The Sad History of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time?

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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III is a 1993 superhero film based on characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, it is the third theatrical Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and the final installment in the original trilogy.
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III also had some behind the scenes changes that caused the movie to maybe not be looked at as favorably all these years later.
    In this video we'll go into how Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III saved Dan's life and why this movie is or isn't called Turtles in Time.
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  • @justingoers
    @justingoers Рік тому +112

    Man I really really really wish they had continued the vibe and aesthetic of the first one. TMNT 1 is solid gold.

    • @killboggins
      @killboggins 11 місяців тому +4

      I think the death of Jim Henson impacted the creativity.

    • @tixmctivy
      @tixmctivy 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@killbogginsnot just on that film globally imagination died with him. Groot style it's growing back. Sadly not in the Industry yet but I mean still puberty at the moment.

    • @NotTellingYou-
      @NotTellingYou- 11 місяців тому +1

      I feel the same way but I still like the 3rd one.

    • @user-oi1iq6tt4j
      @user-oi1iq6tt4j 10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you!!!!

    • @lowlowseesee
      @lowlowseesee 10 місяців тому +2

      I don’t. Part 2 is fun as hell and if I want to watch part one I still have my original vhs and on top of that they showed it here in a fancy theater recently lol

  • @MDHaughton
    @MDHaughton Рік тому +16

    The OG Turtles being named after Renaissance artists, and a fifth turtle being named after Jack Kirby tells you exactly where Eastman and Laird's heart was.

  • @djtek9ine
    @djtek9ine Рік тому +6

    My mom took me to see this in the theater and when we were walking out of the theater, I apologized to her for having to sit through that.

  • @Drew_LaLa
    @Drew_LaLa Рік тому +140

    Baltimora’s “Tarzan Boy” should be included in every single movie, if you ask me.

  • @bloocheez3
    @bloocheez3 Рік тому +53

    I remember disliking III as a kid because it was just too normal. I wanted monsters, not Japanese villagers and a weird Brit.
    Going back years later, I agree with Eastman's assertion that it's right in between the other two. It's not nearly as bad as I remember.

    • @evenhartwick4422
      @evenhartwick4422 Рік тому +7

      my biggest problem is they didn't even have a single established villain from the comics or cartoon in it. the turtles have such a big rouges gallery and they didn't utilize a single one not even Shredder. maybe it would have been redundant to have Shredder for a third time but he would still have been better than what we got. not to mention he's in almost all the episodes from the cartoon so kids just kinda expect Shredder to be there in some way shape or from you could have done something with him to make him interesting

    • @andrewgrove1691
      @andrewgrove1691 Рік тому +2

      I hated this as a child. Watched it recently on tubi. It's OK. But the jokes were written by kids. Way too many pop culture references

    • @user-oi1iq6tt4j
      @user-oi1iq6tt4j 10 місяців тому +2

      The costumes sucked, no mutants, the turtles made too friendly and happy n goofy

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Рік тому +70

    I still remember playing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle video game at the arcade and at the movie theaters.

  • @motherplayer
    @motherplayer Рік тому +144

    The only takeway I got from this movie as a kid was remembering seeing the turtles wearing samurai armor and riding horses and saying to myself "Wow, those would be awesome action figures". And then I completely forgot the rest of the movie after that. So if that's what the creators wanted me to walk away with, they did that much.

    • @christopherrobinson1219
      @christopherrobinson1219 Рік тому +9

      Man. I'm conflicted about so many things these days. 😖 Ok, I'm 41. Born in 80. So so many things I LOVED back then I kind of cringe and "wack" by modern day standards. But I can't lie at the time, all of that shit was great! I think the world lost it's innocence on 9/11.
      Because although shit was happening then, it just seems like a better time🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @Timmichanga361
      @Timmichanga361 Рік тому

      Yeah, as a kid that was the gimmick that sucked me into this one

    • @supersaiyaman11589
      @supersaiyaman11589 Рік тому +2

      the first and second tmnt moves were good the 3rd is like the black sheep of the franchise

    • @ChaosTheory9
      @ChaosTheory9 Рік тому +3

      I had those figures too and I loved them, guess it worked lol

    • @zeroshinkai957
      @zeroshinkai957 Рік тому +1

      @@christopherrobinson1219 Yeah not like today's standards it's like everything is literally getting worse by the second nowadays. I guess that's why I started back watching old cartoons and stuff. Idk.

  • @DJSwagz
    @DJSwagz Рік тому +6

    I dont remember a single person not loving Secret of the Ooze... That movie was HUGE back in 4th grade

  • @scoobers90
    @scoobers90 Рік тому +75

    I thought I had a false memory of Tarzan Boy being in this movie for years! I nearly wore my VHS copy of this out as a kid, but when I came back to it as an adult the song wasn't there. I swore it was at the end of the movie. I never let the credits play long enough on streaming to hear it...Glad I'm not the only one that searched for that song.

    • @oldmanmillennial1980
      @oldmanmillennial1980 Рік тому +9

      WAIT WHAT!? I didn't even know what this song was, but I was guessing it was the oohh oohoo ohhh ohhhho ooh song. You're telling me that song was not in the movie!? Ser, I think we are all being lied to. I was in the 3rd grade in the Spring of 1993 and I will assuredly tell you that if that song was not directly in the movie it was in the trailer. Next you're gonna tell me that Surf Ninjas wasn't in the coming attractions

    • @indymudshow
      @indymudshow Рік тому +7

      Every time I hear it I think if tmnt as it's the first time i heard it

    • @saphcal
      @saphcal Рік тому +6

      @@oldmanmillennial1980 he said " but when I came back to it as an adult the song wasn't there. I swore it was at the end of the movie. I never let the credits play long enough on streaming to hear it" that end part explains that it IS there, very late during the credits at the end of the movie.

