Comments on The Dork Dimension: Movie Review: Turtles Forever

I liked it, but they made the 80's turtles loo...

2010-08-21T10:34:55.084-04:00

I liked it, but they made the 80's turtles look like complete idiots, like they were some sort of abomination to the franchise when in fact it was the 80's series that made " Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " so popular. Sure the comic was 1st and then the playmate toys which warranted a series but the 80's cartoon is what brought them into the mainstream and made their creators bucket loads of money...that's gradatude for ya.

I watched this movie the first time it was release...

2010-05-09T02:49:42.638-04:00

I watched this movie the first time it was released on 4kids and It was a good movie but They should've written the film better because they made the 80's turtles, 80's Shredder and Krang and the 80's turtles vehicles look foolish. For example: If you've ever seen krang and Shredder in the 80's show you would know that they don't make stupid mutant bananas and like that they make mutant creatures like the mutant alligator Leatherhead and mutant turtle Slash. And the 2003 Donatello didn't know how to build a dimensional portal and the 80's did which would mean the 80's Donatello could be more intelligant. And also with all the weapons and things built into his suit Krang could've easily defeated the utrom Shredder when he used the molecular amplification unit in his suit to grow to Utrom Shredders size if they put the real Krang thats intelligent in the movie. Seeing the black and white Comic book Ninja turtles in the film was AWESOME!

I watched this movie as soon as they showed it on ...

2010-03-12T20:58:20.907-05:00

I watched this movie as soon as they showed it on 4kids, and had to video tape the last part because of the time schedule that we could not change, and I've got to say, it was OBVIOUSLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am a TOTAL Turtle Fan, and cannot live without it!!!!!!!!!! That movie was so cool, and explains why all these different versions of TMNT are, well, different. Like the movie TMNT, or the '88 cartoon, the 200x Turtles, and all the others. Each one is a different dimension -- totally awesome, as I said earlier (no, that was OBVIOUSLY awesome; oh well). Any way, If you love TMNT, you'll LOVE Turtles Forever - I'm 99.9999999999999999999999% sure of it!

I loved this TV-movie. I am still waiting to get t...

2010-03-01T16:04:00.928-05:00

I loved this TV-movie. I am still waiting to get this on Blu Ray if not a DVD. I've sure there's some special features and bonus materials that are waiting to be added to the disc release.
It's a real shame that Playmates had no plans to make any toys base on this movie. It would have gave them a perfect opportunity to make 3 sets of different stype Ninja Turtles.

Just gonna join in here and say how much I LOVED T...

2009-12-13T11:29:30.033-05:00

Just gonna join in here and say how much I LOVED Turtles Forever. This could have been really cheesy and thrown together, but you can tell a lot of love was put into it.

I did find it a little annoying that the 80's Turtles were portrayed as being so over-the-top, but I consider them to simply be parodies of the originals. It would have been nice if they could have gotten the original voices, but I'm not sure if everyone is still around/may-have-been-too-expensive.

Regardless, this is the first TMNT animation that I've been able to thoroughly enjoy in over a decade (sorry 200X TMNT fans, I could just never get into it).

As far as what the next 25 years for TMNT bring, under the helm of Nick, who knows what it will bring, but at least we've got some great memories and this was a truly fitting sendoff!

I am really surprised that in every review that I ...

2009-11-25T18:01:39.790-05:00

I am really surprised that in every review that I have read about this AWSOME entanglement of TMNT Multiverses that not one single person has refrenced the fact that yes they did include both cartoon forms and the comic book form they also used lines from the original movie form the 80s as well. SPOILER: Ie... When the one true Shredder is talking to Hun after he has been mutated and they are planing their attack on the turtles lair it matches the the lines that are exchanged between the Shredder and Tatsu in the original 80s movie before their raid on the turtles lair. So yes they did do an awsome job of crossing every form of TMNT known to the fans over in this AWSOME movie. So ends an era in the TMNT legacy and what a wonderful send off or hand off how ever you want to look at it it was. Hopefully Nick wont screw up this gift that they have been given that are THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

I watched it too and like it very much. The way th...

2009-11-24T12:06:03.887-05:00

I watched it too and like it very much. The way they made the 80s turtles look silly was kind of annoying, though. Having seen the 80s and the 2003 side by side made me feel sad for today's children for getting such low quality animations. The turtles had very little details and what's up with the white eyes, I know it worked for the figures, but it had no business in the cartoon.
Seeing the beautifully rendered Splinter, Bebop, Rocksteady, Shredder and Krang really made me appreciate the old animations.
The same thing is happening unfortunately with Star Trek. A young director JJ Abrams directs a new film which breaks away from the traditional franchise and people seem to like it. Now Star Trek is all about JJ's and years of excellent movies and episodes mean nothing for people.
That's me ranting... sorry about that :-)

I loved the movie. It got my inner geek going nut...

