What happened to the creators of the first film?

Prowl · 01-05-2003, 03:38 PM

Ok, I know I am asking a lot of questions, but this is the first time I have encountered this many turtle fans, so these discussions have been mute for me for the last 10 years.

The first turtle movie, IMO, was fabulous. Just dark enough, funny enough, and dirty enough to warrant a comic fan's attention. Then the second one came out and made a mockery of what the comic book had established in my mind. The 3rd one was decent in that it had a darker attitude, but it never compared to the noir feel that the first one captured. It was evident that Turtles 1 was an independent movie, and the other ones were tainted by Hollywood hands.

So does anyone know why the movie was taken from the creators of the original?

For me, and I do speak only for myself... (as I don't know what the whole turtle populace thinks of the movies), I think turtles left my mind after the second movie. It was then that I realized that I was never going to see them on the screen the way I had always hoped (and somewhat got with the first movies). The turtles belonged to kids younger than myself, not the comic fans anymore.

01-05-2003, 03:38 PM	#1
Prowl Foot Soldier Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 191	What happened to the creators of the first film? Ok, I know I am asking a lot of questions, but this is the first time I have encountered this many turtle fans, so these discussions have been mute for me for the last 10 years. The first turtle movie, IMO, was fabulous. Just dark enough, funny enough, and dirty enough to warrant a comic fan's attention. Then the second one came out and made a mockery of what the comic book had established in my mind. The 3rd one was decent in that it had a darker attitude, but it never compared to the noir feel that the first one captured. It was evident that Turtles 1 was an independent movie, and the other ones were tainted by Hollywood hands. So does anyone know why the movie was taken from the creators of the original? For me, and I do speak only for myself... (as I don't know what the whole turtle populace thinks of the movies), I think turtles left my mind after the second movie. It was then that I realized that I was never going to see them on the screen the way I had always hoped (and somewhat got with the first movies). The turtles belonged to kids younger than myself, not the comic fans anymore. __________________ "You can run but you can't hide!"