tmnt 2018 revealed

[stevecameron]

hey guys just found these images from ew.com.

Donnie appears to have a hover board back pack for April to ride on.
















What do you guys think? The official reveal comes in a few hours...

[oldmanwinters]

I get more of a sense that April is giving Donatello a lift, since he seems to be a relaxed position and she seems to be doing the driving.

Are the other turtles supposed to be flying through the air through their own power or are they just really good at jumping stylistically?

[stevecameron]

Yeah, them seem to jumping over that bridge, probably just for the poster though. I know I shouldn't pass judgement at this time but I don't think I like these turtles. To me this just looks like those TMNT shorts which Nick' released a while back.

[plastroncafe]

Well I was wrong about the belt buckles.
They're not yin-yang symbols, but rather the symbol from the title card we've seen already.

Interesting.

I do like Raph having the clubs, because I'd rather him have an effective weapon than his traditional one. Pointy makes far less sense when you don't actually take advantage of the pointy. Plus, it's a nice throwback to the comics.

The designs on Mike's kneepads make me smile.

Don looks way better in his solo pic than he does in the group shot.
Given that, I have a feeling that all of these designs will look better in motion, than in stills.

As I've said else-thread, Splinter is again my least favorite design, but...some good characterization will smooth that over right quick.

[PApagreg]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Well I was wrong about the belt buckles.
They're not yin-yang symbols, but rather the symbol from the title card we've seen already.

Interesting.

I do like Raph having the clubs, because I'd rather him have an effective weapon than his traditional one. Pointy makes far less sense when you don't actually take advantage of the pointy. Plus, it's a nice throwback to the comics.

The designs on Mike's kneepads make me smile.

Don looks way better in his solo pic than he does in the group shot.
Given that, I have a feeling that all of these designs will look better in motion, than in stills.

As I've said else-thread, Splinter is again my least favorite design, but...some good characterization will smooth that over right quick.

Actually Sais aren't really known to be sharp in fact the are more known to be weapons used for disarming your opponents or blunt instruments

[sdp]

My post from the other convoluted thread:

I hope the turtles are shown as having already lived for a while, I don't want their first adventure to be this mystic quest. No origin story a la TNM.

Wow, can't say I love 'em but can't say I hate 'em either

I have a few problems with the designs and the setting and the overall direction they want to take it but that's OK, I want something different and I'm getting it, I'd rather not love it and be different than another "traditional" adaptation right after the 2012 show.
Random thoughts:

*April's hair is reddish, black April redeemed her glasses remind me of what a modern Irma would look like
*Cubed doomed us with fat Ralph!
*Remember the controversy of the 2012 show when Mikey wasn't using nunchucks? I'm fine with the weapons change here since it's sort of a spin-off and reminds me of the cool different weapons they had in TNM
*Splinter looks horrible
*April's Bat hints that she will have Green Lantern like powers, ugh.
*Leo looks so much younger and inexperienced, I'm guessing that'll be his personality here since he isn't the leader.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by PApagreg

Actually Sais aren't really known to be sharp in fact the are more known to be weapons used for disarming your opponents or blunt instruments

That's why I said pointy and not sharp, but in most incarnations they've been used as stabbing weapons in spite of the fact that they're not traditionally used that way.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

That Splinter is terrible.

The Turtles? ... Eh. It's better than PD, but worse than 2k12. I can definitely see the Samurai Jack influence, though, which is cool.

I wasn't going to watch it anyway. Enjoy.

[mikey22]

splinter is Whizpig from diddy kong racing!!