A Rat King movie??

[Nturtle]

Yup, apperently New Line is making a movie about the Rat King beefore he was known as the Rat King!!!
Okay not exactly but it looks preety darn close, apperrently there is a movie about a social outcast named Willard who goes crazy, makes friends with rats and gets revenge!!! :lol: Is that wackey or what?! Watch the trailer!!:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/willard/
Warning though, this is no for Cat fans!! And you need quicktime to view this you can get it here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

[xZAOx]

i love my kitty and all kitties! im afraid to watch it now =/

[Karpo_007]

Heh :lol: Looks like a "Rat King" movie all right.

[Donatello02]

Hahahah maybe New Line can tie it in with the next turtle movie. EH?

[Nturtle]

I've got to see this movie now!! :lol:
But yeah, that would make a great background story for the Rat King

[Karpo_007]

Im sure I will go watch it when it hits theaters here.

[lhb412]

I'm not sure, but I think I heard this was a remake of an older film.

[Karpo_007]

well looks good anyway.



"They will do whatever I say" Willard

[Nturtle]

I deffinitely want to see it!! :evilgrin:

"Its...just the wind" Willard again!! :P

[Karpo_007]

Yeah me too. Im suprised I didn't know about this before. Thanks for the heads up!

[Nturtle]

No problem dude!
Yeah I just looked into it though and apperently it is based off a horror movie of the same name made in 1971 about a shy kid who trains his pet rat to kill his enemies!! :evilgrin:

[Karpo_007]

Well in this new movie it seems he has more than one pet rat... :D

[Donatello02]

Cool...Rat King, except even MORE pissed off.

[Nturtle]

Deffinitely, that part where the door lifts up and all the rats start pouring out is so creepy!!!! :evilgrin:

[raphael90]

A movie about the Rat King eh? Sounds cool to me...

[Karpo_007]

Well it's not THE rat king, but pretty close.

[xZAOx]

haha, the whole time im just waiting for him to say "get your damn hands off her!"

didnt look very good to me, tho.

[Straight-Edge]

Um, in case no one noticed this, on the bio-card from the 1989 Rat King figure, it lists his favorite film as "Willard".

I'm willing to bet the original Rat King concept is based on Willard... as most Mirage characters are semi-spoofs of other characters.

[Karpo_007]

You are probably right.

[Nturtle]

:lol: I didn't know that!! But yeah it seems very likely that the Rat King is a Willard parody

[Jephael]

I can't help but wonder whether or not Eastman and Laird originated the Rat King character for the comics or the cartoon.

[Reznorite420]

This just got me thinking, maybe this is just one MORE thing that Eastman and Laird ripped off (you know, like Baxter the fly ripping off Jeff Goldblum, Rex1 ripping off Robocop, yada yada...)

[Karpo_007]

Eastman and Laird has nothing to with Baxter the fly. And neither of them created Rat King, It was probably Ryan Brown, who was doing the Tales of TMNT at the time[Not sure, but I can check]. So Rat King was not made for the cartoon.

[Reznorite420]

Why must you be so technical? I couldn't just say "something TMNT ripped off".

And I know the Rat King wasn't made for the cartoon first...

[That Matt Guy]

Baxter didn't turn into a fly in the comics?

[Karpo_007]

No he didn't. But I have heard he turned into a cyborg in volume 2. But Im still reading volume 1 so it will be some time before Im reading those stories.

And Yes if you say Eastman and Laird created Baxter the fly, I have to be technical and correct it.

[Mondo_Gecko]

I Still think Baxter turing into a fly is better. Basxter turning into a cyborg is cool too but I just can't see Baxter being anything but a fly thats what i grew up with.

And I always thought of a Rat King as a modern day Pied Piper.

[Donatello02]

Baxter as a fly is better, I agree.

[Karpo_007]

well luckily that isn't happening.

[Jephael]

It would've been funny if the nerdy Baxter became a cyborg and the phsycotic Baxter got turned into a fly.

[Karpo_007]

Well the new show is more realistic, people will not turn into animals.

[Jephael]

Hey, you never know. Someone might get turned into a giraffe or a billy goat.

[Donatello02]

And turning into a cyborg is more realistic how?

[Jephael]

Lets face it, TMNT is a fantasy world. It's not meant to be taken seriously on any level.

[Donatello02]

I'd stil like to see Baxter the fly. And make him more darker and stuff. That would be cool. OH and they have to have a new darker Mutagen Man too. HE was the coolest villian.

[Nturtle]

Or maybe he could turn into a Cybork goat fly with laser death powers!!!! :evilgrin: Mwa ha ha ha!!!! Uhhhh... *ahem* sorry! :embarass:

[xZAOx]

damn you nturtle! i was just about to say "how about he turns into a robot fly" hehe

[Nturtle]

Nyah!! Beat you to it!!! :P

[Eye of Sarnath]

Well the new show is more realistic, people will not turn into animals.

Karpo, you seem to forget that the main characters are animals! :P

[xZAOx]

lol. hes got you there!

[Karpo_007]

Well the new show is more realistic, people will not turn into animals.

Karpo, you seem to forget that the main characters are animals! :P

No, TMNT were never people. They were always turtles. You should have known that...