this movie will forever hold up especially to kids under the age of ten, the practical is unbeatable and unforgettable. also still one of the best comic book movies ever.
The actors that portrayed the physical turtles in costumes have cameo roles. The guy that plays Leonardo is a gang member in the warehouse when Casey fights Tatsu (the actor later acted in the movie Ready Player One as the Japanese guy that lost all his stuff in the OASIS and tried jumping out his work window). The guy that plays Donatello is the foot clan member that slaps April in the subway. The actor that played Raph in the costume is the only actor to also voice the character. 7:03 the pizza delivery guy is the actor in the Michelangelo suit. 9:15 the passenger in the back of the taxi is the actor that’s inside the Raph suit. 8:51 funny he sounds like Mikey when he says “Well” to Casey. When the actor landed in the trash can the animatronics and face mask caved in and broke the stunt guys nose and he had to be replaced. If you watch when Raph stands up before they cut away you can see the stunt man grab Raph’s nose. 10:41 this one was so dark that parents complained and they made the second one lighter. 16:57 as a kid I wished we had a place like that where we can have fun (without the cigarettes. Had no smoking drilled into me at a young age). 20:45 you mean Raph and Leo clash a lot. 26:32 originally he was dead but the movie ratings board objected to the scene so at the last minute they added the voices telling the kid he will be ok. The French version has the kid dying. 28:37 well you gotta keep his body moist. The tub is the best way. 34:00 in the sewer you can only see so far and you know in your mind if there’s an earthquake (doesn’t matter where you are in your mind it could happen) you could get stuck down there. I was mildly claustrophobic until I turned 30 then I was more severely claustrophobic. I can’t be in an MRI machine without being sedated. 38:17 Sam Rockwell he played Hammer in Iron Man 2. 43:26 pretty sure that fall killed him. Casey just accidentally crushed the corpse. If he didn’t say “oops” then it wouldn’t have been an accident. 45:55 this was a great soundtrack. 46:01 no it’s not Shock G from The Digital Underground. The group is Partners in Kryme comprised of the duo DJ Keymaster Snow(James Alpern) & MC Golden Voice (Richard Usher).
The movie is actually an amalgamation of different issues from the original Mirage comics. They were catered to teens and adults. It wasn't until the 1987 cartoon that the Ninja Turtles became mainstream and for children.
I saw this in theaters when I was a kid and it was an experience. After this I was absolutely obsessed with the Turtles. The action figures were amazing and the cartoon has one of the greatest theme songs of all time.
@@tonysaourn9220 I guess it was because he was the only one in the shot and a bit lanky, but I always perceived the Mikey actor/Pizza delivery guy as like at least 6 feet. Same reason I still have trouble envisioning Rocky Balboa as nearly a foot shorter than me I guess.
The same guy that delivered the Pizza to Michelangelo is the actor for Michelangelo and the same guy that was riding in the taxi when Raphael jumped over it, is the actor for Raphael also.
The dude in the back of the cab was Raph's voice and at some point the guy in costume after the original guy got hurt when Raph was stuck in the garbage can.
I remember seeing this in the theater in the small city I lived in as a kid and they had people sitting in the isles it was so packed definitely some fire code violations but hey it was the 90s 😂when we came home when the street lights turned on💪
Each turtle costume actor had face time in the movie. The pizza man played Mike. The guy in the taxi played Raph. Doni and Leo were gang member henchmen.
The fight between shredder and the turtles in this movie was awesome He went one-on-one with each of them, then took them all on at once and still held his own
When my mom died, I thought of the scene when Splinter talks to them at the fire. Splinter doesn't die, but if felt like he did. My mom at the end of her life reminded me of Splinter. Skinny and frail. Often in a robe. It gets me every time.
In the original cut of the film, Tatsu DID kill the foot clan member he beat up, but the studio felt it was too dark to put in the release, so it was cut from the movie.
Yup. His lifeless body is still shown when his fellow Foot member takes his mask off lol. But they added ADR of him coughing, and the other guy saying "You'll be alright! You'll be alright!" when they cut to Danny looking at them in horror.
@roconi1127 I would love to see a Director Cut get released. Especially knowing some of the stuff that was cut while they were at the farm. Like Michelangelo training in the barn, and the four turtles training together in the field while blindfolded was actually longer than what was seen.
*I love the nunchuck showdown between Mikey and that Foot Ninja. But the scene that will always hit me in the heart is when the Turtles are sitting around a campfire and they get a spectral message from Master Splinter.* *Fun fact about Master Splinter: He was puppeteered and voiced by the same man who originated Elmo on Sesame Street, Kevin Clash.*
I remember this movie like it was yesterday...Standing in line that stretched outside and around the theater building. They had the life size cardboard Standees of all of the Turtles once you entered the building. We were so HYPED!!! Also yes JV, as soon as the title came up and the Turtles jumped out we all yelled to the top of our lungs...seeing them in live action was so surreal.
