awesome job. some thing to look at. keep up the good work.

[b]Old Turtles FTFinW!!! This looks pretty damn good.

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the Original comics are even more FTW :D and they're still ongoing.

Not the Archie comics, the Mirage comics...

Though I love all the Turtles incarnations.

YAY. not a huge turtles fan, but still, entertaining stuff.

Yay, no first war.

We can start one, if you want...

Well, that's a [u]first[/u], right there!

...[u]first[/u] time for everything.

:P

Sweet review, i didnt know they did a cross over with the old TMNT and the new one

Totally Agree I loved this the comic turtles were awesome i read the comics and I pictured them like that also I've seen this 3 times lol great review :)

good vid keep up the good work

I loved the guest apperance by the Mirage Comics Turtles near the end, hell the Comics Leonardo pretty much quoted one of the first lines in the comics word for word. As for why they couldn't bring back the original cast? I believe it had to do with Union issues, the company that does the Voice Work for the the Turtles now is either Union or Non Union (I can't recall) and it just makes things a pain in the ass to deal with.

Yes, Lionsgate has recently become very miserly about protecting their old heroes in a halfshell. Still, this special did an amazing job paying homage to late 80's/early 90's feel of the show, even without the original voice cast. Anyone notice Janine from The Real Ghostbusters cartoon walking by when they first warp back to the old turtles' NYC? Nice touch.

Not to nitpick (everyone here does though) but are you talking about Irma who was in the background with brown hair, red glasses and blue top?

She was a semi regular characters from the turtle's old show and April's colleague over at the station. (some people even say she had a thing for Splinter but, ew)

Oh, damn. You are 100% correct. I guess I was so caught up in the nostalgia of it, that I was projecting characters from my other favorite shows as a kid. Ha. Nice catch. I never heard the Irma/Splinter thing, but I could see her digging some bestiality action. Haha.

good stuff as always ;)

It was good to hear what you thought about this special. I may check it out.
Can't wait to find out what the 100th episode is.
:?:

Ah, this brings back the love one had for the Turtles. Even if it was not posted as the Nostalgia Critic, it brings back all the nostalgia... Nice review.

Hey Doug, great review. I'll admit, I was a little worried when I saw this one because I thought you'd tear it apart the way you usually do as the Critic, but I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong. As for the old cast, as has been said, it was a union issue. I'm sure they would have gotten Cam Clarke, James Avery and the others back if they could have.

I think Cam Clarke is too busy doing about 45% of the character voices in World of Warcraft.

Yeah, he does a little less than half the characters' voices while more than half are done by Chris Metzen. That's what happens when the game company's cheap. :P

HAHAHAA!!! Wow. I love the Turtles and I love the reviews you do with them. nice job, NC!

I really never knew this existed. I am really excited now and I plan to rent it soon. *huge Donnie fan* XD


Oh yeah, "What the Shell." It gets so old.

Check 4kids website. I think they are still streaming the movie uncensored. And Doug, this is the last 4kids produced turtles series.

Wait...A movie? On Monday? And Friday last week?

Also...Who are you? Where's the Nostalgia Critic?

What world have I stumbled into?! :0

wtf :S today is monday why a review?

some of the audio reminds me the Art Cartney situation.

anyway it's was good and... maybe you could show you but that's my opinion

4/5

I found this on TV completely by chance when it first aired. I was (like a million other kids) a HUGE fan of the original TMNT. I'm not as big a fan of the new show but I still like it. I despise that the "fast forward" bull sh*t they did for 2 friggen years in the middle and feel they should have made the "lost episodes" story arch cannon.

