Ultimate Ninja Turtles (co-writer requested) - Page 2

Ohayo Kame · 08-31-2006, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikeys_in_tha_hizouse

He was mutated along with the turtles, but instead of just being bathed in the ooze, he actually consumed it, producing different effects on him than the other turtles.

Ah, retroactive continuity is it? So who have we got there now? Splinter, the four original turtles, Leatherhead, Mondo Gecko, Venus (at the time), Slash, and probably more that I've forgotten. No offense but its just that I've always preferred the TMNT Adventures origin the best, and messing with the origin seems pointless. It's been told and retold and changed and altered; etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. What's the 21st century way of saying that I'm a broken record?

I don't mean to be too critical, mind you, it is a nice picture.

Ohayo Kame · 08-31-2006, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by wyze2099

It's cool. My primary reason for starting my own project isn't necessarily dissatisfaction with what's going on in the comics (considering I spend more money than I should each month on comics), but a desire to see the results of a story idea I have in my head that might not ever happen in canon.

I know, I've become a sadistic pessamist, it comes from reading DC comics. Marvel seems to be nicer to its fans, but for some reason most of their characters don't apeal to me. I mostly just like Rouge and then the rest of the X-men too I guess.

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Originally Posted by wyze2099

I'm curious as to what might happen, for instance, if all the characters who've ever appeared in a TMNT story existed in the same universe. And another major factor is simply a love for the characters. I don't necessarily have to hate canon in order to be inspired to write fanfiction.

Yeah, before the 2003 series started I was going to do a mixed universe; but then it seemed unfair if the Mirage characters are currently getting new stories and the classic cartoon characters aren't. I even started a back story where Warlord Krang (after he lost his body) stole the Mutagen from the Utroms by infiltrating their building "disguised" as one. That and several alien parts needed for the half-completed Technodrome... you're free to use that to help merge the universes if you want.

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Originally Posted by wyze2099

And to be honest .. I like heroes with feet of clay. I don't always like whiny heroes, but I like the idea that superpowers isn't going to solve every problem a character's going to have. And I like it when events in stories have consequences; that's something that'll happen a lot in the Ultimate NT series. The Turtles won't make it through every adventure unscathed; they wouldn't learn much if they did.

Well, mostly the whining gets to me; I guess it's just the age old debate about whether a character, say Superman, should be more powerful or less powerful. Sure blowing out a star like a candle or even pushing planets is too much, but the ultra-weak "mullet-man" days of the comics were probably the worst ever.

Whatever, back to Ninja Turtles; I agree that the might-makes-right approach to Superheroes is bad. I also intend to have consequences and mutant prejudice in my series, but I'm not going to focus on it. Anyway, it seems that we are planning two very similar, yet slightly different projects, and I look forword to swapping ideas and such.

Mr. Stay Puft · 08-31-2006, 09:48 PM

Well, either way, count me in as a potential plot co-ordinator/ concept artist. I've got some ideas for the Rat King and Krang. I'd love to see Rat King become a Shredder/ Foot-level threat to the turtles.

wyze2099 · 08-31-2006, 11:13 PM

No current in-story plans for the Rat King in UNT, though I do have a vague idea of what I'd do with him if/when he shows up. But I'm certainly open to suggestions.

If the comic gets as far as the third storyarc (issues #9 - #12), Warlord Krang will show up. He'll be an Utrom, and a dangerous criminal similar to what Ch'rell was in the 2k3 cartoon. Yes, that also means the Technodrome will appear.

Regarding Slash, there are plans for him in the second arc (#5 - #

, as a snapping turtle mutated by the Foot. Raven was talking about designing him similar to Tokka in TMNT II, but I do like your character design, and the origin was something that I wouldn't have thought of.

*Raven* · 08-31-2006, 11:54 PM

I believe most of the character designs are finished, I might go back and do some touch ups but other wise from Wyze and SpawnGuy have planned out most have been finished.

In the next few days I'll have some promo and cover art up so people get an idea of what were going for with this book.

Mr. Stay Puft · 09-01-2006, 09:28 PM

Well if you need any ideas, I'm more than willing to contribute.

*Raven* · 09-01-2006, 11:35 PM

Just one promo I've put together. More still to come.

host_punktmy · 09-11-2006, 02:08 PM

well i wonder where you guys are so far? I know Raven's got a script he's workin on. You gotten any further then the first script? I still want to help, and if you're still fleshing out the next arc I would be happy to throw around some ideas.

