Judith Hoag spotted on set of TMNT 2.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Jester

Yea! No one ever learned martial arts by following the moments of someone else.....


OHHHHH!!!

Unless they have photographic reflexes.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

That connection could be explained in the sequel perhaps. Much like the ooze was explored more in Secret of the Ooze.

I hope they go the reincarnation route like in IDW. I tend to have that at the back of my kind ever since I saw that "April had pet turtles in a lab" scene in the movie. Hmm how similar...interesting.

That's a big ask to fit into a movie which is giving an origin to Casey as well as setting up he meets April and the turtles, a storyline for Baxter Stockman, Bebop and Rocksteady, some evil plan for the Shredder etc. Not to mention a sexy costume party, an NBA game, whatever Alessandra Ambrosio, Carmello Anthony and Laura Linney are doing and some news segments with Judith Hoag. Wow this better be one long movie to do all of these things justice and you're betting we'll get an expanded origin? You think they'll spend a good portion in flashbacks to ancient Japan?

Even a more classic straightforward origin seems difficult to work in. The origin that Splinter happened to find a book on ninjutsu when the enemies he would face are ninjas is already a divisive point, it would somewhat strain credibility to attach some connection to Yoshi given what they've established. He was Yoshi's pet that somehow ended up in the lab of a man who works for the guy who killed his owner?

"similar...interesting? Perhaps I'd argue similar...coincidental. Baring in mind that the turtles mutated in a lab idea has been pitched repeatedly for years prior and from Leibesman's i09 interview it sounds as if he only learned about the IDW origin late on, noticed the similarity and went with it (sorta).

If they thought a Yoshi connection was "too complex" for the first they aint going to put it in this one. Then again it strikes me that people were convinced the we'd get it in the first regardless of what Leibesman said but hey if it's not in this sequel there's always the third or fourth.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by THGhost

Not to jinx things, but this movie keeps looking better and better. I really hope it improves over the first one, it has so much potential to be better.

Because Judith Hoag has a cameo in it?

Kevin Eastman had a cameo in the first one too. Literally the co-creator of the Turtles.

Not only did they cut it out, the movie still sucked.

What, in your opinion, makes this movie look better and better?

[Darth Knuckles]

I just think it's really cool to see Judith Hoag back in another TMNT movie. I'm really excited for her and to see what part she plays in it. I can't wait to see it.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Those are some heavy-handed "hints", that's for sure.

To be fair to Judith, although I'm well aware she's indeed been "doing stuff", to most people, they only know her from TMNT and that's all. So, from her perspective, there's no better time to get her name and face out there again in front of her biggest "audience". She most likely saw how much money the first one made and wished she'd done that one, so she probably campaigned for a spot in this one. And since the first movie turned off a lot of the old-school fans, the producers probably see her as a good nostalgia gimmick to get some of those fans to reinvest in the movie.

It'll probably be, like, a minute or two of screen time, but since we're already talking about it, it did the job.

Couldn't have said it better myself. That said, I'm still looking forward to seeing her...call me a sucker.

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Imagine a scene of the Turtles watching a news broadcast with April in it, And then seeing her interviewing Judith Hoag's character, And then Mikey is like. "Am I seeing double? Which ones April?"

I can already see that happening, and immediately upon seeing pictures with both of them, a line similar to that one popped into my head.

Originally Posted by THGhost

Not to jinx things, but this movie keeps looking better and better. I really hope it improves over the first one, it has so much potential to be better.

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

Because Judith Hoag has a cameo in it?

Kevin Eastman had a cameo in the first one too. Literally the co-creator of the Turtles.

Not only did they cut it out, the movie still sucked.

What, in your opinion, makes this movie look better and better?

Dude, relax. It's perfectly okay for people to be hopeful.

To be fair, this is the first news I've seen about this film that makes me actually want to see it; but I highly doubt that they'll be pitching Hoag's scenes, considering she's among the only gimmicks they have to draw in old-schoolers who hated the 2014 one.

[Wolfie65]

Will she be playing April's mother?
'Now, dear, you know there are no such things as talking turtles. And why won't you go out with that nice cardiologist I've introduced you to? He's been asking about you....'
This is starting to sound more & more like Harry Potter nos. 4-6, where they also tried to stuff 700+ pages of book into barely 2 hours of movie, which doesn't work unless you really take the hatchet to the story - which they did.
How anyone who hasn't read the books can follow the action in those movies, I'll never know.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Wolfie65

Will she be playing April's mother?
'Now, dear, you know there are no such things as talking turtles. And why won't you go out with that nice cardiologist I've introduced you to? He's been asking about you....'

