Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1991) - 🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 - 1ST Time Watching/Reaction/Review 

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I don't care what anyone says! I LOVE this movie and I always will!!! It's my childhood.

Tatsu's in charge of overseeing all the foot soldiers, of course he'd be full of grunts.

One thing I never noticed as a child but realized later on is that the Turtles didn't actually beat Super Shredder, he defeated _himself._ They actually didn't even fight him at all, he just rampaged a little bit and then the pier fell on him.

Rip To A Great Actor David Warner, We Will Miss You

Turtle timeshares are owned by shell companies.

Corey Feldman didn't return for this movie as the voice of Donatello as according to Feldman, producers didn't want him to return because of his rehab stint at the time and was afraid of any backlash the film might get. Feldman did return for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3.

Fun Fact: Vanilla Ice is a huge TMNT fan and loves Ninja Rap. If you ask him to perform it, he will. You can find videos on RU-vid of him performing it recently (like within the last 5 years). Also, he flips and renovates houses and he calls his work crew "The Ninjaz." That naming convention coming, of course, from TMNT and Ninja Rap. Also, he enjoys going with a TMNT Aesthetic when designing Entertainment Areas. Yeah... Ice is a Turtle-Head for sure. :D

I kinda want you guys to watch Surf Ninjas now, simply because it tried to ride the Ninja Turtles wave(like 3 Ninjas) plus it stars Ernie Reyes Jr AND Ernie Reyes Sr. Plus I've seen Surf Ninjas WAY more than Ninja Turtles.

I saw this movie when I was 11, and that 13:03 *"Yeah, a little **_too_** Raph!"* joke had me going for years. That scene would randomly pop into my head from time to time, and I'd just giggle for a couple minutes. Seriously, even in high school, if the thought of TMNT2 came up, that joke always came with it 😆

I can still remember my mother telling me we were gonna go to see the movie in the theater, it was like being told we were going to Disneyland because i was such a big Turtles fan! And the holding shots thing in the movie, that was a thing still in the 90's, comes from all the way in the 60's when movies were like 3 hours long.

The critique is fair. Parent's groups got involved in the 80s when the cartoon got popular and were worried about violence. So to get the movie made, they had to agree to make the turtles not actually use their weapons on people. That's why it was all slapstick.

Nostalgic love for this movie. And I didn't even realize until about a year ago that they never actually use their weapons. And of course, while he was woefully inept, loved Kevin Nash as Super Shredder 👌

R.I.P. David Warner, you were Prof. Jordan Perry and you were the best Ra’s al Ghul. My good man you will be missed.

YES! I love this movie! RIP David Warner.

Oh gosh...I did not realize how happy Em's puns and Pippin's pets made me until they were gone...missed you folks. ✌💯😁

Too bad Emily didn't enjoy this TMNT movie as much as I still do. I still have this one on VHS too.

"Yeah, maybe a little too Raph..." I still quote this line still today! Most people have no idea what I'm talking about.

RIP David Warner. Fun Fact the guy that took off his mask was a turtle cameo, same with the guy outside the apartment, The Foot Clan instructor, and I think the guy with the phone is Donatello.

The weapon issue was addressed in a cut scene, where they were under orders from Splinter to learn to do their ninja training WITHOUT their weapons. The novelization makes this much more clear.

Ernie Reyes Jr. is the one who was in the suit for Donatello.

I adore this movie purely on nostalgia and would never expect any reasonable adult to like this film, otherwise. Also, fun fact, Kevin Nash, the WWE wrestler, played Super Shredder at the end of the film.

Emily and Matthew are BACK! We missed y'all!

It should also be noted that Ernie Reyes Jr. enjoyed a certain level of fame for a decade or so, for being a martial arts child prodigy, and was cast in several movies. If I'm not mistaken, his most notable movie was Red Sonja, set in the Conan universe. But yeah, for some reason, in the first TMNT movie, Donatello got the "star power" treatment, with Ernie in the suit and Corey Feldman voicing. It was odd, since Michaelangelo was arguably the most popular turtle.

To be fair many of us look at this movie through rose coloured lenses because we grew up on it... we still see it through a kid's eyes.. an adult who has no reference of it isn't gonna see it the same

The unenthusiastic “oh no a hostage”😂🤣💙😂💙 when I was a kid we thought these movies were so great😂🤣💙

While I would have preferred Casey Jones over Keno in this movie, I did enjoy seeing Ernie Reyes Jr., he is a great martial artist. This movie did him a real disservice by not allowing him to show it more. That being said, another movie that I have loved since childhood with Ernie is Surf Ninjas. A remarkably goofy movie with a great cast including Leslie Nielsen, Rob Schneider, and Tone Loc.

I have a LOT of nostalgia for this movie but yeah, I can admit, it's not very good. Stupid parent groups basically sabotaged it. I actually think that Turtles 3 is the better film, despite the drop in quality of the costumes and effects.

"Yeah, a little TOO Raf." might just be my favorite line as well.

I went through a phase as a young adult (and getting more into the film making process) rewatching this movie again and saying typical things like "yeah it's nothing compared to the first and not being a kid anymore, this kinda sucks". But in actuality, the more you think about it, TMNT2 is actually what most expected the first movie to be as it does have more of a kid friendly vibe like the original cartoon series, where the original film was more inspired by the OG comics as well as the cartoon show at the same time. Either ways, I can both acknowledge this movie's faults but still have a soft place in my heart for it and still appreciate some of the same costume and acting techniques like the first movie....TMNT3 however...the less said the better (though it has a cool soundtrack)

8:22 - they can't use their weapons because Parent Groups complained after the 1st movie about kids copying what they saw on the screen. So in this movie the Turtles don't use their weapons but sausages as nun-chucks, etc

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This one they were trying to be more “kid friendly” they didn’t want them to use their weapons a lot like they did in the first one. They also wanted it to be lighter than the first one. Ernie Reyes Jr was Donatello’s stunt double in the first one but wanted to display his skills more as himself. They recast April cause Judith Hoag was difficult to work with (according to the director) and publicly spoke out against the way the filming was done. Shredder wasn’t suppose to come back in this movie but the producers overrode the decision and wanted it to be more like the cartoon.

Keno..(Ernie Reyes Jr) played by one of the guys in the turtle suit in the 1st movie. Who also played Johnny in the movie Surf Ninjas with his dad.

A "Keno" kind of character appeared in the last season of the original TMNT cartoon (where they made a very SERIOUS-LOOKING change to the animation style and the backgrounds; mainly all took place at night), but he was more a "Mutant" that couldn't control his mutation (as the turtles also had those issues in that season, but coming like "HULK-DEMON Turtles")

I recall having the cassette tape of the soundtrack because I loved Vanilla Ice and Ice Ice Baby so much I had it memorized. I tried to memorize this one too, but sadly did not retain this song as much as Ice Ice Baby. Yo, VIP, let's kick this and so my mind must have thought so too along the way. I no longer have any tapes whether VHS or cassettes. I enjoyed the blast from the past with Go, Ninja. Go Ninja Go. 😂

Unfortunately, this movie was forced to be more kid friendly than the first. Still a fun watch, but could have been better. The tone and dialogue was inspired by the 80's cartoon. The first film was comic inspired. EDIT: There was a story I heard behind the scenes from this movie. Can't remember if it was Mikey's actual actor or the guy doing the voice, but he was excited to go meet Vanilla Ice. He ran over and got stiff-armed by his bodyguards. Said bodyguards came very, very close to getting jumped by the Turtles actors. EDIT 2: The mutagen/ooze works really weird. Sometimes it mutates your clothes too, sometimes it doesn't.

Please watch the STAR TREK movies! 🖖

As someone who was in the target demographic for this film (early teens in 91) , I was well aware of who Ralph Nader was when I watched this. Maybe I was unique but in my case not just a joke for the parents.

