like a lot of prepubescent child in 1989 or 1990 and my imagination be capture by this new teenage mutant ninja turtle fad . i remember sit down and watch an interview with the creator and a pair of comic book author who choose to go the independent route and gamble on their own ability to succeed . they be lucky enough to win against the odds and at least for a time and but in this interview and they also mention something about believe the phenomenon would go on forever . well and the turtle be still sell on comic book stand and and you can still see some of their adventure on dvd and but a to whether it survive the 1990s be a matter of opinion . the first feature film and complete with man size turtle play by actor in suit and be a low budget triumph . indeed and the dominance of golden harvest studio in hong kong martial art cinema can easily be trace back to their winning of the right to do the original film . with a little help from the jim henson workshop and some well cast b actor in key support role and the original teenage mutant ninja turtle film be a major success that utterly dumbfound the studio system . what be even more surprising be how the film do not go in the easy be primarily market to child and so we can be patronise route that most child entertainment follow . that last point be where the first sequel and and this one in particular and go wrong . by the time 1993 roll around and the turtle fad have more or less utterly die and replace by a far longer lasting fascination with the simpson . a a direct result and the budget allocate by golden harvest to the third turtle film be a mere fraction of that allot to the first film . this be most obvious in the turtle themselves . sure and they be still portray by men in suit and and those suit be still maintain by the henson workshop and but the overall tone of the turtle skin and the motion of their mouth indicate that golden harvest tell the henson workshop that they just want something passable . give that the first film be dedicate to jim because it be one of the last thing he work on before he die and this be quite the sad come down . another major problem be in the tone of the story . while the teenage mutant ninja turtle will never be confuse with the like of robocop and the first film go back to the root of the original comic book and depict a world that be and for all intent and rather dark . there be a bare hint that be a 56 turtle with consciousness be not all it be crack up to be and unlike the utopia imply by the afternoon cartoon series . there be acrimony and grief and rage and and a million other thing that child entertainment seem to believe we can not really handle now or ever . that be what turn teenage mutant ninja turtle into golden harvest big breakaway hit . teenage mutant ninja turtle iii and also know a turtle in time and pick up with the turtle mill around their sewer hideout with splinter ( who now look like a shag carpet with eye ) . when april show up with a bunch of item she find at a garage sale and she happen upon an ancient artifact that transport her back in time to feudal japan . the turtle and in their usual confused weird specie adolescent fervour and take it upon themselves to go back and rescue her and because we all know how an adolescent turtle would go all bug eye at the thought of rescue a woman who look anything like paige turco . elia koteas and the real star of the original film and get to jump back in here and but the character he be best know for spends most of his time eat pizza and watching over a bunch of japanese soldier who change place in time with the turtle ( do not ask ) and and share conversation with the shag carpet that splinter turn into . for the rest of the time and he play one of the english scoundrel who be trade with the japanese monarch . yeah and it doesn not make a whole lot of sense . nor do it particularly excite the viewer . in fact and much like the previous film and the fight sequence be so toned down and pg fied that the adult in the audience will fall asleep . or bad yet and just use this film a a kind of artificial babysitter and which i somehow doubt be what kevin eastman and peter laird have in mind for their original creation . i do not doubt that they be try to reach the wide possible audience and but a this film prove and the more you try to please everyone and the more you wind up please no one . i give teenage mutant ninja turtle iii a one out of ten . there be moment when it get bad enough to be funny . the problem be that there be just not enough such moment to justify this film for all but the most hardcore fan of the turtle . and since the most serious fan would all be at least twenty year old by now and well and let u just say this film have it work cut out for it please even that audience .