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The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film was a bizarre spectacle

a strange mishmash of family drama, eastern pop-mysticism, s...
Glittery mad-dog skullcap bbw
  04/18/24
i thought it was great, esp Casey Jones
Doobsian indirect expression
  04/18/24
apparently that actor wore a wig during filming due to his I...
Glittery mad-dog skullcap bbw
  04/18/24
There was a weird tension between him and the April actress
yellow psychic voyeur
  04/18/24
he was great in Sopranos, Thin Red Line, and anything else I...
Talented double fault
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marvelous shimmering cuck
  04/18/24
Batman, TMNT, Dick Tracy all that same kind of vibe in 1989/...
stimulating party of the first part
  04/18/24
Yep. Love the gritty, grimy comic book era.
Wine Racy Crackhouse Affirmative Action
  04/18/24
Also Darkman
Obsidian vivacious hall goyim
  04/18/24
underrated
Domesticated multi-colored hospital
  04/18/24
I was oblivious to it as a kid, but honestly the craziest th...
Insecure lascivious messiness yarmulke
  04/18/24
He was human when he left Japan
yellow psychic voyeur
  04/18/24
That's the cartoon only. For purposes of the comics and th...
Insecure lascivious messiness yarmulke
  04/18/24
I thought it adequately stayed true to the source material, ...
yellow psychic voyeur
  04/18/24
My mom checked me out of Kindergarten to see it in the theat...
Wine Racy Crackhouse Affirmative Action
  04/18/24
https://kemono.su/patreon/user/3618469/post/73920476
Angry razzle trailer park
  04/18/24
wow
Talented double fault
  04/18/24
180 film
Idiotic sable base codepig
  04/18/24
I liked it
boyish territorial plaza background story
  04/18/24
women on birth control with fridge bodies and those weird hy...
Anal sanctuary
  04/18/24
I saw it in the theater and had TMNT shirts and a lunch box.
Fragrant Skinny Woman
  04/18/24
someone mentioned Darkman and Dick Tracy (and Batman 1989). ...
Umber karate
  04/18/24
It was trying to stay true to the original graphic novels wh...
Well-lubricated windowlicker
  04/18/24
first movie I remember seeing on the big screen, my mom took...
Up-to-no-good Stock Car
  04/18/24
zomg me toooooo
Talented double fault
  04/20/24
All fathers love their sons.
Hairraiser point
  04/19/24
not clsg’s
Talented double fault
  04/19/24
That's actually a pretty fucked up line to throw in a kid's ...
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  04/19/24
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Date: April 18th, 2024 12:43 AM
Author: Glittery mad-dog skullcap bbw

a strange mishmash of family drama, eastern pop-mysticism, science-fiction, crime vigilante fantasy, urban noir, and puppeteering. the rat/father character spends half the film chained to a wall being abused by his captors while delivering the occasional wise apothegm to teen delinquents.

it's not a good film, but the whole conception and execution is so goddamned strange that it's kind of interesting to watch in hindsight. most of the film is extremely dark in terms of lighting and setting, with noir-homage camera angles as characters skitter through the sewers or bare corridors. i assume that the look of the film was influenced a lot by the tim burton batman movie which had been released the previous year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592504)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 12:45 AM
Author: Doobsian indirect expression

i thought it was great, esp Casey Jones

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592507)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 12:50 AM
Author: Glittery mad-dog skullcap bbw

apparently that actor wore a wig during filming due to his IRL baldness.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592513)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 1:14 AM
Author: yellow psychic voyeur

There was a weird tension between him and the April actress

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592544)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 7:09 AM
Author: Talented double fault

he was great in Sopranos, Thin Red Line, and anything else I can remember him in

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592654)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 11:41 AM
Author: marvelous shimmering cuck



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Date: April 18th, 2024 12:55 AM
Author: stimulating party of the first part

Batman, TMNT, Dick Tracy all that same kind of vibe in 1989/1990

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592518)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 1:21 AM
Author: Wine Racy Crackhouse Affirmative Action

Yep. Love the gritty, grimy comic book era.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592555)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:00 AM
Author: Obsidian vivacious hall goyim

Also Darkman

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592597)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 6:38 AM
Author: Domesticated multi-colored hospital

underrated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592646)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 12:59 AM
Author: Insecure lascivious messiness yarmulke

I was oblivious to it as a kid, but honestly the craziest thing is that the whole thing just happens to take place in New York City. Shredder and Splinter have a shared past in Japan, but there's no connection to them both being in New York City; Splinter as a mutated rat just randomly chose it as a place to live and also Shredder as a crime lord just thought it was a great place to do his own thing. It's just a kooky coincidence that they both randomly decided to move 7,000 miles to the same city. Also: I understand Shredder can just book a plane ticket, but logistically speaking how does a mutated rat get from Japan to New York City

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592526)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 1:13 AM
Author: yellow psychic voyeur

He was human when he left Japan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592543)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 1:15 AM
Author: Insecure lascivious messiness yarmulke

That's the cartoon only. For purposes of the comics and the movie, Splinter was always a rat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592545)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 1:03 AM
Author: yellow psychic voyeur

I thought it adequately stayed true to the source material, which was dark and foreboding, while staying pg-13 and seemingly marketable to kids

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592530)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 1:19 AM
Author: Wine Racy Crackhouse Affirmative Action

My mom checked me out of Kindergarten to see it in the theatre. One of the best days of my childhood.

Watch the Netflix “Toys that made us” about TMNT, if you haven’t. They talk about how the movie was made totally unsupervised and my a guy who had no experience with such a thing and how everyone was horrified at the initial internal viewing. They did not expect it to be the hit of the summer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592552)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:02 AM
Author: Angry razzle trailer park

https://kemono.su/patreon/user/3618469/post/73920476

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592601)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 8:40 AM
Author: Talented double fault

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47592691)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:27 PM
Author: Idiotic sable base codepig

180 film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47593319)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:31 PM
Author: boyish territorial plaza background story

I liked it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47593337)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:32 PM
Author: Anal sanctuary

women on birth control with fridge bodies and those weird hyperthyroid skinny legs on fat bodies kinda resemble ninja turtles if you think about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47593342)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:34 PM
Author: Fragrant Skinny Woman

I saw it in the theater and had TMNT shirts and a lunch box.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47593356)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:36 PM
Author: Umber karate

someone mentioned Darkman and Dick Tracy (and Batman 1989).

there was a kind of 1989-1991 'dark' comic book aesthetic. the aborted Punisher movie from 1989, Total Recall, Robocop 2, all fit into that same pre-CGI grainy TMNT look.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47593364)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:36 PM
Author: Well-lubricated windowlicker

It was trying to stay true to the original graphic novels which were never really intended for children afaik

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47593367)



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Date: April 18th, 2024 3:37 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Stock Car

first movie I remember seeing on the big screen, my mom took me and my best friend to it and we were obsessed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47593369)



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Date: April 20th, 2024 7:23 AM
Author: Talented double fault

zomg me toooooo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47596915)



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Date: April 19th, 2024 12:47 PM
Author: Hairraiser point

All fathers love their sons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47595399)



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Date: April 19th, 2024 12:49 PM
Author: Talented double fault

not clsg’s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47595407)



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Date: April 19th, 2024 12:50 PM
Author: Insecure lascivious messiness yarmulke

That's actually a pretty fucked up line to throw in a kid's movie. Some of the kids in the audience really did have fathers that don't care about them at all, best not to get their hopes up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47595414)



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Date: April 20th, 2024 11:33 AM
Author: Hairraiser point



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5518994&forum_id=2#47597337)