R.I.P. David Warner (Prof. Perry)

Emily the actor who played Kenu was in Rush hour 2 and as little kid he was in another karate movie called The last dragon which was produced by Motown owner Berry Gordy

Fun Fact: Super Shredder was played by Kevin Nash. The Russian who fought the Punisher.

Yes! Part 2 party ppl. The super shredder was play by Kevin Nash the pro wrestler.

the reason why a lot of fans of the 90's turtles didn't like the second movie was because the studio thought that the first film was a bit too dark and adult oriented. the violence and swearing was a bit over the top for them since they basically wanted to use the movie to sell toys. So in part 2 they didn't allow the turtles to use their signature ninja weapons in a fight anymore and they weren't allowed to curse. the cartoonish quality of the story was very noticeable as well. part 1 felt like the turtles were real, it was the perfect amount of realism with fantasy and having the turtles use their weapons was just great, so seeing them take all that away in part 2 made many hate the film. it got worse with part 3 and is what many believe killed the possibility for more movies. no one wanted to see it get even worse than it did. AND they were right as soon after they made that Saban tv series which we all never talk about.

Well, you've stepped in it now.... you've GOT to do #3 to complete the set.

It's a fair critique, but I still really like this one despite the production woes from interfering busy-bodies. It's not as good as the first, but it's a lot of fun and has a lot of memorable moments. So fuck it. Go ninja! Go ninja! Go! Oh, and Emily, if you thought this was bad, wait 'til you get to 3.

as a kid this was my favorite of the 3 followed by 3 followed by 1. now that im older my list is now 1, 2, and then 3.

Now I want to see reactions to other 90s tryhard martial arts movies, like 3 Ninjas and Sidekicks. How much can we make Emily laugh at bad movies?

For some reason I recorded myself on tape repeating the "Look, it's Raph!" "Yeah, a little *too* Raph.." joke after seeing this in the cinema as a kid

It has the best one liners. "A little to Raph. And Mutual Splinter when they get out of the net, always made me chuckle

Professor Doctorman just died a couple weeks ago too, RIP to him.

One of my favorite gags in this whole movie is definitely when the Turtles are watching April's news report at her apartment and Mikey crunches the Chikostik right in Raph's good ear. Raph (read it with a Brooklyn accent in your mind): Hey, Mike ? Ya think ya could crunch any louda?! I can still hear out of this one. Sheesh!! (Mikey takes it as an open invitation/challenge and bites hard into the chikostik right in Raph's ear)😅😂🤣

I enjoy 2 and 3 but the first will always be first in my heart.

300 seats in the local theatre... When me and my friends left at the end it was with only about 50 other kids. Everyone else had got up and walked out long before the ending. lol

MOVIES TO ADD TO THE LIST AND/OR SEE SOON Barry Gordy's The Last Dragon (1985) Red Sonja (1985) Surf Ninjas (1993) All Three feature or even star Ernie Reyes Jr. in far better performances. He is also in Rush Hour 2 (2001), but you have to see Rush Hour first to understand the words coming out of his mouth. PLUS The Punisher (2004) The Longest Yard (2005) DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) Magic Mike (2012) John Wick (2014) Magic Mike XXL (2015) SIDE NOTE: Leonardo is voiced by Brian Tochi, most known for being Takashi in Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and Nogata in Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) & Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987). He also has a huge amount of voice work. Interesting fact: While Toshishiro Obata reprises Tatsu (the Dis-Grunt-led 2nd in Command of the Foot Clan) with Michael McConnohie reprising the Voice (and grunts) of Tatsu, and David McCharen reprised the voice of Oroku Saki/The Shredder, the actor portraying The Shredder was changed from James Saito in the first film to Fracois Chau in the second (with wrestler Kevin Nash portraying Super Shredder).

