Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 1 Ver 2

This DVD is worth it for any fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Don't hesitate to buy this no frills DVD on the cheap. True, it has no bonus features, but I will admit that I rarely watch those if ever, so I do not buy DVDs for those reasons. It comes in a simple DVD case that is probably very cheap to make, and the savings go on to the buyer. Season one is the BEST. It is gritty, it is funny, and it is full of action. These are the best episodes of the entire series, and the start of a craze that swept the nation and continues to do so today. The start of the relationship between the turtles and April, their connection with Splinter.....it is epic. The quality seems like you were watching it back in the day (square TV style viewing), but I think it is probably better. Ah nostalgia. It is awesome.

I grew up watching TMNT, and was delighted when the DVD release of the original series was announced. This release features the entire first season from 1987. This can be a little misleading, as the first season only consisted of 5 episodes: "Turtle Tracks", "Enter the Shredder", "A Thing About Rats", "Hot-Rodding Teenagers From Dimension X" and "Shredder and Splintered". Over the course of these episodes, we see many Turtles favourites introduced; Shredder, Krang, April O'Neil, Bebop and Rocksteady, even minor characters like General Tragg that were known best for their action figure counterparts! To compensate for the short first season, a bonus four episodes from 1996's Season 10 (which never made it to British TV screens) are included: "The Beginning of the End", "The Return of Dregg", "Monster From Dimension X" and "The Day the Earth Disappeared". While these episodes are quite interesting to watch from the perspective as someone who only saw the first couple of seasons of the show as a child, they don't have the same magic that the old episodes had; the animation looks a lot cheaper, like many modern cartoons, and much of the humour from earlier episodes is absent. Unfortunately, there are no documentaries about the cultural impact the show had or anything along those lines, which would have been very interesting. The only bonus features are the extra episodes. I personally hadn't seen the first couple of episodes until buying this set, since the craze reached my school a few episodes in. An interesting note about the first season is that the episodes follow a linear storyline, and the episodes are sequential (some taking place directly after the events at the end of the previous episode). The DVD picture quality is good. The quality is crisp, considering it is a cartoon from 1987. Some imperfections can be seen fairly frequently, though this is probably due to the age of the cartoons and the quality of the original broadcasts and not due to poor production values, as the 1996 episodes are much crisper quality. Sound has the slight imperfections that you'd expect from a cartoon from the 80s, and is completely listenable. Menus are excellent, featuring great airbrushed art very typical of original Turtles merchandise and artwork from the late 80s and early 90s. The DVD comes in a case within a foil-enhanced cardboard sleeve featuring some great artwork of the Turtles emerging from the sewer in the airbrushed glory of 1980s, cartoon New York. This is the most attractive of any of the DVD releases so far. Artwork quality on subsequent releases decreased significantly. A fantastic trip down memory lane, and well worth the price!

First off i have to say that i was a fan of this show at one year old. Being born in '86 i grew up with the Turtles. I had a good handfull of the VHS tapes but not all of them. It took me a while to get the DVD's now for their rerelease only because i was a little ashamed of going to the store and buying them. I finally bought this volume (#1) and i have to say its a little scary to be watching these episodes after all these years and remembering the lines!. I tried watching the new series but it just doesnt compare to my childhood memories of the Originals. This disc contains the 5 episodes in the 1st Season. To compare with the other volumes it includes 4 Never before Shown Episodes from '96. If you were a fan back in the day you will laugh with your Kids? again at these episodes. The 4 New ones however are great, very par with the originals but i dont have the same childhood feeling i have with the originals. Well for any old Turtle lovers out there, be sure to pick this up. Dont be ashamed at reliving your childhood, it was the best years of your life And for the New Turtle Fans, the ones growing up on the new series, you should bug your parents to buy these ones, im sure they will want to watch them anyways

I had been curious to watch this series again, since I have very fond memories of the shows from my childhood. The complete boxed set was abruptly discontinued, so I'll be trying to collect all of the volumes and season sets individually. There were only five episodes in the first season, which is sort of a miniseries to introduce the Turtles and establish Shredder as their main enemy. I did watch one of the "bonus" episodes from season 10, but want to wait to view the whole series in order before watching any more. If you buy the season 10 disc, it should duplicate the "bonus" shows from this DVD (plus the portions of season 10 that weren't included here). Without giving away too many spoilers, I noticed recurring themes in the miniseries. One I had kind of missed while growing up - the idea of Master Splinter returning to human form. Raphael felt like a slightly different character. I knew he was a wise guy who liked to joke around and use sarcasm. In these episodes, I saw a more caring side of him, whether he was encouraging his brothers, or expressing concern over Michelangelo getting buried in a pile of rubble. My 5 star rating is mostly based on the content. As some other reviewers have mentioned, the audio and video were probably left as is, rather than being remastered. My setup is a progressive scan DVD player, outputting via component cables to my surround sound receiver. From there, the receiver supposedly upconverts the video to a 720p signal, and I watch the shows on my 32" 768p HDTV. On the couch, I'm probably 8 feet or more away from the screen, so the video looks fine. Episode #2 had some weird "artifacts," where it looked like extra lines were added to the picture (maybe from the deinterlacing process?). The sound isn't overpowering, with a simple two channel stereo format. I had to turn it up a little bit, but voices are clear, and I didn't hear any background noise (unfortunately, some of the other DVDs in this series do have audio issues). What more can I say? If you grew up with the Turtles, this is a good purchase or rental. I'm looking forward to collecting and watching the remaining 188 episodes!

