Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (90) 25th Anniversary

[MartyMcFly]

So I was reading a guy from Forbes I like to read and he has an article about how this film started and is responsible for the current comic book movie boom and he mentioned the 25th anniversary and I'll be damned, today is the 25th anniversary.

I still remember seeing this on opening weekend and somewhere in my house, there's a picture of four year old me and "Leonardo" who graciously let me hold his katana as the cats at AMC took the picture. I dragged my mom to see this movie so many damn times and truthfully it just makes me miss her a whole lot but this is definitely the movie I've seen the most times in my life and it still holds up today.



This is my favorite trailer ever. No contest

So let's talk about this landmark flick

 

[Swiggy]

Breh... I just got it off the shelf for tonight's anniversary viewing.

That taste of popcorn and goobers will always remind me of that night

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

still holds up, such a good film. gritty, dark, good cinematog, and not to mention you actually care about the characters, the feels

 

[MartyMcFly]

Breh... I just got it off the shelf for tonight's anniversary viewing.

That taste of popcorn and goobers will always remind me of that night

Yeah it's definitely going to be on deck tonight. I may go back and forth between the blu and raw but it has to be watched.

Here's Mendleson's article for anyone curious http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottme...batman-blazed-the-path-for-comic-book-movies/

 

[MartyMcFly]

bump

 

[One4Deuce]

I'll have to give this a watch today in honor of this date. Great movie. I loved the Turtles as a kid and I'll still give pretty much anything involving them a chance.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

easily one of my favorite movies.

i just started the third season of the most recent cartoon..

they're at the farm

guess it's gonna be a turtle night

 

[Ricky Church]

miles and miles better than the recent one that came out last year.

Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers were my favorites as a kid.

and I still have the VHS version (with the raised text on the cover) my dad bought when it first released.

 

[nairdas]

The goat movie. My favorite movie of all time.
They'll never make another ninja turtle project as good as the og movie.

I got the bluray so I'll pop that in later.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Didn't realize this year was the 25th... Bought this and the sequel on Blu-ray and watched them a few months back.

First one still holds up. Man, I remember seeing this movie and getting the soundtrack on cassette, the comic book adaptation and the Scholastic book adaptation. Good times.

Guys in rubber suits >>>>> CGI

How is this movie responsible for the boom when Batman came out a year earlier?

 

[FTBS]

I had the novel based on the movie and read that shyt over and over again comparing it to the movie that I watched over and over again .

still holds up, such a good film. gritty, dark, good cinematog, and not to mention you actually care about the characters, the feels

This. I loved the movie as a kid but I can actually appreciate it even more now. That had to be the most realistic portrayal possible. They nailed it.

 

[FlyRy]

turtles was my childhood.

theres tons of pics of me when i was a kid and still had hair playing with huge turtle toys and wearing turtle masks

that said i've been scared to re-watch this flick as an adult. haven't seen it in probably 20 years or more.

i think the first if on the flix correct me if i'm wrong..

i'll have to peep soon

 

[BrehMan]

I remember the exact day i saw this; opening weekend on Friday. Saw it at the Norwest (on the Westside of Detroit) a bunch of my cousins/friends.

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

Absolute GOAT.

Used to feel like a bawse listenin to dat soundtrack almost err day for monfs when it came out. Had mah favorite walkman on deck wit me all da time:

"putcha body into overdrive...nine.. point.. nine fiiiivvve..."

 

[nieman]

Dusting it off tonight