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*Andrew NDB* · 06-27-2022, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Galactus

Kinda convenient that the brilliant idea that Seth Rogen has always had for a TMNT movie aligns perfectly with what Nickleodeon has been pushing to be TMNT's main theme for the last few years.

I wish this didn't sound so plausible.

I can just imagine the trailers already.

"The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles must face a terrifying new threat... high school!" Wacky montages ensues. Mikey doing slapstick stuff and clowning around, Donatello leading some kind of science club or something awful like that.

*Leo656* · 06-27-2022, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I can just imagine the trailers already.

"The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles must face a terrifying new threat... high school!" Wacky montages ensues. Mikey doing slapstick stuff and clowning around, Donatello leading some kind of science club or something awful like that.

Hockey Boy · 06-28-2022, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I just can't get over Don wearing glasses. That kills it alone for me.

The turtles designs are just plain goofy. Donnie with glasses, Leo with braces, the turtles are all way too scrawny. A lot of the people in charge of TMNT for the past too decade are way too obsessed with making them like real teenagers when they ARENT. The turtles were raised differently and have always acted more like adults because of their upbringing under a sensei

But yes, if i see Donnie with glasses “cause hes a nerd” one more time im gonna lose it.

~~AquaParade~~ · 06-28-2022, 12:25 PM

I think TMNT has always had "coming of age" elements, like learning to live apart from your father, managing emotion, or just getting into trouble.

It's just that when I hear them talk about "focusing on the teenage element" of the characters, it makes it sound like they want to get away from the other elements.
I mean, even Rogen has clarified that he doesn't want to drop the "Mutant Ninja Turtle" aspect. Rather, that he just wants to use the "teenage" bit as the jumping on point. But I guess I find that hard to believe.

I actually hesitate to expect any elements focusing on ninja or their history in Japan. More importantly, I'm not expecting those bits to have any teeth, even if they do appear.
And that's really my main concern, as it typically is - that this is going to be primarily aimed at kids. When the creators say they are going to treat these characters as true teenagers, what I am actually hearing is that they are going to treat them as tweens, in a movie made for tweens. I'd love to be wrong.

I mean, it's not like Seth Rogen doesn't have the pedigree tell a story with realistic teens, or to tell a comic-accurate story. The ingredients are actually there.

Slash-Dash · 06-30-2022, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I can just imagine the trailers already.

"The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles must face a terrifying new threat... high school!" Wacky montages ensues. Mikey doing slapstick stuff and clowning around, Donatello leading some kind of science club or something awful like that.

maybe, just maybe, you have outgrown the brand?

*Leo656* · 06-30-2022, 01:36 PM

TMNT should not be just for 5-10 year olds. It wasn't created for them, even though that's who latched onto it the hardest.

BUT, since it IS just for 5-10 year olds now and forever thanks to Nickelodeon, then yeah, I for sure have outgrown the brand. It's a shame, it had so much potential that was never fully explored, and now it never will be. Too bad.

Aaronardo · 06-30-2022, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Slash-Dash

maybe, just maybe, you have outgrown the brand?

In the history of this brand, there has only recently been this push for surface-level awkward teenager TMNT by higher-ups, at least since 2016 with OotS. Fans haven't "outgrown" the characters, the characters are being infantilized. The fact that they're continuing on this trajectory despite it flopping every time they've tried it compared to their pre-2016 efforts is puzzling.

Could the reaction to this one sentence from Seth Rogen be considered a little cynical? Maybe, but you can forgive the skepticism given Viacom TMNT's recent history.

*Andrew NDB* · 06-30-2022, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Slash-Dash

maybe, just maybe, you have outgrown the brand?

TMNT as a "brand" is something I've never had any interest in. So I'd have had to have been on board with it to begin with for me to be able to outgrow it. I'm the guy 50 meters away from it pointing at it and laughing, shaking my head.

Slash-Dash · 06-30-2022, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

TMNT as a "brand" is something I've never had any interest in. So I'd have had to have been on board with it to begin with for me to be able to outgrow it. I'm the guy 50 meters away from it pointing at it and laughing, shaking my head.

fair enough dude.

~~AquaParade~~ · 06-30-2022, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

TMNT should not be just for 5-10 year olds. It wasn't created for them, even though that's who latched onto it the hardest.

BUT, since it IS just for 5-10 year olds now and forever thanks to Nickelodeon, then yeah, I for sure have outgrown the brand. It's a shame, it had so much potential that was never fully explored, and now it never will be. Too bad.

The first movie did a pretty good job at fulfilling some of that potential, imo.
I'm super grateful we have that film, and if we never get another great tmnt movie, I have to shrug my shoulders, because most properties don't get a movie adaption that great, and I still enjoy it to this day. It's not perfect, but very few adaptions are.
Good lord, please bless us with the "Director's Cut" someday, because if it takes away all the goofy music and adds a little "teeth" to the action, I'm about ready to call it 99% perfect.

But that's just the movies. There are plenty of great TMNT comics (and plenty of stinkers, sure). I'd mention City at War as a highlight, because it really does fulfill the potential of the "brand' to me. It asks all the right questions of the characters and feels like a great ending in many ways.
I guess my point is that I don't view the franchise in that tragic of a light, but I do agree that it's being mismanaged and there is massive unfulfilled potential.

