TMNT 2 to Shoot in Albany

[pennydreadful]

The scene will involve a vehicle chase, and shooting will take place sometime in April.

Car chases and resultant car-crashing mayhem have always been my favorite part of TMNT. I really hope that there's an explosion in the chase scene. Explosions are the awesomest, you guys.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Car chases and resultant car-crashing mayhem have always been my favorite part of TMNT. I really hope that there's an explosion in the chase scene. Explosions are the awesomest, you guys.

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And just think of all the stereotype Bebop and Rocksteady will be!

And all of the Megan Fox ass we'll see!

Won't it be great?!

[Autbot_Benz]

nobody knows if Bebop and Rocksteady will be stereotypies or anything calm down TrollorTreater

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Bebop is traditionally black. Odds of an offensive ethnic stereotype? 2 to 1, I'd say.

Rocksteady is lately Russian. Odds of an awesome Russian stereotype? Not sure.

Sorry, I'm a sucker for Russian tough-guy accents.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

nobody knows if Bebop and Rocksteady will be stereotypies or anything calm down TrollorTreater

Hey man I think you misspelled my name. It's cool just double check next time you know?

Anyway yes they totally will be.

[pennydreadful]

Fifty bucks says there's a line of dialogue where Bebop says he can't read something. For the lulz, yo.

Then Rocksteady can piledrive two of the Turtles through a building (one Turtle for each hand), and the building can collapse. Audiences like it when things fall down and go boom, right? It'll be exxxtreme to the max!

Then Bebop and Rocksteady will finally be defeated when Mikey takes them both down by throwing bottles of Crush soda at them (product placement - check!). Right in the middle of the big fight scene between Super Shredder and the other three Turtles, Fox O'Neil can tear off her Victoria's Secret bra (more product placement - check!) and throw it at Shredder - his feet will get tangled in the bra straps and he will fall to his death (or will he?! Dun dun DUUUUN!) from the top of another skyscraper. Utterly epic.

The final scene shows shows all of our heroes together. They've won the day and saved the city from certain something - doom, viruses, plotholes, military whatsits... the specifics aren't important, we'll fix it in post. What is important is that Fox O'Neil is in her bikini, washing the Turtle van. The Turtles, Splinter and Vern are all sitting in the background reading Victoria's Secret catalogs. It's a fun and heartwarming scene.

Cut it and print it - I think this one's in the bag, folks! You can give me my $500 million now, thanks.

[Xav]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

But please, for the love of God, don't bring back Vernon or Sachs. PLEASE.

Oh, and the Blue Door script was 75% crap, but it did have some gems. The Bebop & Rocksteady versus Splinter fight was pretty awesome, and I hope they keep it for the 2016 sequel!

You're too late, both actors have already announced they are returning.

Oh and seeing a ninja master get his ass handed to him by the villain's incompetent hechmen? Yeah that is so awesome.

[Xiewin]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Fifty bucks says there's a line of dialogue where Bebop says he can't read something. For the lulz, yo.

Then Rocksteady can piledrive two of the Turtles through a building (one Turtle for each hand), and the building can collapse. Audiences like it when things fall down and go boom, right? It'll be exxxtreme to the max!

Then Bebop and Rocksteady will finally be defeated when Mikey takes them both down by throwing bottles of Crush soda at them (product placement - check!). Right in the middle of the big fight scene between Super Shredder and the other three Turtles, Fox O'Neil can tear off her Victoria's Secret bra (more product placement - check!) and throw it at Shredder - his feet will get tangled in the bra straps and he will fall to his death (or will he?! Dun dun DUUUUN!) from the top of another skyscraper. Utterly epic.

The final scene shows shows all of our heroes together. They've won the day and saved the city from certain something - doom, viruses, plotholes, military whatsits... the specifics aren't important, we'll fix it in post. What is important is that Fox O'Neil is in her bikini, washing the Turtle van. The Turtles, Splinter and Vern are all sitting in the background reading Victoria's Secret catalogs. It's a fun and heartwarming scene.

