Take Back The Sewers

[Master Splinter]

Seen this posted on the interwebs...

takebackthesewers.com

"BLOOD BROTHERS" is a TMNT Fan Film that is told with the original Mirage Comics from the 1980’s as the backbone of the style, storyline, and imagery.

The film is an original story written by Nicholas and Ben Rose, and follows the cannon and storyline of the original Mirage comics.

Brief Plot Description: After April O’Neil is kidnapped, the four Ninja Turtles set out to rescue her from the foot. But they soon learn that other forces are behind this “simple” kidnapping including a few key characters from the Mirage TMNT universe.

What do you all think? $40,000 grand... think the cause is worth donating to?

-ms

[Dirty Blond]

What that movie needs is a van.

[ToTheNines]

April getting kidnapped in something that is supposedly "canon" with the Mirage Universe... meh.

[zkarlette]

Originally Posted by Dirty Blond

What that movie needs is a van.

Damn you * shakes fist* you made me fall off my chair..

I think it's a good idea but knowing what things cost in this neck of the woods called ironically L.A ,I find it hard to believe that 40,000 could make a dent on a project like this .but who knows ..more power to them if they can do it.

[Venom]

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

Seen this posted on the interwebs...

takebackthesewers.com



What do you all think? $40,000 grand... think the cause is worth donating to?

-ms

I don't remember a cannon in the old books. Sounds dubious.

[Dirty Blond]

LOL @ their very un-Mirage-like masks.

[shezcrafti]

I pitched in $25. I'm pro-TMNT anything when real Turtle fans are behind it. I hope other folks here will get behind it. Could be the next Portal: No Escape or The Hunt for Gollum which were both amazing fan films.

[Nintendophile]

Hopefully they put together something awesome! Wish I lived in L.A. so I could help out on the set. lol.

[Powder]

"Casey Jones" has shown us you can do something really great on a small budget. That had my support. This, not so much. This, to me, seems like a couple of casuals who are up in arms over the whole Michael Bay thing (see their gallery if you don't believe me) and think "We can do better than that!!!". Not gonna happen. I really doubt they can get the proper funds for this, and I've not got much faith in the story even if they do with the whole cliche kidnapping thing.

As always, I'd love to be proven wrong, I'll give these fellas full credit, respect, and support, in the event something rad comes together...

[Jester]

Seems "Mirage Comics" is the new buzz phrase for instant legitimacy in Turtle lore. Want to get fans on board despite what you may intend to change? "Well, I've read the Mirage books..."

[oldmanwinters]

Hmm, another TMNT fan-film attempt to portray the "true" Turtles...



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Aw, April totally got kidnapped in the Mirage comics!

So just as long as those "few key characters from the Mirage TMNT universe" turn out to be Mallet and his zombies from issue #29, it's legit.

Maybe one of these days I need to write and draw a fan-comic entitle, "The Absolute Definitive Comic about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the True Fans." It could be a hoot.

[Nintendophile]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Maybe one of these days I need to write and draw a fan-comic entitle, "The Absolute Definitive Comic about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the True Fans." It could be a hoot.

It would be "gritty", right? Oh-so-gritty. Just, grit everywhere. You open up the covers, and gravel would literally fall out. Oh God, the grit ! And "dark" too? Yeah! Gritty and dark! Oh, oh, and "serious". Yes, gritty, dark, and serious.....

(Did I hit all the buzz-words? lol. )

[ZariusTwo]

I'd just make a fanfilm where the Turtles really are aliens...a full-tilt parody of fan's worst fears? Gold.

[Stingray69]

Originally Posted by Nintendophile

It would be "gritty", right? Oh-so-gritty. Just, grit everywhere. You open up the covers, and gravel would literally fall out. Oh God, the grit ! And "dark" too? Yeah! Gritty and dark! Oh, oh, and "serious". Yes, gritty, dark, and serious.....

(Did I hit all the buzz-words? lol. )

Dark and gritty? Like sand in your shorts on the beach at night? Now that's some serious chaffin.

[shezcrafti]

Originally Posted by Nintendophile

It would be "gritty", right? Oh-so-gritty. Just, grit everywhere. You open up the covers, and gravel would literally fall out. Oh God, the grit ! And "dark" too? Yeah! Gritty and dark! Oh, oh, and "serious". Yes, gritty, dark, and serious.....

(Did I hit all the buzz-words? lol. )

You forgot edgy!

[Nintendophile]

Originally Posted by Nintendophile

It would be "gritty", right? Oh-so-gritty. Just, grit everywhere. You open up the covers, and gravel would literally fall out. Oh God, the grit ! And "dark" too? Yeah! Gritty and dark! Oh, oh, and "serious". Yes, gritty, dark, and serious.....

(Did I hit all the buzz-words? lol. )

Originally Posted by shezcrafti

You forgot edgy!

Of COURSE! How could I forget edgy?! SO freakin' edgy! There'd be so many edges, people be callin' it a dodecahedron. Gritty, dark, serious, and EDGY!

[Jester]

*sits back and waits for these guys to make an account just to pimp the movie...*

[Master Splinter]

Originally Posted by Jester

*sits back and waits for these guys to make an account just to pimp the movie...*

It will only be a matter of time before they google "Take Back the Sewers" and see that this thread shows up before their project.

-ms

[Jester]

They have a blogspot:
http://www.takebackthesewers.blogspot.com/
Note the emphasis on the word: MUTANT.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Powder

This, to me, seems like a couple of casuals who are up in arms over the whole Michael Bay thing

What exactly constitutes as a casual fan? To me a casual fan is someone who makes a video where the Turtles are made fun of and treated like a joke. These guys seem to want to do a balls-to-the-wall film adaptation of the original comics, and in my book that's something only a die-hard TMNT fan would do!