The 2007 movie is a mess, a good one.

[Peter Palmer]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

Good points, but I’ll also be fair and say that I, myself, have sort of implied the film heavily captures the feel of Mirage. Especially when you look at Mirage as a whole, not just stories like “RTNY”, “CaW”, etc..

And it is worth noting that Kevin Eastman feels the same. Please don’t take that as me shielding my opinion by using Kevin, but it’s a relevant point. And if anyone is tempted to criticize Kevin’s “cheerleading”, which he is known for, keep in mind, that he is typically pretty honest afterwards. You don’t see Kevin talking up the Platinum Dunes films these days - quite the opposite.

But hey, at this point we’ve all read the books and we are all versed well enough in the TMNT to make our own call on that. I feel like the look and feel of Mirage is translated quite strongly, but if y’all see much more of the cartoon in there, I respect that too.

Again, I don’t think it’s a perfect adaption but pretty damn close.

Edit: Accidentally quoted myself - dangerously close to talking to myself. The quarantine is setting in.

I think you're supporting my point without realizing it.

Of course the film attempts to capture the feel of Mirage comics. It loosely adapts quite a few issues: Raph and Leo one-shots, #10 (the fight at April's), the Northampton arc, the Return to New York arc. While there are some obvious differences, the themes are very similar between the two. And of course Kevin would admit that the movie tries to capture the feeling of Mirage. Why wouldn't he? It's a fact that would be pretty hard to refute.

However, it's hard to ignore the influence of the 80's cartoon to make the movie appealing to the country at large. Colored bandannas. Surfer talk. Bloodless violence. I'm sure Kevin would also agree that there is a fair amount of influence from the 80's cartoon in the movie.

Someone earlier mentioned that the split may have been around 65% Mirage, 35% 80's cartoon. That's probably pretty close.

All I'm saying is I don't think anyone is making the case that the movie is 100% Mirage as Andrew suggests. That doesn't seem to be what you're suggesting. It's definitely not what I'm suggesting. Influenced by the comics? Absolutely! 1:1 adaptation? Not a chance.