movies/tv MLP Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles thread

[Captain Marvelous 544]

Okay I don't really think I need any introduction for these guys.

 

 

 

Starting off as pretty much as a parody of the black and white gritty comics over 25 years ago, I don't think no one would of thought of what kind of impact this franchise had made.

 

A couple of years later a tv show was made and boom...turtles everywhere.

 

This is probably a series with probably one of the biggest multi-verses I have ever seen in a series.

 

With an upcoming new tv show and movie coming out... let us discuss.

 

which form of the turtles do you like (Mirage, 87,03, movie, etc etc...)?

 

what is your favorite turtle game...

 

Who is your favorite turtle...

 

just about anything Ninja Turtle wise...

 

 

[Discordian 6,015]

I was only able to get into these guys recently. I occasionally watched the '03 turtles on 4Kids but I was always waiting for shows like Spider Riders or Yugioh or Sonic X so I didn't particularly care.

 

So I decided to watch 80's Turtles (checked them out from the library) and now I kinda like them so I'm gonna watch more. I can say this much: 80's Shredder holds nothing on 03 Shredder. 03 Shredder is badass as hell while the 80's one is just...a guy out for revenge.

 

I can say the same for Splinter. He's way better in 03. But the turtles themselves were somewhat better because they were funnier.

 

Oh and...dat April.

 

 

I like this version of April far more than the newer one.

[Zoop 8,384]

The Turtles were my poison of choice back in the 80s and early 90s.

[Captain Marvelous 544]

Discordia: that's okay, you can have her... I'll just take Karai 07

 

 

hell yeah

Edited October 25, 2011 by Captain Marvelous

[Discordian 6,015]

Oooo never seen her before.

 

Like I said: Only recently have I had any remote interest in the turtles so I don't know much.

[Captain Marvelous 544]

It's okay... if you do decide to watch the 2007 movie, its only fair to tell you it might be confusing.

 

The movie it self follows the first three movies, but differents because it adds some plot of the 03 show (only that Karai is there)

Edited October 25, 2011 by Captain Marvelous

[Finesthour 7,287]

I was only able to get into these guys recently. I occasionally watched the '03 turtles on 4Kids but I was always waiting for shows like Spider Riders or Yugioh or Sonic X so I didn't particularly care. So I decided to watch 80's Turtles (checked them out from the library) and now I kinda like them so I'm gonna watch more. I can say this much: 80's Shredder holds nothing on 03 Shredder. 03 Shredder is badass as hell while the 80's one is just...a guy out for revenge. I can say the same for Splinter. He's way better in 03. But the turtles themselves were somewhat better because they were funnier. Oh and...dat April. I like this version of April far more than the newer one.

First girl I had a crush on. April Ftw.

[Captain Marvelous 544]

wow I must of been the only one that didn't have a crush on old school April.

Edited October 26, 2011 by Captain Marvelous

[Finesthour 7,287]

Yep, you most likely are. Lol.

[Discordian 6,015]

Don't mix up the terms crush and hots. I had the hots for April. Only characters I've ever had a crush on were Karin from Chibi Vampire and Princess Sally from Sonic.

[Captain Marvelous 544]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

 

so I guess I should go ahead and post some stuff about the upcoming Ninja Turtles show by Nickelodeon (new owners of TMNT)

 

 

 

Let's start with Splinter. His new design is COMPLETELY different from anything that's been done before. He is quite tall and wears a much more traditional kimono than he's ever worn before. Personally, I like it. And from the little tidbits that we were given, I really think Splinter's story has potential to be one of the strongest things about the new series.

 

Splinter's origin is based on him being the human Hamato Yoshi in Japan. Human Hamato Yoshi has/had a daughter (not clear on what happened to her). In Japan, he and Oroku Saki/Shredder were rivals and after a battle Shredder believes his nemesis to be dead. But Yoshi fled to New York, where, of course, his life got even more interesting. When Shredder learns that Yoshi is still alive, he comes to New York and brings lots of badness with him. Oh, and he looks completely badass.

 

One really cool part about the new design for the Turtles' Lair is that Splinter has a room with a "miracle tree." Basically, a small pinhole of light from the surface comes through and in this spot is growing a fantastic tree. Splinter also keeps some kind of scroll that has some sort of representation of his daughter on it.

 

While Splinter is the Turtles' father figure, their "mother" figure is the empty jar of ooze that transformed them. The jar is labeled TCRI. And just like in the original Eastman & Laird comics, there is a big ominous TCRI building in the city, and no one really knows what goes on inside of it. We saw designs for one (giant) room in the TCRI building, where Shredder has a big long mutation device. Basically, you put a person/whatever in one end, and get a mutant out the other.

