I didn't know TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES was THIS GOOD!! | First Time Reaction!

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[@martinbraun1211]

Still the best Turtles movie.

[@aerthreepwood8021]

I'm going to be a contrarian and say TMNT 3 is the best. The one they go back in time. It's not but it's fun to say.

[@LeviBoldock]

@@aerthreepwood8021 My friend and I quote that film almost on a daily basis. It's so ridiculous, but so quotable. 😆 Hello, mustard?

[@aerthreepwood8021]

​@@LeviBoldockoh, it's an absolute blast. Incredibly stupid but fun. I watched it on VHS like every day when I was 9.

[@Lightningrod75]

As much as I do like this one, my favorite ended up being Batman vs. TMNT

[@reconsoldier135]

absolutely

[@jaybirdjargon]

Casey Jones: The best casual murderer in a kid's movie with a garbage truck.

[@crouchingdonny]

oops

[@NarwahlGaming]

He said, _"Opps!"_ It was clearly an accident!

[@JediMB]

Casey just decided to isekai Shredder with Garbage Truck-kun.

[@arthurvaldepena4514]

Oops

[@rp8pi]

From Casey Jones vegelante garbage man to Angry Elliot Stabler nYC SVU detective

[@StoryMission]

A far more mature movie about fathers and sons than one would expect from a kid’s movie about talking ninja turtles.

[@steamro11r]

so much better than the Michael Bay remake

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

Apparently the comic was NOT for kids.

[@rushmaverick1923]

Definitely stuck a balance between the gritty seriousness of the comics, and the light-hearted comedy of the cartoon. That's why this movie and the 03' TMNT are the definitive versions for me.

[@clarkness77]

I actually teared up at the campfire scene. Was shocked turtles did that to me 😂

[@wolf99000]

@@KaoretheHalfDemon nope the og comics are so made for adults the tv cartoon moved the franchise more kid freindly

[@USMCPhantom1371]

"Forgiveness is devine, but never pay full price for late pizza" greatest line in this movie, in my opinion. Lol

[@Beardo2517]

I gotta get a new route, I thought I delivered everywhere

[@RoGueNavy]

The pizza guy, Michelan Sisti, was also inside the Michelangelo costume.

[@zombie_biker1804]

A pearl of wisdom I still live by

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

I work at a restaurant where have awesome pizza 🍕, people have called in and used that line lol... pizza guys got 30 mins. 😅

[@Tech-geeky]

wish that worked in real life 😆

[@reconsoldier135]

Saw this in theaters when I was 7 years old, 34 years later and still one of my favorites. If you were a young kid in the late 80's Ninja Turtles was life. And to this day I will regularly say "Forgiveness is divine but never pay full price for late pizza.

[@trackhoodie1741]

I second everything you just said!!!! This was such a good reaction to our shared cherished memories of this franchise!

[@brutusjudas5842]

Born in ‘81. Agree with everything!

[@reconsoldier135]

@ ‘82 here, Xennials ROCK🤘🏻!

[@ergoat]

I also saw TMNT opening night at that age! Does anyone else remember the scenes in the theatrical version (that were also in the book to movie adaptation) that were cut for all video/DVD etc releases? Two in particular = A brief Casey Jones origin story where he is watching all the crime on the news and starts gathering sports equipment; and the other was when they were training at the farm, Leonardo teaches the other three turtles how to fight blindfolded.

[@skapunker21]

@@ergoat i knew i've watched those scenes before, at least one other person remembers them.

[@earthien]

FUN FACT: One of the main thugs robbing April -- "Bad timing", "regular or menthol" -- is played by future Oscar winner Sam Rockwell (The Green Mile, Galaxy Quest, Charlie's Angels, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri).

[@biguy617]

This was Sam’s first movie appearance.

[@shuboy05]

I believe he’s also the one who tells the police chief to check the east warehouse over on Lairdman island. Which is a shoutout to the TMNT creators.

[@Jutrzen]

Nothing fun about that.

[@Rbills02]

@@shuboy05 yeah and the one giving a tour of the Foot Clan hideout. “Regular or menthol?”

[@kingcarl2012]

Thats why I never trusted Justin Hammer in Iron man, I knew where he came from.

[@christopherwall2121]

This movie was one of the last projects Jim Henson worked on before his death, and he did it solely for the advances in puppetry and animatronics it represented, never even bothered to watch the finished film. It's also technically an independent film, made not by any American studio but by Golden Harvest, one of the big studios in Hong Kong; they made a lot of Jackie Chan's films before he came to America, for instance.

[@Madbandit77]

Jim wasn't on board at first, due to the original content, but his son/collaborator Brian convinced him. Until The Blair Witch Project came along, the first Ninja Turtles film was the highest grossing independent film, earning $200 million against a $13 million budget.

[@JDelwynn]

@@Madbandit77 There were two indie movies between Turtles and Blair Witch that made double what TMNT did, Dances with Wolves and Silence of the Lambs. And depending if you count "indie" by distributor or producer, The Empire Strikes Back is technically the highest grossing indie movie before Passion of the Christ, as it was entirely financed by Lucasfilm.

[@Madbandit77]

@@JDelwynn I meant independent as in film studio, not producer. Film producers aren't normally associated with a studio, unless there's a contract involved.

[@terrylandess6072]

It explains why the Rat looks like a Skeksis at times with the head position in relation to the arms and their movement.

