What's in store for Sacks

[neatoman]

Fichtner signed on for multiple movies. This makes sense as Sacks was originally meant to be Shredder, but of course that was altered due to backlash at the last minute.

So then the question is, what will they do with Sacks in the sequels?

[ToTheNines]

I'd say make him an Utrom. That'd explain why he needed to get "stupid rich" if he was trying to build a teleportation device, or space ship.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I'd say make him an Utrom. That'd explain why he needed to get "stupid rich" if he was trying to build a teleportation device, or space ship.

In that case he's probably Krang.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

They'll probably just make the same movie over and over again, with Sacks making up all sorts of stupid get-rich schemes that culminate in a turtles vs. Shredder boss battle.

The first movie made a sickening amount of money for the studio. In that regard - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[IndigoErth]

I could go for that, particularly if they'd reveal it in a surprising way like the current series would.

Turtles try to kill him, almost promising us that it's his final movie, let those swords actually slash into him and...

...2014 version à la 2012...

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Making him Krang in disguise seems the only way to keep Eric Sachs in the films, fulfill contract obligations, and somewhat mollify TMNT fans who hated him in the first movie.

... So it probably won't happen.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Making him Krang in disguise seems the only way to keep Eric Sachs in the films, fulfill contract obligations, and somewhat mollify TMNT fans who hated him in the first movie.

... So it probably won't happen.

.... I lol'd.

[Candy Kappa]

I hope he's just a smarmy ruthless business man. Getting "stupid rich" is amazingly great character motivation for a character you're meant to love hating.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

I hope he's just a smarmy ruthless business man. Getting "stupid rich" is amazingly great character motivation for a character you're meant to love hating.

A rich man wanting to get "stupid rich" seems like it does not have potential for three or four movies though...

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by neatoman

A rich man wanting to get "stupid rich" seems like it does not have potential for three or four movies though...

I know, right? And it would have been amazing if he got away scotch-free with money every time, while main villain takes the fall.

[IndigoErth]

Literally. "Sorry, Shredder, I was just using you. I probably also want to steal your position with the Foot. (And I'm telling you this because I like to fully explain my plans to people, just like how I told the Turtles.)"

[Galactus]

I've never understood why people were so eager to believe the Sacks character was going to be an Utrom or Kraang or similar alien character or why people seem convinced retroactively making him one in the sequel is a good idea.

Granted we don't really know how Ch'rell or Krang would act in this new movie series but the writing of the character and Fichtner's performance didn't strike me as particularly alien.

Not to mention Sachs' established backstory doesn't really gel with making him a character like that. He lost his parents and was raised by Shredder so does the exo-suit grow from child to manhood? Why would a Krang or Ch'rell or similar character do such a thing?

I honestly think the best thing to do is just dispense with the character all together. Just forget about him or add in a line that he was sent to jail or something. The fact that Fichtner has a three picture deal doesn't mean much, they can either buy him out or transfer him to another Paramount movie. Dare I say Fictner might prefer that; After all he signed on to play the primary antagonist in what he was told to be a faithful yet mature re-imagining of TMNT. Not playing second in command in something that has the majority of people who follow franchise up in arms in one of the most light and stupid takes on TMNT yet.

That being said the fact that we're getting Vern back makes me think that's unlikely so an alternative would be having him as something of a stand-in for Chaplin or the '87 version of Baxter Stockman as Shredder's lead scientist.

[Powder]

My hope was that they'd turn him into The Rat King. He's lost his empire, he's a wanted man, he was in a lab that blew up & was full of test subjects (rats) & mutagen. It'd be easy as hell to essentially render him Nick's version of the character. But like my homeboy said, if it makes sense, they won't do it.

Either way, this movie would be too jam packed to focus on Shredder, B&R, AND Rat King...

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Powder

My hope was that they'd turn him into The Rat King. He's lost his empire, he's a wanted man, he was in a lab that blew up & was full of test subjects (rats) & mutagen. It'd be easy as hell to essentially render him Nick's version of the character. But like my homeboy said, if it makes sense, they won't do it.

Either way, this movie would be too jam packed to focus on Shredder, B&R, AND Rat King...

Now that you bring it back up, I really like that idea! Much more natural. But even less chance of that happening...

Now I'm trying to figure out in my mind what William Fichnter would be like as the Rat King.

[Cryomancer]

Hopefully nothing.

[Bitsy83]

I want him to get the Cyclops from X-men: The Last Stand treatment. Just have him be in the first five-ten minutes of the movie and then be killed off.

I already made a theory of how Stockman is secretly working with Kraang and his Utrom army, take over Sachs's mansion while he's away, when Sachs comes back from prison (I assumed he was arrested or on bail or something), Stockman hands him over the Kraang, then we don't see him until the middle of the movie where he gets mutated into a monster that the Turtles have to fight and eventually kill.

.....Hey, they said he'd be in the movie; they never specified how long.

[TrickOrTreater]

Make him the main bad guy again, holding Super-Shredder's leash.

[evan2000]

I'm surprised nobody speculated that he becomes Agent Bishop of this universe. Think about it, owning a lab that conducts genetic experiments, having knowledge and access to alien technology (mutagen), being filthy rich enough to fund an entire engineering team that build all the lab equipment, military weapons and Shredder's armor;

Oh, and wearing a suit all the time, who else would that be?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

Make him the main bad guy again, holding Super-Shredder's leash.

I like that idea. He'd kind of be like Grand Moff Tarkin.

Darth Vader is cool, sure, but remember that audiences were introduced to him as a servant to Grand Moff Tarkin. The man could tell Vader to do anything and Vader would obey. Think about how cool that is for a minute.

If Sacks weren't such a loser he'd make an awesome Grand Moff Tarkin ripoff.

[CyberCubed]

I just hope he dies. Let him blow himself up or get electrocuted or something.