Top 10 Super Hero films

Top 10 Super Hero films Mar 26, 2021 10:31:05 GMT stefancrosscoe likes this

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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 26, 2021 10:31:05 GMT

Mar 26, 2021 10:21:42 GMT stefancrosscoe said:

Mar 26, 2021 9:55:43 GMT darkreviewer2013 said:

Kudos for mentioning TMNT '90.

And I wore the VHS tape out re-watching that 1966 Batman movie.

I am always a little saddened, that this damn fine movie, rarely seems to get the recognition it so much deserves, as being among the very best (not that many of that era) and most fun of the late 80s and 90s superhero/adventure films. And one which had a lot of heart going, were true to its origins, but still proved it could be fun and charming, yet also provide some of the original comics more darker/serious stuff in there as well.
They really took a big gamble or chance with this film, in a time where few studios would touch anything comic book related, but of course Batman (1989) changed all that, but I believe this fun and informative article, back a few years ago, shows how much work and will went in, to make the original Turtles movie, happen:

'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Untold Story of the Movie "Every Studio in Hollywood" Rejected

Which was put out, the year the film celebrated its 25th anniversary.

I guess in the end, having little pressure from big studios and producers, always being around, and instead going for the more "independent" lesser budget movie making style, with few or no big names/stars attatched, might have helped the film. Where as the later sequels, surely were hurted by being watered down and with too much fuss going, on "think of the children" by hysterical parents or critics, because of the Turtles suddenly using foul language, Shredder being actually a menacing and scary villain (instead of the goofy sitcom sidekick from the tv-show), and of course, the use of weapons and martial arts were also later on turned down heavily as well, in the sequels.

Speaking of the film, ignoring the whole Turtlemania of the children animted tv-show back then, along with the toy franchise, comics and all that, but instead go straight for the original black and white comics, and where this nice page, reveals how close the first Turtles movie really were to the original work, instead of going for the more well known and famous tv-show, which probably was what most kids and people around the world, knew of the Turtles during the late 80s and early 90s.

Those are some interesting links you posted.

What always struck me about the film was its urban grittiness. The Foot behaved very much like a real criminal gang, only with added martial arts. It's a shame they abandoned this in the ensuing movie. It wasn't until the 2003 animated series arrived that we were once more offered up a somewhat more mature take on the turtles or The Shredder.

RE the hysterical parents (our own parents generation in this case), Batman Returns received the same reaction a few years later. Too dark, too violent, too sexualized for kids, etc. The end result was exit Tim Burton and enter Joel Schumacher. Another fine mess we got there.