Thursday, October 15, 2009

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Though this movie war probably derided by critics everywhere, I still love this film. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was seen by everyone in my generation and was much loved. I remember as a kid, I would watch the cartoon ALL the time. I had the audio tapes, the action figures, even a Turtles mug. I don't remember when this movie first came out, but when I first saw it, I instantly fell in love. My favorite cartoon heroes were transported into reality and seemed like they could actually exist. They were hip, they were cool, they weer totally bodacious. I came to watch the first and second films in the series many times. The third film I saw in the theatres (and absolutely hated because of its lack of Shredder) and I continued to watch them. Then I grew up. The cartoon ended, the live-action television show was canceled, and there had been no new films for years. It became very difficult for me to stay in touch with the Turtles; I still loved them but they weren't a part of life like they used to be. Then when the new cartoon came out, I instantly fell in love again. Though the cartoon wasn't like the old one, I thought it was refreshing to see some new storylines. I saw characters in new ways. And I fell in love with the movies again. The newest film TMNT didn't surpass the original film, but it was still nice to see that Turtles are still loved. I can only hope that another film is produced, but until then, I still have my old favorite to watch again and again.
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5 comments:

  1. shayna on diversityOctober 16, 2009 at 7:38 AM

    i have always liked the ninja turtles, but some people are obsesssed! example:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=070axV2ydnE

    also, to tie things into diversity a bit here, did you know there was a female ninja turtle named venus? there was a half assed plot addition on the fox kids series about how she got overlooked when the turtles got hit with radioactive material, and went on to develop her own unique martial art style. i'm okay with women not being equally represented in TNMT, cause the alternative, a turtle with boobs, is totally lame:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles)

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  2. Bill KingOctober 16, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    thanks to TMNT i have a pizza addiction, i will never be the same.... lol

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  3. UnknownOctober 16, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    the old ones are way better than tmnt

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  4. mike capanoOctober 16, 2009 at 5:49 PM

    what a great idea to blog about. i used to LOVE the ninja turtles and yes in kindergarden me and my friends played ninja turtles everyday at recess and its funny because i could name you my friends names and what character they played and i havent seen these kids in so many years...i was michaelangeo because my name is mike. thanks for bringing me back down to memory lane.

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  5. AlexOctober 16, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    I'm kinda missing where this ties into diversity. But this is a GREAT blog post. I loved the ninja turtles and also collected their action figures, and watched all of the cartoons and movies. I think another good way to connect this to diversity is that the ninja turtles were for everyone, they weren't white or black, they were GREEN. I think that this was a show that all kids could watch. On the other hand I don't think many black kids watched the cartoon Doug, about a funny looking white boy, and his life. Just a thought.

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