# They're heroes on a half shell and they're green **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818 "2001-06-22T19:40:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/1 "2001-06-22T19:40:50Z")
Yup, yup! For all you 80s kids, [they’re making another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie](http://www.sixdegreesofnothing.com/shtml)! And John Woo’s directing! ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/2 "2001-06-22T20:03:32Z")
This one should work.[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie](http://www.sixdegreesofnothing.com/turtles.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/3 "2001-06-22T20:09:16Z")
Why are they wasting their time on this and not making another Transformers movie? Long live Cybertron! and maybe then a Battle Beasts movie, heh heh heh! ---
**Author:** ![Tsugumo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@Tsugumo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsugumo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/4 "2001-06-22T23:28:45Z")
John Woo doing a TMNT flick…I can’t even begin to imagine how cool it’ll be, heh. I’m not too keen on the full CGI thing though…I liked the costumes from the first TMNT movie (they looked “realistic”…each movie afterwards, they got more cartoony looking, bleh). But, whatever, heh…It’s a new TMNT movie, so I’m happy. After TF and Battle Beasts they need to do a Visionaries movie, muwahaha… TF gets a new TV series at least, heh. - Tsugumo (“knights of the maaaagical liiiight…”) ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/5 "2001-06-22T23:35:43Z")
I can’t wait to tell (and tease) my son about this! He was four years old when he became enamored with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and he’s fourteen now. A cowabunga kids mom, Abby ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/6 "2001-06-22T23:57:51Z")
I’d like an Original Series Voltron. That Kicked. I hated the sequel series. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/7 "2001-06-23T06:20:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > **Why are they wasting their time on this and not making another Transformers movie?** Actually, there are some quiet negotiations underway for another _Transformers_ movie. I can’t say anything more except that I don’t think my proposal will be accepted… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/8 "2001-06-23T10:07:03Z")
OMG, I can’t wait. And I was 17 and bit by the TMNT bug. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/9 "2001-06-23T10:28:09Z")
I hope it isn’t as bad as the last one. ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/10 "2001-06-24T07:08:06Z")
No way, they gotta make a Mysterious Cities of Gold movie! or maybe one about Denver the Last Dinosaur! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/11 "2001-06-24T07:34:43Z")
[codger] BAH! _THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!!!_ [/codger] ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/12 "2001-06-24T12:01:48Z")
[Lion-O] My Sword of Omens could beat the crap out of Donatello’s wooden stick any day. Thunder, thunder, thundercats HOOOOOO!! [/Lion-O] Of course, Snarf would have the same fate as Jar Jar Binks. . . Tripler But I’d _really_ like to see the Robotech saga in live action . . . ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/13 "2001-06-24T14:18:56Z")
::tries vainly to remember a catch phrase from _Silverhawks_:: ---
**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/14 "2001-06-24T15:28:21Z")
Is Venus, the girl turtle gonna be in this one? And for that matter who decided to name them after medieval artists? ---
**Author:** ![cykrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@cykrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cykrider)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/15 "2001-06-24T15:36:24Z")
[He-man] I have the Powerrr! [/He-man] ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/16 "2001-06-24T19:09:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mongrel\_8 \* > And for that matter who decided to name them after medieval artists? Their sensei, whose name _slaps self_ I cannot remember. He was the result of some mutant potion when he dropped his pet rat and fused with the thing and became a rat-man of sorts. I probably have half of that mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/17 "2001-06-24T19:16:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by mongrel\_8 \* > > And for that matter who decided to name them after medieval artists? > > Their sensei, whose name _slaps self_ I cannot remember. He was the result of some mutant potion when he dropped his pet rat and fused with the thing and became a rat-man of sorts. > > I probably have half of that mixed up. \*\* The sensei is Splinter the Mutant Rat, of course, who learned martial arts by watching his owner (when he was a non-mutant) who was a human. When he found the four turtles he named them after his owner’s four favorite artists. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/18 "2001-06-24T19:19:10Z")
Whistler. No, wood chipper. No, whatshisface, the damn rat-boy. Splinter! That’s it. (Why was I thinking of Whistler or Wood Chipper?) [Here](http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/photoshop/1828/arcsplint.html) is a good page detailing Splinter’s character and history. (Well, for values of good == scary, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/19 "2001-06-25T11:59:06Z")
Not if you run them through a blender, they’re not. Then, they’re red. DIE, TURTLES!!! DIE! DIE! DIE! :mad: Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818/20 "2001-06-25T16:02:51Z")
[Voltron: Defender of the Universe] …And I’ll form…_the Head!_ [/Voltron: Defender of the Universe] -Rue. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-heroes-on-a-half-shell-and-theyre-green/69818.md?page=2)