I wish I could remember it that vividly, but I was too young. I have a distinct memory of seeing the film in theaters, but since I would've only been four or five at the time, the vague fact that it happened is pretty much all I remember.
I had the pleasure of meeting Ernie Reyes Jr. at a TMNT showing at the Alamo Drafthouse in San Antonioa few years ago, who was one of the stuntmen in the turtle suits for this movie (Donatello) and played Keno in TMNT 2. He was so down to earth and a pleasure to talk to.
Also another fun fact with this original that they were going to have get beaten out of commission was originally supposed to be Leo but because they couldn't justify him being alone at the time they switched it to Raphael. However for the 2012 Ninja turtles on Nickelodeon they ended up putting that original storyline into it to where Leo got taken out of commission, basically paying homage to this movie.
The movie that Raphael watches is "Critters," which came out in 1986 and had 3 sequals. "Critters 2" (1988), "Critters 3" (1991), and "Critters 4" (1992). It is also the most underrated 80's/90's B budget horror/sci-fi franchise, and you guys should totally watch them all.
Fun Fact: the voice actor for Ralphel was also the passenger in the taxi cab. That dude with the 2 cigarette boxes is the GOAT Sam Rockwell, he was in Green Mile, Iron Man 2 alot of great movies.
Another fun fact that involves the shredder, and the comic books originally he was taken out very quickly but it wasn't by Casey Jones it was by the turtles.
Fun fact Corey Feldman plays the voice of Donatello and the stuntman in the suit is Ernie Reyes Junior who actually stars in the second Ninja turtles secret ooze. Also another fun fact you actually see the voices of Mikey and raph in this film, the voice of Mikey you actually see outside of the suit delivering the pizza to the turtles and the one that's in the cab that Raff rolled over is also the voice of Raphael. And then Leo is actually one of the foot clan that was actually in the background after the guy got kicked in the head by shredder second in command.
15:00 Splinter taken away used to scare me the first few times i saw this movie. I recall first seeing it around 1996-97, while visiting an aunt. My cousin played it. And i could have sworn the turtles were dreaming about splinter KILLED! And if you look carefully, when the camera focuses on the pile / mess when Leonardo says "SPLINTER" , looks like a mask / a "head" on the top of the pile/ mess. The first time i saw this, i could have sworn it was DEAD SPLINTER! Saw the movie again around Thanksgiving 2001. Paying attention to the music when the lair is shown trashed, the "mask" / "head" atop the pile/mess , and especially Raphael's scream.....used to scare me back then.
Early in the film you said Sam Rockwell looked like the boyfriend from Scream. Whats weird is the actor who played the boyfriend in Scream can be seen standing next to Sam Rockwell when Casey Jones saves Splinter from the foot clan
This is still one of my favorite movies of all time! My father brought my brother and I to the theater for all 3 original films....and I wore my orange Michelangelo mask to each one. 🤣
I meditate I do all types of martial arts weapons since I was a child and made my own weapons since I was a child. I am Cherokee Indian. I make my own weapons.❤
I am very obsessed with the practical effects, stunt work and choreography in this. The amount work that went into this had to have caused lost sleep. Worth actually into how they did much of this. It's so innovative.
I met the actor who played Donatello at a comic con and he was such a cool guy!!they were actually in those suits and would have to take breaks because the suits would get so heavy from the amount of sweat.
You recognized the head punk because that was the first time performance of one Sam Rockwell. Great reaction guys, I went to the theater when I was a kid with my cousins to watch this movie. I think I audibly gasped hearing Raph say "Damn!" several times and we sang the cartoon theme song all the way back home afterward. Ahhhh memories.
I have the blu-ray collection of these. I'm excited to enjoy this awesome movie with you guys. . . When I was in school I played a Foot soldier at a big school play. I love the '03 and 80's versions. 🙂👍
Absolutely love Splinter in this. He’s such a great father to them. He always has the right thing to say. Would love to see you react to the next one as well!
Also another fun fact the man who was the voice of Michelangelo in these movies also joined the cast of the 2012 Ninja turtles on Nickelodeon as the voice of Mondo the gecko add there was actually a couple episodes where you actually have the 3 Michelangelo's, one is the Michelangelo for that TV series, the movie Michelangelo who is the voice of Mondo the gecko, and then reprising his wall the voice of Michelangelo from the 1980s TV series as Mikey
46:40 There's three performers for each turtle. Voice actor, the puppeteers in the costumes for regular scenes and martial arts stunt actors... with the exception for Raphael having two actors. Josh Pais did both voice and puppeteering
The guys in the costumes weren’t puppeteers, they were actors. The puppeteers were off screen controlling the animatronics in the heads. Amazing how it all came together so well!
The farm house in this movie is not far from where I used to live which is an old plantation house outside of border of Wilmington N.C. and the roof top scene was not shot in New York but in the downtown of my hometown of Wilmington N.C.
