This youtube montage covers some of the better cartoon intro’s from the late 80′s/early 90′s including, Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man, Voltron etc. These all seem to be a bit more “action” (aka badass) oriented, so if you are looking for Ducktales or Tale Spin you are sorely out of luck.
I never understood why in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon all 4 of the ninja turtles wore eye bands. It made it seem like they we’re trying to hide their identity like when Robin (of Batman fame) wears one. I’m not sure if they realized this, but their wasn’t 4 other huge ass mutated humanesque turtles running around NYC that they could have gotten mistaken for.
In the live action movie, when Raphael goes up into the streets at the beginning he’s in a full trench coat with his hat pulled way down low. This is no doubt to shield his giant turtle persona from an unsuspecting and (genetic freak weary) general population. In the cartoon it just doesn’t make sense, everyone can clearly see they are giant fucking turtles, it’s not like if they didn’t wear the eye bands that they would be confused for those other ninja turtles.
What gives?
For all those who don’t know and would like to have their childhood memories enhanced, the voice of Shredder from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon was done by Uncle Phil (James Avery) of Fresh Prince fame. That’s right, Judge Philip Banks was slicing up ninja turtles through the justice system of ass kicking. Don’t believe me:
your welcome.
Hasbro and Marvel were almost ruled out as viable companies. The next generation of kids were choosing Wii’s and iPod’s over action figures and legos. But with Hollywood breaching a whole new level through such movies as Spider Man and Transformers, these companies have risen from the dead and are basking in their recent success. With the upcoming release of what deems to be an amazing movie, GI Joe action figures are storming off the shelves at high speed, beaten at toy stores by only Transformers. Finally, kids can begin thinking for themselves and creating stories out of scratch, rather than a predetermined Wii story line.
What should the next Hollywood blockbuster be based on? TCM weighs in on a few story lines that should be resurrected from our child hood past.
1) NERF Battle Wars (picture of a young Captain Flintheart)
2) A TMNT movie based only on the van that shoots pizzas. This can be a tandem initiative as the next Transformers movie as well.
3) Lincoln Log Land (Can be a children’s movie or adult porno – created by Dreamworks either way)
This may seem old and irrelevant, but who the fuck cares? If you have seen my other posts you will know I have a soft spot for retro-ness. I am also more than qualified to do this review – the newest gaming system I have ever owned was a PlayStation 1 and I barely played the piece of shit. TCM readers were also polled and certain games that continually showed up on everyone’s list made the final cut.
#10 – Ice Hockey
Generic title, classic game. You get to pick 3 team members, skinny fast guy, medium guy and huge slow guy. There’s an array of countries (Canada clearly trumping all competition), the ability to start brawls with the other team and to constantly commit “icing”. It’s an easy game to pick up and endless hours of fun.
Throughout the years, shoes have shaped our lives. From elementary school to the high school days, there has always been a pair that has stood out like a hot chick at a Sunday afternoon open bar. This one is in regards to the ultimate TMNT Payless Pair.
Plus: Payless found a way to make kids not care they didn’t have the swoosh on their shoes or the pump on the tongue, because they had Michelangelo, the ultimate hero. By wearing these shoes kids had the next best thing to living the life. Yes, the eating pizza, throwing slices, swinging nun chucks, protecting New York City life from Shredder, getting to first base with April kind of life. If only the shoes were made slightly better, there wouldn’t have been so many twisted ankles as the turtles battled the Foot on the swing sets. Well worth the battles.
Drawback: There will most likely not be more than one owner per class and the owner of these shoes will become highly recognizable, especially in the lower space of the bathroom stall. Everyone will quickly know about the poop that took place and will tell the rest of the class. Torment for the remainder of the day. Well worth the torment.
Present Day Version:
