I just saw this at the theater, and holy shit. The cinematography, the emotion, the storytelling. VHS tapes and DVDs from back in the day don't do it justice. I wasn't even a sperm cell when it originally released, so I was glad to see it on the big screen for once in 4K. Something with this level of quality being "just a kids' movie" back in the day really speaks to how bad things are now.

>>213716835 (OP)
Sorry for being gay but I hope RLM does another Re:View for this with a real person. It being the one of the most successful independent films, it hides so much of the antidote for our current slop predicament

>>213716965
I'm not insulting you personally, but who actually cares about RLM?

>>213717035
I like when they talk stuff and then they had that fatso on to be like "I uhh like Turtels" without even reading the wikipedia. I don't really have any friends, man. Do you know anyone who talks about movies

>>213717298
I have like one friend but why watch RLM when you can just watch movies?

Solitude isn't bad if you do it correctly.

>>213717298
If you don't have friends you should use chatgpt. It will talk to you about anything

>>213716835 (OP)
I'm an ancient boomer millenial born just after Gen X so the first ninja turtles movie slipped under my radar or maybe even my parents thought it was too dark and violent for me to watch.

I loved TMNT II, obviously, and sure you can criticize it for being a dumbed down movie clearly aimed at a younger general audience but the same is true of something like Terminator II and people loved that shit.
Also just as a(nother) time capsule of the 1990s and being a fun creature feature movie with the jim henson puppets and body suits for tonka and razor.

But having watched the first TMNT movie as an adult I also see why it's the unsung hero of the movie franchise. While TMNT II was more in line with the cartoons the first movie was almost just like a gritty new york crime drama straight out of the late 80s - for kids!

>>213717858
>While TMNT II was more in line with the cartoons the first movie was almost just like a gritty new york crime drama straight out of the late 80s - for kids!

I watched Secret of the Ooze on VHS asa a kid, around the time the 2003 show was on the air. I never saw the original movie until I was a teenager and it really blew me away at the time.

>>213716965
>it hides so much of the antidote for our current slop predicament
Go back in time 35 years?