[@rgallitan]

I believe they offered it to some big studios, but, despite the show's huge popularity at the time, they all passed due to the recent poor reception of Masters of the Universe. My other favorite factoid is that it was written by a former NASA engineer with exactly two feature film screenplay credits to his name - this one and the sequel.

[@TheDrag0nSlayer]

Poor Addie didn't have the theme song to the cartoon. It makes it much easier to say "Teenage, Mutant, Ninja, Turtles. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!! (Heroes in a half shell) TURTLE POWER!"

[@darthken815]

🎶They're the world's most fearsome fighting team. They're heroes in a half shell, and they're green.🎶

[@DoughnutJelly55]

I had to immediately pause this video to find this comment. If I didn't find it, I would have posted it.

[@TheLanceUppercut]

I was thinking the same thing. It's impossible to get the name wrong if you say it to the cadence of the song.

[@SpockvsEgon]

Whoever wrote that song does not get enough credit for somehow putting four unwieldy words together to a beat and somehow making it work.

[@ButrzV2]

After every third attempt i found myself saying "heroes in a half-shell"

[@jkhoover]

"Ninja kick the damn rabbit!"

[@maltesefalcon85]

hilarious thing is they were watching tortoise vs the hare

[@TheImaginator972]

Funny how the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actually made a crossover with a damn rabbit, that would be Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo.

[@no1guy825]

this movie is sort of a rare miracle. nothing else that came out really touched this level of character again. even the effects went down. after Nickelodeon revived the property, the series saw a lot of great action and animation. but it never got quite this authentic and tender again

[@zbennalley]

"Cricket? Nobody understands cricket. You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket." One of my favorite quotes from this film.

[@JackBarrugon]

I'm in the UK. I definitely know what a crumpet is. Absolutely no clue about cricket. Slightly suspect it's performance art.

[@cypher515]

"See? Six runs."

[@steamro11r]

I always liked "I'll never call golf a dull game again"

[@clarkness77]

Can u explain the humour? Never got that

[@peterseaboldt1250]

And to this day, even cricket players don't understand cricket.

[@KurtFeudaleKing]

7:21 "I deliver a message . . . " *Slowly opens hand . . . *Slaps her in the face God damn the 90s were WILD LOL! I was roll'n.

[@clarkness77]

Shut it

[@JoeTheUberGeek]

The most accurate live action adaptation of source material!

[@Joseph-l1x8s]

Absolutely correct and for me it's my favorite comic book movie because of that.

[@dragonball3166]

Source material changes all time fans know about it by reading and watching turtles stuff companies put out for them masters of turtles are people make entertainment not fans ., comics turtles split up Mickey is in Hollywood and accept by people and hollywood source material which version ?

[@robertobenavidez7583]

That scream of Raphael's still lives in my head. It made the movie feel so raw and real, even though it was supposed to be just a kid's movie.

[@youngexile]

fun fact: that is actually Michelangelo. He had a very dark arc that was cut out because execs didn't like the fun light hearted character going to such a dark path. So they dubbed Raphs voice over... you can actually see his nunchuck at his side.

[@jwnomad]

@@youngexile good exec decision

[@Kragar01]

Looking back that conversation Mikey and Don had while waiting for the pizza was probably the start of that darker arc.

[@rickylyon3846]

@@youngexile I think he's talking about Raphael's scream when the turtles find out Splinter is gone. Not the one at the farm.

[@badsaint1019]

Splinter is Elmo.

[@glennwelsh9784]

And yes, the Turtles were entirely practical. CGI was basically in its infancy at the time the movie was made, so it wasn't widely used anywhere near as much as it is now. And the people who made the Ninja Turtles' costumes? Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

[@schuettjoel]

R.I.P. Jim Henson

[@Tien1million]

This look so much better than the CGI. I wonder if there are still people with this puppeteer skillset. Can we even make something like this anymore?

[@jebVlogs556]

​@@Tien1millionyes we could but it could cost alot more: most of the budget would be through stunt work,animatrons and paying the actors/directors. Back than most of the crew slept on set to drop cost from traveling to place to place,snd this was a very practical way of doing it,everything was made or built or fixed right on the spot..

[@yellowblanka6058]

There was CG, had been CG in movies like "Tron" etc. it was just relatively primitive and VERY expensive. One reason that with the exception of certain movies like Terminator 2, we would see limited use until the mid to late 90's.

[@The2ndQuest]

And while CGI was still very early, it was still 3 years before it would begin to be used for creature effects in Jurassic Park (and, even then, not for anything giving a human-like performance/expression). Around 1990 it was only being used primarily for either hard surfaces (like vehicles/ships in Tron, The Last Starfighter, and later Babylon 5), wireframe/textured surfaces (like the holograms in Star Wars, the Genesis Effect in Star Trek II, or the stained-glass knight in Young Sherlock Holmes)) or liquid-like effects (like the water pseudopod in The Abyss, the T-1000 in T2, or later Odo on Deep Space Nine). The expressive animated character CGI tech needed to pull off the turtles (even poorly) would be at least 8+ years away (and was really pioneered with Jar Jar Binks in 1999, and then pushed further with Gollum in 2001). At least without making it look like a very simplistic 3D cartoon (like Reboot, Beast Wars, etc).

