i'm ok w/ the turtles being aliens as long as there is a 1/1 pizza/explosions ratio
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost yeah I liked the Krang action figure
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
so weird in hindsight that the two stooges were called bebop and rocksteady
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah I completely blocked that from my mind until that photo upthread surfaced
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
- remember how aweseome Casey Jones was in the movie? I had such a crush on him
I vividly recall a friend introducing me to the (second-gen, kiddie friendly) TMNT comics.He basically turned into Milhouse. "It's great -- these turtles are really kickass at ninja-fighting and they have a mentor who's a rat and they eat pizza ALL THE TIME!"
Why on earth was April O'Neil's always dressed in a yellow jumpsuit anyways? Wasn't she a journalist?(Uh, oh my -- image-googlers be warned: turns out there's a pornographer by that name. Not to mention that a lot of people apparently have felt the urge to draw her being banged by the teenage mutant herpes turtles)
― Øystein, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think April wore that cos she was so sexy they had to put her in the least flattering costume ever. And she was still bangin'.
I discovered TMNT one day in Elementary school when some kid had a bunch of action figures. The first two movies are really fun to watch. The first one, in particular, is pretty dark and gritty. The cartoon was a staple of my Sat. mornings and the arcade games are some of the coolest licensed games ever.
The CGI movie was pretty fun, good times. Don't understand why they are going live action rather than CGI cos frankly you can't top the turtles from the first movie.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also someone who think Bay is sodomizing the franchise must not be aware of "Ninja Rap", the third film, the TV show with the lady ninja turtle, or the Coming Out Of Their Shells musical tour.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
One other point about the upcoming movie: the OG creators were never sticklers about cross-media (or even cross-book) continuity. Like, there are easily a half dozen variants of the origin story, for example. But none of those veered as far afield as Bay's proposed vision.
Also, for those who didn't know, the TMNT are owned by Nickelodeon now, not Eastman & Laird. Which may go some way towards explaining why (wrt this particular instance, anyway) Bay just don't give a fuck.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
People crying about the Bay-ificsation of TMNT have apparently forgotten about this abomination...
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
XP there.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Crimes against humanity.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ninja Turtles, cartoon on, was never a high-quality piece of thoughtful entertainment (I never read the original comics of it). It's really irritating to me that kids are being marketed the same things their parents were 20-30 years ago. Maybe this trend's gone on for a long time but I never noticed it. Today's children need their own pile of singular inane, commercialized shit to cherish.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I pretty much deny all knowledge of the turtles after the first movie
and even the live turtles in the first movie were a liiiiiiiiiiittle creepy
more fun as a cartoon imo
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
the comic was great once eastman and laird quit. some very interesting zulli and veitch work.
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
BTW, Michael Zulli's three-issue run on TMNT in 1991 is the benchmark of the whole series...
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
More Zulli art here: http://marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/michael-zullis-ninja-turtles/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&&v=AlfjNTqbFLA
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ second after the Mark Martin ones
never realised this cover was by Totleben iirc
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was a total tmnt nerd as a kid btwLOVED mark martin tmnt
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
feel like the bay movie is likely to skew toward the zulli look
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
and that zulli will see zero money
whether or not there's any validity to the complaints, can't we all at least agree that professional grief being heaped upon michael bay is net gain for humanity?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
calm yourself veg girl
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh hai casey jones
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
anything that causes michael bay pain is a win for america, yes
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
TMNT FANS, RISE UP, TAKE TO THE STREETS, OCCUPY MICHAEL BAY
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thing I liked most about the first couple of movies was the connection they had to NY/bboy culture, however vague. It was like watching a live action anime about a bunch of breakdancers. Also hands up everyone who can sing the verse couple of verses of the T.U.R.T.L.E. Power rap from the 1st film....?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh I hate you for posting that
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
never forgethttp://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/46020/ninja-a-short-history-of-a-less-troublesome-word
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Top Commentsstill better than the shitty music we have now.TheDragoxter 2 weeks ago
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would stab you for that forks
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost - on every youtube music video ever, fuck I am so sick of reading that
vanilla ice's hair is so interesting
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
are eastman and laird the luckiest men in the twentieth century?Possibly matt groening is a little luckier.
