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Best Ninja Turtle animated series?
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friskykillface
Banned
Nostalgia but 80's
Still have some of my BK kids club tapes B^)
Still have some of my BK kids club tapes B^)
SonicMegaDrive
Member
More of a fan of the original. It didn't take itself seriously and it was pretty genuinely funny and gloriously cheesy and toyetic. Plus, it's what I grew up with 
Thatonemoor
Member
I grew up with the 2003 series so that one. Haven't really seen any episodes of the 1987 series or the 2012 series.
Vermillion
Banned
2003, baby.
Rapscallion
Member
I grew up with the 80s series, but the newest series is exceptionally good. The 80s series gets pretty ridiculous as it goes on, but the first three seasons (especially the first 5 episodes which make up season 1 ) are great.
Haven't seen the entirety of the 03 series to make a judgement. What I've seen was good, but I understand it gets a little ridiculous.
Haven't seen the entirety of the 03 series to make a judgement. What I've seen was good, but I understand it gets a little ridiculous.
EightBitNate
Member
87. Pizza looked sooooo good.
Buckethead
Banned
I haven't seen much of the new one but I like 1987 version because it's paced like a proper TV show/mini-series.
There's wacky stuff that happens but the staging and cinematography doesn't treat you like you just snorted a line of sugar.
There's wacky stuff that happens but the staging and cinematography doesn't treat you like you just snorted a line of sugar.
NoctisVsStar
Member
87
lovely ladies
Member
Nick version by far.
Napalm_Frank
Member
The original is... not very good looking back with the exeption of few episodes (including the first ones). It gets too silly and it can look really cheap.
I only have very vague impression on 2003 one but honestly I expect that to be much better overall than the original. I have no idea about the newest one.
I only have very vague impression on 2003 one but honestly I expect that to be much better overall than the original. I have no idea about the newest one.
Kabuki Waq
Member
I was a huge mark for the old series but honestly the new series is in a different league.
Way better than everything that came before it.
Way better than everything that came before it.
thecouncil
Banned
2003.
Stories straight out of the Mirage comics.
Multiple episode storylines.
But it stopped being ok when they went into the future though. Then there was that whole "Splinter bits" garbage. That wasn't very good.
All true. IDW comics are the best thing that happened to Turtles.
Stories straight out of the Mirage comics.
Multiple episode storylines.
But it stopped being ok when they went into the future though. Then there was that whole "Splinter bits" garbage. That wasn't very good.
All true. IDW comics are the best thing that happened to Turtles.
TheCowboyPoet
Member
Well the best Turtles show is obviously 1997... but if we're talking just animated, 87.
entremet
Member
What was 97?
El Pescado
Member
I was a huge fan of the '87 series as a child, but the Nick series blows it away.
IDW's comic is also fantastic.
IDW's comic is also fantastic.
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
03. but i haven't watched 2012 yet.
Next Mutation ... the live action crap that had venus the millo and it only existed to created the power rangers gif
2003 for me definitely. Despite some issues I had it was solid. But I'll go over what I didn't like:
* The opening theme
* Karai's character arc
* Censorship (I forget which broadcast company was in charge, but they refused to air certain episodes. I think this only became a problem in later seasons though for some reason (Baxter Stockman's episode for one example)
* Fast Forward - Perhaps the most egregious one. What was worse was that IIRC, they completely inserted this into the series when it made no sense. Because right before it aired the series was taking the turtles to be trained by the Ancients. And then they even cut out the entire arc of the original Shredder (I don't think it ever aired on tv). So yeah, clusterfuck of the highest order, and the episodes were all garbage too. I'm pretty sure Peter Laird and the other writers were pissed since the whole idea was just pure Toy cash by the execs.
* The opening theme
* Karai's character arc
* Censorship (I forget which broadcast company was in charge, but they refused to air certain episodes. I think this only became a problem in later seasons though for some reason (Baxter Stockman's episode for one example)
* Fast Forward - Perhaps the most egregious one. What was worse was that IIRC, they completely inserted this into the series when it made no sense. Because right before it aired the series was taking the turtles to be trained by the Ancients. And then they even cut out the entire arc of the original Shredder (I don't think it ever aired on tv). So yeah, clusterfuck of the highest order, and the episodes were all garbage too. I'm pretty sure Peter Laird and the other writers were pissed since the whole idea was just pure Toy cash by the execs.
Purple Haze
Member
87 is best, but i liked 2003 series as well.
Shadowlink
Member
Grew up with the 2003 series, but I also liked the 87 series too.
They actually aired the rest of the arc as lost episodes.
Rapscallion
Member
Whats the best way to watch the 03 series? Is it available for streaming anywhere or on DVD in reasonable collections?
……forgetit
Member
2003 before fast forward happened.
Wolf Akela
Member
2003, although it went downhill around the Ninja Tribunal season. Gave up in the middle of it. Haven't given Fast Forward enough time but I liked it more than Ninja Tribunal stuff.
Same As It Never Was is still a very chilly episode full of feels.
I believe it's on YouTube.
Same As It Never Was is still a very chilly episode full of feels.
I believe it's on YouTube.The 87 series wasn't very good beyond the pilot episodes. Nice for nostalgia, but not much else.
03 was decent, although the drama was a bit much. Became stale and creatively bankrupt after a few seasons.
12 was undeniably the best. Perfect blend of humor and drama, and they did some interesting things with the central characters.
03 was decent, although the drama was a bit much. Became stale and creatively bankrupt after a few seasons.
12 was undeniably the best. Perfect blend of humor and drama, and they did some interesting things with the central characters.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Yes, and it´s not even close. Everything about this is good. EVERYTHING.
2003, no contest. I was a little too young for the original series so I never really liked it, but the 2003 one got me hooked. Even looking back after watching all 3 of them, I still think it was done the best.
Each turtle had their own distinct voice (in the '87 series I thought they sounded too similar, and the bandana color errors didn't help) and their personalities were on point. Everyone looks at the art design and say it was too gritty and edgy, but it was still a goofy series most of the time. The only downside I see in it is how crazy the series got near the end with all the alien stuff - it just kept going on and on and I eventually gave up for a while.
The 2012 seems decent to me but I can't stand the quality and the childish Teen Titans-esque humor(at times it is hilarious but most of the time I think it's too much). Regarding quality, I mean stuff like how in the first episode, when the turtles are roaming the streets at night for the first time and don't see a single human being except April and her dad. The streets just seem empty and therefore less believable, and I know it's because 3D modeling is more harder and expensive to do, but I still think both the '87 and '03 versions did a better job of mixing everything together in the background so you actually believed the turtles were in a city. And they got rid of Raphael's accent so I feel like he sounds like Leonardo sometimes.
Each turtle had their own distinct voice (in the '87 series I thought they sounded too similar, and the bandana color errors didn't help) and their personalities were on point. Everyone looks at the art design and say it was too gritty and edgy, but it was still a goofy series most of the time. The only downside I see in it is how crazy the series got near the end with all the alien stuff - it just kept going on and on and I eventually gave up for a while.
The 2012 seems decent to me but I can't stand the quality and the childish Teen Titans-esque humor(at times it is hilarious but most of the time I think it's too much). Regarding quality, I mean stuff like how in the first episode, when the turtles are roaming the streets at night for the first time and don't see a single human being except April and her dad. The streets just seem empty and therefore less believable, and I know it's because 3D modeling is more harder and expensive to do, but I still think both the '87 and '03 versions did a better job of mixing everything together in the background so you actually believed the turtles were in a city. And they got rid of Raphael's accent so I feel like he sounds like Leonardo sometimes.
Winterfang
Banned
I never saw the 2003 version.
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