The Ninja Turtles were my Santa Claus way back when. I was convinced they were real, and often yelled down any sewer I passed over just WAITING for them to answer me one day lol. I LOOOOOVED the Ninja Turtles. These movies are the BEST, even compared to all the modern (arguably horrid) renditions. It's just too impressive the work put into the suits to not give them their due credit. And the guys actually having to maneuver and FIGHT in these suits? LEGENDARY.
A) NARC was a great game B) Jane is so cute saying she wouldn’t like the hangout because it looked dangerous. C) Remember gasping when Raphael said “DAMN” because it was a cuss word. D) Remember even…as a kid…I was like “what were you thinking” when Leo dove at Shredder and got kicked.
Also another fun fact do you see that you saw were when the turtles was raging against the punching bag and the turtle screaming splinter, they put Ras voice on top of it but in actuality if you look closely at it that's not Raphael that's actually Mikey. Dial another part of it was that they were going to have it be worth losing splitter was taking a toll on them and was really taking a toll on Mikey turning him into somewhere to Raphael but because they want Mikey to be The Lovable goof they ended up keeping the scenes in but just switched Ralph's voice with Mikey's
I owned the VHS of this, which had an iconic Pizza Hut commercial at the beginning. It was so memorable that you didn't fast forward through it. Also, freeze frame at 30:06. You can't unsee it.
I used to work at pizza hut and anchovies were rarely put on pizza, so I kind of agree with Jane, but the fact that she demanded to hear what you said again to get confrontational on you is hilarious to me.
My brother and I saw this in theaters when we were kids, after the movie we ran to the sewer drain on a rainy night hoping to see them. 30 years later they re-released it and we went to see it together again. Nostalgia overload my friends. "Pizza dudes got 30 seconds!" What's funny is, the Domino's delivery guy IS a Turtle out of costume, and so is the guy in the cab. We still do the "pork rind?" joke randomly in whatever situation. Lets all appreciate what these people did without any CGI, far better in my eyes. "Oops" By Casey Jones the most casual murder ever 🍕🐢🐢🐢🐢
The crime in NYC today always reminded me of this film..... with the gangs of people robbing places like the Foot Clan, my inner 10 year old figured there must be some turtles training in the sewers right now getting ready to rise up soon. 😋 If those gangs had any sense of nostalgia, they would all dress up like the Foot while they did it as an additional troll move.
I think it's funny with the live-action movies master Roshe is not splinter but yet in the cartoon TV series each one master Roshe is splinter. I always found that interesting
The Foot headquarters being at the East warehouse on Lairdman Island is a nod to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird who created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
This is one of the better ninja turtles live action interpretation the Jim Hansen shop who made most of the costumes made two types one for acting and one for fighting
Oroku Saki was avenging his brother, not interested in the girl at all. Yoshi and Oroku's brother were the top two students within their ninshu, very much rivals with Yoshi possessing great calm and insight while his friend/rival had great passion and courage. Both were in love with the same girl, if that were all then Yoshi would've backed off and left them be, but it wasn't, she loved Yoshi, too, and despised the clan she was born into. As she was already engaged to someone who adored her, this caused problems. Those of the same clan know one another and can not lie to each other any more successfully than one brother can lie to another, so Oroku's brother challenged Yoshi to a duel that would decide who was worthy to both marry her and lead the Dragon Print/Foot Clan. She knew it did not matter who won, she'd lose as she'd then be wed to the head of the clan she hates and never be "free" so she begged Yoshi to not arrive at the duel, to flee to America with her where they would be free to marry and not have to live in darkness, stealing, killing, and sabotaging for the sake of 'family'. He agreed, but Oroku's brother, incessed at the disrespect shown to their clan and himself by fleeing from an honor duel, chased after them. Due to bad timing, misfortune, and miscommunication (baaad choice of words), Yoshi ended up killing Oroku's brother then fled to America which, it turned out, wasn't as great as she imagined it. Neither was working for an honest living. It wasn't adventurous or glamorous, not to a girl of noble lineage whom had always the finest things and a head full of dreams. She hated it as much as she had their clan, but Yoshi had no problem, working everyday in the belief this was what she wanted and she loved him for that despite feeling she was cheapenin him/lessening him. Yoshi had been the leader that everyone, including Oroku's brother, had genuinely wanted to see become the leader and believed with his skill/spiritual mix he would change their clan for the better. After years without practice, the once prodigy had become middling. Oroku Saki, on the other hand, had trained obsessively and studied extensively expecting to face the Bruce Lee of Ninjutsu (even learning to wear/use specialized armor in case it was needed) but instead got an exhausted, out of practice, malnourished, and impoverished shadow of the man he had once admired. A man whom had betrayed his family, his friend, his teachers, his school, his comrades, and his own honor for a foolish girl; a man that died too easily. It was disappointing, as if Oroku was the one that should be ashamed instead of Yoshi. He hated the girl and blamed her for everything, hating her more after stalking the couple for several weeks of study, but slaying Yoshi was a matter of honor, something that must be done if he was to become the next leader. He was a good man, yes, but a fool for love and foolish acts lead to foolish ends. Cowards, traitors, and deserters in possession of such secrets and skill could not be allowed. Yoshi's death was the last task assigned to Oroku Saki by the previous Leader. The wife was straight up murdered because Oroku hated her and blamed her for all of it. Yoshi was known for his honor, he surely would not have commited such a betrayal if not for her or this was what Oroku Saki thought.
