Turtles 1 is criminally underrated, not just as pop culture, but as a legit film. It's got character arcs, coherent themes, good fight choreography, good acting, practical effects, and authentic feeling 80s NY atmosphere.
The acting is B-level at best. If you're new to the tmnt series and you give them this movie to watch, they wouldn't enjoy it. It's mostly a nostalgia trip for the people that still love it.
Well said, man. I totally agree. Every time I return to that movie I'm amazed at how actually great it really is. One thing I would add is that it is overall very well directed. Great editing, pacing and it's very well photographed.
Its a great movie with fantastic fight choreography and costumes as you said, Great music too. We watch it now and its still way better than any of the new turtles anime or reboots etc. The reboots of 2014, 2016...nobody cares. But the 1990 one....remains well loved even to this day. In fact, the 1990 movie is probably the most popular adaption of the turtles, even more popular than all the ones made in 2000s.
haven't watched it in years... was born in 91 and had the vhs since i could remember probably long burried somewhere now... i probably watched it like 20 or 30 times over my early years... i still viscerally remember him screaming "DAMN!"
It's not just nostalgia. I went back and checked again. Ninja Turtles 1, Robocop 1 and Karate Kid 1 are legit masterpieces. (KK 2 is also a good sequel)
@@josehinostrozavasque dude, same for me. KK2 for me, when I was a kid, I could not watch it. I later watched as an adult and absolutely loved it. I dunno, its weird.
@@thetaytheist Yeah something about that sticks in my head I think I do remember hearing that quote somewhere. Such a shame as at least for the fans it was fantastic. Everybody gets to be wrong sometimes though mr. Henson time disagrees.
We all can live to agree to disagree! Jim Henson may not like the turtles ways but even he couldn't turn them down.. He knew them turtles was something special..
I think the issue with robocop is that it was originally meant to be a satire for adults but kids liked it more but with it being so violent. So robocop 2 was poking fun at that but 3 was where they finally caved in and turned it into a kids movie.
@@pika23 just read the wiki masters of the universe scared the major studios away and then small independent New Line Cinema took on the project which is now own by Warner Bros.
@@Kenny-wr3ky And meanwhile Nickelodeon I believe has the rights to the franchise going forward. Their name was attached to both the michael bay travesties as well as the new Batman TMNT team-up. The weirdest thing is I've seen a four movie set on two double sided discs with the three original TMNT movies and the TMNT CGI animated movie from like 2005.
I absoutly love that James knows so much about the obscure Ninja Turtle stuff. The one guy is really trying to remember a live show he saw at 6- Flags and James pulls out the "Getting down in your town tour" VHS like its completely normal.... Love you guys keep up the awesome work!!
That review summary on Rotten Tomatoes is written by people who want to explain their love for modern superhero movies by trashing the trailblazing ones of the past. You guys had it right: original TMNT is excellent, holds up, and is very fun still.
You do realize that your presumtions about whoever wrote that review is no diferent from the way they wrote about a movie they clearlty didnt saw, right?
When I was young, my Mom worked as a production assistant on a Jeff Daniels movie here. From what I remember, the next movie worked on by that (group? director?) was TMNT, and she brought me a bunch of movie trading cards from it. They had still shots of scenes from the film on the front and descriptions on the back and such. Forgot about them entirely until seeing this.
It's honestly a pretty heavy lesson. Very symbolic. Composure and measured response vs. uncontrolled rage, intelligence vs brute strength, how evil tends to destroy itself, etc. Great scene
I hear ya! I still quote the original RoboCop to this day, mucking about with the kids of course 🙂 but it has to said in capitals that THE ROBOCOP REMAKE IS DIABOLICAL AND IF GARY OLDMAN MICHAEL KEATON AND SAMUEL L JACKSON CAN'T SAVE A MOVIE AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE! 😁
Oh that silly baseball Pizza Hut commercial brings back my memories!!! I sadly got rid of my old VHS of that movie but it will forever live on in our hearts!
It's amazing that guys in rubber suits looked so amazing without an ounce of CGI. Fast forward 20 years and TMNT is fully CGI'ed with no actual stunt work. Depressing.
It is because Henson's Creature Shop did those. Later costumes become shit because they hired cheaper companies. Also at least now CGI is good enough to replace it (though in fact large part is still practical). For over two decades we deal with objectively worst full CGI effects, only because Hollywood though that practical effects are "cheesy".
the ninja turtles live action show is coming to netflix based on the 1990 movie look.but yeah the animatronic technology is amazing now.check out the animatronic shaman from the avatar movie.its not cgi its actual realistic animatronics!!!+ i just said animatronic 4 times haha.
@@D21UpstateNY CGI isn't cheap, or at least until it is cheap CGI, if you know what I mean (especially today when half of it is practical anyway). From directors perspective it make tings easier, and from producers it was cool gimmick what was though to be "future" and pushed unnecessarily. In fact absurd of that is the reason why practical studios did have redemption around decade ago, though with progres they fused with CGI.
I like to think that the scene in The Burbs where Corey Feldman's character calls the 'pizza dude' is what inspired the casting of Feldman as Donatello.
I'm 33 now. Saw TMNT again one day when I had the flu not too long ago. I was very pleasantly surprised at how good the movie is and holds up. Not for a "kids movie" but just as a movie. From the effects to the atmosphere to the acting and soundtrack. Very underrated movie.
I love the scene in April's apartment when Leo and Raph are fighting and Mikey and Donny are just sitting in the kitchen "...….Pork rind?......PORK RIND " *nom nom*
Never looked at it that way. Imagine if it were Danny getting kicked and punched in the head, dragged down the stairs and thrown through a glass ceiling by a group of at least a dozen foot soldiers. A beating so severe that it literally puts him in to a coma for a significant portion of the movie. 90s parents would have been livid.
