I've always been a casual fan at best. But I'm pretty hyped for this. Been watching the 2003 series again in preparation (the first five seasons).

Now, if we can get this, and the first five seasons on DVD, I'll be happy.

I work on Saturdays.

So I'll probably have to wait until the DVD release.

I have all the season 1-6 episodes on DVD, unfortunately seasons 3-4 are all on those awful random collection DVDs and not proper season sets.

Funimation dropped 4Kids only after they'd finished releasing season 1-2 in complete sets, so season 3-4 are still up in the air.

Hopefully Nick will get them out there, though they'll probably start over from the beginning.

Then I'll wait and see if they do that.

Funimation's season sets have great packaging, but no bonus features. Which is a shame, because there were all these cool animated shorts done by Dong Woo that were on the random collection DVDs and couldn've been put on the season sets.

Hopefully Nick will include them when they start over.

Thanks for the info.

I'm not missing anything if I choose to ignore "Fast Forward" and "Back to the Sewers" am I?

Ehhhhh. It depends.

Fast Forward got cancelled prematurely, so it ends only half resolved (the Sho'Kanabo arc is completed, but the Dark Turtles are never dealt with). The show itself wouldn't been fine as maybe a 6 episode arc, but the premise runs thin quickly. So by 26 episodes, you're kind of sick of it.

I...hated Back to the Sewers and after 6 seasons, actually quit the show during it. The main arc of the season is this completely inane plot about traveling into Cyber Space and using cyber weapons to collect Splinter's "bits" that have been scattered all over the place.

It was too moronic for me to handle, so I stopped watching. It hasn't been released on DVD yet.

I wasn't even that big on season 5 because the mystic powers felt too gimmicky, but it did have a good conclusion and a nice sense of finality to it (where as, from what I understand, Back to the Sewers ends unresolved).

You're better off stopping at season 5 and only going on if you're dying for more Turtles epiodes.

Wait, I thought Turtles Forever was an episode of Back to the Sewers? I've watched the first 4 seasons of the show but gave up after the shenanigans began. I should be good to go, then?

From what the 4Kids rep who posts at the Technodrome has told us, it won't resolve any of the dangling plot threads from Back to the Sewers and is supposed to be a self-contained story.

It'll take place after Back to the Sewers, though, so any character development that happened during that season will likely be present (like Casey and April being married).

Back to the Sewers has a good finale, but it doesn't wrap up the idea presented to us in the pilot of the 'Shredder War' which is should have focused on rather then recoverign splinter (Cyberspace was interesting when dealing with Cyber Shredder and his attempts at getting a real body). Ch'rll vs Demon Shredder vs Cyber Shredder with the turtles in the middle would have been a MUCH better season.

BttS ends with Casey and April getting married and Cameos of just about every ally they've had (including those from FF).

As an old toon turtle fan I need to remember to watch this.

My kids are gonna hate me that day.

I'm not sure about season 3 but there was a Season 4 set with all the episodes released in one package. I was disappointed that they stopped producing the DVD's, so as it stands right now I have Season 1 sets 1 & 2, Season 4, and Season 5. Season 2 sets are getting hard to come by now.

As far as BttS went it was very disappointing to never get the Shredder War but I did at least like the send off that it got. The wedding with all the cameos was at least a good way to end it.

Unfortunately, that "season 4" set that Funimation released was a bit of a lie.

It only contained the episodes from season 4 that hadn't been released on the random collection DVDs.

So Funimation's "season 4" set is incomplete and missing quite a few of the more important episodes from that season (such as the Rat King episode).

Ah, so I see...... Well that is some lame BS. Missing about a 3rd of the season and still advertising it as a season set. Man I kept wondering where the Rat King came in.

Bugger, I have class on Saturdays.

Ah well, thank goodness for the internet.

.....whoa. Mirageverse is in black and white. Coooooooool.

The '87 Shredder and Krang look like they're in the middle of some heated lovers' quarrel. Sigh, they say the majority of domestic homicides happen in either the kitchen or the bedroom. I think this one is in the kitchen

WILL NOT PLAAAAAY I AM DEPRIVED

(Probably doesn't play outside the US...)

Just going by the brief split second clips, the animation in that looks really good.

Man, now I wish the thing had made it to theaters like originally planned.


