‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (1990) and the art of great dialog
Turtle Tuesday (Movie commentary): Little-known screenwriters Todd W. Langen and Bobby Herbeck hit the sweet spot of lines that kids can quote and adults can chuckle at.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Turtles ‘Fast Forward’ to the 22nd century for ‘TMNT’ Season 6 (2006)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The latest time-hop sends the gang to 2105. But will they ever get back?
‘TMNT’ goes wildly off track with Season 5’s ‘lost’ episodes (2008)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The final season directly overseen by Peter Laird proves that more (a bigger threat) can turn out to be less.
No Shredder, no problem: ‘TMNT’ Season 4 (2005-06) is a scary smorgasbord
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Utrom-Shredder gives way to Karai-Shredder in the most confident batch of episodes so far.
Old friends, new enemies enhance ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (2004-05)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Smartly interlaced storytelling puts “TMNT” at its highest ebb of craftsmanship outside of early Mirage and the first movie.
What are they doing with Turtles in space?! A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 2 (2003-04)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The second season of the Laird-overseen series faithfully adapts the Triceraton-Fugitoid arc, and gives surprising backstories to Shredder and Splinter.
Mirage (almost) comes to our screens: A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 1 (2003)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Peter Laird is proud of this cartoon. Should fans be also? Let’s review the opening 26 episodes.
The epic ends in a thrilling way in ‘TMNT’ Season 10 (1996)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Jeffrey Scott ably takes over for David Wise with the show’s most high-stakes adventuring in these final eight episodes, which most fans didn’t see until 2012.
Not the Dreggs: ‘TMNT’ reaches new heights in Season 9 (1995)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Even without Channel Six’s and Krang’s gangs, the show becomes well-animated in both senses of the word.
Red sky at night, animators’ delight: A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 8 (1994)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The lack of comedic threads make these eight Wise-penned episodes dour, but the animation makes a huge leap.