Twenty class ago today , the unrecorded - action take on Eastman and Laird ’s trailblazing indie comic hit the fully grown screenland . And you should give thanks it for changing Hollywood for the geekier .
There had been comic book - ground picture before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Superman and Superman II , Tim Burton ’s Batman , Swamp Thing , Howard the Duck , to name a few — but if you ’ll look at that list , one thing is clear : the films that had hoagy that were part of the textile of Americana did well , and the ones that did n’t , did n’t .
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles alter all that . Based on Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird ’s trend - fix autonomous comic , TMNT cost New Line Cinema a mere $ 13.5 million to make and raked in more than $ 200 million worldwide — and this was in 1990 , back when $ 200 million depend for something . In the wake of that success , Hollywood studio apartment executives took notice and started look deeper into the comics catalog for material , rolling out a H.M.S. Bounty of films found on comparatively unidentified characters : The Rocketeer ( 1991 ) , The Crow ( 1994 ) , The Mask ( 1994 ) , Tank Girl ( 1995 ) , Judge Dredd ( 1995 ) , Men in Black ( 1997 ) , Spawn ( 1997 ) , and Blade ( 1998 ) . Some hit it boastful , some did n’t , but the gates to the comic mine had been flung open , never to shut down again .
As for the movie itself … it ’s okay . The strip ’ pulpy arch seriousness — you could , after all , play it but so straight when your submarine sandwich are turtle martial artists — was eschew for a more playful , merchandisable tone . There was a piddling too much breakdancing and pizza .. But the kung - fu was solid , the character - design brilliance stay intact ( four irradiated turtles , each who wield a different weapon while take on the name of a Renaissance original ? issue forth on ! ) , and the unremarkably foxy origin story stuck the landing .
So , hey , if you ’re hoisting a glass today , or obsessing over every last msec of the Scott Pilgrim trailer ( sqeeee ! ) , give a silent toast to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . The movies would be a far less awesome topographic point without it .
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