Will Nick change the TMNT appearance?
 

Will Nick change the TMNT appearance to look more like their movie counterpart? I remember Fox chance April appearance to look more like her 2007 movie counterpart. Probably not. But who know!? I mean the movie going to be for kid and I can see Nick took the decision to change their appearance just to not confusing the younger kids.

No, why would you even think such a thing? The Nick cartoon has nothing to do with the movie.

No.... prob better chance of meeting alien Turtle people for real. That would be a huge, senseless, and pointless mistake on Nick's part to do that. The series is entirely it's own different style and it's own thing.

While we can accept these guys in as a new version, they should not take over and become the new norm outside their own movie...

They better not.

Nick would not turn Ninja Turtles into anything remotely related to Michael Bay's "Adult Alien Samurai Shreks"...because unlike Bay, they have people working on the product that actually care.

So no.

Yeah, I can't really see it going down to well if they did change the appearances.

Besides, I'd imagine that all the extra work animating bamboo sticks and loincloths and stuff would be a major PITA.

You mean Jonathan Liebesman turtles Bay is just Producing the movie. I know they keep showing his name in every trailer but still he is just producer.

Yeah, he's the producer, but he's clearly leaving more of a creative thumb-print than the director. You don't like Bay-hate, that's fine, but don't get your facts messed up... Bay came on & picked Liebesman to direct. Bay's funding. The money makes the decisions.

Not to mention the fact that there are 5 other producers working on the movie. Everyone seems to single out Bay. I don't see why he doesn't just direct it though, it's clearly his movie more than anyone else's.

Nick have no reason to change the look of their turtles. They're their turtles after all.

Since Viacom/Nick owns TMNT it's only a matter of time until they change the appearance again.

If the movie is a big success... I think it is totally plausible that in a few years they could relaunch with an all-new cartoon using designs similar to the movie.

Nothing unusual about this... as annoying as it is for fans, just look at how DC and Marvel treat their characters. Look at how many different variations we have seen of Batman, Transformers, Avengers, X-Men in cartoon form.

But as long as the existing Nick 2012 show is doing strong in toy sales etc. they won't be doing it anytime soon. I hope!

Hopefully not. I think Nick wouldn't do it by choice since they have to have seen the public outcry of "NO!" over the movie Turtles looks. At least if they're smart they won't. Also, they have a very distinct style in this series, I don't see them easily throwing that aside.

Yes.

Check out Season 3.

IF there are sequels and the new guys prove popular enough, I could see them considering adapting a regular 2d series to them, but questionable if it would translate well enough into that medium.

Could you maybe post a link to what you're alluding to?

No. Nick has no problem with letting IDW do their own unique universe with the Turtles, they are not going to adapt the Nick cartoon for the movie.

use common sense, people

I would think you'd learn to stop using that phrase when it comes to this show...:roll:

There is no way Nick will change the Turtles considering they flat out said they WANTED them to resemble teens more than ever before. They're not going to suddenly make them big and bulky Hulk's and Shrek Ogre's like they are in the movie.

Nick has no problem letting IDW do their own thing, same with the movie. They have no reason to change the cartoon.

No, of course not... the style is entirely different and the movie guys don't even live in an animated world.

Trying to adapt them to something like the current series would probably be a bit lackluster in comparison anyhow, assuming they might have to cut back on the visual qualities anyway (more detail > longer render time > time strain > time is money) and in doing so you kind of lose what the film made them so what's the point.

Adapt off another version, no.

But change in appearance, yes.

Unless you think the concept art that was in the Ultimate Visual History Book is not going to happen.

They won't, trust me.

I hope not, but, if the movie toys start to outsell the Nick toys, expect a change that will be demanded from higher up.

Here's a pic from my visual history book :)

http://i.imgur.com/wIF4689.png

I saw that! That look cool, but I'm pretty sure thats just going to be from a single episode or story arc... Still exciting though

I seriously hope not. They tried it with the 4Kids series after Kevin Munroe's film came out and.... meh.

Personally I love the Nick turtles design. I can't fault it and most fans I know love it too. On the other hand the movie turtles are... well, controversial. An acquired taste. ;)

Also, the Nick show has really carved out a niche for itself, in terms of style and tone. It's very distinctive and it would be a shame to mess with it when the balance is already spot on.

Adapting the design to mirror the movie would be a mistake in my opinion.

Season 2 hasn't even finished yet.

Look forward to seeing that comes of that concept art. Looks like more of just a chance in clothing, gear and/or whatnot, rather than physical change to the characters, I can deal with that. :)

Well, is that face paint on Mike or what?

It's partially covered up, but under the normal turtles image in the corner you can make out 'Fa Pa', so it likely says 'Face Paint'

That said, I WISH the Nick show would make those designs permanent. They look amazing and it would be a fresh change from the standard looks. I'm not saying the standard looks aren't great, but sometimes, you just have to mix things up.

I kind of figured that's what that meant..Le Cam Fac Pa is what it looks like to me.

They're releasing figures of them, so there's that.

If anything the Nick guys might go a bit out of their way to make the Nick show even more different than the movie.

Unless there's directives from upstairs. Which is somewhat possible.

Changing the visual look of the tmnt, no. Making them wear the movie outfits? Maybe.

I saw an image from the Playmates Panel at SDCC 2014, There are Toys coming out for the Nick series, And it looks like Raph has a Do-Rag in his disguise.


Probably for 1 episode, But its the first time we see Raph looking like he has a Do-Rag on.

Or is that some kind of mask? I don't know.

Are you people really this ridiculous? The Turtles are wearing gear for a short episode or arc, like they wore the Larp costumes in that one episode.

Where the hell are you getting the idea they're going to be wearing those outfits for an entire season? This stupidity is outstanding, its like you people never saw the Turtles wear outfits in a show before.

You do realize there's been many, many times when one of the Turtles have worn that sort of mask, right?

Just for example:



Plus Raph's is under a hood in that pic. Mikey's looks more like a do-rag/eyemask combo

You don't know that, it's possible these might be outfits for the entire season three.

Donnie seems to be wearing Casey's mask... as tribute to a fallen comrade perhaps?

That would be a ballsy move for a Nick show...

I think they look pretty cool. Especially Donnie. However, this will probably just be training gear to practice after the Leo one-shot adaption.

I would worry given they did change the animated Turtles' designs before to closer resemble the movies out at the time, both in the 1980s toon and the 2003 toon towards their final seasons.

However, maybe with the TMNT property under a different ownership that won't happen here. It would be something they'd have to explain thru something like a time skip or something to explain how in one season the turtles suddenly go from short teenagers to HUGE hulking monsters the next season.

...Unless they do that silly secondary mutation thing they did in the final seasons of the original cartoon to explain it.

They already experimented with a second mutation, with Bradford. So, nothing is out of the picture. However, I wouldn't mind if Raphael got a little more broader, like he was in 2k3, to emphasize how he's the strongest of the four.