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Movie Series - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the 1990/2005 live-action film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The film was followed by three sequels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in 1991/2006, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993, and TMNT in 2007.
This film presents the origin story of Splinter and the Turtles, the initial meeting between them, April O'Neil and Casey Jones, and their first confrontation with Shredder and his Foot Clan. The film's core plot closely follows that of the first published TMNT stories, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, 10-11 as well as the Return To New York storyline (#19-21).
This film is Distributed by: New Line Cinema. Outside the United States, It is Internationally Distributed by: 20th Century Fox.
Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(film)
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The issue with violence in movies is one that isn't going to go away.
Let's take TMNT as the example. Kids and teens might love the violence in it but parents tend to hate it. Yet, those same parents might watch shows that have plenty of violence and death without complaining.
I think the problem is, they might choose to watch a TV show or Movie that's supposed to be for kids under the impression that it will be fun and light-hearted. They want a break from the more violent and serious shows they watch. I think that's understandable.
The problem is, you often have parents taking their kids to see movies that they think are for kids for are not. That or the fact that a lot of these kids shows (and movies) simply aren't meant for adults. Although, people do say the movie series was more for adults, so I might be wrong here.
I don't really remember this movie all that well so I can't judge it. However, it seems to me that the problem is, people wanted it to be like the 80s cartoon (although people complained about the violence in even that). They wanted a kid friendly movie. The irony is that, it's often not the kids that have a problem with the violence, it's the parents/adult. I can't help but ask if it's really the kids they're trying to protect from the violence in these movies. -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on June 1, 2010, 1:46 pm |
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Agreed. It's amazing how many whiners out there can get their way, and make something suck so bad. -- Submitted By: (PYLrulz) on May 31, 2010, 10:56 pm |
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Only the first movie have I ever wanted to see over again, because it was a wonderfully directed film. The second movie, I'm sorry to say ended up making this series a BTF waiting to happen. Problem is, when the comic series was given a kid friendly adaptation for afternoon TV, the first movie, the one that tried to stay true to the tone of the comics, came under fire for being too violent for kids. The irony was, the comic book wasn't even supposed to be for kids in the first place! The second movie, as a result, was forced to account for the fact that TMNT was loved by kids and therefore had to make changes which ended up corrupting the whole intent behind the movie series. And the third movie that I saw only once I could care less about. Let this be a lesson to inspiring comic artists and other such literature, if what you create is grown up but someone wants you to target your creation at kids, tell them you would rather animate a series for CN's Adult Swim. In all possibility, knowing the way kids are, they will probably end up watching it anyway no matter who it's target audience is. -- Submitted By: (jconifer7) on May 29, 2010, 7:35 pm |
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First one: classic film noir with edgy humor, a dark attitude throughout, and closest to the original comics, which were written in this style.
Second one: Got more cheesy and kid friendly (no more cussing, less fights, Vanilla Ice), but wasn't bad.
Third one: Got even more cheesy and kid friendly (stupid jokes, even less fights), worse looking special effects and costumes, no Shredder, wooden dialogue, unnecessary plot line (time travel to Japan), characters no longer have any personality or are written in cliches.
Final opinion: Series toed the fish in the second film, but was completely eaten up with the third one. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on May 4, 2010, 7:46 pm |
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The first movie was good, the second one was not bad, but the third one was HORRID. So many cliches, no Shredder or Krang, none of the classic villains from the original franchise...I haven't seen the CGI movie, but it's bound to be better than the third movie. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on February 15, 2010, 1:28 pm |
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Came in to say just that ^^ -- Submitted By: (Xenoltih) on August 21, 2009, 1:59 pm |
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TMNT in 2007 was worthwhile, a great redemption to the series. It did prove though, that it is EXTREMELY difficult to do anything with the Ninja Turtles without the Shredder. -- Submitted By: (SamuraiPanda201) on August 11, 2009, 12:29 pm |
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The first movie was great. The second one had its problems, but was still good. The third one, with its stupid time-travelling plot and ridiculous slapstick, was the boning point of the series. -- Submitted By: (LoyalPigeon) on May 14, 2009, 2:26 pm |
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