2009-11-24T11:16:04.527-05:00

I loved the movie. It got my inner geek going nuts, my inner 8-year-old following suit, and Mr. 28-year-old John ended up genuinely laughing at a lot of the humor. "What? Who are you talking to? Is there a person over there?" was great. Also, the thought that this is technically the grand finale for both the 1987 and 2003 shows is interesting - Shredder is back and doing his usual thing in the '80s universe (no mention of Dregg. Ha!), and I won't give any spoilers about the fates of the 2003 characters, but it's a pretty fitting sendoff.

It's almost too bad that we won't be getting a sequal for this.

I'm afraid I liked this movie. I liked the way...

2009-11-23T13:06:28.677-05:00

I'm afraid I liked this movie. I liked the way it made light of the 87 turtles. They were annoying and the story lines were stupid and goofy and they got called out on it, oh well. What did bother me was the 456,345,267 times they said "what the shell". Yes, I understand, it sounds like "what the HELL" very clever, I see what you did there, now stop it. All in all it was a funny little bit of action fluff. Could have been written better, could have been animated better, but then again, that is what we have come to expect from TMNT. Just be glad it wasn't another "Out of There Shells" tour *barf*.

The Unicron-looking thing in the poster above is t...

2009-11-22T22:33:14.317-05:00

The Unicron-looking thing in the poster above is the upgraded Technodrome. It was pretty cool... I'd imagine it would work well in a TMNT video game.

No mention of the Star Trek Turtles, though. :) My friend Jason mentioned that it would have been awesome if they showed some shots of Turtles action figures in the other dimensions, and I totally agree!

Two points: 1. Judging by that poster above, Unic...

2009-11-22T22:09:29.903-05:00

Two points:

1. Judging by that poster above, Unicron is in it?

2. Was there any mention of STAR TREK TURTLES?

It was a strangely fitting send off considering th...

2009-11-22T08:50:26.413-05:00

It was a strangely fitting send off considering the timing. In light of the Nickelodeon purchase, some of the lines in that ending scene seem especially poignant. The overall theme of the whole presentation, though, was that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will always carry on in some way. It was a reassuring message to end things on.

man i woke up early to see this and i recorded it ...

2009-11-22T04:26:30.713-05:00

man i woke up early to see this and i recorded it on my dvd recorder it to me was the proper send off for the the franchise i grew up on. the final scene almost brought a tear to my eye. and i loved seeing the mirage turtles( orginal comic look) in animation just seeing that version of the trutles come to life for me was amazing i cant wait for the dvd i hope it has loads of sepcial features!

It was a great special, but I think the way they k...

2009-11-22T03:06:08.469-05:00

It was a great special, but I think the way they kept making fun of the '80s Turtles was a bit redundant by the end. It felt like the show was sticking it's nose up to them, and yeah, they were a bit more over the top than they used to be. That said, it was still really amusing, and the plot still gelled the various Turtle incarnations really well. Seeing the multiverses, even including the Stan Sakai Turtles, and those mentioned above, was awesome as well. It was a great send off, and wasn't epic, but it showed the care that mattered.

I'm with you, that it was just nice to see the...

2009-11-22T01:16:33.731-05:00

I'm with you, that it was just nice to see the G1 turtles with good animation. The first five episodes of the original cartoon had pretty good artwork going for it, but I guess they switched to a cheaper animation studio after that because you can see a big difference in quality. I thought the Mirage Turtles at the end were perfect, and it makes me want to go back and catch up on the 200x show (I've only seen a handful of episodes).

I had not heard of this movie. I am very eager to...

2009-11-21T21:53:48.746-05:00

I had not heard of this movie. I am very eager to see it myself now! I hope I can catch it. I just love it when kid shows do these era cross over things. Voltron, Power Rangers, etc. It's actually a pretty rad thing to do. It's almost sad as well. Like you mentioned sort of a send off, or a death of an era. I do not think Nick will care for the fans as much as the latest team responsible for this film apparently did. :) The whole premise of the movie is really an homage not only to Eastman and Laird, but everyone over the past 20 odd years who has grown up with TMNT and loved em.

TURTLES FOREVER ROCKED!! IT IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER...

2009-11-21T16:12:51.397-05:00

TURTLES FOREVER ROCKED!! IT IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!! =)