Current Events > The 2003 version still remains as the best iteration of the TMNT.

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnRUtMHGow

Prove me wrong.
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It was good until the whole time travel plot started and they should've kept Shredder human instead of making him an alien
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SSJGrimReaper posted...

It was good until the whole time travel plot started and they should've kept Shredder human instead of making him an alien

We don't talk about Fast Forward.
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That show was my shit, along with Jackie Chan Adventures, Xiaolin Showdown, and Static Shock
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Saddest episode was when Donny went to the future and the turtles weren't together anymore and Splinter was dead
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I really wish they could have worked out whatever the voice acting issue was with the movie that brought all the universes together.

It's still probably the best Turtles thing but having the original cast would have put it WAY over the top.

It was good, but I didn't like the whole Utrom bullshit. Even if it was more true to the comics than the 80s series.
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Absolutely, TC. The bulk of 2003 TMNT was flawless. (Not counting Fast Forward, that's barely part of the series, it took a quality dip due to budget dips).

Also the 2007 CGI movie doesn't get enough appreciation. That was a fantastic movie.
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__aCEr__ posted...

I really wish they could have worked out whatever the voice acting issue was with the movie that brought all the universes together.

It's still probably the best Turtles thing but having the original cast would have put it WAY over the top.

Turtles Forever was a lot of fun.

Did they get the original cast together for the similar one-off episode they did in Nickelodeon Turtles? I know Rob Paulsen is a regular voice, but what about the others?
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I was done with TMNT by this time, but the intro looks like it would have been really enjoyable
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ForestLogic posted...

Absolutely, TC. The bulk of 2003 TMNT was flawless. (Not counting Fast Forward, that's barely part of the series, it took a quality dip due to budget dips).

:D

Also the 2007 CGI movie doesn't get enough appreciation. That was a fantastic movie.

:/
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You didn't like that movie? I thought it was pretty good.

still waiting for a blu ray version of turtles forever

The full movie is about 79 minutes and this was available to watch for free on the 4Kids website up until recently. 4Kids also made a version for broadcast edited to allow for commercials in a roughly 73 minute length. Now that Nick is officially the owner they for whatever reason put the broadcast version on DVD in it's non-anamorphic broadcast ratio. And they were made fully aware of the full version. Those few minutes may not seem like a lot of time but they really do add to the movie and fill in a couple plot holes.

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Can we all agree though that while Nick TMNT has some good moments it's overall kinda crappy?
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ForestLogic posted...

Also the 2007 CGI movie doesn't get enough appreciation. That was a fantastic movie.

I loved it, but the final fight was weak.

Shellshock and the GBA game were hot fire
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ForestLogic posted...

Can we all agree though that while Nick TMNT has some good moments it's overall kinda crappy?

Yeh, I think it's pretty "meh."
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Number39 posted...

Kitt posted...

SSJGrimReaper posted...

It was good until the whole time travel plot started and they should've kept Shredder human instead of making him an alien

We don't talk about Fast Forward.

FAST FOOOOOORWARD LEONARDO DONATELLO

Shut the fuck up.
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There's no one better.

Watch out for SHREDDER!
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Number39 posted...

Kitt posted...

Number39 posted...

Kitt posted...

SSJGrimReaper posted...

It was good until the whole time travel plot started and they should've kept Shredder human instead of making him an alien

We don't talk about Fast Forward.

FAST FOOOOOORWARD LEONARDO DONATELLO

Shut the fuck up.

FAST FOOOOOOORWARD RAPHAEL MICHAELANGELO

>:(
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I remember the 2003 Baxter Stockman getting more fucked up physically as the series progressed
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It definitely was the best up until that fast forward bullshit.

They should bring it back. The Nick show is trash compared to it.
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SSJGrimReaper posted...

I remember the 2003 Baxter Stockman getting more and fucked up physically as the series progressed

That was pretty messed up lol
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Baxter literally went from A full bodied human to a head in a jar like Futurama lol
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Yeah that was a great show

One of the best American action cartoons
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There's no one better

WE SHREDDED SHREDDER!!!
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Turtles Forever was basically the climax of 2003 right?

