Would Anyone Be Interested in This?

Lone Wolf · 04-16-2003, 10:03 PM

For those of you that are into the more serious TMNT interpretations, since as it stands there are no real plans for a new movie, and even if there were there is no gurantee we won't get another "Lost in Time" camp-fest, would you be interested in a serious noveliation of the TMNT?

I'm talking good writing here, with well-rounded characters and a well paced plot. It would be a thick book aimed at the late-teen/ early twenties crowd (read: hardcore comic book/anime/sci-fi geeks) , not some Junior novelization. It would probably either play up the Sci-Fi aspect of the Turtles or make it a True Crime type story, dealing with the harsh realities of urban dissonance. Something like the first movie; it would be ironically funny at times, but primarily it would carry emotional ressonance. It would be a story of value... "a ludicrous concept, played completely straight."

Some good writers for the project? Dean Koontz comes quickly to mind. I mean really, is there anyone else? Maybe Michael Crichton, or Philip Jose Farmer (but he's so old by now I don't know if he could write anything on a steady basis). Chris Claremont wrote the X2 novelization, and is familiar (to understate to the extreme) with comics, so he's also a possibility.

You could get a good ( NON-ANIME) artist to paint a cover. Another cool idea would be a high-production value Audio Book. You could get a voice actor from the Movies/ Cartoons to perform it, and then get a new musical score (or music from the first movie) to go with it.

I think that this (done correctly) would be a great way to re-introduce the Turtles as mature, 3-dimensional characters that just happen to be trapped in a wacked out concept, without resorting to a $100 million+ budget. If we do get another movie, who knows to what depths it could fall...

*Tetsu Deinonychus* · 04-16-2003, 10:04 PM

Hmmm...
Interesting.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 04-16-2003, 10:05 PM

The current fanfic idea I have right now (which I STILL haven't started yet) might fit this bill very well

*heretic888* · 04-17-2003, 10:17 AM

Sounds interesting.

Laird talked about being interested in something like that in the letter column in issue 9 (released yesterday). He said he was thinking about writing one himself.

**Kali** · 04-17-2003, 10:27 AM

I know there have been some good (and I mean really good) fan fiction "novels" done, but I do think a published novel would be great.

*Eye of Sarnath* · 04-17-2003, 10:37 AM

If it has to do with the TMNT, we're interested. I myself think it's a good idea.

**Karpo_007** · 04-17-2003, 10:49 AM

Yeah it might work. Laird can write comics very good, a novel is a diffrent thing. I think he should write the story, and hire a real novelist.

*Kid Icarus* · 04-19-2003, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Karpo_007

Yeah it might work. Laird can write comics very good, a novel is a diffrent thing. I think he should write the story, and hire a real novelist.

I'm with you Karpo. Laird is good at adding words to people, but I'm not too sure if he can describe a sewer with just words.

Anne Rice would also be an interesting autor. That would never happen though.

Lone Wolf · 04-19-2003, 04:44 PM

Anne Rice? Maybe if they were the Teenage Mutant Vampire Turtles. ( I know like 30 people just opened up their Word Processors, but honestly folks, the world has enough s----- TMNT fanfics without it having to worry about some lonely teenagers machinations of Undead Mutant Pets. )

She's great in her own genre, but I think it would be too much of a stretch for her. I still think Dean Koontz would be the best pick for this; just read The Watchers (it's about a genetically altered dog named Einstein who is on the run from the government and a less favorably bio-engineered monstrosity known as The Outsider) and you will know what I am talking about.

And I feel kind of stupid for not picking up on this before, but Peter David is a decent novelist as well as comic book author, and he's definitely familiar with the TMNT universe as he's writing the new ongoing. Probably too busy though...

CookSux · 04-19-2003, 10:38 PM

I don't think I'd have the patience to sit there and read a book about the Turtles.

MzTheInsomniac · 04-20-2003, 07:52 AM

i know, i cant even read those little chapter books based on the movies

Lone Wolf · 04-20-2003, 08:24 AM

How sad.

