Official TMNT: Out Of The Shadows Review Thread (There Might Be Spoilers)

[Hero]

I like a lot of what Whatculture puts out. Can't say I fully agree with that rundown for OOTS though.

[ZariusTwo]

Just got back from Out of the Shadows

As a love letter to the 80's toon, it's a lot of fun, it has a lot of interesting plotlines and they all stream together fairly well, there's some some good stakes, solid action sequences, and everyone has great chemistry

Spoiler:

Bebop and Rocksteady were note-perfect, even the fart joke worked, and that rarely happens in these kids movies.

Being aimed at the family, there are zero casualties...not even when Rocksteady uses a tank to tear apart the plane they're on, all the shots miss the pilots, and when they're sucked out, they use parachutes.

Sadly, as a result of this, the Technodrome is pretty wasted. I don't know if that's an intentional nod to how useless it is most of the time in the cartoon, but it doesn't even get the chance to blitz the city. The eyeball does make an appearance though, which was a nice visual treat.

Not many battles occur with the Turtles and the Foot Ninjas, in fact there's more action between them and Casey when he first meets April than with the Turtles.

Vernon's little arc has it's moments, like the Turtles playing spitball with him

Shredder. Does. Nothing. He stands around and gives orders the whole film, but does not once interact with the Turtles, and then Krang double-crosses him, freezes him, and sticks him inside the Technodrome.

Baxter is hauled off to a cell in Tokyo, I presume he'll be turned into a fly when next we meet him.

Krang is very much like his 80's toon counterpart, and a decent match for the Turtles in the last act.

Splinter quips a bit at the beginning, but soon settles back into his wise sage mod near the end when the time came to resolve the Ooze storyline.

The Ooze plotline is where the movie is at it's most compelling, with Raphael and Micheangelo manipulating Casey and April into doing things their way while Leonardo and Donatello do their own thing, it leads to some strong scenes and acting

The plane to waterfall transition is the film's big action scene, it's a shame so much of it was already seen in the trailers

If you like the classic cartoon, you'll probably find plenty to enjoy, if you don't like these movies, there's plenty wrong with it

I'd give it a generous **. Awful if you're going in with critical faculties, decent if you're a fan of the old cartoon or have kids.

[Vicky82]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

http://whatculture.com/film-tv/teena...yone-will-hate

Don't worry, everyone, the third movie will be better.

Who wants to bet against me regarding the announcement of Blasphemous TMNT CashGrab 3? I say we hear Platinum Dunes announce the third movie no later than August 1st.

I'm betting next week. In 2014 they announced the 2nd movie a few days after the 1st movie released.

Couple of things from that article.

I didn't notice any product placement in the movie but maybe it's because i'm British and not familiar with American Products.

Spoiler:

I expected Krang to be less than 10 mins in the movie, I did not expect to see him during the 1st half of the movie.

I liked it when the turtles are arguing because it made the movie a bit more tense.

I disagree with the last one when they said the portal thing is a complete rip off of the Avengers because they were a lot of episodes in the 80s toon that involved the portal and Krang using it to come to earth.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

http://whatculture.com/film-tv/teena...yone-will-hate

Don't worry, everyone, the third movie will be better.

Flash forward to 2020:

"So BayTurtles 4: Rise of Mondo Gecko wasn't the best, but just hang in there, dudes! The fifth movie is gonna be great! If we don't support this one they'll never have a chance to get it right! Have faith!!"

[Technogeek29]

Originally Posted by Bry

Flash forward to 2020:

"So BayTurtles 4: Rise of Mondo Gecko wasn't the best, but just hang in there, dudes! The fifth movie is gonna be great! If we don't support this one they'll never have a chance to get it right! Have faith!!"

Only major threats left are The Triceratons and Dregg. nobody else is that high profile where it wouldn't expand beyond street level. Rat King if you played around with him for a bit since he is never the same in any version but still not that high on the threat level these movies keep trying to make everything.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Technogeek29

Only major threats left are The Triceratons and Dregg. nobody else is that high profile where it wouldn't expand beyond street level. Rat King if you played around with him for a bit since he is never the same in any version but still not that high on the threat level these movies keep trying to make everything.

They could rip off Amazing Spidey again and have him try to turn everyone into rat people.

[Leolead]

That's probably what they'll do

[KrangRules33]

Well personally whatever happens to Krang, Shredder, and the Technodrome, I personally hope all are back in part 3...it would be a crime to ignore Krang and the Technodrome after setting them up in this...even if Baxter becomes a fly or perhaps they bring in the Rat King or something....I still think they are needed and besides how much fun will it be to have them come from Dimension X via the portal...maybe bring in General Traag and the Rock Soldiers???

[Bry]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

They could rip off Amazing Spidey again and have him try to turn everyone into rat people.

Oh, that's pretty much a guarantee. And dont forget to put a scene of a brainwashed Splinter dragging a pizza down some subway stairs in there as a "hilarious" reference to a years-old Internet video. And then... I dunno, he burps and farts in front of the Turtles? That's what comedy is, right?

I'm just saying, my rates are quite reasonable, Platinum Dunes.

(How many burp/fart/dick "jokes" are in this thing, anyway? Just in case I need to update my portfolio...)

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Bry

Oh, that's pretty much a guarantee. And dont forget to put a scene of a brainwashed Splinter dragging a pizza down some subway stairs in there as a "hilarious" reference to a years-old Internet video. And then... I dunno, he burps and farts in front of the Turtles? That's what comedy is, right?

I'm just saying, my rates are quite reasonable, Platinum Dunes.

