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**Jester** · 08-29-2012, 10:37 PM

Yeah, I'm sorry but that script screams "A MICHAEL BAY INVOLVED SCRIPT". I mean, it reads like a rejected Transformers movie. Heck, the plot is very close to Transformers 3 "Bring Cybertron to Earth" bit.

*Cure* · 08-29-2012, 10:44 PM

So the script comes out. "Whine whine whine, what garbage, I hope it was canned".

The producer admits it was canned (shredded even). "Whine whine whine, it was real".

You people.

*CyberCubed* · 08-29-2012, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure

So the script comes out. "Whine whine whine, what garbage, I hope it was canned".

The producer admits it was canned (shredded even). "Whine whine whine, it was real".

You people.

Probably because they're likely not going to abandon the "TMNT as aliens," thing, something people still hate the most.

*zkarlette* · 08-29-2012, 10:52 PM

I'm not whining about it getting canned and shredded,I'm glad it got canned hopefully we'll get something better, at this rate I just wish they don't decide to throw away the hole project.

*CyberCubed* · 08-29-2012, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zkarlette

I'm not whining about it getting canned and shredded,I'm glad it got canned hopefully we'll get something better, at this rate I just wish they don't decide to throw away the hole project.

I'd rather have no new TMNT movie at all than an awful one that will stick for years to come.

We were able to live down The Next Mutation because the show was so short-lived and very few watched it in its original run, but something as big as a theatrical movie will leave a much bigger impact.

*Powder* · 08-30-2012, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by zkarlette

I'm not whining about it getting canned and shredded

What you did there, albeit accidentally, I see it.

*Xav* · 08-30-2012, 12:33 AM

More like Schraded.

Walkabout · 08-30-2012, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Xav

More like Schraded.

Oh the humanity

cartoonistaaron · 08-30-2012, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by zkarlette

I'm not whining about it getting canned and shredded,I'm glad it got canned hopefully we'll get something better, at this rate I just wish they don't decide to throw away the hole project.

TMNT is far too valuable a property to just abandon plans for a movie. Viacom didn't "shell out" (yuk yuk) $60 million for the Ninja Turtles to not turn it into a movie. The cartoon is all well and good but they won't see the kind of cash flow from a cartoon that a successful movie could give them.

(Though not if it involves Col Schrader...)

Nelson · 08-30-2012, 03:10 AM

Can someone please send me this aberration? Thanks in advance.

*chrisdude* · 08-30-2012, 05:10 AM

I tend to think this whole "leaked script" is a hoax. If it does exist in full, I think its weird that everybody seems to have lost it. And the excerpts read like an actual parody of Michael Bay.

I'm not at all convinced that it's real.

PAAATE · 08-30-2012, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisdude

I tend to think this whole "leaked script" is a hoax. If it does exist in full, I think its weird that everybody seems to have lost it. And the excerpts read like an actual parody of Michael Bay.

I'm not at all convinced that it's real.

Bay totally paid you off!

No no, it's real. Everything points towards it being real.

*chrisdude* · 08-30-2012, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by PAAATE

Bay totally paid you off!

No no, it's real. Everything points towards it being real.

I dunno. Every article about it seems to point to TMNT NOT TANT (who claims they had to pull the script because of a cease and desist order that they could've just typed up, themselves) and Latino Review, who made that video review that's going around, but the writer says in his own article that he doesn't have the script in his possession.

To my knowledge, no one actually has the script. It's as if this thing hit the web and nobody downloaded it.

I think it's a hoax, and the excerpts are manufactured. And TMNT NOT TANT, a blog that appears to have had near-zero followers before this, may be behind it.

EDIT________________
Seems like dudes here are far more in the loop than I, and I probably have words to eat. I guess it's good I showed up.

*ZariusTwo* · 08-30-2012, 09:28 AM

The TANT script is real. If some are saying it's fake, the same can be said of many other aborted film scripts that have cropped up online like Superman Lives etc, when we all know there real.

Sometimes you just have to accept s*it like this happens and Hollywood IS that stupid.

Bob · 08-30-2012, 09:33 AM

"That script saw the shredder a long time ago." I must admit, I do like that.

I don't believe him. Why has it got the 30th January date, and the two writers’ names who we know are writing the script? Still, at least it proves that the finished film will probably be quite a bit different to that script. But yeah, I doubt the alien angle will be dropped. Face it, it’s in there. It wasn't even the worst thing about the script, anyway. I actually thought the whole alien revelation was handled okay. My main gripe was with Shredder and the Foot. Hopefully that's one of the things that's been altered for the better.

