What's Up With The Pizza Boxes?

[Kendamu]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

I don't know if it's usual for him to keep it at the office, or if he just brought it in for the day, but the EP on the series, Ciro Nieli, totally waved a #1 first print in front of us as if it was no big deal - complete with all the other oversized first print books. The dude is the real deal. Oh, and he also has the most awesome painting of Donatello playing croquet with Mr. T.

If I had been told what the main influence was from the get-go I wouldn't have cared that you had to keep so much to yourself from the beginning! The rock'n'roll graphitti grit, the pizza references, and a longbox of Vol. 1 TMNT really sets my speculative radar in a direction that I'm really diggin'!

I know that this is new and different and I can't just say, "Oh, this is the first movie only in CG," but I really like Vol. 1, the first TMNT movie, the first NES TMNT game, the old Playmates box art, etc. A mix of those sorts of things are how I imagined things being when I played TMNT as a kid with my friends whether it be figures or playing outside. A similar mixture seems to be brewing over at Nickelodeon.

This is very exciting news!

[JoeGro]

and despite what appears to be nothing but negativity on my behalf, ha, I did have a great time at the event regardless. I especially had a blast meeting all of the other turtle fans and folks at Nick. Here is a quick little video I put together, well, quickly, for everyone that didn't get to go. Obviously there is nothing from the actual event on the inside, this mostly goes over a bit of everything that went on before through our actual trip to the studio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l64F4GmUQ4

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by JoeGro

I thought that painting was pretty awesome and hilarious myself.

Ah! Here it is!

[Toon]

Originally Posted by JoeGro

And let me be clear on this because I'm not trying to be the "meanie" of the group I just know what I like and what I don't like. I've also been a huge fan of a lot of Nickelodeons animated programs over the years, it just doesn't look like the new TMNT is going to be one I add to that list. But hey, only time will tell. I'm usually an extremely nice guy, but TMNT is my passion and I'm very stern in my opinions and thoughts that pertain to it is all.

Not coming off as mean at all. The world needs more people who mean what they say and say what they mean. I hope once the show materializes, it'll get you on board, and maybe some of the crits you offered will go into making that happen. Time will tell for sure!

[Toon]

Originally Posted by JoeGro

and just as a side note from me Toon, I just realized who you were, I actually dig your art style a great deal.

Thank you kindly, sir!

[Toon]

Originally Posted by Jester

You making fun of me?

j/k

'Twas an homage

[Jester]

I'll take it as a compluhmint....
See what I did there?

[Kendamu]

Originally Posted by Jester

I'll take it as a compluhmint....
See what I did there?

[Jester]

Glad I could give ya a chance to use that....WAIT A MINUTE...

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Toon

On a somewhat-related side note, I don't know if the fans that came in were made aware of this, but the main reference for this thing, from day one onward, was a longbox containing the entire Vol. 1 run of the Mirage books.

Hm. Interest dropped down a bit. Oh, well.

[Jester]

I wonder if I should watch the Kid's Choice Awards this year...

[twopinacoladas]

Originally Posted by Toon

On a somewhat-related side note, I don't know if the fans that came in were made aware of this, but the main reference for this thing, from day one onward, was a longbox containing the entire Vol. 1 run of the Mirage books.

All I have to say is that this information is awesome!

Thanks to everyone that went giving us the impressions on the experience and what they can its appreciated. I am glad that Nickelodeon has reached out to the fans for input and to get some feedback.

I love the 2d art that is on the tshirts and the poster version of them in the alley. I would love to see those turtles animated in a traditional 2d show to be honest =)

I am a bit of a 3d artist myself, I am not honestly really super impressed with the models but I don't hate them. Maybe its the bright solid colors and Leo appears to have long legs, something I honestly didn't like about the TMNT2k7 movie figures. The 3 toes are another thing that I didn't care for but I could live with it if it didn't change. I would probably always think it looked odd tho.