(How many burp/fart/dick "jokes" are in this thing, anyway? Just in case I need to update my portfolio...)

I had to have a few dick jokes pointed out to me online because they did'nt really register with me when I watched it, there's at least one scene where Rocksteady breaks wind though.

[Hero]

The Whatculture summary.

Spoiler:

Laura Linney's character wasn't pointless. She served as a strong female figure in the absence of Whoopi Goldberg's Bern Thompson and is now another useful human hookup for the Turtles. As a high-up in the police department, she did more than grumpy Stern ever did. Yay!

Vernon 'The Falcon' was also useful and was probably a factor in the Turtles upgrading their hardware via his key to the city endorsements. VF had to have something to do what with Channel 6 being somewhat out of the picture in this movie.

I saw more Krang than I expected. Also never expected him to be that huge and to do a lone invasion. Was hoping for a Rock soldier or two. I loved a certain moment he had that reflected his recent action figure quite well

Another thought

Spoiler:

Even though Eric Sachs is not in the movie, I bet he fled to his birthplace of Japan and is holed up somewhere. Wherever that may be is probably tied in with where Shredder had Baxter shipped off to.

Still writing a review of my own...

[Galactus]

I don't most of this necessarily needed spoiler tags. Most of this stuff that's already out there via interviews and articles about the movie. I edited the parts out which may potentially spoil things for people.

Originally Posted by Hero

Laura Linney's character wasn't pointless. She served as a strong female figure in the absence of Whoopi Goldberg's Bern Thompson and is now another useful human hookup for the Turtles. As a high-up in the police department, she did more than grumpy Stern ever did. Yay!

Well I'm all for characters whose presence brings just brings something to the movie usually by their acting but if Linney's character doesn't contribute anything to the plot then I think it's a fair grievance. Beyond that they've got two supposedly strong female characters already. Wouldn't it have been better to boost Karai before adding in another?

Vernon 'The Falcon' was also useful and was probably a factor in the Turtles upgrading their hardware via his key to the city endorsements. VF had to have something to do what with Channel 6 being somewhat out of the picture in this movie.

It was always questionable judgement to have a tertiary character that few remember and fewer still like in these movies. I don't want to do Will Arnett out of work but his character really has no purpose and trying to come up with one to justify his casting seems like a fool's errand.

Even though Eric Sachs is not in the movie, I bet he fled to his birthplace of Japan and is holed up somewhere.

Or they realized his character had no purpose and decided to just forget about him.

[Vicky82]

Positive review

http://superdstuff.com/teenage-mutan...f-the-shadows/

More reviews

https://thescreencritic.wordpress.co...dows-2016-12a/

https://jacobheatonsblog.wordpress.c...-jacob-heaton/

https://notyetrated.net/2016/05/31/t...y-predecessor/

http://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/te...hadows-review/


Different language IGN review, don't know if it will be the same as English IGN but they scored it 7.5

http://latam.ign.com/teenage-mutant-...of-the-shadows

[TigerClaw]

Here's Gamespot's review.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/tee.../1100-6440325/

[Hero]

Originally Posted by Galactus

I don't think most of this necessarily needed spoiler tags. Most of this stuff that's already out there via interviews and articles about the movie. I edited the parts out which may potentially spoil things for people.

Well I'm all for characters whose presence brings just brings something to the movie usually by their acting but if Linney's character doesn't contribute anything to the plot then I think it's a fair grievance. Beyond that they've got two supposedly strong female characters already. Wouldn't it have been better to boost Karai before adding in another?

It was always questionable judgement to have a tertiary character that few remember and fewer still like in these movies. I don't want to do Will Arnett out of work but his character really has no purpose and trying to come up with one to justify his casting seems like a fool's errand.

Or they realized his character had no purpose and decided to just forget about him.

I saw a couple of other posts minding the same Ps and Qs and thought I'd be as courteous.

Chief Vincent was good help towards the end and pulled the necessary strings for the Turtles to come out in the daytime and duke it out with Krang. I'm sure that if she's ever back in the 3rd movie she would be more useful from the start now that there's a working relationship. Maybe the NYPD will have a Turtle Signal next...

Karai not having enough screen time for the 2nd movie in a row is a no no. Perhaps after the events of OOTS the opportunity has arisen for the writers to slot that character in a bigger stand in leader role. I still can't understand why she was recast. It also seemed like the April/Vernon VS Eric Sachs scene from the first movie was replayed with Karai taking his place...

I hope Eric Sachs hasn't been scrapped. It was probably his money and resources the Foot Clan were still using in OOTS. The kind of resources that can't be obtained from petty street crime. Judging by Splinter's previous warning to April he's seemingly as much of a ward to Shredder as Karai is. There's also the history with April's father as well.

[Vicky82]

Another review

http://www.hakimastudios.com/teenage...-movie-review/

[jezza]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

I didn't notice any product placement in the movie

Really? I heard the words iPhone and iPad more times than I care to mention.

[Galactus]

Interesting review

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...major-missteps

[Vicky82]

Originally Posted by jezza

Really? I heard the words iPhone and iPad more times than I care to mention.

I thought product placement was advertising the make/model of the products.

You see Iphones and Ipads in a lot of movies and tv shows and I don't take notice of these things.

[jezza]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

I thought product placement was advertising the make/model of the products.

You see Iphones and Ipads in a lot of movies and tv shows and I don't take notice of these things.

An iPhone/iPad is a model of a device, it's just so ingrained in peoples minds that it's the standard of what you call a phone or tablet these days, that they don't even consider it product placement anymore