@@bunkyspunkmeyer I remember thinking that nobody could portray the Joker better than Jack Nicholson and a lot of people felt the same way... You never know lol. But, he is *awesome* for sure.
I like when James mention the scene where Shredder is introduced because it reminded me of the typical Michael Bay gimmick of slowly pan-circling the camera around a subject except that the scene James talks is good but the Michael Bay pan-circle always just looks silly
I remember the moment when my friends and I realized we all had the exact same VHS tape with the exact same Pizza Hut ad. It was like us realizing all our moms were named Martha.
I always found it super ironic that Pizza Hut had a commercial before the movie, and a coupon in the VHS copies, yet Domino's Pizza gets the product placement in the film.
I like the part when James says that his favorite part is when Shredder walks in. Because that part is actually cut. In the original scene, Shredder walks in and fight the soldiers who failed on their mission. If you look closely at on of the kids when Shredder starts talking, you can see a fresh cut on his arm. The deleted scene must be somewhere on TH-cam if anyone is interested in seeing it.
Hell yes, I find myself actually singing that song word for word sometimes. Of course I probably hammered it into my head by watching the movie 100's of times.
"Up in the distance, the games dragging on.. Theres strikes on the batter, so runners are on.... So suddenly everyone's looking at me.. My mind has been wondering what could it be... They point to the sky, and i look up above.. And a basketball falls into my glooooovee, I play right field, its important you know, You got to learn how to catch, you gotta learn how to throw, Thats why Im playing right field, way out where the dandylions grooowwww." I know this commerical by heart, merely becuase I have seen the TMNT VHS movie over 100 times.
Just want to point out that Raphael says "Damn" 4 times... the 4th is right after he and Leonardo get into an argument. Raphael storms out the door and goes to the roof and shouts "Damn"
I overall agree with you guys. This movie is a classic and extremely well-made. I also don't normally trust Rotten Tomatoes' reviews. My favorite part of the movie is when Michaellangelo finds *_a fellow chucker, eh?_*
Both movies are great. I'm to the point where my kids are old enough to watch them. I prefer TMNT I, but I do have a fondness for the Secret of the Ooze. Super Shredder being in it is a plus.
My twin two-year-old boys love 1991 TMNT 2 (I'm a bit afraid to show 1 to them). We now eat "Turtles pizza" (new york style) because of the intro scenes to that movie. I kept some of my Turtles toys from when I was a kid (including the same turtle van that's in the background of this video), and they have so much fun playing with them. It's a cool sentimental moment watching your kids enjoy the same things you did 30 years earlier. I was also impressed with my kids' taste in movies. They hated the Michael Bay Turtles. Weren't interested at all in it.
Saw in the theater and went to rent it the day it was released, all the copies were out so my mom bought me the VHS. Was like Christmas and I still have it almost 30 years later.
It was one of those movies where as a kid it blew your mind that they actually made such a live-action movie and the excitement to see it was unmatched.
Raphael actually says "Damn" four times. The fourth was on the roof right after his fight with Leo and just before being spotted by Casey and then beaten up by the Foot Clan.
Their Weapons reflect the personalities: Leo=kitanas(training and studying to master the art) DON=BO(CALCULATE,,,TACTICAL LIKES TO MEASURE HIS OPPONENT FROM A DISTANCE) RAPH=SAIS(UP CLOSE FIGHTER,LIKES TO GET IN) MIKEY=NUNCHUCKS(WILD AN CRAZY)
Tokka and Rahzar both appear in the 1987 cartoon during Season 7 in the episode "Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter" and the video games "TMNT III: The Manhattan Project" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time."
That computer animated Nickelodeon Turtles show actually spent a whole season on the farm with the turtles recovering from a fight at the end of the previous season. That show was awesome. They met their 1988 cartoon counterparts, they did Wingnut and Screwloose amazingly and modernized the old theme song to a pretty insanely catchy new theme. Original mutants and ones that tied to the movies and og cartoon was awesome to see on tv along with their playmates toys back on shelves at toys R us.
2012 TMNT is the kid with rich parents who got to do all kinds of cool stuff and it's fun hanging out with them because they have all these amazing stories and cool toys 2003 TMNT is the smart, creative kid with fucking integrity, but they're poor and they have oppressive backwoods parents so they can't really do anything fun, and nobody wants to go to their house.
Grace Grace it’s so funny when ‘the nerd’ or ‘Board James’ comes out. Because those are inherently parts of his personality just amplified to eleven, but James is so chill and laid back its just extra funny.
James when I was a young man. The coming out of the shells tape was at this laundry-mat that I would go to as a child. I spend so many quarters trying to get it. Glad someone else liked it!
That Pizza Hut commercial had me in tears cuz that really took me back 2 when I owned the movie on VHS 😂 I was so into the Ninja Turtles that I remember telling my kindergarten teacher that I wanted 2 be one when I grew up ... I'm now an unemployed pothead 😏😂😂😂
Can we take a moment to talk about the girl in the foot clan hide out? The one playing pool and chewing bubblegum? Teenage me was totally into her 100%.
In a way, there was a 4th live -action installment 2 the original movie series, but it barely made it onto the cinematic radar. Last I remember, the plot involved the original 4 turtles encountering a 5th turtle -- 1 who specialized in the mystic aspects of the art of ninja. Oh, & this new turtle was a female.
@@zenkim6709 That was Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. And it was a TV series, not a movie. It was made by Saban and even had a crossover with the Power Rangers in Space.
