You are making a tmnt live action short what do you put in and what would you leave?

Radion · 08-01-2012, 01:30 PM

Biggest collection of turtles fans I know so good base I reckon

Say your making a live action movie or short, given the tv shows cartoon and live action and the long list of movies, what story lines, character development would you want to be in there and what jokes or sayings would you want to hear?

New or old or variations quotes always interested to hear as well lol

*Powder* · 08-01-2012, 02:46 PM

It's "you're", as in "you are".

Radion · 08-01-2012, 03:13 PM

Changed was miss spelled to fit the title lol

Not that I'm the greatest at it anyways =p

*Donnie* · 08-01-2012, 03:15 PM

I always thought my ideal short live action film would utilize the 1st movie costumes and the same feel, only even darker. The story-line would be "City at War", without a doubt. I wouldn't mind some changes, I'm not a purist. But keep the original elements of the story in tact.

Splinter and the Rat King would make for especially spooky scenes.

Radion · 08-01-2012, 03:24 PM

I'm with you something dark and edgy with a high level of martial arts content a must, don't think we have seen that since movie 1

Radion · 08-01-2012, 03:25 PM

How about even a splinter fight scene as a nice change of pace

Cryomancer · 08-01-2012, 08:02 PM

As for leaving things out, don't waste a single moment on the origin story.

Radion · 08-02-2012, 04:07 AM

Aww shame I quite like the skit saying the reason splinter was so smart was his master smoked opium and the fumes expanded his little rat mind to learn the ways of ninja lmao

*TurtleTitan97* · 08-02-2012, 12:29 PM

If I made a TMNT live action short, it would be based off of TMNT Vol.1 #17, where Mikey was a ronin in Fedual Japan:

Spoiler:

Genesis · 08-02-2012, 10:57 PM

I've always loved that cover. Never did track down a copy of that issue, though.

Welmanshire · 10-15-2012, 03:06 AM

I am slowly planning out a fan film. I am working on the costumes currently (check the link in my signature), but I want to clash the stories from the first few mirage books and the first and second films together.

Master of the Foot Clan · 10-19-2012, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Donnie

I always thought my ideal short live action film would utilize the 1st movie costumes and the same feel, only even darker. The story-line would be "City at War", without a doubt.

I would totally watch that.

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Originally Posted by Radion

I'm with you something dark and edgy with a high level of martial arts content a must, don't think we have seen that since movie 1

We haven't and I also I think that is what stopped Fight the Foot from being the ultimate fan film. Most fan films don't have quality martial arts anyway though. IDK

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Originally Posted by Radion

How about even a splinter fight scene as a nice change of pace

That would be amazing if it could be pulled off.

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Originally Posted by Cryomancer

As for leaving things out, don't waste a single moment on the origin story.

Even Nick Turtles didn't waste time on it. It's been done to death.

I think the City at War with a TMNT 1 feel but darker is a great idea if it's executed right. Fight the Foot and Casey Jones were cool but I still think fans could still do better.

There's a few fan films in development I've heard about.(serious ones) Fight the Foot and Casey Jones were the only COMPLETED ones I've heard about that were'nt completely stupid and ridiculous. There might be ones I haven't heard about.

*Jephael* · 10-19-2012, 10:06 AM

I was actually working on a play a few months ago about the TMNT fighting the Purple Dragons, but then I scrapped it. I think I might go back and rewrite it.

*Spitfire* · 10-19-2012, 10:26 AM

I'll laugh so hard if TC is one of the guys making that "Mirage Fan Uprising" movie.

Bossa Nova · 10-19-2012, 12:14 PM

I would include the origin story. There's so many ways it's been interpreted and I like to know how it's being portrayed in whatever it is I'm watching. Anyway, I would also create much darker, grittier and serious, really stressing the idea that the turtles' lives really are constantly at stake by their very existence as mutant creatures.

I would prefer something that focuses more on their bonds as brothers rather than a story that leaves them disjointed as a family. If I had to leave anything out, my first instincts would be Bebop and Rocksteady. It would take quite a bit of work to rewrite them as more serious and deadly threats and I feel the amount of effort required into that wouldn't be worth the time and money into creating their costumes.

