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Old 06-16-2017, 04:07 PM   #26
Andrew NDB
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The second film was a lot more enjoyable (I enjoy Bebop and Rocksteady and Krang, and they didn't disappoint me here), and did a little more on the drama side with the schism between the brothers over becoming human. It pretty much embraced its "being out there" nature, which I think helped out.


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TMNT has been many different things over its long history - a fun cartoon, a noir tale, a martial arts story
I am curious, what is the "noir tale," and what is the "martial arts story"?

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that while its variety keeps it popular,
What variety? Everything that's been coming out since the Nick acquisition is pretty samey, to varying degrees of silliness.

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it's likely impossible to put all of that into one film and please everyone.
God, they shouldn't ever even want to do that. That's a horrible idea. What we do know is that what they've been trying to do for the last 4 or 5 movies didn't work and isn't working. Time to try something else.
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