Watchmen Director loves Turtles

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Zack Snyder for TMNT?

The slow-motion 360 zoom shot of Leo cutting Shredder's head off would be GLORIOUS.

Jokes aside, I'm pretty sure he's done with comic book movies unless there's a big paycheck in it, though. He seems pretty fed up with working super-hard on these things and getting ripped to shreds by f*cking nerds. Seriously, practically nobody puts more blood, sweat and tears into making movies than this guy does, and that isn't even a matter of opinion. He works SUPER hard on his movies and gets called a "hack" by a bunch of keyboard warriors because "OMG he takes this stuff too seriously!" and "He uses his preferred visual cues too much!" That's like complaining about hearing a guitar riff in Pythagorean Scale on an Offspring record. You knew what you were in for when you paid for admission. Bitching just to Bitch doesn't make you "smart" or "ahead of the curve", it just makes you a pissbaby.

I wasn't around when this thread happened, but it makes me laugh. Nobody in Real Life has anything to say about 300 besides, "That was Awesome." Most people like his movies a lot, and they appreciate that his style of filmmaking is unique. It's just the bitter, jaded nerds who spend 99% of their time posting rants on message boards about how a movie "ruined their childhood" or whatever nonsense that whine about his stuff. Those aren't "real people", they're f*cking nerds. Nobody should give a sh*t what a bunch of people whose most "creative" works get flushed down the toilet after breakfast have to say about a single goddamn thing, movies or otherwise. Those people ain't doin' sh*t, and they're going nowhere. They piss and moan because they wish they were in a position to do what he does, but they're not. "Those who Can't, cry on message boards." They're like wrestling fans, but more insufferable. At least wrestlers are real people; comic book geeks get bent outta shape over fictional characters!

I don't blame him for being fed up with the comic book genre and its fans. To work super-hard on making movies - which is a really hard thing to do - and then get called names by a bunch of Cheetos-smelling, basement-dwelling dorks who can't even use spellcheck and haven't seen the sun in 66 days has to be SUPER annoying.

I'd have a beer with him. George Lucas, too (although I don't actually think Lucas is much of a "filmmaker"; more of an "Ideas Guy"). But the one thing they both have in common is that they're both apparently sick of having a bunch of fat shut-ins tear their work to shreds when they can just do other things instead. Can't say I blame either of 'em!

[neatoman]

If we get a Zack Snyder TMNT movie, can we have scenes where:

• Splinter complains that the turtles aren't fathering any children.
• Casey Jones justifying branding people because he already engages in crime.
• Zog kills all the Triceratons because "The Repuplic had it's chance".
• Karai kicking Splinter down a hole declaring "This the Foot!"
• Nobody asking the Silver Sentry if he bleeds.
• Baxter Stockman smuggling in a jar of his piss into court.
• Hamato Yoshi gesturing an already mutated Splinter to not save him from a tornado.
• The Transmat device looks like a dildo.
• The corpse of General Blanque turns into Traag when Bishop bleeds on it.
• Splinter telling the turtles letting a bus of kids drown might be worth it to keep the secret.

[Leo656]

We should be so lucky.

[Xav]

I can just imagine Zack Snyder's TMNT.

Leonardo: Save Splinter.
Raphael: Why did you say that name!

[Leo656]

And yet, still light years ahead of anything Seth Rogen is gonna give us.

"Hooray! Pothead Mikey and even MORE dick jokes!" Awesome. Future looks bright!

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Leo656

We should be so lucky.

Originally Posted by Leo656

And yet, still light years ahead of anything Seth Rogen is gonna give us.

"Hooray! Pothead Mikey and even MORE dick jokes!" Awesome. Future looks bright!

Same 100%. TMNT could do a helluva lot worse.

[Sumac]

Thanks, but no thanks.
Mature and gritty Turtles are probably OK with me, but not from Snyder who will turn the whole thing into superserious edgy nonsense with slo-mo and ****** palette.