Hopefully this gets lots of love!! I grew up on the cartoons and these three movies!! *Edit* I watch the first two of this series at least once a year! I adore these movies!
one of my favorite tmnt animated movies is Batman vs TMNT, from 2019. but they reference these movies and batman the animated series, also from the 90s, and its a lot of fun
The Ninja Turtle comic book was mad violent. They definitely cleaned it up massively to make it a movie different ages could watch. Heck, in the comic Casey Jones is literally a homi•••cidal maniac. His mask is like an homage to sla••sh••ers.
Fun fact with Desai only the tips are sharp typical size aren't actually supposed to be sharp because they are meant for only defense. And actually if you look at each one of their weapons mean something to the turtles. Like Mikey being scatterbrain he got the nunchucks with those you mess up even a little bit they will do damage to you, so the dump truck supposed to teach Mikey self-control. Raft size are like I said for defense meanwhile with raffia Hot heads he is fully offensive so the size of supposed to dial him back to not just rush into a fight but you think also defensively. With Leo and the katanas it's literally the exact opposite of wrath where Leo is more defensive but katanas are one of the most offensive weapons in the Japanese arsenal. And the bo staff for donnie, with Donnie being more into technology the bo staff is supposed to humble him and remind him that when your technology fails go back to the basics.
I've never seen the particular show myself, but I believe in one of the more recent iterations of TMNT, they changed it so that Raphael was the leader. At least, that's what I've read.
Also another thing that I love with these movies and TV shows and Ninja turtles even though raphael, leonardo, and donatello, change in each thing by evolution in a sense but yet Mikey has been and always will be...Mikey lol
I have the comics by Eastman and Laird. Awesome and violent. Turtles kill a lot of people. Great reaction guys. Love the MJ references about shredder 😂
this movie will forever hold up especially to kids under the age of ten, the practical is unbeatable and unforgettable. also still one of the best comic book movies ever.
The actors that portrayed the physical turtles in costumes have cameo roles. The guy that plays Leonardo is a gang member in the warehouse when Casey fights Tatsu (the actor later acted in the movie Ready Player One as the Japanese guy that lost all his stuff in the OASIS and tried jumping out his work window). The guy that plays Donatello is the foot clan member that slaps April in the subway. The actor that played Raph in the costume is the only actor to also voice the character. 7:03 the pizza delivery guy is the actor in the Michelangelo suit. 9:15 the passenger in the back of the taxi is the actor that’s inside the Raph suit. 8:51 funny he sounds like Mikey when he says “Well” to Casey. When the actor landed in the trash can the animatronics and face mask caved in and broke the stunt guys nose and he had to be replaced. If you watch when Raph stands up before they cut away you can see the stunt man grab Raph’s nose. 10:41 this one was so dark that parents complained and they made the second one lighter. 16:57 as a kid I wished we had a place like that where we can have fun (without the cigarettes. Had no smoking drilled into me at a young age). 20:45 you mean Raph and Leo clash a lot. 26:32 originally he was dead but the movie ratings board objected to the scene so at the last minute they added the voices telling the kid he will be ok. The French version has the kid dying. 28:37 well you gotta keep his body moist. The tub is the best way. 34:00 in the sewer you can only see so far and you know in your mind if there’s an earthquake (doesn’t matter where you are in your mind it could happen) you could get stuck down there. I was mildly claustrophobic until I turned 30 then I was more severely claustrophobic. I can’t be in an MRI machine without being sedated. 38:17 Sam Rockwell he played Hammer in Iron Man 2. 43:26 pretty sure that fall killed him. Casey just accidentally crushed the corpse. If he didn’t say “oops” then it wouldn’t have been an accident. 45:55 this was a great soundtrack. 46:01 no it’s not Shock G from The Digital Underground. The group is Partners in Kryme comprised of the duo DJ Keymaster Snow(James Alpern) & MC Golden Voice (Richard Usher).
This is the best ninja turtles movie out of them all in my opinion.
i said the same thing😮
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The movie is actually an amalgamation of different issues from the original Mirage comics. They were catered to teens and adults. It wasn't until the 1987 cartoon that the Ninja Turtles became mainstream and for children.
And there was a backlash from parents in 1990 because of how violent it is
I saw this in theaters when I was a kid and it was an experience. After this I was absolutely obsessed with the Turtles. The action figures were amazing and the cartoon has one of the greatest theme songs of all time.
