Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie discussion
 

With the movie being released digitally tomorrow, thought it was best to do a separate post for discussion.

Also this thread will have spoilers so don't come in here if you don't want to be spoiled.

Great. I like the idea of separating pre-release speculations (like "What will it be about?") with actual post-release discussions ("Did you like it or not?").

I don't normally nerdgasm, but I did when Donnie said bossa nova in this one. Like a genuine involuntary gasp of shock and awe. Oh yeah, and it's a good movie. I would say a little better than Turtles Forever.

Is it wrong that I didn't want to see Batman beat Shredder in their first fight?:lol: Team turtles! Obviously I don't want the side to win though.
Should Shredder have been better against Batman?

I'll say it one last time,.....Donnie's head! Anyway I can get past it, watching the rest of it.

Edit: A lot as I expected, not bad.

Funny how Donnie kept insisting it was 'anti-ooze' and Batgirl called it Retro Mutagen.
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If this is the best TMNT cartoon ever made, I'll watch it.

But since that's not too high of a bar, lovely nostalgia aside, I'm really not all that interested otherwise.

Excited to hear what you all think though.

credits was pretty awesome

Really enjoyed it and there's possibility of a sequel.

There was a sequel tease? That's amazing. Hopefully they adapt Batman vs. TMNT 2 so we can have a Donatello movie.

Let's hope they do Donatello more justice if they do adapt that storyline into animation.

Yeah it was after the end credits.

considering it showed



the sequel will be quite different

I didn't wait for the end to see, not sure I like the sound of what I just read in the post above though.

The Batman Who Laughs versus the Joker Who Shreds: Dawn of WTF

Can I get a SPOILER'd list of which characters appear in the film?

Judging from the color pallete and character design, I thought this was gonna be a kids' movie. Imagine my surprise seeing blood gush from a broken nose within the first 8 minutes, imagine the one I got from the guy getting stabbed in the forehead 2 minutes later. Then the... I'm not gonna spoil it but it certainly pushes it over the egde of child friendly. Also "hell" not being substituted with "shell". I kind of assumed Nickelodeon was going loosen the child friendly restrictions for TMNT cartoons sooner or later, I just didn't think it would be this one. Or maybe WB had full creative control over this one, either way I approve.

Speaking of approval, I don't really have any problems with most of the changes from the comic. I don't like that some characters were removed/reduced but otherwise it's fine. The removal of the multiverse aspect is probably for the best, it was such an uninteresting distraction anyway. The implication that the TMNT are part of the DC universe might seem strange but the other DC characters aren't part of it, so it's not really worth thinking about. It's worth it because it means we instead get to see more of Batman and TMNT specific plot devices take a more prominent role.

In general it's a pretty enjoyable movie. Some general issues but I don't expect much from direct-to-video.

Hell, maybe I will buy this today just to show support. It's not like I think swearing and blood are integral to good TMNT stories, but anything that sends a signal to Nick/Viacom that adults are willing to pay for TMNT, I'm down to support.

One little thing I found kind of cool was when Shredder first jumped down to meet Batman. It was very reminiscent of the 1990 movie when Shredder jumped down into frame in slow motion. That's a nice little nod to the original movie.

I'm sure there's loads of other Easter eggs in this.

loved it, there were so many Easter eggs in this one. anyone else spot the bit of mikey nun-chucking from the opening of the original animated series?

Come to think of it, this isn't just the most violent animated TMNT adaptation, it has to be the most violent adaptation period. No matter how hard I try to remember, I don't think any of them depicted humans getting stabbed and cut, certainly not with gushing blood. The closest I can remember is robots and green/yellow blooded monsters getting cut, or at the very least it happened off-screen if it was a person. Like when Mashimi dies in the 4Kids show, we know Yoshi cut him, we just don't see it happen or the wound.

It's cool to see that Viacom will allow this, maybe a more adult adaptation could be made one day.

I will beat Bamtan. Yes you see blood because i cut evryone in pieces! That why iam THE SHREDDER!

