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"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (Rating: 8.1)
The heroes in a half shell have been saving New York City, and eating pizza, since their first comic book was published in the mid-1980s, and many adults who grew up with the TMNT are now watching them with their own kids. Nickelodeon is currently airing Season 4 of an animated series that launched in 2012, but it's actually the third animated TV series about the TMNT, following the first one, from 1987-1996, and the second from 2003-2009. There was also a live-action series that followed the first feature films released in the early 1990s.
The film franchise got a reboot in 2014, and just released the second movie, Out of the Shadows, in June 2016. IMDb users are currently debating which TV series — current, '03, or '80s — is the best. The consensus is that the 2003 series was darker, more serialized, and more serious than the current series, which has a lighter tone and a more episodic format. The current series has the highest user rating, at 8.1; the '87 series is close behind with an 8.0 rating, and the 2003 series has a 7.7 rating.
The heroes in a half shell have been saving New York City, and eating pizza, since their first comic book was published in the mid-1980s, and many adults who grew up with the TMNT are now watching them with their own kids. Nickelodeon is currently airing Season 4 of an animated series that launched in 2012, but it's actually the third animated TV series about the TMNT, following the first one, from 1987-1996, and the second from 2003-2009. There was also a live-action series that followed the first feature films released in the early 1990s.
The film franchise got a reboot in 2014, and just released the second movie, Out of the Shadows, in June 2016. IMDb users are currently debating which TV series — current, '03, or '80s — is the best. The consensus is that the 2003 series was darker, more serialized, and more serious than the current series, which has a lighter tone and a more episodic format. The current series has the highest user rating, at 8.1; the '87 series is close behind with an 8.0 rating, and the 2003 series has a 7.7 rating.