New Movie Turtle Origins?

[discordiatookie]

Not that I'm 100% versed in Japanese tattoo history, but seeing that Yakuza (or other criminal factions) are known for being tattooed, I could see the Foot having their own riff on that.

Now, if Splinter was in the Foot in this version then getting tattooed may very well be part of his culture that he has passed to down to the turtles. Not that I'm saying that he has a tattoo gun either, chances are he's got a tebori set (http://inkarmy.com/tag/tebori-tattoos). If he can get a hold of the various weapons the turtles use, then I imagine he could knock together one of these!

On the other hand, they makers of the movie might just've went: know what would be totally rad? Turtles with tattoos man! *sniffs line of coke and high 5s all round!*

And another theory may be that gong Mikey here really loves all parts of human culture and really wants to be part of society.. One've his ways of expressing this is by getting inked, using the old compass and Indian ink trick! I know a few folk that done that back in the day (all a bit older than me I might add) and they all done it when they were in their early teens...

Either way, I dig the tattoo!

[Galactus]

^^^

I think you're being very generous and putting way more thought into this than any one actually making the movie.

[Candy Kappa]

That might be true, but fans often do that. Finding ways of interpreting stuff and giving it a deeper analyze then probably the creators did.

Something that just looked cool, can in the right hands be turned into something deep and thoughtful.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

That might be true, but fans often do that. Finding ways of interpreting stuff and giving it a deeper analyze then probably the creators did.

Something that just looked cool, can in the right hands be turned into something deep and thoughtful.

Therein lies a large part of the problem with me - it doesn't look cool.

To me it looks like what a bunch of old men think looks cool. It's the kind of boardroom decision making process that the classic Simpsons parodied back in the day when they came up with Poochie the dog. Two simple and successful cartoon designs are married together with a new one with shades and jeans and the like because they think it's what kids want - sound familar?

It's the kind of thinking I'm sure went on in the real world with Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation were we got overly bulky turtles with all unique clothes to differentiate them - sound familiar?

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

Cause so many 15 year olds have tattoo's

I did. It's uncommon but it happens. Laws or no laws, parental consent and cash payment are known to make things happen.

Galactus: I like your style.