Official TMNT 2 Trailer Discussion

[Xav]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

It makes sense, since the Shredder from the 1st one would be Oroku Nagi

Nagi is Shredder's brother not has father.

Originally Posted by Matt2310

would technically make new shredder and sacks brothers haha

Unless Shredder had adoption papers for Sacks, than no it wouldn't.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Just seen the whole movie in 2 mins.

[sethmartin]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

Well it certainly looks better than the last one. I like how they changed the turtles a bit. Honestly, I don't think they look that bad. My issue though is that they seem to have lost some textures from the last movie and they look a bit too colorful, like the latest Alvin and the Chipmunks in terms of lighting. Shredder and Karai look better than last time. Baxter could have been better, though. It's still too hard to picture Armell as Casey. He just doesn't look like he can play the part right. Rocksteady and Bebop, eh.....they're just there to me.

I'm glad that it looks like they finally have a set tone, even though it's not the tone I wanted. It gives me TMNT 2: Soto flashbacks and not in a good way.

Decent trailer, looks like it could (won't count on it) end up being better than the last film but it doesn't look like a movie for me.

Did anyone notice that Donatello has a SNES controller wrapped around his right arm?

Visual effects for trailers are rarely 100% complete. These shots were probably just rushed to get a trailer out, but those shots in the actual movie will look much better.

I went into this trailer with ZERO expectations. I can't tell if it really looks good or if it just looks so much better than the last one, it fools me into thinking it's good. One thing for sure, it definitely feels like a ninja turtles movie. I could run through everything I dislike about it, but I'm going to go easy on them right now because... it looks like they at least tried this time.

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Powder

"Casey Jones, a corrections officer who decides to be a masked street-level superhero."

STOP SH*TTING ON MY FAVORITE CHARACTER'S LEGACY.

Casey Jones is Nobody?

[Ninjinister]

Rhino man in a tank? Where have I seen that before?

[Allio]

Originally Posted by newhire13

I'm betting on him being that Shredder's son and going by the name Oroku Saki.

this one is Oroku Saki
the last guy was Oroku Nagi

[sethmartin]

Anyone notice that Splinter is back to his classic white robe instead of that crap he was wearing in the last movie. This trailer is ALL action but I hope we get some slowed down moments with the turtles. I hope Krang shows up in this.

[Powder]

I can't believe people are still hoping for Krang, he was confirmed!

[TheJ-manTurtleMan]

To me this looks like the tone a TMNT movie should be, very reminiscent of the fred wolf series.

Something I noticed is that there are more Turtles in this trailer as opposed to the first trailer for the second movie, and the tone is completely different. The first movie trailer is all about Sacks, April, and her father. This one is all about the turtles and who they are, so to speak.

[TheJ-manTurtleMan]

Spoiler:

I don't know, to me they look an eensy bit smaller, Raph for sure. Another thing I noticed, Mikey looks kinda chunky

Also, sorry that the image is so big, don't know how to make it smaller

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Originally Posted by TheJ-manTurtleMan

To me this looks like the tone a TMNT movie should be, very reminiscent of the fred wolf series.

Well I feel that the right tone for a TMNT movie should be reminiscent of the mirage comic book series like the 1990 movie was but hey, that's just me.

And yeah I have noticed that they do look shorter. Raph was much taller than Mike in the last one. He looks close to Leo, this time around.

[Zulithe]

The subtle changes to the turtles are to their benefit. Not the redesign I'd prefer but at least they did tweak it a little bit.

The humor is more on point. Good trailer compared to the first film's trailer.

CGI is rough but that's common for CGI heavy film trailers. They have a lot of time to clean stuff up.

Looks like they are finally treating Shredder like the character he deserves to be in this one. So that's another plus.

Downside for me is Tyler Perry who I don't generally like. Bleh.

Overall I liked the trailer more than I thought I would.

My only hope for this film is that it makes some improvements over the first and so far so good.

[sethmartin]

I think the cinematography in this movie is better. Especially when filming the turtles. The 2014 movie always filmed them from really low angles for some reason. I guess it was to make them look more intimidating, but all it did was make them look like giants.

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by Leo656

To be fair, I fell in love with it too, when I was 7. I like other stuff now. It would be nice if the things I love would grow and change with me, so I can keep loving them. But I can't be 7 again, I can't see or feel things the same way, and I can't relate to things aimed at that same audience.

Sadly, as years go by it's looking more and more like TMNT may end up going in the box of "Things I Loved But Outgrew". They don't care about me anymore, don't care to appeal to me as a fan, or my tastes, or my wallet, and no matter what, I can't just force myself to like the stuff they're doing now just because I loved an entirely different version of it when I was a kid.

8 year old me would have maybe liked this movie. 33 year old me is frustrated and sad that the franchise is still just for little kids and that it's never going to change. I feel like they don't want or need me as a fan anymore, and that's too bad.

I hear you, but it's just not me. My box of "Things I Loved But Outgrew" is pretty much empty. I still watch the old cartoon, from time to time, I watch the new one every week. I still watch Pee-wee, play Pokemon, etc.

