#tmnt ii

[sunghimwoo]

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Hello! As a TMNT fan, which is your favorite film of the franchise? 🐢📼And how would you say it stacks up against the others movies? :)

My favourite film is TMNT (2007)-- [ ...Ohmygollygoshlookatthat-- It's NOT Rise--! Haha-- ]

...Very much due to the OST, demeanor of the brothers, and style-- [ ...The presence of "Nightwatcher" also helped--💜💜💜 ]

The RotTMNT (2022) is a close second because of the intricate fighting animations--

...I think the other films respectfully have their own aesthetic, but don't lean to me as much because my preference is very particular--

For Example:

I couldn't watch Mutant Mayhem (2023) because of the high contrast of colours in certain situations in combination with rough renderings [ I have the same problem with Spider-Verse (2023) due to my visual sensitivity ]

I'm not fond of the hyper realistic interpretation of the main four in the Bay (misc.) films and the female MC bugged me every single time she was on screen because she never felt like an "April"

I actually have a weakness for TMNT II (1991) because of Vanilla Ice, but I can't remember anything else about it, which means that it didn't have a lasting impression on me in general [ Probably attributed to its competition with my then-interest in Jungle Emperor (1965) ]

[ I'm not bashing any of these films-- If you like them, great--!! These are my personal preferences-- ]

Thank You for asking--💜

[christmasturtles]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

[90ssuperheroes]

[whattraintracks]

4. Sunset - TMNT II (1991)

Born from the realisation that Raphael was a prisoner of the Foot for at least half a day before his family showed up to rescue him. 

He is definitely being punished. Some insane higher power is looking down at him right now and having one big laugh.

This is what he gets for being such a brat his whole life. For disobeying Master Splinter so often. For forgetting who he is long enough to run around topside in the middle of the day. Unlike himself, Raph's brothers are good little ninja who follow Master Splinter's rules. They won't show up until night falls.

What's that saying? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes? Well, Raph's just won a day as the Foot Clan's class pet.

It's alright. He can make it to sunset.

They tie him to a pole right out in the open. And because he can't possibly be miserable enough in the direct sunlight, Foot Face lines up the baby Foots to use him as a training dummy. Guess he didn't take that personality comment too well.

Making fun of their terrible forms and weak hits is a hollow comfort. Under normal circumstances, humans are too squishy to do him any real damage barehanded. At least, when he's not immobilised with all of the soft, unprotected parts of his own body on display.

To his vicious satisfaction, one unlucky sucker gets close enough for him to chomp. It takes five guys and fifteen minutes for them to pry his beak open. Totally worth the sore jaw and blood in his mouth when he snarls at the next dweeb in line, and they flinch.

They gag him after that.

Just wait it out until sunset.

Oh, and that ghost he'd told Keno he thought he saw? Not a ghost. Just good old Shred-head back from the dead.

Thinking about that is its own special kind of torture. At least he doesn't have to look at Zombie Shredder, facing away from whatever shack they're running this dump out of. Except maybe that's worse.

He jumps the first time he hears that same rattle of metal from his nightmares. Gets a good laugh from the crowd watching his debut as a punching bag. From then on, every shout and clatter of metal behind him makes him squirm, and the recruits have a fun new game.

Just until sunset.

Eventually, he guesses, the novelty of beating him up when he can't fight back wears off. He's left alone save for every once in a while when someone at the edge of the clearing uses him as target practice. But, man, these guys even have terrible aim! One or two blunt shuriken bounce off his plastron, and the rest thunk sadly to the ground. Makes him feel like even more of a moron for getting caught by these guys.

So where does that leave him? Hot, sore all over, and too tired to make fun of ninjidiots. Blinking hard against the grit and sudden wetness in his eyes, he doesn't think about how much he wants his dad right now.

Keep it together, Raphael. He'll be here at sunset.

At least, he hopes he'll be here.

And he remembers his dad doesn't even know where he is. No one does except Keno. Because Raph stormed off without telling the guys where he was going. Again. Man, why's he gotta be such a hothead all the time?

It'll be fine. Keno seems like a pretty tough guy. If he's got half as much guts as he acts like he's got, he'll find them, and they'll be here.

Daylight wanes, and Raph is mercifully draped in familiar shadows. Just until sunset. Sunset. Sunset. Sunset. Hold it together until the sun sets.

He can do that.

[game-boy-pocket]

Today I beat the NES version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. I never had this one as a kid but I remember renting it, and I remember my local Round Table Pizza had the arcade cabinet in their little game room area ( a place which is tragically filled with shitty gacha machines, half of which are busted, and sticker dispensers and only one actual game these days ), it was always too hard for me.

Then I learned about the special attack that happens when you press A and then quickly press B. Talk about game changer.

So is the game good? Does it hold up? Idk, depends on your outlook... I mostly just spammed the special attack and then switched to spamming jump kicks for bosses. If that sounds boring to you, then yeah, you may not enjoy it. But I had a decent time with the game. It certainly did a better job of representing the series than the first NES game did... however, I feel like the first NES game is more interesting, the top down segments, the side scrolling segments, the swapping between turtles, the vehicles, like it was rough, but it was very unique.

TMNT II is a very well made NES beat em up, but it's not gonna be my go to Beat em up game on the NES, nor is it even going to be my go to TMNT game on the NES or even my 2nd choice... because I remember playing TMNT III The Manhattan Project and enjoying it a whole lot more than this... I never finished it, which I hope to do soon-ish.

TMNT II wasn't in the Nintendo Power queue, im not sure if it ever gets a feature in Nintendo Power, but I saw a certain movie recently and have been rewatching a certain cartoon show recently, and am excited for a certain crossover platform fighter that has certain characters in it, so I needed to get my Turtle vidya fix.

Oh yeah, I played as Michelangelo. I was told they all perform the same so just to choose your fave. Idk if I even have a fave from the 80's turtles but I think I usually bounce back and forth between Raph and Don. Just felt like being Mikey this time.

[cinematicwasteland]

Laura Dern visiting the set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

[ilovebeinaturtle]

Hiya guys! Here is a photo of my Mikey Funko Pop figure which I got on June 11th! I hope ya guys enjoy! Thanks!