By the time of the mid to late nineteen nineties the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had become a pop culture icon that had conquered the worlds of animation and live action cinema. However there was one world that they had yet to conquer and that's where Power Rangers co-creator Haim Saban comes in because he created a show that was so bad it's barely talked about any more and so then join me as I review the first five episodes of the show that introduced the world to a brand new turtle with the episodes in question being called simply just "East Meets West" enjoy.
The plot of these first five episodes is when Master Splinter is kidnapped in a spirit world it's up to the turtles and their previously unheard of sister to save him before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very first episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very first episodes was in all honesty not that bad altho it's not a story that really needs five episodes in order to tell it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in these episodes is Dale Wilson as The Voice Of Chung I and Jason Gray-Stanford as The Voice Of Donatello. Also starring in these episodes is X-Men: Evolution star Michael Dobson as The Voice Of Leonardo , Kirby Morrow as The Voice Of Michelangelo , Patrick Pon as The Shredder , Stephen Mendel as The Voice Of Master Splinter , Matt Hill as The Voice Of Raphael , Lalainia Lindbjerg as The Voice Of Venus De Milo , Christopher Gaze as The Voice Of Dragonlord and Lee Tockar as The Voice Of Wick.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first episodes was in all honesty not that bad. However it wasn't all that good either as these characters are so badly written that it makes it impossible for the actors to turn in a good a performance because of the fact that the script for these very first episodes are just that bad.
Doing the CGI for this show and thus these episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Prospero Imaging. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. However tho it's also very clearly dated quite badly as well this is of no fault of the effects company tho as they most likely didn't have the effects budget needed to make the CGI look all that good.
As was stated at the start of this review this is the show that introduced the world to the character of Venus De Milo a character so bad that TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman at one point in time refused to even talk about the character. I have to admit that she wan't as bad as i'd thought that she would be in these opening episodes but she was still a pretty pointless edition to the main cast as her origin just makes Splinter look like a bad parent and it makes no sense as to why the turtles wouldn't remember a fifth turtle being with them when they got mutated.
The idea behind Venus isn't a bad idea as she knows a different form martial art and so she could make for an interesting edition to the line up. However tho it's how she's handled in the first two episodes of this show that get her of to a bad foot as she's immediately made out to be this perfect character with her taking out all four Ninja Turtles on her own and when you present a character as flawless no matter if their male or female then they have no where to go but down because you can't fully develop them or give them flaws because you've made them out to be this perfect character and that's just not that fun nor is it really all that interesting to see on screen either.
It's not all bad for this show tho as the turtle suits do look good or they at the very least look alot better then the suits that we got for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Our Shells tour. I have to admit that they did Splinter dirty in this show tho as he just looks like a cheap halloween costume with his mouth being the only, thing about his costume that actually works as his eyes just make him look dead inside and why they chose to give the turtles matching coloured knee and elbow pads is beyond me as it just stupid.
Now then these first five episodes has / had an exact grand total running time of twenty minuets and twenty seven seconds for episode one , nineteen minuets and forty six seconds for episode two , sixteen minuets and twenty four seconds for episode three , nineteen minuets and fifty three seconds for episode four and twenty minuets and seven seconds for episode five. I have to admit that despite the many issues that these episodes have they all had some really good paving to each of the episodes altho this storyline really didn't need to be five episodes long as they get Splinter back by the end of episode three.
So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. Altho I could have done without all of the cutting away just as the action got started and all of the cartoonish sound effects that are in every single action scene and are just really annoying and aren't needed at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall these first episodes were pretty bad but at the same time there was a glimmer of potential it's just a shame then that that potential just wasn't fully realized at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very review and as such that means that these very episodes really does earn themselves a combined grand old score of exactly a 4 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page , the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.