Rejected Shredder/Foot Concept Art

[Powder]

http://comicbook.com/2015/07/05/alte...tant-ninja-tu/

& we thought what we got was bad.

What the hell were these guys doing? My God. I can't fathom even thinking about going in this direction, let alone having it developed to this extent.

The one Foot design with yellow eyes is better than the ones we saw on screen, but that's not saying much.

One thing of interest is the Shredder suit powered by mutagen. I guess that old super soldier plot was going to involve him as well.

[Bry]

Sorry to be That Guy, but I think this is the right link: http://comicbook.com/2015/07/05/alte...tant-ninja-tu/

(I noticed that clicking the comment link sent me right down to the Independence Day article instead, so that's probably what happened here. Unless the site's more broken than just that?)

Anyway, on topic... Yikes. That movie was just never ever gonna be any damn good at any point, huh?

[IndigoErth]

Ohhh more concept art.

The hell?

Well done on the art side...but not for TMNT. People just don't seem to recognize the line where things stop being TMNT; that isn't TMNT, that's armor sets for a reboot for World of Warcraft (or similar game) in year 2025.

Some of the concepts that have surfaced have been interesting to say the least. Though on the plus side, I guess, the majority of them not for the better.



(Link didn't go to the page directly, just fyi, but saw the headline on the left of the page so all's good.)

[Cure]

It's interesting, but I agree, they're bad.

[Leo656]

Holy f***. Oh, my. My, my my.

Originally Posted by Bry

Anyway, on topic... Yikes. That movie was just never ever gonna be any damn good at any point, huh?

Spoiler:

[CyberCubed]

How the hell do people who work on an established property manage to completely screw up designs that are relatively simple?

I mean my god, the designs for the Foot Soldiers and Shredder are just standard ninja gear and a helmet. Why do the keep trying to make them into cyborg warriors or something?

[pennydreadful]

It must be a real hoot working for a movie studio.

[Leo656]

Hah, that's Danielle's desk.

Inside joke. penny gets it.

[IndigoErth]

It's like they're trying to make up for something. A bunch of di art waving, "look how NEW I can make it!"

*looks around for newspaper to roll up*
*notices lack of newspaper*
*picks up graphics tablet and smacks artists with that instead*

It's not old... it's fundamental elements.

Robo Shredder/Foot only work if you're transporting the Turtles to year 2500. If this is supposed to be real and modern day - look around. No one is out there wearing robo SWAT team armor yet.

[Wildcat]

Those I will admit are too different to be Shredder.

Rest of the movie aside Shredder's armor was like the coolest part of the whole thing. It was metal armor with retractable blades. He could launch them which I guess was a little over the top but they wanted him to have a projectile weapon.

I hate when people complain it was a Shredder transformer. Metal armor makes sense and the Transformers, especially faces, were originally inspired by samurai armor.

[Commenter 42]

So it is true! Some guy was telling me that the helmet design for Shredder was the biggest hurdle for the design team.

I get it though. From everything posted so far, it looks like the mandate was to re-invent everything as much as possible.

Most of these "artists" are guys in their late 20's and early 30's. They know exactly what Shredder is supposed to look like.

The real question is, why? Who hated the designs so much, they asked for radical changes?

Also, that is some ultra derp photoshop. Holy crack baby.

[Xiewin]

One of the worst things I've seen all day.

[Candy Kappa]

Oh, wow those where terrible, but still doesn't detract that what we got was just as badly designed.

[Foombamaroom]

Okay, I'll admit, I'm one of the biggest haters of the 2014 design. However, if you look at it, you will say, "Oh, that's Shredder! What did they do to him?!"
What's the key point of this? You can at least tell that that's Shredder. Looks like crap, but you do know it's Shredder.

These? What in the holy hell? That's not even close to what Shredder looks like. And the Foot Soldiers? There's one design that I liked in that whole mess, and that's the purple-ish looking Foot Soldier with the yellow eyes, but I still wouldn't want to see that in the movie. But oh my God, that did not look like Shredder. If they want to use these concepts, MAKE AN ORIGINAL MOVIE. Don't butcher something that has years of source material to back up for it!

[turtlefanforever]

Some of them look better than what we got.

Like the 1 next to V.11 (2nd photo) It has a sort of simplistic charm to it.

and the 4th pic. The big one. I kinda like it. Looks more bada$$ than what we got. It's like a shredder robocop.

[BubblyShell22]

What the f*ck did I just see? That's terrible. How can these guys call themselves artists?

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

What the f*ck did I just see? That's terrible. How can these guys call themselves artists?

What do you mean? The designs aren't bad. They're just not right for Shredder and the foot soldiers.

[snake]

Damn...makes you wonder if anyone suggested a ninja-like design.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Someday, somewhere, in an alternate universe or parallel reality, there is a good modern TMNT movie.

Dammit, when's the guy in the blue box gonna show up and take me there?

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Someday, somewhere, in an alternate universe or parallel reality, there is a good modern TMNT movie.

Dammit, when's the guy in the blue box gonna show up and take me there?

He's too busy hanging with annoying-ass women.