Turtle Talk Episode 13: Interview with Andrew Farago

In this episode, Patricia and Kevin interviews author/museum curator Andrew Farago about his new book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History. Enjoy!

Turtle Talk Episode 12: Interview with Michele Ivey from Cowabunga Corner

In this episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin interview Michele Ivey from the popular TMNT fan site Cowabunga Corner. In it, they discuss about her beginnings of being a TMNT fan, Cowabunga Corner's origins, and her love of everything horror. Expect tons of questions and glee from Kevin.

Check out Michele's links down below
https://www.facebook.com/IveyAngelo?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/IveyAngelo
https://www.youtube.com/user/turtlegirlivey

Check out Cowabunga Corner's links down below.
http://www.cowabungacorner.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CowabungaCorner
https://twitter.com/cowabungacorner
http://cowabungacorner.tumblr.com/
http://www.pinterest.com/cowabungacorner/cowabunga-corner/
http://instagram.com/cowabungacorner

Turtle Talk Episode 11: Interview with Chris "RowdyC" Moore

In this episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin interview RowdyC Productions founder and Reviewers Unknown member Chris Moore. In it, they discuss questions about his recent TMNT retrospective, his opinions on the franchise, the upcoming TMNT movie, and much more.

Turtle Talk Episode 10: TMNT Memories

In this special episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin celebrate the 30th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles alongside Manic Expression members Alexthed, Decker Shado, and TheMimic1013 with their fondest TMNT memories. Also, Patricia and Kevin discuss about the newest 2 episodes of TMNT and the upcoming toys.

Old School Lane Presents: Turtle Talk Episode 9

In this episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin discuss about the 1 hour special from the TMNT 2012 TV show, their first impressions of the trailer from the TMNT movie, additional actors confirmed to appear in the film, and tips and tricks to differentiate a soft head and hard head figure from the 1987 TMNT toys.

Old School Lane Presents: Turtle Talk Episode 8

After a 3 month hiatus, Patricia and Kevin are back catching up with discussing about the episodes of TMNT 2012, the 2014 live action TMNT movie, and the toys that featured in the New York Toy Fair 2014.

Old School Lane Presents: Turtle Talk Episode 7

In this episode, Patricia and Kevin discusses about episode 3, 4, and 5 of Season 2 of TMNT. Also, Kevin gets some more toys and movies from his recent birthday.

TMNT Episode Review S2E3: Follow the Leader

Episode 3 of the 2nd season is here and we recap on the latest TMNT review. Enjoy!

-Patricia and Kevin

TMNT Episode Review S2E2: Invasion of the Squirrelanoids

In this recap, Patricia and Kevin review TMNT episode 2 of season 2 Invasion of the Squirrelanoids.

Old School Lane Presents: Turtle Talk Episode 6

In this episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin  discuss about the first two episodes of TMNT 2012 Season 2. Plus they briefly discuss about TMNT: Out of the Shadows and Kevin's new Turtle toys that he received. 

TMNT Episode Review: S2E1 The Mutation Situation

Good news, guys. We've gone to the next level reviewing TMNT 2012 episodes on our associated site The Comic Book Cast. Please check it out and subscribe to them. If you're a comic book fan, you'll love them!

Turtle Talk Episode 5: TMNT Movies

In this episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin discus about all the TMNT movies from the original trilogy from the 90's, the 2007 CGI TMNT movie, and the 2009 TV movie Turtles Forever. In the mix, special guests BigBlackHatMan, TheOtherDude92, The Man with No Chin, and Chilton from Manic Expression come on board and discuss their opinions of the movies. Mostly get of topic, but still talk about the TMNT movies, nonetheless.

Old School Lane Presents: Turtle Talk Episode 4

In this episode, Patricia and Kevin discuss more news about the 2014 TMNT movie, the 1st season finale of the 2012 TMNT series, and the announcements of season 2 of the show from San Diego Comic Con 2013.

Turtle Talk Episode 3: Interview with Renae Jacobs

In this special episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin interviews the original 1987 April O'Neil, voice actress Renae Jacobs. 

Old School Lane Presents: Turtle Talk Episode 2

In this episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin update on the TMNT movie, TV show, and merchandise. Also, someone makes an announcement about going to an upcoming anime/video game/sci-fi convention. Click here to listen!