Mirage Universe is freakin' dead on. Just LOOK at those buildings. The guys at Dong Woo didn't just nail the Old Toon aesthetic, they got the vintage Eastman/Laird style down, too

Man, I canNOT wait for this.

I especially like Utrom Shredder swatting down the entire cast with a giant exo-suit, a la Krang. Good to see the show go out with a bang.

So if going by the preview there it looks as if 2k Shredder has some big plan that involves the Technodrome? And the 2k random mutant there I though was going to be a new version of Rocksteady except I see no horn. Though seeing a mohawk on it it could be a mix of the two characters. and when we see 2k April and Casey they do seem to be in their BTTS designs.

Is anyone really surprised that Ch'rell is the Big Bad of the piece? Heh... there's a reason he's winning the poll in a landslide.

Good news: according to 4Kids, we should be getting a longer trailer sometime this week, possibly Wednesday.

anyone got a a mirror for the trailer?

Kickass, i gotta Tivo tape this event and watch it. I'm a huge fan of the Ninja Turtles, this should be an event for fans.

Good Lord, the Animation is seamless. This...I must make every effort to see this.

I cannot see the trailer! It's not even on youtube. What witchcraft is this?

For the international peeps here.

http://ninja-pizza.blogspot.com/2009/11/fi...er-trailer.html

GOOD GOD MY PANTS




Cannot. Wait.

When Shredder survived Exodus Part II, I was disappointed at the time... but that's EASILY forgiven with the crossover we're having now. Three Shredders in one movie? Actually I'm a little satisfied that we're not getting the 'Shredder Wars' now, because there's no way it could top this.


Looks like Technodrome 2.0... as seen in the movie poster.


Check out the Turtles Forever blog, specifically the two most recent entries. The creature is part dog...

I was reading somewhere that a couple Purple Dragons get mutated, guess this is one of them.

Ok, you know this movie is perfect when Irma is in it.

PS - Don't do a Google Image search for "Ninja Turtles Irma" unless
you're really adventurous and open minded.

I'm really wishing that I didn't let my curiosity get the best of me. *shudder*

Anywhoo, I'm getting more and more excited for this movie the more tidbits I see.

Wow. I'd totally forgotten about Irma.

That's what you get for having safe search off.

Japanese Irma is horrifying.

Japanese April? Not bad.

Okay, even I'm excited by that. And I don't generally care about TMNT.

Turtles Forever, that is. Not Irma.

Wait, what poll?

Anyway, wow, the Technodrome actually blasted something.

This looks great, but I'm not sure if we get CW4Kids in Canada. Now that I have an extended cable HD package, the odds should be greater, but I don't know for sure. If anyone can tell me if Rogers has it...

About BttS, I think it was better than FF, and it didn't focus on the cyber stuff TOO heavily, in that there were still plenty of real-world adventures going on. And at least it wraps things up to some degree, until Turtles Forever.

...hrmm. Now I just wish the TMNTA Turtles were in this, since we're not getting The Forever War. SOME sort of closure sure would have been nice.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

Here.

Best episode had to be the Superquest episode. Only time I really enjoyed the cyber aspect of the show. The Turtles have to play an MMO in order to rescue some Splinter data-bits. Mikey as a White Knight, Don as a Wizard (no brainer there), Leos a Changeling, and Raphs the Jester, who gets turned into a frog for most of the episode. Plus the reveal at the end about who Mikeys rival on the game was great.

Fantastic!!

I've seen 20 minutes of it. Not giving anything away, but while you won't be getting closure, there is something of a shout out to the Archie Turtles. And more.

Sayonara.

Ah, thanks. Don't know how I ever missed that. I was thinking an official poll was what had been meant.



I loved that ep. XD





Awesome, thanks for the info.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

They had a preview for TF on during Smallvilles commercial breaks and boy is the Technodrome in this not the same as the original. Man next Saturday isn't coming fast enough.

One should be careful about using "TF" as an abbreviation for something about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a Transformers board....

The new commercial

Oh, Raph. How I've missed you.

Flying Technodrome, cool.

And hey, giant Krang.

OMG GIANT KRANG

*pant pant pant*

IZ IT CAN BE NEXT WEEK NOW PLZ

80's Raph is surely the reason I snark so much.