke from memory. The setup, punchline... golden.
I’m so glad you watched this! I recommend the second one, Secret of the Ooze. I still love that one too. Thank you for being awesome as always! Cowabunga!!!
Jim Henson was the best. Him and the talent and craftsmen he developed was far ahead of their time. The work he did is ten times better than any CGI today. Hands down. Bringing back "The Real" Ninja Turtles would be one of the biggest box office hits of the decade. No doubt what so ever!
The meditation scene is still one of the most emotional scenes in the movie.
People talk about nostalgia factor but this transcends that, this literally makes me feel like a kid again every time I watch it.
I still have all three movies on VHS and I'm never giving them away!
You appreciate the heartfelt moments of this film a lot more as an adult. A beautiful balance of action, comedy, & heart.
Still love this movie to this day!! It is kinda cheesy, but surprisingly holds up well! Still quote it very often as well. "Ahwwww... you're letting him run right by ya! Ninja kick the damn Rabbit!" 🤣🤣🤣
My first TMNT movie I saw on the bigscreen was this as a kid. God I’m so glad I saw this as a kid. Even as of today I still cry when I see the campfire scene and sprinter’s message to the turtles. That alone still hits me very deeply..❤❤❤
Awww the nostalgia. I grew up watching this movie and it's hands down the best TMNT movie.
Nice to see recognition for the stuntmen, because they all said that this was the hardest thing they'd ever done. They couldn't see anything that wasn't directly in front of them, the heads made them off-balance and the shells effected their mobility.
4:02 It's so cool to see a young Sam Rockwell here. 🙂
it's literally the best Teenage Ninja Turtles movie, To date. nothing has topped it yet. It had the grittiness of the original comics with a little of the 80's animated series light heartedness. New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. needs to announce a 4K Blu Ray already
Nice to see your watching the good Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, enjoyed when I was young.
This film came out when I was a senior in high school and I remember what a big deal it was at the time. TMNT was the last big toy/cartoon/comic franchise that I got into before graduating. Watching it today, it still holds up and it's rare to see a comic book movie that shows this much respect for its source material, especially these days.
This trilogy is the best by far. The second will always be my favorite ❤️Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!
Fun facts. The Turtles were created a spoof/homage to both the X-Men and Daredevil.
Daredevil's sensai was a man called Stick, he fought a ninja clan named the Hand, and live and worked in Hell's Kitchen.
He gained his abilities while saving an old man nearly run over by mysterious corporation's truck carrying an unknown chemical. In the ensuing accident a canister leaking said chemical, struck Matt Murdock in the head and fell into a stormdrain.
According to TMNT it struck a small aquarium held by a child before falling in the drain. Causing the kid's turtles to follow.
That is where Splinter's tail picks up.
I highly recommend the first few years of the comics for some excellent storytelling.
This was my childhood. Did you happen to catch when Donatello is laughing after seeing raph and Leo hugging? You can see the actors face inside donatellos mouth.
Movie follows the comic very faithfully along with the younger vibe of the show. basically one of my childhood pillars.
Top 5 favorite movies of all time, I like the second one best but all 3 are classics.
I love this show when I was 9 yrs.old.And I watch the original 1987 cartoon with my son. The movie and cartoons are truly loved by a multi generation.
So glad youre watching my childhood movie!
The Domino's pizza delivery man was in the Michaelangelo suit, Corey Feldman did the voice for Donatello, the passenger in the cab did the voice of Raphael & Kevin Clash (the original voice of Elmo) did the puppetwork and voice of Splinter.. 😁👍
We all have weird senses of humor sometimes, but I found you guys laughing at April getting slapped to be morbidly amusing.
I had a huge crush on Judith Hoag (April O'Neal) back when this movie came out. I loved her curly red hair, and she had amazing legs!
This movie still holds up. Sam Rockwell makes an appearence its just awesome.
I had the experience of watching this movie in the theater when I was a little kid. I was impressed with the special effects. And to this day, very few movies come close with the quality of the craftsmanship for their practical effects. And special mention has to be made that this was a LOW BUDGET film. If you are interested in learning a bit about it, look for some videos here on TH-cam regarding how this film was made and how difficult it was, but despite that, how good the results ended up being. This is one of the movies that respects its source material in the best manner.
I don’t even have to watch this to know you guys will love this movie 😂
My brother and I saw this in theaters when we were kids, after the movie we ran to the sewer drain on a rainy night hoping to see them. 30 years later they re-released it and we went to see it together again. Nostalgia overload my friends. "Pizza dudes got 30 seconds!" What's funny is, the Domino's delivery guy IS a Turtle out of costume, and so is the guy in the cab. We still do the "pork rind?" joke randomly in whatever situation, the less sense it makes the better. Lets all appreciate what these people did without CGI, far better in my eyes.
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Masterpiece of a movie.
This movie I watched a lot as a kid lol. My mom would always mimic Master Splinter with his "I made a funny!" Also fun fact. Robin Williams was a big Ninja Turtle fan. He and Judith Hoag (April) were filming Cadillac Man around the same time this film was greenlit for production. Throughout filming Robin would give Judith advice and background about April. He even showed her his comic book collection.