[@seasickviking]

I loved this movie because it reflected the Turtles personalities so well. Raph was the undisputed powerhouse who had mood swings. Leo was the group leader and often kept the group on task. Mikey was the playful, fun-loving clown and Donny was the team genius. All of the key aspects were depicted so well. I also loved how Casey Jones was introduced top Raph first, because he was often the only turtle Casey got along with throughout the comic series.

[@robertobenavidez7583]

A number of years ago, I read Wikipedia on the Turtles and someone wrote a synopsis of the Turtles personality and it was AMAZINGLY well written. For instance, Michaelangelo is likely the most physically gifted of the Turtles, like the whole ninja comes easy to him. The reasoning was that he won a couple of intergalactic tournaments. It also theorized that, if he applied himself, he could be the greatest among them, but of course, his personality is that he's a pretty chill dude. The best one, though, was about Raphael. It theorized that Raphael, out of all of them, knows that regarding his brothers and him, he's the only one that knows that, as they are the only 4 turtles of their kind, they are ultimately truly alone in the world. This is why he is so angry at everything as opposed to the others who just live their lives.

[@BrandonFrancey]

What I like about this movie is that you can see the personality of the Turtles without putting a bunch of crap on them. Like in the Bay movies, Donnie is the tech geek, so lets put a bunch of gadgets on him. Mike is the cool one, so hang shades and shells and shit on him.

[@sachaallari592]

Addie would make a great April O Neil Wear the cartoon outfit for the next Film LOL.

[@3Kings_Industries]

OMG, I can't NOT see Addie as April O'Neil now. LoL

[@reconsoldier135]

You’re right, she could 100% easily cosplay as April O’Neil

[@thedrew5534]

she was born to be april o'neil

[@imahoare4742]

All she needs is that aqua net hairdo lol

[@blu-rayextras4022]

She's not black enough, fat enough, or gay enough.

[@auslandermercury972]

27:29 I remember getting choked up on this scene as a kid. I was so relieved that his dad found him. They really make you care about him. This is such a great movie 🥲

[@WheresWaldo05]

I am 41. My age bracket grew up with TMNT. The saturday morning animated series. This trilogy of movies. They were and are still great. I also had all the toy action figures as a kid. And played the original Nintendo games to boot.

[@daveb947]

I have nightmares about the first TMNT on NES. The most irritating game I've ever played but it was so rewarding when I beat it. 😅😅

[@QuayNemSorr]

TMNT on NES was one of the hardest games I've played. Eventually I could make it to the Technodrome, but then you had flying enemies shooting lasers and just tanking your hits ending up with a super buff Shredder. It couldn't be done.

[@christopherschreiber5805]

Yup. Ghostbusters, Ninja Turtles, and Super Mario Bros. And they say the weed wasn't even so great back then 🤔

[@oystersnag]

​@@daveb947The one gap at the top of the screen where you can't jump it and constantly fall down... Sometimes you get lucky and flip successfully from the bottom... You know that one gap that everyone got stuck at? Thanks to AVGN, I found out many years later that you can just walk over the gap and continue on like it doesn't exist. The hours of time wasted on that gap gave me nightmares of NES ninja turtles. Not to mention everything else in that game. The swimming?! I think only the Sonic drowning music is more traumatic.

[@gsquat]

Team '83! ✌️ 😎

[@skribe]

The fact that they made the movie as gritty and mature as they did and the screenwriter didn't look down on the material and the writer did his best at trying to seriously explore what these Turtles would really be like in 1980s New York is what makes it so great! As well as Jim Hensons amazing Turtle costumes!

[@tomjohnson5032]

Jim Henson is GOAT

[@sakuram69]

I cannot stress the amount of popularity or impact tmnt had on the childhood of any kid back in the late 80s/early 90s. We had fights in freaking kindergarten about how many of the toys we had. Hell, I remember getting into a shouting match over a trivia game as a kid 😂😂 I lost almost all of my turtle memorabilia about 10 years ago when we forgot just one storage unit payment. I had nearly every single action figure from every line of the toys, I had the kid’s tent, backpacks, socks, you name it and I had it. Though I just discovered this last month I still have the tmnt sleeping bag lol it wasn’t in storage and was actually in my mother’s closet in a bag. To this day I geek out over the cartoon and how goofy it is as an adult. Best years of my youth, easily

[@andrew77961]

They were HUGE. I had a bunch of the action figures but I have no idea what happened to them. My mom probably gave/threw them away. When I got into my teens I didn’t care at all what happened to my old toys. Now I’m wishing I would’ve kept track of them. And losing your storage unit after one missed payment is preposterous and feels a little scammy on their end.

[@sakuram69]

@ I had tens of thousands in old toys stored in it as well as retro game consoles. I was LIVID.

[@whoarocket]

There is a series on Netflix called Toys that Made Us, and there is an episode about the phenomenon of TMNT.

[@lorenzapickett9158]

Remember your Turtle Power my man.

[@MST3KNJ]

You can always tell when a person didn't grow up with the 80's cartoon version of the Turtles because that theme song drilled the pronunciation of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" into our heads like flash cards.

[@TerribleEnglish]

In the UK it was 'Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles' - not as violent sounding for kids, maybe.. and much easier to say!

[@MalcomMcLeod]

This movie held up very well. Practical effects still look amazing. For a kids/family movie it didn't treat kids like they were dumb. Judith Hoag as April and Elias Koteas as Casey were excellent.

