Can the TMNT brand survive a "bad" Turtles movie?

*CyberCubed* · 01-10-2014, 01:23 PM

As we all know, bad movies can potentially damage a brand to the point where it bombs the franchise for a few years until it reboots. Common examples are:

- Batman and Robin damn near killed the entire Batman movie franchise for years. Its not only considered the worst comic book movie of all time (that's well known anyway), but it completely soured Batman, Robin, Mr. Freeze, and Bane especially in the eyes of the general public

- Superman IV bombed the Superman franchise in theaters for nearly 20 years. Even Superman Returns was poorly received, which kept the franchise out of theaters for another couple of years until Man of Steel.

- The Green Lantern movie bombed, completely killed the franchises chances of taking off in the mainstream

- Spiderman 3 ruined the original Spiderman trilogy, eventually leading to the films to be rebooted.

- X-men the Third stand almost ruined the X-men movie franchise entirely, but its now going through a second wind.

etc.

While the Turtles franchises has had some less than stellar movies before, they either came at already the waning days of the franchise (TMNT III), or nobody was even aware the movie existed outside of hardcore fans in the first place (TMNT 4 in 2007).

However thanks to Nick the TMNT franchise is probably at the most popular its ever been since around 1992, and this new movie is already well known to the masses thanks to the controversy of the following:

1. Rumors of alien Turtles
2. Michael Bay
3. Megan Fox
4. White Eric Sachs Shredder
5. The leaked script which was horrible

Do you think if this movie bombs with terrible reviews in theaters, that it could potentially damage the TMNT brand? What possible impact could it have on the rest of the franchise?

View Poll Results: Can the TMNT franchise survive a "bad" Turtles movie
Yes, it survived several lackluster movies already	39	66.10%
There will be damage to the brand, at least in part	12	20.34%
No, if this movie is bad it'll just be forgotten by the masses and the franchise will continue	8	13.56%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll

01-10-2014, 01:23 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,838	Can the TMNT brand survive a "bad" Turtles movie? As we all know, bad movies can potentially damage a brand to the point where it bombs the franchise for a few years until it reboots. Common examples are: - Batman and Robin damn near killed the entire Batman movie franchise for years. Its not only considered the worst comic book movie of all time (that's well known anyway), but it completely soured Batman, Robin, Mr. Freeze, and Bane especially in the eyes of the general public - Superman IV bombed the Superman franchise in theaters for nearly 20 years. Even Superman Returns was poorly received, which kept the franchise out of theaters for another couple of years until Man of Steel. - The Green Lantern movie bombed, completely killed the franchises chances of taking off in the mainstream - Spiderman 3 ruined the original Spiderman trilogy, eventually leading to the films to be rebooted. - X-men the Third stand almost ruined the X-men movie franchise entirely, but its now going through a second wind. etc. While the Turtles franchises has had some less than stellar movies before, they either came at already the waning days of the franchise (TMNT III), or nobody was even aware the movie existed outside of hardcore fans in the first place (TMNT 4 in 2007). However thanks to Nick the TMNT franchise is probably at the most popular its ever been since around 1992, and this new movie is already well known to the masses thanks to the controversy of the following: 1. Rumors of alien Turtles 2. Michael Bay 3. Megan Fox 4. White Eric Sachs Shredder 5. The leaked script which was horrible Do you think if this movie bombs with terrible reviews in theaters, that it could potentially damage the TMNT brand? What possible impact could it have on the rest of the franchise?