01-07-2023, 11:07 PM | #1581 |
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I mean, that's a fair point. And I should be biting my tongue about this a bit more. Obviously I know this isn't and shouldn't be for me. I suppose I'd respect it more if it was a good gateway drug to something more mature. But there isn't that anymore. It's just a gateway drug to... more of the same.
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01-08-2023, 11:09 AM | #1582 |
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The handles look like Splinter gave the Turtles some basic wood carving lessons then left it up to them to create the handles and bo themselves.
I assume the holes in the sword handles simulate the open spaces between the wrappings on a normal katana...but I'm not sure why the sais and bo need holes. Esp the bo, wouldn't that possibly make the middle section weaker and more likely to break eventually? It's so nice to finally have something to discuss, over analyze, and nitpick again. lol Even if someone out there probably doesn't like some of our opinions. |
01-08-2023, 11:11 AM | #1583 |
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what villains do you guys think we will see in the movie?
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01-08-2023, 12:16 PM | #1584 |
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Hard to guess. The title might indicate them packing a ton in, though it could also just be a mutated city and few actual villains?
If still true to that early concept art leak... Krang is probably a given with a redesign of the Technodrome and if a mutant-heavy title linked to the mutagen? And presumably a version of Shredder standing on the water tower. That MIGHT be Baxter as a fly at top middle? Buggy looking eyes, though the wing shape looks odd for a fly. Alternately, that could maybe be Wingnut and Screwloose, with the smaller blob being the latter? Think a list of toys being produced by a company mentioned some? Anyone have that list? On the right firing pink laser rays... god only knows. It has an eye, maybe a tentacle or two, a big mouth. If that's Krang then it's an odd one and waaaay bigger than normal. Hopefully it really is just concept art made to be fun and these Turtles really aren't that indifferent and absent minded to everything around them. Last edited by IndigoErth; 01-08-2023 at 12:36 PM. |
01-08-2023, 02:33 PM | #1585 |
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The main villain of the movie will most likely be Shredder. And yes, it is probable that Krang along with Bebop and Rocksteady are in this movie as well, simply going by what we can infer from toy leaks or simply putting logical assumptions together. Toy leaks also indicate that Leatherhead will be in this movie but we can't really know for sure if he'll be a villain. The leakesd concept art has Wingnut in it and some weird character I can't place. Karai is a strong possibility just based on the fact that she been a major character in just about every iteration of the franchise since the 4Kids show.
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01-08-2023, 03:00 PM | #1586 |
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Maybe it’s because they’re similar to FW but I’m liking these designs a lot. They’re fun, cute and vibrant.
In the first pic I thought Don’s bo staff was a big pencil. The sticker and blur gave me the illusion of an eraser top. That would have been a clever “nerdy” touch. I still like the weapons though.
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01-08-2023, 04:20 PM | #1588 |
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I guess they're leaning into the weapons looking like something they'd make for themselves in the sewer. Except stupidly.
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01-10-2023, 09:06 PM | #1590 |
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The "dragon" is Wingnut & Screwloose.
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01-12-2023, 04:51 PM | #1591 |
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Does anyone find it weird this is a big movie theater release? This feels like it would be fine as a low budget direct to streaming thing, after all the Rise of the TMNT movie on netflix worked really well. Making this a big theater release feels weird to me.
This is blatantly going to be a little kids movie, even moreso than any previous live-action TMNT movie, and it feels weird to try to make this a big thing. |
01-12-2023, 06:13 PM | #1592 |
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You just don't want to have to leave the house for it, do you.
Really doubting it's low budget at all. It's probably just still cheaper and safer than a live action film right now. Animated movies are easy family fare that are a safe audience draw, and few will hesitate worrying if it's appropriate or not. (And forgetting that the Sausage Party guy is involved. lol) Though I personally do prefer live action for theater. Plus, theater reaches a wider audience than trapping it on one or two streaming services would. Unrelated side note, just realized how much it would suck if theater access required a membership to be equivalent to streaming and you can only see what they choose to show. Want to see different films? Buy membership to an additional theater. Oh, give it time, they'll figure that out... replace ticket prices with membership. Last edited by IndigoErth; 01-12-2023 at 06:22 PM. |
01-12-2023, 06:53 PM | #1593 |
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I like going to the theater (even if the snacks are expensive), but I don’t want to waste my money on garbage films.
I have fond memories of going to the theater with my parents in St. Louis. I can still hear the theme song for Wehrenberg Theaters:
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01-13-2023, 09:39 AM | #1595 |
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01-13-2023, 09:54 AM | #1596 |
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Most definitely in that if this material gets kids into TMNT again, then that's very cool. I think I said the same thing about Rise as well, although I wanted nothing to do with that crapfest. But honestly - I've got decades of TMNT material that I can enjoy and the franchise needs new blood again. And so if that pans out that's great.
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01-16-2023, 11:35 AM | #1597 |
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The more of the designs I see the more my eyes roll. And apparently the stickers on Don's Bo is anime stickers but of course the glasses wearing nerd is an otaku
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01-16-2023, 11:51 AM | #1598 |
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After seeing the weapons, it’s clear these are designed after the toys for the FW show. I’m definitely coming around to these - hopefully It can look slick in action.
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01-17-2023, 07:40 AM | #1599 |
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have the basic figures been leaked yet?
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01-17-2023, 10:00 AM | #1600 |
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I'm at a loss at why that'd be a positive and not a negative. You want the Turtles' actual movie weapons to look like some cheap plastic accessory a toy company made 40 years ago? I mean, as a kid I wouldn't have even wanted that then for a movie, when I was playing with the toys.
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