TOS s1e[debatable] “The Man Trap” and TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze

  • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Fun fact: in the original comic, Shredder didn’t make it past the first fight. Splinter kicked him off a building, into a dumpster, and then dropped a grenade in it.

    I’ve never been able to take his jank-ass seriously.

      • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Truth. The only color was red: turtles masks & blood.

        Eastman & Laird were fucking mad as hell at their competition being a simplistic rabbit comic boppin’ around Sengoku-era Japan, so they whipped up a “catchy” rebuttal in the form of TMNT and went hard. This, of course, made it a bareknuckle pivot into the Saturday morning cartoon version that launched the turtles into the spotlight as cultural icons we know today, but at least E&L weren’t complete tools about Usagi Yojimbo when Sakai reached out to collab/crossover. (The latter is a genuine sweetheart of a man, btw, and legit was simply trying to make history fun for kids.)

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          As a kid I knew Usagi Yojimbo only from a C64 video game, that was really cool but also really hard. Man I was surprised when he suddenly appeared in the show.

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    What’s more bonkers, that Shredder’s costume got turned up to 11 when he took mutagen, or that the turtles had a full choreographed routine when Vanilla Ice improved a new rap with his crew on stage

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPM
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      I’d like to think he had a new set planted ahead of time by the dock. The sort of neurotic planning only the insane would consider.