    • @scoobers90
      @scoobers90 Рік тому +2

      @@oldmanmillennial1980 it plays like mid-credits. I misremembered it as being during the last scenes of the movie for ages.

    • @ryanmcfarland4380
      @ryanmcfarland4380 Рік тому +17

      Isn't it in the movie, though? I could've sworn it's playing in the background in a bar when Casey is collecting the samurai the Turtles swapped places with to send them back in time...

  • @GSidoti
    @GSidoti Рік тому +14

    I know that Tarzan Boy feel. Killer ep as always.

  • @jonathanboetto8849
    @jonathanboetto8849 Рік тому +69

    "Tarzan Boy" really is a bizarrely immaculate stone-cold classic. Had a similar experience whilst watching a Muchmusic Eighties weekend in the mid-Nineties and it suddenly unlocked a long- forgotten core memory... made all the more eerie by how the music video appears to have filmed in an alternate dimension where the Tarzan boys regularly get up to monkey business on a sunny afternoon...

    • @karlspace5695
      @karlspace5695 Рік тому +3

      I'm so glad we got the follow-up as to what the song actually is. When it played during the trailer earlier in the video, I popped open a tab to try to look it up, but how do you look that up? "Eighties song, hook = woahh woahh woahh woahh oahh"?

    • @sara00zer0
      @sara00zer0 Рік тому +1

      It seems like so many other songs would have been more appropriate for this, maybe even from Back to the Future, Back in Time? Or something to do with a Ninja?

    • @jonathanboetto8849
      @jonathanboetto8849 Рік тому +2

      @@sara00zer0 Oh definitely... it's completely nonsensical for a Ninja Turtles movie in 1993, especially since Eighties one-hit wonders were seen as *terminally* uncool in the middle of the Grunge/Gangsta Rap era, but that's kinda what makes it such an awesome inclusion...
      But yeah, the studio would have been much better served to get Public Enemy or Cypress Hill to record some gag track about time-travelling samurais. Wu Tang would have been *perfect*, but they weren't around until a couple years later.

    • @jkincaid582
      @jkincaid582 Рік тому +2

      @@jonathanboetto8849 Considering what was included on the first film's soundtrack, there was definitely something lost in the sequels. Almost that they just didn't take themselves serious enough, too busy trying to be goofy and appeal to 8-year-olds alone. Like that stupid "Addams Family" quip.

    • @Psilocybin77
      @Psilocybin77 Рік тому +1

      Man I miss Muchmusic, especially when Weird Al would take over.

  • @bullmonty764
    @bullmonty764 Рік тому +79

    I think it's a testament to the TMNT franchise's longevity (despite what everyone assumed by 93) that, in the year of our Lord 2022, there are *three* Ninja Turtles movies either released or being developed simultaneously, all in different canons (the Rise movie dropped last month, Mutant Mayhem, and something about rebooting the original movie universe I don't remember)...but its slow down period can't have been helped by a little show called Power Rangers emerging from Japan

    • @DominusTecum316
      @DominusTecum316 Рік тому +9

      Also The Cawabanga re-released of the 7 video games in one are now available for the consumers.

    • @ozzmosis6544
      @ozzmosis6544 Рік тому

      dont know what crack you're smoking but no such thing as god or the lord

    • @nemopouncey3827
      @nemopouncey3827 Рік тому

      3rd sequels are cursed.
      everytime they get to em everything
      falls apart.

    • @thunderpantz
      @thunderpantz Рік тому +3

      And a darn good video game was released.

    • @jkincaid582
      @jkincaid582 Рік тому +4

      Perhaps (for those who read comics) the Last Ronin also finally being written and released as well.

  • @GeneaVlogger
    @GeneaVlogger Рік тому +28

    I was obsessed with the Ninja Turtles when I was a kid. My mom owned a Toy Store in Granada Hills called Toy to the World from 1987 until 1993 and never had any of the Ninja Turtle toys in stock, but she made sure to save me the special action figure 4 pack. Definitely some of my favorite toys.

  • @nicholasromig5506
    @nicholasromig5506 Рік тому +13

    Dan just so you know, I had a similar experience with Tarzan Boy. it's haunting. if my life was a TV series, then at the end of every season the normal theme song would be replaced by Baltimora's Tarzan Boy

  • @Quirky_QF
    @Quirky_QF Рік тому +46

    I was big into time travel when I was a kid (thanks BttF!), so having a movie where the turtles went back in time (and to a place that wasn't medieval England like all the other shows and movies at the time were doing) blew me away. Obtained a DVD copy a few years back and watched it again and it wasn't terrible. It was a 90s kids movie, I'm not expecting Macbeth.

    • @notsyzagts7967
      @notsyzagts7967 Рік тому +5

      Yeah, but I was expecting ancient ninjas (not samurai), which I didn't get.

    • @nickflight
      @nickflight Рік тому +4

      Exactly master Quentin Fortune. You are wise sensei.