Well, this one was a bit more cartoony than I liked, but it was fun to see man-sized Ernie Reyes Jr., after seeing him using kung fu as a tiny bebe in "Red Sonya."

It wasn't highly publicized at the time, but the actor who played the Super Shredder later went on to play 'The Russian' who had a big fight scene with Thomas Jane's Punisher in the 2004 film. Sheer size and physicality were the main casting goals in each case. It's not clear whether our hosts are pro wrestling fans, but he's also quite well known from his lengthy career there, which was in an early phase at the time of this film.

**nostalgic grunt**

I LOVED this movie as a kid! I know it's not as good as the first one but I still love it lol. Great reaction and fair critique. I'd understand if you didn't do the third one

Please watch part 2 of "RoboCop".

"The original creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles weren't huge fans of the cartoon and they didn't want Be-bop and Rocksteady in the movie because they felt they were too one note and too silly." Hopefully, I remember who said what in this scene from the cartoon: *************** [As Shredder is about to apply the mutagen to Be-bop and Rocksteady.] Shredder- Just relax. Rocksteady- Uh...you sure this will give us those powers you promised us, man? Shredder- Absolutely! [Pause] Of course, you will find it difficult to get a date on Saturday night. ******************* How could they not be a fan of stuff like this?😜

Emily the actor who played super shredder was WWE Hall of famer Kevin Nash who was the second best basketball player in the state of Michigan after magic Johnson when they were in high school

MISSED YOU GUYS! So great to see you again!

I still have all three on VHS tapes, and I'm never giving them away!

Oh fun fact about this movie tho. The kid who plays Keno, Ernie Reyes jr. Was also the same one who actually played in the suit of Donatello in the first movie

Heh. Em kept trying to hear TGIF, and I kept trying to hear TCRI, the name of the company from the comics. It was actually a front for an extraterrestrial reasearch effort by an amoeboid species called 'utroms,' who rode around in the abdominal cavities of human-shaped robot suits.

I'd say the best fight scene is during the Vanilla Ice concert when they square off against the Foot soldiers. That multikick combo that Leonardo does is pretty cool looking lol

So random fact, the Super Shredder was played by the Wrestler Kevin Nash. As for Ernie Reyes Jr. Has been making films since he was a child. He was even the young Prince in Conan and Red Sonja starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. He even was the guy that beat the crap out of the Rock in The Rundown, and the little guy that ran from Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2 in the corporate building. It was also his face you could see for that brief moment in the first film when Donnie laughs at Leo and Ralph at the Farmhouse in the first film.

Missed you guys; glad you're back!

Great to have you both back!!!

"They're babies!" is such a classic lol

The actor who played keno was also in the first ninja turtles movie, except he played Donatello. He was the martial artist in the suit.

I can't believe Vanilla Ice made up that rap on the spot. What a musical genius... :)

Fun Fact: Vanilla Ice's most requested song of all time is "Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO!"

Definitely time for Emily to find out about the glorious Michael Jai White! Black Dynamite needs to get bumped up the list ASAP!

So glad to see y'll are back

I enjoy this movie despite not using much of their weapons but still enjoyable. But I'm sure you might take back what you say when you watch the 3rd movie and you're in for a world of hurt.

