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Michael Bay's TMNT are "from an alien race."

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u know i would like to find something from his childhood and completely destroy it...

err wait, i think his childhood has already been destroyed. nevermind :d
 
This is why my childhood is safe. You can't well ruin the terrible stuff we had anyway. I mean, how would you make a gritty, edgy movie about Pokemon, Power Rangers, or Mighty Max?
 
Both the creators of TMNT weighed in today that they are behind Bay

Laird
http://peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/few-musings-on-turtles-as-aliens.html

I have had several requests from TMNT fans during this past week to comment on the idea of the Turtles being "reimagined" as aliens for the upcoming TMNT movie to be produced by Michael Bay. A few people -- who don't seem to understand that I am no longer in control of the property -- want me to stop this, somehow. Obviously, I can't do that, even if I wanted to.

But I would actually encourage TMNT fans to swallow the "chill pill" Mr. Bay recently suggested they take, and wait and see what might come out of this seemingly ill-conceived plan. It's possible that with enough truly creative brainpower applied to this idea, it might actually work. I'm not saying it's probable, or even somewhat likely… but it IS possible.

However, as I have pondered this further, I have realized that in one way it IS truly a genius notion. Let me explain…

Over the years, I have made no secret of my distaste for what I consider to be the weak, facile, creatively bankrupt idea which can be summed up like this:

"If FOUR Ninja Turtles are good, then FIVE (or more) Ninja Turtles MUST be better!"

It was in large part this brain-dead notion that led to the creation of the execrable "Venus de Milo" character in the blessedly short-lived live action TV series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation". And I can't tell you how many times we got mail in the early years of the Turtles from people who thought it was simply an amazing idea to do a "fifth Turtle", and how many times those same people suggested that this fifth Turtle be named "Picasso". And many times, the brilliant idea to explain this extra Turtle was that, instead of there being just four pet shop turtles in that glass bowl in the origin story, there were really FIVE.

Sigh.

I'll admit -- I have played with the idea of more Turtles myself, a few times. There was the character of "Kirby", the "fifth Turtle" that Kevin Eastman and I came up with for one of the several movie ideas which never came to fruition. And I created the "Super Turtles" in Volume 4 of the TMNT comics published by Mirage… and they eventually appeared in one episode of the 4Kids animated TMNT TV series.

But…

… in both those instances, I was careful to make these Turtles not just MORE of the same, i.e. just extra TMNT. In both of the above cases, the extra Turtles were from other dimensions… and the Super Turtles, especially, were VERY different from the Ninja Turtles. I don't remember all the details of the work we did on that "Kirby the Fifth Turtle" thing, but I DO remember being adamant that if we were going to agree to the idea of a "fifth Turtle", it would have to be something other than the harebrained "there was an extra Turtle in the bowl, etc." idea.

Is that too fine a line? Yeah, maybe… but to my way of thinking, anyway, it is a CLEAR line.

Anyway, to get back to the "TMNT are aliens" thing -- the reason I say it could be a "genius" idea is that -- for the first time -- someone has come up with a way to have as many freakin' Turtles as they want. I mean, if the TMNT are actually members of an alien race, there could be a whole PLANET of them!

Joy. -- PL
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Eastman
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1578189979

"Hey Guys, Sorry to have been away for so long--completely swamped with work--but it is some pretty exciting stuff. I had been invited to check out the TMNT film development by my friend Scott Mednick over the years, and a while back had a full look behind the curtian at what writers Appelbaum and Nemec, director Liebesman, and producer Bay are doing--and trust me--it IS AWESOME. I'm officially on board, and will share more as I'm allowed... thanks all!"
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I don't really care what Michael Bay will do to the TMNT franchise.
I enjoyed it while I was younger, then ceased to enjoy it as it simply fell out of favour with me (I don't want to see that I grow out of it, but... that's kinda what happened tbh).

Nothing he can do today can change the memories I had of the show.
 
Mr. Sam said:
That came out in 2003!? God damn, I'm old.
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Yeah, time flies ain't it?

Really, people mock the idea that TMNT should really be handled "with care" as some posters here would say, but then you realized that their only exposure was the cartoon. They should really look at the comics (well, some of them - avoid Image at all costs) and the 2003 cartoon - it shows that ludicrous ideas can actually work well when they're handled by a competent group that doesn't simply pander to shallow interests.
 
turtlegurls.jpg
 
I'm hoping for a scene where the turtle gang flies in on a sick pizza-saucer and starts throwing giant pepperoni slices out that decapitate their enemies
 
Laird said:
Anyway, to get back to the "TMNT are aliens" thing -- the reason I say it could be a "genius" idea is that -- for the first time -- someone has come up with a way to have as many freakin' Turtles as they want. I mean, if the TMNT are actually members of an alien race, there could be a whole PLANET of them!
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This is exactly what I'm most afraid of.
 
Oh Laird, you missed the point where the turtles work because there are no other them.

TEJ said:
From what I saw, I liked it.

shame, it doesn't seem to be on dvd. I'd buy it if it were at a reasonable price.
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Erm, the whole series is in DVD, even the unreleased season.
 
It gets even better they won't be teenagers either so chances are it will be called Ninja Turtles.

We haven’t been able to get a definite statement as to why this title change is occurring, and our sources are not 100% clear on whether or not the Turtles will indeed be adolescents.
One of our sources has said:
It seems to be driven by marketing. Think of John Carter and how Disney wouldn’t allow for a title with either “Princess” or “Mars”.
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http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03...en-turtles-apparently-arent-teenagers-either/
 
I guess they can take out Turtles part out too and replace with Ninja Seals 6. Thankfully I have zero faith in Bay, so It's an easy miss.
 
The 90's film is pretty much the best represetnation that we will get of the turtles, even now it's still enjoyable...I just wish the sequel was 50% less childish...I love the atmosphere and grittyness that the turtles had in the 90's movie too.
 
To be quite honest they feel more like 20's in the comics, and even in 2003 series. So Teenage feels more like an artifact.

With that said "them being aliens" is still bullshit to me.
 
Note that they didn't do releases for Fast Forward and Back to the Sewers... but then you don't want to watch them.
 
Christopher said:
The 90's film is pretty much the best represetnation that we will get of the turtles, even now it's still enjoyable...I just wish the sequel was 50% less childish...I love the atmosphere and grittyness that the turtles had in the 90's movie too.
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Yeah it's not even nostalgia, I think just about all the movies I enjoyed back then were bad, but the first TMNT film just has a really great feel and some real heart and intensity. It wasn't just a cash-in on the cartoon, it made me want to track down the comics.
 
I think it's agreed that the first film is the best - it manages to capture the comics and the 80's toon and blend them perfectly.
 
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