Some insight from inside the TMNT World

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by TristanHuwJones

See, I tend to think that as long as a TV show like FF, BttS and, as the first movies proved, the Old toon are on the air, you're never going to get a movie remotely similar to the comics. There might be some nice nods and all that, but the studios and investors are going to expect what's popular.

Until the comics become popular again, the chances (in my mind anyway) of seeing a faithful Mirage movie are zero and none.

I think the first movie is "remotely similar" to the comics. It was darker than the cartoon, and followed a very similar plot. It also had similarities to the cartoon, which was important to make it as marketable as possible. I think blending the two versions of the turtles was, and still is, the best way to go.