The NEW Official Trailer Discussion

sethmartin · 04-24-2014, 06:39 PM

The real reason Shredder is white in this is because do to the steep budget, paramount is banking on the overseas market (China really) for a large sum of the profits. They are worried that China isn't going to respond well to an Asian villain. Not saying that's the way it SHOULD be. Just saying that's their logic. The only way to do a true to source turtles movie is to make it cheap and low budget. That way you aren't banking over 50% of your grosses on an audience that might never have heard of TMNT. This worked back in the 90s when average movie budget was way under 50 mil, but now, they need that overseas money to break even. I'm excited to see this movie, but I'm also excited for other doors it might open for the turtles. I want to see a traditionally animated film version of the first two volumes of the original comic book series.

04-24-2014, 06:39 PM	#11
sethmartin Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 706	The real reason Shredder is white in this is because do to the steep budget, paramount is banking on the overseas market (China really) for a large sum of the profits. They are worried that China isn't going to respond well to an Asian villain. Not saying that's the way it SHOULD be. Just saying that's their logic. The only way to do a true to source turtles movie is to make it cheap and low budget. That way you aren't banking over 50% of your grosses on an audience that might never have heard of TMNT. This worked back in the 90s when average movie budget was way under 50 mil, but now, they need that overseas money to break even. I'm excited to see this movie, but I'm also excited for other doors it might open for the turtles. I want to see a traditionally animated film version of the first two volumes of the original comic book series.