Cut it and print it - I think this one's in the bag, folks! You can give me my $500 million now, thanks.

Best thing I read all day

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Fifty bucks says there's a line of dialogue where Bebop says he can't read something. For the lulz, yo.

Then Rocksteady can piledrive two of the Turtles through a building (one Turtle for each hand), and the building can collapse. Audiences like it when things fall down and go boom, right? It'll be exxxtreme to the max!

Then Bebop and Rocksteady will finally be defeated when Mikey takes them both down by throwing bottles of Crush soda at them (product placement - check!). Right in the middle of the big fight scene between Super Shredder and the other three Turtles, Fox O'Neil can tear off her Victoria's Secret bra (more product placement - check!) and throw it at Shredder - his feet will get tangled in the bra straps and he will fall to his death (or will he?! Dun dun DUUUUN!) from the top of another skyscraper. Utterly epic.

The final scene shows shows all of our heroes together. They've won the day and saved the city from certain something - doom, viruses, plotholes, military whatsits... the specifics aren't important, we'll fix it in post. What is important is that Fox O'Neil is in her bikini, washing the Turtle van. The Turtles, Splinter and Vern are all sitting in the background reading Victoria's Secret catalogs. It's a fun and heartwarming scene.

Cut it and print it - I think this one's in the bag, folks! You can give me my $500 million now, thanks.

That was beautiful.


And unfortunately for those film makers probably 10x more creative than anything they could ever come up with.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Fifty bucks says there's a line of dialogue where Bebop says he can't read something. For the lulz, yo.

Then Rocksteady can piledrive two of the Turtles through a building (one Turtle for each hand), and the building can collapse. Audiences like it when things fall down and go boom, right? It'll be exxxtreme to the max!

Then Bebop and Rocksteady will finally be defeated when Mikey takes them both down by throwing bottles of Crush soda at them (product placement - check!). Right in the middle of the big fight scene between Super Shredder and the other three Turtles, Fox O'Neil can tear off her Victoria's Secret bra (more product placement - check!) and throw it at Shredder - his feet will get tangled in the bra straps and he will fall to his death (or will he?! Dun dun DUUUUN!) from the top of another skyscraper. Utterly epic.

The final scene shows shows all of our heroes together. They've won the day and saved the city from certain something - doom, viruses, plotholes, military whatsits... the specifics aren't important, we'll fix it in post. What is important is that Fox O'Neil is in her bikini, washing the Turtle van. The Turtles, Splinter and Vern are all sitting in the background reading Victoria's Secret catalogs. It's a fun and heartwarming scene.

Cut it and print it - I think this one's in the bag, folks! You can give me my $500 million now, thanks.

You've figured out the formula.

Michael Bay's solid gold kill-bots with his face on them are on their way.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

Michael Bay's solid gold kill-bots with his face on them are on their way.

Is it wrong my first thought was a rather satisfying image of taking a baseball bat to them...

Gold is a soft metal, it won't be difficult; on the contrary it will be fun. (Come, Turtles, join us and seek your vengeance.)

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Xav

You're too late, both actors have already announced they are returning.

Oh and seeing a ninja master get his ass handed to him by the villain's incompetent hechmen? Yeah that is so awesome.

More Vernon... yay. More Eric Sachs... yay. Or rather, DAMMIT.

I don't recall Splinter getting his ass handed to him by B&R in the script. Actually, he does a pretty good job of cleaning up. Except for the sheer mass and strength they possess, of course... not very unlike the current IDW comics.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Fifty bucks says there's a line of dialogue where Bebop says he can't read something. For the lulz, yo.

Then Rocksteady can piledrive two of the Turtles through a building (one Turtle for each hand), and the building can collapse. Audiences like it when things fall down and go boom, right? It'll be exxxtreme to the max!

