New Show coming in 2018

[CyberCubed]

The logo looks "hip" which is expected of all kids show logo's these days, but that doesn't mean much.

I remember people thought the Nick Turtle designs looked "weird" at first too when they were revealed for the first time, then everyone liked them. I wonder if the Turtles will continue to look different now, instead of all being in same design bodies. Like Don was a little taller and had a gap in his tooth, Mike looked younger, Raph had the crack in his shell, etc.

Hopefully they keep unique designs even if they change it up.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It's not all the time that a logo informs exactly what to expect within a given show... but this logo definitely informs that.

Care to elaborate? My interpretative really sucks when it comes to lettering.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The logo looks "hip" which is expected of all kids show logo's these days, but that doesn't mean much.

I remember people thought the Nick Turtle designs looked "weird" at first too when they were revealed for the first time, then everyone liked them. I wonder if the Turtles will continue to look different now, instead of all being in same design bodies. Like Don was a little taller and had a gap in his tooth, Mike looked younger, Raph had the crack in his shell, etc.

Hopefully they keep unique designs even if they change it up.

I don't think the kids today even use the word "hip" anymore, today's generation would say that its "lit"

[CyberCubed]

"Hip," "Lit," "Cool," or "Far Out" it all means the same thing.

[DestronMirage22]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I remember people thought the Nick Turtle designs looked "weird" at first too when they were revealed for the first time, then everyone liked them.

Yeaaah...that’s not exactly the case.
I still hate the designs they used and I’m sure I’m not the only one.

I hope we don’t see those “unique traits” they gave them ever again.
I can only imagine the process of coming up with those designs: “Hey, this is the smart nerdy guy! Let’s make him taller and skinnier! With a gap in his teeth! This is the funny and dumb one! Let’s give him freckles! Ooh, let’s make the angry guy short, with a battle-damaged™ shell! ‘Cause he’s the angry one!” Etc.

So dumb.

[CyberCubed]

It's a nice way to set them apart as opposed to them all being clones of each other like usual. I thought all the designs looked great and fun, I don't see a problem with it.

If anything I'm surprised this was never done earlier, seeing all the Turtles having the same body type as each other is bland.

[newfan]

I also liked them being different in shape, size, colour etc, ads to their individuality. As for doing that again, they can make them individual without using the same traits/ look of the 2012's, they'd be a different design. (course for me the 2012's will always be my favourite but we all have different taste)

[Andrew NDB]

In children's media, of course they can be noticeably different from one another to sell toys. It's been going on since the Smurfs, probably before.

In other media? No. Red-earred sliders look just about exactly the same. In film? You have different actors so they'll already be different. My "angry" red-earred slider doesn't look any different than the "thinker" one. But I am smart enough (i.e., have basic deductive reasoning skills that set in at about age 3) to tell the one with the sais apart from the one with the bo-staff.

[newfan]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

In children's media, of course they can be noticeably different from one another to sell toys. It's been going on since the Smurfs, probably before.

In other media? No. Red-earred sliders look just about exactly the same. In film? You have different actors so they'll already be different. My "angry" red-earred slider doesn't look any different than the "thinker" one. But I am smart enough (i.e., have basic deductive reasoning skills that set in at about age 3) to tell the one with the sais apart from the one with the bo-staff.

They are half human mutants though, they probably could look different from that point

[Raptor86]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

In other media? No. Red-earred sliders look just about exactly the same.

I had 2 red-earred sliders and one was dark green and the other one light green and bigger.

I also love when TMNT have different body build and don't look all the same just with a different bandana

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by newfan

They are half human mutants though

Only in the cartoon fluff.

[newfan]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Only in the cartoon fluff.

I was thinking of the toon when I was responding, sorry

[THGhost]

Something about that logo rubs me the wrong way. Can't put my finger on it.

[IndigoErth]

A very sharp-edged pyramid that just kind of assaults your eyes with this big block of text?

In a way the razor edges are a little jarring shoved against the very soft Nick logo.

And in terms of typography and how font styles and the collective image is used to express something about it... Given the limited info we know of, while the colors feel "younger and lighter" the sharpness typographically feels less "kid friendly" and not so much "mystic, ninja powers."



Not to put it down, I'm sure someone probably fought with coming up with something that makes use of all that text, but... yeah, it's a little busy. Imo.


edit: Also... the first three lines are pretty straight, and then you've got "Turtles" that stops following that rule and falls apart, when maybe the top edge along the T's E and S could have at least been flat across, instead of shifting and creating an uneven gap of space from under the last letter of "teenage" all the way to "ninja." (And odd gap in a way maybe repeated between that E and S when most of the other letters are tight together.) But who knows, it may not even be the final design and just still a work in progress and used for that convention thing because they needed something...

(But I really aught to stop trying to analyze a logo and go to bed... lol)

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Raptor86

I had 2 red-earred sliders and one was dark green and the other one light green and bigger.

I also love when TMNT have different body build and don't look all the same just with a different bandana

Yeah, I can tell my sliders apart very easily. They don't look the same.

I don't mind either way with the TMNT as long as the differences isn't too extreme, the character differences in Nick I think have a nice balance on giving the Turtles each unique look without going too far

[RaphaelinSTL]

Part of the reason I hate those Michael Bay TMNT films (besides the terrible writing, ugly atmosphere and overall unpleasantness) is the unnecessary busyness and "look how different they are!" designs of the Turtles themselves.

I guess I'm old fashioned, but I much prefer the TMNT to all look quite similar ... but their actually character motivations and traits be the differentiating factor.

It gets old to me playing the character traits to a physical attribute ... Don being slender and geeky, Mikey being the obvious younger and sillier one, Raph being the angry, large brute and then Leo being the middle ground.

[ColinStein]

New Nerdist article from this morning

https://nerdist.com/rise-of-teenage-...-ben-schwartz/

[Raptor86]

WHAT? Raphael leads???

"Ninja Turtles fans are in for a few notable changes in this outing, which will place Raphael, the oldest and brawniest brother, as the group’s leader instead of Leonardo. The release describes Schwartz’s take on the character as “the self-professed ‘coolest’ brother” who “possesses irreverent charm and a rebel heart.” This definitely helps explain the casting."

[newfan]

Er... is that real? Leo not the leader??

[Redworld96]

Eric Bauza will be Splinter, what a turn of the events