The fights in TMNT 2014 are WAY better than the ones in TMNT 1990. Stop trying to pretend that they’re worse.

So I was watching some clips from the 2014 Ninja Turtles movie, namely the final rooftop fight between the turtles and Shredder, and the people in the comments were claiming that the rooftop fight from the 90’s movie was better, and after seeing that fight, I have to say… …no.

You see, in the 2014 movie, all of the turtles charge in at once, because they have the numbers advantage and fully intend to use it. Of course, Shredder, being Shredder, takes them all out easily, but at least they try. In the 90’s movie, at first the Turtles basically play rock paper scissors trying to decide who goes first. And it’s… stupid. Just why?

Second, the fight choreography in 2014 is just way better. In 1990 I don’t know if the actors were limited by their costumes or what, but the fight just looks so stilted and slow, and every single exchange goes the same way, Shredder blocks three hits from a turtle, hits the turtle once, and then the turtle gets knocked down. The fight in 2014 is just so much more intense and… violent-looking for lack of a better word, such as Shredder brutally stomping on Leo’s chest before throwing him over the rail, or Shredder clashing with Donnie. Look at just those 5-second clashes, and compare them to the entire 90’s fight and tell me with a straight face that the 90’s fight is more fluid, I dare you.

And don’t you dare try to tell me that the 90’s fight is more emotionally charged than the 2014 one. In the 2014 movie, the turtles saw Shredder pretty much put Splinter into a coma, so they’re out for revenge just as much as they are trying to save the city, and on top of that, they’re trying to use the mutagen to bring Splinter out of his coma. In the 90’s movie, they’re just trying to figure out where Splinter is, so if anything, the 2014 fight has more emotion behind it if anything.

Sure the 90’s fight has a funny conclusion with Shredder pretty much getting himself killed, but overall, the 2014 movie’s final fight is just better. And anyone that tries to unironically claim otherwise is just blinded by nostalgia.