Old School Lane Presents: Turtle Talk Episode 1

In the premiere episode of Turtle Talk, Patricia and Kevin talk about the TMNT shows, upcoming 2014 movie, the characters, the toys, and other merchandise.

First Impressions: Ninja Turtles

Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of First Impressions. Today Kevin is going to be talking about an upcoming movie that when first hearing it, it got him enraged. No, scratch that, it got him so angry and frustrated that I had to calm him down to speak proper English and not saying an obscene word every two seconds just to type this article down. So, for those who are just as huge Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans as Kevin is, you feel the same pain as well. So be prepared as you read the most irratating movie that has been written in First Impressions since the one I wrote about Pee-wee’s XXX Adventure. Enjoy.

I am a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. I love everything about it; the comics, the movies, the cartoons, the action figures, and the video games. You already know that I’m a huge Turtles fan when I did my First Impressions on the new TMNT cartoon on Nickelodeon. But when I heard that Platinum Dunes will be doing a reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I was very, very, very, very angry! Michael Bay does not have a bone of originality in his body. He has ruined the horror movie genre with the remakes of Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Amityville Horror. Although, I have no interests of seeing the Transformers trilogy, I have heard that the first one was pretty good. The only movie I actually liked was Bad Boys,but that’s because Will Smith and Martin Lawrence were good together. Anyway, I have a lot to say about this so get comfortable. Here are a few reasons why I know this movie will be a huge disaster.

#1. We don’t need another movie telling us about the origins of the Turtles.

For really dedicated TMNT fans, they already know about the origins of the Turtles from reading the original comics, watching the first episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, watching the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and more. Come up with something creative, Michael Bay. We already know this story too many times. The Turtles became mutants when they encountered some radioactive ooze. Splinter was a rat trained by a Japanese warrior named Hamato Yoshi. When he came across the same ooze that mutated the turtles, he grew in size as well. Shredder, whose real name is Oroku Saki, is the main villain of the Turtles and Splinter and the leader of the Foot Clan. April O’Neal was once an assistant to Baxter before deciding to assist the Turtles and going on their many adventures (in the 1987 cartoon and Archie Comics, she was a news reporter).

Come up with something creative, Platinum Dunes!



2. The Turtles are being depicted as aliens.

Okay, that is the stupidest thing that I have ever heard in my entire life! The Turtles are not aliens, they are mutants. They did not come from outer space, they are regular turtles that were covered with radioactive ooze. Look at the picture above you! They are mutants! It’s in the title of every single incarnation of every single Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles media ever! Even the crappy 1997 live action TV series had a form of the word “mutant” in it.



See? Don’t try to be clever and try to change everything that we know about them, Michael Bay! Don’t try to ruin a great series that we grew up with. What? You’re telling us to chill? Well, fuck you, Michael Bay. Fuck you!!! Every single franchise you have remade or produced, you don’t have a clue about. You don’t know a damn thing about the Turtles, otherwise you would never depict them as aliens. As for me, I’ve known about the Turtles since I was 3 years old. I’ve read the comics, I’ve seen the movies, the cartoons, I’ve played the video games, and I own figures. Don’t tell me to chill, you asshole! Even if I took a trillion of these, I’m still going to find a way to kill you in your sleep.



But unfortunately, it’s already been done. The script has been written by a group of assholes who don’t know anything about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and who are interested in putting in their resumes that they wrote this movie. Nothing more. Since Hollywood is doing mostly remakes or reboots on classic movies already, at least do it right! I mean, anyone can do a better movie about the Turtles than Michael Bay. Anyone! Even Bobo!



Overall, I’m not going to see this atrousity of a great series, but unfortunately, many people will. They are just so nostalgic about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that they would pay money to see a movie based on them, even if it sucks. To quote Robbie Rist, who voiced the character Michelangelo in the original 1990 live-action film adaptation, ”Bay is “sodomizing” the original movies and causing “the rape of our childhood memories.” I couldn’t agree with you more.



Another thing I want to point out is who would the casting actors and actresses be. We know that in the Transformers movies, we had Shia LeBouef, who’s a meh actor and Megan Fox, who’s there just for the sex appeal. Who’s going to be April O’Neal? Kim Kardashian? Paris Hilton? Lindsay Lohan? Who’s going to play Casey Jones? Michael Cera? Channing Tatum? Robert Patterson? Taylor Lautner? Seriously, they’ll choose people who are there just for sex appeal and who can’t act for shit.