TMNT deserves a movie that could be appreciated by all ages. A movie that earns the franchise respect of 50-year-olds who don't read comics. I totally agree. But I also think they deserve a movie that doesn't apologize for what it is - doesn't mute the traits that make it ridiculous or silly, or the sci-fi elements that make it outlandish or expensive. This crap right here is a cartoon come to life, and the franchise hasn't had that yet, either. I'm giddy.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

That was actually a fun trailer, well done Trailer Editor Dude.

I'm surprised how good B&R actually looks, so much better then the title characters, which is kinda hilarious.

Baxter looks good. He seems to be like a mix of FW Baxter and Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor, which can work.

Brian Tee looks good as Shredder, not really a big fan of Shredder having a extremely scarred face, kinda works in Nick, but I don't really like it there either so I'm glad it's gone. Although I thought Tohoru Masamune should return as he did a serviceable job with what he got in the previous movie and he do look more of a authority figure and have more presence, but Brian is good too.

Amell still looks like Oliver Queen having a vacation in NY under a fake name to avoid paparazzis, and then gets into a zany adventure.

The new vehicles looks alright, sewer lid shooter is a nice nod to the Pizza Thrower toys.

Leather Daddy Ninjas, oh lawd that's dumb. But I guess it's better then the trash we got last time.

Donnie is wielding a extendable staff that also have taser tips, wow. Just wow. Well, clearly in the eyes of the almighty Bay the Bo is far too much of a inferior weapon. I get it, a staff isn't as sexy as a sword, or a glorified dagger that kinda looks like a Sai, or the all flash-bare-minimum-punch Nunchaku which was considered so useless by the island's aristocrats, it actually have no historical kata from Okinawa.

Clearly a simple staff made of hard oak can't pulverize kneecaps and crack skulls, clearly it's a weapon that can't ruin the Samurai precocious swords or during kata where its staff vs sword, the sword is on the defensive and tries to avoid being hit, as block can ruin the blade. Clearly centuries of martial arts is wrong and the almighty Bay and his disciples of Platinum Dunes are correct. The Bo had to be pimped up to not longer be a Bo.

The Turtles, still looks bad, slightly better, but still bad. They are still big on height, They all should be around Mikey's height. The shells are the same poorly designed mess, their texture work seems less impressive then last time, it's almost Sea Turtle-ish in the rougher skin areas like the shoulders, and they are a lot greener it seems, almost glowing green... Must be that ooze or something. same face structure it's all too similar for my taste.

The gear is slightly toned down, but we knew that from the revealed toppers, Leo still looks the better of the four, the most ridiculous is between Donnie and his Proton Pack and Anime Gladiator Raph (with the shoulder plate and armored arm, is he left handed? hmm).

Looks like a high-octane dumb action flick, and I'd be more onboard had it not been for the Turtles Creature Design, Fox and electrocuting Bo. And Leather Ninjas with foam padded muscles suits

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by Bry

I'll give them this: they're going full bore on the dumb Bayhem. For better or worse. (HINT: it's worse, it's definitely worse)

Were you expecting anything else?

I'm sure this one will do what it says on the box, and I'm sure some people are gonna have fun with it... but this just isn't my cup of tea, and it doesn't matter how much they change the faces - it could be so much more than what it is. To me, it's still the same sh*t in a different package and the emperor still has no clothes.

But TPTB know what buttons to push to get people's asses in the seats - namely, shiny CG fights and things blowing up, with a few laughs thrown in. It'll work, it'll make money and they'll go on to make a third.

Que sera, sera. *shrugs*

[Myko]

What's Shredder saying? "I'm looking for Aaron Morse?" "Errand boys"?

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Zulithe

The subtle changes to the turtles are to their benefit. Not the redesign I'd prefer but at least they did tweak it a little bit.

The humor is more on point. Good trailer compared to the first film's trailer.

CGI is rough but that's common for CGI heavy film trailers. They have a lot of time to clean stuff up.

Looks like they are finally treating Shredder like the character he deserves to be in this one. So that's another plus.

Downside for me is Tyler Perry who I don't generally like. Bleh.

Overall I liked the trailer more than I thought I would.

My only hope for this film is that it makes some improvements over the first and so far so good.

Good break down and very good points.

I feel like the foot are spot on and shredder are looks a million times better.

Stephen Armeil is a decent Casey Jones, but His voice doesn't sound right for Casey.

The biggest draw back I see are the freaking turtles themselves still. They are so freaking gigantic the foot is not a formidable foe against them. The foot is seriously useless against them.

If they were to make the turtles April's hight or a little taller it would be perfect.

[chrisdude]

Actually liked Casey's voice. I can't say he looks to look. And I've always said, in this universe, I would do something more like the current cartoon, and give Casey a ton of gear and gadgets to kind of level things off, so he could believably fight alongside Turtles. This Casey dresses just like I do. I've only seen two episodes of Arrow, so I can't really say anything about him looking like that guy.

[Zulithe]

2K resolution version of the trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v58j6ewnKiM