Kevin Eastman Talks Michael Bay Film

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Originally Posted by sykosis

I thought they cleared the air saying the Mutagen is alien, not that the Turtles themselves were aliens. In which case it's fairly true to the original story

They never cleared any air. There has never, ever been any response from any of TPTB -- Kevin included -- that has said, "No, they're not aliens in the film." Rather, they've danced around the question with "Well, there is some precedent for alien stuff, given the alien origin of the Utrom mutagen..." which is not a "No" by any means whatsoever. They could have very easily nipped the "OMG, the Turtles are aliens in this!" thing in the bud at many junctures but have very strategically opted not to... methinks because that's an aspect that's probably survived into the shooting script.