 

The Utroms are now known as the Kraang. I think this is a good compromise considering Krang's legendary status as part of the original cartoon. Their design is much more "scary," for lack of a better way of describing it. They are very "squiggly" with long skinny tenticles and it sounds like they will move very spider-like. That is, when they're not in their skeleton suits. The suits serve a double-purpose. One, is because they can't survive in our atmosphere, and two is that the suits can project a holographic human form. As the series progresses, it sounds like these robotic Kraangs will become part of Shredder's Foot army (and since they're robotic, the Turtles can be more violent on them within the constrains of children's television).

 

Baxter Stockman is established as a character in the "pilot" animatic we were shown (more on that later). He is African-American, as he is in the original comics and the 4Kids cartoon series. We meet him as a disgruntled employee looking to exact revenge on the company that fired him (for being late, once). More on him when I put together my description of the "pilot" animatic.

 

April has been completely redesigned as a 16-year-old teenage girl. The Turtles meet her when they rescue her and her parents from being kidnapped by the Kraang (or Shredder? not exactly sure), presumably for their mutation experiments. This is from the actual first episode, which is not the "pilot" we saw, so we really weren't told any more details about how that plays out, but it obviously ends with April becoming a regular visitor to the Turtles down in their Lair. As the series progresses, she will be studying with Splinter to become a kunoichi - female ninja. Oh, and Donatello has a HUGE crush on her. HUGE. It is one part weird, and one part adorable. It sounds like this may be a short-lived crush and not an on-going part of the series, although - like with everything else - I can't say for certain.

 

And speaking of the Turtles... they are essentially the same TMNT we all know and love. (Yaaaaay!) Personality-wise and build-wise, they seem to be very much modeled on the 2007 TMNT CGI-movie. Michaelangelo is the goofy little brother, Raphael is well-built and gruffy, Donatello is kinda lanky and (of course) nerdy, and Leonardo is somewhere between Raph and Don in size and is actually the official leader. In the script reading we saw, which I believe was from the actual first episode, Splinter officially declared Leonardo to be the leader of the group.

 

Overall the Turtles' designs looked great. My biggest problem was that somewhere down the line they all grew a third toe. Not the exaggerated heel that has sometimes been referred to as a "third toe," but an actual third toe up front. None of the art we had seen before arriving at Nickelodeon had a third toe. And the walkway up to the studios had been decorated with a bunch of two-toed green footprints. So there were no early signs that something was "a-foot" (hah!) with the toes. When I started noticing it throughout the 2D animatic I thought this was just some weird mistake happening. But then I also noticed it in the 3D model we were shown. And then we were shown the action figures, which had three very distinct toes on each foot. Now it seemed clear that it wasn't a mistake. But really, it's kind of creepy. And considering how spot-on the rest of the designs are, I don't know why they would decide to go mess it up with something like a third toe. Nickelodeon seemed kind of defensive when asked about it, so I don't know what the chances are of them actually changing this. Sadness.

 

And while Casey Jones is not a part of the picture for the moment, expect him to eventually be. While it is not currently planned for him to be part of season 1, he will likely brought in for season 2. Although, Nickelodeon seems open to bringing him into season 1 if, while during the writing process, a particular need for Casey to be around comes up. And while we won't likely be seeing him, prepare to see signs from him, as it is planned to have graffiti tagged by Casey be part of the background. When we do finally see him, he is planned to be a bit older than April, 18-20, and due to the limitations of television CGI will have short hair.

 

 

 

Another thing is the voice of Raph from the 87 show will play Donnatello in the new show, The voice of Leo will be the guys from American Pie (don't know which)

 

Sean Astin is Raphael; Greg Cipes is Michelangelo as well.

 

 

Edited October 26, 2011 by Captain Marvelous

[Finesthour 7,287]

TL:TR :3 All I saw was shredder, And he was the voice of the dad from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Automatic Coolness.

Edited October 26, 2011 by Finesthour

[Captain Marvelous 544]

yeah that was kind of cool.

Edited October 26, 2011 by Captain Marvelous

[Discordian 6,015]

Sounds interesting. Got any pics for the redesigns?

 

Also spoiler tags are basically putting "spoiler" and "/spoiler" around the needed spoiler but remember to put brackets around each word.

 

Basically [ s p o i l e r ] and [ / s p o i l e r ] without spaces.

[Finesthour 7,287]

Crap, did not mean splinter.

Fixing it now.

[Captain Marvelous 544]

 

this seems to be the best... the show it self is said to be in that of a comic book-cgi feel apparently.

[Discordian 6,015]

Looks pretty cool. Too bad I ain't got cable. >_<

[Captain Marvelous 544]

here is a synopsis of a pilot that was done.

