Are the 2014 designs good or bad?

[Raphael232]

I like them. But I also dont think we have a 100% accurate look at the turtles, they will look better in action.

[Commenter 42]

Maybe I'm the only one, but it's not the clothes that bother me, it's the character design itself. The facial structure, their stature, their color, the very subtle sea turtle influence, all feel disparate and incongruous. None of the elements work in concert with each other, almost as though it was design by committee.

Many comments have suggested that the film has gone a more realistic route.
I don't get that from these designs, at all.
They also don't look appealing. "hey, screw the realism, let's just have them look like the comics/cartoon..." because that would be awesome, but we're clearly NOT getting that either.

They also do not look original, or cool, but like a hodge-poge of planet of the apes and the Henson TV show dinosaurs from the 90's.

So, what's to celebrate? How could ANY fan say they look good?
If they weren't holding their respective weapons, and wearing bandanas, you'd never suspect they were meant to be ninja turtles.

[Zachatello00]

Had I seen them in deviant art or something, I might have thought it was an interesting interpretation for fan art.

I can't take it seriously as a legit undertaking for the future of the franchise. The more that's revealed, the more I'm convinced the team behind it simply doesn't understand the property.

I'm not one to jump on board just because it has a turtle's face on it. There has been way too much in terms of quality between Nick and IDW for me to be excited just because it's a turtles movie. Give me quality, or give me re-runs.

[electric_sheep]

I ****ing trashed this movie from the beginning, but i can't honestly say that those designs are bad, you guys are trashing them because you hate people involved, They look awesome, not in a classic way, but awesome as a modern interpretation, movie will still suck thou..

[madyankees]

Bad. While I appreciate the individual traits they infused into the turtles I think they have over done it. They don't even look like a team.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

almost as though it was design by committee

More than likely correct.

[Shark_Blade]

Im basing my opinion based on the production models, they look great.

They'll look awesome next to Megan Fox too.

[ska_lives]

I am really not a fan of the new designs as action figures. They looked fine in the screen caps. However, there was something that was lost in translation when going to the toy.

[MST3KFan]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

I ****ing trashed this movie from the beginning, but i can't honestly say that those designs are bad, you guys are trashing them because you hate people involved, They look awesome, not in a classic way, but awesome as a modern interpretation, movie will still suck thou..

I myself can say I'm not bashing it because of the people involved. Is it a bad thing Michael Bay keeps having a hand in everything popular lately? No, though it is annoying to see that people think stuff like the Transformers movies are practically works of art when it's mostly jumbled messes of robot parts that make it difficult to know who is fighting who, and a kid running around screaming 'No, no, no, no, no!' or 'Bumblebee!' every time you see him almost.

The bad thing is that these designs don't scream TEENAGE Mutant Ninja Turtles. They scream Next Mutation mixed with all the things that were wrong with superheroes in the early to mid 1990s. Insanely huge muscles, stereotypical getups that are unnecessary for each turtle... EXTREME!!!

That kind of thing. The turtles have personalities that should be easy to put out without stuff like Donatello being all decked out in tech and wearing nerdy glasses, or Raphael being the Hulk in a turtle shell. They did it well in the original movies. Heck, even the 2007 movie did it well to where you knew who was who, what was what, and so on.

If maybe they set this not as an origin story (again an origins story... Why do we constantly need these in superhero reboots?), but as something that takes place after the events of the previous movies or something, it'd be an easier pill to swallow. As it is, it's just another 'meh' movie trying to cash in on the popularity of something while its hot.

[tunecedemalis]

I voted good based on the pictures of the models. I really like the body designs, not a huge fan of all the clothing/gear they are wearing though.

[FoxBoxKid]

I like the idea of different outfits, but it's honestly way too much. However, I'm withholding most judgement until the after I see trailer, and final judgement until after I see the movie, if I decide it's worth my time.

[Wildcat]

I voted good...honesty, not as "meh" or just for the sake of support.

Ive loved the turtles since the OT series and as someone who hates most humanoid fan art and the Out the Shadows designs Im very pleased with how these look. Not too human and not too monster-y. They do like mutated turtles.

Raph doesn't come off as a Hulk to me. He's not drastically larger than his brothers. He's just more muscular and bulky which fits him well.

Clothes make sense if even just to keep warm.

Nostrils are fine. People who complain about nostrils want them to be void of a nose I guess. Doesn't make sense.

Bay's involvement or not I think people just like complaining something is too new. Again, regardless of Bay, I see alot of the same kind of complaining as when the Transformers designs were revealed then everyone was fine with them. For the most part. Now its just that the movies are not taken seriously.