    • @cazd4590
      @cazd4590 Рік тому +1

      I also liked this movie as a kid. It’s campy. The 90s were more fun and relaxed lol

  • @evandavis5223
    @evandavis5223 Рік тому +5

    I think another reason for the poor reception, as far as I and my friends were concerned, was that we were fully expecting Krang to show up as the villain. Instead we got obtuse time travel antics and more general shenanigans than actual fight scenes.

  • @Magifa
    @Magifa Рік тому +63

    Guys, it was definitely called Turtles In Time when I saw it in theaters back in 1993. My memory is so clear because I was watching it while holding my favorite action figure: the 1979 Boba Fett with a working missile launcher.

  • @Bongman42088
    @Bongman42088 Рік тому +44

    @Toy Galaxy 12:22 *This is probably the REALEST and most relatable thing anyone has ever said about my childhood. Finally someone knows the pain I've felt for years and humbled joy I felt finally hearing "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora.* 🙏 💚

    • @charleserickson3261
      @charleserickson3261 Рік тому +5

      The mention of (and focus on) the "cassingle" was the part that really sent me.

    • @Bongman42088
      @Bongman42088 Рік тому +1

      *Guuuuuuurl. Same. snaps fingers*

    • @PRhymeExample
      @PRhymeExample Рік тому +1

      "The Listerine Song" LOL was such a Mood for me back then.

    • @christopherlundgren1700
      @christopherlundgren1700 Рік тому +1

      I had forgotten about that Tarzan Listerine commercial. The one that I always think of was the one that came later where the bottle of Listerine is some kind of gladiator fighting a shadowy monster backed up by a soundtrack singing "Gingivitis!... Gingivitis!"

    • @davemcduringo4377
      @davemcduringo4377 Рік тому +7

      You all need to watch an episode or two of AEW, All Elite Wrestling. A wrestler there known as Jungle Boy uses this as his entrance. He's Luke Perry's son too. Very much a crowd favorite.

  • @DudeRetro
    @DudeRetro Рік тому +99

    This was the first movie I ever saw in theaters so this movie definitely has a soft spot in my heart

    • @MrCageCat
      @MrCageCat Рік тому +14

      My condolences.

    • @louiechin2937
      @louiechin2937 Рік тому +5

      This was also the first movie I saw in the theaters!

    • @terryrocks2j
      @terryrocks2j Рік тому +3

      This was the first of the TMNT I didn't see in the theaters. I don't hate this film like most people do, but would it had been a good experience? Maybe. But its in the past.

    • @coronaj07
      @coronaj07 Рік тому +1

      Same here as well. While I don’t remember it (thank God) but my mom said that was the first time I was quiet for 1.5 hours in my life lol.

    • @nicholasnajibi3082
      @nicholasnajibi3082 Рік тому +2

      Great film

  • @ModernVintageTV0
    @ModernVintageTV0 Рік тому +3

    The Turtles going back in time to Feudal Japan was a Huge missed oppertunity. Instead of a stupid war,the Movie Should've been about the Turtles meeting the ancient Foot Clan.

  • @georgefeliu2383
    @georgefeliu2383 Рік тому +7

    I got two free tickets to this movie from my eye doctor as a kid. The movie was worth every cent I paid for those tickets. :)

  • @BDWANNEMACHER
    @BDWANNEMACHER Рік тому +4

    To me they will always rank 1, 2, 3.

  • @jinpei05
    @jinpei05 Рік тому +4

    Oh, shit. I unfortunately watched this in theaters as a kid. Thanks for dredging up this horrible memory out of the memory hole.

  • @SaddestClown
    @SaddestClown Рік тому +12

    I LOVE how clearly you guys love the Exo Squad cartoon, and i agree, the fact that it didnt gain a full wide scale adoption and multiple season run is by far one of the biggest fumbles of cartoon history.

    • @YukonWilleh
      @YukonWilleh Рік тому

      I never saw the show but had one of the toys, it was awesome

  • @JordanGingold
    @JordanGingold Рік тому +6

    If you just heard his narration of the plot, the movie sounds awesome

  • @Chaosic
    @Chaosic Рік тому +6

    I remember watching movie in the theater when I was 3 and I like it,rockin over the beat and Tarzan boy still are some of my favorite songs from this movie.

  • @yoshi5I4
    @yoshi5I4 Рік тому +8

    I have a similar story about Tarzan Boy by Baltimora. Being someone that loves the whole new wave scene even though I was born like 15 years too late being the prime demographic for this film but earlier this year (2022) my wife was asking me about the style of music and I was explaining how a trailer/movie from my childhood really planted the seed but I couldn’t for my life of me remember what movie and absolutely thought it was the Tim Allen classic Jungle2Jungle and it took like three days to come to this conclusion

    • @kadosho02
      @kadosho02 Рік тому

      Also "Return to Innocence" by Enigma, was also from the Jungle 2 Jungle soundtrack. Wild how many amazing songs were from that time frame

  • @toptester301
    @toptester301 Рік тому +9

    Sure, watching this with my nephew as an adult it's obviously not as good. But as a kid I left the theater Ninja Turtle kicking and declaring turtle power just like I did when I left the out the theater for the second one. As a kid it was all good.

  • @salvadorortega8261
    @salvadorortega8261 Рік тому +38

    I remember getting a dvd with all three movies as a kid. My brother and i were excited to finally watch them all as we only had the first movie. And even though the movie wasnt the best for a Turtles story its always been one of my favourites despite all its flaws

    • @mkproductions2.042
      @mkproductions2.042 Рік тому +4

      I agree I love TMNT 3

    • @koDaffi
      @koDaffi Рік тому +2

      We went to the premiere of the first movie and my mother had to take autistic brother out cause it scared him. Also a weird Mandela effect because I remember Ralph screaming FUCK when Casey Jones got away and then everytime since then it was changed to Damn.

