Michael Bay's TMNT film...s

[Octo]

Like, I think I was a little too old when TMNT first came out, I wasn't in the target demographic. But even I know that they're mutants and im an idiot.

 

[Gym Leader Devil]

Raphael would straight up stab a bitch for this nonsense. And said bitch's name is Michael Bay.

Although in the original Turtles stories the mutagenic chemicals that made them humanoid and intelligent were connected to alien beings called Utroms so if it was anyone bu Bay I'd hope for it to be a minor mistake.

 

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Although in the original Turtles stories the mutagenic chemicals that made them humanoid and intelligent were connected to alien beings called Utroms so if it was anyone bu Bay I'd hope for it to be a minor mistake.

This is why I was hoping for it to not be 100% literal that they're an alien race. There's some understandable wiggle room for their origin within the TMNT mythology, but I'd hope that it would be very minor.


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[Interslicery]

Im not sure why, but for some reason I cant get Howard The Duck out of my head, with his Quack-Fu

 

[Charles Xavier]

I'm keeping my mouth shut and holding my reservations for now. To be honest, having turtles coming from space caught me out of the blue. I didn't expect this at all. The whole idea sounds outrageous...

But seriously guys, what better would it be seeing the same story again with the turtles being mutated in the sewers? Haven't we seen that enough already? Wouldn't it be too predictable? People KNOW well enough how the turtles originated, so why bother showing it again?

 

[Interslicery]

I'm keeping my mouth shut and holding my reservations for now. To be honest, having turtles coming from space caught me out of the blue. I didn't expect this at all. The whole idea sounds outrageous...

But seriously guys, what better would it be seeing the same story again with the turtles being mutated in the sewers? Haven't we seen that enough already? Wouldn't it be too predictable? People KNOW well enough how the turtles originated, so why bother showing it again?

They dont have to show it again, but they dont need to completely change it.

Lets have Superman get splashed with goo and he gains his powers that way. No biggie.

 

[Charles Xavier]

They dont have to show it again, but they dont need to completely change it.

Fair enough, but does anyone have a better idea? Let's hear it.

 

[Gym Leader Devil]

Leave the established origin alone and just... DON'T do an origin story? I think that'd work fine, the 07 TMNT movie even had a sequel hook to continue the story.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I was genuinely okay with the first and third "Transformers" movies, but the second was one of the most disappointing movies I've ever seen (not quite as disappointing as "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" or "X3," but still pretty bad). I feel like this is going to be from the same gene pool as those.

 

[Tennyo]

How can you be fine with the third TF movie but not the second???? ffs

The second was kind of tolerable, but the third was mostly unforgivable...

 

[Charles Xavier]

Words of advice from James Rolfe (aka the Angry Video Game Nerd):

My inbox has been getting slammed the past couple days about the news regarding the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. All the outrage is over a comment producer Michael Bay made about the turtles being from outer space. My thoughts?


I watched the video clip and laughed out loud. I thought he was making a joke or it was a slip up. Do I care much? No. It’s Michael Bay. What did you expect? The Transformers movies had barely anything to do with Transformers, so I’ve always been foreseeing him giving the same sort of treatment to TMNT. Changing the turtles origins I’m sure is only the beginning. Wait until you see Krang is a 20 foot slug or something. We can only guess.


Why does Michael Bay have to be involved with every horror reboot and every reboot of our favorite 80′s cartoons. Because you all keep going to see his movies! The last Transformers movie made over a billion dollars worldwide! Sure I thought the Transformers movies were entertaining enough, though I wish they were called something else. The title was the bait and we were the fish. You have the choice to see the new TMNT or not. My suggestion is if you don’t like the concept, avoid the bait and don’t see it.

 

[Super Mario]

I hope this shit doesn't fly. I'm not letting my kids see this in the future ; . ;


Why can't they escalate that movie with Mako? the cgi one instead of going with bay's crappy idea???

 

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http://io9.com/5896013/teenage-muta...r-speaks-out-on-the-alien-origins-controversy


There may yet be hope!!!


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[X-SOLDIER]

I love The Gutters (click and go read this).



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[X-SOLDIER]

Sigh.......

In what was once a mere nerd controversy but now threatensto escalate to a full-blown CubanMissile Crisis of nerd rage, Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot might drop the "Teenage" and "Mutant" parts of the title. Considering allthe uproar about possibly making the turtles into aliens,the deletionof "mutant" isn't so surprising, but "teenage"? Some internet wagshave evenwondered whether these potential non-adolescent turtles would eveneat pizza anymore, having left behind such juvenile fare in favor of more adult delicacies like caviar, escargot, calamari, and turtle soup. Well, probably not that last one. Anyway, the rumor is that thisis drivenby marketing concerns along the same lines as the decision to drop "Of Mars" from the John Carter title. Because if there's one movie we should be looking to forguidance when it comesto marketing decisions,it's John Carter.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03...en-turtles-apparently-arent-teenagers-either/


So...... it's technically not T.M.(n).T. officially, if you ditch 75% of the source, is is still a movie about them or not?



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[Interslicery]

Why bother picking up an already established ip for the name recognition, then change practically everything about it? You're just pissing off the people you bought the ip for. Just do something new and save your damn money.

edit: Just saw this, needed to post.

Spoiler

 

[Gym Leader Devil]

Wtf Bay? I mean even in the comics where the Turtles are in their 30's I believe, the word Teenage is still part of the frickin' title.

 

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[The Twilight Mexican]

How can you be fine with the third TF movie but not the second???? ffs

The second was kind of tolerable, but the third was mostly unforgivable...

Had the second not existed, the series would have only benefitted. The other two at least had a plot that could be followed, and action sequences that weren't like Magic Eye puzzles.

By the way, fun random fact: Tenyo is the Japanese company who first published the Magic Eye books.


Re: recent posts --

WTF Michael Bay???

 

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What seems like a positive update.


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[Gym Leader Devil]

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In what universe is that positive?

 

[X-SOLDIER]

The sketch was done by Kevin Eastman, which means that it looks like one of the original TMNT creators may be at least somewhat involved in the film.



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[Gym Leader Devil]

I'll give you that having Eastman involved is a good thing, and the turtle's head in that concept art looked like the original work... but wtf was up with the rest of the design? I'm not sold on the idea that Eastman can save this movie from Bay.

 

[Ghost X]

What amuses me is that people react to what Michael Bay said to something like "This is nothing like the cartoon", and on the other side of the fence there are the hipsters who say "The cartoon is nothing like the comics".

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Actually the 2003 TMNT series is quite a bit like the original comic.


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