Fun Fact: the puppeteer and voice of Splinter was also Elmo.
Other fun fact: The taxi passenger who asked, "What the hell was that?" was Raphael's actor (Josh Pais).
@@JWFasAnd the pizza guy was Mikey's suit actor.
All the actors who played the turtles was 5ft tall short perfect cast.
@@tonysaourn9220 I guess it was because he was the only one in the shot and a bit lanky, but I always perceived the Mikey actor/Pizza delivery guy as like at least 6 feet.
Same reason I still have trouble envisioning Rocky Balboa as nearly a foot shorter than me I guess.
Fun Fact the kid who plays Keno in the second movie was Donatello's stunt double in this one.
The same guy that delivered the Pizza to Michelangelo is the actor for Michelangelo and the same guy that was riding in the taxi when Raphael jumped over it, is the actor for Raphael also.
"how do they not notice him?" it's New York, nobody notices anybody else.
The dude in the back of the cab was Raph's voice and at some point the guy in costume after the original guy got hurt when Raph was stuck in the garbage can.
why would they put him in a tub instead of a bed?.....he's a turtle haha
"He lost his dinamanoon" haha what?! 😂
I remember seeing this in the theater in the small city I lived in as a kid and they had people sitting in the isles it was so packed definitely some fire code violations but hey it was the 90s 😂when we came home when the street lights turned on💪
Each turtle costume actor had face time in the movie. The pizza man played Mike. The guy in the taxi played Raph. Doni and Leo were gang member henchmen.
Funny because the lead gang member is actually Sam Rockwell in only his second movie.
The fight between shredder and the turtles in this movie was awesome
He went one-on-one with each of them, then took them all on at once and still held his own
When my mom died, I thought of the scene when Splinter talks to them at the fire. Splinter doesn't die, but if felt like he did. My mom at the end of her life reminded me of Splinter. Skinny and frail. Often in a robe. It gets me every time.
Fun fact: the lead thug at 38:23 is none other than Sam Rockwell.
I was about to say this
They correctly identified him as Justin Hammer from Iron Man 2 but then got him confused for Giovanni Ribisi as Selfridge in Avatar.
In the original cut of the film, Tatsu DID kill the foot clan member he beat up, but the studio felt it was too dark to put in the release, so it was cut from the movie.
Yup. His lifeless body is still shown when his fellow Foot member takes his mask off lol. But they added ADR of him coughing, and the other guy saying "You'll be alright! You'll be alright!" when they cut to Danny looking at them in horror.
@roconi1127 I would love to see a Director Cut get released. Especially knowing some of the stuff that was cut while they were at the farm. Like Michelangelo training in the barn, and the four turtles training together in the field while blindfolded was actually longer than what was seen.
This is my childhood revisited!
Still have all three movies on VHS and I'm never giving them away!
*I love the nunchuck showdown between Mikey and that Foot Ninja. But the scene that will always hit me in the heart is when the Turtles are sitting around a campfire and they get a spectral message from Master Splinter.*
*Fun fact about Master Splinter: He was puppeteered and voiced by the same man who originated Elmo on Sesame Street, Kevin Clash.*
Elmo was a bad ass
I remember this movie like it was yesterday...Standing in line that stretched outside and around the theater building. They had the life size cardboard Standees of all of the Turtles once you entered the building. We were so HYPED!!! Also yes JV, as soon as the title came up and the Turtles jumped out we all yelled to the top of our lungs...seeing them in live action was so surreal.
I wish I could remember it that vividly, but I was too young. I have a distinct memory of seeing the film in theaters, but since I would've only been four or five at the time, the vague fact that it happened is pretty much all I remember.
I had the pleasure of meeting Ernie Reyes Jr. at a TMNT showing at the Alamo Drafthouse in San Antonioa few years ago, who was one of the stuntmen in the turtle suits for this movie (Donatello) and played Keno in TMNT 2. He was so down to earth and a pleasure to talk to.
Also another fun fact with this original that they were going to have get beaten out of commission was originally supposed to be Leo but because they couldn't justify him being alone at the time they switched it to Raphael. However for the 2012 Ninja turtles on Nickelodeon they ended up putting that original storyline into it to where Leo got taken out of commission, basically paying homage to this movie.
Fun fact all the actor who played the Turtles are 5 ft 6 the tallest.
when Raph rolled across the cab, the passenger was the actor who did his voice
I really love the 2012 animated series. That one's really good and special. I definitely recommend it. 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐀
I saw the movie in theaters with my family waaaay back in 1990. And we ate pizza too for the event 😊😊😊 🍕🍕🍕
The best turtle movies are these ones not the CGI ones in my opinion
Thanks Jane for the eye candy. 😳😳😳
Skeet Ukrich, the boyfriend from Scream, is also one of the Punks who attacked April at the start of the movie.