 

 

 

The episode started with the Turtles training with Splinter in their Lair. The Turtles' training evolves into an argument about whether or not they can go up to the streets. There is a lot of humorous banter between Splinter and the Turtles using the repeated line, "YES... and no." The argument ends with the Turtles not being allowed to go above.

 

After training, Donatello presents the others with his newest invention: The world's most advanced MP3 player. He calls it the T-pod; it has a special AI chip inside it and can hold a bazillion songs. Mikey is in awe of it and slips the ear buds under his bandana, into his "ears." How many songs are actually on the MP3 player? Three.

 

April stops by the Lair with some pizza, which they then eat and add to a chart of "Best Pizza in New York." April invites the Turtles to join her at the movies that night. Donatello is thrilled, as he has an obvious crush on her. However, the Turtles have just been told they can't go to the streets, so it takes some persuasion of Leonardo to decide that they will all sneak out later.

 

Cut to later that night and we see the Turtles sneaking out of the Lair. Mikey still has the T-pod with him. The Turtles reach the surface and start heading toward the theater. On their way, they come across a man wearing a weird metal "suit" trying to break into a building. The man is Baxter Stockman. The Turtles watch him for a bit, laughing at him because his attempts at breaking in aren't going so well and his "suit" is more clunky than it is intimidating. They eventually show themselves and beat him up, leaving him in a dumpster.

 

The Turtles continue to the movie theater, scaling rooftops and fire escapes as they go. At one point, Leo (or Mike?) runs through a bee hive. Because of their earlier distraction, it is late and by the time they get to the theater, an annoyed April is just leaving the theater. Mike realizes he no longer has the T-pod,

 

Back in the alley, Baxter has found the T-pod, which Mike had dropped. He plugs into it and the AI chip empowers his suit, transforming it from clunky scrap and into super powerful armor.

 

By the time the Turtles get back to the alley, Baxter and the T-pod are gone.

 

The next day, the Turtles are hanging out in their Lair when April stops by. She shows annoyance at the fact that she was "stood up" the previous night. They are watching TV, and on the TV they see a news report about a man in a super suit attacking an office building. It's Baxter, and he's having revenge against the company that recently fired him (for being late, once). Awhile later, the Turtles sneak out again to find Baxter.

 

When they do find him, Baxter proceeds to kick their butts in his now powerful suit. Eventually, Leonardo goes back to the bee hive they had run into the previous night, grabs it, and shoves it into Baxter's suit through the face mask. Baxter, who is completely sealed inside the suit, gets stung by many now-angry bees. The Turtles use the distraction to dislodge the T-pod from the suit, and it crumbles into the worthless scrap metal it started out as.

 

The Turtles return to their Lair and a very suspicious Splinter.

 

 

 

remember don't take this in any shape or form... the show won't be out for another year, so a lot of things are going to majorly change.

 

supposebly the show is going to be more funny and more ninja-like then the previous cartoons.

 

here is something new. Its a fanfilm about Casey Jones.

 

http://www.caseyjonesthemovie.com/

 

also just found this.

 

 

 

this is the official style for the new show.

Edited October 26, 2011 by Captain Marvelous

[LyraHeartstrings 482]

I really only got into the 2003 cartoon... I watched like every episode of it, but never thought it was such an amazing show... I just watched it a lot... This new show looks promising. It could get screwed up and take the opposite direction MLP did, ( good shows into bad, instead of bad shows to good) I guess we'll see!

[SBaby 660]

Ninja Turtles was everywhere in the late 80s. I had the action figures, I had VHS copies of the Sewer Heroes Series (which was essentially a mid-series season box set of the show. I even had that ridiculous ooze Turtle Lair playset.

 

I'm also one of the few people that like all the versions of TMNT they have. I loved the 80s cartoon, and I love the 2003 series, and the movies (I especially love the first two movies, because they use alot of stuff from the original comics).

[Captain Marvelous 544]

Same here SB, though I say if I had to pick one, I'm a huge fan of the original comics...Also I like the Usagi Yojimbo comics...just saying

[Basco ta Jolokia 27]

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the new tv show Marvy-chan. Also can't wait for your big Turtle music video

[SBaby 660]

Yeah, that new show looks like it might be pretty good, now that I've seen the pictures and what I think might have been a teaser for it.

[SugarSlatheredCandyApple 20]

When I was 5 I was addicted to the 80's cartoon, I watched it religiously, so the point I told my mom the turtles were going to take me down to their lair in the sewers.

 

I also have a fondness for the live action turtles.........the movies they made were so campy...........but the live action TV show they had going during the 90's I really loved, especially with the addition of venus de milo.

[Captain Marvelous 544]

Yeah, I really like Venus... ashame she is treated as the Scrappy of Ninja Turtles (1/2 of the ninja turtles creator hates her with a passion)