Member Coliseum1972 Posted March 31, 2020 Member Share Posted March 31, 2020 Turtle Power ! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMK Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 WOW, 30 years! That's crazy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted March 31, 2020 Member Share Posted March 31, 2020 I'm smelling a 30th Anniversary Bluray edition (remastered in 4K) of the movie around the corner. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shaolivevil Posted March 31, 2020 Member Share Posted March 31, 2020 It's hard to believe that was 30 years ago. I remember going to see it in the theater with my big brother and a couple of friends. That was junior high... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member laagi Posted March 31, 2020 Member Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) I was a huge turtle fan as a child. This movie was and still is awesome! I loved that it had a certain "darkness" to it. Storytelling, costumes, sets, actors... Not to mention the best looking splinter ever, period! It's a real shame that everything that followed would eventually tarnish this first effort. Although I admit Part 2 isn't all that bad either. If rumours are true... again these been around forever. There should be a workprint which gives it even a grittier feel to it. Something I'd love to watch eventually. But yeah if it's a new 4K release with *fingers crossed* some fresh extras... I'm all in. Cowabunga! Edited April 1, 2020 by laagi 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted April 1, 2020 Member Share Posted April 1, 2020 It was a huge deal in 2004 when we finally got an uncensored release in the UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bigrogie Posted April 1, 2020 Member Share Posted April 1, 2020 My older kid's favorite movie back then!!!! Now my grand-kids watch these TMNT movies and cartoons. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted April 1, 2020 Member Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, bigrogie said: Now my grand-kids What ?!! You are already a grandfather ??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bigrogie Posted April 1, 2020 Member Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 minute ago, ShawAngela said: What ?!! You are already a grandfather ??!! 5 & 8 years old boys!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted April 1, 2020 Member Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 minute ago, bigrogie said: 5 & 8 years old boys!!! Congratulations !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member laagi Posted April 2, 2020 Member Share Posted April 2, 2020 13 hours ago, Killer Meteor said: It was a huge deal in 2004 when we finally got an uncensored release in the UK. Let me guess... This had nothing to do with the nunchucks, right!? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted April 2, 2020 Member Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) A little trivia for the original TMNT: This would be the final film for Jim Henson, who designed the animatronic suits as he sadly passed away on May 16, 1990 at the age of 53. Golden Harvest and New Line Cinema dedicated the sequel, Secret of the Ooze, in his memory. 22-year old Judith Hoag played April O'Neil in the film. However, she wasn't too happy with the six-day shoots and the action scenes' level of violence at the time. (Interview with Variety) So, she was never asked to reprise her role for the two sequels, instead with Paige Turco replacing Hoag as April. Hoag though would become famous for her role as Gwen Cromwell Piper, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds' character in Disney's Halloweentown franchise from 1998 to 2006, which lasted four films. Ernie Reyes Jr. would play Donatello when it comes to the film's action sequences. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, he would play a new character in pizza delivery boy Keno and as a result, Steven Ho, best known at the time for his championships in kata and had done two films with Jet Li, would play Donatello in the fight scenes. On the other hand, Kenn Troum, today known as Kenn Scott of Showdown, was the martial arts double for Raphael in both this and the 1991 sequel, the latter upgraded to main suit performer. The actors playing the Turtles made appearances outside the suits in the film: Michelan Sisti (Michaelangelo) played the Domino's Pizza delivery guy who conversed with his alter ego outside the sewers shortly after the film begins. Josh Pais (Raphael) was the taxi passenger who asked the driver "What the heck was that?" after the cab hit Raphael, who was chasing Casey Jones. Leif Tilden (Donatello) played a member of the Foot Clan. David Forman (Leonardo) played a member of the street gang. Playing the street gang leader who works for The Shredder is a young Sam Rockwell, who only made his second feature film after working in TV (the 1989 horror film Clownhouse was his feature film debut) Brandy Yuen, brother of the legendary Yuen Woo-Ping, headed the martial arts stunt team, with assistance from Billy Lui Tak-Wai and Ip Choi-Nam and Yuen Mo-Chow serving as stunt doubles. Edited April 2, 2020 by AlbertV 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Graeme Of Death Posted April 3, 2020 Member Share Posted April 3, 2020 First film I ever saw at the pictures, still love it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted April 3, 2020 Member Share Posted April 3, 2020 I have the junior novelisation which had very dark and grainy B&W stills in it which made the film look downright creepy! It contains an extra violent scene with Shredder (which you can tell was cut last minute from the final film), and a silly epilogue at a comic book publisher. