The NEW Official Trailer Discussion

[Puddinpop]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

Despite all the 87 turtles having the same personality, that really bugs me it's still highly entertaining...

Lol I hear ya on that one! It almost makes me wish they had an animated cartoon series for the comic book version after seeing it. Maybe even keep it in black and white.

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by Puddinpop

Lol I hear ya on that one! It almost makes me wish they had an animated cartoon series for the comic book version after seeing it. Maybe even keep it in black and white.

At one point they wanted to do something simmilar, this is the most that came ou tof it

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by Puddinpop

I apologize.. to all involved. I guess I got a little cranky so.. I'm sorry. I was wrong to snap the way I did.


Yea I wouldn't mind that, I love how the design is more like the comic book. There seems to be something off about it though that I cant put my finger on.. maybe Raphs voice? You know what I mean?

It's not a voice they would use, it's just one of the animator's i think. Just a filler untill they get a voice actor.

[Puddinpop]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

It's not a voice they would use, it's just one of the animator's i think. Just a filler untill they get a voice actor.

Ahh I see.. Why didn't it happen? was that in the 90s?

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by GrapeSoda

I don't hate her, I just think she is a horrible actress. She is wooden and unconvincing.

^ This.

This exactly why I'm against Fox being April. She's just not that good.

[graphic_content]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

And seriously.... A retractable Bo staff used for real combat. This is getting better and better.

it worked for Robin, and Nightwing, and no one cried foul play...shoot, Nightwing could even seperate the staff in two and use 'em like Kali sticks, and no questioned its effectiveness in staff form even though the thing was designed to work as a whole OR separate pieces.

i guess what im saying is if they can use it, why is it so far a stretch that a gear-head like Donnie would use one?

[tmntmikey23]

Originally Posted by Puddinpop

Lol I'm sorry did my ONE picture offend you? That's tough now isn't it.. Ill send you a box of tissues! I know how dare the three of us defend a movie in its own sub forum lol. We have to look at the stupid obnoxious pictures every single day on here. But the second I post one to defend this film I get sarcastic snobby responses from children like you. Its a bit hypocritical. Its not a weak argument. Its our opinion. I don't have to defend anything! I like it and that is all that matters. It is what it is and no matter how much you cry about it, it will never change. When I get snotty responses like this it makes me proud that we are getting what were getting. Its funny you say that... one of those ORIGINAL creators was one of the people " turning in sketches" of ideas to J. Liebesman. Grape soda. Id rather participate in an optimistic circle jerk than be a pessimistic jerk off.

dude i am just speechless you should be a mod of this forum

[tmntmikey23]

Originally Posted by MajorViolence

Rude, confrontational, and insulting posting? Exactly the sort of posting that makes someone mod material. Sure.

hes not being Rude confrontational and insulting posting you are he has right in USA and on this forum free country at-least hes not the idiot that is not following the threads topic ??? am i right

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by tmntmikey23

hes not being Rude confrontational and insulting posting you are he has right in USA and on this forum free country at-least hes not the idiot that is not following the threads topic ??? am i right

Hey, anyone smelling that? It kinda smells like a Ban...

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

it worked for Robin, and Nightwing, and no one cried foul play...shoot, Nightwing could even seperate the staff in two and use 'em like Kali sticks, and no questioned its effectiveness in staff form even though the thing was designed to work as a whole OR separate pieces.

i guess what im saying is if they can use it, why is it so far a stretch that a gear-head like Donnie would use one?

Agreed And people Use retractible Night stick all the time Some are gravity enabled, some are spring assisted, some lock into place, If any one Can figure it out its donnie, Plus in the new lair shot There a rattan Bo staff

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by samxsteal

Agreed And people Use retractible Night stick all the time Some are gravity enabled, some are spring assisted, some lock into place, If any one Can figure it out its donnie, Plus in the new lair shot There a rattan Bo staff

I don't have problem with it, it's kida cool change, it goes well with Donnie's charachter...

[MajorViolence]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

I don't have problem with it, it's kida cool change, it goes well with Donnie's charachter...

Yea honestly as many problems as I may have with this film, I think it's totally in line with Donnie's personality for his weapon to have a more modern twist like that. I like it a lot better than the hidden blade he has in the Nick show. (Speaking of which, have the writers changed their minds about that? It hasn't made an appearance in ages.)

[electric_sheep]

Originally Posted by MajorViolence

Yea honestly as many problems as I may have with this film, I think it's totally in line with Donnie's personality for his weapon to have a more modern twist like that. I like it a lot better than the hidden blade he has in the Nick show. (Speaking of which, have the writers changed their minds about that? It hasn't made an appearance in ages.)

It made only one aperance and probably Nichelodeon told them to remove it, it wasn't that good of an idea in the first place...