Jim Henson was such a talented artist and performer, his kind is a dying breed. The turtles Jim Henson brought to life have so much heart and character, the Michael Bay ones were utter dog shit.
That seems like an insult to utter dogshit. Whoever thought it was a good idea to bring that franchise anywhere near Michael Bay should be blacklisted from Hollywood Forever.
And the worst part is... the ninja turtles spawned a bunch of copycat series, some of which are charming in their own way and would have been *excellent* candidates for a Michael Bay movie Michael Bay's Street Sharks Michael Bay's Biker Mice from Mars not exactly the same but still a 90s toy franchise, _Michael Bay's Attack Packs_ Fucking hell it was a massive missed opportunity having him ruin the turtles instead.
@@KairuHakubi I definitely would have preferred any of those series being ruined over TMNT. I find it funny that back in the 90s when we were still using more or less rudimentary effects they made movies like TMNT,dicktracy and batman That are far better than a lot of the movies that come out these days that try to be dark and gritty.
It took a long time before I realized that TMNT was originally a Daredevil parody (the mutagen came from the same truck that hit Matt, "Foot" vs "hand," "Stick" vs "Splinter," the over-dark and angsty narration...)
Hey I saw the turtles perform live on stage in Baltimore arena... It was awesome I loved the turtles back then, no joke they did indeed have a concert.
Does anyone know how to find replica prints of those amazing drawings April was drawing while at the farmhouse? And who else had a crush on Judith Hoag?
My son was really into the 3d Turtles cartoon they mentioned, which is pretty decent. Lots of call backs and homages to the originals. But during that time I showed him this movie and was really happy to see that it held up really well and I still enjoyed it as an adult.
I'll be honest, I liked 3 as a kid specifically because of the setting. I've been a huge history nerd since I was a small child, especially knights and samurai and ninja, so it entertained kid me.
Ninja Turtles 1 is my favorite. I saw it in the theater and then thousands more times growing up. When I began noticing the filmmaking itself, it made me appreciate it even more. The style, the look, the editing, the effects. There's so much great stuff in there. Just want to point out the origin sequence, which is a perfect example of all those things.
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Turtles 1 is criminally underrated, not just as pop culture, but as a legit film. It's got character arcs, coherent themes, good fight choreography, good acting, practical effects, and authentic feeling 80s NY atmosphere.
LOL 😂
The acting is B-level at best. If you're new to the tmnt series and you give them this movie to watch, they wouldn't enjoy it. It's mostly a nostalgia trip for the people that still love it.
Well said, man. I totally agree. Every time I return to that movie I'm amazed at how actually great it really is. One thing I would add is that it is overall very well directed. Great editing, pacing and it's very well photographed.
Its a great movie with fantastic fight choreography and costumes as you said, Great music too.
We watch it now and its still way better than any of the new turtles anime or reboots etc. The reboots of 2014, 2016...nobody cares. But the 1990 one....remains well loved even to this day. In fact, the 1990 movie is probably the most popular adaption of the turtles, even more popular than all the ones made in 2000s.
haven't watched it in years... was born in 91 and had the vhs since i could remember probably long burried somewhere now... i probably watched it like 20 or 30 times over my early years... i still viscerally remember him screaming "DAMN!"
"Anger clouds the mind, turned inward it is an unconquerable enemy." Splinter. This movie means so much to me
One of my favorite movies of all time and still my favorite and the best turtles movie
I still remember my Dad taking me and a friend to see it. Great movie.
@@waynewood445 My Aunt took me. She passed recently and I watched this thinking of her! 😇
@@scottydu81 What a great memory to keep with you!
"Death comes for us all, Oroku Saki, but something much worse comes for you. For when you die, it will be...without honor."
It's not just nostalgia. I went back and checked again. Ninja Turtles 1, Robocop 1 and Karate Kid 1 are legit masterpieces. (KK 2 is also a good sequel)
I feel a bit weird about KK2; as a kid I didn't enjoy it. When rewatched it as grown up, I found out it was a pretty great movie.
@@josehinostrozavasque but what about KK3 🤔
Efe aydal I know you
@@Biscuit64 the same plot as 1. Its bad but not as bad as the next karate kid
@@josehinostrozavasque dude, same for me. KK2 for me, when I was a kid, I could not watch it. I later watched as an adult and absolutely loved it. I dunno, its weird.
“It’s quiet”
“Yeah, a little too quiet”
“That was easy”
“Yeah a little too easy”
“Look, it’s Raph!”
“Yeah, a little too Raph”
😂😂
well, the layout and the timing of this place junk yard could be a traaaaaapppp!"
@@tmac3019 "if they were going to spring a trap it would be right about..."
One of the best lines in movie history
BOSSA NOVA
Chevy nova?
God bless Jim Henson. Seriously, he is like 80% of the reason why this movie turned out so amazing.
@@nkw1985 I remember story teller. That was a great show
@@thetaytheist
Yeah something about that sticks in my head I think I do remember hearing that quote somewhere. Such a shame as at least for the fans it was fantastic. Everybody gets to be wrong sometimes though mr. Henson time disagrees.
We all can live to agree to disagree! Jim Henson may not like the turtles ways but even he couldn't turn them down.. He knew them turtles was something special..
More like the people who worked for him.
@@thetaytheist Evidence? He was into violence in his non-Muppet properties.
I just realized tmnt 1-3 has the same quality progression as robocop 1-3
Yeah...descending...
Steep drop on 3
I think the issue with robocop is that it was originally meant to be a satire for adults but kids liked it more but with it being so violent. So robocop 2 was poking fun at that but 3 was where they finally caved in and turned it into a kids movie.