Then Bebop and Rocksteady will finally be defeated when Mikey takes them both down by throwing bottles of Crush soda at them (product placement - check!). Right in the middle of the big fight scene between Super Shredder and the other three Turtles, Fox O'Neil can tear off her Victoria's Secret bra (more product placement - check!) and throw it at Shredder - his feet will get tangled in the bra straps and he will fall to his death (or will he?! Dun dun DUUUUN!) from the top of another skyscraper. Utterly epic.

The final scene shows shows all of our heroes together. They've won the day and saved the city from certain something - doom, viruses, plotholes, military whatsits... the specifics aren't important, we'll fix it in post. What is important is that Fox O'Neil is in her bikini, washing the Turtle van. The Turtles, Splinter and Vern are all sitting in the background reading Victoria's Secret catalogs. It's a fun and heartwarming scene.

Cut it and print it - I think this one's in the bag, folks! You can give me my $500 million now, thanks.

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

More Vernon... yay. More Eric Sachs... yay. Or rather, DAMMIT.

To be honest -- and it's a low bar here, so keep that in mind -- what other performances really stood out in this movie? Megan Fox was Megan Fox, Whoopi Goldberg, Minae Noji and Tohoru Masamune had almost nothing to work with, and while the Turtles' actors got some praise around here, honestly, only Noel Fisher as Michelangelo impressed me much at all - and even then the material didn't do him any favours. The material was bad, but Fichtner and Arnett are both very competent actors who were able to make some impression in spite of it -- not a great impression, but again, low bar.

So I can see why the studio might see them as assets to this series. It's pathetic that two of the few roles that could be seen as "highlights" (at least compared to everything else) have absolutely nothing to do with the actual concept, but that's the movie they chose to make.

[Commenter 42]

I'm telling you now, Vern will become Casey Jones to win April's affections, and one of the Shreks will get Jealous.

B&R will show up inexlicably (significantly redesigned, of course), and this time you'll see product placement mid car chase.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Bry

To be honest -- and it's a low bar here, so keep that in mind -- what other performances really stood out in this movie? Megan Fox was Megan Fox, Whoopi Goldberg, Minae Noji and Tohoru Masamune had almost nothing to work with, and while the Turtles' actors got some praise around here, honestly, only Noel Fisher as Michelangelo impressed me much at all - and even then the material didn't do him any favours. The material was bad, but Fichtner and Arnett are both very competent actors who were able to make some impression in spite of it -- not a great impression, but again, low bar.

So I can see why the studio might see them as assets to this series. It's pathetic that two of the few roles that could be seen as "highlights" (at least compared to everything else) have absolutely nothing to do with the actual concept, but that's the movie they chose to make.

Gah. Your logic frightens and depresses me. Personally, I think all of the mocap and voice-acting for the four Turtles was great. But apparently, unless you're Andy Serkis, you're not a real actor if you do mocap. So you gotta have human faces to promote your film, so the little kiddies can identify who you are.

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

I'm telling you now, Vern will become Casey Jones to win April's affections, and one of the Shreks will get Jealous.

I am honestly frightened that this may be the case. What I would LOVE to see is Vern get killed and his cousin Casey comes to avenge him. Odds on that happening?

... Same as the odds that Oroku Saki was a former exosuit used by Ch'rell, who had moved on to become Eric Sachs in America. Remember that theory, when we were desperately clinging to hope?

[bushido]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

I'm telling you now, Vern will become Casey Jones to win April's affections, and one of the Shreks will get Jealous.

It gets worse and worse...

[Bry]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Gah. Your logic frightens and depresses me. Personally, I think all of the mocap and voice-acting for the four Turtles was great. But apparently, unless you're Andy Serkis, you're not a real actor if you do mocap. So you gotta have human faces to promote your film, so the little kiddies can identify who you are.

