He also has a hat that looks like a bicycle helmet with bits stuck on and wears a top that looks like he stole it from Prince’s wardrobe, but he does a good job of skulking about. Shredder doesn’t really have that much to do in the film, apart from skulk about and make threats. Though sometimes she’s a little left out of the action sequences she still kicks ass in her own way.Īfter the introductions it becomes clear that a Foot Soldier has followed Raph back to the turtle lair, after some (intentionally) comedic fighting they all manage to escape, apart from Splinter who gets kidnapped and taken back to meet the leader of the Foot Clan, the evil Shredder. She’s trying to be a good reporter who is accountable for her own actions. She’s not some glamazon, she’s not doing it for revenge or some convoluted reasons about her dad. She’s just a regular woman trying to do her job well. Best of all, she has not been overly sexualised. She goes out there and follows her heart even though she could get in trouble or lose her job. Most important of all, they’re still obsessed with pizza! Even dear old splinter is full of Eastern wisdom and serenity just like the old days. ![]() ![]() Raph is the wise-ass, Mikey’s the party dude, Donatello’s the techy guy and Leonardo is the natural leader of the gang. Even through those strange rubber suits, they’re all just as I remember them from the show. Here April meets the rest of the Turtles, Leonardo, Donatello, and Michelangelo (Raphael being the one who rescued her), as well as their master, Splinter.Īt this point it’s worth mentioning that the characterisations are spot on. After she gets knocked unconscious a mysterious turtle like figure comes to the rescue and takes her back to his sewer. So, the movie starts out with various news outlets reporting about a spate of break ins and gang activity in New York, which has been linked to a Foot Clan, which originated in Japan.Ī plucky young reporter by the name of April O’Neil comes under attack in the Subway after some super sleuthing led her to talk about the Foot Clan on television. When it was my turn to choose the movie for my regular bucket o’ chicken night with my friend I had a hankering for some nostalgia, and I wanted to wipe the Michael Bay effort from my mind. I haven’t seen this since I was a young kid, and I remember it being… Not great, but then what did I know, I thought. In the UK they were called Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, just incase kids were corrupted by ancient martial arts and nunchucks or something like that. Me and my brother, we were huge fans out mum even made a turtle costume for us to play turtles with. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.If you grew up or were born in the 80s, that chances are you watched the Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles at some point. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. ![]() Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. ![]() This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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