There is a Robocop 3????
Also The Karate Kid. Although I still like all those movies.
When 1990 tmnt came out it was the highest grossing independent film at the time because no major studio wanted to touch it.
Probably because of Howard the duck
@@pika23 I think you're right
@@pika23 just read the wiki masters of the universe scared the major studios away and then small independent New Line Cinema took on the project which is now own by Warner Bros.
@@Kenny-wr3ky
And meanwhile Nickelodeon I believe has the rights to the franchise going forward.
Their name was attached to both the michael bay travesties as well as the new Batman TMNT team-up.
The weirdest thing is I've seen a four movie set on two double sided discs with the three original TMNT movies and the TMNT CGI animated movie from like 2005.
@@johnny2x484
The CGI movie is from the 2007.
Showed the 91 TMNT to my 15 year old daughter and she was so amazed by Jim Hanson's creations they looked so good without CGI
All old movies look better than these cheap cgi movies.
Judith Hoag and Elias Koteas were both impeccable as April and Casey. Amazing casting for the two 'human' characters
they looked the part to be sure.
Amazing movie poster , todays posters have no soul :(
Elias Koteas sucked balls!!!!
@@MrParkerman6 Your comment does.
@@postersandstuff I kinda still remember the feeling in the movie theater with the posters up, chills as a kid
THE best Turtles films, no question.
i hate this cast with these fatsos from where again, SW something ? fk em
Even the third one?
I don't know, the new Batman one is pretty good
@@kamengamer5372 The 3rd one was horrid.
I hope that alot of people see this because I'm tired of saying have u watched the good ninja turtles movie, and somebody says Michel bay
TMNT 1 & 2 were the VHS tapes I watched most.
I still know every line by memory.
Same
The VHS tape I watched the most was definitely The Best of Sarah Young
Where do you put the quarters?
You and me both!
A fellow chucker ayy!!!
“Ninja kick the damn rabbit” Michaelangelo 1990
Christian Noboa a lot of damns in that movie.🤣
Pork rind?
@@tprime2702 Pork rind!
I bullshit you not, I said this the other....and no one knew what I was talking h bout
I absoutly love that James knows so much about the obscure Ninja Turtle stuff. The one guy is really trying to remember a live show he saw at 6- Flags and James pulls out the "Getting down in your town tour" VHS like its completely normal.... Love you guys keep up the awesome work!!
A Jose Canseco bat?! Tell me you didn't pay money for this.
Cricket?!
I would always imitate that line
Two for one sale pal.
Sheriff of Rock Ridge Cricket? No one understands Cricket. You have to understand a crumpet to understand Cricket.
Oooofff...
😄😆
That review summary on Rotten Tomatoes is written by people who want to explain their love for modern superhero movies by trashing the trailblazing ones of the past. You guys had it right: original TMNT is excellent, holds up, and is very fun still.
You do realize that your presumtions about whoever wrote that review is no diferent from the way they wrote about a movie they clearlty didnt saw, right?
Cricket nobody understands cricket. You have to know what a crumpet is to understand cricket.
I'll teach you crack see six runs
Casey Jones will be happy to teach you!
COME BACK HERE! I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!! DAAAAAAAAAAMMMNNNNNN!!!!
And thats when i learned to play Cricket
Class is Pain 101. Your instructor is Casey Jones.
You also forgot Mikey saying "Ninja kick the damn rabbit" when him and Donnie are watching tv lol
Cardinal Kid87 ya but they were talking about Raph at that point
@@glicthmonkey0 still wouldntve hurt to mention it
And against Shredder they rock paper scissor and say damn
@@edwardiii8409 oh yeah forgot about that
Same!
When I was young, my Mom worked as a production assistant on a Jeff Daniels movie here. From what I remember, the next movie worked on by that (group? director?) was TMNT, and she brought me a bunch of movie trading cards from it. They had still shots of scenes from the film on the front and descriptions on the back and such. Forgot about them entirely until seeing this.
The scene at the end with Shredder on the roof is my favorite.
"You lie!!"
It's honestly a pretty heavy lesson. Very symbolic. Composure and measured response vs. uncontrolled rage, intelligence vs brute strength, how evil tends to destroy itself, etc. Great scene
His response......."DO I???"
Great movies, Cinema classics honestly.
"A little TOO Raph."
One of the greatest lines of all time.
sprague the whisperer agrees with you
I say the same exact thing about the original RoboCop. TMNT and RoboCop are objectively well made, excellent movies.
The original Robocop was badass. Murphy's death scene alone is something that Hollywood doesn't have the balls to put out into film anymore...
And that reboot is trash!
I hear ya! I still quote the original RoboCop to this day, mucking about with the kids of course 🙂 but it has to said in capitals that THE ROBOCOP REMAKE IS DIABOLICAL AND IF GARY OLDMAN MICHAEL KEATON AND SAMUEL L JACKSON CAN'T SAVE A MOVIE AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE! 😁
Great comparison
@@bradpaton3927robocop I agree. Tmnt I enjoyed the whole trilogy. Bays movies tho….
Still one of the finest adaptations of the original TMNT comic book EVER
That and the 2003 version
@@teddybeer6206 we dont talk about that.
@@rafnork9325 Why?
@@sonicdash9652 My bad, I was t I inking the 2014.
Oh that silly baseball Pizza Hut commercial brings back my memories!!! I sadly got rid of my old VHS of that movie but it will forever live on in our hearts!
I still remember the song that played in that commercial and haven't seen it in years lol
Is that Goldberg the goalie in the background?
thats why i play in right field out where the dandilions grow
I sing that song all the time still
I still got the vhs and I pop it in just to hear that song. You also can look it up on TH-cam.
