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That kind of thing can work for something like Thor: Ragnarok, because we've become accustomed to the idea that there is a realm with norse gods living in it over the course of three movies, plus the Avengers films. If the filmmakers want to do stuff with the Turtles in other galaxies or in space, I think it's important to lay the seeds there in the first installment that this universe is way weirder than just mutant turtles. If you start off with just an adaptation of Mirage #1, none of that stuff is there. It was a huge tonal shift back then, and it is today. |
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The turtles are special on Earth, so if they go on a space adventure it doesn't make them less special.
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The initial Triceraton/Fugitoid arc was what kind of cemented me as a fan when I watched 2k3 as a kid and again when I read Mirage in college. I knew them from FW and most of the first season of 2k3 as basically street level heroes, but then forcing them into such a strange situation really helped define the characters and their dynamics.
Even though it was a real slog in terms of gameplay, that was also why I enjoyed the Game Boy Advance Battle Nexus game so much as a kid. It showed the kinds of outlandish adventures the TMNT can have in comparison to other groups of characters. To see a live action/animated adaptation that is true to that original spirit but also leads just as seamlessly into that arc would be very cool.
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The idea of talking turtles and rats from Earth is actually more fantastic than the idea of life even on other planets than Earth.
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I can see this happening eventually for an anniversary, it would likely be an animated DTV adapting issue 1 stretched out as an hour long movie and call it a day.
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If there's an audience for a Michael Bay produced TMNT there's an audience for something more faithful like a Mirage adaptation.
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Yeah, I think just the title "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is going to attract people, regardless of whether it is Mirage or Platinum Dunes.
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Common sense: "No sh**!" Because guess what will happen to people if/when such a project happens? A lot more people will know about Mirage. It's a very stupid argument. It'd be like, when they were making the Fred Wolf show, someone saying, "I dunno... this cartoon sounds pretty risky! Not a lot of people know about these Turtles, with the camp and rainbow bandannas and wackiness. People only know about the Mirage comic!" Do you think that's a conversation that happened? Or ever happens? Make stuff that's not sh**, throw a decent marketing campaign behind it, people will generally check it out.
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As the saying goes, if you never try, you'll never know.
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Batman 66'=FW TMNT My point being is if Batman can over come the labeling of campy/goofy stereotypes for its franchise so can TMNT.
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I get that Mirage is your bread and butter, but you don’t seem to be looking at it objectively. Look, I could be completely wrong, but the Mirage comics are such a tonal shift from what the general audience has been fed for decades that I wonder if it can really work. And the Batman comparisons don’t stand very well either. It took Batman nearly 70 years to get something like Batman Begins, and even then it was after years and years of entertainment moving that way. You don’t get Nolan without Burton. |
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Then how did we get Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman movie without anything since the 70s camp show but a failed pilot and a low market animated movie?
Because one thing worked in the decades past in the mass market doesn't mean that is the hard line in sand forevermore for how a thing must always attain success or relevancy.
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