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Rewatched The Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film Last Night

It’s strange really how fun that film still is.

No computer graphics. No special effects. Just great puppetry from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop (one of the final projects the influential creator had a hand in developing and something he called the most advanced puppetry he had ever worked with), fun moments, and a reserved, yet kinetic energy that you don’t see in similar genre films these days.

I think we’ve been caught up on what computers can do that we have lost sight of what creators can do without them.

The more I feel any big screen revival of the series will be mostly computer animation over flesh and blood (and foam-covered) actors, the more I appreciate the awesomeness of the 1990 flick. Twenty-two years? Wow, I’m feeling old.

5 ♥ 07.01.12
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  1. weatherman2111 said: It’s also surprising how “adult” and violent the film is for a “PG” movie. Of course we didn’t have PG-13 at the time, so that explains a bit of it. I do love how real it all is.
  2. draw2much said: CG graphics haven’t gotten past the uncanny valley yet and that’s partly why TMNT puppetry will still be better than most CG. Looks “real” (‘cause it is!) without being creepy. :)
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  4. noautopilot reblogged this from thoughtnami and added:
    Agree 100%. And yea, the film has held up incredibly well.
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