    • @edwardiii8409
      @edwardiii8409 Рік тому

      despite all its flaws
      You sound like a star wars fan

    • @koDaffi
      @koDaffi Рік тому

      @@darthkai8242 Could just be in my head from how young I was and being so hyped to see it. I was all about that shit. Even had that weird TMNT Tour vhs that I drove my parents crazy with. I'll have to buy em and check out the other cuts.

  • @Chris.Cook.
    @Chris.Cook. Рік тому +52

    TMNT 3 is memorable for me, as it was the very first time I had my suspension of disbelief broken, and realized everyone was just acting.
    During a scene in the village(maybe around the house fire?), you can see the grandfather in the center background, with a bunch of other villagers around. As other people are speaking in the scene(Raphael, Mitsu, Yoshi), you can see him mouthing the dialogue along with them. If I had to guess, I would say he was an older actor, and was just trying to keep up with where they were in the script.
    It hit theaters on my 8'th birthday, and I was a turtle-maniac at the time, so of course I begged to go to the first showing. I had liked the look of the grandfather, and kept on staring at him when he was on screen. Then it got to that scene, and the movie magic just kind of fell apart for me. For the rest of the film I just sat and thought about why he was mouthing everyone else's words.

    • @tomcruiiseship9461
      @tomcruiiseship9461 Рік тому +2

      Same thing here. I remember a few minutes into the movie and I was like " oh...this is just something they did to make money " and I was like 10. I was never the same after lol
      I felt the same with Mario bros movie. But at least that was some what interesting because it was so strange.

  • @dresdenwarlock7978
    @dresdenwarlock7978 6 місяців тому +1

    I'm nearly 37 and I've been trying to figure out what that song was since TMNT 3 came out!!! THANK YOU!!!

  • @AltimaNEO
    @AltimaNEO Рік тому +1

    You just brought me flashbacks of all the hours I spent with my cassette recorder and listening to the radio for specific songs to play, so I could record it!

  • @WillKeaton
    @WillKeaton Рік тому +9

    I remember owning a comic that detailed the events of the movie. Not the Archie comic. This was made up of photos taken straight from the movie with speech bubbles thrown in. I also remember there was an add for _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project_ on the inside cover. I have been unable to find any evidence of this thing online.

    • @kadosho02
      @kadosho02 Рік тому

      It totally exists, I remember having that comic as well.

  • @MattHall
    @MattHall Рік тому +5

    First film I ever saw in theaters. Even at five years old I was let down by it.

  • @tsedani
    @tsedani Рік тому +5

    I was 11 at the time and very excited to see this, and I think what disappointed me was the feudal Japan aspect. That clearly was the result of the budget I think what we really would have wanted was krang and dimension x.

  • @gnext2
    @gnext2 Рік тому +1

    I watch all your videos but does anyone else find his voice really like soothing, it always makes me zone out and like 10 minutes have passed.

  • @stevenriley9312
    @stevenriley9312 Рік тому +21

    I was a huge Turtles fan back when this was released. My late sister and I begged our parents to let us see this one since we both loved the cartoon and the first 2 movies. When we finally did see it, it became the first movie I ever hated. It started bad, the middle was incredibly boring and the end was awful. I still love TMNT but this was definitely a low point.

    • @kadosho02
      @kadosho02 Рік тому +4

      So sorry for your loss. But you have many memories to remember her by.
      TMNT was in a weird place with this entry. It had a neat idea. But missed the mark. I remember collecting the comics back then. Always wondered why some characters were missing

    • @stevenriley9312
      @stevenriley9312 Рік тому

      Really wish Renet and Savanti Romero were in this. That would've elevated the movie into being more like the comics and certainly being much more watchable.
      Thanks for the condolences. Kate (my sister) was my best friend.

    • @jaytpmc
      @jaytpmc Рік тому

      Same

    • @caden141
      @caden141 Рік тому +1

      @@stevenriley9312 the problem that I have and fans have with the movie is that it doesn’t feel like a tmnt movie the plot and villain weren’t inspired by the mirage comics or the 1980 animated cartoon.

    • @stevenriley9312
      @stevenriley9312 Рік тому

      @@caden141 You're absolutely right. How awesome would it have been to see the Turtles team up with Renet and face Savanti Romero through time? Or even if you don't want to go down that road have Baxter Stockman create time travel and have the guys face him through time?

  • @banonKING
    @banonKING Рік тому +23

    There are two great tragedies of my youth cinematic experiences growing up, where even at the time I immediately recognized "This is bad, I don't like this"... and those films are Masters of the Universe and Turtles 3.

    • @tonberrymasta
      @tonberrymasta Рік тому

      I would add Turtles 2 and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation to this. "Go ninja go ninja go" in T2 made it embarrassing to be a turtles fan and "show me your animality" in MK made it embarrassing to be part of the human race.

    • @ModelJames13
      @ModelJames13 Рік тому +1

      But Masters of the Universe rules.

    • @ninjasquidkamer7440
      @ninjasquidkamer7440 Рік тому

      @@tonberrymasta At least Annihilation is better than the newer movie we got.

    • @kajenbop
      @kajenbop Рік тому

      I really enjoyed MotU but it was in no way whatsoever HeMan and I still find that unforgivable to this day!

