Turtles from TMNT2 - First Look! (toppers)

[Etsyturtle2]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Someone's gotta teach the little brats that not all of life is cupcakes and sprinkles. For their information, Santa Claus isn't real either. (But the Krampus is.)

Santa isn't real? Huh!!!!!!??????NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

So three of the four of them are wearing pants.

Raph is wearing shorts.

Why.

Because...because he's the rebel of the group?

️Sigh. Sigh.

If they are cut offs do they still count as pants sorta? Pants he cut into shorts, because otherwise... yeah, I can't really see Raph being able to fit himself into pants. Although it would be fun to see him try. Challenge him to skinny jeans; Shredder is prob an easier opponent.

That they can find clothing anyhow is a wonder, not like they can just visit the men's Big and Tall department/store.

(If April never hooks them up with up with anything they can't get on their own though she's a terrible "friend.")

[Vicky82]

I wonder if Rocksteady and Bebop wont be wearing any clothes in the movie, that would probably piss people off.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

I wonder if Rocksteady and Bebop wont be wearing any clothes in the movie, that would probably piss people off.

*cough* If the reptiles are - for various reasons people might try to imagine - dear god I hope the mammals do.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

I wonder if Rocksteady and Bebop wont be wearing any clothes in the movie, that would probably piss people off.

You've figured it out! The TMNT beat up B&R then steal their pants.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

If they are cut offs do they still count as pants sorta? Pants he cut into shorts...

BayRaph is wearing cutoffs?

Wait... is he a never-nude!? Finally, it all makes sense!

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

I wonder if Rocksteady and Bebop wont be wearing any clothes in the movie, that would probably piss people off.

Hopefully there clothing would be similar to what they where in the Fred Wolf series or IDW.

[freakdylan]

Bay ruined the Transformers movies why wouldnt he ruin the Turtles as well.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Purple Kraken

I hope this forum doesn't get shut down(...again).

Not me! Lock it down and burn it to the ground!

So that I don't have to listen to people with awful taste repeatedly try to justify why the awful things they like have value!

In all seriousness, though, the majority of people on the Technodrome do not like anything at all about the new movies. That means that the minority of people who DO like it, need to either get better coping skills or take it to the Official Movie Facebook Page. It's been said.

But yeah, like CKD said, people are having fun and blowing off steam. Relax.

[Technogeek29]

Shutting down? honestly despite the harshness of our collective words this is the most civil we've ever been here.

[Metalwolf]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

I wonder if Rocksteady and Bebop wont be wearing any clothes in the movie, that would probably piss people off.

Or they wear tight leather straps like the Turtles do, only Bebop wears thin leather straps go over the nipples and ends in a tiny black leather speedo thong (to make it shocking and 'controversial') and Rocksteady wears light black leather shorts that lovingly shows every sweaty bulge and ripple, to all the Japanese baras' delight. They love pigmen, and I think they're they're gonna get a hankering for some mutant rhino tush after this.

I'm gonna have so much fun tearing this movie apart.

[srmff]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Do you think the reason these movie Turtles wear pants and loin clothes is because they have humanoid penises? I mean that's probably the only explanation. They have humanoid faces, nostrils and bodies so maybe their reproductive organs are humanoid too for that matter.

No wonder they keep them covered.

Well that is the reason isn't it? I'm afraid to even say this. It's too weird. They even revealed their genitalia unless it's a joke. I have the link to the video:

http://filmmakeriq.com/2014/07/micha...-cgi-genitals/

Just a warning, you probably do not want to see this video. Why did they even go to the effort of doing that?

[Powder]

...

It's Satire. Jesus Christ.

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

So from now on I'm calling all PD turtles, the Fancypants.

Which gives me the perfect opportunity to use this gif:

[srmff]

Originally Posted by Powder

...

It's Satire. Jesus Christ.

That's a relief. I was thinking that it must be a joke.

[TurtleMikey]

So I was just made aware of these cake toppers. And as expected, you bunch of babies immediately hated it. Though, that's fine. You're all entitled to your opinion. But you are refusing to see the upside here, and are rushing to **** on these.

Personally, I don't mind these designs. In fact, I really like them. I think its a significant improvement over the designs over the first film. Despite the fact they are STILL wearing clothes (something I'll never be totally okay with in any incarnation).

In the 2014 film, their clothing and accessories didn't make any logical sense for battle. You had Donny with a big mechanical pack which would easily be destroyed, Mikey with his stupid beads, and Raph with his sunglasses, and Leo with huge bulky samurai garb that looked in no way uniform with his brothers far more casual (or in Don's case, far too techy) looking garb.

