
I watched this movie last night for probably the millionth time, and it never gets old. Can you just imagine what I was thinking when this movie came out when I was just a little kid? I was a Ninja Turtle FREAK when I was a little kid. I had all the action figures, all the playsets, all the vehicles. I even had the cartoon episodes on VHS, yeah, even the ones you could only get at burger king. Needless to say, TMNT was a HUGE part of my life when I was a kid.
In some ways it’s still a pretty big part of my life. A lot of inspiration comes from the old toys and cartoons. I sometimes stay up late, when everyone is alseep, and pop in some of the cartoon DVD’s, a lot of good ideas have come from doing that.
Re-watching the movies, especially this first one, is still as fun as when I first watched it as a kid. It might even be better now because I can understand a lot of the jokes they threw in for kid’s parents. This first movie was the absolute best of the bunch for a lot of reasons. First of all the entire story is incredible. It isn’t too goofy that it dates or takes older viewers out of the movie, but it’s just silly enough to keep little kids entertained. It’s amazing how well the Turtle designs are, I don’t think there was ever a doubt in my mind when watching the movie that the Turtles were just people in rubber suits. The voice acting is top notch, and the people who play April, Casey and the Shredder take their roles seriously and when they are interacting with the Turtles, it never seems fake or unreal. Splinter’s design is amazing as well, and whoever did his voice did an awesome job!
I will admit, when I was a kid, I really wanted to hang out in that secret Foot Clan hideout. They had video games, skate ramps and all the Burger King and Dominos pizza you could want!
There is no doubt in my mind that this movie will forever be a classic. I can’t wait to show it to my kids (whenever I decide to settle down, but not any time soon) and see the looks on their faces when they watch it

And by the way, I just discovered that I’m missing my TMNT 2 Secret of the Ooze DVD. I’m convinced that someone stole it!