  • @MegaJessness
    @MegaJessness Рік тому +2

    I agree about Secret of the Ooze being worse than 3. I liked 3, but of course I'm a sucker for light-hearted martial arts action with slapstick. This is what I get for watching Jackie Chan movies. I was also easily entertained at Mikey making use of the lampshade saying he's Elvis in Hawa'ii, and it made the joke Splinter did at the end of the movie very cute. It's like ... 3 did what Ooze was trying to do, just did it better.
    I had always wondered about those drawings in the scrolls. At the time I didn't consume much of anything TMNT, so I had no idea there were comic and cartoon tie-ins. :3 nice to learn somethin' new!

  • @DAMNNATIONROCK
    @DAMNNATIONROCK Рік тому +2

    Fun fact: Baltimora “Tarzan Boy” is now played every week on network television by wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling as the entrance theme for wrestler “jungle boy”

    • @thekydragon
      @thekydragon 5 місяців тому

      "Jungle Boy" being Jack Perry, the son of the late actor Luke Perry

  • @mattjindrak
    @mattjindrak Рік тому +4

    It was silly and it felt like they were guest stars in their own movie, but it still stayed true to the characters of the Turtles themselves, and I'll always love it for that. And the fight scenes are fun

  • @Gametropolis
    @Gametropolis Рік тому +26

    I was never in to the Turtles back then (MASK was my toy of choice) but recently fell in love with the cartoon, films and comics thanks to the Cowabunga collection on Switch. Great video too (as always!), thanks TG!

    • @kingcaesar3693
      @kingcaesar3693 Рік тому +9

      I highly recommend the 2012 show if you haven't watched it. It's got some great homages to the original. the early 2000s one is also great.

    • @S-T-E-V-E
      @S-T-E-V-E Рік тому +4

      I was into MASK as well, the toys were amazing !

    • @jollyrogerq
      @jollyrogerq Рік тому +1

      MASK was the best.

    • @garrythornhill2323
      @garrythornhill2323 Рік тому +2

      Mask and transforms was the best.

    • @S-T-E-V-E
      @S-T-E-V-E Рік тому +1

      @@garrythornhill2323 Did you guys get Terrahawks in the USA? It was a puppet show like Thunderbirds? I keep suggesting they do a video on it but nothing so far! Look it up on UA-cam to jog your memory!

  • @S-T-E-V-E
    @S-T-E-V-E Рік тому +5

    Are you guys ever going to do Terrahawks? I loved that show as a kid an I had a lot of the toys too!

  • @gundambassexe31
    @gundambassexe31 Рік тому +5

    TMNT 3 was eh a mixed bag imo . Though I prefer the first 2 myself

    • @lutherheggs451
      @lutherheggs451 Рік тому +4

      It was never even called Turtles in Time. It was never even added until the blu-ray release.

    • @gundambassexe31
      @gundambassexe31 Рік тому +1

      @@lutherheggs451 I'm well aware of that now. I was referring to the UA-cam vid subtile duh

    • @ENiceGeo
      @ENiceGeo Рік тому

      @@lutherheggs451 Wasn't the subtitle added to some dvd or blu-ray in some overseas region?

  • @Wolfie1262
    @Wolfie1262 Рік тому +3

    I saw the first and third movies in theaters, both times with my best friend at the time.
    Best part of the movie was Casey teaching the samurai about hockey.
    That had us cracking up

  • @collymorpheous8575
    @collymorpheous8575 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for reviewing #3! Nobody ever does! Tarzan boy did the same thing to me. I didn't know the name so I couldn't ask others about it.
    I remember seeing the commercials for the movie and thinking it was going to be a return to form after number 2. I was... disappointed. After seeing the explanation about what the movie was supposed to be I am saddened by what we missed out on.

  • @teammarsh5657
    @teammarsh5657 Рік тому +2

    Great episode once again and thank you for chasing down an ear worm I had ever since my cousin put Tarzan Boy on a mixed cassette tape for me as a joke back in the early 90's. Glad to finally know the name of my audio tormenter.

  • @Morgil27
    @Morgil27 Рік тому +2

    When I was a kid, my parents were cheap-asses who didn't like paying to go to the theater. TMNT3 was the only one of the trilogy that I actually got to see in theaters, because my grandma took me while babysitting me one weekend.

  • @otakubullfrog1665
    @otakubullfrog1665 Рік тому +3

    You're right about two years being an eternity when you're a kid. I don't think I've ever actually seen this one because, while I still sometimes pretended to be a turtle when the first movie was released, I already had friends whose parents would let us watch R-rated movies by the time 1993 rolled around.

    • @Belgand
      @Belgand Рік тому +2

      When the video started I went back to double check the release dates because I remember it feeling like this came out a _long_ time after the second film, at the point that TMNT was already old news. In reality it was just me being in middle school and over it, although the peaks of turtle-mania were definitely in the past.
      The weirder part is how now ten years can feel like only two, but back then it was the exact opposite.

  • @branthackerd8654
    @branthackerd8654 Рік тому +6

    Saw this in theaters. It was the first time I was disappointed in a movie.

