Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV-Y7 | 28 September 2012 (USA)
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    Jeanskynebu

    the audience applauded

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    Fluentiama

    Perfect cast and a good story

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    Actuakers

    One of my all time favorites.

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    Zlatica

    One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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    raylaena

    I was never into the TMNT when I was little, but when I saw previews of this show, it looked funny and interesting to me, so I gave it a shot. It was SO worth it and I've been watching almost every single episode since it came out. Love the story line and frequent humor and you really get to understand each character, who exactly they are. The VA's they chose suited each character, I think, and it's hysterical. There are a couple episodes that make me laugh for a good 10 minutes every single time I watch them. The anime faces that you often see are beyond hysterical and the previously mentioned VA's, again, really suited the characters. I can't really say anything bad about this show. Kids love it, some adults probably love it too (myself included and I'm almost 27).

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    boxingking-01511

    This show doesn't deserve the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the show I watched was the one back in 2004 2005 now that was a good show this one is just terrible the storyline for just this whole thing in general are lame Donatello being in love with April Casey Jones act like a dork Raphael have pet Leonardo being a fan of comics the way splinter acts, leather head being mutated by the Krang he was mutated my agent bishop, the way Stockman acts, shredder Bring nothing more than just a nuisance, The jokes are tacky voice actors do a terrible job I mean the animation sucks, lets see what else oh *spoiler alert* not that i care* Kurai being splinter's daughter splinter never talks about his master Yoshi the use of karate terms when they are NINJA TURTLES not KARATE TURTLES

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    willz187

    Initially avoided this series due to the chunky animation, but it's not that bad. Was extremely entertained with the first two seasons and then something horrible happened: Seth Green.Back to the positives first: voice acting, writing, and giving us a world we don't get anywhere else, one, with horrible, disgusting, mutated and hilarious creatures. Seriously, some of these guys are cringe-worthy, but well done if you like this stuff. Not for the phobic of bugs and deformed stuff.I hate Seth Green - as he takes over the voice of Leonardo, the most earnest and noble of the turtles, in S03. When I hear Seth Green's voice, who has ruined many good animated works (Clone Wars), all I can think of is his A-hole persona's from TV and movies, and his A- hole dialogue in Family Guy and Robot Chicken. Unworthy of Leonardo. Esteemed Voice Director Andrea Romano keeps his jerk intonations in check just enough for me to be able to enjoy Season 3 episodes. So I'm still into it. However, I wonder if the show hasn't already hit it's peak and is on it's way down. 2 seasons seems to be the magic number for animated series's

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    cloudsurfer

    The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles probably didn't gain any new fans at the news that Nickelodeon had acquired the franchise -- at least, not from the generation to which the Turtles were born. No doubt there would be a new generation of kids (the 80s children's children) to love the half-shell foursome. But would those who first grew up with the Turtles be able to appreciate the modernization of their beloved ninja heroes?I'm here to say: YES.I am a huge fan of the TMNT franchise. How big a fan? Well, in addition to absorbing the cartoons, movies, comic books, and action figures, I have three brothers of my own, and the four of us exemplify the Turtles' personalities (I'm Leonardo). It's almost ingrained in us to love the Ninja Turtles. Now I have children of my own, and I want them to love the Turtles, too!However, when word came out that Nick had bought the rights to Eastman and Laird's creation, I rolled my eyes with the best of them. Nickelodeon? Really? The idea to me was worse than having heard Disney had acquired Star Wars. But the fantastic creative team behind this computer animated series has established what is, in my opinion, the best rendering of the Turtles to date.We start the series exactly the way it should be started -- with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (This is where most, if not all, comic book films epically fail. Seriously, our culture knows the origin stories of Spider-Man and Superman better than the story of Moses. Give us the heroes first, back-story later!) April O'Neil, Shredder, and the rest of the supporting cast come into the story as we go, but the Turtles are who we care about, and we're in with the brotherhood from the very start.The first, real nemesis becomes the Kraang -- not a single brain in a Frankensteinian ogre's stomach like in the 80s cartoon, but a whole alien race from Dimension X who inhabit android bodies. The Kraang are on earth attempting to perfect their own retromutagen, the same ooze that created the Turtles. In the short-term, the ooze is responsible for many of the baddies the Turtles face from one episode to the next, and in the long-term is a major plot-point for the series as a whole.It's through their battle with the Kraang that the Turtles encounter April O'Neil. She's a teenager in this series, as opposed to the yellow jumpsuit-wearing reporter we're used to, but no one should be put off by that. Whether or not you're aware of it, the first appearance of April in the comics was as a computer programmer for Baxter Stockman. The fact that this series makes her a teenager works quite well, a much better element in her interaction with her teenage turtle friends.Those who are long-time Turtles fans will appreciate subtle nods throughout the series to the Turtles of old. For example, Michelangelo caught humming the old TMNT theme, Casey Jones encountering Raphael in a scene reminiscent of the 1990 film, or Corey Feldman showing up to voice a character. Sometimes the humor is spot-on hilarious, but other times it gets campy, and the mutagenic aspects of the ooze a little over-the-top, if not downright creepy for a kids show. But if you go back to the 80s cartoon (which hasn't aged well), I think you would agree that the humor there is worse, and plot elements much more MacGuffin-like than seamless.The fight scenes are fantastic, what you'd expect to find in a show with "ninja" in the title. The cinematography is expertly well-done, especially for a cartoon. You don't have to get fancy with the direction, but the creators have cut no corners. The animation has a feel of the darkness that made "Batman: The Animated Series" so iconic in style, but still lighthearted and fun. There's a touch of anime which you'll just have to see to understand how well it works. The cast is awesome. Sean Astin makes a great Raphael. And Splinter is the most masterful (pun intended) than any version of him thus far.Some things, I will admit, have taken some getting used to: Rob Paulsen playing the voice of Donatello instead of Raphael, for example. But stuff like that actually indicates that the creators of this series love TMNT, and are respectful of the fans that made it popular. The same cannot be said for the 2014 film, which is a New York sewer style of crap. (That movie, which is also a Nickelodeon production, is exactly why I had my reservations about Viacom taking over the franchise. I've already written a review of that one, so I won't elaborate further.)When my kids first started watching this show, I sat off to the side and huffed that this was not the Turtles I first loved. But once they got me into it, I found myself enjoying the Turtles more than ever before. In this computer animated television series for a new generation, the creators of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have shown themselves to be excellent story-tellers, and I can't wait to see what's next. Er... I mean, my kids can't wait. But I'll be sitting on the couch with them as they watch.

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