Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Episode 86,   Apr 08, 09:16 PM

We close out our month of '90s hero flicks with the heroes in the half shell! Join us as we dive deep into Turtlemania and ponder the strange edges of this surprisingly solid rubber suit turtle movie.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 86: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990
(00:00:14) - Intro.
(00:02:21) - What level of Turtles fandom are we operating at, and some talk about the comic origins.
(00:05:55) - Toy talk, and discussions of censorship around the cartoon and movie.
(00:11:44) - The movie's production history.
(00:21:30) - The animatronic suits.
(00:36:19) - Soundtrack talk, and sequel talk.
(00:44:54) - Break!
(00:45:14) - Cowabunga, we're back!
(00:48:26) - (Roger Daltry voice) TEENAGE CRIME WAVE!
(00:53:31) - The boys achieve their first victory.
(00:59:10) - Casey Jones you'd better watch your swing.
(01:04:45) - The Danny problem.
(01:08:35) - Half (shell) of the turtles' origin story.
(01:12:44) - Splinter gets rat-napped.
(01:15:04) - Sam Rockwell?!?
(01:16:51) - A very ridiculous Shredder.
(01:22:45) - Raiding April's apartment.
(01:26:01) - Splinter tries to get through to Danny.
(01:28:59) - A nice trip to the country.
(01:37:13) - Sewer sweet sewer, and Casey goes on a sneaking mission.
(01:39:57) - The second half (shell) of the origin story.
(01:45:04) - Racing toward our final battle.
(01:51:34) - The final showdown with Shredder.
(02:00:14) - Final thoughts.
(02:08:07) - What's coming up on the Watchcast.
(02:12:26) - Outro.