Episode #20 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

It’s pizza time as Perry and Derrick watch the classic 1990 live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Perry got introduced to the franchise as an impressible youth while Derrick was already a jaded adult, and yet there’s a lot of common ground. Find out why this film holds up so well and how it succeeds where Michael Bay’s reboot failed.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Directed by Steve Barron
Written by Bobby Herbeck and Todd W. Langen
Based on the comics created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird

Cast

Josh Pais – Raphael
David Forman – Leonardo
Brian Tochi – Leonardo (voice)
Leif Tilden – Donatello
Corey Feldman – Donatello (voice)
Michelan Sisti – Michelangelo
Robbie Rist – Michelangelo (voice)
Kevin Clash – Splinter (voice)
Judith Hoag – April O’Neil
Elias Koteas – Casey Jones
James Saito – The Shredder / Oroku Saki
David McCharen – The Shredder / Oroku Saki (voice)
Toshishiro Obata – Tatsu
Michael McConnohie – Tatsu (voice)
Michael Turney – Danny Pennington
Jay Patterson – Charles Pennington
Raymond Serra – Chief Sterns
Sam Rockwell – Head Thug