Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Hey, Do You Remember...?

Christopher Schrader

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2014

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand has seen its share of peaks and valleys over the years, but when the first live-action film was released in the spring of 1990, the heroes in a half-shell were at the apex of their popularity. This was one of the first "event" movies for Chris, Donna, and Carlos - and all three of them were at exactly the right age to be completely captivated by it.

In this episode they discuss how the filmmakers blended elements from the original comic book and the wildly successful 1987 cartoon series to craft something that honored both mythologies while simultaneously staking its own claim. They also discuss the practical effects created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, speculate over what Shredder's long-term plan is, share a surprising anecdote about the Turtles' canonical origin, and much more.

Although the film still works for the most part, they also reveal some of their issues with it - including the Turtles' curious lack of involvement in the climax's two biggest moments and the fact that Casey Jones probably didn't need to be in this particular story.

And then Donna introduces a new rule that sets the stage for the weirdest round of Who Would You Be and Who Would You F? that they've ever played.

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0:00.0	Hey, do you remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose-tinted glasses to see how it holds up today.
0:31.7	I'm Chris.
0:32.5	I'm Donna.
0:33.3	And I'm Carlos.
0:34.2	And today we're revisiting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
0:52.2	Thank you. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A crime wave has hit New York City. An intrepid reporter April O'Neill seems to be the only one brave enough to investigate its connections to an ancient criminal organization known as the foot.
1:02.8	April gets in over her head, but fortunately some unlikely allies come to her aid, four talking turtles who live in the city's sewer with their mentor splinter.
1:11.9	When the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's comic book hit shelves in 1984, its creators
1:16.3	could not possibly have foreseen how successful this property would become.
1:20.4	From the late 80s to mid-90s, it was nothing short of a pop culture phenomenon,
1:24.5	a movement which was spearheaded by the original Saturday morning cartoon,
1:28.4	which ran from 1987 to 1996. So in 1990, the turtles were arguably at their apex. Their brand had
1:36.0	infiltrated every medium, every conceivable level of merchandising. And that spring, fans came out
1:41.6	in droves for the turtle's most highly anticipated adventure yet, their first live action movie.
1:47.7	Dono, what do you remember about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
1:51.7	Well, I have to say, I remember loving this movie.
1:59.5	You know that it's coming.
2:01.1	Yeah.
2:01.8	I think most of our listeners know that part that's coming.
2:04.9	I remember loving it.
2:06.8	I asked my brother, my brother met Donna in person once.
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