I agree with TC. It was as great as TMNT could ever be.

I heard the recent Nick show is really good, but I haven't gave that one a shot yet.
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i stopped watching the 2012 series a long time ago when they kept shoving a possible Donatello/April romance down our throats
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The art style never appealed to me. I always thought they were trying too hard to be gritty. The original cartoon was actually pretty lame going back to it, but at least it lead to a ton of cool toys.

Never watched the 2003 version, but I did try the PS2 era games and they were shit compared to the NES/SNES/Genesis ones.

Never watched the 2003 version, but I did try the PS2 era games and they were s*** compared to the NES/SNES/Genesis ones.

Yeah, TMNT games lost their charm once Konami lost the licence.
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atomofish posted...

Never watched the 2003 version, but I did try the PS2 era games and they were s*** compared to the NES/SNES/Genesis ones.

Yeah, TMNT games lost their charm once Konami lost the licence.

The TMNT Smash Bros. clone on Wii was actually pretty fun once you unlocked everything. Decently big roster and it was a modified version of Brawl's engine since Ubisoft actually hired former Smash Bros. staffers to help out with it.
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Honestly, the Konami games were the best iteration of TMNT.

This was a better cartoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irwbj3ZwJjc
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Also, I think the defining moment that I realized TMNT 2012 is pretty bad was I saw some episode where they were fleeing the Krang, and April's dad had what was clearly a hippie van. Like, the classic cartoon VW bus with flowers painted all over it. He told them all to get in, and they all looked at the van puzzled, and he was like "Oh, yeah, it's back from my hipster days."

I assume most children know what a "hippie" is, though I could be wrong. Either way, the punchline opts for "hipster" instead, despite having nothing to do with hippies, just because hipster is a more recognizable term for really young kids now.

I could deal with April and Casey and other characters being aged down to kids, but when the writing of the show explicitly skews towards children, I decided once and for all it wasn't for me.
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That series was awesome!
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ForestLogic posted...

I could deal with April and Casey and other characters being aged down to kids,

I couldn't.

That was just too weird for me. Like, they should have introduced new characters if the Turtles needed human friends their own age.

Also I don't wanna get TOO down on Nick TMNT. Even though the show is pretty bad, and the kindergarden spinoff of it is stupid too, I will say it's been great for the brand. 2003 TMNT was the greatest Turtles media ever, but ironically it didn't really boost popularity much. Blame Fox I guess. Nickelodeon knows how to market shit, and they've done a good job with it.
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I only watched a couple episodes of the CGI one on Nick but nothing I saw made me think it was bad. It went back to the goofier route for TMNT than the serious one the '03 series did. That's fine, I just preferred '03's grittiness.
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That series took itself way too seriously.

Skye Reynolds posted...

That series took itself way too seriously.

Nah. It was a perfect combination of serious and comedy. Like the original Teen Titans show.
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Gen_Lee_Enfield posted...

This was a better cartoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irwbj3ZwJjc

Agreed.
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Kitt posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

That series took itself way too seriously.

Nah. It was a perfect combination of serious and comedy. Like the original Teen Titans show.

The original Teen Titans would have been a better tone for them. TMNT '03 was a lot of Japanese culture, a lot of gloom and doom, a lot of stuff that was gritty for the sake of being gritty, and a little teeny bit of comedy because, hey, they're Turtles.

If they'd been human, I would have loved that show. But as a quartet of talking turtles, I feel like that's something that has to be taken with a grain of salt. It's okay to have serious moments, and I prefer crisp action to slapstick, but I think they tried to hard too be dark and realistic.

There's a reason why the original comics were an underground fad and the original cartoon was a multi-million dollar success.

TMNT 2012 was the best until the show jumped the shark after they replaced Leo's voice actor with Seth Green. I'm not sure why, but the quality of the show's writing dropped a lot after that
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Also the 2007 CGI movie doesn't get enough appreciation. That was a fantastic movie.

I'd give it a ten for style, and eight for skill, and a... two for stealth.
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