TMNT 3 turns 25

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Originally Posted by shihe

So, I didn't want to make a whole thread about this, because chances are nobody's even slightly interested in discussing TMNT3.

But... how would you guys change it to be an epic movie worthy of being a follow up to ... well, the 1st film?

Rule of thumb, must be about time travel.


I've been having this idea today.
But... starts out similarly, except before we get to the "can't stop rocking" theme, maybe we get a glimpse of Renet losing the time scepter.

You know where I'm going with this. The movie is now about Renet trying to recover the scepter, and Savanti Romero (who would be the main antagonist).

The turtles would get the scepter from April, they'd get warped back in time to feudal Japan.
Then, unlike the movie we got, we get to witness the origins of the foot clan.
And instead of Walker and Norinaga, they bad guys in this movie would be Shogun (from the NES game TMNT2?) and Savanti Romero.

And at the end of the movie, some little changes led to Karai being born, and becoming the new Shredder, paving the way for a 4th movie where she's the main antagonist.

I would make the turtles meet Hamato Yoshi's and Oroku Saki's ancestors in the past instead of walker/the samurai etc. (just like the the Original Cartoon episode: The Legend of Koji).

Perhaps Karai travels back in time to destroy the Hamato Clan in order to avenge her father (who is confirmed to have perished in Secret of the Ooze) and the turtles intend to stop her.

[shihe]

Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

I would make the turtles meet Hamato Yoshi's and Oroku Saki's ancestors in the past instead of walker/the samurai etc. (just like the the Original Cartoon episode: The Legend of Koji).

Perhaps Karai travels back in time to destroy the Hamato Clan in order to avenge her father (who is confirmed to have perished in Secret of the Ooze) and the turtles intend to stop her.

Those are pretty cool ideas.
As long as Karai is introduced somehow, I feel there was lots of wasted potential with how TMNT3 turned out. Even recreating the game's plot would have been awesome.

.... do you think it would be possible that they could ignore the passage of time, and blatantly announce "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4" going back to the old style?
That would be my dream movie. (They'd obviously have to recast, but... come on, not like it's going to be an issue, right?).

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Originally Posted by shihe

.... do you think it would be possible that they could ignore the passage of time, and blatantly announce "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4" going back to the old style?
That would be my dream movie. (They'd obviously have to recast, but... come on, not like it's going to be an issue, right?).

I felt that the 2007 film sort of did that (although in a way that is very vague) but I would love to see a continuation of the Original Live Action trilogy of some sort. If the Original Cartoon turtles can be brought back twice (in Turtles Forever and the Nick series), I can't see why the Original Movie turtles can't be brought back (albeit not in the jim henson suits, and most likely not with the original VAs: but in line with the continuity of the first 3/4 films).