The opening credits of
The Secret of the Ooze dedicates the film to the memory of
Jim Henson. In April 1991,
People reported that Henson's family was not pleased:
The five children of Jim Henson, who died last May, were surprised to learn that producers of
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze had included a tribute to the memory of Jim Henson in the film's opening credits... Henson's children, ages 18 to 31, are "quite unhappy" about the credit, according to a source close to them, because it implies that Henson's experience on the original Ninja Turtles movie was a rewarding one. The source says the credit now is "inappropriate" because Henson viewed the violence in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as "excessive, pointless and not his style." A spokesperson for the producers of the Turtles sequel says, "We did it as a tribute to Jim Henson's memory." The rep adds that "key people" at the Henson organization were aware of the credit's inclusion.
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