  • @Fardawg
    @Fardawg Рік тому +1

    As a 12 year old I was surprised they didn't make it an origin story for the Foot Clan. I even thought they were going to have a reveal since the little kid in the movie was named Yoshi. I was sure they would reveal that he and his sister Mitsu were from the Hamoto or Oroku clan and make them ancestors of Splinter's master/owner (Hamoto Yoshi) and/or Shredder (Oroku Saki).
    I always thought it would have been better if Lord Norinaga had been Lord Hamoto and Mitsu an Oroku--giving the "villain" the name of Splinter's master and giving Mitsu the name of Shredder--with the union of her and the prince creating the original Foot Clan before it was corrupted (remember that both Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki were members of the Foot Clan). I also wanted to see Usagi Yojimbo show up somehow.

    • @anthonyluetmer8499
      @anthonyluetmer8499 Рік тому

      that would have been awesome, hell maybe have Mitsu don the Shredder's armor and when the turtles see her wearing it they rightfully freak out.

  • @NoxAnexayi
    @NoxAnexayi 10 днів тому

    As a 40 year old in the middle of his midlife nostalgia trip, finding this channel has been a blessing. I love the presentation in these videos. Well done. (although trying to pause to read the flash texts is a pain)

  • @tclark6989
    @tclark6989 Рік тому +3

    Turtles 3 is bizarre in that nothing in it appeals to children, teens, or adults. It's a movie made for no one.

  • @geardog24
    @geardog24 Рік тому +4

    Basically the director of this movie hated the Ninja Turtles.

  • @aasquith25
    @aasquith25 Рік тому

    Looking sharp, Dan. Thanks for all the rad content!

  • @mrmacross
    @mrmacross Рік тому +2

    Thank you for bringing up the Listerine Cool Mint commercial!
    When the movie came out, I was saying it should've been called "Turtles in Time" to match the arcade/SNES game. Then when I saw the movie and didn't like it, I was glad the title "Turtles in Time" was only associated with a quality product.

  • @TonyorIzzyCommenting
    @TonyorIzzyCommenting Рік тому +3

    This movie came out shortly before I was to turn 10 years old. I had been a huge Turtles fan ( and had seen both the first two movies in the theater. By the time this one came out, a number of factors led to not seeing this one in the theaters.
    1) It was a weird period, between the 2nd and this movie, where I was starting to move on from Turtles. I can't recall for sure if there was any one franchise that started diverting my attention. The movie came out right before Power Rangers, which would go on to become my next huge obsession. If it was anything, maybe it was Batman? Returns had come out the year before, as well as TAS. So I was definitely big into Batman as well.
    2) The other factor is the toy factor. I say this as someone that owned my fair share of TMNT action figures and accessories up until that point. I won't try to suggest I was unaware of how toys factored into the overall marketing and merchandising of these types of franchises. But I think at that point, I saw the trailer and previews for this movie. I think the samurai aesthetic had me come to the conclusion that this was solely chosen to ultimately sell action figures. For whatever reason, it rubbed me the wrong way. Looking back, I realize it was definitely unfair to hold that against the movie and franchise, when others had been and were doing the same things. But like I said, Power Rangers became my next obsession and it was egregiously guilty on that front.
    I still have yet to see this movie in it's entirety. I've watched the first two more times than I can count. I'm sure one day, I'll sit down and give it an honest chance and will probably find it entertaining

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 Рік тому +9

    I remember watching TMNT III on TV in syndication on a Saturday. The change in scenery was nice, but the Animatronic Turtles and Splinter wee a major downgrade.

    • @sara00zer0
      @sara00zer0 Рік тому

      I never realized that when I was a kid, but wow when you actually see it next to II, it is really, really bad.

    • @Shiirow
      @Shiirow Рік тому +1

      splinter wasnt even a full model, just an upper torso.

  • @khhnator
    @khhnator Рік тому

    oh god, i been in the "finding that song" situation back then as well. I'm glad you made thru
    i myself still have one song i never been able to find that is slowly degenerating in my memory for the last 30 years

  • @FoxeyeValkyrie
    @FoxeyeValkyrie Рік тому

    Actually started following recently after watching your Ninja Turtle and Power Ranger videos so this is a very welcome video, thank you.

  • @SuperNicktendo
    @SuperNicktendo Рік тому +12

    I remember my mom getting this for us on VHS and I'm still not sure if it was punishment or not. Still goofy good times

  • @brykwoad8413
    @brykwoad8413 Рік тому +6

    This was memorable just because me and 2 friends went to see this at the last showing of the day for this movie. We where the only 3 in the theater, and when it was over it felt like they had left as there was NO employee's to be seen when we left. So it was a memorable time for that... and about nothing else.

  • @pierrelewis6819
    @pierrelewis6819 Рік тому +1

    When it comes to the third entry of the live action Ninja turtle movies, that's my favorite movie, out of all of them, when I was growing up, didn't really see the first Ninja turtles, didn't know that it existed, I barely knew about the second movie, it's been years, since I've saw all the movies, my first Ninja turtles movie, was the third one.

  • @AllisonDancerChick1982
    @AllisonDancerChick1982 Рік тому +1

    I actually was on the high end of the target age group in 1993 (I turned 11 in October of that year). My parents took me and my brother to see the first movie in 1990. We rented the second film in the summer of 1991, I remember we liked it, but weren't as excited about it like we were a year earlier. We were almost 9 years old by the time we saw the second movie, and we were still into the cartoon and toys. We never bothered with the third film, the previews looked uninteresting, and I think my parents weren't interested in seeing it in the movies either. By contrast, they enjoyed seeing the first film with us, 1989-1992 was definitely the height of our interest in the Turtles. By 1993, we had pretty much moved on. I'm almost 40 now, and I still haven't seen the third film. My husband and I have copies of all the TMNT films, but I still haven't warmed up to seeing it yet. Probably should at this point.

