Ah, those heady days of 1990. Eastman and Laird had no idea where their creations might go!
Now that this thread is bumped, I should point out that I only recently found out my current hometown was one the sites of Eastman & Laird's independent Mirage comic offices back in the early B/W print-comic days--
And now the otherwise sedate progressive college-town of Northampton MA baffles all the other cities in the area by laying claim to being one of "the birthplaces of the Ninja Turtles".
I take it this has nothing to do with the Michael Bay films? I caught the first one on TV a couple of months ago and, maybe because I'd had a long day and just wanted to unwind in front of something silly before I fell asleep, but I actually enjoyed the heck out of it. The second one played here last weekend, so I gave it a watch, but it didn’t have the same spontaneity and just felt like a big screen, "live"-action take on a typical cartoon episode.
Does this new one start it off all over again then? What’s that, for like the fourth or fifth time…!?
Hopefully Rogen's love of TMNT will make this a better effort than his Green Hornet!!
Last I heard, this was a CGI film, and it has been described as a reboot. This would be the fourth big-screen version of the property (anyone remember the 2007 CGI version?). On TV, there have been five separate shows (3 hand-drawn, one CGI, and one live action with a female turtle added), with the last animated series ending in a Netflix film. There have even been Japanese OVAs. And, multiple comics starring the Turtles are still running at IDW. The TMNT episode of The Toys That Made Us is really good, for anyone wanting an overview of the franchise. I'm a more-than-casual fan myself, only having watched a bare minimum of TMNT stuff. But it's a fascinating history and success story.
*Very* Spideyverse "inspired", yes. They’ve also gone for that blend and doing action on twos to make it feel more hand crafted. Maybe he sounds like a six year old because they’re basically kids in this? Seems they’re younger than the last few iterations. Not sure we need this, really.
