Dark Knight or Planet of the Apes styled movie

~~Leo656~~ · 12-14-2014, 01:42 PM

Not everybody agreed that Nick buying TMNT was what was best for the property, either. For some fans, that news was less of a celebration and more like a funeral. Not hard to see where they're coming from. In their eyes, the franchise is now forever locked in a kids' toy box, only free to grow and expand to its full potential in the minds of people writing (sometimes questionable) fanfiction.

It's like, yeah, we'll get some new stuff every few years, but as long as it's watered-down for 5-year-olds, it's tough to get excited about it anymore. There's plenty of room to debate about whether or not the franchise "going corporate" was a good or bad thing. I mean, sounds silly on the surface - "How Can More TMNT Ever Be A Bad Thing?" - but if it's all just for snot-pickers then who even gives a sh*t anymore? Why would anyone outside that age bracket even like it anymore? It's a problem Nick will have to address one day when the current phase of popularity starts to wane. We'll see if they'll be willing to let the franchise get a little more "grown-up" once the money slows down, or if the next few movies don't do so well.

I don't even think going "dark" is necessary, nor is trying to be overly "real". Just don't make a piece of sh*t, it's really not hard. There was so much more wrong with the new movie beyond just the tone. That was a problem, but there were a lot of other ones. They could have made a "goofy" movie and it wouldn't have been a big deal if they had actually done anything good with it.

12-14-2014, 01:42 PM	#14
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Not everybody agreed that Nick buying TMNT was what was best for the property, either. For some fans, that news was less of a celebration and more like a funeral. Not hard to see where they're coming from. In their eyes, the franchise is now forever locked in a kids' toy box, only free to grow and expand to its full potential in the minds of people writing (sometimes questionable) fanfiction. It's like, yeah, we'll get some new stuff every few years, but as long as it's watered-down for 5-year-olds, it's tough to get excited about it anymore. There's plenty of room to debate about whether or not the franchise "going corporate" was a good or bad thing. I mean, sounds silly on the surface - "How Can More TMNT Ever Be A Bad Thing?" - but if it's all just for snot-pickers then who even gives a sht anymore? Why would anyone outside that age bracket even like it anymore? It's a problem Nick will have to address one day when the current phase of popularity starts to wane. We'll see if they'll be willing to let the franchise get a little more "grown-up" once the money slows down, or if the next few movies don't do so well. I don't even think going "dark" is necessary, nor is trying to be overly "real". Just don't make a piece of sht, it's really not hard. There was so much more wrong with the new movie beyond just the tone. That was a problem, but there were a lot of other ones. They could have made a "goofy" movie and it wouldn't have been a big deal if they had actually done anything good with it.