[@markingoutformattsydal]

its very similar to the first spiderman movie

[@DaveDewd]

Saw this in 1991 on VHS as a little kid. Was everything I ever wanted from a Turtles film. Blew my mindddddd

[@matthewmarcinko9157]

My little nephew used to be a huge Ninja Turtles fan. I used to take him to this movie and he would love it. We really bonded together over this. Good memories. Thank you, Addie...

[@chrisswinerton9603]

Im 49 now and remember seeing it in the theatre and still love it. ❤

[@QuayNemSorr]

The best TMNT movie ever! And will forever hold that place. Fight me! This hits hard directly in my childhood.

[@officersquidman]

8:10 Splinter's backstory changes pretty drastically depending on media format, actually. In shorter stuff like the movies, he's a rat that mutated to be humanoid and somehow mastered ninjutsu. In comics and TV, he's a ninjutsu master that fled to New York to escape the Foot and got mutated into a big rat.

[@HobGungan]

Yoshi's Pet is the origin from the comics, and that's my preference. Never been a fan of either Mutated Yoshi or Unrelated Rat.

[@Ugnutz]

@@HobGungan the original comics are so different from the version we know now that was radically changed to be kid friendly.

[@HobGungan]

@@Ugnutz All I was saying that the Yoshi's Pet origin was ther original one from the comics, not created for this movie, and that's my preferred origin for him. I'm not a comic purist and I obviously prefer other changes made in various adaptations

[@YurikRoss]

@@HobGungan Cool fact most people dont know. The Turtle origin in the comics was litterally the same ooze that struck Daredevil when he was a kid. The comics creators sneaked that in without telling Marvel

[@HobGungan]

@@YurikRoss The whole thing was a massuve parody of Frank Miller's run on Daredevil.

[@yuuhisaka8724]

I like how Addie is getting along with the characters so quickly despite this movie is older than she is)

[@crapsmalloy7273]

Back when this movie came out (March 1990), I was 5 and my older brother was 7 and we both loved the TMNT cartoon. When this movie came out, we lost our minds. Our dad took us to the theater to see it, and then we got pizza for dinner on the way home. Core memory for me.

[@Da_B00GIEMAN]

Yes, any dad who took their son's to see this won soo big that day! Even my pop's was surprised he enjoyed it.

[@danieldawson4937]

A big part of my childhood right there. Not only the movie, the 4-player arcade game, action figures etc. Haven't seen it for decades, thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@jkhoover]

"Pizza dude's got 30 seconds."

[@QuayNemSorr]

"Wise man say: To forgive is divine, but never pay full price for late Pizza"

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

You might know this already but the pizza guy is the in suit actor for Mikey.

[@RayPruitt-ji9jx]

@@DarkKnightBatman420 I didn't know that! That means he was talking to himself in every line.

[@saltyk9869]

@@DarkKnightBatman420 Well, no wonder he was late!

[@kryptonianguest1903]

@@DarkKnightBatman420 The guy in the back of the cab is Raph, the Foot ninja who slaps April is Donny and one of the 'teenagers' in the background when Sam Rockwell is talking to the cops is Leo. I can't remember which are suit actors and which are voice. Also, the way they originally shot it, Tatsu killed that kid he attacked when he was angry. You never see the kid again and the audio sounds a little weird when he coughs offscreen and someone tells him he's going to be OK, because that was added in later for the censors. At the end of the Splinter rescue, instead of Casey getting the kids to back down by pointing around and saying, "You call this family?", it was Danny pointing at unconscious Tatsu and saying, "He killed Shinji!"

[@Warlocke000]

"Okay, that's pretty dark for a kids' movie." Sadly, parents thought so, too (about the entire film, in general); that's a big part of how the sequels ended up being watered down toddler fare, in which the Turtles wear their weapons but never use them. Their costumes got worse, too. The parents got taken by surprise by the movie owing much more to its black and white, (ultra violent) indie comic, roots, when they were expecting a live action version of the cartoon. Most fans still consider this movie to be the best of the live action TMNT films; it was also the highest grossing independent film ever, until some years later. I think The Blair Witch Project dethroned it, being one of the earliest films that benefited from a viral marketing campaign. It also didn't hurt that Blair Witch didn't have expensive things like sets; martial artists; realistic turtle-man costumes with remote-controlled, animatronic, heads; stunt choreography; and so on, cut into their profits.

[@brucechmiel7964]

OK so some fun stuff. Peter Laird and Keven Eastman were struggling comic artists. One day just for fun, they took turns drawing a turtle turtle they would go back-and-forth and they would play with the idea of a turtle with weapons. They had a thought what if Bruce Lee was a turtle. One of their uncle’s printing press, and they sold out the first comic and became one of the most successful independently ran comics in history. The original comic 1984 was done completely in black-and-white because they couldn’t afford color. Then it became a style choice. Today there are six films in 3 different continuities. At least 12 different comic runs and crossovers between IDW and DC like Ghostbusters and Batman. A live action Power Rangers like TV show. And five cartoons, 1987, 2003, 2012, and 2018. I will open 30. Their first comic of the turtles was a parody of Daredevil. They were big fans, but they were also kind of pissed at Marvel for not giving them a chance. The ooze that mutated the turtles is the same substance that blinded Matt Murdock. Splinter is a play on Daredevil’s mentor Stick. The Hand is an evil clan of Marvel ninjas, trying to take over the city. But the turtles have to fight the Foot.

