The jokes and references range from Moonlighting to John Steinbeck, and the fight scenes are done in the spirit of a Jackie Chan flick. They came up with an almost relevant, after school special type plot. But instead, they tried to make it the best film they could, despite the subject matter. It was released in the height of the craze so they could have thrown anything on the screen and it would have been a hit. You have to give a lot of credit to the guys who made this film. If someone in a college dorm pops it in, legions of kids will exclaim "Holy sh*t! Is that Ninja Turtles?" and then plop right down in front of the TV to watch. If it comes on TV, even my dad has to pause to watch at least one fight scene. One even gets yelled out for sneaking out past curfew to see Critters 2. But there is something just incredibly charming about a bunch of giant turtles acting like typical sit-com kids. I was a full fledged turtle fan back in the day (I don't think the fad lasted long enough for us to earn Trekker-type names) and of course at that point, I thought it was the Gone With the Wind of our time. Sit in front of the TV with a bunch of your friends and just try not to like it.
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