It's amazing that guys in rubber suits looked so amazing without an ounce of CGI. Fast forward 20 years and TMNT is fully CGI'ed with no actual stunt work. Depressing.
It is because Henson's Creature Shop did those. Later costumes become shit because they hired cheaper companies. Also at least now CGI is good enough to replace it (though in fact large part is still practical). For over two decades we deal with objectively worst full CGI effects, only because Hollywood though that practical effects are "cheesy".
the ninja turtles live action show is coming to netflix based on the 1990 movie look.but yeah the animatronic technology is amazing now.check out the animatronic shaman from the avatar movie.its not cgi its actual realistic animatronics!!!+ i just said animatronic 4 times haha.
I hate it. This movie is in my top 10
@@TheRezro The CGI push was more about $$$$ than looking "cheesy".
@@D21UpstateNY CGI isn't cheap, or at least until it is cheap CGI, if you know what I mean (especially today when half of it is practical anyway). From directors perspective it make tings easier, and from producers it was cool gimmick what was though to be "future" and pushed unnecessarily. In fact absurd of that is the reason why practical studios did have redemption around decade ago, though with progres they fused with CGI.
I like to think that the scene in The Burbs where Corey Feldman's character calls the 'pizza dude' is what inspired the casting of Feldman as Donatello.
I'm 33 now. Saw TMNT again one day when I had the flu not too long ago. I was very pleasantly surprised at how good the movie is and holds up. Not for a "kids movie" but just as a movie. From the effects to the atmosphere to the acting and soundtrack.
Very underrated movie.
Leo: Awesome!
Mikey: Righteous!
Donny: Bossanova!
what?
Donny; Chevy Nova?
....
Donny: EXCELLENT!!!
I used "Boassanova" at work the other day. Felt right.
I thought bossanova was great
What a soundtrack. Turtle Power still gives me goosebumps.
Ninja Turtles 1, The Goonies, Ghostbusters and Home Alone. I must have watched those movies 50 times a piece as a kid
Oh come on man we watched hell of a lot more than 50 THESE were what made our childhood.
+ terminator 2 and we have the same childhood
For me it was those and back 2 the future
I love the scene in April's apartment when Leo and Raph are fighting and Mikey and Donny are just sitting in the kitchen
"...….Pork rind?......PORK RIND " *nom nom*
God... Remember rewinding VHS's before you returned your videos? Wait... Remember returning videos?
Pepperidge Farms remembers...
A part of me still feels like I can just go out and find a video store to rent a new release VHS tape. Then I remember it's 2019.
TMNT is a very dark film. A teenager gets jumped, beat up, and thrown through a glass ceiling. And then his brothers have to fight to save his life.
When you put it that way....
Never looked at it that way. Imagine if it were Danny getting kicked and punched in the head, dragged down the stairs and thrown through a glass ceiling by a group of at least a dozen foot soldiers. A beating so severe that it literally puts him in to a coma for a significant portion of the movie. 90s parents would have been livid.
One of my fondest memories was the day my Dad (who detests Malls) took me to get a new Nes game (I got Excite Bike)and see TMNT.
Watthead80 sounds like a good day
"I'll never call golf a dull game again!"
- Casey Jones
bunkyspunkmeyer I like it when he pulls out the Cricket mallet.
@@biguy617 "That was a crime, you purse-grabbing pukes... and this is the penalty." Casey Jones was a badass.
@@Beltzer0072 definitely the best Casey Jones we'll ever see
@@bunkyspunkmeyer I remember thinking that nobody could portray the Joker better than Jack Nicholson and a lot of people felt the same way... You never know lol. But, he is *awesome* for sure.
@@party4keeps28 nah....cinema is to PC now. But ur right......u never know lol
My favorite is Leonardo. Just wanted to show the Leader in Blue some love
Leo's my favorite as well, I can relate myself to him more then the other turtles.
Joseph Bilderback Leo was my favorite as a kid; now at 37, I gotta go with Mikey.
nobody listens to him i feel bad for him
Wields dual katanas. Nuff said.
1990 turtles look a hell of a lot better than Bay Turtles
Those who play Batletech have long know of the ignominy of Turtle Bay.
I like when James mention the scene where Shredder is introduced because it reminded me of the typical Michael Bay gimmick of slowly pan-circling the camera around a subject except that the scene James talks is good but the Michael Bay pan-circle always just looks silly
MICHAEL BAY VERSION SUCKS MAJOR BALLS!
1980's Transformers look better than Michael Bay versions.
Some things we don’t talk about.
That baseball/pizza hut commercial at the beginning of TMNT just brought back some memories lol
Lol yeah that really hit home.
I remember the moment when my friends and I realized we all had the exact same VHS tape with the exact same Pizza Hut ad. It was like us realizing all our moms were named Martha.
I always remember that commercial, and the diet coke commercial on the 89 Batman VHS
And a baseball falls into my glove!
I always found it super ironic that Pizza Hut had a commercial before the movie, and a coupon in the VHS copies, yet Domino's Pizza gets the product placement in the film.
Kid :Got any cigarettes?
Sam Rockwell :Regular or Menthol?
And there was a 10 year old smoking a cigar
He pronounces "menthol" like "mental."
@@Justin-Hill-1987 I love that thic New York accent. I have that whole movie memorized. 33 years later it's still fresh.
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That 10 year old kid smoking a cigar was so based.
