Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (trailer #4)

[Weapons@theready]

I like that it seems like Splinter has a genuine hatred for the Shredder, but on the other side I hate that he says he has trained the Turtles to protect the city.

The Turtles designs being over the top makes more sense when you consider how over the top Shredder is, not saying it makes it right, but it makes sense as to why the Turtles are so huge design wise.

[iceberg325]

Ive seen the trailer about 6 times already. After watching it, I think the movie looks pretty bad ass. Shredder looks really intimidating as he should. The turtles seem like they have great chemistry and humor. The action looks dope. I can't wait.

[trikuza]

Originally Posted by chrisdude

The designs fit the film, and that's easier to see, now.

And Michelangelo sounds exactly the same... The comparison just emphasizes it. They just got a good actor for Mikey.

he sounds like 2003 mikey

[beeshaw]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Yup, was not what I was suggesting at all.

Although Smurfs and other junk like that isn't a realistic render... That would be more along the lines of that 2007 movie laid over top of the live footage of this one. Just no. Realistic is..realistic...is...believable. And ultimately, they did not go that direction in keeping a bit more recognizability so we really can't know how good or bad that itself might have been had they done so. In the right hands, who knows.

I admit to being curious as to the design (what could have been) and R&D that's gone into this flick. I'd be VERY interested in a very thorough and in depth look at the behind the scenes/design/special effects stuff. (Im a sucker for Special Features)

I would like to think they at least gave a thought to live action suits with a CGI face ala Where the Wild Things Are. There's gotta be a test or something on film.

From what we've seen though, I will not be surprised when ILM is nominated for an Oscar. (too soon for Oscar talk?)

[TigerClaw]

Here's a new shot of Karai from the new Trailer.

[iceberg325]

Originally Posted by beeshaw

I admit to being curious as to the design (what could have been) and R&D that's gone into this flick. I'd be VERY interested in a very thorough and in depth look at the behind the scenes/design/special effects stuff. (Im a sucker for Special Features)

I would like to think they at least gave a thought to live action suits with a CGI face ala Where the Wild Things Are. There's gotta be a test or something on film.

From what we've seen though, I will not be surprised when ILM is nominated for an Oscar. (too soon for Oscar talk?)

I doubt it. Movies like the matrix and star wars didn't win the oscars. They'll probably snub this movie pretty hard.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by beeshaw

I'd be VERY interested in a very thorough and in depth look at the behind the scenes/design/special effects stuff.

You and me both. I'm curious if these were sculpted first (with a laser scanning them into the computers) or if they were straight up modeled digitally from scratch. And really curious as to their design process and what all went on behind closed doors.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by beeshaw

From what we've seen though, I will not be surprised when ILM is nominated for an Oscar. (too soon for Oscar talk?)

Yessir, sir. The Academy, by and large, HATES these kinds of movies. As far as I know (and please correct me if I'm wrong), even Man of Steel didn't get a nomination, and for whatever else was wrong with it, it looked fantastic, and also had the "rub" of being from a much bigger franchise.

I just... honestly don't see anyone, ever, under any circumstances, standing on a stage in a tux, saying, "And the Oscar goes to 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'". And that has less to do with the quality of the film, and more about how the Academy selection process works. To them, recognizing "popcorn entertainment" would undermine the "integrity" of their little hoity-toity club. It could look amazing, and they'd still ignore it, because it's what they do.

[Warhorse]

Well, the detail is pretty good. You can see a bead of sweat come down Leo's forehead.

So, I guess in this incarnation, they are definitely warm blooded.

[BoxxHarry]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Here's a new shot of Karai from the new Trailer.

I see that she still got that multi-coloured hair like in the Nick show

[MrTMNT2012]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

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Well, the detail is pretty good. You can see a bead of sweat come down Leo's forehead.

So, I guess in this incarnation, they are definitely warm blooded.

The attention to detail is absolutely impeccable!

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

Well, the detail is pretty good. You can see a bead of sweat come down Leo's forehead.

So, I guess in this incarnation, they are definitely warm blooded.

o.O Didn't catch that. Lovely, turtle sweat. "How are you sweating, you aren't a mammal??" (You realize this means if Venus was in there she'd still have boobs.)

[Leo656]

At the risk of being a hypocrite, I'm willing to chalk that up to "Eh, mutants." I've made that "oops" myself in writing them. I think that's one of those things only the really super-hardcore types think twice about.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Yessir, sir. The Academy, by and large, HATES these kinds of movies. As far as I know (and please correct me if I'm wrong), even Man of Steel didn't get a nomination, and for whatever else was wrong with it, it looked fantastic, and also had the "rub" of being from a much bigger franchise.

I just... honestly don't see anyone, ever, under any circumstances, standing on a stage in a tux, saying, "And the Oscar goes to 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'". And that has less to do with the quality of the film, and more about how the Academy selection process works. To them, recognizing "popcorn entertainment" would undermine the "integrity" of their little hoity-toity club. It could look amazing, and they'd still ignore it, because it's what they do.

It’s true, and that's terrible. I will never forgive the academy for not recognising the, quite frankly, jaw-dropping and unique work ILM did on the first Transformers film (the first, when no one had seen anything quite like it before). Instead, they gave it to The Golden Compass. Their line of thinking was clear: do we give the award to a film based on a bestselling literary work, or a film based on a toy line directed by Michael Bay. No contest. You know, even though the CGI and animation in TGC was dog s#ite.

[MastahShredder]

[Leo656]

Same reason The Lion King wasn't even nominated for Best Picture in 1994, and they later created the Best Animated Film category as a condescending pat on the head. Because animated movies clearly aren't "real" movies, deserving of equal accolades and recognition.

Same rules apply here. Only "real" movies get Academy recognition. Nobody in/based on a cartoon, or anyone wearing a cape who doesn't have "Bat" in their name, need apply.

[IndigoErth]

By ILM I assume we're talking Industrial Light & Magic, yes?

Unfortunately the film industry also has an attitude against the visual effects branch of the industry as it is which is an incredible shame. People do a lot for the film industry but the respect for it is lacking by the rest.

[Bob]

Another perfect example is Hugo winning the award for visual effects, up against Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I'll just let that sink in.

[pennydreadful]

Do those awards really mean anything to anyone other than the Hollywood glitterati though? Not being snide, they may well be important - I just don't really think about them when I'm factoring in whether I'll watch a movie or in judging whether it is in fact any good. IMO it's a popularity contest - it's not an indication of quality filmmaking at all. Kind of hard to take any award seriously that nominates Shakespeare In Love as best anything, y'know?

[Andrew NDB]

1. Splinter raised them their whole lives to protect the above world? What for?

2. Donatello can deflect machine gun bullets by spinning his bo-staff.

I've seen enough.