Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The fun new animated movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem reboots the iconic series. It's directed by Jeff Rowe (The Mitchells vs. the Machines), who co-wrote the script with Seth Rogen and others. The formula is familiar — an ooze turns four baby turtles into ninja-fighting warriors who must save humanity and find acceptance along the way. The film is bolstered by its funny pop-culture references and a strong voice cast, including Jackie Chan, Ice Cube and Ayo Edebiri.

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0:22.0	Ho, ho! NPR. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem reboots the series.
0:34.5	It's an animated film directed by one of the minds behind the Mitchells versus the machines
0:38.6	with a script co-written by Seth Rogin.
0:41.2	I'm Stephen Thompson, and today we are talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant
0:46.2	Mayhem on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.
0:49.8	Joining me today is NPR Senior Editor Bilal Kereshi.
0:52.6	Hi Bilal. Hi Bilal. panel is Jordan Morris. He's a podcaster and the co-writer of the double
1:03.7	Eisner Award nominated graphic novel Bubble. Welcome back Jordan. A good cowabunga
1:08.2	to you sir. Kowabunga to everyone. And cowabunga to all.
1:13.0	It is great to have all of you here.
1:15.0	So Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began as a comic book series in 1984,
1:19.6	and soon spawned an action figure line
1:21.7	and a TV show that ran in syndication for 10 seasons.
1:25.4	In 1990, the franchise launched its first film, which was a massive success, and in the decades
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