I like the part when James says that his favorite part is when Shredder walks in. Because that part is actually cut. In the original scene, Shredder walks in and fight the soldiers who failed on their mission. If you look closely at on of the kids when Shredder starts talking, you can see a fresh cut on his arm. The deleted scene must be somewhere on TH-cam if anyone is interested in seeing it.
I just watched tmnt 1 a few nights ago. It still holds up Soo well.
Don & Mikey:
Fight?...”
“Fight.”
“Kitchen?”
“Kitchen.”
“Porkrine?”
“Porkrine!”
"Shes a good reporter"
"SHES A BAAAAAAABE!"
In the movie mannnn
I had that VHS too. I like that baseball commercial for pizza hut. It harkons back to a simpler time.
Seeing that was a crazy nostalgia trip
Hell yes, I find myself actually singing that song word for word sometimes. Of course I probably hammered it into my head by watching the movie 100's of times.
"Up in the distance, the games dragging on..
Theres strikes on the batter, so runners are on....
So suddenly everyone's looking at me..
My mind has been wondering what could it be...
They point to the sky, and i look up above..
And a basketball falls into my glooooovee,
I play right field, its important you know,
You got to learn how to catch, you gotta learn how to throw,
Thats why Im playing right field, way out where the dandylions grooowwww."
I know this commerical by heart, merely becuase I have seen the TMNT VHS movie over 100 times.
Just want to point out that Raphael says "Damn" 4 times... the 4th is right after he and Leonardo get into an argument. Raphael storms out the door and goes to the roof and shouts "Damn"
I overall agree with you guys. This movie is a classic and extremely well-made. I also don't normally trust Rotten Tomatoes' reviews. My favorite part of the movie is when Michaellangelo finds *_a fellow chucker, eh?_*
coloreo666 and as a funny piece of trivia, he’s chucking against HIMSELF! The actor playing Michelangelo is also playing that foot soldier!
I practice nunchaku and still can't figure out how he spins it on his finger 🤣🤣🤣
Zip zip zip! Whoo! Blam!!! Lol
Usually, the audience score is pretty accurate. Ignore the "professional" critics.
Rotten tomatoes is a hack sight. The rise of Skywalker score being 86 forever pretty much proved it
Both movies are great. I'm to the point where my kids are old enough to watch them. I prefer TMNT I, but I do have a fondness for the Secret of the Ooze.
Super Shredder being in it is a plus.
My twin two-year-old boys love 1991 TMNT 2 (I'm a bit afraid to show 1 to them). We now eat "Turtles pizza" (new york style) because of the intro scenes to that movie.
I kept some of my Turtles toys from when I was a kid (including the same turtle van that's in the background of this video), and they have so much fun playing with them. It's a cool sentimental moment watching your kids enjoy the same things you did 30 years earlier.
I was also impressed with my kids' taste in movies. They hated the Michael Bay Turtles. Weren't interested at all in it.
That’s awesome man
@Russian the orginal is miles better
How about a review of Tim burtons batman 1989?.
🃏
If the guys reviewed TMNT 1 and 2 I think they should just review the Batman movies from 1989-1997.
TMNT 3 Did not have the Review That movie was Trash
@@JackNapierTM this town needsan enema
@@justintahair9119 😁
Dudes and Dude-ets, Major league butt kicking is back in town 🐢🍕
Awesome!
Totally radical!
@@mcurran6505 HAHAHA! Righteous!
@@mcurran6505
Chevy Nova?
@@loudmusickillsthepain648 EXCELLENT!
"it's quiet"
-"Ya, a little too quiet"
"Hey it's Raph!!!"
-"Ya, a little too Raph"
Thanks for the Raph! I meant laugh!
I just rewatched one and 2 a couple weeks ago and my god are Donny and Mikey hilarious.
Greatest line ever.
"Oh, but no anchovies and I mean No anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and your in big trouble ok."
"Clock's tickin duuude."
Pizza dudes got 30 seconds
As kids we would always act out that scene.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Hey this is a 10! The tab is 13!"
I’m 34 years old an it still my favorite
@@HOTD108_ /sigh i hate incels
To dude that deleted his comment. Haha dumbass!
I'm 39 and it's a favorite of mine.
Im 60 and its still my favorite.
35 as a kid I loved it as adult still love it🤓👍💚
23:00 How is it that no one said that their favorite is Raphael? Raph is the coolest.
Or Leo
I could never decide. I love all the turtles. In some versions do have my prefered turtle, but which turtle I favor depends on the adaption etc...
Agreed
He was always my favorite 👍👍
My favorite as well!
Saw in the theater and went to rent it the day it was released, all the copies were out so my mom bought me the VHS. Was like Christmas and I still have it almost 30 years later.
yeaah, i got rid of a ton of VHS and my VCR when i was making room for a baby. But kept the OG Star Wars trilogy, my copy of Predator, and TMNT
It was one of those movies where as a kid it blew your mind that they actually made such a live-action movie and the excitement to see it was unmatched.
Raphael actually says "Damn" four times. The fourth was on the roof right after his fight with Leo and just before being spotted by Casey and then beaten up by the Foot Clan.
5 if you count "ninja kick the damn rabbit"
@@MFSeaMen Right or Wrong remembering that scene is just satisfying.
cool story brah
Michelangelo: "Fight?"
Donatello: "Fight."
Michelangelo: "Kitchen?"
Donatello: "Kitchen."
this was a time(right before the internet took over). the last piece of a bygone era. VHS tapes and Nintendo.
we'll never have it so good again boys.
Not entirely true
We have Netflix and PS4
@@axelwulf6220 Remove the PS4 and you have a point
...i wasnt born in the bygone era , im 20
But my childhood was literally vhs tapes and Nintendo 64
@@_loveableidiot When I say Atari I mean atari 2600. when I say "Nintendo" I mean the NES.
you'll understand when you are older son.
