What DO you want, then?

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Okay, in all of the other threads on this board, I've seen the bashing, the fighting, the hate and venom fly in every direction either for or against the 2014 TMNT film. I personally think it was a movie with a LOT of stuff wrong with it, had a few tiny things that I liked, and just passed it off as a mediocre popcorn summer flick- I don't love it, but I don't hate it, either.

But the question I pose in this thread is; what DO you want in a good TMNT movie, first in it's series? What characters, setting, tone, etc., are you looking for? This isn't a thread to just pick up arguing over the movie we got- rather, this is the place to talk about what we would have gotten had Bay just say back, put his name on the picture, and raked in the cash from a film with a director who knew what he was doing? I want to know what you'd would have wanted to see, and what you'd hate seeing. No fighting or yelling about other versions or other people's tastes. Discuss the ideas, fine... but don't fight over em!

Now, I'd personally have loved to see a fell done origin, with 4kids in tone, and characters from the OT; Yoshi becomes Splinter, Shredder as the main villain, human rocksteady and bebop as his henchman, setting up their transformation in the sequel. Cycle of vengeance story kept in the form of shredder destroying Yoshi's life as a human. Ninja action and violence on the level of most PG-13 Hollywood action flicks where the good guys can hack, chop and slash their way through the grunts and kill them.

What I would not go see is a full-blown Mirage tale, with the gore, blood, and grit of 300. It personally holds no interest for me, I've seen enough frank miller angst-ridden bloodfests to last me a lifetime. But that's just my tastes, I know many others would love to see that. Also, I'd expect a good story, and good characters. I'd hate another summer popcorn flick without any sense of direction or tone.

So, what would all of you like to see in a TMNT movie? If you're opinion is different that everyone else- great! We all have different ideas on what we'd prefer. But I hope we can all agree that we'd rather have a coherent, quality movie, regardless of supporting characters and tone.

Oh, and no bringing up the film we got, except as an example of what you do or do not want! I don't want the fight in the other threads to spill over to here!