Comic Book Resources alerted to me to this commercial for the Teenage Muant Ninja Turtles 25th anniversary crossover/event/cartoon movie Turtles Forever, which in turn alerted me to the fact that it's airing tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. EST on whatever channel 4Kids.tv is slumming it on (The CW, right? Probably the CW), which in turn alerted me to the fact that Eastman and Laird's black-and-white original comics turtles are joining the '80s cartoon Turtles and the '00s cartoon Turtles and HOLY SHIT THAT'S AWESOME. That's 12 mutant ninja turtles, and officially one hell of an anniversary present for fans. I wonder how the comic TMNT will be portrayed. Grim? Uttler humorless? Badasses? Something goofy? Goodness only knows, but I know I'll be watching Saturday morning cartoons tomorrow for the first time in a long time.
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jestergoblin said:
I'm so many different kinds of happy right now.
Alarm is set for 9:45 so I can get my cereal and sit down and enjoy this epic masterpiece.
manobon said:
I have to remember to get some super sugar loaded, not at all nutritious cereal (Cookie Crisp? MAYBE) and Lactaid (SHUDDUP!) tonight in preparation of tomorrow...
Or, would it be more appropriate to get some TERRIBLE Elio's Pizza and Pudding Pies?
yamieridani said:
Aw, they didn't get the voice actors for the original turtles? They don't sound right.
Arcane replied to yamieridani:
In fairness, they didn't get the original voice actors in later seasons of the original cartoon either.
kenshiro said:
Please tell me at least they got uncle phil to do one of the shredder's voices. That's all I want.
yamieridani replied to kenshiro:
I'ts not looking like it. Here's the imdb link.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1543920/
I want to know two things....who cast Ash Ketchem as April and Pegasus (Yugioh) as Splinter? Grrr.
Joey (also Yugioh) as Mikey...meh, ok, I can kinda see it.
yIntagh replied to kenshiro:
Nope James Avery(Uncle Phil) wasn't involved I watch part of it and then fell back asleep. It was kinda weak compared to the 80's series. =|
Still better than Bayformers LOL
MattK said:
SURELY seeing the ORIGINAL Turtles (the B&W comics) will hasten a reprint of those classic 80s independent comics?
jestergoblin replied to MattK:
They already reprinted them this summer, but the whole thing sold out.
Expect to pay around $100 for it on eBay.
Kevin replied to jestergoblin:
Arghhh!!!!
sparkleneelysparkle said:
how many krangs will there be though? who cares? im making pancakes for myself saturday morning and hunkering down with these bastards. this is GLORIOuS news.
☆☆☆ jaganar ☆☆☆ replied to sparkleneelysparkle:
you all know in your hearts that if you didnt like it you would have fallen asleep .
so YOU who stayed awake >>> thank you ;)
nostalgic ?
please to me i saw the ORIGINAL TMNT in the theaters , and i was younge enough the to have in my head Hand-muppets via Sesame Street . then the movie started
WHAM! ! !
my effing jaw dropped , was in sugar relapse for weeks after that .
T2 happend , same effect
( TMNT the musical legacy *Happy drool* )
TMNT : out of ideas AKA T4
SOMEHOW THE BASTARD CHILD OF JOEL SCHUMACHER i just Effin know it !
TMNT : CGI
ahhhhh sweeet redemption
TMNT : Forever
THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW AWESOME this is .
this shit was gaddamn Orgasmic.
"(klingon sex , yeah i know its for mates primaraly , but its still Klingon SEX dammit =) )Par'machpu' + bloodwine * DROW DEATH SEX + GARY OLDMANS DRACULA * the best blowjob ever times a thousand "
Chris Sanders said:
The comic turtles ae protrayed as grim and comic Leo does his voice over thing from the first comic. It's pretty fleeping awesome. I'm excited to see this because I never saw it, I only heard all the audio because someone at comicon accidentally recorded the sound and the sound only.
Zach Miller said:
Oh, the liquid awesome. My DVR shall be keeping this around for a looooong time.
doc_ock_4mugen said:
Holy skywalking Jesus... Turtles Forever is tomorrow!!! Better get some weird shit for my special TMNT saturday morning breakast pizza...
B.C. Cakes said:
Cowabunga! The Heroes on a Half-Shell will totally be all over my TV in the morning.
Patracolos said:
I have my DVR set to record those famous amphibians at 9:59, on WPIX 11 out of NYC. Can't wait, I also have the Holy Grail from AMC (commercial free), AND GI Joe Resolute! Geeky movie collection coming along very nicely.
NeverPlayedWOW said:
"tomorrow for the first time in a long time"
Uh huh, riiiight, a long time ;D
LBD "Nytetrayn" said:
This is it. This is officially the end of an era.
Spongestar Screampants said:
I'm so... depressed. My brain is exploding from the sheer awesomery that is going on tomorrow morning, and I won't be able to see it. :( Guess I have to wait for the DVD or something, because I have no TV available.
Nikademus replied to Spongestar Screampants:
Same here, I gotta wait for the DVD. It'll be worth it tho!
Zombies8MyBalls said:
Can't wait, my dvr is all set, tomorrow night I can get hammered and watch some turtles.
FuryOfFirestorm said:
Thank you, Flying Raptor Jesus, for this bounty we are about to receive!
intothenight said:
Man, that was disappointing. Pretty much the only thing they didn't throw in was the '80s turtles bowing before the superiority of the new turtles. I'd bet anything that will turn up as a deleted scene on the DVD.
Jay said:
I didn't think it was too bad. The "Mirage Turtles," as they're being billed, were awesome. I never watched the newer incarnation so I can't say whether those Turtles were being true to character or not, but the '80s Turtles were a little too goofy. They all acted like Michelangelo, and even he could be serious at times during the original series. The inclusion of "scores" of universes, as New Shredder puts it, was actually pretty neat, just to see all those different incarnations of the Ninja Turtles on screen, even if for just a second.
Overall, it was a nice, fun nostalgic trip that wasn't exactly high art, but definitely a good time.
