There was no 3rd movie…it was just an internet thing some fans tried to do and pass off as a movie. But there wasn’t really a 3rd movie :bluu: unless you’re talking that 3D one…yeah that one…
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So who on SRK writes for Grantland?
You know, I wouldn’t mind seeing a TMNT anime that doesn’t involve any Power Rangers transformations or giant robots. Just the turtles, Splinter, April, the Foot, and Casey Jones.
Now I’m sure michael bay is not going to rest until he has ass fucked more of my childhood. I can see it now…coming next HE MAN.
the sad thing is he’s working closely with one of the creators of the comic book series
The first Power Rangers movie was dope.
The one with Ivan Ooze?
That was pretty great
I’m still kind of in disbelief…When I first heard about this I seriously thought Bay was just trolling.
So apparently Peter Laird thinks the ‘alien’ idea could work.
The games have nothing to do with the core story line.
And the second movie was just one huge marketing tool, granted, I love that movie and know damn near every line by heart. But be serious. It had more sponsorship spots than The Lorax.
As for the cartoons. As much as I love the original cartoon. It was just there to sell toys and had almost nothing in common with its origin material. It was all around bad save for a few spots (Casey Jones trying to get a job is still one of my favorite cartoon memories). The 2003 version was much better and was a lot more accurate with the comics but towards the end of its run it just got flat out bad.
Quoting this just because I missed this the first time.
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By definition, there is no such thing as “objectively good”, certainly not in entertainment and the arts.
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If there were such a thing as objectively shitty, Michael Bay would be it.
Every movie has loads of product placement whoring & sponsorship…some more subtle than others.
You lose some creditability with those last comments good sir. The 80’s tv show while not masterfully done, was still excellent all-around for a kids show and still holds up well to today’s stuff.
Like it or not, the franchise owes everything it has and ever will have to the foundation it created.
Much the same way everything Transformers was built on G1, regardless of how we feel about the original show today(i personally still enjoy the show though).
they sold the rights to nick right? ya i dont believe they believe in their creation anymore, its purely dollars and cents now.
There is a big difference between developing a merchandising deal based on a cartoon and developing a cartoon for the sake of merchandising. As fondly remembered as the Turtles cartoon is, it is a clear example of the latter.
Even by the show’s standards, it defies story logic for the Turtles to have jetskis, let alone prolonged scenes of them doing nothing but riding the jetskis from point A to point B with rock music blaring in the background–unless there is a toy to be sold.
lol…the 80’s TMNT holds up just as much as the G1 Transformers. They’re both convoluted and silly as hell(which isn’t a bad thing as it is a kid’s show) but any worthwhile fan will tell you the 2003 series shits all over the 80’s cartoon for free.
Script Writer: "So Michael, now that we’ve got the rights to make a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Picture we need to think of a story, so for the backstory how about we take the original backstory of the turtles being mutated in a goo and raised by Master Splinter to become the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, do you think we should just run with that for the beginning of the film?"
Michael Bay: "Hmmm, nah I’m thinking Space Aliens."
Script Writer: "Well I’m no sure how that would work, I mean you’re going against the backstory that all TMNT media is using and people remember from their childhood I don’t know how we coul-."
Michael Bay:
theirs another version of that pic that says alien turtles.
Wow. That was fast. :eek:
Yeah…but let’s face it: the dope-ass Ninja Ranger stuff (karawimi, crazy gymnastics, ninpo shenanigans) was the draw, and it saved my waning interest in the tv series as well. Everything after that has been “Meh…so we have rangers who are ninja now…but it’s not the same”. Plus, the cloth outfits were the shit.
Fuck Michael Bay.
The Turtles ARE my childhood. Don’t fuck with them.