Master of the Foot Clan · 10-20-2012, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Jephael

I was actually working on a play a few months ago about the TMNT fighting the Purple Dragons, but then I scrapped it. I think I might go back and rewrite it.

sounds cool. make it a musical. Anything is better than this

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Originally Posted by Bossa Nova

I would include the origin story. There's so many ways it's been interpreted and I like to know how it's being portrayed in whatever it is I'm watching. Anyway, I would also create much darker, grittier and serious, really stressing the idea that the turtles' lives really are constantly at stake by their very existence as mutant creatures.

I would prefer something that focuses more on their bonds as brothers rather than a story that leaves them disjointed as a family. If I had to leave anything out, my first instincts would be Bebop and Rocksteady. It would take quite a bit of work to rewrite them as more serious and deadly threats and I feel the amount of effort required into that wouldn't be worth the time and money into creating their costumes.

I think you just described the first movie. Which I doubt a fan can top that.

zodiac brave · 10-24-2012, 02:18 PM

seeing as most fan films have a low budget, i'd definitely try to keep it grounded in a relatively realistic style. i'd avoid getting into the trans-dimensional, cosmic space stuff and keep it in NYC, focused on the Foot. or just crime in the city, really.

i'd play up the ninja stuff also, show them having fun and being brothers, but while also showing that when it comes down to business, they are highly trained ninjas.

i also wouldn't try to cram every single angle or character i'd like to see from other incarnations into a tmnt flick (fan or otherwise), just because i can or want to. subtlety is where it's at, in my opinion. Also, i wouldn't make every detail absolutely, 100% necessary. BRIGHT YELLOW JUMPSUITS DO NOT LOOK GOOD ON PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE!

also, whatever happened with that take back the sewers fan flick? i watched that vid posted above and visited the site and their fb page, but doesn't look like anything ever came of it. anyone know anything? that trailer looked meh, but i'd still like to see more.

FearlessLeader · 10-24-2012, 02:25 PM

You know what I would love to see? A film or series of films made from Tristan's comic storyline from Tales.

*Chris* · 10-28-2012, 04:23 PM

Depends on how short we're talking. When you say "live action short" it makes me think of the shorts Pixar and Disney do before their films, so no longer than 5 minutes.

If that's the case I'd do the opening of Vol. 1 #1. Shot in black and white, gritty noir feel with costumes similar to the first movie but with a bit more of an early Mirage look. Just the Turtles Vs. Purple Dragons with Leo's narration. Keep it short and simple and get as many of the comic panels in there as possible. Ideally it would look like the comic come to life

cartoonistaaron · 10-29-2012, 03:16 PM

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...also, whatever happened with that take back the sewers fan flick? i watched that vid posted above and visited the site and their fb page, but doesn't look like anything ever came of it. anyone know anything? that trailer looked meh, but i'd still like to see more.

They took the $430 they raised (out of the $40 THOUSAND they were looking for) and went home!

Those crowd-funded fan projects drive me nuts. There are so many indie creators trying to raise money for their own ideas without a couple of overzealous fans trying to get other fans to assist them in their violation of someone else's intellectual property rights.

A live action short? If budget were no issue? The TMNT versus the Mousers. Not the whole story - maybe a short voiceover explaining who April is, as the guys have just cornered Baxter Stockman. Then go from there right up thru the end. And I'd love for them to look a little closer to the old, short, stocky Mirage TMNT.

08-01-2012, 08:02 PM	#7
Cryomancer Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,090	As for leaving things out, don't waste a single moment on the origin story. __________________ Final Boss of translation group Opentrain. We do videogame comics and TMNT stuff. http://opentrain.theyear199x.org/

08-02-2012, 12:29 PM	#9
TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	If I made a TMNT live action short, it would be based off of TMNT Vol.1 #17, where Mikey was a ronin in Fedual Japan: Spoiler: __________________

08-02-2012, 10:57 PM	#10
Genesis Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 624	I've always loved that cover. Never did track down a copy of that issue, though. __________________ "Kage-Maru embodies the ninja philosophy through his elusiveness, deception, and mobility. A single false move can lose the game, and it is this knife-edge strategy that makes Kage exciting to play and fearsome to play against."

