Was Turtlemania really that huge back in the early 90s?

How did a movie that shouldn't have worked not only manage to beat the odds but have actual heart & passion behind it?

>>212653330 (OP)
>Was Turtlemania really that huge back in the early 90s?
Yes, it piggybacked off Batman's earlier success nicely

>>212653330 (OP)
Because the creators managed to talk to the director and explained how they could get an emotional core to the characters beyond the Saturday morning cartoon.

Midnight bump

>>212653330 (OP)
The turtles were huge in the 90's

>>212653330 (OP)
Turtles were the first black coded band of superheroes, of course they were huge.

>>212653883
>surfer dude/skater punk personae
>black coded

>>212653330 (OP)
>how
how? Just watch the fucking movie zoom zoom. If you don't love every fucking minute of it you are a confirmed faggot. Simple as

>>212653330 (OP)
Yes, fuck yourself zoomer.

>>212653883
>black coded
Fucking retard.

>>212653330 (OP)
>Was Turtlemania really that huge back in the early 90s?
The cartoon was late 80s. I was the right age and knew of the cartoon and was hyped for the movie.

>>212653330 (OP)
and more importantly , why wasn't Howard the duck as successful?

>>212653916
You may not be aware of this but there was "huge" black skater board trend then. At very least noticeable.

>>212654043
Don't be stupid anon the turtles weren't "black" coded they were literally California surfer dudes in an half-shell

>>212653433
>cartoon

It was a comic book first wasn't it?

That always seems to get forgot about despite being more "edgy"

>>212654043
Yeah that doesn't prove that skateboards automatically = black coded. Especially since they were surfer dudes. Even /co/mblr doesn't pretend they were black coded, nobody who watched the OG cartoon or read the OG Eastman and Laird stuff thought they were black coded and that had nothing to do with their appeal.

>>212654293
The OG comics were only edgy compared to the cheesy OG cartoon. They were inspired by Howard the Duck and early Cerebus the Aardvaark so they tended to be wacky even if they had serious moments.

I'm 42 and witnessed turtlemania first hand, it was awesome

>>212653859
Yep still have pic-related in the attic

>>212654009
that's because howard targeted adult only m8

>>212654554
I remember in the letters column of one of the issues I had there was some angry mother who was upset that they used the word "ass" in a previous issue. It was a simpler time

>>212653330 (OP)
Why wouldn't it have worked? Henson knew what the fuck he was doing and was a master of his craft.

>>212655671
she's right, they should have said shell

>>212655681
>Henson knew what the fuck he was doing and was a master of his craft.
Manchild

It's lightning in a bottle.
There hasn't been a comparable adaptation since

>>212653330 (OP)
lightning in a bottle baby

>>212653330 (OP)
>Was Turtlemania really that huge back in the early 90s?
It was massive. 'UGE.

>>212654921
Based I had Mike and my sister had Raph. I remember those toys being releases so vividly.

>>212653330 (OP)
The toys were popularised by the cartoons. Action figures were huge moneymakers back when very few kids had access to a PC and computer games. After computer games and consoles took off, physical toys started to decline in popularity. Nowadays only manchilds buy action figures for the "collection".

>>212653330 (OP)
Turtlemania was a thing in the 80s and 90s. If you didnt hit yourself in the nuts with homemade nunchucks at least once can you even call yourself a turtlefan?

>>212653330 (OP)
Was a kod back then. Turtles were huge. Worldwide. The movolie was a hit. Costumes were legit its exactly what we wanted. Casey jones was badass. Splinter was a rat. No fake ass copouts with some old Jap dude.

>>212653330 (OP)
>Was Turtlemania really that huge back in the early 90s?
My dad took me to see this movie after it had already been out for a while and we had to queue for hours to get in. I have never queued for a movie since that one time, that's how huge it was at the time.

>>212653330 (OP)
it was just riding on the popularity of Japanese culture that took American boys by storm in the 80s. ninjas and samurai and shit were going mainstream at the time.

>>212658235
Had a donatello that could swim

>>212653330 (OP)
Hell yeah, I was a member of their fan club magazine as a keed. They’d publish zen poems and Confucius and shit. Tripped me out

>>212659120
Confuscious say forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.

>>212658149
this kills the bottle baby

TMNT was the biggest shit ever. Hit around the same time as The Simpsons. Truly a great time to be a kid.

>>212659479
I was the Raphael of my group. I weilded dual sais (steak knives from the kitchen). My cat was Shredder. Shredder died. I blamed my little brother, Michelangelo.

>>212653330 (OP)
>Was Turtlemania really that huge back in the early 90s?
Pizza and Ninja wouldn't have 1/1000 their cultural significance without them. Shit, possibly even co-op games too.

>>212653330 (OP)
Why doesn't Donatello, the best turtle, simply eat the other turtles

>>212654043
>skater board trend
esl retard stfu

>>212653330 (OP)
It was good because it almost perfectly followed a plot from the comics. It was an independent film and it was in part produced by Golden Harvest-- a legit martial arts film production company.
Jim Henson's creature company made the suits and directed by Steve Barron, who directed some of the best music videos ever made.
It was huge and the TMNT-mania was a monster.of a craze.
I don't think another property really took hold of a generation of kids to the same degree until Pokemon

>>212654524
As a kid, I remember thinking Raph's New York accent sounded black to me and I was kind of weirded out.

>>212654921
those are from the 2003 show not the 90s

>>212659908
I like your taste in daring syntheses anon