TMNT CG Pilot
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXSRMZbfMfg

Anyone know what the music is at 4:48 to 5:07? I was thinking of using it for something and it sounded really good.

On a similar note, would you guys have wanted this to come out? I definitely would have liked to see this come to fruition. It had a really good feel and tone.

Honestly? No. The Shredder looked ridiculous, the Turtles looked too pudgy, and CG didn't look so great.

The only really good think I liked about this were the fight scenes. I'm glad we ended up with the 2003 series.

This was terrible. Nick is soooo much better.

I don't know, these seems like a lot more open world than Nick TMNT but the designs are ugly, and shredder ugh...

I wish there was a cleaner copy available. I'd like to see more...but then again, I'd also like to have seen both the Halmark Made-for-TV movie (how far did that make it?) and the WB series make it as well. :P

Might have been alright. It's clearly a very early pitch piece. The turtles look more like they were inspired by the Fred Wolf versions, only brought to CG. With more polish, I might have been interested in seeing it, but I don't necessarily regret it not being picked up.

Looked very 90's to me.

Yeah, I don't think we would have been ready for the show. On the plus side of it though, April does look pretty nice.

I am surprised how fluid and realistic they move, was this Motion captured?
Also loving that Casey Design, short hair really works, who would have thought?
New Casey is a whiny bitch, he sucks...

Idk. I loved the 2k3 series even though it didn't get the exposure it deserved, but I would've been so on board with this cg version. Idk why you guys don't dig the Turtles look; it definitely has a Mirage influence. And the Shredder looks really good and has a more realistic, proportional design. He doesn't look boxy and rigid like the Nick one. I don't think the Nick show is bad, but it's not really anything amazing Imo. It's really whatever. If the 2k3 never made the cut then I would've been very happy watching this. That shot when they're on the rooftop next to the WTC is sick. I love that music from 4:48 to 5:07. This show would've been pretty awesome.

Yeah, the animation is top notch. This looks a lot more realistic than the Nicktoon. I feel very immersed in it.

Even though we only see Casey for a minute in here, I am more sold on him than the Nicktoon. He doesn't seem like a pushover. Very cool Imo.

I can't stand new show, Hate the whole teenage thing, turtles act like they are 8 not 15, it's basically for children from 3 to 10, nothing for fans there...

It's on a children's network. Of course the turtles can't act like they do in mirage here. Plus it has tons of stuff for fans.

The pilot is excellent for the time. I actually prefer Shredder's design here over the Nick show. it also looks far more interesting than the current Nick show. The voices are bad but they would've changed, the cg is not bad for a pilot in the early 2000_'s. It would've gotten better for when it aired. I love all the designs, especially their teen April. Anyway I am glad that we got 2k3 instead of this but it would've been a good show.

No offense, but how is outdated CG from 2001 more realistic than what we have now?

As you probably know, there was a costume test for Splinter that Peter Laird saw, and that's about it.

I think the CG series and the KWB series were pretty much the same thing right? At least design wise only one was CG and the other wasn't. I think a KWB series would've been fun but we're talking about a maximum of 65 episodes if it had happened. Not to mention getting renewed in KWB was probably harder than in FoxBox/4KidsTV, I actually think being in 4KidsTV helped 2k3 get so many episodes.

Anyway, in a controversial and totally unrelated note, I always took the CG Pilot as in continuity with the 2007 movie and since I consider that one in continuity with the Nick show then the Pilot is part of the Nick show in my eyes.

How? you see Casey and April as adults, and the tone is completely different...

It peaks my interest
 

If this was in place of the nick show I'd watch every week! The animation itself could use work but the fight scenes looked fantastic! Was this proposed? I'd def watch it, and seems like something that would be big in Asia but also have the cross over value to the states.

Wait, the KWB and this cg pilot were different? I always thought the KWB cartoon drawings were just concept drawings and illustrations for this cg pilot show. Interesting. Either way, they both looked very good. I liked almost everything I saw from this cg pilot. I would've preferred this over the nick cartoon any day.

Same here. I really wish this is the show we got.

None taken. If you look at the motion and movements of the cg models you can see how life-like it feels and looks. Yeah, the nick cartoon can be very fun and animated at times, but if you take time to observe you can see how professional the rigging for the cg pilot animation is. It looks very photo-real. Just as observing a real object/figure move.