If you're going to crank up the volume, be prepared for some hiss, but it's really nothing to get in a fuss over. The overall sound quality isn't excellent, but it is listenable. Languages and Audio The audio is Dolby Digital 2.0.
The series theme song plays on a loop in the background while you're making your selection.Įxtras (more on those below) are located on disc 3 and are accessed under the "Today's Special" option - again with the pizza theme. The main menu screens are minimally animated and submenus have still image backgrounds. The producers of this set probably considered them a nice novelty feature, but we consider them annoying. A short trailer plays before the main menu when the disc is accessed. The menus are all pretty well designed and intuitive, carrying on the whole pizza theme. It's unfortunate that nothing has been done to preserve the series which is destined for classic status. Dirt, bleed and another visual flaws are all fairly noticeable throughout the entire set. There's clearly been no attempt made at retouching anything. The video quality, while not shockingly bad, is certainly lacking. Video and Presentation The episodes are all presented in 1.33:1 fullscreen format. Maybe Lionsgate will include it in a future release? The "Planet of the Turtleoids" two-parter, which actually aired in primetime as a 1-hour special in August 1991, is not included in this set. This three-disc season five set features all 18 episodes from the fifth season, but there's one quibble that may have longtime fans scratching their heads. This episode has it all: the mythology, the laughs, and plenty of Shredder vs. The highlight of season five, by far, is "My Brother, the Bad Guy," which introduces us to Shredder's brother who is determined to bring him to justice, but his by-the-book ways prevent him from accepting the Turtles as allies. The fighting, when it happens, is some of the best, and most of the jokes still hit their mark. There's still plenty to get excited about in season five, however. The dialogue is some of the worst ever on the series. Note to the creative team: Muckman isn't the only one who messed up. The low point of the season, "Muckman Messes Up," has the turtles taking on the cringe-inducing Muckman and Joe Eyeball, unsuspecting garbage men that have been mutated into two ridiculous looking bad guys that blame the turtles for their plight.
For example, the introduction of new characters like Napoleon Bonafrog and Mondo Gecko (a pretty cool character in his own right) wreaks of the kind of self-awareness that can make any show jump the shark. The series just doesn't feel as fresh and original as before. Season five definitely has some iffy, but it's still fun to watch even in the worst of them. It's generally accepted among TMNT devotees that the middle part of the series, while still pretty good, has some of the weakest episodes of the 10-season run. It was also around this time that the series, for whatever reason, began to stray creatively. Oh! And they use a lot of surfer slang and really, really love pizza.īy the time season five of the Ninja Turtles animated series rolled around in 1991, the heroes in a half-shell had become pop culture icons, and the whole phenomenon had begun to fade a little. They become a team of vigilante crime fighters, frequently facing off against Shredder, their arch-nemesis.
The Turtles began as an edgy comic book series that quickly developed a cult following, and ultimately morphed into a multi-platform property with worldwide popularity.Īs most everyone will know, the series follows four humanoid turtles - they were transformed after being exposed to mutagen - Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo who are trained by their master Splinter - a rat-like humanoid who was also exposed to mutagen - in the art of ninjitsu. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ruled the late '80s and early '90s like no other franchise.