Cinephile No. 479 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

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Written By Nathan Box

As you grow older, you stumble across moments when you are confronted with your childhood. It may be a rerun of a cartoon, a family vacation to a place you visited as a kid, aunts who think you are perpetually 9 (I am 31 Aunt Sharon)... I remember laying on blankets watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with my brothers. It was one of our favorite things in the world. We had the toys. Our dad crafted our weapons so we could pretend to be the turtle brothers in our backyard. We loved the first movie and waited for every new version with bated breath. The Ninja Turtles were a huge part of my childhood. I know my brothers would say the same thing. 

Then in the same fashion as the "Transformers" franchise, Michael Bay destroyed my childhood. He gave me CGI turtles, a weak back story, a villain that was more God than man, horrible dialogue, characters who you couldn't like, a plot full of holes and for some reason Megan Fox as April O'Neil. In a swift push of his lack of production talent, he made me look back at my childhood and pray to all that is holy that he never discovers the Ghostbusters. 

 

Thanks for entering my world, 

-Nathan 

Nathan Box
Hello! My name is Nathan. I've always believed I would meet that special someone in one of two places; either a record store or a book store. Maybe I need to amend? I moved to Seattle in February of 2011 from Oklahoma City (Try and not hold the Sonics/Thunder thing against me). I knew I wanted to work for a nonprofit and go to grad school. Within a couple of months, I was doing both. During the day, I work as a Fund Developer and Community Relations Manager for a nonprofit in Kent and at night I try to stay as busy as possible volunteering, trying new restaurants, finding hidden bars and exploring Seattle. The past few years has been both terrifying and exhilarating. I have done things on my own I didn’t think were within my capability. I love being outdoors. On any given weekend, I can be found hiking, on a road trip, volunteering, at a museum, seeing a movie (I see a lot of them). I am passionate about nonprofit work. I feel called to leave a mark on this world. Nothing against those who enjoy making tons of money, I just need to know I am making a difference.
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