MzTheInsomniac · 04-20-2003, 08:27 AM

yes it is rather sad, but some how i can ead comics, maybe cuz they have pictures

~~Tokka-B~~ · 04-20-2003, 09:04 AM

Now a nice long novel I wouldn't mind, especially for the older crowd.... A few volumes perhaps?

Tinselcat · 04-20-2003, 09:58 AM

i think the novelizations aimed towards kids are pretty much crap, but if a novel came out that was quality writing, which was able to take the subject seriously and in a more adult context without making it stupid, or turning donatello into a cyborg, i'd definitely read it. i mean, the tmnt were originally intended for a teenage/young adult audience, and there have been some dark things in the comic. i think a novelization would introduce the whole thing to a different level, and perhaps its reputation would be of a better quality.

Lone Wolf · 04-20-2003, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinselcat

i think the novelizations aimed towards kids are pretty much crap, but if a novel came out that was quality writing, which was able to take the subject seriously and in a more adult context without making it stupid, or turning donatello into a cyborg, i'd definitely read it. i mean, the tmnt were originally intended for a teenage/young adult audience, and there have been some dark things in the comic. i think a novelization would introduce the whole thing to a different level, and perhaps its reputation would be of a better quality.

My thoughts exactly Tinselcat.

*Tetsu Deinonychus* · 04-20-2003, 05:25 PM

Hey in Japan they made a very succesful novelization of Gundam Wing. If it works for GW in Japan, it could work for TMNT in the U.S.A.!

A TMNT radio drama would rock too!

~~Tokka-B~~ · 04-20-2003, 08:44 PM

I am sure if you were a kid you wouldn't find them crap tinselcat, I feel that they should have a wide-range audience, that makes it's popularity benefit the most in the end...

04-16-2003, 10:03 PM	#1
Lone Wolf Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 160	Would Anyone Be Interested in This? For those of you that are into the more serious TMNT interpretations, since as it stands there are no real plans for a new movie, and even if there were there is no gurantee we won't get another "Lost in Time" camp-fest, would you be interested in a serious noveliation of the TMNT? I'm talking good writing here, with well-rounded characters and a well paced plot. It would be a thick book aimed at the late-teen/ early twenties crowd (read: hardcore comic book/anime/sci-fi geeks) , not some Junior novelization. It would probably either play up the Sci-Fi aspect of the Turtles or make it a True Crime type story, dealing with the harsh realities of urban dissonance. Something like the first movie; it would be ironically funny at times, but primarily it would carry emotional ressonance. It would be a story of value... "a ludicrous concept, played completely straight." Some good writers for the project? Dean Koontz comes quickly to mind. I mean really, is there anyone else? Maybe Michael Crichton, or Philip Jose Farmer (but he's so old by now I don't know if he could write anything on a steady basis). Chris Claremont wrote the X2 novelization, and is familiar (to understate to the extreme) with comics, so he's also a possibility. You could get a good ( NON-ANIME) artist to paint a cover. Another cool idea would be a high-production value Audio Book. You could get a voice actor from the Movies/ Cartoons to perform it, and then get a new musical score (or music from the first movie) to go with it. I think that this (done correctly) would be a great way to re-introduce the Turtles as mature, 3-dimensional characters that just happen to be trapped in a wacked out concept, without resorting to a $100 million+ budget. If we do get another movie, who knows to what depths it could fall... __________________ "You may destroy me... but I will not live in fear!"

04-16-2003, 10:04 PM	#2
Tetsu Deinonychus The Iron Dinosaur Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Studio Snowlion HQ Posts: 3,021	Hmmm... Interesting. __________________ (Image hosting by Postimage.org) And here's a list of all my old wacky threads!