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted April 3, 2020 Member Share Posted April 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Killer Meteor said: I have the junior novelisation which had very dark and grainy B&W stills in it which made the film look downright creepy! It contains an extra violent scene with Shredder (which you can tell was cut last minute from the final film), and a silly epilogue at a comic book publisher. I had that book. I used to read it all the time. It was the first film I saw twice in the movie theater. And it introduced the world to the unsung heroes of the ninja hierarchy: the axe distributors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted April 4, 2020 Member Share Posted April 4, 2020 I still have mine! I note in it: Raphael goes to see E.T at the cinema, not Critters! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted April 15, 2020 Member Share Posted April 15, 2020 I enjoyed Elias Koteas' casting as Casey Jones. So much more believable than pretty-boy Stephen Amell (Casey Jones in Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows). After the 1990 movie, my friends and I ordered pizza. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Coliseum1972 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Member Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) Shame Koteas wouldnt let them use his likeness for toys , Eastwood is the same :/ “They had all these stunt people who came in from Hong Kong, who had no union protections. They were getting hurt. As soon as they were injured, they were shipped out of there. It was not the safest set to be on. That’s a little distressing. People are doing the movie, doing the best they can on the budget and I think producers lose sight sometimes there are actual human beings involved.” Sounds very much like working for WWE , Vince just throws people on the metaphoric garbage dump once their "flavour" is gone , he treats them like animals that can be disposed of. Still , if not for Chow paying the difference there would be no TMNT movie. Edited May 21, 2020 by Coliseum1972 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 5/21/2020 at 4:46 AM, Coliseum1972 said: “They had all these stunt people who came in from Hong Kong, who had no union protections. They were getting hurt. As soon as they were injured, they were shipped out of there. It was not the safest set to be on. That’s a little distressing. People are doing the movie, doing the best they can on the budget and I think producers lose sight sometimes there are actual human beings involved.” ...said Judith Hoag. I wish that Pat Johnson wasn't involved because the fights haven't aged all that well. The below images are from the July 1990 issue of Next Magazine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member laagi Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 I would kill to watch that supposed workprint. I always loved the kind of dark theme of this first part. It had it's fair amount of laughs but I always felt it had a pretty serious overall tone. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member teako170 Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 This comic has skyrocketed in value in recent years. Unfortunately, mine is a 3rd printing but still glad I have one. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DarthKato Posted June 17, 2021 Member Share Posted June 17, 2021 38 minutes ago, teako170 said: This comic has skyrocketed in value in recent years. Unfortunately, mine is a 3rd printing but still glad I have one. Nice! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted March 13, 2023 Member Share Posted March 13, 2023 Australian-based Umbrella Entertainment will release a bluray reissue (their first release dates from 2015) of the movie, labeled the Stink-O-Vision edition, on April 5. It will most likely use an old HD scan, and feature both DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo, and 5.1 tracks. https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-stink-o-vision-version-blu-ray-1989 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted May 21, 2023 Member Share Posted May 21, 2023 (edited) I recently got the Umbrella bluray reissue, and skimmed through the disc. Video and audio is great, the video is probably the same HD scan as the German bluray, and the audio is in both DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo (for purists), and 5.1, and the movie comes with English subtitles. I will watch the movie next weekend. But to summarize the bluray: It's the definite edition of the movie to date until we get a remastered bluray or 4K UHD release. Edited May 23, 2023 by DiP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted May 23, 2023 Member Share Posted May 23, 2023 I still have my original VHS tape that I had gotten for Christmas in 1990. And using my VCR last year, it still holds up well....remembering having a Pizza Hut ad before the movie begins. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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