Laura Linney Joining 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2'

[Leo656]

More and more "Everything EXCEPT Ninja Turtles" in a f***ing Ninja Turtles movie. Awful.

Flavor-of-the-month TV stars in major roles and "We're Too Good For This" "legitimate" actors slumming it for a paycheck a'la Ben Kingsley. Yep. They're really coming at this thing from the right direction.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Awesome.

Says everyone who wants less screen time for the boys.

Originally Posted by Leo656

More and more "Everything EXCEPT Ninja Turtles" in a f***ing Ninja Turtles movie. Awful.

I'm surprised we've heard so little about the Turtles' actors.

I mean, ok, maybe Raph's guy is shooting early stuff because of Casey and maybe the others don't start filming yet (?), but come on. The only thing we've heard about Alan Richardson...was directly from him. Not right if people practically ignore the cast playing the real stars of TMNT.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Says everyone who wants less screen time for the boys.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...255B1%255D.gif


I'm surprised we've heard so little about the Turtles' actors.

I mean, ok, maybe Raph's guy is shooting early stuff because of Casey and maybe the others don't start filming yet (?), but come on. The only thing we've heard about Alan Richardson...was directly from him. Not right if people practically ignore the cast playing the real stars of TMNT.

Megan Fox was the star of the first movie, Megan Fox and Stephen Amell will be the stars of this movie.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

Megan Fox was the star of the first movie, Megan Fox and Stephen Amell will be the stars of this movie.

You don't say. And yes, is why I said TMNT, not "the movie."

[newhire13]

I'm really not surprised there hasn't been much shown with the turtle actors yet. I mean they are playing giant mutant turtles, I imagine most of their scenes won't have them running around the streets lol. They're probably doing soundstage stuff while this is going on.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

More and more A+ star listed celebrities joining in. Awesome.

Originally Posted by Leo656

"We're Too Good For This" "legitimate" actors slumming it for a paycheck a'la Ben Kingsley. Yep. They're really coming at this thing from the right direction.

[Leo656]

To be fair... she's pretty hot.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Leo656

To be fair... she's pretty hot.

I was pointing more to the giant head to the left, but... fair enough.

But yeah, we've made the same point: the idea that A+/award-winning actors automatically lend any credibility to projects like these is ridiculous. Even the most celebrated actor in the world isn't necessarily above taking a garbage gig for a paycheque. It's just the business.

[Leo656]

I'd do it! My integrity is so for sale!

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Bry

I was pointing more to the giant head to the left, but... fair enough.

But yeah, we've made the same point: the idea that A+/award-winning actors automatically lend any credibility to projects like these is ridiculous. Even the most celebrated actor in the world isn't necessarily above taking a garbage gig for a paycheque. It's just the business.

Like Patrick Stewart in TMNT 07?

[Leo656]

The amount of random and crazy stuff Patrick Stewart gets attached to makes me wonder if he has a cocaine habit on par with his character Avery Bullock on American Dad.

"...Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go party the nose clean off my face!"

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I'd do it! My integrity is so for sale!

See, that I would pay to see.

Originally Posted by Jester

Like Patrick Stewart in TMNT 07?

I mean... yeah, kinda. And Captain Freakin' America. (Okay, he hasn't won any legit awards. But he's Captain Freakin' America, and that's way more important than a gold statue.)

Though BayTurtles makes TMNT '07 look like a timeless masterpiece by comparison. It's no 1990 movie by any stretch, and the overall plot was half-baked, but at least someone, on some level, cared about the property on that one and had good intentions. I can watch it without feeling completely depressed, which means... something?

[Powder]

Originally Posted by Leo656

The amount of random and crazy stuff Patrick Stewart gets attached to makes me wonder if he has a cocaine habit on par with his character Avery Bullock on American Dad.

"...Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go party the nose clean off my face!"

He smokes weed in a treehouse on the regular, it's no wonder he gets involved in odd stuff.

[Leo656]

For serious?

[Ninturtle]

Originally Posted by Leo656

To be fair... she's pretty hot.

She must be with all that fire behind her.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Powder

He smokes weed in a treehouse on the regular, it's no wonder he gets involved in odd stuff.

Originally Posted by Leo656

For serious?

He's had his share of early troubles, but overall he's had a pretty charmed life and has done some good work. And I've got a prematurely bald head too. Maybe I should fake a British accent and emulate.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by Leo656

The amount of random and crazy stuff Patrick Stewart gets attached to makes me wonder if he has a cocaine habit on par with his character Avery Bullock on American Dad.

"...Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go party the nose clean off my face!"

I wouldn't say he's been attached to a lot of "weird" stuff, but he has had a lot of less "well-known" roles, like the voice of Emperor Uriel Septim in Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (where he is assassinated in the intro, but still....), or as Khelban Blackstaff of the Forgotten Realms. Minor roles that most people never heard of, maybe, but still GOOD roles.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

I wouldn't say he's been attached to a lot of "weird" stuff, but he has had a lot of less "well-known" roles, like the voice of Emperor Uriel Septim in Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (where he is assassinated in the intro, but still....)

Heh, I thought I recognized his voice. recently started with Oblivion again, since I didn't finish it before Skyrim came out. But, I might put it on hold until Skyblivion comes, and Skywind. The gameplay frustrates me to no end but I wanna experience the stories.

Wouldn't mind Arena and Daggerfall worked into Skyrim engine as well.

[Donny]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

my guess...April's mother.

something to deepen April's character, by bringing in a parental figure. She makes an appearance all these years after April's father death.

and only because I have a strong distaste for the writers - I'm betting this woman comes forward only to reveal that April's biological father is actually Eric Sachs - which will give William Fitchner something to do, since he isnt Shredder anymore.

just off the cuff.

Sounds quite possible to me and it would not be a bad way to justify the need of Sachs in the movies. This could maybe justify the focus on him in the first film, depending on how they will use this in the sequels. April finds out, something happens to Sachs that makes him even more crazy and she tries to save him from his own madness but fails and his madness then becomes his doom.

[NYShell]

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

Megan Fox was the star of the first movie, Megan Fox and Stephen Amell will be the stars of this movie.

I can agree with you on this.