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The Super Shredder

posted 15 years ago by MrWall21
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The lack of good cinematography in this scene makes this harder to appreciate, but where the hell did he get his new costume? Stowed safely under the dock for just such an occasion? Also, did that whole scene seem a bit hard to swallow? I mean, somehow a speaker works like a canon, and fifty-foot shot through the air doesn't kill him as a human but a few boards of wood kill him as a ten-foot-tall mutant?

[–] jgarvin-4 15 years ago

the best part about that scene is the fact that Super Shredder is played by Kevin Nash (Diesel from WWF)

[–] MrWall21 15 years ago

True, notice his WWF-like phsical mannerisms, a far cry from the more reserved and Darth Vader-like normal Shredder.

[–] Joe-the-Drifter 15 years ago

A 13-foot mutated madman who weighs 600lbs. would be hard to move around. Huh?

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[–] ericstrenk 15 years ago

it's not a new costume
the costume he was wearing mutated to become part of his body

Donnatello somehow rewired the sound system so that everything went through the amp Shredder was standing on
when Michaelangelo hit the high-note on the keyboard, it caused it to overload and explode

and the entire dock collapsed on top of Super Shredder, several tons of weight crushing him

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[–] joestratocaster86 15 years ago

Ya, it was terrible cinematography - but i always remembered the "Super Shredder" (from when i was a kid) as being sooo cool.

[–] ericstrenk 14 years ago

I still got the original purple-suited action figure, as well as a special mail-order black-suited figure

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[–] hockeyplaya05 14 years ago

super shredder was cool but pointless as he was in the movie for oooooooo 2 or 3 min and kills himself.....Kinda like venom in spiderman 3 everyone wanted to see venom and then they got screwed.

[–] Joe-the-Drifter 14 years ago

Super-Shredder didn't shriek or was a small guy in a costume.

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[–] Sid_Duction 14 years ago

lol yes super shredder was suicidal who knew...

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[–] speedolitec 13 years ago

I still don't know how that ooze also would add blades to his costume and change his mask.

[–] night_wolf873 13 years ago

Who cares how costume got super-sized, it's a movie about 4 ninja turtles ;).

Still, I too found this Super Shredder part to be the coolest, and I wonder what idiot thought of killing him off as soon as he had appeared. This makes Venom's appearance in SM-3 seem like the longest cameo ever. First time I saw it, I got so excited but that excitement soon turned to utter bewilderment and a complete let down. Why would anyone waste a perfectly good costume for 1 minute worth of scene!?