The 2007 movie is a mess, a good one.

[d_osborn]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

But I can't fathom that was the deciding factor in why "Let's have the Turtles strike their opponents with their weapons and hurt them" wasn't a thing. That was only ever a "ehh... we better tread lightly around these angry parent groups and such, and SURGE has that toy stuff and all" thing, and nothing else.

I'm sure MPAA would have loved Shredder's head being cut off by Leo. You can't just willy nilly do what you want in a film when there are investors and contractual ratings obligations. Not to mention, Henson was apprehensive about taking on the project, so I'm sure there was consideration by Barron there.