I sincerely hope they don't keep milking that "April tries to prove she isn't crazy" thing...it's been done so many times. We all know she isn't crazy, and we all know that no one will believe her about it unless they see it for themselves. So it's a pointless scenario to tackle.

[TigerClaw]

This is interesting, I just read something about why she was replaced by Paige Turco in the other two TMNT movies, Apparently she was complaining about the 1st film being violent, And its the reason why she got replaced.
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/megan-f...742532422.html

Variety caught up with Hoag last August, as the first installment of the rebooted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was hitting theaters. The actress, who can currently be seen on ABC’s TV hit Nashville, talked about being replaced (by Paige Turco) in two sequels that spawned from the original '90 film. She believes it’s because she complained about the film’s violence. “Everybody was beating everybody up,” she said. “I thought the movie suffered because of that. It was something I spoke to the producers about, I think they thought I was too demanding, and moved on.”

Hoag didn’t seem the least bit bitter: “I will see it out of curiosity,” she said of 2014’s relaunch, which, like the 1990 version, became a major box-office hit, racking up almost $200 million in the U.S. alone. “You want the franchise to keep going forward and do well.”

The fact she thought the 1990 film was violent, would rub some people the wrong way, Considering she was the original April in that film.

[Leo656]

Characters in a movie with "Ninja" in the title, beating each other up. The horror.

Goes to show you that someone can be good at playing a role, and still know nothing at all about what is best for the franchise in the long run.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Characters in a movie with "Ninja" in the title, beating each other up. The horror.

Goes to show you that someone can be good at playing a role, and still know nothing at all about what is best for the franchise in the long run.

To some, It's just an acting gig, And they don't care if they know about it or not.

At least Megan Fox cares, I mean she wanted to be in this thing, since she was a fan, Despite all the hate she gets by some fans, But see seems very passionate about it.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

And a rat mimicking his human to be a ninja master isn't any less dumb?

This I can agree with. No matter which version of TMNT you're talking about, the rat origin is just plain stupid!

I'm betting on Hoag playing another reporter, too! And even after all these years, she still looks GREAT!

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Panda_Kahn_fan

This I can agree with. No matter which version of TMNT you're talking about, the rat origin is just plain stupid!

I'm betting on Hoag playing another reporter, too! And even after all these years, she still looks GREAT!

There are two possibilities, Shes either a rival reporter, or April's new Boss at Channel 6.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by pain101

Check it out.

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/megan-f...742532422.html

Actually, I already linked to that article.

[TigerClaw]

I wonder what's going on here, Could the two characters be family, Or just friends?

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

this isn't ruining her career she mostly known as April so it makes sense to be in this.

She's mostly know for the GOOD movie. Now her names gonna be attached to this trash

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I wonder what's going on here, Could the two characters be family, Or just friends?

http://40.media.tumblr.com/6448dc719...h24o1_1280.jpg

why limit it to just those two? are you really that opposed to someone possibly being a lesbian that you wouldn't even list it as an option? It's probably not, but pretty homophobic to completely rule it out like "no that could never be"

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I wonder what's going on here, Could the two characters be family, Or just friends?

http://40.media.tumblr.com/6448dc719...h24o1_1280.jpg

No what's going there is far more sinister, clearly what happened was that April losing her job made her so desperate she became the trophy wife of that woman. I know this because reasons I refuse source and if you're calling me a liar I will have to abuse the "NO U!" meme.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

why limit it to just those two? are you really that opposed to someone possibly being a lesbian that you wouldn't even list it as an option? It's probably not, but pretty homophobic to completely rule it out like "no that could never be"

I saw it posted here.
http://meganfox86.tumblr.com/post/11...s-be-family-or

So the two characters know each other, Either she's a member of April's family, or a colleague at Channel 6 she is friends with, Given the friendly kiss on the side.

[bushido]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I wonder what's going on here, Could the two characters be family, Or just friends?

http://40.media.tumblr.com/6448dc719...h24o1_1280.jpg

[IndigoErth]

They should make her April's highly opinionated, critical news anchor aunt - whom April has aspired to be like - who pulled some strings to get April her job back and took it upon herself to be there to mentor her to make sure little April doesn't screw it up this time.