[@william_santiago]

I do miss that it was a more mature comic when it was black & white. "Let's kick ass!" was replaced by "Cowabunga!" and they had to color code the turtles because they didn't trust the audience with being able to identify them by their weapons and personality (for those not in the know, they all wore red masks when they finally added color covers).

[@brucechmiel7964]

@ there was less on the audience and more for kids that and having their belts with their initials on was done for the 1987 cartoon.

[@brucechmiel7964]

@ there was less on the audience and more for kids that and having their belts with their initials on was done for the 1987 cartoon.

[@Gunnbjorn-ph7uo]

There was also a tabletop RPG based on the comic.

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness remains one of my all-time favorites. By Palladium games and compatible with their other games.​@@Gunnbjorn-ph7uo

[@jermaineartis4323]

Saw this in theaters 4 times in the same day. I couldn’t believe that my mother agreed to go back in that many times right after we got out, but she enjoyed and loved the movie that much too! We still watch it till this day. I was 8 then and I’m 43 now. Mom is 78.

[@chaisaray]

1 & 2 are classics!!

[@thenightstar8312]

2 is kind of stupid, but it's not entirely without merit. 3 sucks hard, though.

[@EricZ1982]

@AddieCounts, definately agree, Addie You have to react to Sequel Secret of the Ooze.

[@piotrangelus7534]

True, "New TMNT" with Megan Blehh Fox it's lame and crapy.

[@crawdaddy1234]

2 was fun as a kid. As a kid, it was my favorite one. But as I’ve aged, this is the one that stands the test of time. * The TMNT animated film is pretty good - Sarah Michelle Gellar-Prinze and Patrick Stewart.

[@MrEthanDalton]

My favorite comic book/graphic novel movie. A perfect blend of serious for adults and light hearted for kids.

[@erikbjelke4411]

29:04: CGI was still a few years away from being a thing when this was made. The Jim Henson Workshop developed the techniques to make the Turtles and give them lifelike expressions. A few years after this, something Jim Henson's son Brian had been trying to get off the ground for a long time finally happened: a TV series called "Farscape," that partly served as a showcase for what the Jim Henson Company could do in terms of puppetry. Two of the main characters are effectively puppets, and at opposite ends: Pilot, a huge creature with four arms, and Rygel, about the size of Yoda. And these are main characters, given focus episodes and character development and emotional arcs like the actors played by humans and humans in lots of makeup. The Jim Henson Company saying "Not only can we make puppets of any kind for any kind of story, not just Muppets, and not only will they look awesome, but they can be complete, compelling characters on their own."

[@havok6280]

This comic was loosely based on Daredevil. The Hand. The Foot. Stick. Splinter. There is even a fan theory that the ooze that blinded Matt created the turtles.

[@Madbandit77]

It was supposed to be a link to Daredevil's origin when Kevin Eastman, a short order cook at a seafood restaurant who was working off his art school debt, and Peter Laird, a local newspaper reporter, created the characters and tried to sell them to Marvel Comics. Marvel declined, but the two decided to self-publish, which was unheard of and risky at the time in the industry. We all know the rest of the story.

[@LightStreak567]

That would mean Leo, Raph, Mikey and Don exist in the Marvel world with not just Daredevil, but also Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Fantastic Four, X-Men and so on.

[@michaelkemmet834]

@@LightStreak567 Well, considering April apparently lives 10 blocks away from Dr. Strange... 6:09 - April lives at the corner of 11th St and Bleecker St, while Strange lives at 117A Bleecker St.

[@videostash413]

yes, it's a parody (and so much more)

[@Deedric_Kee]

I really love late 80's early 90's music vibes during the credits.

[@DavidLopez-qi8hb]

It took me years to realize that Elias Koteas who played Alvin Olinsky in Chicago PD was the same actor that played Casey Jones.

[@piotrangelus7534]

And in Shooter with Mark Wahlberg or Collateral Damage with Arnie :)

[@LeviBoldock]

He was very creepy in Fallen with Denzel Washington, and also Shutter Island. Great actor.

[@AbeVicious]

Once I realized that was him I became a fan of his.

[@aaronburdon221]

​@LeviBoldock he was also good in the movie the prophecy.

[@mastermindrational1907]

The mix of comedy, action, adventure, sci-fi, drama, and romance was so well done in this movie. One of my favorite movies.

[@Hyper_Fixation]

My family and I quote this movie all the time, it's gold!

[@MadcapMatt]

There's a KZbin channel from the actress who played April O'Neil, Judith Hoag. She did interviews with the cast and crew over zoom. It's called Judith Hoag - Goddess On Fire.

[@chandlermorgan708]

10 /10 Extremely Underrated This is easily the most underrated movie in history. Even if you were not a fan of the cartoon show while growing up, you should still definetaly give this a try. This movie contains a kind of humor that the modern movies today cannot produce, even up to this very day i can still watch and love every minute of this classic. I know the idea of a group of 4 turtles who are trained in the art of ninjitsu, and who hang around in the sewers and eat pizza is well....cheesy, but the atmosphere in this movie is dark and serious and is great fun for people of any age. In fact i could not understand most of the jokes when i was a young lad, but as i got older and watched this movie again, i realized that it was even funnier than i remembered. Everybody should take the time to watch this as it is a pure classic, as well everyone should work hard to higher the IMDb score for this movie.