With all of that said, I agree with Doug 110%. This movie is awesome pie with win filling and a cherry on top. My only concern is that the series may have jumped the shark.

actually, this is sorta the end of the ninja turtles.

not sure if you knew, but nickelodean acquired all rights to the ninja turtles. not just rights for movies and tv show, but the product as a whole.

so, in a way this special was the end of the mirage-studios ninja turtles era.

if you took time to view and watch this, does that mean we may see an "old verse new" of the '87 ninja turtles and the '03 ones?

volume 1 (season 1) and volume 2 (season 2) are not too expensive to get. and may just give you enough material to work with.

the '03 series, i think by just purchasing the first season (which is split up into 2 DVDs) is good enough for comparison.

oh, and if you wanna compare the rat king, i forget which volume he debuts in in the '87 series, i think its the 3rd one. but the '03 ones, he is in only one episode. titled, I, Monster

not sure if its on one of various '03 volumes. but, i think you can find it on line via youtube or veoh.

then another must-have for an old vs new of the '87 and '03 is the season 4 '03 dvd. though not the entire season 4 as listed, it still features an episode of baxter stockman that would make for a great comparison between the baxter of the '87 series, and this new one. the episode was banned because it was too disturbing. its about him harvesting bodyparts, or what i can remember from it (shredder takes a piece of his body each time he messes up through the '03 'turtles)

and if you REALLY wanna get into this, could pick up season 8 of the '87 turtles (red sky episodes), and then pick up season 6 (fast forward) of the '03 ninja turtles.

the '03 rat king is from season 4, by the way. but could be somewhere in the messy volume set of the 3rd season. again, looking for it online is probably best way to go

You're partially right, from here Ninja Turtles is owned by Nickelodeon 100% and whatever direction they take, it'll never be like the original or newer cartoon ever again, so this is pretty much the final project with any involvement from the original creators, Eastman and Laird. It makes a great way to end 25 years of the Turtles franchise, though I have little hope for Nick's CGI cartoon due in 2012.

I love how the movie canonized all those goofy toy series they did for the old cartoon with all the ridiculous gimmicks and themes, and tied them into the original comic book as the origin universe. But for all the cameos during the dimension viewing scene, even acknowledging the shit Turtles anime, they still didn't mention the live action TV Series, which speaks volumes as to how bad that was.

I don't think they did a good job with the more recent turtles. Made me upset.

I was hoping that you'd talk more about the comic version, but you probably didn't care so much for them so no biggy.

They will be doing more though, 2012 movie new live action rendition, and Nick will be doing a CGI cartoon line.

Nice review, the audio was... a tad off? 4/5 extra kudos because I am a turtle fan girl.

I never would have thought to even give that a try, but thanks to this review I'm going to acquire the film right now via dubious means (you know, since there isn't a way to purchase it, yet).

To be honest, I grew up with the newer Ninja Turtles. I loved it. I really wanna see this special now. The show I grew up with was so damn serious, and yet had it's funny moments. So, to see the old turtles that I haven't seen and the new turtles I love sounds like something I should check out.

cool to hear what you thought of the special. I agree with basically everything you say. It was a great special which was only brought down by not having the 87 voices. Still excellent though.

hmm, looks pretty interesting. I saw some of the old tmnt on videos cause my older brother and sister liked them and I occasionally watched the newer one.

I think I'll check it out :D

The part I liked the least was how killing the turtles from the comic not only destroies evry univerce with ninja turtles, but destroies there own univerce as well. It's like saying going back in time and killing Adam would cause the earth to explode. Sure it might happen eventualy if theres no one to do something about it, but it's not because one persons death destroies evrything.

I definitely liked this movie also. Great to see Doug acknowledge it like this. I can't wait to see what the 100th episode is gonna be :D

Wow, doug, as a Turtles fan myself, i'm shocked you didn't watch the 2003 series at all.....i mean, wow.

You missed a really good series, it's a far cry for the pun's and goofiness of the 1987 show. Some seasons where better than others, but overall i though it better than the old series.

Now i have seen EVERY episode from BOTH series, the 1987 show is still a good watch, but it has aged horribly.

As for why the did not get back the Original VA for the 1987 Turtles in Forever, it was because the show was done before unionization, so if the '87 VA came back, they would likely get kicked out of SAG/VAG for doing work from a Non-union show.

I had not heard about this. This looks interesting.

Ditto. A turtles and turtles crossover? Sweeeeeet.

Just to let everybody know, you can find both Turtles Forever and the Director's cut version on 4kids.tv, so that way you can get the highest quality video.