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...

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!"