TurtleMaster4 · 08-30-2012, 01:30 PM

While i've said that it might be false (and was wrong) i never admitted that it was. I wish it was though. I'm just glad it saw the shredder. but dose that mean the completely trashed the whole script?

When Michael bay first hinted about the alien concept, was that still when the iron man writers were on, (it was the iron man writers right?) or was it the guys on board now? If it was the iron man writers, the whole script could have been completely trashed right.

I'm just wondering if this is what they wrote, or what the mission impossible (new guys) wrote?

The question still remains.... why won't they come out clean and say if they are or are not going to be aliens still, if they aren't in the next script? Is it more of a marketing technique, or is it a dark secret that lies within, the scripts?

thelouisguy · 08-30-2012, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisdude

I dunno. Every article about it seems to point to TMNT NOT TANT (who claims they had to pull the script because of a cease and desist order that they could've just typed up, themselves) and Latino Review, who made that video review that's going around, but the writer says in his own article that he doesn't have the script in his possession.

To my knowledge, no one actually has the script. It's as if this thing hit the web and nobody downloaded it.

I think it's a hoax, and the excerpts are manufactured. And TMNT NOT TANT, a blog that appears to have had near-zero followers before this, may be behind it.

EDIT________________
Seems like dudes here are far more in the loop than I, and I probably have words to eat. I guess it's good I showed up.

The script is real. I have read it. Read my thoughts on it here:
http://www.crossovercomics.ca/frontp...irst-thoughts/

PM me if you want a copy of the script.

*MikeandRaph87* · 08-30-2012, 01:55 PM

I am sure everyone can guess what Peter Laird had to say...
http://screenrant.com/ninja-turtles-...t-peter-laird/

If the turtles are mutants instead of aliens everything else would be fine. The next year as new information becomes avaialble it should be atleast interesting to read.

*Xav* · 08-30-2012, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TurtleMaster4

When Michael bay first hinted about the alien concept, was that still when the iron man writers were on, (it was the iron man writers right?) or was it the guys on board now? If it was the iron man writers, the whole script could have been completely trashed right.

I'm just wondering if this is what they wrote, or what the mission impossible (new guys) wrote?

This is what the MI4 guys wrote, and Bay hinted at the Turtles being aliens less than two months after this script is dated.

Nick Kell · 08-30-2012, 08:08 PM

My biggest problem with this proposed script is the reliance on Casey. That didn't really work for Transformers and it's less necessary here because history has already proven that people will buy into the Turtles as main characters. I can maybe understand the hesitance in having giant robots lead your story without any human characters for non-fans to relate to, but the Turtles are essentially human leads - just green and without pants.

I have less of a problem with Shredder's portrayal here. Let's not forget Super Shredder in Secret of the Ooze. He basically turned into a spikey monster. Although it does smack of Cobra Commander in the GI Joe movie and that was an utter failure. I didn't even realize Shredder was Japanese in the original cartoon, so I don't spontaneously combust at the notion of him being American or whatever they want him to be here.

He was an alien in the 2000-era cartoon, too!

The turtles being aliens is lazy, because you can clearly still include Dimension X without the Turtles needing to be from there. The "save your real homeland" plot seems too heavy, especially considering how late that plot point seems to be introduced in the story.

I would love to see Krang rendered in a live action movie on the big screen. He's such an insane character, so unless the story is equally out there, he will see wickedly out of place. I don't mind him as a shadowy character for much of the movie, just like the SHIELD people in the Avengers. He's an anthropomorphic brain (with a speech impediment), it's probably best to minimize his screen time and maximize his impact.

Also, Rocksteady and Beebop! In a live-action film! I really hope they survive future revisions.

If you put someone on this movie with enough respect for the source material (there has to be plenty of 30-something Turtle fans writing scripts in Hollywood right now), you can salvage this.

For example, in the scene where the Turtles all choose black headbands before Casey gives them color-coded wraps, you could give them all red headbands as an homage to the original comics and have a line something along the lines of "it's too confusing with you all wearing red". It's the same idea but it ties in the history of the Turtles, which will make the true fans happy.

