Tohoru Masamune plays the Shredder in the new TMNT film

[LeoRaph]

Originally Posted by Prowler

The process in the making of this movie has been quite strange and so has been the marketing and the news of it. So apparently the turtles were original gonna be aliens and the Shredder white and it turns out neither was true after all. Did the media just take some statements out of context or was this some strange marketing strategy all along? Because if it was the latter I don't think it worked very well. It got people talking about the movie sure, but it was mostly backlash from both big fans and casuals. Seriously, I've never seen a movie that's gotten so many thumbs down from both hardcore fans and casual ones alike. Even people I know who barely know the names of the 4 turtles didn't like the idea of "alien turtles" nor of the "white shredder" at all.

Nope. Totally True.

Turtles were Aliens. Fans were Outraged. Changed

Shredder was White. Fans were Outraged. Changed

People can believe the 'we planned it that way all along' but it was backlash plain and simple.