You might not know this, but the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film from 1990 was, for a time, the BIGGEST INDEPENDENT MOVIE OF ALL TIME. This ridiculous premise about some pizza-loving radioactive turtles who also happen to be ninjas had just as much of a hold on kids then as it does now and, as you might expect, the turtles’ thirty-year-old first movie holds up finer than almost anything that came after it in the franchise.
On its surface, sure, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a kids’ movie, but like all good kids’ movies, there’s a little something in here for everyone. And in this day and age of movies just puking out CGI characters, it’s honestly still a marvel to see what they managed to accomplish with the turtle suits, in no small part thanks to the work of the Jim Henson Company. Probably not as much of a marvel for the guys who had to be in those seventy-pound heat traps, but hey, they looked great on camera.
If you grew up in the ’90s, you just couldn’t escape the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and here they are again, ready to re-enter your life through a wave of nostalgia. Check out our new episode of Revenge of the ’90s below, along with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you consume your podcasts.