A few years ago, people bitched about the 2007 CGI TMNT movie and called it one of the worst movies since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. Well, I can honestly say that after hearing about this movie, this takes the cake as the absolute worse Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie ever! I mean ever!

 

That’s all for now. Thanks for hanging out with us at Old School Lane. Catch you later.

-Kevin

First Impressions: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV show)

Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of First Impressions. Today’s first impression will be of another remake based off a classic animated TV show from the 80’s,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. However, it will not be done by me, but will be discussed by my friend/second co-founder of Old School Lane, Kevin. Aside from the interview I did with him about his upcoming movie, Collector, and the collaborative interview that we did with Caseen Gaines, author of Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon, this will be his first post at Old School Lane. Please make him feel welcome and enjoy.

When I first heard that Peter Laird had sold the rights to theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise to Nickelodeon, I was very skeptical to say the least. Nickelodeon, once a proud network that released classic animated shows such as Rugrats, Doug, Aaahh!! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold, and so much more is now known for taking other creations such as Dragon Ball Z, Power Rangers, Voltron, and even the Winx Club and putting it under their banner. This just proves to me that Nickelodeon needs to rely on other creations to stay on TV just to survive. After all, Nickelodeon hasn’t had a huge hit in a while. But like most people, I was judging a book by its cover. I wasn’t patient enough to find out what Nickelodeon was going to do with the franchise and I came to find out that they were taking the franchise to a whole new level, which is a good thing. Similar to what Disney is doing with the Muppets and Marvel Comics, Nickelodeon is not keeping the Turtles at bay. They’re giving the turtles a fresh clean slate that will please new and old fans of the show by having elements from the 1984 comic books, the 1987 and 2003 TV series, as well as a fresh new take. It will be a CGI series simply titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.



The show, from what I’ve seen and heard would be similar to the 2003 series in which the voice actors from the series will be new. Jason Biggs will be voicing Leonardo, Greg Cipes will be voicing Michelangelo, Rob Paulsen, surprisingly, will be voicing Donatello, when he voiced Raphael in the 1987 cartoon. Sean Astin will be the new voice for Raphael. Hoon Lee will be voicing Splinter, Mae Whitman will voice April O’ Neil, and lastly, Kevin Michael Richardson will be voicing Shredder.



I have to say that the voice casting is an excellent and interesting choice for the show. I’m glad that they were able to bring back one of the original voice actors from the original 1988 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show. Rob Paulsen has a extensive resume of voicing popular cartoons. To me, he will always be known for voicing Raphael and Mutagent Man in the original show. Mae Whitman is a talented voice actress. After voicing Katara on the popular Nickelodeon show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Whitman can definitely bring the kind, sweet, and kickass role in April O’Neal. Also, it’s interesting to note that her mother Pat Musick was the voice of Irma from the original 1988 TV show. Richardson, who has provided the voice of the Joker of The Batman, has a knack for playing villains and I feel will bring justice to Shredder.  Also for Jason Biggs and Sean Astin, I feel that they will do a great job for voicing Leonardo and Raphael.



Playmates, who have been releasing Turtles toys in 1988, will be releasing two new series of TMNT toys. The first will be releasing from the new series, while the second will be devoted to the TMNT Universe and will be aimed for adult collectors. Very similar to what Mattel did to the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe releasing the He-Man Classics, the figures will have a style of the original 1988 show, but with a modern take. Each figure will come with a sewer base that will have the TMNT logo. Unlike the original Playmates figures, these figures will have several points of articulation. I look forward to these the most and will purchase them the first day. The toys are a must for any TMNT fan and I’m debating whether I should buy two: one for display and one to take out of the box.




Well, overall I’m very excited about this new installment of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and can’t wait to check it out when it comes out on Nickelodeon this fall. This is definitely a great comeback to one of my favorite cartoons of all time and I’m hoping that I won’t be let down from Nickelodeon. It hasn’t been easy being a Nickelodeon fan in recent years since most of their animated programs nowadays are either spinoff series based on their movies such as Kung Fu Panda, Back at the Barnyard, and Madagascar or really dumb cartoons like Adventure Time. But thanks to shows like this and Avatar: The Legend of Korra, I still haven’t lost hope.

That’s all for now. Thanks for hanging out with us at Old School Lane. Hope to see you soon.

-Kevin