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Title: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: Ghandi on Thursday, July 15, 2010, 09:21:50 PM
And the Smurfs? And the good Sesame Street? And Reading Rainbow? And Captain Planet? And every other awesome cartoon growing up?

I was watching some with my little nephew and THEY ALL SUCK NOW.

What happened? We need more awesome, all the cartoons now suck.
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, July 15, 2010, 09:26:43 PM
Agreed. Watching cartoons now is painful.
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: ren on Thursday, July 15, 2010, 10:00:48 PM
Yes, but I grew up in England where they are called Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.

Cartoons may suck now but overall I'd say that we have way better television shows recently than in any other time.
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: Myst3rD on Friday, July 16, 2010, 12:49:30 AM
I absolutely loved the TV series, as it was quite edgy and different than anything on TV when it came out...

...but God, that first Sex And The City Movie was just TOO Hollywood-ish, TOO long, and TOO bloated for its own good. Seriously, why do I need 2 and a half hours of these girls in one sitting?  Shocked

I really thought the TV series ended on the perfect note - so really, why are we getting these movies? Oh, right - it's time to milk the series into being the new box-office cash-cow.
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: angrykeebler on Friday, July 16, 2010, 01:46:43 AM
I absolutely loved the TV series, as it was quite edgy and different than anything on TV when it came out...

...but God, that first Sex And The City Movie was just TOO Hollywood-ish, TOO long, and TOO bloated for its own good. Seriously, why do I need 2 and a half hours of these girls in one sitting?  Shocked

I really thought the TV series ended on the perfect note - so really, why are we getting these movies? Oh, right - it's time to milk the series into being the new box-office cash-cow.

WHAT


THE


FUCK
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: Myst3rD on Friday, July 16, 2010, 01:57:25 AM
WHAT


THE


FUCK



I think what Keebler's getting at is probably exactly what I feel about this show. This is how I feel about it:

This show has gotten absolutely great reviews, which on one hand makes me want to watch it big time....

...But on the other hand, this show is set in NYC -- and quite frankly, I'm sick and tired of the NYC setting in shows. It's just a setting that has been so over-used and over-abused, if you ask me.

Keebler, is this how you feel about Ninja Turtles?
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: MysterD on Friday, July 16, 2010, 02:41:30 PM
Great, I got a doppelganger.
Or should I say dopp3lgang3r?  :o
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: angrykeebler on Friday, July 16, 2010, 03:13:46 PM
rofl
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: MysterD on Friday, July 16, 2010, 03:14:20 PM
*SMH*
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: JacksRag(e) on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 11:37:29 AM
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: beo on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 12:04:53 PM

watched that recently, it was genuinely funny.
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: Cools! on Saturday, July 24, 2010, 01:12:07 AM
At least characters in old cartoons looked somewhat "normal". All the characters now look like Picasso rejects.
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: Raisa on Monday, August 09, 2010, 02:57:55 PM
luigi, donatello, leonardo, and who was the other ninja turtle?

smurfs was a fav..
i also liked GI Joe, carebears, mighty mouse, heman, etc :D
Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, August 09, 2010, 03:01:32 PM
Uhh Luigi?

Title: Re: Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Post by: angrykeebler on Monday, August 09, 2010, 03:25:11 PM
ahahahaha