If you thought the third Ninja Turtles movie was bad, and their Coming Out of Their Shells tour was bad even worse, then gather around, dudes and dudettes, for I have the cream of crap crop: We Wish You a Turtle Christmas. Yep, have you ever wondered how the Ninja Turtles celebrate Christmas? I used to wonder that myself, and when I saw this video, it was nothing like I had pictured. It's really bad! At first we see the turtles, Michaelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael, looking worse than they've ever looked before...wait til you see Splinter. So, our fearsome fighting teens are decorating their Christmas tree in their sewer lair, while in the process Leo sings a poor rendition of Deck the Halls in a Jamaican accent he's suddenly gained out of nowhere. The song is terrible and it concludes with the turtles wishing the Shredder a Merry Christmas. Sadly, he will not be joining us tonight, and I don't blame him one bit. So now that the tree is decorated, the turtles suddenly realize they don't have a gift for Splinter, so they all go up to the streets and walk around without disguises and sing about looking for a gift. But instead of looking, Michaelangelo turns into "that opera guy" and starts singing, and it's surprisingly a decent song. So when that finish, they find a bunch of random stuff and take it back to the sewer.
The turtles rap as they wrap and then present Splinter with his gifts on Christmas morning, and to accompany this, he sings a rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas...as if we haven't suffered enough. Following his song, Splinter lets his students know that their love and devotion to him was gift enough. Awkwardly, Michaelangelo asks if anybody's in the mood for pizza, so they call it in and then a bunch of children show up to dance and sing with the turtles, wishing us a Turtles Christmas.
Wow! This is ungodly, this is unacceptable, this should not exist! Absolutely no thought or effort was put into it. The costumes look terrible, the animatronics are really bad, the script is bad and so is the acting. The songs are all terrible, except for 'Gotta Get a Gift' and 'O Little City of New York'. I can't think of one good reason for this so-called Christmas special to even exist, except this company was DESPERATE to make a quick buck by latching on to a franchise that practically dead by 1995. I blame the third Ninja Turtles movie and revamping the animated series for killing off the franchise, and this We Wish You a Turtle Christmas was the last nail on the coffin. It's stupid! It not only talks down to children, but no child in his or her right mind would be entertained by this, so WHO were they trying to kid? I mean, if the writer, producer, director and the actors put some ACTUAL effort into this, it might have been good. But no, they just threw it together in a desperate attempt to profit. I wonder exactly how much profit they made from this? I don't recall much Ninja Turtles merchandise relating to this or Coming Out of Their Shells. Were they looking to profit from video sales? If so, I can safely assume they didn't make much, because I never saw this video in stores. In fact, I never even knew this special existed until about a month ago, and I really wish I never found out. So I hope they all lost money from this, that somebody is really, really ashamed for ever dreaming up this concept, and let's be thankful that this special never caught on.
The turtles rap as they wrap and then present Splinter with his gifts on Christmas morning, and to accompany this, he sings a rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas...as if we haven't suffered enough. Following his song, Splinter lets his students know that their love and devotion to him was gift enough. Awkwardly, Michaelangelo asks if anybody's in the mood for pizza, so they call it in and then a bunch of children show up to dance and sing with the turtles, wishing us a Turtles Christmas.
Wow! This is ungodly, this is unacceptable, this should not exist! Absolutely no thought or effort was put into it. The costumes look terrible, the animatronics are really bad, the script is bad and so is the acting. The songs are all terrible, except for 'Gotta Get a Gift' and 'O Little City of New York'. I can't think of one good reason for this so-called Christmas special to even exist, except this company was DESPERATE to make a quick buck by latching on to a franchise that practically dead by 1995. I blame the third Ninja Turtles movie and revamping the animated series for killing off the franchise, and this We Wish You a Turtle Christmas was the last nail on the coffin. It's stupid! It not only talks down to children, but no child in his or her right mind would be entertained by this, so WHO were they trying to kid? I mean, if the writer, producer, director and the actors put some ACTUAL effort into this, it might have been good. But no, they just threw it together in a desperate attempt to profit. I wonder exactly how much profit they made from this? I don't recall much Ninja Turtles merchandise relating to this or Coming Out of Their Shells. Were they looking to profit from video sales? If so, I can safely assume they didn't make much, because I never saw this video in stores. In fact, I never even knew this special existed until about a month ago, and I really wish I never found out. So I hope they all lost money from this, that somebody is really, really ashamed for ever dreaming up this concept, and let's be thankful that this special never caught on.