Do you like "TMNT: Out of the Shadows"?

[vicsavage]

My regret is I only drank one screwdriver during the movie. But then of course I'd miss such great scenes of Casey Jones interrogating Dean Winters...

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

I think the degree of dumb for Bebop and Rocksteady was just different.

OT B&RS had a dumb child naiveté, PD B&RS had frathouse ****boy blockheadedness. Same floor of dumb, but in different rooms.

I guess I just prefer childlike morons to idiotic fratboy dude-bros.

Also...poor Dean Winters...love that guy and he's in this.

[Utrommaniac]

Same.
The childishness could come off a little funnier early on, especially when they made sarcastic remarks that were actually smart. ("Maybe you'll get it for Christmas!" followed by snickering).

[neatoman]

IDW made the only version of Bebop and Rocksteady I liked, they really struck a nice balance there of immature morons and ultra violent psychopaths. It made them strangely lovable.

I can't really stand them in either the FW cartoon or here but especially here. At least in the cartoon you could argue their behaviour is sort of cute, it's annoying but at least it's not nearly as annoying.

[Foombamaroom]

I didn't "dislike it" but I didn't "like it", either. It's just forgettable.

So, with that said, I'm obviously a plant.

[ToTheNines]

I only count two "for sure" plants who voted yes in this one so far.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Jester

I guess I just prefer childlike morons to idiotic fratboy dude-bros.

Also...poor Dean Winters...love that guy and he's in this.

But why are those our only two options?!

(Also...Dean Winters is always amazing)

[Candy Kappa]

Haven't seen this movie yet, so I can't vote.

[Editor's Note Comics]

I do a weekly show for my shop, this week is all about my feelings towards this movie. Nothing better than listening to a couple of grown men get more and more frustrated over a children's movie.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...370322255&mt=2

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

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But why are those our only two options?!

(Also...Dean Winters is always amazing)

As others have already stated, IDW gives you the third option:

Terrifying homicidal psychopaths with negligible IQs and true friendship.

[Andrew NDB]

I'm debating getting really drunk, watching a torrent of it and recording a commentary track. But I worry it wouldn't be worth the alcohol, but it might be worth it to you.

[Utrommaniac]

Eh, I'll just wait for Rifftrax to get into it. They've seen enough sh*t, they don't need booze.

[Candy Kappa]

This **** was worse then the 2014 movie.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

This **** was worse then the 2014 movie.

Yeah, I'm not sure seen anyone else here agree with me on this one.

The first one was bad, really bad, but at least it has something that resembles a proper plot and doesn't annoy you so much it feels an hour longer than it really is.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

What made it worse for you personally?

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

What made it worse for you personally?

Well I did rewatch the first one out boredom like a month or less before I watched the second one, so it is a relativeley fresh comparison for me.

What makes it worse is that, when these movies simply judged as movies on their own merits and not as adaptations, the second one just fails spectacularily at showing any competence whatsoever. The first one, while a really bad movie, was a lot cleaner in terms of pacing and story. Not to mention that it didn't have an overload of bad comedy.

Here's the plot of the first one:

1. April tries to uncover the mystery of the Foot.
2. She finds out the Foot wants the Turtles to put a poison scheme into effect.
3. Turtles gets captured and the poison is made.
4. They break free and stop the poison.

Simple and clean, not good but it's servicable for a pop corn flick.

Here's the sequel:

1. Turtles mope a bit about not being normal.
2. Shredder breaks out of custody and is recruited by Krang.
3. Shredder mutates Bebop and Rocksteady, April steals mutagen.
4. Turtles try to steal mutagen from the Police and their allies get caught.
5. Turtles go to Brazil while Casey and April are stuck in interrogation.
6. Casey and April gets out, Casey defeats Bebop and Rocksteady.
7. Meanwhile, Technodrome gets summoned and Turtles fight Krang until they banish him.
8. Also, some pointless crap with Will Arnett.

Clearly a bigger mess of a movie, no real sense of flow at all.

[chrisdude]

Why do we have a second poll? The results are exactly the same.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

What made it worse for you personally?

There's a lot to dot down to how characters acted, especially how dumb Shredder was and Amell's non-existent performance, completely dropping the ball on the "we can he human" subplot where it's not resolved just dropped with no character growth what so ever. Krang's annoying portrayal and the flopped attempts to make it feel FW-ish.

But the worst offender is that the movie was boring to watch, a complete snooze-fest that just made me feel depressed and empty after the movie was over.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Here's the sequel:

1. Turtles mope a bit about not being normal.
2. Shredder breaks out of custody and is recruited by Krang.
3. Shredder mutates Bebop and Rocksteady, April steals mutagen.
4. Turtles try to steal mutagen from the Police and their allies get caught.
5. Turtles go to Brazil while Casey and April are stuck in interrogation.
6. Casey and April gets out, Casey defeats Bebop and Rocksteady.
7. Meanwhile, Technodrome gets summoned and Turtles fight Krang until they banish him.
8. Also, some pointless crap with Will Arnett.

Now see, personally I prefer movies that are a bit more complex and have more going on, so, while some things could be edited out of the film (such as your last point), and maybe shorten other things, I kind of like that there is that much to it.

I just don't like that some aspects SHOULD have had more going on but didn't. The major plot line is shameful. Spent most of the movie just collecting boring crap just for the big climax of the film to fall flat. Disappointing.

Spoiler:

Like, "Here is a grocery list, go get the things I need for the most awesome cake ever!"

"Okay!"

Later, "Finally! We have all the ingredients together. Hahaha!"

"This is gonna be good!"

[throws big bowl of cake batter on the floor]

"Actually, forget this. I don't want cake now."



Wait... what? Thanks for leaving us still craving it...

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Now see, personally I prefer movies that are a bit more complex and have more going on, so, while some things could be edited out of the film (such as your last point), and maybe shorten other things, I kind of like that there is that much to it.

I just don't like that some aspects SHOULD have had more going on but didn't. The major plot line is shameful. Spent most of the movie just collecting boring crap just for the big climax of the film to fall flat. Disappointing.

Spoiler:

Like, "Here is a grocery list, go get the things I need for the most awesome cake ever!"

"Okay!"

Later, "Finally! We have all the ingredients together. Hahaha!"

"This is gonna be good!"

[throws big bowl of cake batter on the floor]

"Actually, forget this. I don't want cake now."



Wait... what? Thanks for leaving us still craving it...

There's nothing wrong with complexity but there's a different between something complex and something cluttered. Complex is when a lot of things connect in a cohesive whole, cluttered is when a bunch of crap is forced in and don't connect in any meaningful way.

Both TMNT ´14 and it's sequel are poorly written movies but the first is at least excuted more cleanly, the second one is a total mess.