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Ninja Turtles Mini Sequel Coming in December!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was phenomenal! And the follow up cartoon was also super fun. So as a lifelong Ninja Turtles fan, I am fully on board with the current media status quo. And we’re next going to see these turtle teens in a new short cartoon premiering ahead of an upcoming Spongebob movie on Dec. 19.
Looks good to me! The animation is still awesome. The jokes are cool. The turtles are pretty awesome. I’m glad to see new material since we don’t know when the movie sequel will come out.
Will I go see this Spongebob movie just to see this short? No. I’ll have to figure out some other way to watch. I’m sure it will be fun!
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Cartoon Trailer Monday!
Last week was a great week for cartoon trailers. And if I was more on my game, I should have posted about these last week. That’s on me. I’m sure everybody’s already seen these trailers, but you haven’t heard my thoughts on them yet!
First up is the big one, X-Men ’97. Everybody’s been talking about this all weekend, and of course I’m excited for this show. I lived off of the original X-Men animated series, so I am here for this!
Looks wonky but manageable. Not sure bringing back the same voice cast was the best idea. Not sure whatever they’re doing with the animation was the best idea. But their heart seems to be in the right place. Seems like they’ve got some solid stories lined up, and that Daily Bugle flapping in the breeze at the start of the trailer showed Maggott and Stacy X, and if those two characters appear for real in this show, then I’m going to automatically consider it a success.
Also, I am 110% behind everything they’re doing with Morph. Making them nonbinary is a great idea. And I love their new blank face/AoA Morph look. The Morph serialized story from the original show was always really impressive to me, and I’m excited to see them as a solid member of the team now.
X-Men ’97 comes to Disney+ on March 20.
Next up is the trailer for the second half of season two of Invincible. Loved everything so far, love the comic series, so bring it on!
Looks great! I recognize some of the storylines and characters from the comics, and then there’s stuff I’ve forgotten about. I’m confident that the people behind Invincible know exactly what they’re doing and they’re going to pull it off splendidly. So everybody just keep up the good work and get it done!
Invincible returns to Amazon Prime on March 14.
Lastly, our first look at Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! I loved Mutant Mayhem as much as the next person, so I’m on board with those show.
Looks fun. Looks a little cheaply animated, but I can live with that. I don’t actually know if I’ll watch this show. I haven’t watched an ongoing Ninja Turtles cartoon in a very long time. They’re mostly for kids for real. And that’s how it should be! Let kids enjoy the Ninja Turtles. But if it’s as good as the movie, I might try this out.
Tales of the TMNT comes to Paramount+ this summer.
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6 Mutants to Join the Ninja Turtles in High School
I very much enjoyed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. It was fun, funny, full of energy and life, and was just plain cool all around. So I’m very much excited for the announced sequel, as well as the announced two-season cartoon on Nickelodeon! It’s going to be called Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and will serve as a bridge between the two movies.
Based on how Mutant Mayhem ended, I’m pretty much assuming that the new cartoon series will feature the Turtles in high school. That’s a great premise, and one I don’t think we’ve seen before. All the young voice actors from Mutant Mayhem are returning for the Turtles, and it should be a blast to see them as real teenagers in a real high school, just like they wanted! Should be a fun watch. And what would be even more fun? Filling the high school with other teenage mutants from the wider world of the Turtles!
So join me after the jump as I rattle off some of my favorite old school TMNT mutants who deserve a chance to step up and being recognized in cartoon form, at long last!
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6 Thoughts on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Review)
I’m a big fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I was born in 1983 and the classic Ninja Turtles cartoon came out in 1987, so I was the perfect age to get hooked for life to those super fun adventures and all those collectible toys. I’ve caught most or some of every Turtles adaptation since, though even I haven’t been able to keep up completely. Still, I am fully on board with TMNT: Mutant Mayhem and everything it has to offer.
Movie Rating: 9/10 – Great
I have been very excited for this film since it was first announced. Seth Rogen is using his power in Hollywood for awesome adaptations, from Preacher to Invincible to now a really great take on the Turtles. And then we got some trailers, met the characters and now we’ve seen the flick. It was marvelous, and a great new take on this beloved franchise. Mutant Mayhem is one of the best movies of the year, hands down, and I hope it drives Turtles content for years to come.
Maybe it’ll get me to finally start reading all those IDW hardcover Turtles comics I keep buying…
Join me after the jump for my fully review/thoughts on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Expect FULL SPOILERS for the movie. And feel free to share your own thoughts in the comments below.
Read the rest of this entryFirst Look at Wingnut and the Mutants in new Ninja Turtles Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is shaping up to be a pretty awesome flick. I’ve been a Ninja Turtles fan since I watched the cartoon and collected the toys in the 1980s. So you best believe I am tickled pink that so many of my favorite guys are gonna show up as a mutant gang in this film, from Mondo Gecko to Ray Fillet to my favorite character, Wingnut! And finally, at long last, we’ve got a clear look at Wingnut and the other mutants courtesy of some dope character posters.
Personally, I would have liked a more humanoid Wingnut, but considering he’s been changed to a she, and she’ll be voiced by Natasia Demetriou, it probably would have been too easy to make her like Rouge the Bat from Sonic the Hedgehog.
I have faith in this fuzzy little critter they’ve created. I like that, instead of Wingnut’s traditional mechanical wings, they’ve given her mechanical arms instead. That makes a lot of sense with the character now being a mutant instead of an alien. I never liked that alien origin anyway. Also, I hope we get some kind of Screwloose Easter Egg.
So yeah, there’s a whole bunch of character posters to check out here. I think everybody looks great in that weird, wild way. Again, I prefer my TMNT mutants to be more humanoid, like the Turtles themselves. But I can definitely wrap my head around these oblong and weirdly shaped mutants. It fits the film, after all.
Also, in case you needed to hear it, I love what they’ve done with April O’Neal. She looks great.
Seth Rogen delivered a quickie behind-these-scenes look at the voice cast, so you can check that out as well.
Mutant Mayhem looks like it’s gonna be great! Comes out in August and I can’t wait!
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