“Pizza dudes got 30 seconds”
"Pork Rind? Pork Rind."
He really does to
*dude's.
The puppetry is amazing considering it was done by Jim Henson and his creature shop in London.
Well this is the same people who made Rick Moranis' little shop of horrors. Have you seen the Audrey 2 puppet? It looks AMAZING!
THAT ONE A-HOLE I was literally watching Little shop of horrors earlier today. Still a great film after all these years.
Their Weapons reflect the personalities:
Leo=kitanas(training and studying to master the art)
DON=BO(CALCULATE,,,TACTICAL LIKES TO MEASURE HIS OPPONENT FROM A DISTANCE)
RAPH=SAIS(UP CLOSE FIGHTER,LIKES TO GET IN)
MIKEY=NUNCHUCKS(WILD AN CRAZY)
Tokka and Rahzar both appear in the 1987 cartoon during Season 7 in the episode "Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter" and the video games "TMNT III: The Manhattan Project" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time."
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) and TMNT 2 are movies I enjoy very much.
Me too
Never trust the critic score on RT, the audience score is usually more accurate.
Not always though. Audiences can have their own biases as well.
The Critics loved the Last Jedi and the audience had it in the 40%.
You are right.
Agreed! What the critics love the common audience hates and vice versa
This movie was unreal for it's time. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Such good memories. Great review guys!
That computer animated Nickelodeon Turtles show actually spent a whole season on the farm with the turtles recovering from a fight at the end of the previous season. That show was awesome. They met their 1988 cartoon counterparts, they did Wingnut and Screwloose amazingly and modernized the old theme song to a pretty insanely catchy new theme. Original mutants and ones that tied to the movies and og cartoon was awesome to see on tv along with their playmates toys back on shelves at toys R us.
Were the 80's versions CG? Weird.
I remember the 2003 series did a crossover with the 80's version too.
Check out turtles forever
2012 TMNT is the kid with rich parents who got to do all kinds of cool stuff and it's fun hanging out with them because they have all these amazing stories and cool toys
2003 TMNT is the smart, creative kid with fucking integrity, but they're poor and they have oppressive backwoods parents so they can't really do anything fun, and nobody wants to go to their house.
Wow...I didn't know WWE Kevin Nash played the Super Shredder in TMNT 2 🤔 Pretty cool 👍
He sure did!
They should talk about Mask Of The Phantasm
I remember seeing it at a theater when I was a kid loved how dark and awesome that movie was.
Everyone who hasn't seen that go watch it now and thank me later.
I'll take "Movies I know every line from" for 200. For about a year as a 4 year old this and "Batman 89" were all I watched
yes and yes
LoL your Damn Right!! 😆 same here
As a kid TMNT 2 was my favorite of the movies, as an adult I definitely enjoy the original the most.
Please do “killer clowns from outer space”
Yes please
Killer clowns! Yes!!!
He did review the movie on Monster Madness.
That’s gonna be one of the mazes at Halloween horror nights at universal this year. I’m pumped!
That movie is legend.
"That 3D cartoon I think is the best thing they've done with the TMNT since then."
2003 TMNT, anyone?
A S R
I liked Fast Forward
When Raph would say, “ I hate the future.”
i am holding my vote until i see Batman vs TMNT, that is gonna be off the hook if Kevin Conroy is doing the VO.
nah.. the movie from 2007
@@UltimateGamerCC Oh sweet Jesus, please be better than Batman: Ninja
2003 version is the best
Batman Vs TMNT was really solid. Definitely a must see if you’re a fan imo
Rotten Tomatoes - Ghostbusters 2016 _80%_
James - _ASSSSSSSSS!!!_
I love how Rotten Tomatoes brings the Nerd out of him
And now I know not to trust rotten tomatoes
@@jasontodd2607 DTA
That should have been the Rotten Tomatoes rating for "Ghostbusters II" instead, since that is such an underrated sequel that deserves more love. ;P
Rotten Tomato's pans this movie but gives Fembusters an 80% and Last Jedi a 91. People say they aren't political.
When they talk about the Rotten Tomatoes is the most like The Nerd that I've seen James act outside of AVGN.
Grace Grace it’s so funny when ‘the nerd’ or ‘Board James’ comes out. Because those are inherently parts of his personality just amplified to eleven, but James is so chill and laid back its just extra funny.
Grace Grace Another incident of The Nerd coming out of James is when people bring up iTunes, which he hates a lot.
Dam!! Raph is referring to the original nes turtles dam level
Eric Desselle that's shocking!
I just had a rage flashback
*turtle flops in the water*
You can just walk over it ..
THAT COMMERCIAL!!
"I play right field!"
I had that tape with that commercial.
Aaron Nicewonger me too!!! Always loved that
I did too and completely forgot about that as well as the Burger King commercial after it with the artist and the drawings coming alive.
Goldberg from mighty ducks is in the pizza hut commercial ..
You got to know how to catch you got to know how to throw
I also had that tape with that commercial, I also played right field a few times.
James when I was a young man. The coming out of the shells tape was at this laundry-mat that I would go to as a child. I spend so many quarters trying to get it. Glad someone else liked it!
That Pizza Hut commercial had me in tears cuz that really took me back 2 when I owned the movie on VHS 😂 I was so into the Ninja Turtles that I remember telling my kindergarten teacher that I wanted 2 be one when I grew up ... I'm now an unemployed pothead 😏😂😂😂
It's never too late to put down the pot and train in the martial arts...
Don't let your dreams be dreams!
I play the right field, out where the dandelions grow!
