Abby Elliott Officially Joins TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

[M-Frame]

Wait, so it's coming out in August and they're still filming?? Is this normal?

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

Originally Posted by sethmartin

So Abby Elliot is playing a "revamped Irma" but her name is Taylor. She's April O'Neil's best friend. Don't know why they didn't just call her Irma. She also said that they are STILL FILMING!!!

http://screencrush.com/abby-elliott-life-partners-snl/

Originally Posted by M-Frame

Wait, so it's coming out in August and they're still filming?? Is this normal?

It says that they finished filming.

[Pondslider]

Originally Posted by Sewer Sirens Podcast

It says that they finished filming.

You’re going to be in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’?
Yes.
I saw that you were, but I don’t know who you’re playing.
I play April’s roommate. It’s sort of a revamped Irma, but my name is Taylor. Yeah, so she’s like her best friend type character.
Was that fun?
Yeah, it was really fun. We finished shooting.
Do you get to be with the turtles at all?
Yeah!
Oh, that’s great.
Well, I’m not sure. I know they’re shooting a lot of new stuff for it. [Note: Elliott wanted to clarify, too, that she hasn't seen the final movie yet.]

Sounds like she's done shooting, but the movie is not.

[bwwd]

Cant belive some fans think that 10 versions of turtles are better than one version which is true to the source material, when i discovered that there was mirage comics besides 80s cartoon then i wanted to read it and i respect it , cartoon is just a spinoff to me even if it introduced me to turtles, why would you want to please other people who dont care about tmnt by changing source material they DONT CARE ABOUT AT ALL ? Change something else like locations to make people care,m isnt new york enouugh for people to care ?Most bigger films are in new york its like capital of earth.
You really think changing sourvce materrial is great ? You can change something else, send turtles somewhere so people would relate but DONT TOUCH SOURCE MATERIAL.If they would respect it then fans here wouldnt complain at all, film wouldnt have bad vibe like it does now and reshoots dont help.

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by bwwd

Cant belive some fans think that 10 versions of turtles are better than one version which is true to the source material, when i discovered that there was mirage comics besides 80s cartoon then i wanted to read it and i respect it , cartoon is just a spinoff to me even if it introduced me to turtles, why would you want to please other people who dont care about tmnt by changing source material they DONT CARE ABOUT AT ALL ? Change something else like locations to make people care,m isnt new york enouugh for people to care ?Most bigger films are in new york its like capital of earth.
You really think changing sourvce materrial is great ? You can change something else, send turtles somewhere so people would relate but DONT TOUCH SOURCE MATERIAL.If they would respect it then fans here wouldnt complain at all, film wouldnt have bad vibe like it does now and reshoots dont help.

BUt see if you kept to an original source then thing would change or evolve one example would be superman wouldn't fly A main aspect of the character now. but i they stuck with the "source" then he would never be able to. I get what your saying but they're all different in there own ways and that doesn't mean they are bad I love every version of TMNT for one reason or an other.

Mirage was great started it all but darker and more adult.

Wolf series, did its own thing but it drew many fan more then the mirage comic ever would have on its own and essentially turned tmnt into one of the largest more popular franchises ever.

Movie trilogy, started out as pretty faithful but ended up doing its own thing great mix of tone, seeing a realized turtle on screen.

TMNT Music career And interesting time some were better then others other were next to unwatchable, but as a kid many of us ate it up.

Image Comic, did it own thing kept with the darker theme but added some obscure themes and story arcs.

NT TNM did it own thing some hate it some like it some hate character some like it. But for what it was (a tv show on par with Power rangers)

2k3 totally awesome, kept many themes and tones of mirage while making it its own thing

2k7 Movie, Brought the show universe and the movie verse together in and interesting way, load of action very well animated lacking in some story elements but did its own thing.

IDW Epic comic starting there own thing some of the most drastic changed ever in tmnt history since the mirage to wolf changes. great story arcs great action great tone.

Nick series as with the wolf series a more "kid" friendly show lighter hearted action. Beautifully animated show great story arcs great characters and has pretty much brought the second coming of tmnt into this day an age.

