06-12-2012, 03:15 PM | #1 |
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Live-Action Hallmark Movie That Never Was?
I know there was a live-action Hallmark made for TV movie in development in the early 2000's, but I don't know anything about it. Writers, directors, actors, plot, etc. Has any info been leaked about this at all? Eventually this got dropped and we got the '07 Imagi movie instead, but I'm still curious what was being pitched at the time.
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06-12-2012, 03:27 PM | #2 |
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I could be wrong but I believe Steve Barron(TMNT 1990) was to direct it.
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06-12-2012, 04:16 PM | #3 |
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Yea, he was. So in the place of the best possible TMNT film we would have had since we got movie 1, we received a heeping pile of steamy 2007 TMNT..
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06-12-2012, 04:27 PM | #4 |
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I don't care who was set to direct, there's no way in hell that a Hallmark TV movie was going to be any good.
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06-12-2012, 04:36 PM | #5 |
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I did a little digging around, and I found this article from 2001:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...pg=6485,435940 According to the article, this movie from Hallmark would be a two night, four hour program with a blend of CGI Turtles with live actors, and would be taking its tone from the Mirage comics, which Barron said would be a "Darker, more streetwise view of the characters".
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06-12-2012, 05:55 PM | #7 |
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Know what's awesome? TV quality CGI. Know what's better? TV quality CGI in the year 2001.
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06-12-2012, 06:22 PM | #8 |
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Yeah. My parents were really into Grimm, but I couldn't get past the horrible CG when the characters' faces morph.
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06-12-2012, 09:14 PM | #9 |
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It might not have aged well if it had been made, but it still could have told a good story. I was looking forward to it. Dated special effects shouldn't be a deal-breaker, but I agree it probably would have looked really weird by like 2005 already.
Lois & Clark had a pretty crappy budget but there were some great episodes of that show anyway. The last season was awful because it was written by hacks who didn't care to follow the plots the first 3 seasons set up, not because you can tell the special effects were done on a Video Toaster. I think TMNT fans could have ignored the CGI if the plot was good.
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06-13-2012, 11:54 AM | #10 |
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I wonder if some of that experimental CGI done around that time was proposed for this project, since the CGI quality on that sample was very good for 2001. Also, a bit ironic since that steamy heapin pile of 2007 TMNT presides just to the right of that linked article in the form of April's voice actress.
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06-13-2012, 11:55 AM | #11 |
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As a fan of B Movies, CGI isn't that big of a deal if the actors are cast right and the story plot is good. Whether the CGI aged well or not it would be good. T2 Judgment Day's CGI is dated yet it works well in context of the movie.
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I don't care if the actors were stellar. If the turtles looked like Gumby it all falls apart.
Also we're talking about CGI in 2001. ON TELEVISION.
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06-13-2012, 01:37 PM | #13 |
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The whole reason this project never came together is probably BECAUSE they didn't have the budget to make the CG acceptable back in 2001.
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06-13-2012, 07:03 PM | #16 |
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Ive read about this a few times before. I would of loved to seen it made.
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06-14-2012, 01:56 PM | #17 |
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Need pictures of that "eerie" Splinter.
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06-14-2012, 02:27 PM | #18 |
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Love the idea, but the title of Hallmark says it all. To me, when I see the title Hallmark, I think of those sappy little dramas they release on DVD after it aired on television. Never in my life did I ever think Hallmark would film that kind of TV movie. Still, a film like that would have been tempting to see.
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06-14-2012, 06:18 PM | #19 |
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For what its worth rainbow studios which became thq was suppose to do the cgi.
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06-14-2012, 06:34 PM | #20 |
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I wonder if he was pressed if Peter would do a write up on the Hallmark film...
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