Teenage Mutant Ninja/Hero Turtles
I was just scrolling through b3ta links and reading a few comments and the Turtles theme popped in to my head for some reason. Crazy how the mind works.
Anyway, this is a comparison between the USA and UK titles sequence which is actually a bit more than just swapping ninja for hero it turns out.
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Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Sun 12 Jul 2020, 20:15,
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That looks interesting
I may watch it when I have an hour spare. Actually, I just watched the first 12 minutes, so now I only need about 48 minutes spare. Good.
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Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Sun 12 Jul 2020, 20:35,
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Worth seeing through for curiosity value. I was unfamiliar with the plots before it even gets to halfway.
So either I got bored of the cartoon early on, or the later seasons never made it over to the UK.
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That's amusing
This explains why
explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1412:_Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles
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Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Sun 12 Jul 2020, 21:46,
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Trochaic tetrameter was new on me
A pity its name doesn't follow the same pattern
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All I can think of is
this
That works, right?
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Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Sun 12 Jul 2020, 22:08,
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I was trying to fit it to
"Heroes in a half shell" for some reason. I think I got confused. It's a tough project. I will need to give it more thought.
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Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Sun 12 Jul 2020, 22:42,
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That's good even for Randall.
But what about heroes in a half-shell? Or indeed, turtle power?
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jonbob loves you, Mon 13 Jul 2020, 3:37,
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TM(H||N)T in my head?
This explains why
https://b3ta.com/links/1544343
https://b3ta.com/links/1544327
That is how they get you. Russian bots.
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Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Sun 12 Jul 2020, 21:52,
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The UK version really did cut all the bits out with nunchucks.
I wonder why. A sword is far more dangerous surely.
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It was to do with 'repeatability' as I recall
The idea was that the BBFC censored anything that kids could easily repeat and cause significant harm.
So swords are ok because kids will just use sticks for swords, and getting clobbered with a stick is pretty minor stuff, unless your mate uses a really, really big stick.
But nunchucks are a different kettle of hyenas. Two short bits of wood and some string and suddenly you can knock some poor sod out without too much trouble.
It was the same deal with punching and headbutting. Punching is ok, people will get bruised, but you're unlikely to knock someone out unless you get lucky. BBFC used to cut headbutts from sub-15 rated stuff because headbutting requires very little skill, and can do serious damage to butt-er and butt-ee alike.
I'm not sure I 100% agreed with it, but it makes a kind of sense.
/relurk
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There are sticks and then there are sticks.
Stick fighting with garden canes can get quite bloody, as I recall. Once they start to split open they pinch your skin and start ripping bits off. And wooden swords are fairly deadly, they can surely break bones. All sticks and whatnot can put someone's eye out.
I think nunchucks were just something new and alien to these censor pricks.
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brb Learn Ukrainian and prepare for a referendum, Mon 13 Jul 2020, 17:55,
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