Corey Feldman was in the goonies he played mouth I think that's what he was called
You are correct, he was “Mouth” in Goonies, he was also in Lost Boys but I cant remember his name in that one
@starkraven1148 I forgot about he was in that
The movie that Raphael watches is "Critters," which came out in 1986 and had 3 sequals. "Critters 2" (1988), "Critters 3" (1991), and "Critters 4" (1992). It is also the most underrated 80's/90's B budget horror/sci-fi franchise, and you guys should totally watch them all.
@@chopps75 Critters 3 was also Leonardo DiCaprio's film debut
I love Crites! I mean Critters. Lol
Fun Fact: the voice actor for Ralphel was also the passenger in the taxi cab. That dude with the 2 cigarette boxes is the GOAT Sam Rockwell, he was in Green Mile, Iron Man 2 alot of great movies.
In the cartoon the Turtles were voiced by
Cam Clarke as Leonardo
Barry Gordon as Donatello
Rob Paulsen as Raphael
Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo
Another fun fact that involves the shredder, and the comic books originally he was taken out very quickly but it wasn't by Casey Jones it was by the turtles.
Fun fact Corey Feldman plays the voice of Donatello and the stuntman in the suit is Ernie Reyes Junior who actually stars in the second Ninja turtles secret ooze. Also another fun fact you actually see the voices of Mikey and raph in this film, the voice of Mikey you actually see outside of the suit delivering the pizza to the turtles and the one that's in the cab that Raff rolled over is also the voice of Raphael. And then Leo is actually one of the foot clan that was actually in the background after the guy got kicked in the head by shredder second in command.
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Splinter taken away used to scare me the first few times i saw this movie.
I recall first seeing it around 1996-97, while visiting an aunt. My cousin played it. And i could have sworn the turtles were dreaming about splinter KILLED! And if you look carefully, when the camera focuses on the pile / mess when Leonardo says "SPLINTER" , looks like a mask / a "head" on the top of the pile/ mess. The first time i saw this, i could have sworn it was DEAD SPLINTER!
Saw the movie again around Thanksgiving 2001. Paying attention to the music when the lair is shown trashed, the "mask" / "head" atop the pile/mess , and especially Raphael's scream.....used to scare me back then.
My childhood!! Still one of my favorites
Early in the film you said Sam Rockwell looked like the boyfriend from Scream. Whats weird is the actor who played the boyfriend in Scream can be seen standing next to Sam Rockwell when Casey Jones saves Splinter from the foot clan
I love that this movie still holds up as an adult. It's just a good movie, let alone a good kid's movie.
This is still one of my favorite movies of all time! My father brought my brother and I to the theater for all 3 original films....and I wore my orange Michelangelo mask to each one. 🤣
I love all the top of the 90's music.
I meditate I do all types of martial arts weapons since I was a child and made my own weapons since I was a child. I am Cherokee Indian. I make my own weapons.❤
I am very obsessed with the practical effects, stunt work and choreography in this. The amount work that went into this had to have caused lost sleep. Worth actually into how they did much of this. It's so innovative.
I met the actor who played Donatello at a comic con and he was such a cool guy!!they were actually in those suits and would have to take breaks because the suits would get so heavy from the amount of sweat.
You recognized the head punk because that was the first time performance of one Sam Rockwell. Great reaction guys, I went to the theater when I was a kid with my cousins to watch this movie. I think I audibly gasped hearing Raph say "Damn!" several times and we sang the cartoon theme song all the way back home afterward. Ahhhh memories.
I just finished watching this with Addie on her channel a few days ago. I remember having the movie turtles toy turtles as a kid.
I have the blu-ray collection of these. I'm excited to enjoy this awesome movie with you guys. . . When I was in school I played a Foot soldier at a big school play. I love the '03 and 80's versions. 🙂👍
Absolutely love Splinter in this. He’s such a great father to them. He always has the right thing to say. Would love to see you react to the next one as well!
Also another fun fact the man who was the voice of Michelangelo in these movies also joined the cast of the 2012 Ninja turtles on Nickelodeon as the voice of Mondo the gecko add there was actually a couple episodes where you actually have the 3 Michelangelo's, one is the Michelangelo for that TV series, the movie Michelangelo who is the voice of Mondo the gecko, and then reprising his wall the voice of Michelangelo from the 1980s TV series as Mikey
46:40 There's three performers for each turtle. Voice actor, the puppeteers in the costumes for regular scenes and martial arts stunt actors... with the exception for Raphael having two actors. Josh Pais did both voice and puppeteering
The guys in the costumes weren’t puppeteers, they were actors. The puppeteers were off screen controlling the animatronics in the heads.
Amazing how it all came together so well!
Damn y'all looking so good today
🐢"Heroes in a half shell" 🐢
Jane looks amazing in that top 😏 I hope she wears it more often
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The farm house in this movie is not far from where I used to live which is an old plantation house outside of border of Wilmington N.C. and the roof top scene was not shot in New York but in the downtown of my hometown of Wilmington N.C.
