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View Poll Results: Do You Want A New TMNT Film To Be Current Or In The 80's/90's? | |||
Current/Modern | 23 | 38.33% | |
80's/90's | 37 | 61.67% | |
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08-18-2019, 02:06 PM | #61 |
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IDK, the more we have technology where literally everyone is walking around with a camera and ever rumor gets online and social media, I kinda feel the TMNT and by extension most characters that have to hide their existence from the world wouldn't realistically operate in today's world. They kinda do work better in the late 80s/early 90s before all the technology became readily available to the common man.
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08-18-2019, 05:52 PM | #62 |
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With the new Terminator movie retconning everything after Terminator 2: Judgment Day and continuing from where it left off, I think it would be amazing if a direct sequel was made to TMNT III. Like others have mentioned, the later years of the Turtles, Splinter, April, and Casey need to be explored more. It should also adapt some of the later Mirage stories, since that's part of what made the first movie so great. City at War would be perfect place to start.
Also, because the 2007 movie was considered a spiritual successor to the 90s movies, maybe a few callbacks could be made to it as well. |
08-18-2019, 09:44 PM | #63 |
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I would love for an 80s set TMNT movie. It would keep the over-the-top tech that they put in the newer movies at minimum.
Also, Casey with a mullet, April with a perm.
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08-19-2019, 07:57 AM | #64 |
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I’m into anything differs than what they did with the first two they made at PD. I love being pandered to with Stranger Things, but I do in fact believe the show is not near as good without the pandering, so I hope turtles could find a good writer and give us an actual plot and not just pop culture.
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08-19-2019, 09:51 AM | #65 | |
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08-19-2019, 09:54 AM | #66 |
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A lack of cell phones and a presence of radios and cassette tapes doesn't add a thing to something like TMNT. It just reminds it's fans of their childhoods... nostalgia for the sake of nostalgia, nothing more.
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08-19-2019, 10:23 AM | #67 | ||
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In some ways, the choice of time and setting can greatly benefit the writers. For instance, the improvements in technology could either help or hinder certain moments of logic within the storytelling, depending on which way they go. I think in some ways, setting a TMNT story in modern day can be beneficial for filling in gaps of logic. The internet being widespread and accessible would certainly help sell the idea that the turtles and Splinter were able to somewhat acclimate to human language and way of life. But then again, a story taking place in the 1980's makes it much easier to believe that the world has not been able to discover or photograph the turtles. Quote:
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08-19-2019, 11:18 AM | #68 | |
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08-19-2019, 11:19 AM | #69 |
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But TMNT 1990 is already exactly that...
Why do we need a fake period piece, when we already have a genuine article? How about, dare I say, trying to move forward? |
08-19-2019, 11:47 AM | #70 | ||
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You could set it in a certain time period in order to justify certain story elements - turtles integration into human life or means of surviving being either aided or hindered by the time period and technology available at said time. The internet or lack-of could play a large role in the audience ability to suspend belief, for one example. Or if you are visually creative and have a vision of turtles hopping across rooftops in a 1960's New York, then why not pursue it, given all the other elements of a successful film are in place. Since when are films not a visual medium, ya know? If something looks cool, put it on screen. I think those are two, quite different ways, in which doing a period piece could potentially improve the film. And hell, if they are pandering to 30-40 year olds, as opposed to 7 year olds, I won't complain Quote:
At the same time, I hear what you're saying - we've basically already seen the 1980/90's setting in a TMNT film, so maybe we don't need to see that setting, above any other, in a new TMNT film. Last edited by AquaParade; 08-19-2019 at 12:01 PM. |
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08-19-2019, 12:40 PM | #71 | |
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Modern NYC a'la Netflix Daredevil does a good job of inserting the older feel, too. Both could work, it just depends on the creativity (or lack thereof?) with the storytellers. |
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08-20-2019, 03:44 PM | #72 |
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So y'know how there's a few arguments that people throw at TMNT as a property whenever it's reported that a movie is in a production. One of them being that it's purely a nostalgia property and doesn't work outside the 80s and early 90s. Making a movie set in that period would just feed into that mindset.
There's nothing about the TMNT story or characters (any version) that belongs exclusively to that time period. |
08-20-2019, 03:51 PM | #73 |
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I think you could even set the film in the year 2035, without losing sight of what makes the franchise special.
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08-20-2019, 04:09 PM | #74 | ||
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At the end of the day, it's all in the creativity and storytelling skills of the production team (and how much freedom Paramount gives them). I'm sure there's a director or show runner that could make a kickass TMNT adaptation set in modern day. I'm sure there's a director or show runner that could make a kickass TMNT adaptation set in 1984. If a creative is hitting a brick wall on something as imaginative and vivid as TMNT due to period setting-- they're creatively bankrupt. Of course, that seems par for course. From a producer's perspective, the last three TMNT films were set in modern day and did horribly. |
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08-21-2019, 04:57 AM | #75 |
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How about I DON'T WANT any new TMNT movies? The only one that's actually "good" is the very first one. And we've had like 5 more since then? SOTO was fun and the 2007 CG movie was OK-ish, but TMNT 3 was mediocre and the Bay films were absolute garbage and have traumatised me and set the bar too low for what counts as a "good TMNT movie". So, at best, we'll have a movie as good as SOTO again one day. Pass.
Ofc I'd like to see an actual GOOD TMNT movie but that ship has long sailed, I'm afraid. |
08-21-2019, 07:00 AM | #76 |
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I mean.... the modern day It movies are set in the 80s/90s, not a cell phone in sight and it doesn't seem to be alienating new audiences.
Also if you plan to make a sequel to the old ones you can't move too forward or you'll end up with the logical mess of Superman Returns.
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08-21-2019, 10:23 PM | #77 |
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08-22-2019, 11:39 AM | #78 | |
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08-22-2019, 08:24 PM | #79 | |
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09-12-2019, 09:20 PM | #80 |
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Elias should play a "bald" Casey , just go with the flow and the turtles just accept it
Doesnt matter if we want or not want another TMNT , hell theyre prolly gonna remake Jaws one day too , mark my words |
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