I am liking Leos upper body, I am not sure if the shell plate is a little to thin otherwise its looking cool just lacking a little detail. I'll reserve my final judgment until I see them in motion and in a living world.

I am feeling overall pretty positive reading every ones comments, I was generally just hoping it wouldn't be like the original toon in 3d. I loved it as a kid especially the first season. But its very difficult to watch a lot of the mid to later seasons of that series mainly because of the repetitious nature of the story lines.

If Nickelodeon goes down the road of the comics and even if not direct adaptions but puts some new ideas and perhaps takes some different paths to keep fans of the material in suspense I will be really phsyched (eg. The Walking Dead on AMC). I wouldn't be totally against having some ideas/stories from other universes and new ideas as long as the core family and characters stay intact with what we have come to know over the past 25+ years.

If this show ends up being as good or better than the 2k3 show my hat will be off.

[Jester]

I think the OT gets a bad rap....it knew it was repetitive. I love just how wacky it was, and how self aware.

[twopinacoladas]

Originally Posted by Jester

I think the OT gets a bad rap....it knew it was repetitive. I love just how wacky it was, and how self aware.

I am not trying to rag on the OT for what it was at the time I really liked it, as it introduced me to the turtles. After the first 4 seasons or so it gets to the point where the stories are almost the same every episode and it is hard to watch through them. The animation is also inconsistent imo.

Breaking the 4th wall and the jokes, the pizza and what not are great and what made that universe its own at that time. Also the fact that the villains were never really a threat and had all those crazy ways of trying to conquer NYC/Earth.

I'd prefer the new toon stay further away from the original if at all possible. I am sure there are people with differing opinions tho. It would be nice if this could become the definitive turtle series. I have a vision of how it could be and how I can see the potential from the early concept art.

[Jester]

I know, just my 2 cents.

I agree, I want this to be its own thing, separate from any series before it. Comic source material...that's fine, but a unique series is what I hope for.

[Master Splinter]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Ah! Here it is!

HAHAHAHAHA!

-ms

[BubblyShell22]

I love that pic of Don and Mr. T. playing croquet. It's hilarious.

And, like I've stated before, I'm not going to judge this show based on everyone's opinions. I'm going to wait and see for myself, though I am glad that we got some positive and negative feedback. I'm not too bothered by the bandages anymore as I'll get used to them. And the toes don't really bother me either. I'm more interested in the content of the episodes and the voices.

[CyberCubed]

I wonder if Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady will eventually show up in this series. There's no reason not to use popular villains.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Turo602

I really had high hopes, but now I have really low expectations for this show. I can't watch something that doesn't look good. It's what draws the viewer in. Not "Oh well this looks like it has good story, voice acting, and action." It's "Damn, this looks great, let's see if the voice acting, story telling, and action are just as good." So sorry Nick, as of now I am disappointed. I have lost lot's of interest in this show and hope it could still be saved with the more news we get.

Yeah, I'll admit that I've been guilty of this in the past. And because of it I spent years avoiding "Avatar: the last Airbender" and books like Gaimen's "Sandman."

Originally Posted by Jester

You know what else had hand and leg wraps....NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION!
I hate that shizz.

You know what else had leg and hand wraps? Short stories and pin ups by Mirage Artists.
Of course I'm blanking on whether it was Talbot or Berger who used to draw them that way. I think Berger.)

[sdp]

I'm pretty sure I had already seen that Mr. T/Don picture, weird.

Anyways the wait is going to kill me, even if we saw a small teaser a month back I highly doubt we'll see anything at this years SDCC, it won't be until next years SDCC more than a year away before we actually see stuff from the show. I wouldn't mind the wait if Nick had not started the hype wagon so damn early by showing us what is going on. Its both a blessing and a curse.

Originally Posted by Goongasnootch

even though facepalm is a very old meme I grew tired of a long time ago, what makes this so awesome is the NES dying music being played, it fits perfectly.