@@MrKGHunter 😂😂😂
Pretty close though,I imagine you at least eat alot of pizza so that's a start anyways
You’re half way therenlook at mikey he…wait no even he brings in his own money with cowabunga Carl
I really loved the scene where Splinter has that sit down with Raphael about his anger. One of my favorite moments. Gives me goose pimples
Can we take a moment to talk about the girl in the foot clan hide out? The one playing pool and chewing bubblegum? Teenage me was totally into her 100%.
Same. Watching this film as a kid was a dream!
The bubblegum girl was a legit cutie.
I wish they would make a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4, a direct sequel to the original trilogy, all live action, no CGI.
In a way, there was a 4th live -action installment 2 the original movie series, but it barely made it onto the cinematic radar.
Last I remember, the plot involved the original 4 turtles encountering a 5th turtle -- 1 who specialized in the mystic aspects of the art of ninja.
Oh, & this new turtle was a female.
@@zenkim6709 That was Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. And it was a TV series, not a movie. It was made by Saban and even had a crossover with the Power Rangers in Space.
The 4th movie is TMNT (2007)
Jim Henson was such a talented artist and performer, his kind is a dying breed. The turtles Jim Henson brought to life have so much heart and character, the Michael Bay ones were utter dog shit.
The Oceans Gaurdian if I was incharge of Hollywood I would have a death grip and limit CGI usage
That seems like an insult to utter dogshit. Whoever thought it was a good idea to bring that franchise anywhere near Michael Bay should be blacklisted from Hollywood Forever.
And the worst part is... the ninja turtles spawned a bunch of copycat series, some of which are charming in their own way and would have been *excellent* candidates for a Michael Bay movie
Michael Bay's Street Sharks
Michael Bay's Biker Mice from Mars
not exactly the same but still a 90s toy franchise, _Michael Bay's Attack Packs_
Fucking hell it was a massive missed opportunity having him ruin the turtles instead.
@@KairuHakubi
I definitely would have preferred any of those series being ruined over TMNT.
I find it funny that back in the 90s when we were still using more or less rudimentary effects they made movies like TMNT,dicktracy and batman
That are far better than a lot of the movies that come out these days that try to be dark and gritty.
@@johnny2x484 You are right, I had to go outside and find one of our family's dogs shit piles to apologize to, very cruel comparison.
To grew up in Allentown PA, and we will always go to that drive in! Last movie I saw there was cowboys and Aliens / super 8 double feature.
I always thought 3 would’ve been a good time to introduce Usagi Jimbo imo.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Attack of the Missed Opportunities
It took a long time before I realized that TMNT was originally a Daredevil parody (the mutagen came from the same truck that hit Matt, "Foot" vs "hand," "Stick" vs "Splinter," the over-dark and angsty narration...)
They take place in the same universe so I would say so
Ever notice the Elektra movie is a copy of Ninja Scroll?
Albeit with way less rape and bees.
I never read any daredevil runs, but i knew the influence Frank MIller had on Eastman and Laird from old interviews way back
"I see you guys have read the abridged book of Ninja fighting". I never got that line as a kid
I still don't
He's telling them they suck lol
Hey I saw the turtles perform live on stage in Baltimore arena... It was awesome I loved the turtles back then, no joke they did indeed have a concert.
You have the like even before pressing play. I already know this is a great video.
To this day, my buddy & I will still toss out the occasional, "Yeah...a little TOO Raph!"
And I will toss out "Is Schwarzenegger hard to spell?" And "COMBAT COLD CUTS "
Such a great line! 👍
"We were awesome!"
"Bodacious!"
"Bitchin!'"
"Narley!"
"COWABUNGA!"
You guys should do Suburban Commando with Hulk Hogan. Keep up the good work.
Every time I hear that movie mentioned I instantly think:
I WAS FROZEN TODAY!!!
Dookie!!!!!!!
@@bigorange2082 The Dookie line is from No Holds Barred.
They already did I think lol
I WAS FROZEN TODAY - classic line
Does anyone know how to find replica prints of those amazing drawings April was drawing while at the farmhouse? And who else had a crush on Judith Hoag?
Man I'd love to have those drawings to!!!
Paige Turco
Most definitely Judith Hoag was not bad looking at all
Google, yu dimbass.
For me, it was He-Man, the Ninja turtles, then GI Joe.
Nostalgia rules
Suddenly Justin Hammer being played by Sam Rockwell makes so much sense
Finding out he was in this movie just somehow makes me enjoy his acting even more than I already do. Mentos, lOL.
the only movie I know Sam Rockwell from is Moon
johnny 2x4 I’m wanting him now to walk up to Tony and be like “regular or menthol?”
DAMN TMNT 1 deserves waaay higher than 40% on Rotten Tomatoes!
@Jax T Good plan!
If it Aint marvel with disney paying them 'critics' dont epxect anything else getting good reviews
My son was really into the 3d Turtles cartoon they mentioned, which is pretty decent. Lots of call backs and homages to the originals. But during that time I showed him this movie and was really happy to see that it held up really well and I still enjoyed it as an adult.
I'll be honest, I liked 3 as a kid specifically because of the setting.
I've been a huge history nerd since I was a small child, especially
knights and samurai and ninja, so it entertained kid me.
Ninja Turtles 1 is my favorite. I saw it in the theater and then thousands more times growing up. When I began noticing the filmmaking itself, it made me appreciate it even more. The style, the look, the editing, the effects. There's so much great stuff in there. Just want to point out the origin sequence, which is a perfect example of all those things.
The "Makin' it Great" slogan evoked my whole childhood
remember when pizza hut had basketball