Not too long after Ninja Turtles three there was a live action series called the next generation, yet somewhere down the line the four Ninja mutants lost their appeal. Even adding a fifth female Turtle didn't go down well. Every dog has its day, often wanting or needing a reboot to refresh for the next lot of youths to enjoy. The reboot seemed inevitable after turtles went back to old world Japan. But even the reboot years later in the form of Michael Bay failed to grasp the concept of what was once great.
This film tied in with a video game around the same time called Turtles in time. The game generated a much higher degree of interest in me than the film. It had dinosaurs, i mean how cool is that? What i can appreciate is they tried something different to round off the trilogy. Creating new Villain, Walker (Stuart Wilson) for the Turtles to encounter rather than the same old Shed dude with his foot clan. Taken out of the sewers and streets of New York to olden world Japan. An alternate returning (Elias Koteas) Casey Jones is also within the mix both at home in New York and what appears as a doppelganger. Still, this Casey is way less effective than in the original film. Also returning the much trusted ally April O' Neil (Paige Turco).
The film has elements of emotion and to some extent a story of trying to return home. The Turtles are left no choice to travel back in time to retrieve April. The costumes of the Turtles were a little less polished in comparison to the previous Jim Henson designs. Overall it was a less intriguing film than the previous to and a franchise slowly declining.
This film tied in with a video game around the same time called Turtles in time. The game generated a much higher degree of interest in me than the film. It had dinosaurs, i mean how cool is that? What i can appreciate is they tried something different to round off the trilogy. Creating new Villain, Walker (Stuart Wilson) for the Turtles to encounter rather than the same old Shed dude with his foot clan. Taken out of the sewers and streets of New York to olden world Japan. An alternate returning (Elias Koteas) Casey Jones is also within the mix both at home in New York and what appears as a doppelganger. Still, this Casey is way less effective than in the original film. Also returning the much trusted ally April O' Neil (Paige Turco).
The film has elements of emotion and to some extent a story of trying to return home. The Turtles are left no choice to travel back in time to retrieve April. The costumes of the Turtles were a little less polished in comparison to the previous Jim Henson designs. Overall it was a less intriguing film than the previous to and a franchise slowly declining.