― terrible rappin' barney rubble sounding thing (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's really irritating to me that kids are being marketed the same things their parents were 20-30 years ago. Maybe this trend's gone on for a long time but I never noticed it.
lol aren't you the world's biggest Archie stan
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also hands up everyone who can sing the verse couple of verses of the T.U.R.T.L.E. Power rap from the 1st film....?
Sheepish handraise.
Today's children need their own pile of singular inane, commercialized shit to cherish.
Massively OTM! When current generations hijack the nostalgia of previous generations, we get Woodstock '94. And '99. Never forget.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
xxpost but I thought that they don't make any scratch off TMNT? something about their deal with Nickelodeon screwed them out of the glory? or am I totally wrong
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
nickelodeon is hella broke right now too iirc
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha fair enoughI guess I just like old stupid shit better than new stupid shit
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also kids have plenty of their own dumb shit and I'm sure they were trying to market "the Apple Dumpling Gang: the next generation: the animated series" or something when I was young. I have to say it is p weird working w/eighth graders & they try and school me on who the Ninja Turtles are, though.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Judging from my niece's favorite shows, look for Olivia and Yo Gabba Gabba hologram reboots in 2042
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was a huge TMNT nerd as a kid, but the only thing I'll really rep for these days is the Archie Comics series (geared more towards kids and ostensibly an offshoot of the not-so-hot cartoon) and some of the original black & white stuff.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
xxpost sometimes it's cool though - my niece's path into anime started with Robotech when she was about 10, and as her grownup Aunt and Uncle, Mr Veg and I couldn't have been more psyched to hand her the armload of dvd box sets.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Nickelodeon sale was two years ago - first issue came out in 1984.
(Eastman stopped working at Mirage when Tundra launched c. 1991, sold all his share bar a creator interest to Laird/Mirage in 2000, and Laird bought the rest out in 2008.)
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 00:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
My guess is there just weren't as many marketing tie-ins available for the premise
― Nhex, Saturday, 16 June 2012 17:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
Bay prob didn't articulate that you can tell the turtles apart by which color headbands its wearing, thus children will, indeed, need to buy four different turtle toys at every opportunity
― Cunga, Saturday, 16 June 2012 19:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
ha... well, I mean in comparison to say, the car stuff in Transformers or Bad Boys, much better sponsorships than Hasbro
― Nhex, Saturday, 16 June 2012 19:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
True, although the piazza sponsorship deal could be huge. Ive dedicated my diet to pizza probably because of the turtles.
― Cunga, Saturday, 16 June 2012 21:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
Piazza sponsorship to say nothing of the piazza deal.
Mike Piazza IS Casey Jones
― catbus otm (gbx), Saturday, 16 June 2012 21:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor probably best known for his role as "Head Thug" in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the motion picture (1990)
Lol Wikipedia
― le hague, Sunday, 17 June 2012 07:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
bless them
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 June 2012 07:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 17 June 2012 14:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://www.slashfilm.com/krang-bebop-rocksteady-featured-ninja-turtles/
― ♆ (gr8080), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:37 (10 months ago) Permalink
Latino Review’s El Mayimbe got his hands on the script by Kevin Eastman and Andre Nemec
Reading a script called THE BLUE DOOR by Nemec & Applebaum.
― ¥╡*ٍ*╞¥ (sic), Thursday, 12 July 2012 00:37 (10 months ago) Permalink
http://www.themarysue.com/ninja-turtles-cast/
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 20:48 (1 month ago) Permalink
Shiamania is truly over
― abanana, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 21:07 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://natmonitor.com/2013/04/03/will-arnett-megan-fox-join-cast-of-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/
p lol after the megan fox/michael bay kerfuffle on transformers
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 4 April 2013 20:41 (1 month ago) Permalink
she tepidly apologized iirc which, lol
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 25 April 2013 14:08 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
sorry, transformers 4 has been cast already... but are you familiar with april o'neil?
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 25 April 2013 15:01 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
'i don't do that kind of movie, michael'
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 25 April 2013 15:37 (3 weeks ago) Permalink