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weredog · 05-13-2007, 06:02 PM

I like the Transformers and I fully expect to see the Transformers movie in theatres, but I can't really understand why Transformers is getting more hype than TMNT.
TMNT started as an adult comic. Transformers started as a children's toyline. Every story, every comic, every show involving the Transformers has one primary purpose. To sell toys to children. Nothing more, nothing less. It started life as a kiddie property and it will always remain a kiddie property. Because there's no way in hell Hasbro will allow it to be anything else. Mustn't upset the kiddies and ruin sales afterall. TMNT, being a comic property first and foremost has the potential to be so much more.
And you think mutated turtles are hard for the public to emphathize with? At least turtles are living things. Transformers are glorified toasters. Machines. It's like trying to identify with a blender. Some can suspend disbelief and do just that sure, but for me it's a hell of a lot harder to care for a hunk of metal than a turtle. I can watch Transformers and enjoy it sure, but I never actually CARED for them. I didn't cry when Optimus Prime died. I laughed the first time I saw it. My friend and I sat there and MSTed it, because the concept was so absurd. He's a friggin' ROBOT for God's sake. take out the busted part replace it with a new one and voila! He should be as good as new.
I care about the Turtles. I care about their characters, I IDENTIFY with them. Raph's temper and his loyalty to his family, Mike's fun loving attitude, Donnie's nerdiness, Leo's sense of honor. There's something about each and every one of them I can identify with. Transformers has none of that. It's an interesting concept, and it'll be a hell of a movie. Great Eye candy. But ultimately that is all it'll be.

05-13-2007, 06:02 PM	#82
weredog Random Punk Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 49	I like the Transformers and I fully expect to see the Transformers movie in theatres, but I can't really understand why Transformers is getting more hype than TMNT. TMNT started as an adult comic. Transformers started as a children's toyline. Every story, every comic, every show involving the Transformers has one primary purpose. To sell toys to children. Nothing more, nothing less. It started life as a kiddie property and it will always remain a kiddie property. Because there's no way in hell Hasbro will allow it to be anything else. Mustn't upset the kiddies and ruin sales afterall. TMNT, being a comic property first and foremost has the potential to be so much more. And you think mutated turtles are hard for the public to emphathize with? At least turtles are living things. Transformers are glorified toasters. Machines. It's like trying to identify with a blender. Some can suspend disbelief and do just that sure, but for me it's a hell of a lot harder to care for a hunk of metal than a turtle. I can watch Transformers and enjoy it sure, but I never actually CARED for them. I didn't cry when Optimus Prime died. I laughed the first time I saw it. My friend and I sat there and MSTed it, because the concept was so absurd. He's a friggin' ROBOT for God's sake. take out the busted part replace it with a new one and voila! He should be as good as new. I care about the Turtles. I care about their characters, I IDENTIFY with them. Raph's temper and his loyalty to his family, Mike's fun loving attitude, Donnie's nerdiness, Leo's sense of honor. There's something about each and every one of them I can identify with. Transformers has none of that. It's an interesting concept, and it'll be a hell of a movie. Great Eye candy. But ultimately that is all it'll be.