04-17-2003, 10:17 AM	#4
heretic888 Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,344	hmmm Sounds interesting. Laird talked about being interested in something like that in the letter column in issue 9 (released yesterday). He said he was thinking about writing one himself. __________________ "Ninpo began as training to become a moral people and to learn to endure in whatever social condition one is in; to know and accept one's fate, and to live for human beings and all other creatures. The person who masters all of these is a Ninja." (Masaaki Hatsumi)

04-17-2003, 10:37 AM	#6
Eye of Sarnath Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NY Posts: 1,590	If it has to do with the TMNT, we're interested. I myself think it's a good idea. __________________ "When I was real small I heard about this thing called the decline of civilization... and I decided that it was something I would like to become involved in." -George Carlin

04-19-2003, 04:44 PM	#9
Lone Wolf Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 160	Anne Rice? Maybe if they were the Teenage Mutant Vampire Turtles. ( I know like 30 people just opened up their Word Processors, but honestly folks, the world has enough s----- TMNT fanfics without it having to worry about some lonely teenagers machinations of Undead Mutant Pets. ) She's great in her own genre, but I think it would be too much of a stretch for her. I still think Dean Koontz would be the best pick for this; just read The Watchers (it's about a genetically altered dog named Einstein who is on the run from the government and a less favorably bio-engineered monstrosity known as The Outsider) and you will know what I am talking about. And I feel kind of stupid for not picking up on this before, but Peter David is a decent novelist as well as comic book author, and he's definitely familiar with the TMNT universe as he's writing the new ongoing. Probably too busy though... __________________ "You may destroy me... but I will not live in fear!"

04-16-2003, 10:05 PM	#3
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	The current fanfic idea I have right now (which I STILL haven't started yet) might fit this bill very well

04-17-2003, 10:27 AM	#5
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	I know there have been some good (and I mean really good) fan fiction "novels" done, but I do think a published novel would be great.

04-17-2003, 10:49 AM	#7
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	Yeah it might work. Laird can write comics very good, a novel is a diffrent thing. I think he should write the story, and hire a real novelist.

04-19-2003, 10:38 PM	#10
CookSux Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sparta Posts: 928	I don't think I'd have the patience to sit there and read a book about the Turtles. __________________ http://http://cooksux.deviantart.com/ http://www.xanga.com/cooksux http://www.myspace.com/cooksux

04-20-2003, 07:52 AM	#11
MzTheInsomniac Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Daaaaaaayton O hi O Posts: 680	i know, i cant even read those little chapter books based on the movies __________________ www.wheeljack.com BEETCH GO THERE!!!!

04-20-2003, 08:24 AM	#12
Lone Wolf Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 160	How sad. __________________ "You may destroy me... but I will not live in fear!"

04-20-2003, 08:27 AM	#13
MzTheInsomniac Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Daaaaaaayton O hi O Posts: 680	yes it is rather sad, but some how i can ead comics, maybe cuz they have pictures __________________ www.wheeljack.com BEETCH GO THERE!!!!

04-20-2003, 09:04 AM	#14
~~Tokka-B~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lost Sewer Posts: 1,829	Now a nice long novel I wouldn't mind, especially for the older crowd.... A few volumes perhaps?

04-20-2003, 09:58 AM	#15
Tinselcat Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2002 Location: uuuuh... off planet. Posts: 1,190	i think the novelizations aimed towards kids are pretty much crap, but if a novel came out that was quality writing, which was able to take the subject seriously and in a more adult context without making it stupid, or turning donatello into a cyborg, i'd definitely read it. i mean, the tmnt were originally intended for a teenage/young adult audience, and there have been some dark things in the comic. i think a novelization would introduce the whole thing to a different level, and perhaps its reputation would be of a better quality. __________________

04-20-2003, 05:25 PM	#17
Tetsu Deinonychus The Iron Dinosaur Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Studio Snowlion HQ Posts: 3,021	Hey in Japan they made a very succesful novelization of Gundam Wing. If it works for GW in Japan, it could work for TMNT in the U.S.A.! A TMNT radio drama would rock too! __________________ (Image hosting by Postimage.org) And here's a list of all my old wacky threads!

04-20-2003, 08:44 PM	#18
~~Tokka-B~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lost Sewer Posts: 1,829	I am sure if you were a kid you wouldn't find them crap tinselcat, I feel that they should have a wide-range audience, that makes it's popularity benefit the most in the end...