[@Jim-Mc]

Yeah there is no good reason this shouldn't be ranked with major pop clasics like Indy, the older Batman movies, or maybe even Star Wars. I chalk it up to the funny name, and backlash at the time over violence (ha) .

[@eskanda3434]

@@Jim-Mccritics savaged it in the 90s but it’s considered a classic now

[@MalikHall-g1j]

Fun Fact The Boys in the Turtle suits also had cameos in this film. Michelan Sisti who played Michelangelo is also the Pizza Guy. Josh Pais who played Raphael is also the passenger in the cab that Raph flipped over. Leif Tilden who played Donatello is also the Foot Soldier who Slapped April and David Forman who played Leonardo was also a thug in Shredder's Hideout.

[@MalikHall-g1j]

Another thing Splinter is played by Kevin Clash the voice of Elmo. In fact, two of Turtles Animatronic Puppeteers are known for their Muppet Work Leo's Puppeteer is Martin P Robinson, and Donnie's Puppeteer is David Rudman.

[@mitchlacasse361]

I think your final comment 28:44 on the movie is the big difference between the 90s movie vs the Michael Bay movies "I had so much fun watching this!"

[@vincenthawks]

This movie used the storyline from issues 1-10 of the original comic series from the 80’s, which was a gritty, black and white comic for young adults.

[@3Kings_Industries]

My brother and I saw this film at the matinee theater after school Sooooo many times. It was one of our favorites growing up.

[@Sadlander2]

I don't know what I would have thought about this movie if I had watched it for the first time as an adult but as a 10 year old kid, for me, it was the coolest thing in the world: ninjas, pizza, what they said and especially the way they said it, their friendship (or brotherhood)... Then go back to school, ask your friends if they, too, had watched it, repeat some of the words and lines of the movie and, of course, everyone chose which one of the turtles we wanted to be and we played, pretending to be ninja turtles, making up our own scenario... Watching this movie now reminds me of these precious, innocent times!

[@LeviBoldock]

Unexpected upload, but I'm definitely here for it! A childhood favourite.

[@jeffersonholland9797]

That scene where Splinter has a heart to heart with Rahael still gets me.

[@jebVlogs556]

Splinter: ..My master Yoshi's first 👉 rule was: "Accept the right thinking" or the right Mindset. Only than will one receive the gifts of strength, knowledge and peace."

[@shawnwacek6791]

Are the scene winch splinter gets kidnapped and you see Rafael's reaction it's so scary does that scary scream that everybody remembers❤ freaked me out as a kid as an adult I understand it

[@toddvergith9485]

I saw this in the theaters when I was a kid. Me and my bestie at the time went 3 weeks in a row. We were massive TMNT fans! I'm glad you enjoyed it! It was a massive part of my childhood. CGI didn't exist at the time. They were suites and the heads were animatronics

[@therat_mafia]

Addie; "Teenage mutant ninja turtles, Teenage mutant ninja turtles. 90s kids; heros in a half shell, TURTLE POWER"

[@gibbs615]

TMNT 1990 was always one of my FAVORITES since my 90's childhood!😉 COWABUNGA!!!🤣 You need to see TMNT 2 THE SECRET OF THE OOZE next!

[@brettanderson7157]

This was one of the last movies the Jim Hansen worked on, thats why the turtle suits looked so authentic. Also two funny side cameos, when Raphael flips over the cab, then guy is the back in the cab that says "what the hell was that" is the actor that voices Raphael. Also the Pizza the deliver guy that shows up 2 mins late, is the voice of Michaelangelo. Last part, the teenger ager at the end that says "we have a loyalty to the Shreddar" to Casey Jones, is the director of the movie. Saw this in theatres with my Dad when I was 5 and is still one of the most magical moments of my life. Cheers!

[@ryanmorgan7170]

I love TMNT. I've been obsess with them since I was just a little kid because of the cartoon. As I grew up into adulthood I learn that they are actually based off from a comic book in the 80's. That was surprising, but not as surprising as what I found more about it. The TMNT comic book was more adult oriented and had some mature theme. As it turns out the comic book was targeted for adults, but they later cartoon series was toned down to target towards kids and that's the version everyone knows the franchise better as.

[@auslandermercury972]

19:43 Love that drawing. That whole scene with Leo waiting for Ralph to heal is so sweet.

[@JCoelho]

The first film i ever saw in theaters, in Portugal. I was 8 years old. Remenber that day as if it was today.🙂

[@krisfrederick5001]

My brother and I saw this in theaters when we were kids, after the movie we ran to the sewer drain on a rainy night hoping to see them. 30 years later they re-released it and we went to see it together again. Nostalgia overload my friends. "Pizza dudes got 30 seconds!" What's funny is, the Domino's delivery guy IS a Turtle out of costume, and so is the guy in the cab. We still do the "pork rind?" joke randomly in whatever situation. Lets all appreciate what these people did without any CGI, far better in my eyes. 🍕🐢🐢🐢🐢

[@Abbotttdesign]

0:23 Addie, sweetie, if you listen to the theme song - of the cartoon; not the movie - , the melodie, and rhythm, will help you say it! 😅

[@rogue42bdf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGKyp4eIpKaFgaMfeature=shared

[@anthonydean1743]

5:19 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles always holds a special place in my heart because the original comic came out in 1984 the year I was born & one of my nicknames growing up was Casey Jones.

