William the White Washed Shredder: Why We Should Learn Not to Assume

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Originally Posted by Blips

I don't understand why studios listen to a very vocal negative group on the Internet when there's no clear indication of how big that group actually is. The Internet is filled with negativity and there was going to be backlash towards different aspects of the film no matter what. You can't please everybody.

Plus there's no way to guarantee that appeasing the negative group will get them to buy a ticket. Most people who purchase a ticket are probably casual fans who are unaware of all the hubbub around Shredder. Most of the audience at the showing I went to reacted with awe when Donatello flung Raph into the humvee and that was in the first teaser!

Ok here is a question that I have. I honestly believe that studios couldn't care less about the "real fans" because I've seen enough comic book characters butchered by Hollywood. But here's the thing. Why WOULDN'T Hollywood want to make a movie that appeals to the real fans? I mean if they are basically making a movie for people that don't really "keep up" with the franchise the way we do then why wouldn't they make it as close to the source material as possible? Why do they feel the need to "change" stuff. I mean if the "average Joe" goes in to watch it he's not gonna know if it's close to the source material or not. So what's the danger in making it as close as possible? It seems there is far more danger in NOT honoring it because you get so much negative word of mouth press around your film. I just don't understand these people at all. TMNT has made BILLIONS of dollars off of the established mythology so WHY change that? That just seems incredibly stupid to me. It's like companies have forgotten the lesson that was "New Coke". There was a profitable formula but then some idiot said "Hey! Let's change it!" and you see how that turned out. That is what Hollywood does constantly.