Mike Cecchini Mar 30, 2019
The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is a wonder of practical effects and surprising martial arts action.
In 1990 the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were at the absolute peak of their popularity. With an animated series bringing in millions of viewers entering its third season, the most popular boys’ toy line on the market, breakfast cereals, frozen pizzas, video games... the world belonged to the Tmnt. Their final frontier was live action, something which seemed more than a little ambitious considering the limitations of special effects technology of the day.
Watching the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action movie today, over 25 years after its release, and in the wake of two blockbuster movies that are considerably more expensive than the modest $13 million that the original cost, there are a few amazing details worth pointing out.
It's extraordinarily faithful to the original comics.
So much so that I...
The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is a wonder of practical effects and surprising martial arts action.
In 1990 the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were at the absolute peak of their popularity. With an animated series bringing in millions of viewers entering its third season, the most popular boys’ toy line on the market, breakfast cereals, frozen pizzas, video games... the world belonged to the Tmnt. Their final frontier was live action, something which seemed more than a little ambitious considering the limitations of special effects technology of the day.
Watching the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action movie today, over 25 years after its release, and in the wake of two blockbuster movies that are considerably more expensive than the modest $13 million that the original cost, there are a few amazing details worth pointing out.
It's extraordinarily faithful to the original comics.
So much so that I...
- 8/16/2014
- Den of Geek
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