Why Were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Sausage Nunchucks Cut Out in the UK? If you didn’t like the most recent big screen adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there’s a good chance that you’re one of the many fans who preferred the original franchise iteration from the 1. The original movie from the beginning of the decade was surprisingly dark and gritty for a movie that ended up being a favorite of kids, but that tone changed a bit when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze was made the following year. Since there were millions of kids who became obsessed with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, largely because of the popular animated series that came out even before the first movie did, New Line Cinema decided they needed to make the franchise more child friendly. You may never have realized this before, but that’s why the turtles rarely use their signature weapons to thwart bad guys. In fact, there was one key moment in when Michelangelo uses a pair of sausages strung together as some makeshift nunchucks. However, even that was deemed too much for audiences in the United Kingdom. Find out about the offending Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 sausage nunchucks after the jump. The story goes, the British Board of Film Classification was in the business of doing a lot of censoring of entertainment in the 1. The weapons and more concerning violence was removed from both in an effort to make them more kid friendly. So what made the sausage nunchucks so offensive that the scene in question had to be cut from the movie? In the BBFC’s case study on their classification and censorship of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, they explain that the scene needed to be cut because “any streetwise 8- year old” would think they were weapons. Of course, any streetwise 8- year old would probably also be smart enough to know the difference between nunchucks and sausages, but whatever. The suggestion by the BBFC was as follows: “After turtle takes down sausages and uses them as a flail. Reduce to minimum dazzling display of swinging sausages indistinguishable from chainsticks.”Ah, the magic of pointless censorship. If you want to read the BBFC’s full case study on the matter, check it out over here. After the first film scored $65 million opening weekend, Paramount just announce the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 release date, June 3, 2016. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is a 2016 American action adventure film based on the Mirage Studios characters of the same name. Thanks to Den of Geek for bringing this to our attention. Cool Posts From Around the Web. Paramount's 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' reboot is getting a sequel in 2016, announced in the wake of its big opening weekend. It probably doesn't matter that toy-commercial-cum-movie-shaped-object "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" is better than its predecessor, "Teenage. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Movie Review (2. It probably doesn't matter that toy- commercial- cum- movie- shaped- object . Nevertheless, it should be noted that . This is the kind of movie that leaves you with the impression that more thought was put into catchphrases and fan service than into a compelling plot, thoughtful characterizations or imaginative action choreography. Advertisement. I will also tell you that the plot is nothing more than a heap of drama- less developments that rely on sheer coincidence, hideous convolutions, and ridiculous expository dialogue to move forward. After facing Shredder, who has joined forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady to take over the world, the Turtles must confront an. Directed by Steve Barron. With Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, David Forman. Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City. Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, trained in the art of ninjutsu by a wise rat sensei they call Master Splinter. A description of tropes appearing in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012). The Turtles are back. This time on Nickelodeon! And the official 32nd. The OFFICIAL Ninja Turtles site with full episodes, videos, TMNT games, pictures & more straight from the sewers of New York City. Check it out! So: everybody's favorite computer- generated amphibian crime- fighters try and fail to recapture arch- nemesis Shredder (Brian Tee) after he breaks out of police custody. Shredder received help from Commander Krang (Brad Garrett), an alien brain monster who lives in a robot's tummy, operates out of a Death- Star- like doomsday machine called the Technodrome and is eager to enslave humanity. The turtles face great peril from Stomach Tumor, Shredder and the gang, including (but not limited to): a lady ninja, two mutant animal- man hybrids named Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (Stephen Farrelly) and evil super- nerd Baxter Stockman (a bowtie- wearing Tyler Perry). But they also face dissent within their group when they rehash the main dilemma of virtually every Ninja Turtles movie, and threaten to disband after un- emotional leader Leonardo (Peter Polszek) pulls rank on hothead Raphael (Alan Ritchson), and Raphael pitches a group- rending fit. Did I mention that a good chunk of the plot revolves around sex- appeal- having TV reporter April O'Neil's (Megan Fox) and her pout- riddled quest to convince incurious police Chief Vincent (Laura Linney) that the turtles are good guys? Or the way that Donatello (Jeremy Howard), the know- it- all turtle, won't stop dispensing some of the most lazy, most illogical expository dialogue since, well, the last Michael Bay- produced movie? How about the way that big bad Shredder doesn't do anything, or fight anybody since henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady spend much of the film .. Advertisement. The film is bogged down with more action- figure- friendly supporting characters—oh yeah, . The plot is essentially lifted from several other Ninja Turtles- related stories. The film is pre- visualized- to- death with its ugly- looking CG protagonists, who still look like the California Raisins' olive- skinned, Mini- Cooper- sized cousins. The jokes feel like place- holders for actual jokes, especially Michelangelo's mediocre, sub- knock- knock jokes mugging. The action scenes, while more technically accomplished than the last Ninja Turtles' film's set pieces, lack any fun grace notes. And there's just so much dialogue that boils down to characters leaping to impossible conclusions that don't follow an internal logic. But none of these complaints matter as much as the realization that some day soon, a kid is going to rewatch . This kid may enjoy the film for a while since the hold of nostalgia is powerful. But this movie will let him or her down because it was not made to last. Pandering ferociously to young viewers with jokes about . There is something insidious about the dumb mirthlessness of . So go ahead, take your children. Any disappointment that leads them to better age- appropriate entertainment is a worthwhile, healthy rite of passage. Their inevitable disillusionment may even hasten a growth spurt.
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