10-15-2012, 03:06 AM	#11
Welmanshire Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 415	I am slowly planning out a fan film. I am working on the costumes currently (check the link in my signature), but I want to clash the stories from the first few mirage books and the first and second films together. __________________ Check out my interest thread for screen accurate replicas of Dannys shirti from TMNT 1990

10-19-2012, 10:06 AM	#13
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	I was actually working on a play a few months ago about the TMNT fighting the Purple Dragons, but then I scrapped it. I think I might go back and rewrite it. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

08-01-2012, 01:30 PM	#1
Radion Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 24	You are making a tmnt live action short what do you put in and what would you leave? Biggest collection of turtles fans I know so good base I reckon Say your making a live action movie or short, given the tv shows cartoon and live action and the long list of movies, what story lines, character development would you want to be in there and what jokes or sayings would you want to hear? New or old or variations quotes always interested to hear as well lol Last edited by Radion; 08-01-2012 at 03:12 PM.

08-01-2012, 02:46 PM	#2
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	It's "you're", as in "you are".

08-01-2012, 03:13 PM	#3
Radion Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 24	Changed was miss spelled to fit the title lol Not that I'm the greatest at it anyways =p

08-01-2012, 03:15 PM	#4
Donnie Something from the Past Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 3,256	I always thought my ideal short live action film would utilize the 1st movie costumes and the same feel, only even darker. The story-line would be "City at War", without a doubt. I wouldn't mind some changes, I'm not a purist. But keep the original elements of the story in tact. Splinter and the Rat King would make for especially spooky scenes.

08-01-2012, 03:24 PM	#5
Radion Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 24	I'm with you something dark and edgy with a high level of martial arts content a must, don't think we have seen that since movie 1

08-01-2012, 03:25 PM	#6
Radion Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 24	How about even a splinter fight scene as a nice change of pace

08-02-2012, 04:07 AM	#8
Radion Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 24	Aww shame I quite like the skit saying the reason splinter was so smart was his master smoked opium and the fumes expanded his little rat mind to learn the ways of ninja lmao

10-19-2012, 10:26 AM	#14
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	I'll laugh so hard if TC is one of the guys making that "Mirage Fan Uprising" movie. __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

10-19-2012, 12:14 PM	#15
Bossa Nova Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: United States, California Posts: 592	I would include the origin story. There's so many ways it's been interpreted and I like to know how it's being portrayed in whatever it is I'm watching. Anyway, I would also create much darker, grittier and serious, really stressing the idea that the turtles' lives really are constantly at stake by their very existence as mutant creatures. I would prefer something that focuses more on their bonds as brothers rather than a story that leaves them disjointed as a family. If I had to leave anything out, my first instincts would be Bebop and Rocksteady. It would take quite a bit of work to rewrite them as more serious and deadly threats and I feel the amount of effort required into that wouldn't be worth the time and money into creating their costumes. __________________ Nova's TMNT Fanfics

10-24-2012, 02:18 PM	#17
zodiac brave Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: san antonio, tx Posts: 822	seeing as most fan films have a low budget, i'd definitely try to keep it grounded in a relatively realistic style. i'd avoid getting into the trans-dimensional, cosmic space stuff and keep it in NYC, focused on the Foot. or just crime in the city, really. i'd play up the ninja stuff also, show them having fun and being brothers, but while also showing that when it comes down to business, they are highly trained ninjas. i also wouldn't try to cram every single angle or character i'd like to see from other incarnations into a tmnt flick (fan or otherwise), just because i can or want to. subtlety is where it's at, in my opinion. Also, i wouldn't make every detail absolutely, 100% necessary. BRIGHT YELLOW JUMPSUITS DO NOT LOOK GOOD ON PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE! also, whatever happened with that take back the sewers fan flick? i watched that vid posted above and visited the site and their fb page, but doesn't look like anything ever came of it. anyone know anything? that trailer looked meh, but i'd still like to see more. __________________ what we were after, was lashings of ultra-violence.

10-24-2012, 02:25 PM	#18
FearlessLeader Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Watching Space Heroes Posts: 1,048	You know what I would love to see? A film or series of films made from Tristan's comic storyline from Tales. __________________ Artwork by Jim Lawson

10-28-2012, 04:23 PM	#19
Chris Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,898	Depends on how short we're talking. When you say "live action short" it makes me think of the shorts Pixar and Disney do before their films, so no longer than 5 minutes. If that's the case I'd do the opening of Vol. 1 #1. Shot in black and white, gritty noir feel with costumes similar to the first movie but with a bit more of an early Mirage look. Just the Turtles Vs. Purple Dragons with Leo's narration. Keep it short and simple and get as many of the comic panels in there as possible. Ideally it would look like the comic come to life