2014 "officially licensed" movie turtles costume for this Halloween :(

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by FellowChucker

What? Because she's called Catwoman doesn't mean every interpretation of her has to literally "Meow" and when was Superman feared? If you mean Man of Steel where in real life the plausible first reaction to an alien among us who can fly supersonic, shoots heat waves out his eyes when angry, and has ridiculous strength levels wouldn't be possible fear / trepidation until he eventually wins humanity over? Yea ... totally ridiculous.

No, no. Not ridiculous. It was ridiculous, before someone decided plausible was better. What you call "shallow, cartoony, plot holes, or stupidity," others might call, "like a comic book." Just two different approaches.

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Didn't DArk Knight Returns Batman retire due to age?

He quit because the government was outlawing superheroes..

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

and ratings don't mean crap, wanna proof? here...
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star...f_the_sith_3d/

No idea what you're trying to get at.

[Bmaga123]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

No idea what you're trying to get at.

He's saying Star Wars Episode III was a terrible movie but got great review scores.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by Bmaga123

He's saying Star Wars Episode III was a terrible movie but got great review scores.

Oh right.

A lot of double talk nonsense in this thread recently. Completely out of it.

[Allio]

Don't really like Batman
Only dark knight I like is

Spoiler:

[The Stryker]

Why must you post a gigantic picture to go along with your awful only-one-person-gets-it references.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Bmaga123

He's saying Star Wars Episode III was a terrible movie but got great review scores.

Right. He's wrong, though.

[Aelia]

Originally Posted by Allio

Don't really like Batman
Only dark knight I like is

Excuse me, but Garo is a GOLDEN knight. Shines in the darkness and everythin'.

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by Bob

You’re a hyperbolic lying fanboy. They’re very common. Relax.

Not at all, but go on

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Aelia

Excuse me, but Garo is a GOLDEN knight. Shines in the darkness and everythin'.

And Batman isn't always dark

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Why must you post a gigantic picture to go along with your awful only-one-person-gets-it references.

those are always the best ones

[Aelia]

Originally Posted by Allio

And Batman isn't always dark

those are always the best ones

That looks like a dark blue to me.

I totally forgot what my point was. Oh well, I'm having fun.

[snake]

This thread is about the new movie? Seems like it was merged with "Movie General".

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Aelia

That looks like a dark blue to me.

I totally forgot what my point was. Oh well, I'm having fun.

yeah...

though I will say that I actually liked Season 3


though talking about Garo, I would like to see a live action turtle movie/series in the style of Garo (so, yeah like Next Mutation...but you know, better)

like that one scene where Ryuga was fighting blind, I'd like to see that with one of the turtles

[psychturtle]

Does it not make sense that one would speak differently so your enemies and friends cannot recignize your voice? Are people not able to understand that concept?

Return to turtle talk any time now.

I wonder if all of them have different battle guards on their limbs and such?

[turtlefanforever]

How bout them turtles ?

[Aelia]

Originally Posted by Allio

though talking about Garo, I would like to see a live action turtle movie/series in the style of Garo (so, yeah like Next Mutation...but you know, better)

like that one scene where Ryuga was fighting blind, I'd like to see that with one of the turtles

I would not be adverse to the idea of a Japanese live-action TMNT series with designs by Keita Amemiya so long as somebody else was writing.

[Allio]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

How bout them turtles ?

"Turtles"

where do you think we are? some kind of Zombie forum?

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by FellowChucker

Plenty of the greatest fiction, particularly comic books treat the material seriously, not tongue in cheek or making fun of the very premise. Like say Batman: Year One, and plenty of others.

Even for the absurd fantasy it is, some of the greatest stories usually take place in a semblance of a reality. Fantastical characters, or events based in a recognizable world outside of the superhero.

How about those Ninja Turtles? You know the original Mirage comics? Or the peak of the franchise, the 1990 TMNT film? Same deal. Treats material seriously, even given the absurdity of humanoid, talking NINJA turtles. Yet the whole film, or mythology at least while in NYC takes place in a recognizable reality, with plausible reactions to walking, talking, teenage ninja turtles.

I prefer a mixture of both the absurd, and reality. Which IMO is what the absolute best fiction does. It creates the best possible immersion into the material.

Grounding everything in reality just makes things easier to digest for people who didn't like fantasy in the first place. I'm not saying you can't tell a great story. I don't see this correlation between plausibility and quality. But I do know that there's tons of fun stuff in TMNT lore that exists outside of a "recognizable reality." (And plenty of it is from the Mirage comics.) And if you want to make it plausible, you have to strip some of it out. If that turns out to be a great work, that's dandy, but it's still less of what it was.

And I think it's just plain incorrect to attribute the height of TMNT's popularity to the movie, instead of the cartoon. That cartoon is easily the biggest thing that ever happened to the franchise in the whole 30 years it's been around.

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by Allio

"Turtles"

where do you think we are? some kind of Zombie forum?

Please don't say zombie, I have so much walking dead stuff shoved in my face everyday I can't hear the words zombie or walker or dead. but no just making playful conversation