I was a child of the Turtles era. It’s a shame on what kids miss out on nowadays, where there’s nary a Saturday morning cartoon to be found on network television. Shows like Turtles, The Real Ghostbusters and later on The Adventures of Batman and X-Men served as great entry points into genre culture at a young age. But those days (in quality if not in quantity) are long gone and I would have thought of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as another of the lot of properties dying slow deaths on Hollywood Boulevard had it not been for 2007’s CG revival, TMNT. Now, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes Recycling Company is tea-bagging another established property to the big screen. And it finally has a date: Christmas Day, 2013.
I don’t know if it’s the Dunes’ involvement or supposed inclusion of director Jonathan Liebesman, but I’m getting a grim and gritty vibe. Which is ironic given that the original 1990 live-action film was fairly hard for a PG (Shredder gets crushed by a garbage compactor). So either the Platinum Dudes are only concerned with making films of safe, established properties; or they’re taking an approach more akin to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s original comic book – slightly harder fare before the property exploded and was dialed down for kids.
Liebesman has yet to really impress me, and Battle: Los Angeles was one of the worst films I saw in 2011. But I actually think his Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is one of the better Dunes releases, so I’ll allow myself the slimmest of silver linings.
One thing for certain, Zombie Kid has to be elated right now:
Source: Box Office Mojo
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Krang and Technodrome. Otherwise fuck off.
Tim Kelly, I hope this new TMNT is better than the last 2…Live Action Films. CGI TMNT was indeed…Awesome!
McGreedy Rises, I second wanting Krang and The Technodrome as villains. Of course I would want to see…The Shredder as well!
Yea seriously, Krang, Technodrome, Dimension X or fuck off. It’ll be another Shredder story. Hell i’d take any of the b-villians over shredder, ala Rat King or Leatherhead
You. Me. We can hang in my crib. I will show you my ‘hood.
Sorry, but I say fuck Krang and the Technodrome. Asking for them in a new Turtles movie is like asking for Venom in a Spiderman flick. It’s unrealistic fan wanking. They are commercial products of their time and will not translate well to the screen – especially since this movie is going to be live action. Go old school, a little grittier and a bit more realistic. Give me Baxter Stockman please. His story from the original comics would be relevant and easily adaptable into a modern setting. The Turtles work best when they are dark and I hope with all of my being we get a movie (series?) like the current Batman. Ironically, I don’t really like the new Batman movies. (But I do appreciate them and admire their approach.)
I’d take a Fly storyline, like i said, anything over yet another Shredder movie. but no way do i want it ultra dark like the Nolan films. Dark like the first comics with some jokes scattered throughout will do. So, essentially, the tone of TMNT 1 with more dark.
Honeycuttle making turkey breast. Triceratons. And Gandalf fucking Greyheame!
Lo Pan can mine for gold some more cuz i ain’t buying.
The Foot aren’t a clan. It’s a bunch of merry men on holiday with Captain Nemo. And for all their tvs and stereos they ain’t got a reporter who gives a shit, let alone reports on them.
Brains see things pretty much the way they are.
Splinter has nice shoes, and makes a funny every now and then.
Man, read your comic book!
What the hell was that scene in the Dark Knight about with the binoculars on the tripod about?
And why does it remind me of TMNT 4?
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