Netflix could do a fairly good TMNT live-action show

Shellington · 10-02-2016, 01:30 AM

Netflix's Marvel Comics shows - Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage - feature a street-level crime story format. While TMNT is generally a superhero adventure tale with aliens and spirits and all, this noir format was how TMNT started out originally and thanks to these shows this more adult-themed format could now work out with more appeal. (And TMNT was inspired by Daredevil, what with ninja vigilantes going up against a mobster)

The 1990 TMNT film was fairly street level, with the Foot Clan focusing on tempting and entrapping children to boost its ranks. At first I was disappointed because I expected more from the Foot. But over time I came to like it, since it defined the Foot as not really all-powerful but starting out in taking control over New York, and kept the Shredder on the ground handling things with more involvement and supervision rather than him sitting on a throne in a lair giving orders, like how the Kingpin in the Daredevil serial operated.

Do you think Netflix could attempt a live-action TMNT show?

10-02-2016, 01:30 AM	#1
Shellington Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Lusaka, Zambia Posts: 106	Netflix could do a fairly good TMNT live-action show Netflix's Marvel Comics shows - Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage - feature a street-level crime story format. While TMNT is generally a superhero adventure tale with aliens and spirits and all, this noir format was how TMNT started out originally and thanks to these shows this more adult-themed format could now work out with more appeal. (And TMNT was inspired by Daredevil, what with ninja vigilantes going up against a mobster) The 1990 TMNT film was fairly street level, with the Foot Clan focusing on tempting and entrapping children to boost its ranks. At first I was disappointed because I expected more from the Foot. But over time I came to like it, since it defined the Foot as not really all-powerful but starting out in taking control over New York, and kept the Shredder on the ground handling things with more involvement and supervision rather than him sitting on a throne in a lair giving orders, like how the Kingpin in the Daredevil serial operated. Do you think Netflix could attempt a live-action TMNT show? __________________ "We're ninjas." Leo, the Samurai "We're mutants!" Raph, the Outsider "Technically, we're turtles." Donnie, the Nerd "And we're teenagers." Mikey, the Teenager Last edited by Jester; 10-03-2016 at 07:17 AM.