The "Electric Boogaloo" meme comes from the movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo from 1984. I kind of want to see you watch it for how dated those films are. They're not good In the comics and cartoon the company is TCRI (Techno Cosmic Research Institute) Oh no. A net. If only one of them had a sword-like cutting instrument on their back... The Ralph Nader joke was about the quality of the net. Mikey was saying that Nader put the safety regulations in place which made sure the netting wasn't likely to break and injure workers. Said safety groups are also why the Turtles weren't allowed to use their weapons in this movie, while Splinter using a arrow was considered perfectly safe since archery is taught to kids at summer camp. Nobody agrees with the reasoning Razar sounds like Bigfoot from A Goofy Movie because they're the same voice. That's Frank Welker. A prolific voice actor who has nearly 900 credits. Some of his most famous characters are Fred (Scooby-Doo), Dr. Claw/MAD cat (Inspector Gadget), Megatron, Slimer/Ray, Abu (Aladdin)... fun fact; He also did voice work for the first animated porno Vanilla Ice actually tried to start a fight with the actor for Michaelangelo when the actor walked up and tried to welcome him to the set. Vanilla Ice is a douchecanoe The voice of Donatello is Adam Carl. Corey Feldman didn't reprise his role That is not a baby snapping turtle The scene of the shells coming up in the water was supposed to be in the beginning of the first movie, but they felt holding off on seeing them for as long as possible was the better approach. They were correct as it's more impactful for the first film There was actually supposed to be a scene where the professor dies and you find out he's an Utrom (the brain aliens like Krang) "This is a bad movie" It's a masterpiece compared to what came after it. The 3rd film, the musical tour/videos (yes, there was a Christmas collection), The Next Mutation... Matthew is slightly incorrect. Keno was not the suit actor. He was a stunt actor so he wore one of the stunt suits. The character has never returned, but a fun little Easter egg in one of the IDW comics is a place called Keno's Pizza

I love the fake Boyle reference lol😂

Damn, I miss family/fantasy movies from the 90s. Yeah they were silly and sometimes bad, but you could suspend your disbelief long enough to have a good time. Thanks for reacting to these crazy time capsules! Oh God, I just got "Warriors of Virtue" flashbacks.

The Heroes in the half shells are back!!!! And so is The Shredder...with a VENGEANCE!!!!! 💙❤️💜🧡

Ralph Nader was big in quality control and consumer protection. If Nader put his stamp of approval on it, that meant real quality.

Love this movie ever time I watch it gotta pizza with me lol

RIP David Warner 🙏

A bunch of crooks are attacked by giant, martial artist, turtle people. I'd stand around in confusion too!

19:50 Kevin Nash.

Well it was a kids movie. Not everything should be critiqued the same as an Oscar caliber film. It is also a very important note to add that Jim Henson (who had no final approval on part 1) thought the original was too violent. That's also why the second is more toned down on the violence. This one is just for fun. At the time violence in films, games, and music was really a hot topic for parents groups as well as in congress. Be that as it may, this was a very very fun movie. I remember watching it in theaters with my family and it was even more fun for me than the original. The original was a bit more dark. This one just seemed a lot more fun. To this day I still think it is just as good as the original if not better. This is also the last project Jim Henson himself worked on (through his creature shop) before he died. For that reason alone the movie gets a solid 10 from me. His years of work and development in puppets and animatronics that helped to bring the Turtles to vivid life is better than any CGI to date. A true legend. I have yet to see CGI live up to it.

The Heroes in the half shells are back!!!! And so is....THE SHREDDER!!!!! 💙❤️💜🧡

Emily: "Go, Ninja, go, ninja, NO!" 🤣

This was one of my favorite movies growing up

Kino was played by Ernie Reyes Jr who was a child actor who used a lot of martial arts in movies. In my world at least he was a pretty big deal haha. He was in Red Sonya with Arnold Swartzeneggar, which basically is a Conan movie (though he isn't really Conan haha).

I Loved All The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie's, Classics

This is definitely one of those movies you had to watch as a kid and grow up with otherwise seeing it as an adult you don't forgive or ignore the flaws.

Also another fun fact the guy who they actually had to play super shredder at the end of this movie was actually the wrestler Kevin Nash.

Little known fact Colonel Sanders is actually a professor too, but he just switches his title when he feels like it.

The movie that made me fall in love with David Warner.

I saw this in the theater, and when Vanilla Ice showed up on screen, half the audience cheered, then the other half laughed at the cheering. I mean, at least they enjoyed it, right?

Jim Henson's REAL Turtles are still the best!

My brother and I use a little too Raph all the time. To this day 😂.

Watching the second one makes me want to watch the first one again.