Best tmnt movie yet imo. Didnt care for a few of the nods thrown in there but the action, characterization, and bits toward character growth do more than make up for it.

Gotta say though, wasnt expecting a animated version to come around so soon that actually had blood in it but yay that it did! Finally some progress toward getting a darker, adult version.

1990 TMNT will always be #1 to me, but this was absolutely fantastic. Best TMNT movie since 1990. Only small problem I had was the way the Turtles looked. But it was so good I got over it very quickly. I will be buying this on Bluray because I will rewatch this many times.

I don't know who Bamtan is, nor does Google yield any results as to who Bamtan is. Who or what is is Bamtan? How does one beat Bamtan?

My guess is by bashing him with a pan :lol:

Am I reaching or was that one scene where one of the turtles throws a foot soldier toward the screen a nod to turtles in time? The way he looked while hurtling toward the screen look just like the video game.

Do the TMNT curse in this?

Leo says "Hell." Can't remember if there were any others.

I think Mikey says Crap, during the fight with Batman.

The foulmouthed scalawag. Has he no decency!?

So I just watched the “Suit up” trailer to this and loved the callback to the original TMNT opening with the guys on the rooftop in the same poses at back then!!

That was really good. Much better than I was expecting, actually. I'm glad they took time with the mutant Arkham inmates this time around, and I really hope this ends up leading to more movies of this caliber. My one complaint was that they kept mispronouncing Ra's Al Ghul, which wouldn't have been as annyoying if they hadn't pronouced it correctly a few times.

Watched it yesterday, really enjoyed it! It's probably the best on-screen-adaptation of the Turtles so far, it's the perfect balance between being serious and comedic. There are some serious fan service moments as well, which I certainly enjoyed. The Turtles' design aren't perfect though, I will never understand why this modern-day Donatello has to be tall and slinky, or why Raphael has to be big and square-shaped, but you get used to it quite quickly and we've seen far worse over the years. All in all I'm pleased with what I got, and I'm certainly hoping we get either a sequel or a standalone TMNT movie in the same style as this one.

Castle Rock reference
 

Was there a Castle Rock reference thrown in or would that be too much of a stretch? One of the actors is Noel Fisher...

:tgrin::P:D I can't wait to buy this movie on Blu-ray or DVD I might watch it along with my rise of the teenage mutant Ninja turtles DVD

Great movie.
Since the comics came out, I always hoped that they would follow through with a movie. Glad they did, and glad they didn’t disappoint on any level.

Now, will they do another one next year?

Despite his limited screen time, I love Baxter in this.

Finally watched it and liked it a lot even if I didn't love it. I'm a big fan of both batman and tmnt but as I've said in the past not a fan of these two crossing over with each other. Haven't read any of the previous crossovers but counting there's 4 and they're in injustice 2, the TMNT are no strangers to the DCU anymore.

As a batman movie it's fairly mediocre but as a TMNT movie it's fairly decent. Even with so many characters almost all got a small time to shine. You don't see the personalities of the turtles too much, especially Donnie/Raph but it's fine. The character designs worked much better in motion as well. Seeing the batman rogues mutated was actually much cooler than I thought and it worked really well. Shredder was simply badass, didn't like his voice, the other voices were good. Joker Shredder ending is not something I wanna see in a sequel but as an ending we don't see more of it's ok.

I'd love a full series of TMNT with these TMNT and that Shredder, I feel an actual show could make use of the darker setting but at the same time let the turtles be a bit more light hearted without being in Gotham city. That design of Barbara Gordon would make the perfect April O'Neil as well. A Batman show with these designs would be fine but not my ideal. I do hope we get a Batman VS TMNT 2 down the line as I'd love to see more of this, maybe Batman going to NYC?

Is there anyplace to watch this online? I want to see it, but reaaly don't want to wait until it comes out on dvd/br.

Am I wrong to be surprised at how little discussion this garnered? I knew this place wasn't very populated these days, but this seems like a semi-noteworthy event for the TMNT compared to the amount of talk on here.