Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4K Trilogy (1990-93) (35th Anniversary)

[Auld Mac]

My golly gosh, yes please.

[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by jordanjabroni

Oh, brother. Well... better than nothing, I guess? Is the Umbrella Entertainment set better?

Yeah the UK releases are possibly the worst of these movies. The Umbrella release is definitely better.

[jordanjabroni]

Originally Posted by bongozoid

Yeah the UK releases are possibly the worst of these movies. The Umbrella release is definitely better.

Guess I'll get saving then. Consider it an extra special sacrifice to appease the 4K UHD Gods!

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by jignat

Happy 35th Anniversary to the best TMNT movie!

The original released on March 30, 1990.

In the UK we had to wait until November 23.

8 months is a LONG time for a hyper-excited 10 year-old.

[frankeinstein]

Not that one would've been overly aware of the release date gap back in 1990.

[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by frankeinstein

Not that one would've been overly aware of the release date gap back in 1990.

Yeah because no one watched TV or anything...

[frankeinstein]

Originally Posted by bongozoid

Yeah because no one watched TV or anything...

Unless you caught some specific report on TV or in magazines mentioning the US release, you'd mostly become aware of a movie when the marketing rollout started in your country.

Go figure, Disney animated movies were often released one full year later internationally up until 'The Lion King.'

Release strategies used to be more localized.

[BadTakes]

what are the chances of this being an arrow release?

[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by frankeinstein

Unless you caught some specific report on TV or in magazines mentioning the US release, you'd mostly become aware of a movie when the marketing rollout started in your country.

Go figure, Disney animated movies were often released one full year later internationally up until 'The Lion King.'

Release strategies used to be more localized.

You seem to think shows like Entertainment Tonight didn't exist. We didn't even get the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series in my country until 1989, but I knew it was a big deal because of shows like that.

[Nailwraps]

Originally Posted by BadTakes

what are the chances of this being an arrow release?

Given Arrow has a deal with Warner, details that Shout! didn't sublicense them, and Justin Beahm is working on extras, I say the chances are pretty good.

[Moe UK]

Originally Posted by frankeinstein

Unless you caught some specific report on TV or in magazines mentioning the US release, you'd mostly become aware of a movie when the marketing rollout started in your country.

Go figure, Disney animated movies were often released one full year later internationally up until 'The Lion King.'

Release strategies used to be more localized.

We all knew about it, from newspapers, magazines and within a few months bootleg cam jobs were circulating. It is already out in America was a pretty much a common saying for most things back then.

[MovieMatt83]

It feels to me like Arrow specifically made a New Line Cinema deal with Warner Bros. Which is how we are getting the Jason films. If that’s the case TMNT is likely from them. Hopefully 1-3.

[wildphantom]

Originally Posted by Moe UK

We all knew about it, from newspapers, magazines and within a few months bootleg cam jobs were circulating. It is already out in America was a pretty much a common saying for most things back then.

The hype and anticipation was major in the U.K. once it had opened in the states.

I was lucky enough to see it in the states on a holiday trip in the May. My school friends were rabid to talk about what I had seen when I came back.

There was also the Turtle Power record by Partners in Kryme that was Number One in the U.K. for a month at the end of the summer - with the movie still months away from release.

[frankeinstein]

Originally Posted by MovieMatt83

It feels to me like Arrow specifically made a New Line Cinema deal with Warner Bros. Which is how we are getting the Jason films. If that’s the case TMNT is likely from them. Hopefully 1-3.

It's unlikely to be a specific New Line Cinema deal. Arrow has been releasing Warner Bros. branded titles, too.

[frankeinstein]

Originally Posted by bongozoid

You seem to think shows like Entertainment Tonight didn't exist. We didn't even get the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series in my country until 1989, but I knew it was a big deal because of shows like that.

Try reading next time:

Originally Posted by frankeinstein

Unless you caught some specific report on TV or in magazines mentioning the US release, you'd mostly become aware of a movie when the marketing rollout started in your country.

Go figure, Disney animated movies were often released one full year later internationally up until 'The Lion King.'

Release strategies used to be more localized.

[sojrner]

Originally Posted by frankeinstein

Try reading next time:

Coming in hot for such a new account... socky sock perchance?


Regardless, you're missing the point, that while you may have lived sheltered and only heard about these bits from official trailers, sources like print mags, "insider" shows, discussion hotspots like older video stores, or even having true insider word-of-mouth all existed and traveled. This is true both in the UK and in the states, whether you knew about any of it or not.

Rock on.

[frankeinstein]

Originally Posted by sojrner

Coming in hot for such a new account... socky sock perchance?


Regardless, you're missing the point, that while you may have lived sheltered and only heard about these bits from official trailers, sources like print mags, "insider" shows, discussion hotspots like older video stores, or even having true insider word-of-mouth all existed and traveled. This is true both in the UK and in the states, whether you knew about any of it or not.

Rock on.

I wasn't trying to "come in hot."

Also, there's no need to make assumptions about my life. I'm aware of all the things you're listing, but I think we're talking apples and oranges here.
The point I was trying to make was that the general awareness of a US movie release back then can't be quite compared to the way things are during today's Internet era, with a magnitude of information, material and the likes being readily available at any time with a simple click.

Anyway, it's all good. "Winning" arguments online is not one of my priorities.

[eastx]

You guys need to quit the Foot clan and come back to the Turtles' side.

[Mike Flynn]

I'd buy an Arrow Turtles set in a heartbeat.

Funny that Sally Menke's early editing career involved two movies with characters that won't leave tips.

[Ryan1973]

Wasn't this one of the movies leaked on that picture with other upcoming WB movies that has been proven right so far? Movies like Dirty Harry, Lethal Weapon, Caddyshack, European Vacation, Boogie Nights, A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and Dog Day Afternoon.