From Wikipedia:
"The film kept very close to the dark feel of the original comics with only few elements making it in from the cartoon. The film received positive reviews, and it was a huge hit at the box office, and became the fifth highest grossing film worldwide of 1990."
"The Turtles' themselves were done by Jim Henson's Creature Shop in London. Jim Henson said that the creatures were the most advanced that he had ever worked with. The creatures were first made out of clay, which were then rebuilt out of fibre glass. They were produced as moulds to cast the whole body in foam rubber latex. Work was then done on mechanizing the fiberglass. The work at the Shop was completed within 18 weeks."
Did you know that this was the highest grossing independent film of all time when it was made? This scene shown still resonates deeply with me although nostalgia is likely the key culprit... The facial animatronics still amaze to this day.
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AnimalsForCrackerssays...This be me first video-post on the Sift after lurking/observing/commenting for awhile now. Hope it does well!
Hah, who am I kidding? It's a freaking post on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for chrissake.
pyrexNow now, AFC, don't cut yourself short in regards to what the sifters finds neat. This is a classic bit :-D
Dignant_Pinksays...did that turtle say damn? the orange one, which famous artist was he named after? was that michelangelo?
AnimalsForCrackerssays...Yar, the movie had a ton of gratuitous D-bombs (much like Goonies and S-bombs) for a kid's movie. Good stuff...and I'm glad there are people out there who appreciate this despite how sick of TMNT the world must be.
bamdrewlooks like shredder is *dead
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AnimalsForCrackerssays...Thanks for replacing this! It's been awhile since I've browsed over my submissions. Unfortunately this new one has a few intercuts that sorta break up the pacing of the scene but it's certainly better than having it remain dead/discarded. Hopefully I can find another without the slight editing in the meantime. Thanks again, bamdrew/HistNerd, for identifying/fixing this.
eric3579*dead
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