Re-Watched the 1990 movie

Mr_Toitle · 2024-07-05T00:51:58+00:00

Here's my thoughts: Wow, the introduction is brilliant! Having April O'Neil narrating the crime influx, while we see new Foot recruits simultaneously muggin...

Mr_Toitle

Here's my thoughts:

Wow, the introduction is brilliant! Having April O'Neil narrating the crime influx, while we see new Foot recruits simultaneously mugging, robbing, or stealing is a neat approach to start the movie. We also get a brief glimpse into the Foot's lair before the official montage later, showcasing the dichotomy of their "family" and the Turtle's family.
Neat foreshadowing in the alleyway by showing April afraid of a rat.
"A Jose Canseco bat! Tell me, you didn't pay money for this?" is the best quote in this picture.
Wanted to see an alleyway fight between Casey and Raph before Casey's reintroduction later. Ah, watcha gonna do.
Splinter with the candle in the dark inspired his introduction in my screenplay.
Judith Hoag was a lot hotter in this picture than I remember.
"This Is What We Do" is the best song played in the picture.
Still the best introduction of Shredder in all the adaptations. You can't beat it 😂.
The action scenes were the weakest link in the movie. Although, This could be excused do to the limited movements of the Jim Henson suits. Sorta what happened a year prior with the Tim Burton Batman suit.
The campfire scene almost made me tear up.
Boooo to cutting out Michaelangelo's side plot on the farm.
It's impressive that in only one hour, this movie manged to conglomerate the alleyway fight, the origins of their mutation, April's apartment burning down, and the campfire scene. Astonished and impressed is all I have to say.
How did Danny find the lair?
Nice reference at the end to Eastman and Laird.

Tatoruzu

Mr_Toitle

"A Jose Canseco bat! Tell me, you didn't pay money for this?" is the best quote in this picture.

Wanted to see an alleyway fight between Casey and Raph before Casey's reintroduction later. Ah, watcha gonna do.

Despite the lack of an alleyway fight, I think the Raph/Casey scene was just so well-done. And really, all of the Raph scenes in the early part of the movie were great. The one-on-one with Splinter comes to mind.

The Jose Canseco line was iconic, but as a kid, the line that stuck out to me was Raph yelling "DAMN." When you were watching as a kid for the first time, if it wasn't already clear by that point in the movie that you weren't watching the same ol' cartoon turtles, it was definitely clear after that. And it's not even an extremely bad word or anything lmao. But that was enough to separate it from normal "kid stuff."

The campfire scene almost made me tear up.

It's a great scene. The farm scenes in general were great. TMNT isn't always nonstop high-energy action or goofiness. Sometimes the turtles slow down and reflect on things. It was a great decision to include that element in this movie (by directly taking inspiration from issue #11).

Mr_Toitle

Tatoruzu

Despite the lack of an alleyway fight, I think the Raph/Casey scene was just so well-done. And really, all of the Raph scenes in the early part of the movie were great. The one-on-one with Splinter comes to mind.

That particular scene is probably in Barron's cut.

This is a photo (most likely) taken from that scene. It's also in the Official Movie Adaptation done by Eastman and Laird.

The Jose Canseco line was iconic, but as a kid, the line that stuck out to me was Raph yelling "DAMN." When you were watching as a kid for the first time, if it wasn't already clear by that point in the movie that you weren't watching the same ol' cartoon turtles, it was definitely clear after that. And it's not even an extremely bad word or anything lmao. But that was enough to separate it from normal "kid stuff."

Yesss. I remember I was so familiar with the Turtles from the cartoon adaptation that when I heard Raph say that, I felt like I had second-hand embarrassment (I was a kid that either got his ass whopped if I got caught imitating or enunciating a curse word in the house).

Tatoruzu

Mr_Toitle

That particular scene is probably in Barron's cut.

Do you think there's any chance we'll ever see a director's cut?

Mr_Toitle

Tatoruzu Who knows. The fandom's been clamoring for it about 16 or so years now. I would LIKE to see it, but I'm not sure Barron and his team are interested in editing the scenes that were cut out anymore. If anything, this Last Ronin project might possibly be a pitch as a legacy sequel to the original movie. Which is a terrible idea when you see which characters are in the book.

Stu_Paddasso

Tatoruzu Personally, I’d like to see a remastered special edition with the director’s input with the deleted footage restored and some of the more glaring effects shots fixed.

But I suspect that this might move a PG movie into PG-13 territory which is probably why the director was removed in the first place.

But I suppose it all comes down to money. If a controversial filmmaker like Zack Snyder can get millions of dollars to produce an R rated cut of Justice League, a new cut of TMNT 1990 might be a bargain.

Tatoruzu

Stu_Paddasso I suspect that this might move a PG movie into PG-13 territory

I think that'd be fine. There are likely way more adults who are fans of the movie than children.

If they were that concerned about kids watching it, they could include it in some sort of fancy collector's edition box set for the upcoming Last Ronin movie.