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

it worked for Robin, and Nightwing, and no one cried foul play...shoot, Nightwing could even seperate the staff in two and use 'em like Kali sticks, and no questioned its effectiveness in staff form even though the thing was designed to work as a whole OR separate pieces.

i guess what im saying is if they can use it, why is it so far a stretch that a gear-head like Donnie would use one?

That's in a comic book. A telescopic Bo in real life is too fragile to be used for actual combat, it is for training and kata practice not.

Having a metal staff, that is hollow for telescopic ability, completely misses the point of the properties that lies in a Bo. A Bo is made out of hard wood for a reason, flexibility, strength and sturdiness. We are talking about a weapon that can crush a skull, pulverize the kneecap bone all while not being permanently bent, nor beak.

Reading up upon the telescopic staff, it's a clumsy weapon, often illegal and overall useless compared to an actual Bo.

If Donnie were to have a telescopic weapon, he should have had chosen a pair of batons of such design, those actually works.

Originally Posted by Raptor86

Even if I quite like the new design, this bothers me a lot ...I agree with you.

Oh, and is there a picture that clearly shows that they don't have the "shell bridge" on the sides?

You can see it in the trailers, especially in the scene where Leo jumps I front of April, just pay attention to his ribs.

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by MajorViolence

Yea honestly as many problems as I may have with this film, I think it's totally in line with Donnie's personality for his weapon to have a more modern twist like that. I like it a lot better than the hidden blade he has in the Nick show. (Speaking of which, have the writers changed their minds about that? It hasn't made an appearance in ages.)

My problem with it it the nick show is Where does it come from? like it just Apears out of the wood grain like there no button there no compartment its like it just comes from now where i know its a cartoon and really mikeys Kusarigama just appears from now where as well so meh

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by electric_sheep

It made only one aperance and probably Nichelodeon told them to remove it, it wasn't that good of an idea in the first place...

Ehh it appeared in quite a few episodes actually, most recently (that i can think of)when splinter get taken over by Rat king and get knocked out and the turtles try to wake him.

[MajorViolence]

Originally Posted by samxsteal

My problem with it it the nick show is Where does it come from? like it just Apears out of the wood grain like there no button there no compartment its like it just comes from now where i know its a cartoon and really mikeys Kusarigama just appears from now where as well so meh

Donnie's blade doesn't bother me so much because it's just a cartoon, but yeah, Mikey's weapon just completely transforms, and that really bothers me even in cartoon form.

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

That's in a comic book. A telescopic Bo in real life is too fragile to be used for actual combat, it is for training and kata practice not.

Having a metal staff, that is hollow for telescopic ability, completely misses the point of the properties that lies in a Bo. A Bo is made out of hard wood for a reason, flexibility, strength and sturdiness. We are talking about a weapon that can crush a skull, pulverize the kneecap bone all while not being permanently bent, nor beak.

Reading up upon the telescopic staff, it's a clumsy weapon, often illegal and overall useless compared to an actual Bo.

If Donnie were to have a telescopic weapon, she should have had chosen a pair of batons of such design, those actually works.

I actually didn't know any of that. Makes sense. I've never trained in using a Bo staff when I took martial arts as a kid, so it's the one weapon of the four turtles that I know practically nothing about.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by samxsteal

My problem with it it the nick show is Where does it come from? like it just Apears out of the wood grain like there no button there no compartment its like it just comes from now where i know its a cartoon and really mikeys Kusarigama just appears from now where as well so meh

The pop-up Naginata do look weird as the Bo looks so homemade-ish, yet a shard blade just pops out without any trace of a slit or anything.

Mikey's Kusarigama feels more established though, the Nunchaku looks more professional in looks and there is an transformation sequence from nunchaku to Kusarigama, although where the extra chain comes from and what happened to the other handle... Cartoon magic! I guess. Mikey should have just been established having a extra Kusarigama as well as his Nunchaku.

[MajorViolence]

I really don't get the point of adding blades to those weapons anyway. Since they're not going to go around stabbing people in the face, it doesn't really add much of anything to the weapons that they can't do just as well as blunt objects.

Anyway, I've veered us off topic. A telescoping bo staff sounds like an upgrade, but yeah, it does also sound flimsy as hell. Though I have a tough time picturing Donnie doing much fighting at all when he's so buried in tech.

[graphic_content]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

That's in a comic book.

and this is movie about mutant ninja turtles, based on a comic book.

plus Hawkeye, had a collapsible bow in the Avengers movie - which, in real life would ruin its ability to maintain its integrity against high poundage pulls, but there it is. (im an archer, and spend plenty of time at the range, we often fantasize about a bow like that, but it doesnt exist...yet)

not trying to sound like jerk, so i apologize if it comes across as such. but we are already suspending much of our disbelief buying into alien ooze that mutates baby turtles. a retractable bow, that is sturdy enough to go into combat with doesnt seem like too much of a stretch for the one who 'does machines'.