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Summary: Oh Yeah
Review: This is the real deal, baby. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is one of my all time favortie anything! I used to watch it every morning before I went to school. And now in my md 20s, I watch them on DVD for like an hour a day. I am a pyscho, I know.
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Summary: Return of the Real Ninja Turtles
Review: This was a highly anticipated DVD by many 20 year olds, who likely grew up watching this show. I think its arguable that this is the greatest cartoon of all time. This DVD contains the entire Season 1 of the 1980's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. All 5 episodes are in complete form, with opening and credits. The 4 Never Before Seen Episodes are alright, but it would have been better if they would have picked a few of the episodes that Shredder and Krang were in from Season 10, but oh well. It's still an awesome release, hopefully season 2 is already in production.
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Summary: The most Legendary cartoon of all time
Review: This with the exception of Dragonball Z is no doubt the best cartoon of all time. The original teenage mutant ninja turtles were great. It was the perfect cartoon, those were the golden era days for cartoons. Im still only 17 years old, but I still know what i'm talking about. The funny thing is I like the new Turtles just as I do the old episodes, that is because the new ones have better style and more action, and the story is more dark. But the old ones have more comedy, and better music. So I think they balance out, anyway it is just worth it.
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Summary: This show was good but I enjoy the new toon more...
Review: True, I don't have this on dvd yet and I do intend on getting it when it is released but I don't feel this is the best version of the Ninja Turtles story. This version struck me as slightly goofy and childish compared to the movies, comics, and the new cartoon (although it's much better than the SABAN live action show, The Next Mutation!). I loved the movies and deeply love the new toon and I'm NOT a so called "NOOB" to the Ninja Turtle fanbase, I've loved the Ninja Turtles since I was a little kid. I'm 17 now ( I'm not a customer here my parents are so I had to write my review through this) and I look back on the old toon with a lot less respect than I did when I was 5.
I've read summaries for the old toon episodes and was disappointed with how goofy it seemed, but this won't stop me from getting a copy of the dvd when it's released.
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Summary: Great Anime Classic On A Poor DVD Transfer
Review: Well I really can't complain much. However, I am disappointed that there was no special qualities on this disc.
They also could have had other season onto it. I mean one disc can hold a lot of stuff on it. It's like they didn't even try to make it a nice set.
However, besides that. I am very happy to have this in my collection. I grew up with Ninja Turtles like a lot of people, and I think it's wonderful that it's finally out on DVD.
I just wish they had spent more effort of the DVD packaging for the original program.
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Summary: Heroes In A Half Shell - TURTLE POWER!
Review: Well, here it is, turtle fans: the wait is finally over. After months and months of waiting, the original '80s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that I, and 90% of kids my age (even some girls) grew up with, have finally been released on DVD! So the big question is: is it worth it? Yep. First of all, the packaging. As stated previously, it comes in a shiny, metallic box, with the artwork you see above you. Inside, is the actual case, with the same artwork, but without the metallic luster. Nothing outstanding, but pretty neat. The picture and sound quality are very good, considering the age of the episodes (they aired December 1987). Yes, the animation pales in comparison to the animation of today, but keep in mind... DECEMBER 1987. But overall it looks and sounds really good. Okay, now for the most important thing of all: the content. When you first pop the DVD in, as stated before, there is no background music at the main menu; just the hum of your DVD player. This is no big deal, but it would've been pretty cool to hear the closing theme (the one they play over the credits).
The main episodes that this set contains is the original 5-part miniseries that started the whole series. They are five seperate, 22-minute episodes (complete with opening theme song and closing credits), but are all linked together. It tells the origin of Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael (my favorite turtle), Michaelangelo, Splinter, April O'Neal, Shredder, Baxter Stockman, etc. These early episodes combine the familiar one-liners and funny character building scenes with great martial arts action; a great mix.