[@Abbotttdesign]

Thanks for sharing your joy with us, Addie. I can't help but smile watching you. Your life partner was right. You're such a treasure, itd be a shame to hide you away. I can't do patreon, but may i suggest SHANGHAI NOON?

[@siayanguy]

It's crazy to think this person has absolutely no knowledge of the Mutant Turtles before seeing this. Haha

[@chapo0815]

Lol... so FYI Addie... The song that started playing at 11:15 .. when it showed all the teenagers hanging out that you seemed to like... is "This is What We Do" by MC Hammer 👍🏽

[@wrdreacts4247]

In that scene, the kid's shirt says "SID," perhaps Toy Story?

[@archangel1547]

As a child born in the mid 80’s this was a must watch. The turtle even had a musical stage show back in the early 90’s that my parents took me to. Turtle mania was everywhere.

[@ronnyschedler24285]

The 80's cartoon show was called Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles here in Germany, because the term Ninja was to violent vor german kids. But the theme song was awesome cause Frank Zander (german singer) has the perfect voice for the song.

[@Nethescurial95]

Thanks to my german grandfather and his satellite TV, that was the first version I saw here in Sweden! I was so confused when I first saw it in English as a child. I thought it was German! 😂

[@The_RedVIII]

The Frank Zander version is actually the best version of the song too, but not just because of his voice, but also they added some instruments that aren't in the English version.

[@chrismeulen8108]

not using the word "ninja" was an entire Europe thing at the time, it didn't just count for Turtles alone, games on the Nintendo were also renamed if they originally had the word ninja in it, such as Ninja Gaiden, became Shadow Warriors, over here in Europe.

[@TheLordCorn]

Omg. The Turtles were my biggest thing through most of my childhood. Each turtle had a minimum of three people involved in them. They had a voice, a guy in the costume, and a stunt guy! I used to know everything about the original series and movies. I even had a bunch of comic books.

[@ohn9431]

The ooze that changed them is the same that gave Daredevil his powers 😂

[@LightStreak567]

Or so the rumor goes

[@Kragar01]

Daredevil fights “The Hand” Turtles fight “The Foot” Daredevil trained by “Stick” Turtles trained by “Splinter”

[@saltyk9869]

@@LightStreak567 It's heavily implied. The accident that is Daredevil's origin is recreated in the original Turtles comic just from a different perspective.

[@jonathanvaux2715]

It makes me happy to see this movie still getting the praise that it rightfully deserves. I had fun watching it with you

[@anashiedler6926]

Fun fact: In Europe (because Britain was weird and thought its a nono for childs television) the got renamed into "Teenage mutant HERO Turtles" (ninja bad, hero good).

[@Tantalus010]

I wouldn't categorize ninja as either bad or good, but I can see why others might. Real life ninja were often spies and assassins.

[@LeviBoldock]

They also cut all scenes which involved Michelangelo's nunchucks. The BBFC really had it in for nunchucks for a good few years. 😆

[@anashiedler6926]

@@LeviBoldock yeah, but the nunchuck cut was - correct me if i am wrong - only a UK thing, while the name was changed for most european countries

[@jonmercano1138]

idk the specifics but I recall this was bc there was some kind of controversy about violence, especially regarding ninjas and nunchucks, which is why scenes of the latter were also edited. The cartoon even switched him over to a grappling hook in S2 which stayed all the way to the end I believe

[@biffwebster1212]

I was born in 86 and when I was little my grandparents used to babysit me during the summer while my parents were at work and they said I would just watch this on repeat all day long and basically wore the VHS out I watched it so much. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time still to this day. Now you gotta watch the second one, the secret of the ooze!

[@anthonydean1743]

23:53 I always like to see if anyone recognizes that the guy who said "we're a family" is a young Sam Rockwell from Galaxy Quest, and Justin Hammer in Ironman 2.

[@TheGabe82]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6GQmXqinrKlnLM and from this

[@flaysol7719]

This movie style is perfect dark grimmy. Crung and brick city settings takes me back. Its storyline very sad too. Find myself weeping most part of it.. Very spiritual aspect on martial arts. As kids back then we could handle it cause art imitates life.

[@V3tron]

Funny thing is Addie would make a killer April O Niel 😂

[@Deedric_Kee]

😃👍

[@michaeljacyna1973]

😮 Wow, I can't believe how accurate this comment is! She'd actually fit better than Judith Hoag did

[@V3tron]

@michaeljacyna1973 whole now brother slow down Judith is my childhood lol

[@MrEAus]

@@V3tron Paige Turco on the other hand...we can all agree against, though, right?

[@V3tron]

@@MrEAus I dunno man I had a crush on Paige Turco when I was a tween I a little more forgiving but it's notslagia driven. 😅

[@xrelisys]

You just made this 44 year old smile so big at your review at the end. Seeing this at 10 years old was a dream.

[@SFGiantsFan2482]

I'm 42 and these TMNT movies were my childhood. Happy to see you found them and can't wait to watch you react to Secret of the Ooze.

