Unfortunately I am not the geek reporter capable of bringing you TMNT news with deep knowledge of the franchise and an investment in the fidelity Platinum Dunes maintains with the source material for their new live-action film. I just barely missed the boat on the turtles, and while they were certainly a big presence in my childhood pop culture, it was always the thing my slightly-older friends were into. So when Michael Bay lets it slip that the Turtles will be alien in origin this time around, I’ll have leave it to you to interpret the ridiculousness of that approach
“These turtles are from an alien race, and they’re going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable. Kids will believe one day that these turtles do exist when we’re done with this movie.”
That’s Bay talking to a group at a Nickelodeon meeting, clarifying their approach to the film that Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans) will direct. He’s obviously boiling things down to executive speech, but it’s still a significant tweak of the origin to say the turtle dudes are full-on aliens, especially with some sites claiming sources that confirm the turtles are fully inter-dimensional beings this time around.
It’s worth nothing that the gentleman at First Showing have their late-80s pop culture shit together, and were able to point out that the radioactive ooze from which the Turtles were created 
canonically comes from an alien base. Not only that, but it comes from the alien race that villain Krang belongs to, and the fleshy-pink evil brain-face is said to be making his big-screen debut as the baddie in this film.
So maybe Michael Bay really does have the geek’s number on this one? I’ll leave that to you guys to decide.
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My anger over this deviation in origins from my favorite childhood cartoon and action figures from the 80s has lessened since first hearing about it this morning, as if I should be surprised that Michael Bay is tinkering with a beloved property. The only thing I can do now is say “No, thanks”, and attempt to ignore any footage or talkbacks about alien turtles farting on foot soldiers.
Commence with Michael Bay hate comments below?
Lol, Bay.
That about sums up my thoughts.
Edgy. ‘Great’.
This is the same guy who had a pissing robot, and another with balls, and people are surprised?
I think the real surprise will be when one of the turtles is a racist stereotype. Maybe Splinter will be overly Asian.
So how about the cartoon’s tinkering of the original comic, are you as unforgiving of that?
I hate to admit, I did not know of the comic until later in life, and only have the cartoon to go by.
I’m okay with the change in direction provided Corey Feldman is still somehow involved. Also, this is a great opportunity for Vanilla Ice to get back on top (go ninja, go ninja, go!)
Aliens. wow. this guy is so unoriginal he has to put old shitty stale ideas into old properties just to come up with some semblance of originality. this is a new level of creative bankruptcy.
i.e. ripping off his own movie (TF)
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