Official TMNT 2 Trailer Discussion

~~Leo656~~ · 11-23-2015, 12:43 AM

I've noticed how TMNT fans have a certain sense of desperate "ownership" of the franchise that I don't always see elsewhere. Like they'd rather have lots of crap than nothing at all. I don't get it.

When I talk to, like, Batman fans, for example, I never hear anyone say, "Well, I'm glad 'Batman & Robin' exists because it kept the franchise going," and not one person ever even pretends it's good, no matter how much they love Batman. They just say "Wow, what a piece of sh*t, no movie at all is better than a piece of sh*t movie, I wish they never made it." That's the right attitude.

To me, once it officially gets to a point where MOST of the TMNT stuff ever made is Bad and only a little bit is Good - and at this rate, that day's not far off - all it means is that 1. Fewer people will get into the franchise at all because the majority of it will be off-putting and irredeemable, and 2. The actual good stuff will be harder and harder to find, buried under a mountain of crap.

Why anyone WANTS that to happen is beyond me. "Nah, just keep the brand alive. To hell with anything being 'Good'. If we don't support their Bad Movies they won't make anymore movies at all!" Well, sh*t, GOOD, then, if all they know how to make is bad movies I don't WANT them to ever make more! Why would anyone?

Holy sh*t.

But yeah, it's probably not unique to TMNT fans but I don't see the attitude much in other fandoms. They just want the thing they love to be taken care of and treated respectfully. Not to simply have its logo feces smeared across the landscape because they loved something when they were 5.

Anyone who thinks this place is "too negative" should take note of how two folks like you and I, who disagree on pretty much everything outside of, "Green Lantern is pretty sweet", can be united by our mutual hatred of these movies and our ability to see through the haze of marketing bullsh*t. I mean, that's pretty inspiring if you think about it.

11-23-2015, 12:43 AM	#11
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I've noticed how TMNT fans have a certain sense of desperate "ownership" of the franchise that I don't always see elsewhere. Like they'd rather have lots of crap than nothing at all. I don't get it. When I talk to, like, Batman fans, for example, I never hear anyone say, "Well, I'm glad 'Batman & Robin' exists because it kept the franchise going," and not one person ever even pretends it's good, no matter how much they love Batman. They just say "Wow, what a piece of sht, no movie at all is better than a piece of sht movie, I wish they never made it." That's the right attitude. To me, once it officially gets to a point where MOST of the TMNT stuff ever made is Bad and only a little bit is Good - and at this rate, that day's not far off - all it means is that 1. Fewer people will get into the franchise at all because the majority of it will be off-putting and irredeemable, and 2. The actual good stuff will be harder and harder to find, buried under a mountain of crap. Why anyone WANTS that to happen is beyond me. "Nah, just keep the brand alive. To hell with anything being 'Good'. If we don't support their Bad Movies they won't make anymore movies at all!" Well, sht, GOOD, then, if all they know how to make is bad movies I don't WANT them to ever make more! Why would anyone? Holy sht. But yeah, it's probably not unique to TMNT fans but I don't see the attitude much in other fandoms. They just want the thing they love to be taken care of and treated respectfully. Not to simply have its logo feces smeared across the landscape because they loved something when they were 5. Anyone who thinks this place is "too negative" should take note of how two folks like you and I, who disagree on pretty much everything outside of, "Green Lantern is pretty sweet", can be united by our mutual hatred of these movies and our ability to see through the haze of marketing bullsh*t. I mean, that's pretty inspiring if you think about it.