08-29-2012, 10:37 PM	#341
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,295	Yeah, I'm sorry but that script screams "A MICHAEL BAY INVOLVED SCRIPT". I mean, it reads like a rejected Transformers movie. Heck, the plot is very close to Transformers 3 "Bring Cybertron to Earth" bit. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

08-29-2012, 10:44 PM	#342
Cure Y'all need Jesus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,938	So the script comes out. "Whine whine whine, what garbage, I hope it was canned". The producer admits it was canned (shredded even). "Whine whine whine, it was real". You people. __________________

08-29-2012, 10:52 PM	#344
zkarlette Fashionably late Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,146	I'm not whining about it getting canned and shredded,I'm glad it got canned hopefully we'll get something better, at this rate I just wish they don't decide to throw away the hole project. __________________ "If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time" E.W

08-30-2012, 09:28 AM	#354
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,384	The TANT script is real. If some are saying it's fake, the same can be said of many other aborted film scripts that have cropped up online like Superman Lives etc, when we all know there real. Sometimes you just have to accept sit like this happens and Hollywood IS that stupid. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue* Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

08-30-2012, 09:33 AM	#355
Bob Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: UK, England Posts: 546	"That script saw the shredder a long time ago." I must admit, I do like that. I don't believe him. Why has it got the 30th January date, and the two writers’ names who we know are writing the script? Still, at least it proves that the finished film will probably be quite a bit different to that script. But yeah, I doubt the alien angle will be dropped. Face it, it’s in there. It wasn't even the worst thing about the script, anyway. I actually thought the whole alien revelation was handled okay. My main gripe was with Shredder and the Foot. Hopefully that's one of the things that's been altered for the better. Last edited by Bob; 08-30-2012 at 09:43 AM.

08-30-2012, 12:33 AM	#347
Xav Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,040	More like Schraded.

08-30-2012, 03:10 AM	#350
Nelson Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 673	Can someone please send me this aberration? Thanks in advance.

08-30-2012, 05:10 AM	#351
chrisdude Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2,708	I tend to think this whole "leaked script" is a hoax. If it does exist in full, I think its weird that everybody seems to have lost it. And the excerpts read like an actual parody of Michael Bay. I'm not at all convinced that it's real.

08-30-2012, 01:30 PM	#356
TurtleMaster4 Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Some where in the Sewers of New York! Posts: 390	While i've said that it might be false (and was wrong) i never admitted that it was. I wish it was though. I'm just glad it saw the shredder. but dose that mean the completely trashed the whole script? When Michael bay first hinted about the alien concept, was that still when the iron man writers were on, (it was the iron man writers right?) or was it the guys on board now? If it was the iron man writers, the whole script could have been completely trashed right. I'm just wondering if this is what they wrote, or what the mission impossible (new guys) wrote? The question still remains.... why won't they come out clean and say if they are or are not going to be aliens still, if they aren't in the next script? Is it more of a marketing technique, or is it a dark secret that lies within, the scripts?

08-30-2012, 01:55 PM	#358
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,187	I am sure everyone can guess what Peter Laird had to say... http://screenrant.com/ninja-turtles-...t-peter-laird/ If the turtles are mutants instead of aliens everything else would be fine. The next year as new information becomes avaialble it should be atleast interesting to read. __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

08-30-2012, 08:08 PM	#360
Nick Kell Foot Soldier Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 118	My biggest problem with this proposed script is the reliance on Casey. That didn't really work for Transformers and it's less necessary here because history has already proven that people will buy into the Turtles as main characters. I can maybe understand the hesitance in having giant robots lead your story without any human characters for non-fans to relate to, but the Turtles are essentially human leads - just green and without pants. I have less of a problem with Shredder's portrayal here. Let's not forget Super Shredder in Secret of the Ooze. He basically turned into a spikey monster. Although it does smack of Cobra Commander in the GI Joe movie and that was an utter failure. I didn't even realize Shredder was Japanese in the original cartoon, so I don't spontaneously combust at the notion of him being American or whatever they want him to be here. He was an alien in the 2000-era cartoon, too! The turtles being aliens is lazy, because you can clearly still include Dimension X without the Turtles needing to be from there. The "save your real homeland" plot seems too heavy, especially considering how late that plot point seems to be introduced in the story. I would love to see Krang rendered in a live action movie on the big screen. He's such an insane character, so unless the story is equally out there, he will see wickedly out of place. I don't mind him as a shadowy character for much of the movie, just like the SHIELD people in the Avengers. He's an anthropomorphic brain (with a speech impediment), it's probably best to minimize his screen time and maximize his impact. Also, Rocksteady and Beebop! In a live-action film! I really hope they survive future revisions. If you put someone on this movie with enough respect for the source material (there has to be plenty of 30-something Turtle fans writing scripts in Hollywood right now), you can salvage this. For example, in the scene where the Turtles all choose black headbands before Casey gives them color-coded wraps, you could give them all red headbands as an homage to the original comics and have a line something along the lines of "it's too confusing with you all wearing red". It's the same idea but it ties in the history of the Turtles, which will make the true fans happy.