Those designs were all over the place, and just reeked of trying making the turtles look hip (and highlight their personalities) than attempting to make any logical decisions for a tactical ninja turtle design w/ clothing/battle wear inspired of humans today.

Now while pants on a ninja turtle is weird, I think the cargo pants (torn pants and what look like Gi bottoms for Raph and Mikey)work in this case. It gets rid of those horrible loin cloths, and remedies with problem caused by the plastrons not being designed to cover where their junk would be.

It's a fair trade off, and keeps from having to do a radical redesign.

Overall, they moved from a try-hard trendy look to a tactical, combat ready look. One that seems almost inspired by the Foot from the first film. Some will most certainly see that as a negative, but I think this looks fine.

The only real nitpicks I have his Raph's shoulder pad (never in the history of anything nerdy, has one should pad looked good), and the fact that Donnie has (from the look of these toppers) full on boots. Also, thay Donnie looks to be wearing black as opposed to the neutral gray everyone else has.


I give these designs a 7.5 out of 10, compared to the 2014 designs' low, low 3 out 10. They gave the turtles a more uniform design, which is something that was sorely missing in the first film and is an element we all expect out of a TMNT design.

Oh, everyone who's complaining about Donnie's straps must be going blind. He clearly has those "suspenders" connected by a strap across his chest, just like the last film. And they didn't at all look bad there.

And like in that film, hey serve the purpose of keeping his more pack (which they actually made look more militaristic, and like something that would survive some bumps in battle) up on his back.

It has nothing to do with his pants.

[TurtleMikey]

And btw..... if the only insult you guys can think of to **** on the inclusion of cargo pants is to compare it to magic Magic Mike (serious, that's the first thing you thought of? That's weird....), then it goes to show these aren't that bad.

And they aren't even all wearing cargo pants. But ffs, if the Turtles are gonna dress like humans, then it should make sense within the context of a warrior/ninja, like the TMNT. And soldiers wear cargo pants.

And like the Foot in TMNT 2014, its meant to invoke the look and silhouette of a traditional ninja, while being more modernized and tactical.

And god damn it, they are not leather. Please get professional help if think they are gonna be wearing leather pants.

[Commenter 42]

The Fancypants prance and do the fancy-pants dance, if given half a chance, the Fancypants plants will go on Fancypants rants, and put us in a trance.

[Leo656]

I'm almost positive that you lost the audience entirely once you called everyone who didn't like the designs "babies". If anyone but me read even one word beyond that, I'd be shocked.

Just a little tip on self-awareness. If you want people to consider your opinion, try not to insult "the room" when you clearly hold the minority opinion. Just sayin'.

[TurtleMikey]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I'm almost positive that you lost the audience entirely once you called everyone who didn't like the designs "babies". If anyone but me read even one word beyond that, I'd be shocked.

Just a little tip on self-awareness. If you want people to consider your opinion, try not to insult "the room" when you clearly hold the minority opinion. Just sayin'.

Let's be honest.... insult or not, you guys probably wouldn't have read it or read it, and just as easily and willingly forget it since its, as you said, the minority opinion. The room was lost by the simple virtue that I do not agree with the majority here.

Everyone on this board, except me and a select few others, were going to hate these designs no matter what.

Even if they went with traditional designs, and scrapped everything we knew of their design from the first film, the people here STILL would've found a way to bitch about it and/or this film.

98% of this board already had their minds made up about this film (and this incarnation of TMNT period) before the first movie even released.

And as far as my insult goes, that's exactly the people here were acting. Like babies. Like little children who didn't get their way. Which is funny, given that we've probably all have been TMNT fans since we were children.. And thus, know that pretty much every incarnation (in one or multiple ways; usually multiple) has been radically different from the others.

Hell, the 2003 series alone went to 3 or so radical changes over the course of its run, with weird and wacky Turtle designs of its own.

So for this, the newest incarnation w/ changes of its own, to illicit such a childish reaction is just stupid, and deserves to be called what it is.

The TMNT fandom has no ground to stand on with complaints of unnecessary and/or weird changes. And we just look stupid when we make them. We're just as bad as the babies in the Transformers fandom; Transformers being a fanchise has had as many incarnations as this franchise has, with each incarnation being just as different.

I swear, its the most idiotic thing to complain about changes to characters in a franchise that was pretty much built on radical reinvention.

FFS, the original animated series is nothing like the original comic. That series was as different from the comic as the current movie version is from the other versions that fans so desperately wish this was like. Those two included.

That right there proves how dumb it is to complain about changes in TMNT. TMNT is change. Without radical reinvention, it wouldn't be TMNT. And we should be glad that, for one of the rare times in the history of the franchise, we have two versions to enjoy; the current fikk version, and the great Nickelodeon series.

It just makes no sense to complain when they make changes.