I'm 32 years of age. I've been through the 80's and like almost every other child on Earth, I was glued to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It was an obsession of mine for a good part of my life. Three years in a row I was Raphael for Halloween. I remember back in third grade at North Elementary in Lancaster, Ohio, I was at a friend's house playing with various TMNT toys we each had. I dropped his Casey Jones. His head came off due to the impact of the fall. This kid auto bawled as soon as it happened. You see, Casey Jones of the 1980's was badass. He was so badass that our 8 and 9 year old brains could recognize they amount of badass Casey Jones really is. If you had a Casey Jones figure, you were a badass. Well, unfortunately, I did not but I really felt the kids pain. It was like loosing his best soldier. He cried and ran in his house and I ran home. We haven't talked since. Well that being said, I really love Ninja Turtles and I was skeptically stoked when I learned of the Nickelodeon remake. Like any Turtle fan, I had to check this out.

Man. Oh crap! That's awesome! was words that came out of my mouth the entire time. I think a couple wow's got in there, I'm not sure. Probably. I'm so impressed with the fluid animation of that show. Ninja's, baby. The fight scenes are like a flowing river of violence. It's beautiful. The different Turtles have their classic trademark personalities and it's great dialog and interaction between the brothers. April is a teenager, that is one major change but it's working out. Splinter is the character I'm most impressed with. He himself is the biggest incarnation of the character yet. He towers over the turtles. I think it kinda give's that Splinter's in charge feel instead of short feeble i need a cane Splinter of the movies. Although he would whoop me in a fight. Any version of Splinter would mop the floor with anyone. Where was I?....oh, Splinter. He has the presence about him as a strong sensei. Very wise and actually funny.

I love how they just blend all the version of the show and the comic and a bit of the movie as well just all together to make the dough of the pizza that we eat every saturday. I'm thinking that this might be my favorite version of the Turtles. Just the way it's written you know that the writers were also fans, just like you, playing with toys on the porch. it has everything that made the turtles amazing and more. I'm 32 years old and still eagerly waiting for the next episode of my favorite cartoon. May the Turtles live forever.