~~Toonami Tom~~ · 09-11-2006, 04:02 PM

Cool! This sounds like it will be great! Any hope for Bebop and Rocksteady? Maybe they wouldn't act as "dumb" as they did in the original toon. I would also like to see Usagi.

Because theres going to be Krang, it would be cool if General Traag shows up.

*cowabunga14* · 09-11-2006, 09:06 PM

Have fun with this comic all you dudes are putting together. Hopefully it'll be worth the wait. I'm looking forward to it very much so.

The promos are lookin' pretty cool. They make the comic all the much more promising.

Lord Nightwalker · 09-25-2006, 12:23 AM

Sounds interesting.When do we get to see some of your concept works guys? I was going to do something like this last year, But in a totaly different vein. In appearence, my turtles were similar to Zulli's "souls withering" style, But with a touch of the traditional TMNT blended in the mix. that's how my turtle concepts posted at GreenWillows came about. I did dozens of sketches on how I thought they would look. in the end, they were very predatorish, as if the Predator had a reptilian hea, green skin tones, and a shell. All from the influences of Zulli,Classic Mirage, and what I thought was cool. I hadn't intended it to look so Stan winstonish. lol. My Splinter had jet black fur, but Charcoal fur down the front from chest to groin. My Shredder was essential the world's nightmare. Bane of everything. He lived to destroy, Conquest was his only satisfaction. He rose through the ranks and slew the inner circle, wresting power to himself and setting the stage for world domination. The man simply dosen't care about anything other than his agenda. I had just started to figure in Slash and Tokka when I sat it aside. They were essentialy a mad scientist project, Created by rogue Utroms. lol. I guess now we would call them "Replicants". I actualy have started a replicants fanfiction...anyway, I think you have a good start guys. Lets see how it plays out. Good luck!

wyze2099 · 09-26-2006, 01:49 AM

Concept work can be posted shortly, I guess.

I'm not surprised that other people have been tossing around ideas for a similar Ultimate Turtles project, and I think it's pretty cool. Different writers and artists have different ideas on how to approach the material, so I like seeing the different takes on the concept. Your Zulli-esque approach sounds really fascinating, Nightwalker.

There are definite plans for Bebop and Rocksteady. Look for them early on in the series. And I can guarantee they won't be as stupid as they were in the '80s cartoon (it's not hard to smarter than that). While they won't exactly be geniuses, they'll present a threat level for the Turtles akin to what they were in the early episodes of the '80s cartoon, and in the video games where they were level bosses. It always annoyed me that B&R in the cartoon were reduced to pushovers so quickly, so in this series they'll be dangerous again.

Miyamoto Usagi would be a great character to show up eventually; I've always liked him. I'm also fond of General Traag and the rock soldiers, so they'll show up as well.

*Raven* · 09-28-2006, 04:46 PM

Well this is a cover for one of the issues, I wont say at the moment.

I dont want to show alot at this moment because I lot is this in flux, nothing has been finalized. I do have some pages done for the first issue, I'm taking my time with it and making sure I do this right and hopefully not make some mistakes that I tend to do.

Spawn Guy · 10-02-2006, 03:28 PM

As everyone should be able to see, it's going to be pretty easy to tell the Ultimate TMNT apart from their various franchise counterparts.

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 10-30-2006, 02:21 PM

This looks interesting. I'm a big fan of Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Spider-Man so I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

CJStyles · 11-05-2006, 05:09 PM

Dude if you need another writer I would be more then willing to help out. This seems like such a cool project that I would love to be a part of it

~~AquaParade~~ · 11-05-2006, 10:09 PM

I would also be more than willing to lend my ideas to this project. I know you guys already have a pretty big team on the writing/plot outlines,scripting etc, but I have spent much time peicing together my own little tmnt universe in my head, and have a lot of cool ideas that I think would really fit in with an Ultimate style book of the TMNT, so lemme know if you guys need any help!

Spawn Guy · 12-02-2006, 06:44 PM

I wonder if I should be scared this many people are after my job.

**Jester** · 12-02-2006, 07:56 PM

Wow....nice work guys. can't wait to read it. Mikey's Slash origin seems to be almost like some sort of Bizarro Turtle. I kinda like that. Is there more expanding of the origin? I mean E&L never really explained how their TMNT recieved their weapons and "costumes." Just a thought.

Question: Will they be all red, or have multicolored bandanas? (if it's black and white....I guess the point's moot.)

*Raven* · 12-03-2006, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Wow....nice work guys. can't wait to read it. Mikey's Slash origin seems to be almost like some sort of Bizarro Turtle. I kinda like that. Is there more expanding of the origin? I mean E&L never really explained how their TMNT recieved their weapons and "costumes." Just a thought.