Now for the bonus episodes: these are from the last season (1996). By then I was 10 years old and not really into TMNT anymore. These are the infamous "red sky" episodes that you hear so much about. They certainly aren't as horrible as some people make them out to be, but they're not that great either, IMHO. They changed the original theme song that everybody and their mother's familiar with, replacing it with some goofy, lackluster techno version. Also, they sort of redid the animation; the Turtles now had weird-looking eyes. Also, they gave April bright blue eyes (VERY nice) but took away her infamous, attractive yellow jumpsuit (bogus). They also added some new character; a kid named Carter. And of course, instead of Shredder, they now fought some alien named Dregg. (ehhh...) These episodes aren't really bad or good. Needless to say, the originals are much better. So if you're a fan of the original TMNT like me, or even if you just want to dive into the history of animation (or learn about 80's cartoons), buy this set. The price is right, and this will encourage them to keep releasing the other seasons. COWABUNGA!
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Summary: Time for another review.
Review: Well, to begin with, I live in London, and this is where I grew up. Now there's nothing particularly wrong with that, we still got the good stuff. I grew up on Thundercats, Captain N, Inspector Gadget, Ducktales, Transformers and of course, Turtles.
Turtles became an obsession for all people my age. I can honestly say, that I have never seen such a craze, spread so fast, and last so long. It was an incredible time to be a kid. You couldn't step outside without seeing something Turtles.
A couple years into the show though, my older brother got his hands on the original Eastman and Laird comics, and there was something of a surprise in store for me.
You see, over here in crappy old London, your fantastic show, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, had been altered when it came over here, to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
After some brief research, I discovered that not only were we watching a show with the wrong name, but all, yes ALL of Michalangelo's nunchuk scenes had been cut out. So much so, that even the intro had been eedited in such a way to cut them out, and the first five episodes were never aired in London, because of how much he used them.
Anyway, the hunting began. And ever since then I've been searching for those first five and just about any original US episodes.
Well, now the wait is over, and I have them all, US, and unedited on DVD. And thank God, they left the grain on and didn't clean it up, making it look bright and ugly like a new cartoon. So that's that, this cartoon altered the lives of an entire generation, and if you were part of that generation, then I would expect you to buy it.
A fantastic kids cartoon, truly unbeatable. One thing always puzzled me though, in my country, nunchuks are banned, and therefore they were'nt in the Turtles, but then how come absolutely none of Panthro's nunchuk scenes in Thundercats were ever cut?
That's Britain for you. Get the next set out soon, and the rest of the 80's cartoons.
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Summary: Not technically the "original", but still great
Review: Whoever referred to this toon as the "orginal" turtles is right in one sense, wrong in another: yes, it was the original CARTOON, but it wasn't the very first incarnation of the TMNT; the black and white comic series by Eastman and Laird was. Regardless, this was the toon I grew up with in the late 80s and early 90s, althrough I didn't really start watching it until the show's third season in 1989 when I started collecting the toys. I was 5 years old then, and it's been just over 14 years since then and I'm still lovin' the original toon. Despite the rating I'm giving it here, the first season of the original toon (which is what this DVD contains) deserves a full 5 stars due to its action, edge, and overall more maturity than the later seasons; seasons 2 and 3 still had the action, albeit a bit humorous, but from seasons 4-7 it just went totally goofy and completely lost that edge the first 5 episodes had, not to mention the dialogue turned into a total laugh-fest for how ridiculously stupid it turned. The reason I'm taking off a star on this review is the fact that the "previously unaired episodes" really aren't: all 4 of them are from season 10 of the series that aired in 1996, its finals season with the new villain Dregg. Because of that, it will totally mess up the continuity and flow of future season sets should this line continue. But then again, I'm a purist. TURTLE POWER!
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Summary: THANK YOU GOD I HAVE MY TURTLES DVD AT LAST
Review: You know i love the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, I have loved them since I can remember. I have all of the movies on VHS and now dvd. I am gonna get the new seires box set, but not till I get the original and best series of them all. I love this show always have always will. The only thing i think stinks about this DVD is the fact that they are putting some of the less cared about episodes on here. I would think that since they are hopefully gonna put out season 2 and so on that they would save these for later. But oh well I don't care i'm just happy to finily get to see the original TURTLE show the way it was ment to be seen, ON DVD. If you like me and you love things from the past then get this DVD. Now all they need to do is put out a THUNDERCATS dvd and I will be set. And get that SUPER MARIO BORTHERS DVD when it comes out to. Support the old school as well as the new.
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