New Movie will not be called teenage mutant ninja turtles
 

simply just NINJA TURTLES

there goes everything. we might as well watch robot chickens SENIOR MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! lol

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=88452

forgive me if this is talked about in another forum page i just got the news a few minutes ago.

This is good news. I can't recall the last time I actually spoke the words "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" without just shortening it to TMNT or Ninja Turtles.

These days, both of those are my shorthand for the Turtles, as well. It's an interesting trade-off between canon purity and general pragmatism. Besides, the 4th movie just used "TMNT" to distinguish itself from the others, so why not use the other term?

I'm totally fine with Ninja Turtles. There are certainly many practical reasons for it, and it will be easily distinguishable from the other films in the franchise (as I believe Jester pointed out in another thread). The simpler name will also be better for intentional box office sales.

They clearly dropped the mutant part because they're aliens now.

I really dont mind it. It makes it somewhat easier to differentiate between the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and the upcoming one.

AND i'll be ok with the fact that they arent teenagers(if thats really whats happening) if its done right. I enjoyed Volume 3 and 4 of the comics, so having a post teen turtle isnt that shocking to me.

They were 18 in Volume 3.

This is good, because people won't be confused with the name, think of it this way, the TMNT movie was not exactly the same as the old movies, even though it had a different name. But heres a better way to put it, you guys saw the old spider man movies released. well it all ended with spider man 3. but now they are remaking them, and in stead of calling it spider man, it is now the amazing spider man, just to avoid confusion. so i think the name is changed for that reason, and that reason only!

You're still a teenager at 18.

Or you know because maybe they want to give the title a fresh look for a reboot of the series.... :trazz:

True, i guess i always viewed 18 as the cut off between teen and adult, even though it technically would still be teenager.
When they were twelve did they go around calling themselves the Pre-teen Mutant Ninja Turtles?

This better not be an actual anger inducing thing.

Technically one isn't a contradiction of the other. If you're 18 or 19, you're an adult that is teenaged.

That's a strange question. Aside from passingly (once, I think, ever), the Turtles have never gone around calling themselves any kind of blanket group name.

Ninja Turtles works for me.

Eh, I prefer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I can deal with this.

I like the full title, but who cares about a movie title, as long as it's understandable.

No, it was just a joke. im not trying to push anyone's buttons.

Anyone think they wont actually be teenager's in the new flick?

I'm fine with it. I actually suggested it a long time ago. At least maybe it can differentiate itself from all the other movies.

Other than bring the next mutation to mind, this seems to work fine.

The name of the movie really doesn't matter much to me. So long as it makes sense.