How would you feel if the Turtles in the movie look like the Activision game?

[CyberCubed]

If you didn't see the screenshots yet of Activisions new downloadable game coming in the summer, be prepared to wash out your eyes:



Everytime I look at these designs it makes me think of what the new movie could look like....or resemble. I hope not.

[chrisdude]

The realistic, kinda scary look has merit. I don't like it. I think it's darned ugly.

I feel like, for a movie, the turtles have to be cool. Because kids have to like them to make good money. Kids want to be their heroes. They fantasize about it. Can you imagine the Halloween costumes?

[Powder]

I wouldn't vote for it, but if it happens, I'm indifferent to it. Could be much worse. My only major complaint is that I've always hated nostrils on the TMNT.

[Jephael]

Looks more like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Goomba!

[Jester]

Originally Posted by chrisdude

The realistic, kinda scary look has merit. I don't like it. I think it's darned ugly.

I feel like, for a movie, the turtles have to be cool. Because kids have to like them to make good money. Kids want to be their heroes. They fantasize about it. Can you imagine the Halloween costumes?

And Cubed...I wanna wash out my eyes when ever I see a you've started a new thread.

[CyberCubed]

I hate their faces and those damn nostrils.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I hate their faces and those damn nostrils.

All I hear is:

[chrisdude]

I just wanted to post an irrelevant video.

[Luzmagica]

Just my opinion...not so bad loock....

What happens with nostrils? They need nostrils! Just kidding!
I mean....not so bad!!!!

[RaphAndDonnie]

I think that I would have nightmares. No seriously it's not even the uncanny valley that's straight nightmare fuel I don't know, as far as the movie goes...I think that I'd be indifferent to it. I don't hate the realistic looking turtle designs...it just freaks me out a bit.

[Candy Kappa]

The style is too undefined for a movie. The faces don't have a lot of personality and the semi-beak might be an issue to portray proper range of expressions.

This is very much reminiscent of that thread about that head sculpt so many got their panties in a twist. Their heads just don't have a movie appeal. They need to be able to have a wide range of motion and expressions to make the audience care for the characters and not to fall sown the rabbit hole called The Uncanny Valley.

[Bmaga123]

Don't like it one bit I want them to look as close to the classic look and first movie as possible.

[JoshDA7X]

I'd choose this over turtles with antenna like the biker mice from mars any day.

[joefsas]

Not a fan. The face looks too......human?

[VaughnMichael]

Very lame looking and yes the first thing I thought when I saw these designs is that these are going to be what they look like in the movie.
Do I hate it or love it? I'm not really sure to be honest, it's got a mixture of yeah that's a ninja turtle with holy hell that's a strange face.

[zodiac brave]

whats the big damn deal?

they probably won't resemble these characters, so creating a thread like this is kinda unnecessary. that said, if they do for some reason end up looking just like this (or similar enough to still elicit such dumb ire) then isn't that kind of a remedy for the fact that everyone was mad that THESE turtles DIDNT look like the Nick turtles?

at least that'd be SOME kinda synergy.

in general, i like the look. it seems like its gonna be a fairly shallow-budgeted game, so it's not like they needed to do outrageously awesome intricate designs, but this is enough to think they're at least trying something different. if the movies were to go in this general direction, im sure the designs'd be fine tuned and tweeked.

[Slade]

The face is bad, but I think the body looks good.

Vshen did some redesings in the fan art section, this reminds me of that, only hi looks way better.

Still, no nostrils!

[Zulithe]

No, I expect a movie that the studio is hoping makes a billion dollars to have better design, but the more I look at these the less it bothers me. The biggest issue is the nostrils which I feel are too pronounced, we just don't see nostrils on most versions of the turtles. Sure there are a few pieces of fan art out there that go that route, and it can look okay, but it rarely looks the way they are presented here

The head designs are different enough to provoke a visceral reaction from most people familiar with TMNT upon first seeing them. But once we see a more finished product, and more footage (particularly profile stuff -- not from the front) maybe it won't be so bad

I just hope that the producers of this game are feeling around for impressions from the public. If they were they'd have to know that the head design needs more tweaking and they have lots of time to do it. They can fix it now before release so that more people like it and it could lead to higher sales for them.

[bmxbandit]

really hope not. that would be a tough pill to swallow if i had to stare at those faces on the big screen. creeps me out.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

The style is too undefined for a movie. The faces don't have a lot of personality and the semi-beak might be an issue to portray proper range of expressions.

I agree with this. I think their faces in the movie will be the most complex they've ever been. They will be designed and animated in such a way that they will be able to convey every single emotion you can think of. These designs look very sparse once you actually look at them. However, I do think they are on the right track in terms of the "realism" they will be going for.