Question: Will they be all red, or have multicolored bandanas? (if it's black and white....I guess the point's moot.)

I can answer these questions for ya Jester.

From what I have read that Wyze and SpawnGuy have put together they are expanding on the orgin, but nothing drastic. Things that werent explained will be in this fan comic, think of this has Batman Begins, were going in and giving every thing a reason for being in the story.

As for the bandanas they will be multicolored, I'm hoping soon to have a colored version of the covers finished so I can show them to every one so they can see how it will look.

08-31-2006, 09:48 PM	#23
Mr. Stay Puft Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NH Posts: 580	Well, either way, count me in as a potential plot co-ordinator/ concept artist. I've got some ideas for the Rat King and Krang. I'd love to see Rat King become a Shredder/ Foot-level threat to the turtles. __________________ And there came a day. A day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes found themselves united against a common threat, to fight the foes no single superhero could withstand. On that day, the Avengers were born. R.I.P Chi Cheng and Jeff Hanneman

08-31-2006, 11:13 PM	#24
wyze2099 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 323	No current in-story plans for the Rat King in UNT, though I do have a vague idea of what I'd do with him if/when he shows up. But I'm certainly open to suggestions. If the comic gets as far as the third storyarc (issues #9 - #12), Warlord Krang will show up. He'll be an Utrom, and a dangerous criminal similar to what Ch'rell was in the 2k3 cartoon. Yes, that also means the Technodrome will appear. Regarding Slash, there are plans for him in the second arc (#5 - #, as a snapping turtle mutated by the Foot. Raven was talking about designing him similar to Tokka in TMNT II, but I do like your character design, and the origin was something that I wouldn't have thought of. __________________ TMNT: Mutant Town A Ninja Turtles Discord RPG and community. Currently ongoing: A Friday-night RPG on voice chat! Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Crossroads fanfiction group

08-31-2006, 11:54 PM	#25
Raven follower of Jesus Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,212	I believe most of the character designs are finished, I might go back and do some touch ups but other wise from Wyze and SpawnGuy have planned out most have been finished. In the next few days I'll have some promo and cover art up so people get an idea of what were going for with this book. __________________ TMNT Future Despair Deviant Offical Ultimate Ninja Turtles Site!

09-01-2006, 09:28 PM	#26
Mr. Stay Puft Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NH Posts: 580	Well if you need any ideas, I'm more than willing to contribute. __________________ And there came a day. A day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes found themselves united against a common threat, to fight the foes no single superhero could withstand. On that day, the Avengers were born. R.I.P Chi Cheng and Jeff Hanneman

09-01-2006, 11:35 PM	#27
Raven follower of Jesus Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,212	Just one promo I've put together. More still to come. __________________ TMNT Future Despair Deviant Offical Ultimate Ninja Turtles Site! Last edited by Raven; 09-02-2006 at 11:08 PM.

09-11-2006, 02:08 PM	#28
host_punktmy Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Shadow Moses Posts: 469	well i wonder where you guys are so far? I know Raven's got a script he's workin on. You gotten any further then the first script? I still want to help, and if you're still fleshing out the next arc I would be happy to throw around some ideas. __________________ "Eat this" www.geocities.com/kingsofpain408 This is our site

09-11-2006, 04:02 PM	#29
~~Toonami Tom~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4,939	Cool! This sounds like it will be great! Any hope for Bebop and Rocksteady? Maybe they wouldn't act as "dumb" as they did in the original toon. I would also like to see Usagi. Because theres going to be Krang, it would be cool if General Traag shows up.

09-11-2006, 09:06 PM	#30
cowabunga14 Lover of Weird Things Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,014	Have fun with this comic all you dudes are putting together. Hopefully it'll be worth the wait. I'm looking forward to it very much so. The promos are lookin' pretty cool. They make the comic all the much more promising. __________________ How can something so beautiful shine on something so dreadful?

09-25-2006, 12:23 AM	#31
Lord Nightwalker Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 698	Sounds interesting.When do we get to see some of your concept works guys? I was going to do something like this last year, But in a totaly different vein. In appearence, my turtles were similar to Zulli's "souls withering" style, But with a touch of the traditional TMNT blended in the mix. that's how my turtle concepts posted at GreenWillows came about. I did dozens of sketches on how I thought they would look. in the end, they were very predatorish, as if the Predator had a reptilian hea, green skin tones, and a shell. All from the influences of Zulli,Classic Mirage, and what I thought was cool. I hadn't intended it to look so Stan winstonish. lol. My Splinter had jet black fur, but Charcoal fur down the front from chest to groin. My Shredder was essential the world's nightmare. Bane of everything. He lived to destroy, Conquest was his only satisfaction. He rose through the ranks and slew the inner circle, wresting power to himself and setting the stage for world domination. The man simply dosen't care about anything other than his agenda. I had just started to figure in Slash and Tokka when I sat it aside. They were essentialy a mad scientist project, Created by rogue Utroms. lol. I guess now we would call them "Replicants". I actualy have started a replicants fanfiction...anyway, I think you have a good start guys. Lets see how it plays out. Good luck!