Hey, I don't agree with it, but a lot of people think that way - including a lot movie executives. There's a reason the "human" characters tend to get the focus in movies with mocap/creature characters. And then there's the expense issue - we know for a fact that they cut a lot of things out of this movie because they couldn't afford to animate it all, so from get-go there's a limit on how much the Turtles are going to be on-screen in their own movie, and even then, when they are on screen they're mainly going to use that time for over-the-top action at the expense of any actual character work. So, y'know - just have Megan Fox running around and bring in the guy from Arrested Development to make wisecracks with the bulk of the screentime that's left, right? (All this has been covered here before, but y'know, bears repeating.)

I wasn't trying to disparage the Turtles' actors, though. I do think they did their absolute best, so I should have worded that differently - it's the material, the direction, and the style of the movie that let them down. Donnie and Raph were bland stereotypes, Leo didn't have much personality to speak of. They could have, and for all I know they did before the footage was hacked to pieces, but it doesn't come across in the movie as it was released, IMO.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Bry

Hey, I don't agree with it, but a lot of people think that way - including a lot movie executives. There's a reason the "human" characters tend to get the focus in movies with mocap/creature characters. And then there's the expense issue - we know for a fact that they cut a lot of things out of this movie because they couldn't afford to animate it all, so from get-go there's a limit on how much the Turtles are going to be on-screen in their own movie, and even then, when they are on screen they're mainly going to use that time for over-the-top action at the expense of any actual character work. So, y'know - just have Megan Fox running around and bring in the guy from Arrested Development to make wisecracks with the bulk of the screentime that's left, right? (All this has been covered here before, but y'know, bears repeating.)

I wasn't trying to disparage the Turtles' actors, though. I do think they did their absolute best, so I should have worded that differently - it's the material, the direction, and the style of the movie that let them down. Donnie and Raph were bland stereotypes, Leo didn't have much personality to speak of. They could have, and for all I know they did before the footage was hacked to pieces, but it doesn't come across in the movie as it was released, IMO.

Exactly. And from a business POV, it makes some sense... but from a story POV, it's terrible and somewhat insulting, too. Come watch April, Vern, Sachs, oh, and some mutant CGI characters, too!

Donnie was definitely the worst stereotype. I really wish they'd toned down the nerdisms on him.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Fox O'Neil can tear off her Victoria's Secret bra (more product placement - check!) and throw it at Shredder - his feet will get tangled in the bra straps and he will fall to his death (or will he?! Dun dun DUUUUN!)

Originally Posted by Xav

You're too late, both actors have already announced they are returning.

Have they? Crap...

Originally Posted by Bry

There's a reason the "human" characters tend to get the focus in movies with mocap/creature characters. And then there's the expense issue - we know for a fact that they cut a lot of things out of this movie because they couldn't afford to animate it all, so from get-go there's a limit on how much the Turtles are going to be on-screen in their own movie, and even then, when they are on screen they're mainly going to use that time for over-the-top action at the expense of any actual character work. So, y'know - just have Megan Fox running around and bring in the guy from Arrested Development to make wisecracks with the bulk of the screentime that's left, right? (All this has been covered here before, but y'know, bears repeating.)

If they didn't have the Turtles constantly in motion and pulling off otherwise impossible acrobatic stunts, then I imagine they'd be able to afford a lot more screen time for them. Have the Turtles goof off & lounge in the lair for a scene or two - is that too much to ask? .......oh, it is? Damn.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Gunpowder

If they didn't have the Turtles constantly in motion and pulling off otherwise impossible acrobatic stunts, then I imagine they'd be able to afford a lot more screen time for them. Have the Turtles goof off & lounge in the lair for a scene or two - is that too much to ask? .......oh, it is? Damn.

If my knowledge is correct here, even that is very expensive. I thought there was some interview with the cast where they said they had to cut some scenes alone those lines because they were putting most of the CGI/animation money on action scenes? (Unless I imagined that?)