Tribute to the Best

[Darkest Knight]

Post any and all important, rare, or interesting topics, pictures, stories all based in and around the first and best: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie that came out in 1990. Maybe comment on deleted scenes, script changes, etc. Give props to the original.

 

[Aztec]

From Wikipedia

Deleted scenes

There have been many alleged deleted scenes in this movie. While some are simply rumours, others are seen in the Archie comic adaptation of the movie or found in early versions of the script. Also, the Summer 1990 issue of TMNT Magazine features a number of publicity shots for the movie, some of which depicting scenes that do not occur in the movie, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Sticker Album released by Diamond the same year also includes references to some deleted scenes. The Topps trading card series also has numerous pictures of deleted, alternate and publicity like scenes. The trailer for the movie which is included on the DVD shows four specific scenes or shots cut from the final film.
The "comic publisher" alternate ending (taken from The Movie Sticker Album)
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The "comic publisher" alternate ending (taken from The Movie Sticker Album)

According to some rumors, Steve Barron found an early and un-edited roll of the movie. That roll didn’t have music or sound effects added yet, and the voices of the actors inside the suits can be heard over the voice actors. That roll also included several scenes that are not in the movie, including:

* An alternate ending, where an unemployed April has decided to take the concept of the TMNT to a comic book publisher. April and Danny are shown waiting anxiously in the publisher’s office, as the publisher perused her sketches and proposal. Finally, he hands them back to her, saying "The idea is too farfetched." Hearing that, the Turtles, who had been clinging to the wall outside the office window, react with various expressions of comic dismay, and Michelangelo actually falls off the building. The comic book publisher’s office is decorated with fake comic book covers featuring characters from Mirage Studios, which Mirage has provided.
* An introduction scene for Casey Jones. It shows Jones in his apartment, watching the news about the recent crime wave. He gets mad and grabs his hockey mask off a table. The same scene was used to introduce Jones in the 2003 cartoon episode Meet Casey Jones.
* An extended training scene on the farm. However, according to some rumours, that scene was part of the theatrical release, and only deleted from the video release. In addition, more character development scenes on the farm, showing how everyone deals with the situation in their own way.

Deleted closeup of Raph and Don (taken from TMNT Magazine)
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Deleted closeup of Raph and Don (taken from TMNT Magazine)

* Topps cards shows an underground shot of April climbing up after just meeting the Turtles, Leo is close by. A shot of Leo pulling the cover over the manhole before going in Aprils apartment. Leo battling the foot by himself in the antique part of April's apartment. Don standing by himself in a field on the farm. Two shots of Don during the training sequence. Raph fighting a Foot during the sewer battle. As posted above the card series includes many alternate shots during fight scenes and many publicity type photos.
* The trailer shows two shells coming out of the river, the full scene would show April walking across the bridge to the parking lot, then the shells come up. (For some reason IMDB credits this scene as one of the Turtles coming out of a swamp.) The second scene is of a manhole rumbling then popping off as steam comes out. The camera then zooms into the sewer. The third is of Mike and Don showing off another dance move. And the fourth is of Raph punching two Foot Ninjas in a high outward motion.
* Laird and Barron have expressed interest in releasing a "special edition" version of the first movie, with new scenes and other bonus materials. However, New Line Cinema has never commented on this possibility.

 

[Darkest Knight]

Thanks for the info Aztec. We must see these scenes, hopefully with the voice actors from the movie, because I remember them releasing a trailer before the movie and the voices were horrible and sounded nothing like they did in the movie.