Originally Posted by neatoman

If we get a Zack Snyder TMNT movie, can we have scenes where:

• Splinter complains that the turtles aren't fathering any children.
• Casey Jones justifying branding people because he already engages in crime.
• Zog kills all the Triceratons because "The Repuplic had it's chance".
• Karai kicking Splinter down a hole declaring "This the Foot!"
• Nobody asking the Silver Sentry if he bleeds.
• Baxter Stockman smuggling in a jar of his piss into court.
• Hamato Yoshi gesturing an already mutated Splinter to not save him from a tornado.
• The Transmat device looks like a dildo.
• The corpse of General Blanque turns into Traag when Bishop bleeds on it.
• Splinter telling the turtles letting a bus of kids drown might be worth it to keep the secret.

Good one!

[Shark_Blade]

So Steppenwolf in ZSJL might be heavily inspired from Shredder after all...

Zack Snyder & TMNT collab one day?

[Powder]

No thanks.

[AquaParade]

A Zack Snyder TMNT would be a godsend for the franchise. No, he's not one of my favorite directors, but think about what we'll probably get instead.

[jignat]

Zack Snyder is the Eastman, not the Laird.

Both are needed to have a successful tmnt film.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by jignat

Zack Snyder is the Eastman, not the Laird.

That's actually pretty fair.

Originally Posted by Leo656

And yet, still light years ahead of anything Seth Rogen is gonna give us.

"Hooray! Pothead Mikey and even MORE dick jokes!" Awesome. Future looks bright!

I'm not remotely worried about that kind of stuff (again, Rogen's "Preacher" or "The Boys") but anytime a TMNT writer has always led with something like -- in interviews -- "You know I've, I've always wished a TMNT project would finally focus on the 'teenager in TMNT!" the hairs on my neck always stand up. Because that's stupid, for reasons that should probably be obvious to anyone thinking about the TMNT for longer than a couple of seconds.

[Jester]

BBB.

Spoiler:

Bring
Back
Barron

[TigerClaw]

Why does it have to be Zack Snyder? Imagine if James Gunn directed a TMNT movie.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Why does it have to be Zack Snyder? Imagine if James Gunn directed a TMNT movie.

Because this a thread about how Snyder liked the first TMNT movie? I can list a number of directors I think could be suitable to direct, I'll do it right now!

• Genndy Tartakovski
• Sam Raimi
• Bruce Timm
• Quentin Tarantino
• Hideaki Anno
• Steven Spielberg
• David Fincher
• James Cameron
• David Yates
• Kevin Smith
• Taika Watiti
• Edgar Wright
• Matthew Vaughn

But none of that matters because this isn't a thread about who would make a good director, it's about Snyder in particular.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Because this a thread about how Snyder liked the first TMNT movie? I can list a number of directors I think could be suitable to direct, I'll do it right now!

No it's because he liked the original TMNT comics. The only comics he grew up reading even if he doesn't remember a whole lot about them.

Not a fan of his DC work but I'd oddly trust him with a Mirage inspired TMNT.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Why does it have to be Zack Snyder? Imagine if James Gunn directed a TMNT movie.

If he could be forbidden from writing the jokes, sure. I like his style, just not his sense of humor.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by neatoman

• Genndy Tartakovski
• Sam Raimi
• Bruce Timm
• Quentin Tarantino
• Hideaki Anno
• Steven Spielberg
• David Fincher
• James Cameron
• David Yates
• Kevin Smith
• Taika Watiti
• Edgar Wright
• Matthew Vaughn

I wouldn't want any one of those people unless they both "understand" and at least have a measurable passion for the TMNT.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I wouldn't want any one of those people unless they both "understand" and at least have a measurable passion for the TMNT.

Got any candidates who fit those requirements?

[jignat]

I dont know if he likes tmnt, but Travis Knight seems like he could be a decent choice.
bumblebee was a signficant step up from Bay's Transformers imo.

He has a background in animation which could help in fight scenes.