Would another Live Action TMNT Series work?

[Fishface]

For a few weeks now, I have been thinking, would a 2nd Live Action TMNT Series work? Perhaps after the Nick Series has ended or after the third or fourth Paramount Movie (if there is one)

Here are some elements that might work:

*Have it based on mostly the Mirage Comics, 2003, IDW and parts of the 1990 and 1991 Film and maybe even some 2012 elements thrown into the mix!
*Have mostly characters from the incarnations mentioned above (maybe Bebop and Rocksteady)
*Have a good amount of episodes (say 26 a Season)
*Have some good story lines that are old and new such as City at War, Battle Nexus, The Exposure of the Turtles, Shredder taking over New York, A giant Technodrome Battle and many others that I didn't mention

Here are some reasons on why it might not work:

*It would cost too much to produce as if they use costumes and puppets, it would be too much to make and hire people to work for the project and if they use CGi, that would also be expensive due to all the process it has to go through to get it animate and such
*Going back to costs here, hiring actors would be another problem but also trying to get them to stick around
*This concept failed the first time it was done as the Next Mutation failed, although it got fairly okay ratings and it had somewhat of a success with getting a Power Rangers Crossover and getting somewhat of a fanbase, it was really forgotten about after the early 2000's as its hype was about 1997-2001 and it slowly died after that with it only airing from 1 Season with 26 episodes airing from 1997-1998

So what do you guys think? Would another Live Action Series work? Or would it fail and fall down into obscurity (apart from Ninja Turtles fans of course)

[Powder]

I'd love to see it done right but I don't think it's feasible. I can't imagine there being a series that actually looks good being done at a reasonable cost. Unless it matched the first live action film in terms of turtle quality, it would probably be crappy.

[Fishface]

Originally Posted by Powder

I'd love to see it done right but I don't think it's feasible. I can't imagine there being a series that actually looks good being done at a reasonable cost. Unless it matched the first live action film in terms of turtle quality, it would probably be crappy.

They could probably do it again but it would take a lot of work but it is not impossible, just difficult to accomplish!

If it happens, I would like to see characters like Hun, Stockman, Khan and Tastu in the series and Karai but not as Shredder's main sidekick but just as a high ranking member of the Foot that appears later in the Series! I reckon the Second in Command job should be for Tatsu or Stockman!

[Candy Kappa]

I think absolutely that a second LA show could work. There's some budget issues, sure. You gotta have some stellar creature costume sculptors creating Turtle suits that looks good and have good range of motion.

The show certainly had to be somewhat grounded, but with the right mindset and dedication you can take things to the more fantastical. Just look at the guys working on the Blood Brothers fan-movie, they have created Utroms, Fugitoid, B&R, working on Triceratons and several other creature costumes and effects. And those guys basically does it as a passion project.

Imagine that with a budget and a TV-production crew behind it.

[Fishface]

I reckon to keep the show fresh and the viewers entertained, each season should focus on a centred plot (assuming there are 7 seasons of course)

Season 1: The Foot Clan (Shredder, Tatsu, Hun, Khan and Stockman), The Street Gangs of Crime (The Mobs like Don Visioso, and more random punk and gangs), Purple Dragons (Fong and Dragon Face etc.) and Mutants (Bebop, Rocksteady, Fishface, Dogpound and the rest of Bebop and Rocksteady's Gang)

Season 2: The Foot Clan in Japan (Samuri Foot Clan), Dimension X (Krang, Krang Subprime, Traag, Granitor, Kraangdroids and Rock Warriors) and some IDW Mutants and 2012 Mutants (Koya, Bludgeon and Squirlanoids, Justin etc.)

Season 3: Elite Ninjas (Karai), Utroms, Savantini Romero, Bishop, Eric Sacks and Garbage Man (You remember him don't you)

Season 4: Triceratons (Mozar, Zanmoran, Zorin, Zark, Zorax, Zork, Zarus Zac etc.), Battle Nexus challengers and Random Space Mutants

Season 5: Villians from the 2007 CGi Movie such as the 13 Stone Generals and Max Winters, All Ninja Tribunal Villains, All other Random Mutants in the 87-93 series (Scumbug, Antrax, Fly Baxter, Dirtbag, and Groundchuck etc.) and 1991 Movie Mutants (Tokka and Rahzar) and Nick Mutants (Tiger Claw, Newtralizer, Snakeweed, Spider Bytez, and Pizza Face etc.)

Season 6: Fast Foward Villains, All the other generic Mutants bad guys introduced in the 80's era, Archie, 2003, IDW and 2012 era that have not been mentioned, Bonesteel, Drgaon Lord and some other Next Mutation VILLAINS (No Venus sorry, but Peter Laird would be disappointed)

Season 7: Don Turtelli, The Extended Dimension X (Lord Dregg, HiTech, Mung, The Technogang, the Batmen and all of the other aliens working for him), All of the Red Sky era villains such as Beserko, The Giant Mutant Rats, Megavolt, HAVOC (Titanus and his henchmen) and all the rest), and The Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang (BEST VILLAINS EVA)

(BTW, This is my 100th post so yay me, I am now a Foot Soldier)

[Powder]

None of that would ever ever ever happen. You'd need a bajillion dollars. Also, it would suck.