  • @johnamaral375
    @johnamaral375 Рік тому +9

    I was born in 1993 but TMNT was a huge part of my childhood thanks to the best hand-me-down toys from an older cousin and video rentals etc. When I was 10 I was huge fan of the reboot and already had a fandom! Anyone else out there love a brand or toy line that was technically “before their time”?

    • @GundamMeisterSunny
      @GundamMeisterSunny Рік тому +1

      Born in 94 like stuff from the 50s and 60s know what you mean lol

  • @justinratcliffe947
    @justinratcliffe947 Рік тому +17

    Honestly I actually like TMNT 3 solely for its historical and mythological themes especially concerning Japanese history and mythology but that's about the only reason I like the movie

  • @pedrorios2650
    @pedrorios2650 Рік тому

    I just wanna say I love your videos, I find them very comforting and interesting.

  • @tipulsar85
    @tipulsar85 Рік тому +2

    I still have yet to see any of the films featuring the Turtles. I am still interested in seeing the first four films, due to have grown up watching the 80s cartoon and embracing the fun times within. the next two verdions of the turtles I would find after that would be Turtles Forever followed up with a few eps of the 2012 version. The later was due to the involvement of the cast and and returning Voice Director Andrea Romano. I'm still surprised that we got the cast we did for that one as it felt a bit like a return to my youth and I was happy that the turtles were in good hands which lasted all of the time it took for the Bay produced films to be announced.

  • @iamfuturetrunks
    @iamfuturetrunks Рік тому +3

    Since it was brought up twice in this video... I expect a video on Short Circuit soon! :D I miss Johnny Five. :(
    Also there is a TMNT cartoon episode where a robot comes back from the future to visit the 1990's and meets up with the turtles and seems a lot like Johnny Five. I wonder if they got inspiration from the Short Circuit movies or something.

  • @thetoythief8940
    @thetoythief8940 Рік тому +4

    I honastly don't understand why people hate this movie the story was fun and pretty good the characters had some awesome development and it overall felt like a movie compared to the second movie

    • @lutherheggs451
      @lutherheggs451 Рік тому +3

      Because the suits are awful, the turtles being nightmare fuel with their face movements, Splinter is awful, the hilariously bad FX like the "villain" falling off of a cliff. There was nothing Turtles about it other than the Turtles. The stuff with Casey Jones and the Japanese guys were god awful. Besides the dialog being written as if someone was dropped on their head before they wrote the script.
      Then there is for whatever reason people's need to continually call it Turtles in Time when it was never EVER actually referred to as that. That was never even added to it until the bargain basement blu-ray release.

    • @thetoythief8940
      @thetoythief8940 Рік тому +1

      @@lutherheggs451 You know whats funny you barely notice the suit issues and for me I think the second movie has worse suits and story considering the fact it wasn't finished you lead up to a awesome moment to get a dance battle we didn't need at all at least the 3rd movie had a story and character development that was used for many more years

    • @ENiceGeo
      @ENiceGeo Рік тому

      @@lutherheggs451 The suits were bad, yes, but the story was decent enough and it holds up a lot better than Secret of the Ooze. So many things in the second movie make my head hurt when watching it as an adult. People wouldn't be moaning about TMNT III being bad if it looked as good as TMNT II did.

    • @daltonwilliams1723
      @daltonwilliams1723 Рік тому +1

      God no. Watch the second movie again. It’s far better in terms of story, characters, comedy, and special effects

    • @ENiceGeo
      @ENiceGeo Рік тому

      @@daltonwilliams1723 The second movie is entertaining but the story and campy nature of it all just kills it. The third movie is still silly but the story is lot better and the turtles can use their weapons again.

  • @D21BeastReviews
    @D21BeastReviews Рік тому +1

    I’m probably way late to this comment, but the Turtles got secondary mutations in the final seasons of the ‘87 cartoon. Perhaps that’s a hold over from the undeveloped Turtles IV movie.
    Thanks for the retrospective!

  • @EricGranata
    @EricGranata Рік тому +1

    I used to wait to hear a song on the radio and immediately call the DJ to ask who it was if they didn’t announce it.

  • @nexus6100
    @nexus6100 Рік тому +4

    2 1 3 for me. Child me definitely thought Secret of the Ooze was better than the first one.

    • @y2bogus
      @y2bogus Рік тому

      Yeah when I was younger I liked SotO better than the first. Now I definitely prefer the first, but the second is definitely enjoyable. I hated this one.

    • @troymcclure681
      @troymcclure681 Рік тому

      The 1st was way better 2nd was to cheesy

  • @toddhollen
    @toddhollen Рік тому +8

    I loved the ninja turtles around this time. Loved #2, have the Coming Out of Their Shell Tour on VHS, had the toys and video games, etc. Had no idea this movie existed until a few years ago and even after watching this I don't entirely believe this is a real movie.

    • @notsyzagts7967
      @notsyzagts7967 Рік тому

      Try watching this movie itself, and see how that goes.

    • @aj383
      @aj383 Рік тому

      Dude... That deep into Turtlemania, how did you miss this when it came out?

