Comments on Misanthropic Review: TMNT: Turtles in a Post-1990 World

As for the 'Transformers vs. TMNT' thing you menti...

2007-05-07T00:16:19.759-04:00

As for the 'Transformers vs. TMNT' thing you mentioned at the end of your post, I once played a game in junior high wherein the cast of TMNT took out the entirety of G.I.Joe, if that helps.

Teenage turdsteenage turdsteenage turdsturds in ha...

2007-04-26T16:34:07.980-04:00

Teenage turds
teenage turds
teenage turds
turds in half-shell
turd power

It means naught, I used to sing that when our children would watch the show.

I kind of went through the same thing. I saw it w...

2007-04-07T15:41:54.267-04:00

I kind of went through the same thing. I saw it with a group of 8 DISSENTING friends looking for something to do. Fending off the turtle insults, I was armed with my. . . excitement! They gave me 45mins of 'let's see grindhouse, it's for adults, like us.' My eyes rolled at the idea of 3 hours of "THRILLS." Like we hadn't seen every good scene in the trailer. They would call up others and tell them of our plans making sure to justify why we're seeing TMNT instead of grindhouse. 'Hey, you don't have to fucking justify turtles!' When the movie started I got a little nervous, the people looked VERY animated. Crap, I'm really going to take a lot of shit for this!

As the action picked up it went silent and about half way through all I heard was laughter. Everyone was engaged. I made a few 'Yous guys, why is raphael the only one from new jersey?' jokes. Afterward, not only was each and every one of them impressed, but they all enjoyed the hell out of it. I'm not a big fan of generic bad guys, but all the action and adventure elements were present along with some clever jokes. You're totally wrong about this movie not changing people's perception of it. If they still adamantly think it's absolutely childish, they just can't admit their wrong!

All right then...I'll check it out.Besides, my dau...

2007-04-05T08:46:42.573-04:00

All right then...I'll check it out.

Besides, my daughter told me yesterday that she wants to see the movie, "even though", as she put it, "Ninjas are for boys." (she has so much to learn)

And keep this in mind...

For the cost of 2 pairs of Taryn Rose mules, you can have a sweet gaming setup in the house.

;)

I forgot to mention, actually, that a lot of the n...

2007-04-03T15:09:20.274-04:00

I forgot to mention, actually, that a lot of the new movie closely resembles the comics, in that there's a lot of unhappiness and struggle and they throw that "strike hard and fade away into the night" line around at the end. There's also a lot more rooftop crouching and skyline gazing, and I'm not sure if it's ever even daytime. So if you weren't a fan of the cartoon or the awesome (I MEAN LAME! LAME!) original movies, you might actually like this.

And dude, thanks for the tip about the game. I don't have an Xbox 360 being a girl who does that thing where I spend all my money on shoes, much to my women's college education's chagrin. But I loved the original NES game, so maybe I'll, you know, check it out. If it's not too scary.

I was all over the comic when it came out in the l...

2007-04-03T15:02:24.539-04:00

I was all over the comic when it came out in the late 80's but those were the days of turning real cartoons into lifeless, kid-like versions of themselves -- remember Scrappy Doo, Muppet Babies and Tiny Toons?

Sadly the Ninja Turtles suffered a similar fate, becoming mere shells of their ninja awesomeness.

I probably won't bother seeing the film (especially after reading your review).

I did pick up a copy of TMNT for the Xbox 360 the other day though.

The game is based on the Prince of Persia game engine and is actually a lot of fun to play.

Sure, it's not a next-gen game title but it's a great mix of platforming and classic arcade slashing. Worth renting (or owning if you're a TMNT collector).