03-30-2012, 08:33 AM | #142 |
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I know I'm a bit late on commenting but having heard this news about Michael Bay turning the Turtles into aliens I just have to say it's a bit late for April Fools, isn't it?
Seriously, Bay thinks the fans are overreacting to these decisions (not mutants?) but what if he decided to make Batman an alien from another planet. Would the fans allow that? Hmm.... |
03-30-2012, 02:19 PM | #143 |
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I'd say it's an early joke. Anyway you look at it, if this turns out to be an April Fools joke Paramount better be willing to grant our every wish, because that would be the worst F**K You to the fans.
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03-31-2012, 12:49 PM | #144 |
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Guess I'm the only one who likes to wait until the film comes out to pass judgement.
Also, the original mirage comics are highly overrated. Deviating from them is more likely to be an improvement, though it could easily go either way. Just because it may be different doesn't mean it's bad. That's prejudice. And the Fox tune was as damn close to an adaption of the Mirage comics as network TV will allow. Much of the dialog is taken directly from the comics, and all the major story arcs for the first few seasons (battle nexus, triceratons, return of the shredder, return to new york, etc...). Wasn't all the doing of Peter Laird (I've read his notes, he was a positive influence without trying to force his original designs in). There are minor differences (Shredder's the biggest, the last few seasons went in a very different direction) but it has far more in common with the comics then it doesn't. |
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Even "I Monster" was done faithfuly but stretched out to fill an entire episode. You could argue so was "Sons of the Silent Age" which again probably needed something to pad the ep out, sadly robbing it of it's orignal meaning but then Murphy also did the same in followups to that story in comic form. Surely you don't begrudge them coming up with original content and twists? Quote:
The better and more "gritty" (as far as the show can go) elements generaly do occur in the original stories that dominate the third and fourth seasons. That being said I do find season 1's "Shredder Strikes Back" to be arguebly better the comic version. Part 2 is par with #10 and at Leo is seen to actualy struggle in 4kids version whereas Leonardo #1 unrealisticaly makes it seem Leo is dispatching an army of Foot Ninja with ease until he spots Shredder and his defeat happens completely off panel. Quote:
3) He wanted to get people in an unroar to draw fan and press attention to the film by saying something deliberately provactive. While the directors statement did put people at he still hasn't actualy confirmed or denied the whole thing invited more speculation. I'd say there's more than a 1% chance of them screwing everything up. It'd say there's a good chance of screwing up everything up even if they get origin right. Quote:
I wouldn't say deviating from the Mirage books always leads to improvements, "City at War" anyone? The people behind this movie don't exactly engender a lot of faith that any deviation they make from pre-established turtle lore will be an improvement. Last edited by Galactus; 03-31-2012 at 08:54 PM. |
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04-03-2012, 12:10 AM | #146 |
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did one of our boys do this?
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04-03-2012, 04:00 AM | #149 |
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Part of me wonders if he means the non-canon (in Laird's eyes anyway) guest artist/writers issues, stuff like this:
Than again, the core Mirage mythos is sound, and it did give us one good Turtle movie that borrowed quite a bit from it(despite what Andrew thinks).
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04-03-2012, 06:05 AM | #151 |
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Oh, joy another one...
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04-03-2012, 06:27 AM | #152 |
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Hey, you can never get enough Hitler.
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04-03-2012, 06:53 AM | #153 |
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Actually...yes, yes you can.
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What's a hitler?
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04-03-2012, 04:24 PM | #157 |
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That's it, I'm making my own damn movie.
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About CAW in specific, totally agree that it was a watered down shadow of its comic self. The whole arc of Shredder Strikes Back Part One, Shredder Strikes Back Part Two, Tales of Leo, Monster Hunter was executed pretty maturely for a cartoon in my opinion, and definitely oozed (pun intended) the Mirage vibe. CAW, on the other hand, was poorly executed...it could have been done better...that's for sure. |
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04-04-2012, 02:09 PM | #159 |
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The problem with City at War is they couldn't adapt the whole Casey impregnates Gabriel story, or Rat King with Splinter since he wasn't introduced yet.
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04-04-2012, 02:14 PM | #160 |
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Gabriel was already pregnant when she met Casey. :p
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