PD movie, Seems to be doing its own thing So far feeling are mixed but one thing it will so the bring the four brothers to the big screen once again. we wont know how it will turn out till much later.

Point is all version are different soime more then others all loved for their own reasons i wouldn't want any of them to change, because people feel they have to stick closer to the "source" because if the stuck to the "source" we would not have gotten any of these version and chances are we wouldn't be on these forum talking about these thing at all.

respect the source sure but it's, it's own thing just like the rest

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Pondslider

Sounds like she's done shooting, but the movie is not.

Judging from the interview it would seem she would see the film before a test audience therefore the possible leak make not be accurate. One thing I can say is I am looking forward to seeing both her and Arnett in the film. Support the actors other projects because they are great especially Abby not getting her time in the deserved spotlight yet.Not to mention coming from Chris Elliott and looking gorgeous with the inherited talent.

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by bwwd

Cant belive some fans think that 10 versions of turtles are better than one version which is true to the source material, when i discovered that there was mirage comics besides 80s cartoon then i wanted to read it and i respect it , cartoon is just a spinoff to me even if it introduced me to turtles, why would you want to please other people who dont care about tmnt by changing source material they DONT CARE ABOUT AT ALL ? Change something else like locations to make people care,m isnt new york enouugh for people to care ?Most bigger films are in new york its like capital of earth.
You really think changing sourvce materrial is great ? You can change something else, send turtles somewhere so people would relate but DONT TOUCH SOURCE MATERIAL.If they would respect it then fans here wouldnt complain at all, film wouldnt have bad vibe like it does now and reshoots dont help.

Some people would say that setting the story in New York is important. Because there's no aspect of the original version of anything, that fans won't defend.

What is this idea that "source material" is perfect, by default, and there's no such thing as a good change? People defend every minute detail of the original version of anything, like each and every one of those aspects helped make the original thing great. Do people really think that the person who creates a work never looks back and says, "I could have done that better," or "I wish I had this with that character."

Anyone who creates anything, being writing, music, art, whatever, can tell you that nothing works out perfectly. There are times when you don't know what to do, and you just pull something out of the air, so you can finish. There are times where you start going one way, it doesn't work, and you have to do a patch job, and salvage what you can. Times when you don't get to flesh out something you wanted to, or express something you wanted to.

And, most importantly to this topic, every creative person looks at other people's work, and says, "I wish I had thought of that."

I really can't think of a better example then Sam, with Superman's flight. But there are countless accepted and respected elements of comic book mythologies that didn't exist, originally. Things that today's comic fans would freak out over, if they were changed. The difference is that TMNT is a young property, and most of these reboots and adaptations are still contributing to its mythology.

[Creativecreature31]

Well that's something interesting info. Though I don't know why they went to create an entirely new character who's pretty much going to be Irma with a different name when they could've just used Irma herself???

But then again, Burne is a female, Vernon has fight scenes, and there's no sign of Casey Jones so maybe I shouldn't even be questioning it.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Creativecreature31

Well that's something interesting info. Though I don't know why they went to create an entirely new character who's pretty much going to be Irma with a different name when they could've just used Irma herself???

But then again, Burne is a female, Vernon has fight scenes, and there's no sign of Casey Jones so maybe I shouldn't even be questioning it.

Hey, at least they didn't turn Michelangelo into a Michelle, or Donatello into a Donna.

[Xav]

Originally Posted by Creativecreature31

Well that's something interesting info. Though I don't know why they went to create an entirely new character who's pretty much going to be Irma with a different name when they could've just used Irma herself???

Maybe they changed the character so much she would've been Irma in name only? Hell why did they create Eric Sachs when they could've just used Oroku Saki?

[Shark_Blade]

Originally Posted by Xav

Maybe they changed the character so much she would've been Irma in name only? Hell why did they create Eric Sachs when they could've just used Oroku Saki?

ZOMG both of them are using fake names to cover their secret identities! [/X-Files conspiracy song plays in the background]