[Fishface]

Originally Posted by Powder

None of that would ever ever ever happen. You'd need a bajillion dollars. Also, it would suck.

Hey it could happen, there might be a chance someone reading this might be a millionaire, highly unlikely but you're right, it would suck! Too many ideas fighting each other!

[Powder]

Yeah man, you can't do too much at once & have it work out, especially in a live action series. The simpler the better, I'd say. It'd be impossible to pull off most of those characters & associated themes. A live action series would benefit from having as few mutants/aliens as possible.

[CyberCubed]

The only way i can see this working is if its similar to those live action DC shows currently airing like Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, etc.

Even then nobody has that budget for TMNT.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Fishface

I reckon to keep the show fresh and the viewers entertained, each season should focus on a centred plot (assuming there are 7 seasons of course)

Season 1: The Foot Clan (Shredder, Tatsu, Hun, Khan and Stockman), The Street Gangs of Crime (The Mobs like Don Visioso, and more random punk and gangs), Purple Dragons (Fong and Dragon Face etc.) and Mutants (Bebop, Rocksteady, Fishface, Dogpound and the rest of Bebop and Rocksteady's Gang)

Season 2: The Foot Clan in Japan (Samuri Foot Clan), Dimension X (Krang, Krang Subprime, Traag, Granitor, Kraangdroids and Rock Warriors) and some IDW Mutants and 2012 Mutants (Koya, Bludgeon and Squirlanoids, Justin etc.)

Season 3: Elite Ninjas (Karai), Utroms, Savantini Romero, Bishop, Eric Sacks and Garbage Man (You remember him don't you)

Season 4: Triceratons (Mozar, Zanmoran, Zorin, Zark, Zorax, Zork, Zarus Zac etc.), Battle Nexus challengers and Random Space Mutants

Season 5: Villians from the 2007 CGi Movie such as the 13 Stone Generals and Max Winters, All Ninja Tribunal Villains, All other Random Mutants in the 87-93 series (Scumbug, Antrax, Fly Baxter, Dirtbag, and Groundchuck etc.) and 1991 Movie Mutants (Tokka and Rahzar) and Nick Mutants (Tiger Claw, Newtralizer, Snakeweed, Spider Bytez, and Pizza Face etc.)

Season 6: Fast Foward Villains, All the other generic Mutants bad guys introduced in the 80's era, Archie, 2003, IDW and 2012 era that have not been mentioned, Bonesteel, Drgaon Lord and some other Next Mutation VILLAINS (No Venus sorry, but Peter Laird would be disappointed)

Season 7: Don Turtelli, The Extended Dimension X (Lord Dregg, HiTech, Mung, The Technogang, the Batmen and all of the other aliens working for him), All of the Red Sky era villains such as Beserko, The Giant Mutant Rats, Megavolt, HAVOC (Titanus and his henchmen) and all the rest), and The Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang (BEST VILLAINS EVA)

(BTW, This is my 100th post so yay me, I am now a Foot Soldier)

Maybe Big Loue. He's my favourite among the gangsters in the 1987–1996 animated TV series.

[TurtleTitan97]

Unless it had a really good budget, I can't see it working. Maybe as a mini-series perhaps...

[CyberCubed]

If they cast Melissa Benoist as April I'd watch it.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

If they cast Melissa Benoist as April I'd watch it.

I'd rather have Fox any day.

[myconius]

i just can't imagine them ever trying another live action tv series again.

it just wouldn't be practical.

maybe possibly another 2d animation series? but it'd probably be all kiddie like the blast to the past cartoon?

[snake]

Imagine the Henson company behind it. Look at the f*cking budget Farscape had.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

If they cast Melissa Benoist as April I'd watch it.

Cubed, you sick weirdo!!! Why are you so damn obsessed with this chick?! You know she's married in real life, right? I have a better chance hooking up with Anna Kendrick than you do with Supergirl!!!

[neatoman]

In this era I'm not so sure I would recommend it, animatronic suits might look kinda silly today and I'm not sure the budget for a TV show would allow for high end CGI in every episode.

If they did they would probably have to focus on the human characters, of course at that point it'd no longer be a TMNT show, it would be the Casey and April show co-starring Angel or something.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by snake

Imagine the Henson company behind it. Look at the f*cking budget Farscape had.

Right, they did Dinosaurs too and those suits were really good for a TV show.

[ABrown]

Live action TMNT is not an easy thing to get right. I found the first TMNT movie in 1990 to be amazing. I found the second and third movie to be entertaing, but no where as good as the first. The Next Mutation could've been good, but I found it to be poorly executed. And I wasn't even able to make it all the way through Nickelodeon's movie, because I found it that awful. If Nickelodeon did attempt another live version of TMNT, watch them go and do another crossover with Power Rangers, since Nick is currently the one airing that franchise as well.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Um, the FIRST one didn't work.