[Slap-Happy]

They're over-designed. That's the only real off-putting thing to me.

[InsaneZane]

I think most people on here are being way too judgmental.
I voted good and I've been a huge tmnt fan for over 20 years...

They could be better, but they're certainly not terrible/horrible/awful or however you want to put it... They are simply "new"

I bet if people saw the concept art first, we'd have a completely opposite reaction...
Everyone would be like, "oohhh, those drawings are awesome!!!!"

It's a shame how narrow minded people are

[Jester]

I love how people are narrow minded....unless they agree with you point of view.

[CyberCubed]

Designs are "terribul."

[TrickOrTreater]

The idea of a few articles of clothing for each Turtle based on personality, to me, is more or less fine.

I don't think a lot of people are complaining about that though.

Personally, I don't like the way they look here because it's going overboard. It's just too much. Over complicated and unnecessary.

The Turtles wear their personalities on their sleeves(or shells, ah thank you). Stick someone who's never seen a single frame of Turtle media in front of the original movie or the 2003 cartoon or even the new cartoon and they'd be able to pick each one out based on personality in a heartbeat. And those Turtles wear nothing but masks and elbow/knee pads pretty much.

These new designs just serve to beat their personalities over our heads.

Now, again, I'm not adverse to clothes/accessories. Give Mikey an I<3NY sticker on his shell, an iPod Donny gave him, and some old converse he found with the souls cut off and I think that'd work awesome. It speaks to his personality without shoving it in our face. Subtle, subtle, subtle.

Leo? Sure, he can wear some traditional samurai/ninja stuff. But pair it waaaay back from what it is currently. The chest thing is unnecessary, but the shoes and the other bits are fine.

Donny should have a bit of tech on him here and there. Give him a brown leather utility belt around the waist and along his plastron with some pouches and a bunch of small multi-tools and electronic gizmos. Let them all have tphones that Donny built(but he made a way better one just for him). Attaching **** to his shell and giving him nerd glasses is just blah.

And then Raph. To me, Raph's accessories should be the scars and cuts and shell gouges he's earned in fights with the Foot/etc and sparring with his brothers. The athletic bandages are also a good idea. The leather loincloth, not so much. Also, get rid of the dumb bandana. I don't like that look on any Turtle in any adaptation.

But as far as the faces go, TONE THEM DOWN. Lose the pouty human lips, keep the nostrils if you want but don't make them so pronounced.

And the bodies. The bodies are pretty much all great. Except for Raph. Scale him down a bit in the shoulders a couple notches. But other than that their bodies all look good. Good texture, coloring, good shells, decent plastrons, three fingers and two toes(I'm not a super stickler for this, just counting it among the good).

Glad they've all kept their weapons(not sure about Donny's metal bo staff though).

But those are my thoughts laid out on the table. I don't think any of that is "whiny nostalgic butthurt fanboy" but hey, what do I know?

[InsaneZane]

Originally Posted by Slap-Happy

They're over-designed. That's the only real off-putting thing to me.

i don't see it that way... To me it just seems that someone was trying to express more personally in their appearances.

Things to separate them, make them unique with personalities that define their characters. You can tell what kind of"people" they are without any dialogue because of the way they present themselves...and i think that's realistic.

Take it from a twin who just happens to have 2 big brothers who are also twins... We don't want to grow looking the same.. We want to define ourselves as individuals.

If they go every universe looking identical or somewhat close to it... well this way at least people who don't really know about them will be able to tell who they are

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by Jester

I love how people are narrow minded....unless they agree with you point of view.

Never fails.

You should see the SuperHero Hype Superman/Batman message board. If you are not ONE HUNDRED PERCENT on board with Eisenberg as Luthor you suck. Big time. And they'll tell you with lots of eye rolly emoticons and condescension.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by InsaneZane

i don't see it that way... To me it just seems that someone was trying to express more personally in their appearances.

Things to separate them, make them unique with personalities that define their characters. You can tell what kind of"people" they are without any dialogue because of the way they present themselves...and i think that's realistic.

Take it from a twin who just happens to have 2 big brothers who are also twins... We don't want to grow looking the same.. We want to define ourselves as individuals.

If they go every universe looking identical or somewhat close to it... well this way at least people who don't really know about them will be able to tell who they are

Like I said above, I don't think too many people are adverse to clothes/accessories of any/all kinds.

Just that they've gone overboard in these new designs.