#NowWatching: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
OMMMMGGGGGGG I am totally geeking out on 90s nostalgia right now. Um, so what else is new??!?!
HOLY CRAP! I haven't seen this movie since literally I was like 13, and it's so friggen good! Dude, the suits in this are EPIC and caused me to do some major googling to see how they did it ...
Found this pretty rad article highlighting the fact that they only used live action rubber suits because of their paltry $13.5 million dollar budget; they worked with what was best and cheap and told a good story. (Hollywood focused on that part - SHOCKING!!) Given too, this was the 90s - and today's CGI would just blow this out of the water ... but it had its appeal, and it holds a special place in my nerdy little heart for having such excellent execution.
Seriously, I can't get over it. Are there like little switches that control the mouth on the hands of the actors that they hit when it's their turn to speak? What is going on here?? How did that happen??! BAHHHHH!!!! Must. Know. Everything.
BACK TO THE GOOGLE!!!!!
I am proud of you, my sons. Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the Ninja: that ultimate mastering comes not from the body, but from the mind. Together, there is nothing your four minds cannot accomplish. Help each other, draw upon one another, and always remember the power that binds you.
#NINJARAP