09-26-2006, 01:49 AM	#32
wyze2099 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 323	Concept work can be posted shortly, I guess. I'm not surprised that other people have been tossing around ideas for a similar Ultimate Turtles project, and I think it's pretty cool. Different writers and artists have different ideas on how to approach the material, so I like seeing the different takes on the concept. Your Zulli-esque approach sounds really fascinating, Nightwalker. There are definite plans for Bebop and Rocksteady. Look for them early on in the series. And I can guarantee they won't be as stupid as they were in the '80s cartoon (it's not hard to smarter than that). While they won't exactly be geniuses, they'll present a threat level for the Turtles akin to what they were in the early episodes of the '80s cartoon, and in the video games where they were level bosses. It always annoyed me that B&R in the cartoon were reduced to pushovers so quickly, so in this series they'll be dangerous again. Miyamoto Usagi would be a great character to show up eventually; I've always liked him. I'm also fond of General Traag and the rock soldiers, so they'll show up as well. __________________ TMNT: Mutant Town A Ninja Turtles Discord RPG and community. Currently ongoing: A Friday-night RPG on voice chat! Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Crossroads fanfiction group

09-28-2006, 04:46 PM	#33
Raven follower of Jesus Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,212	Well this is a cover for one of the issues, I wont say at the moment. I dont want to show alot at this moment because I lot is this in flux, nothing has been finalized. I do have some pages done for the first issue, I'm taking my time with it and making sure I do this right and hopefully not make some mistakes that I tend to do. __________________ TMNT Future Despair Deviant Offical Ultimate Ninja Turtles Site!

10-02-2006, 03:28 PM	#34
Spawn Guy Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Earth 616 Posts: 1,481	As everyone should be able to see, it's going to be pretty easy to tell the Ultimate TMNT apart from their various franchise counterparts. __________________ *THE TECHNODROME'S LITTLE YELLOW BOX LOVER* madpiratebunny (19:26:51): oh goodness, I've got an idea SpawnGuyThing (19:26:57): Do tell madpiratebunny (19:27:02): nononono madpiratebunny (19:27:05): no telling SpawnGuyThing (19:27:10): ... SpawnGuyThing (19:27:27): But I'm the imaginery friend you always wanted SpawnGuyThing (19:27:36): Your supposed to tell me everything

10-30-2006, 02:21 PM	#35
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	This looks interesting. I'm a big fan of Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Spider-Man so I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

11-05-2006, 05:09 PM	#36
CJStyles Hench Mutant Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 277	Dude if you need another writer I would be more then willing to help out. This seems like such a cool project that I would love to be a part of it

11-05-2006, 10:09 PM	#37
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	I would also be more than willing to lend my ideas to this project. I know you guys already have a pretty big team on the writing/plot outlines,scripting etc, but I have spent much time peicing together my own little tmnt universe in my head, and have a lot of cool ideas that I think would really fit in with an Ultimate style book of the TMNT, so lemme know if you guys need any help!

12-02-2006, 06:44 PM	#38
Spawn Guy Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Earth 616 Posts: 1,481	I wonder if I should be scared this many people are after my job. __________________ *THE TECHNODROME'S LITTLE YELLOW BOX LOVER* madpiratebunny (19:26:51): oh goodness, I've got an idea SpawnGuyThing (19:26:57): Do tell madpiratebunny (19:27:02): nononono madpiratebunny (19:27:05): no telling SpawnGuyThing (19:27:10): ... SpawnGuyThing (19:27:27): But I'm the imaginery friend you always wanted SpawnGuyThing (19:27:36): Your supposed to tell me everything

12-02-2006, 07:56 PM	#39
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Wow....nice work guys. can't wait to read it. Mikey's Slash origin seems to be almost like some sort of Bizarro Turtle. I kinda like that. Is there more expanding of the origin? I mean E&L never really explained how their TMNT recieved their weapons and "costumes." Just a thought. Question: Will they be all red, or have multicolored bandanas? (if it's black and white....I guess the point's moot.) __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656