Viacom/Nickelodeon should the hint eventually, but probably won't. Their abominations are failing and they are at least allowing good, actually successful products to be made in the more niche markets. Not holding my breath, but it'd be nice.

DragonSoul · 07-05-2022, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Zulithe

Hey all. reposting the concept art since the link to the "close up" one is not working anymore.

http://i.imgur.com/JETVkZe.jpg

They look kinda cute, I wish they would make them more cuter and more beefier. They look so scrawny. You think trained ninjas would have more muscle tone then that. Other than the criticism, I think it looks like a children's book with its bright scrawny animals.

Do you think they read the technodrome forums? Hopefully they do better on the design.

Leofan26 · 07-08-2022, 06:55 PM

Oh gosh, I can already hear the “ You wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses” joke from Donnie while fighting.

Will they have a villain in this at all? Or…

*IndigoErth* · 07-08-2022, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Leofan26

Will they have a villain in this at all? Or…

The evil science teacher, Mr. Stockman.

(I better not be right. lol Goodness knows I'd go and jinx it.)

Leofan26 · 07-08-2022, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

The evil science teacher, Mr. Stockman.

(I better not be right. lol Goodness knows I'd go and jinx it.)

Have the Shredder be the Principal XD

*neatoman* · 07-11-2022, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

The evil science teacher, Mr. Stockman.

(I better not be right. lol Goodness knows I'd go and jinx it.)

"April, we need to make MOUSERs!"

Hamato Yoshi · 07-21-2022, 08:34 PM

So like Saved by the Bell , TMNT style

(mmmm , Tiffani T is one fine woman , i know as ive met her

*Cowabung-Gal* · 07-22-2022, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Leofan26

Have the Shredder be the Principal XD

And instead of the blades, he fights the turtles with a wooden paddle.

Topsu · 07-25-2022, 09:33 AM

Hey, at least Eastman approves it.

*Cowabung-Gal* · 07-25-2022, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Topsu

Hey, at least Eastman approves it.

He’s just trying to be nice. Imagine if someone made crappy fan art of your creation but they felt very proud of their work. Would you tell them, “Your art really sucks but you did your best” or “Wow, great job!”?

*IndigoErth* · 07-25-2022, 01:27 PM

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"Because I don't want him to feel intimidated..."

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"It's his vision and his idea. And I think that's, what's personally exciting to me and I think that's, what's going to be exciting for the fans when they finally see the movie."

Have they MET this fanbase?

Due to rather passionate opinions, Turtles fans got cursed at in comment from both Michael Bay and Megan Fox, and Donnie's actor eventually threw a 'tude at us as well. Rise pushed it too far and bombed out early. I mean, just saying... Good luck with that if Rogen makes choices that goes farther than what most fans find palatable.

06-30-2022, 01:36 PM	#1266
Leo656 The Franchise Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,696	TMNT should not be just for 5-10 year olds. It wasn't created for them, even though that's who latched onto it the hardest. BUT, since it IS just for 5-10 year olds now and forever thanks to Nickelodeon, then yeah, I for sure have outgrown the brand. It's a shame, it had so much potential that was never fully explored, and now it never will be. Too bad. __________________ "I left some words quite far from here to be a short reminder... I laid them out in stone, in case they need to last forever..." "But hey... I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know." nWo Tech: The Official Thread Poison of the Technodrome Forums https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxr...awnHgDz1ceDcfA https://theroxxshow.blogspot.com/

06-28-2022, 12:25 PM	#1264
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	I think TMNT has always had "coming of age" elements, like learning to live apart from your father, managing emotion, or just getting into trouble. It's just that when I hear them talk about "focusing on the teenage element" of the characters, it makes it sound like they want to get away from the other elements. I mean, even Rogen has clarified that he doesn't want to drop the "Mutant Ninja Turtle" aspect. Rather, that he just wants to use the "teenage" bit as the jumping on point. But I guess I find that hard to believe. I actually hesitate to expect any elements focusing on ninja or their history in Japan. More importantly, I'm not expecting those bits to have any teeth, even if they do appear. And that's really my main concern, as it typically is - that this is going to be primarily aimed at kids. When the creators say they are going to treat these characters as true teenagers, what I am actually hearing is that they are going to treat them as tweens, in a movie made for tweens. I'd love to be wrong. I mean, it's not like Seth Rogen doesn't have the pedigree tell a story with realistic teens, or to tell a comic-accurate story. The ingredients are actually there.

07-08-2022, 06:55 PM	#1272
Leofan26 Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,282	Oh gosh, I can already hear the “ You wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses” joke from Donnie while fighting. Will they have a villain in this at all? Or…

07-21-2022, 08:34 PM	#1276
Hamato Yoshi Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 926	So like Saved by the Bell , TMNT style (mmmm , Tiffani T is one fine woman , i know as ive met her

07-25-2022, 09:33 AM	#1278
Topsu Hench Mutant Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 393	Hey, at least Eastman approves it.