The Ninja Turtles were my Santa Claus way back when. I was convinced they were real, and often yelled down any sewer I passed over just WAITING for them to answer me one day lol. I LOOOOOVED the Ninja Turtles. These movies are the BEST, even compared to all the modern (arguably horrid) renditions. It's just too impressive the work put into the suits to not give them their due credit. And the guys actually having to maneuver and FIGHT in these suits? LEGENDARY.
14:54 they're multiplying... Automatically finished in my mind 😂😂
A) NARC was a great game
B) Jane is so cute saying she wouldn’t like the hangout because it looked dangerous.
C) Remember gasping when Raphael said “DAMN” because it was a cuss word.
D) Remember even…as a kid…I was like “what were you thinking” when Leo dove at Shredder and got kicked.
Also another fun fact do you see that you saw were when the turtles was raging against the punching bag and the turtle screaming splinter, they put Ras voice on top of it but in actuality if you look closely at it that's not Raphael that's actually Mikey. Dial another part of it was that they were going to have it be worth losing splitter was taking a toll on them and was really taking a toll on Mikey turning him into somewhere to Raphael but because they want Mikey to be The Lovable goof they ended up keeping the scenes in but just switched Ralph's voice with Mikey's
For me, Mash was the greatest melatonin 😂. Saw this in theaters as a youngin. 2 is really good too!! Great reaction guys!
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JV: "Casey Jones killed a man!"
Jane: "I saw that!"
JV: "Casey, I think you should lay low for a few days."
The 2nd one is my favorite of this trilogy 😄👏🏻💙❤💜🧡🐢
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I was 9 when I saw this in theaters with my mom for the first time 🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👏👏
38:15-The guy wearing the torn white shirt, standing in front, is actor Sam Rockwell(Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2)!!!!!!
Seriously I'm in love with y'all
I'm in love with both of them too.
@7:23... Critters !!!!!!! one of my favorite childhood movies .... you should check that out...
COWABUNGA!!!!!! I'm so totally excited for you guys to react to this classic!!!!!😊
As an OG TURTLES fan (1983) (i have the original comics) this is the closest to the comics they ever came, which is this the best one.
I owned the VHS of this, which had an iconic Pizza Hut commercial at the beginning. It was so memorable that you didn't fast forward through it.
Also, freeze frame at 30:06. You can't unsee it.
Here in Canada there was no pizza hut commercial on the vhs that was a U.S thing, i always thought that was weird
I still have all three movies on VHS and I'm never giving them away!
I saw this in the movies with my best friend and cousin. We thought we're Ninja turtles right after 😂.
26:30 Originally Tatsu did kill that kid. They added the dialogue in post saying he was alive.
I used to work at pizza hut and anchovies were rarely put on pizza, so I kind of agree with Jane, but the fact that she demanded to hear what you said again to get confrontational on you is hilarious to me.
I was bearly able to focus on movie who's with me
My brother and I saw this in theaters when we were kids, after the movie we ran to the sewer drain on a rainy night hoping to see them. 30 years later they re-released it and we went to see it together again. Nostalgia overload my friends. "Pizza dudes got 30 seconds!" What's funny is, the Domino's delivery guy IS a Turtle out of costume, and so is the guy in the cab. We still do the "pork rind?" joke randomly in whatever situation. Lets all appreciate what these people did without any CGI, far better in my eyes. "Oops" By Casey Jones the most casual murder ever
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The crime in NYC today always reminded me of this film..... with the gangs of people robbing places like the Foot Clan, my inner 10 year old figured there must be some turtles training in the sewers right now getting ready to rise up soon. 😋 If those gangs had any sense of nostalgia, they would all dress up like the Foot while they did it as an additional troll move.
I think it's funny with the live-action movies master Roshe is not splinter but yet in the cartoon TV series each one master Roshe is splinter. I always found that interesting
The bumblebees😂😂😂😂 ☠️
He matches Roshi's voice real well🙂. Between that and their New Yorking fun accenting play 😆 and that,👍👍
The best TMNT movie. When I grew up with the vhs tape, my parents hid it on me for a while because I was watching it too much. Lol.
Sam Rockwell. But, Skeet Ulrich from Scream does have a small role or cameo in this movie.
The Foot headquarters being at the East warehouse on Lairdman Island is a nod to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird who created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The movie to react is of course the first 1990 film, but the thumbnail is used from the tmnt3 turtles movie lol
Looks like Special needs ninja turtles
This is one of the better ninja turtles live action interpretation the Jim Hansen shop who made most of the costumes made two types one for acting and one for fighting
Not for nothing…I’d change your thumbnail. The TMNT 3 costumes don’t exactly scream click and watch this reaction video.
