If you are or ever have been a young Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, there’s a good chance that you’ve had a fantasy about having a kick-ass lair in the sewer… but that’s most definitely a circumstance where the dream is far better than the reality. Sure, it’s a cool hidden place to build a secret fort, there’s a lot of room, and you get underground access to anywhere in a vast city, but not to be forgotten is that the whole point of the sewers is conveying sewage. Between being a biohazard and the smell, it’s just not that great an environment for humans (though clearly hospitable for mutated turtles and rats).
Thankfully, the idea of hanging out in a cool sewer lair isn’t one that kids today have to totally dismiss. With Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem set to hit theaters next week, Paramount Pictures has brought the awesome experience to life, and I had the chance to tour one of the installations earlier this week.