[@cyclone8974]

Addie: * Sees kid smoking a cigar * * Crickets *

[@willemverheij3412]

It's pretty genius with how much a movie based on the cartoon and comics very popular with little boys was made with a focus on fathers and sons, it sends a good message and Shredder taking advantage of kids who feel like they don't belong, luring them in with the cool hide out and ninja training makes for a pretty plausible premise for a bad guy too. This was my favourite movie as a kid, and it holds up so well. As an adult I am also so impressed by that Shredder fight considering all the incredible moves the turtle actors are doing in those costumes. So many great characters too, and I feel like the movie is just the right length, moving along at a solid pace without getting rushed.

[@rainbowpegacornstudios]

*I love the nunchuck showdown between Mikey and that Foot Ninja. But the scene that will always hit me in the heart is when the Turtles are sitting around a campfire and they get a spectral message from Master Splinter.* *Fun fact about Master Splinter: He was puppeteered and voiced by the same man who originated Elmo on Sesame Street, Kevin Clash.*

[@tyrone7635]

Addie is priceless and I will always love how hyped I got watching this in the theatre as a kid for the first time

[@tanglecash127]

The closest thing to the 80s animated series! 👍

[@Leightr]

I love seeing someone watch this going in cold with no context. When this hit theaters nearly everyone already knew the backstory and all the main characters. We were just thrilled to see them live-action for the first time.

[@jamesosteen09]

I'll put this movie up against anything TMNT and it still wins. They got it right on the first try.

[@I.Lostalim]

I love that you reacted to this. This franchise was a mainstay of my childhood. When this first came out in theatres, I was already obsessed with the cartoon series. Whilst it essentially stands alone they mixed in a little of the cartoon series with the older, kinda darker, comic series. A couple of years back my local movie theatre did a one off showing of this movie and tickets including a personal pizza delivered to seat during the show 😆 As for the effects, yeah everything is physical, the Turtles are stunt actors in the costumes with an animatronic head placed on top. As a kid, I owned this soundtrack on vinyl and I have no idea how my family didn't get sick of it 😆

[@Billinois78]

Saying the title gets easier if you hear the theme song to the 80s/90s cartoon "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Heroes in a half-shell... Turtle power"

[@deeem2628]

That's the only way I hear it 😄

[@clairecelestin8437]

I've watched this so many times, ever since it came out, but getting to sit with you reminded me what it was like to see it for the first time. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@3Kings_Industries]

How about that 80s urban mix track, "This is how we roll..."

[@williamrobinson4513]

I looked at this film, as a teenager. As a person, in my late 50s, I have been enjoying the movies that followed THIS one (including the other incarnations of the movies based on THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES). I hope you will be reacting to the different INCARNATIONS that follow as well, Addie. Great start!

[@jkhoover]

COWABUNGA!!! Addie's reacting to the real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie! 🐢 This is my childhood.

[@3Kings_Industries]

Bossa Nova! Casanova? ... Excellent!!!

[@cruisinsixothree3960]

Fun little fact... TMNT was created in a Dover, NH comic book store. The next town over from where I live. Always thought that was cool.

[@robertobenavidez7583]

Fun fact. Eastman and Laird drew a lot of inspiration for the TMNT from Daredevil of all things! Daredevil's frequent rival ninja clan was called The Hand and here it is The Foot. Daredevil was trained by Stick and the Turtles were trained by Splinter. And so on.

[@saltyk9869]

It's also heavily implied that the same accident that blinded Daredevil created the Turtles and splinter.

[@whoarocket]

This movie is very special to me. I was born in 1977 so I was 13 when this came out. There had already been a cartoon of it on TV going for about four years, so this was great to get to see a real movie of it. And with them doing real suits and using people with real martial arts skills, the stunt work in this still looks great and doesn't age badly. There are some early appearances from good actors in this too. Casey Jones is Elias Koteas, who I really wished was in more things later but was in a couple of crime dramas. And the guy showing the kids around the Foot Clan hideout was Sam Rockwell.

[@TheNighter]

My generation saw the last of the best of everything, and this film is just another example of that. In my youth, creativity was off the charts. Today they just throw money at projects. The things from my childhood were done with a personal touch that money could never buy.

[@crawdaddy1234]

This, Clerks, Terminator - they prove it’s not the budget that determines the quality of the film but what you do with that budget. Special effects are cool, but really - all we want is a great story.

[@colinclark9579]

Thanks for taking me back! For a newb to TMNT you picked up on a lot of the nuances and easter eggs without knowing. Goes to show just how great of a movie this was. It was dark and gritty, just like the original comics, but carried in some of the fun loving teenage attitude

[@Helbereth]

Henson's Creature Shop did the animatronics for this movie, all of which was done practically; they used remote-control servos in the head appliances to control the eyes and mouth. That it holds up 35 years later is a testament to how much work they put into making them as nuanced as possible.

[@bZman]

One of my favorite films! The artistry and work they put in to make this will never be matched

[@Uncle_T]

One of the good ones, with a perfect tone for this type of movie and still surprisingly heartfelt. No CGI but some truly great animatronics and performances by the stunt performers in the suits.

[@Do0msday]

TMNT was life when this came out. I saw this in theaters and had action figures, stuffed animals, I was a TMNT for Halloween, owned the VHS, etc. Hell, the preview to this movie has something that EVERY ONE at the time will remember. The Pizza Hut commercial. That song "right field" is ingrained in my memory for all time.

[@keshaponso2034]

OMG thank you for your reaction. Your review really echos my view. It's cool that a non-fan like you can really appreciate it so many decades later.