Turtles Forever

2009

★★½

A very strange object that exists to celebrate Ninja Turtles history while simultaneously making fun of a large portion of it, via endless jokes about how silly (and downright annoying) the 1987 cartoon Turtles were. They are portrayed throughout as obnoxious clowns, not “serious” or “cool” like the modern (for 2003) Turtles — which, to be clear, are still turtles who have been mutated, fight as ninjas, and wear color-coded masks along with belts with no pants.

The animation’s not bad (and the recreation of the ’87 Turtles’ aesthetics is pretty good even though they don’t have any of the original voice actors, or the classic theme song) but it’s just such a misguided way to “honor” the history of this property.

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