DVD Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (The Good, The Bad and Casey Jones)

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Don’t panic that Michael Bay has screwed up the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with his big screen adaptation. They are still being done the right way on Nickelodeon’s CGI series about the Heroes on the Half Shell. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Good The Bad and Casey Jones contains six more episodes from the second season of the series. This batch introduces Casey Jones, a friend of April O’Neil. He wants to battle against the Turtles, but finds himself becoming one of their best friends. The episodes include “Slash and Destroy,” “The Good, the Bad, and Casey Jones,” “The Kraang Conspiracy,” “Fungus Humungous,” “Metalhead Rewired” and “Of Rats and Men.” Here’s Josie’s take on the collection:

The video is 1.78:1 anamorphic. The transfers bring out the CGI details in the battles. The audio is 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround so you can’t hear the ninjas sneak up behind you. The episodes are Closed Captioned.

Mutation of a Scene (36:57) demonstrates what it takes to put together a CGI scene from each of the episodes.

Meet Casey Jones (2:50) gives the background on the Turtles’ hockey loving pal.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Good The Bad and Casey Jones brings a new character to the Turtles’ universe. Casey goes from adversary to ally after understanding the Turtle way. Another fine batch of episodes that are untainted by Michael Bay.

Nickelodeon and Paramount present Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Good The Bad and Casey Jones. Starring: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo and April O’Neil. Released: July 1, 2014.

Joe Corey is the writer and director of "Danger! Health Films" currently streaming on Night Flight and Amazon Prime. He's the author of "The Seven Secrets of Great Walmart People Greeters." This is the last how to get a job book you'll ever need. He was Associate Producer of the documentary "Moving Midway." He's worked as local crew on several reality shows including Candid Camera, American's Most Wanted, Extreme Makeover Home Edition and ESPN's Gaters. He's been featured on The Today Show and CBS's 48 Hours. Dom DeLuise once said, "Joe, you look like an axe murderer." He was in charge of research and programming at the Moving Image Archive.