![]() The writing isn't terrific and the acting not award winning, but still a fun movie to watch from time to time. Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas. ![]() With Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, David Forman. Eventually, toy sales and Saturday morning TV won over the comic book, but here, for one brief movie, the turtles, as they were meant to be seen by their original creators, got their time in the sun. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Directed by Steve Barron. Later, reading the underrated comic books, I learned this was what TMNT was originally envisioned as. As a kid, I was confused about why this was so dark and almost scary. The violence has been toned down significantly, as has the cursing, but it's there, on a lower level. Sure, you still had some of the cartoon elements thrown in for good measure (the colored masks, the surfer lingo), but compare this one to the other movies and this one followed the closest to the original comic book series, which was written for adults. This got the vision laid out by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird most accurately: A dark, edgy, tongue-in- cheek parody to Frank Martin, Daredevil, Cerebus and New Mutants. This, right here, is and still remains the definitive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Forget the "kid friendly" sequels, forget the Michael Bay remakes, forget the CGI experiment.
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