So it looked like the title was "Ninja Turtles"... what would you think?

[BabyTurtles]

I don't really get why they called it....Ninja turtles...

I didn't like how they called the Avatar the last airbender movie

Last airbender XD

I guess it's to tell them apart from the show?? and the past movies?

or in Avatar's case not being associated with giant blue kitties XD

Ninja turtles doesn't really bother me though.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

I don't really get why they called it....Ninja turtles...

I didn't like how they called the Avatar the last airbender movie

Last airbender XD

I guess it's to tell them apart from the show?? and the past movies?

or in Avatar's case not being associated with giant blue kitties XD

Ninja turtles doesn't really bother me though.

They went with Ninja Turtles original because the turtles were going to be aliens from another dimension.

But that pissed everybody off so they decided to make them mutants again and change the title back to what it should be.

[discordiatookie]

Originally Posted by Powder

A swing and a miss.

Make it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Heroes In A Halfshell, & Turtle Power.

Heh, I quite like that...

Anyway I much prefer 'Ninja Turtles' over 'TMNT'. When the cg movie came out, it always kinda bothered me in interviews, etc when they all kept saying 'tee em em tee'.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

As much apathy as I have for the movie, I do as well, for a couple of different reasons. It really seems like they were set on it being "Ninja Turtles" they kowtowed to what the reaction they were seeing from all the overwhelming number of sound-minded, reasonable TMNT fans there are on the internet...

*crickets chirping*

To be fair I doubt that anyone would have cared about the title had it not been as good as confimation of the awful idea that the turtles were supposed to aliens - something later confimed by that leaked script.

After that they were practically indebted to change the title to send the message the turtles as aliens concept had been changed.

If not for that then the title of simply "Ninja Turtles" would have been fine, I have to laugh though at how small the words "Teenage Mutant" are in that title like the couldn't be bothered coming up with a new logo and just grudgingly sneaked in the other words. Kind of representative of how the whole movie has been made really.

[gutterpunk13]

"Ninja Turtles" is fine.

The font they used in that terrible graphic/logo thing on the other hand was awful..

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

I don't really get why they called it....Ninja turtles...

I didn't like how they called the Avatar the last airbender movie

Last airbender XD

I guess it's to tell them apart from the show?? and the past movies?

or in Avatar's case not being associated with giant blue kitties XD

Ninja turtles doesn't really bother me though.

I think avatar had the rights to that movie name first or something. And didn't they come out close to each other? They didn't want confusion I guess.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

I think avatar had the rights to that movie name first or something. And didn't they come out close to each other? They didn't want confusion I guess.

pretty much this when it comes to Last Air bender...though the show came out first..the movie came to theaters first

and really when you think of it teenage mutant ninja turtle is a mouthful..its ok to just call them the turtles or ,ninja turtles or tmnt...its not the end of the world

[Tazi]

Honestly, the title is again not the reason why this movie will fail...

But it's TMNT anyway, so...

[Pondslider]

Maybe it's not too late for them to rename it "Box-Office Poison."

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Technogeek29

Me and my siblings went a step lazier and just called them "The Turtles" anyone in my family instantly knows who your talking about.

That won't work in my family, since my mom and aunt grew up on a band called The Turtles. Did they ever use their famous song "So Happy Together?" in any Ninja Turtles cartoon or something?

[Plasticplayhouse]

I refer to them as ninja turtles all the time, so I'm ok with it used as a title. That said, I still prefer the full tmnt.

[Technogeek29]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

That won't work in my family, since my mom and aunt grew up on a band called The Turtles. Did they ever use their famous song "So Happy Together?" in any Ninja Turtles cartoon or something?

No but my parents made the joke which was lost on me at the time.

[Walkabout]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

That won't work in my family, since my mom and aunt grew up on a band called The Turtles. Did they ever use their famous song "So Happy Together?" in any Ninja Turtles cartoon or something?

I love their singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (Flo and Eddie)- not only from The Turtles but the stuff they did with Frank Zappa, T-Rex, Alice Cooper and John Lennon.

Sorry, continue ...

[billbot85]

I feel it's too basic of a title, kind of underwhelming. I kinda wish it was the full title of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I understand that's not really the direction they're going in. My expectations for this film are low, but I've been wrong before.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by billbot85

I feel it's too basic of a title, kind of underwhelming. I kinda wish it was the full title of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I understand that's not really the direction they're going in. My expectations for this film are low, but I've been wrong before.

It is the full. They just changed it back too late for the merchandisers to change it on all the packaging.

Pretty bad management.

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

It is the full. They just changed it back too late for the merchandisers to change it on all the packaging.

Pretty bad management.

it kind of common knowledge toy companies will used abbreviated titles for merchandising. Ala Marvel, Spider-man, Captan america, just about anything. Lego is this one

Started out this

changed to this


Now they use this as an abbreviated version


Seems to me to be all on the same path its not like they used different textures or anything same graphics same font same color seems pretty standard

[TurtleMikey]

Actually there is no abbreviated version of the logo.

That packaging was created prior to them finalizing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the title.

It's actually a significant problem that's setting the progress on the toyline back. Financially, that is.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by TurtleMikey

Actually there is no abbreviated version of the logo.

That packaging was created prior to them finalizing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the title.

It's actually a significant problem that's setting the progress on the toyline back. Financially, that is.

Guess it's not exactly "common knowledge."

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by TurtleMikey

Actually there is no abbreviated version of the logo.

That packaging was created prior to them finalizing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the title.

It's actually a significant problem that's setting the progress on the toyline back. Financially, that is.

were did you get that information I haven't seen anything about that??? as far as i have heard from toy fair is that we're going to be getting the Abbreviated title on the figures and the legos, but i could be wrong

[TurtleMikey]

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

Guess it's not exactly "common knowledge."

Yeah.

Plus, I personally have never seen film titles abbreviated on the toy packaging.

Ever.

If there's a discrepancy, it's a mistake.