  • @Ryanizer1000
    @Ryanizer1000 Рік тому

    I went through the same expwrience with the song used to promote the Batman and Robin game to find out on UA-cam it was just a one time theme only for the game: "He can run, there's no escape / he can hide, that's his fate/ he can fight with all his might and never win, cuz when good battles evil, the real game begins"

  • @SolidSnake0621
    @SolidSnake0621 Рік тому

    Little relatable stuff like the “Tarzan Boy listerine commercial” thing is why I subscribed to this channel. I was so relieved when I figured out the name to that song

  • @chadconery8284
    @chadconery8284 Рік тому +4

    Love toy galaxy and teenage mutant ninja turtles 3. I was like ten when it came out. But watching it now. Yeah I see the major flaws lol.

  • @Fixxxer07082
    @Fixxxer07082 Рік тому +5

    I remember seeing this at the drive-in with my friends (we were the target demo when the toys hit and had em all, but by this point we were 11)….and I distinctly remember not liking it AT ALL. That was the exact moment I got out of Turtles all together. 😢

  • @benitofranklyn4237
    @benitofranklyn4237 11 місяців тому +1

    As a kid I always liked the third one the best. I found it had the highest production value as well as the best storyline, maybe since they didn't f'up any previously know stories and characters like in the first two movies.

  • @DRU_Hards
    @DRU_Hards Рік тому +1

    To this day, I still will listen to the Bario Boys version of “Conga”

  • @LionLeo2180
    @LionLeo2180 Рік тому +5

    Been a turtles fan since I was a kid.
    Although I preferred the first and second movies, I am glad that Corey Feldman returned to voice Donatello in the third movie.

  • @MAMoreno
    @MAMoreno Рік тому +16

    I totally agree with Eastman. The second film is infuriating, while this one feels more like a noble failure. The ambition of the story--which reflected the more outlandish stories of the original Mirage Comics run--wasn't matched with an adequate budget, but at least they didn't promise us a Secret of the Ooze and then fail to deliver the Utroms implied by such a title.

    • @Merknilash
      @Merknilash Рік тому +2

      I loved the 2nd movie and it was my favorite as a kid and still my favorite. It was just a lot more fun.

    • @miserableunoriginal
      @miserableunoriginal Рік тому +2

      @@Merknilash I agree. The first is a legit great film, but the second was more in line with the TMNT cartoon. It was the prefect blend of the gritty realism from the original and the fun outrageousness of the animated series. Deff played the secret of the ooze the most.

  • @Zeke-Z
    @Zeke-Z Рік тому +1

    What?!? No way man, Secret of the Ooze was the best hands down!! I still to this day have that entire movie memorized!

  • @scottsmartky
    @scottsmartky Рік тому +1

    If you want to hear that song again, Dan, watch most weeks of All Elite Wrestling. Luke Perry's (yes, that Luke Perry) son, Jack, is known as Jungle Boy and it's his entrance music.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga Рік тому +3

    The downfall of the turtles

  • @van.f1087
    @van.f1087 Рік тому +4

    This movie hurt my heart as a kid. Even then it was trash to me.

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 Рік тому

    You reminded me of that song and as memories of my childhood from the 80's and 90's flooded back to me of _that_ song i nearly ripped my hair out as i realized I was going to have to search for it now and I only have my phone to help me. I despaired that i would be searching for it over the next several hours, that song. _That song!_ That song that haunted me till I finally had forgotten about it.
    Until you reminded me of it... and then you said who made it and the title of it and all was forgiven and a massive weight came off my shoulders.
    Curse you for reminding me and bless you for not leaving me searching.

  • @lonesquiff6551
    @lonesquiff6551 Рік тому

    Thank you for acknowledging that Listerine commercial. I remember hearing Tarzan Boy on the radio and it driving me crazy where I knew that tune from until eventually remembering that commercial

  • @shagginwagon8447
    @shagginwagon8447 Рік тому +1

    I admit I watched TMNT 2 a few times as a kid, but dont think I saw III more than once. I think it's time for a rewatch. Love your channel, thanks for posting this!

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 Рік тому +2

    Michelangelo would love to put Magic Spoon cereal on his pizza.

  • @jubjub64
    @jubjub64 Рік тому

    Crunchabunga (Thank you for putting that in, I needed to hear it!)

  • @anthonycerulli5524
    @anthonycerulli5524 Рік тому

    A new episode of pitch meetings and toy galaxy on the same day?! I love it!

  • @mrodriguez16ks
    @mrodriguez16ks Рік тому +1

    I remember being a child leaving the theater thinking to myself "wow that wasn't very good"

  • @ianhadlock2405
    @ianhadlock2405 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for mentioning the listerine commercial

  • @ryand7575
    @ryand7575 Рік тому

    I usually fast forward through the sponsored parts of videos, but you have the bar at the bottom of the screen and I really appreciate that. So I watch the whole sponsored part. 😊

  • @kennethd4958
    @kennethd4958 Рік тому

    On VHS I had the first movie, Secret of the Ooze, the Behind the Shell documentary and the third movie and watched them all so many times when I was little I can't help but love them all.

  • @michaelmaguire4147
    @michaelmaguire4147 Рік тому +2

    I had a VHS of this as a kid and I loved it

  • @WhispyWoods.
    @WhispyWoods. Рік тому +1

    Awesome vid 👍

  • @tommy516
    @tommy516 Рік тому

    Growing up, I only had two types of music albums, aside from MC Hammer's, "Too Legit to Quit"; Weird Al albums and movie sound tracks. I loved the sound track to this movie!!

  • @TheRealBlackarrot
    @TheRealBlackarrot Рік тому

    Dude, I am 100% in sync with you regarding Tarzan Boy & that Listerine commercial.