Interview w/ one of the writers. Talks about Saki/origin/future etc.

[Candy Kappa]

The Karate Kid remake was intentionally made with Kung-Fu as it was set in China, Chinese actors and a Wushu competition. They just kept the name (sadly) because it's brand recognition.

[BubblyShell22]

So they basically f*cked up the origin because they didn't want us to know how the Turtles came to be. Way to sh*t on the fans, guys.

[azrael]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

So they basically f*cked up the origin because they didn't want us to know how the Turtles came to be. Way to sh*t on the fans, guys.

perhaps!!!

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

So they basically f*cked up the origin because they didn't want us to know how the Turtles came to be. Way to sh*t on the fans, guys.

Counter-point: I'm always amazed people can type things like "way to sh*t on the fans" with a straight face.

[slingtheory]

Originally Posted by Cipher

Counter-point: I'm always amazed people can type things like "way to sh*t on the fans" with a straight face.

why is that exactly? Sometimes I feel like that's the only way to describe what they do when adapting material.

[Candy Kappa]

I wonder, is it really that important to surprise us with the origin, it's a well known property, why can't we have a short origin montage like the first movie and get the movie going with plot and new story.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by slingtheory

why is that exactly? Sometimes I feel like that's the only way to describe what they do when adapting material.

No it isn't.

It isn't ever. It's weird, overly reverential, self-entitled nonsense.

If it's good, it's good. If it's bad, it's bad. What does "sh*ting on the fans" even mean? That they didn't go out of their way to cater to nostalgics or niche audiences? I'm not convinced that's something they've avoided here, but in my mind that can only be a plus.

[chrisdude]

Q: Since the franchise has always been about a blend of comedy and action, are there non-Turtles related films that you can point out as inspirations?

Nemec: Buddy cop movies, really. They don't make a lot of them these days, but we harken back to the old buddy cop movies, whether it be "Lethal Weapon" or "Midnight Run" or "Rush Hour." Those movies have, again without being too heady, a love story component between two buddy cops. A bromance. Those are the kinds of movies that have been influential in the rendering of the action and the rendering of the sort of adventure that you're on. I'm a firm believer in, if you're going to the movies, you want to have a good time. You want to eat gobs of popcorn while you're watching it. Be thrilled.

Fantastic.

Q: There was some online anger among fans when the rumor broke that the Turtles were going to be aliens.

Nemec: You've got to own your own version of what these stories are. Looking through the different iterations of Turtles to date, many of them have different origin stories. T.C.R.I. was a collection container that was used for a company that came from alien ooze at one point. There was another version of the ooze where it was created in a laboratory. There's the "Daredevil" component that mixes in with the Turtle canon. There's the sewers. There's the laboratories. For us, it was important to find our own version of how these particular Turtles came to be so that they can stand alone as their own characters. There's also the version where, if you touch something after you touch the ooze, that's what you become. There have been a million versions. In this version we just thought it was important to create our own origin that lives within the balance of it. We didn't do anything overtly kooky.

Dag! Tiptoed right around that one.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

We didn’t do anything overtly cooky.

LMFAO.

Yeah....

[CyberCubed]

The nose and lips are disgusting.