Bless them and their Frank Miller/indie comics parody. They accidentally created the Beatles of anthropomorphic action animals for kids.
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Replying to @BradMichaelElm1
TMNT has somehow outlived most of the serious stuff it was parodying
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Replying to @arthur_affect
And... a surprising amount of quality control considering.
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Replying to @BradMichaelElm1 @arthur_affect
Like yeah the new movies are turds, but there’s so many successful takes in different mediums. I mean I can’t even think of the word arcade without TMNT popping up in my head.
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Replying to @BradMichaelElm1
I seriously think the 1990 movie was genre defining Like they had the gritty Mirage comics and the goofy 1987 cartoon to work with and they somehow combined the tone of both to a degree that the movie established a TMNT "canon" for all future generations
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BradMichaelElm1
Joss Whedon was absolutely thinking of this movie when he wanted the middle act of Age of Ultron to have the Avengers moping around on a farm He didn't pull it off though, possibly due to executive interference
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BradMichaelElm1
Like he absolutely got that the emotional heart of a franchise like this has to be that you can hang out with these guys and watch them shoot the shit aimlessly when there's no crime to fight The little pointless in-jokes and games and interactions that make up a family
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BradMichaelElm1
Unfortunately the MCU was too big and important and the Avengers never gelled this way The party scene in AoU was Whedon's attempt to make this happen and imo it didn't stick
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Raph convalescing in the bathtub and the way that’s handled when he wakes up is so wonderfully sincere.
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Replying to @BradMichaelElm1 @arthur_affect
Which is another thing Whedon struggles with imo.
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Yeah the "for God's sake tell a joke" thing, the reflexive need for bathos to ease the tension
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Yeah. He can spin a yarn and turn a trope/expectation on its head and crack wise though when he’s cooking. But whenever it’s the part where they open up or become vulnerable it can feel a bit hokey to me. Forced. Maybe it’s the master voice rhythms that mitigate that for me?
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