Lol 25:42 Jane's impression of Michael Jackson!! 🤣☠
Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤
Oroku Saki was avenging his brother, not interested in the girl at all. Yoshi and Oroku's brother were the top two students within their ninshu, very much rivals with Yoshi possessing great calm and insight while his friend/rival had great passion and courage. Both were in love with the same girl, if that were all then Yoshi would've backed off and left them be, but it wasn't, she loved Yoshi, too, and despised the clan she was born into. As she was already engaged to someone who adored her, this caused problems. Those of the same clan know one another and can not lie to each other any more successfully than one brother can lie to another, so Oroku's brother challenged Yoshi to a duel that would decide who was worthy to both marry her and lead the Dragon Print/Foot Clan.
She knew it did not matter who won, she'd lose as she'd then be wed to the head of the clan she hates and never be "free" so she begged Yoshi to not arrive at the duel, to flee to America with her where they would be free to marry and not have to live in darkness, stealing, killing, and sabotaging for the sake of 'family'. He agreed, but Oroku's brother, incessed at the disrespect shown to their clan and himself by fleeing from an honor duel, chased after them. Due to bad timing, misfortune, and miscommunication (baaad choice of words), Yoshi ended up killing Oroku's brother then fled to America which, it turned out, wasn't as great as she imagined it. Neither was working for an honest living.
It wasn't adventurous or glamorous, not to a girl of noble lineage whom had always the finest things and a head full of dreams. She hated it as much as she had their clan, but Yoshi had no problem, working everyday in the belief this was what she wanted and she loved him for that despite feeling she was cheapenin him/lessening him. Yoshi had been the leader that everyone, including Oroku's brother, had genuinely wanted to see become the leader and believed with his skill/spiritual mix he would change their clan for the better. After years without practice, the once prodigy had become middling.
Oroku Saki, on the other hand, had trained obsessively and studied extensively expecting to face the Bruce Lee of Ninjutsu (even learning to wear/use specialized armor in case it was needed) but instead got an exhausted, out of practice, malnourished, and impoverished shadow of the man he had once admired. A man whom had betrayed his family, his friend, his teachers, his school, his comrades, and his own honor for a foolish girl; a man that died too easily.
It was disappointing, as if Oroku was the one that should be ashamed instead of Yoshi. He hated the girl and blamed her for everything, hating her more after stalking the couple for several weeks of study, but slaying Yoshi was a matter of honor, something that must be done if he was to become the next leader. He was a good man, yes, but a fool for love and foolish acts lead to foolish ends. Cowards, traitors, and deserters in possession of such secrets and skill could not be allowed. Yoshi's death was the last task assigned to Oroku Saki by the previous Leader. The wife was straight up murdered because Oroku hated her and blamed her for all of it. Yoshi was known for his honor, he surely would not have commited such a betrayal if not for her or this was what Oroku Saki thought.
Hopefully this gets lots of love!! I grew up on the cartoons and these three movies!! *Edit* I watch the first two of this series at least once a year! I adore these movies!
It is Leo and Ralph that are always bickering in some adaptations
one of my favorite tmnt animated movies is Batman vs TMNT, from 2019. but they reference these movies and batman the animated series, also from the 90s, and its a lot of fun
If you pause it right @30:06 , you'll be able to see the actor of Donatello's mouth , while he's laughin' 💯
The Ninja Turtle comic book was mad violent. They definitely cleaned it up massively to make it a movie different ages could watch. Heck, in the comic Casey Jones is literally a homi•••cidal maniac. His mask is like an homage to sla••sh••ers.
Fun fact with Desai only the tips are sharp typical size aren't actually supposed to be sharp because they are meant for only defense. And actually if you look at each one of their weapons mean something to the turtles. Like Mikey being scatterbrain he got the nunchucks with those you mess up even a little bit they will do damage to you, so the dump truck supposed to teach Mikey self-control. Raft size are like I said for defense meanwhile with raffia Hot heads he is fully offensive so the size of supposed to dial him back to not just rush into a fight but you think also defensively. With Leo and the katanas it's literally the exact opposite of wrath where Leo is more defensive but katanas are one of the most offensive weapons in the Japanese arsenal. And the bo staff for donnie, with Donnie being more into technology the bo staff is supposed to humble him and remind him that when your technology fails go back to the basics.
Oh right in the childhood!
I've never seen the particular show myself, but I believe in one of the more recent iterations of TMNT, they changed it so that Raphael was the leader. At least, that's what I've read.
This movie is based on the Mirage comics which was much darker than all the cartoon adaptations
Also another thing that I love with these movies and TV shows and Ninja turtles even though raphael, leonardo, and donatello, change in each thing by evolution in a sense but yet Mikey has been and always will be...Mikey lol
Casey comitted murder!
It was clearly an accident, he said oops. 👀 LOL
the newer movies are not a remake or a continuation.... they are more of a different take
I have the comics by Eastman and Laird. Awesome and violent. Turtles kill a lot of people. Great reaction guys. Love the MJ references about shredder 😂
3:30 A very young Sam Rockwell in his second film.