This DVD is a must have for anyone who watched the TMNT in the 80'es!!! At last, fans in Denmark can now also watch this great cartoon as it was ment to be seen! Our Danish public service station over here, TV2, aired the show around the same time as it ran in the UK, and unfortunatlly we also had to put up with the terrible versions of all of the episodes! All the need stuff and the word ninja was edited out in each and every one of them, and "the teenage mutant ninja turtles" were renamed "the teenage mutant hero turtles", terrible! and the only glimpses we got from the first season was the 72 minute cut version "how it all began"! With this DVD release though, we can now enjoy this first season in it's full length with opening and end-credits included just like they should be!! Sound and picture quality is great, although it annoys me a bit that the navigation menue does not include any animated secments or tmnt-theme music. Just the humm from my DVD-drive! Another thing which is not that great, is the inclusion of the bonus episodes. They should have waited to release these on the correct season dvd in the correct order! The reason why I am giving this title five stars anyway, is the great version we're getting of the original five parter miniseries, really great!! Hopefully Artisan will release the intire series on DVD in the near future!!

I grew up watching the TMNT as a child and this dvd was something to bring the memories back. Volume 1 starts off telling the story of how the TMNT got started. Also, it's a good price for the number of shows. When I first watched the shows on the dvd I was expecting a lot more violence, suspence, and drama. But I had to realize that this is a kids cartoon.Futhermore, TMNT would have been nice to include more detailed fight scenes, suspence to keep the viewers on there toes to know what might happen on the next show, or drama to keep the viewers more excited. On the other hand, it's a nice show to watch even after its debut from the 80s. TMNT have a lot of entertaining scenes on the dvd. After all, Leonardo is the leader of the pack, Michelangelo is the life of the party, Donatello is the brains and genius, and Raphael is the rude boy, that can be sarcastic at times, and is aggressive. Each turtle brings a different personality to the table to keep the bad guys away and the fans wanting more.

Five stars for the show. ZERO for the DVD. there was obviously NO effort put into it. such a classic show deserves better treatment than this. the episodes dont even have chapters. you have the play all button, and the episodes are chapters themselves. the video is slightly grainy at times, but nothing to serious. you get 4 "bonus" episodes from the shows later seasons which are just terrible. anyway, on with the positive. can anybody name one childrens series from '87 thats still so successful today? i didnt think so. this original miniseries gives you the first five episodes. here you learn the turtles origin, along with the history between splinter and shredder. you also see the first confrontation and defeat of shredder. a classic show. anybody who watched this as a kid should still enjoy it now.. with a little help from me friends.. ;) this is deffinitely the best of the series. there was a steady decline in overall quality after this initial season. although i did love most of the original series. at leased till they changed the theme song/character designs [sigh]

After reading through a number of reviews on this DVD release, only one question comes to mind: "What is wrong with you people?" I don't understand some of your arguments at all. So what if the cartoon-transfer isn't up to DVD-quality standards; we should be eternally grateful that Family Home Entertainment gave us what we wanted. For years, fans of the old cartoon show have lamented the fact that our beloved Heroes in a Halfshell had not been given the special DVD treatment. And now, after all that time, we're finally given what we've long awaited for . . . and all you people do is complain. Moan. Whine. Groan. Bellyache. See a pattern developing here? I could go on and on. And did it ever cross your minds that some of us actually like the box cover art that Family Home Entertainment chose to represent its release? The old cartoon was known for its goofy nature, its appeal to children, and its loveable/huggable characters . . . even the bad guys. Don't go disrespecting the box cover art because you think it should represent today's age demographic. Whatever. It's fine. Leave it be. End of story. I am happy that the old cartoon has finally made it to DVD. I don't need 101 extras to make it a worthwhile addition to my collection. Millions and millions of fans wanted one thing, one thing only, and we got it: the old cartoon given the DVD treatment. Be grateful for what you've been given; don't grumble. Family Home Entertainment didn't have to give us anything at all, but they did. Accept the DVD release for what it is, and get on with your lives.

1987年版（通称は旧亀、クラシックシリーズ等）の北米版DVDです。 リージョンは１。音声は英語のみ、字幕無し。 第１シーズンの１話～５話が収録されています。 シリーズ１弾目ということもあり、作画が丁寧でキャラがイキイキと動きます。 音声は英語だけですが、手頃な値段だったので購入しました。 画質は可もなく不可もなくといったレベルで、話数ごとにしかチャプターはありません。 テレビ東京で放送され、日本でヒットしたタートルズのアニメですが、日本版のDVDは未発売（2017年現在）。 生誕30周年を迎え、新作の映画も発表されているので、是非とも昔のアニメシリーズも日本版のDVDを発売して頂きたいですね。

Je sais que vous pouvez les revoir en streaming mais pour l'objet je conseille au moins de possédé la 1ere Saison y'a que 5 Ep et c'est pas si cher .. Le meilleur design des Tortue Que voulez vous de plus lol

このDVDはリージョンコードが北米仕様なので、普通に日本で販売されているDVDプレイヤーでは再生できません。 そしてパソコンで再生しようとすると、リージョンコードの変更が必要となります。 このリージョンコード変更は回数が決まっているので注意が必要です。 (フリーウェアや体験版などでリージョンコードが違っても再生ができるプログラムがあります。それらを併用すれば問題はありません。) 当方、子供の頃にテレビでこのタートルズを日本語訳されたものを観てました。 このDVDは1987年版シリーズになります。 もちろん海外用のDVDなので日本語字幕と音声はありません。 しかし劇中で話している事はそんなに難しい内容ではないので、リスニング練習としては実に良い教材です。 自分のお気に入りの映画やアニメで英語の勉強をする方が効率アップして長続きするので、 ディズニーやトムとジェリーなども良いですが、タートルズも試してはいかがでしょうか！？

Service was quick, old school dvd of the turtles that my daughter loves!!! Very happy!!!

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