GrotesqueBeauty
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We're talking about the same guy who took Transformers from Orson Welles as a planet devouring robot to a shuck and jive robo-minstrel show. No surprises here.
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Michael Bay's TMNT are "from an alien race."
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SonicMegaDrive
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You could get a five year old girl to direct a Transformers or a Ninja Turtles movie and people would still pay to see them.
But not me, nossir. I didn't pay any money to see any of those crummy Transformers films. I've never paid money to see a Michael Bay movie, not now, not ever.
cartoon_soldier
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It was shit.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Hollywood studios would disagree:
this is utterly and completely depressing.
SonicMegaDrive
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It makes you wonder how the kids of 1986 felt when they went to see Transformers: The Movie, only to watch all of the good guy characters from the tv series get slaughtered, executioner-style within the first 25 minutes of the film.
RedAssedApe
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Zombie James
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Wonder if shots from The Island will be used again...
Michael Bay presents Transformers
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these Transformers do exist, when we're done with this movie. These Transformers are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
Michael Bay presents Pokemon
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these Pokemon do exist, when we're done with this movie. These Pokemon are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
Michael Bay presents Power Rangers
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these Power Rangers do exist, when we're done with this movie. These Power Rangers are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
Michael Bay presents GI Joe
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these GI Joes do exist, when we're done with this movie. These GI Joes are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these Transformers do exist, when we're done with this movie. These Transformers are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
Michael Bay presents Pokemon
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these Pokemon do exist, when we're done with this movie. These Pokemon are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
Michael Bay presents Power Rangers
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these Power Rangers do exist, when we're done with this movie. These Power Rangers are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
Michael Bay presents GI Joe
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these GI Joes do exist, when we're done with this movie. These GI Joes are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
Hot Coldman
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yes
Mr. Luchador
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... hmm. Unsure, but I'm not angry or anything.
I wasn't paying much attention to this movie. This news is the first I've heard that Michael Bay is directing it.
I won't be seeing it. I was never much of a Transformers fan and I found the first Transformers movie annoying. I was a huge fan of Ninja Turtles as a kid, though, and I'm not interested in having this guy ruin it.
I won't be seeing it. I was never much of a Transformers fan and I found the first Transformers movie annoying. I was a huge fan of Ninja Turtles as a kid, though, and I'm not interested in having this guy ruin it.
CountAntonius
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Lemon Crest
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I just want him to make Bad Boys 3.
Neuromancer
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No thanks.
"When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these Bad Boys do exist, when we're done with this movie. These Bad Boys are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
bone_and_sinew
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There is 0% chance of me watching this crime against my childhood.
Lemon Crest
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But after the ending of Bad Boys 2.The only place they can go is space.
imagine Will Smith driving a space Ferrari and yelling show them your badge.
Martin Lawernce snapping and threatening to shoot the cast.
3D shots of alien girls asses.
Someone fund it!
Freeza Under The Shower
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I seriously had no idea Orson Welles was Unicron.
I don't think you understand that 'all the people bitching' is not the entire population.
KamenSenshi
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I wish that this wouldn't happen. Just make a movie about aliens, no need to change the TMNT to fit whatever idiotic "vision" he has.
revolverjgw
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PetriP-TNT
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I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS AT ALL.
Lionel Mandrake
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Yeah. It's been great so far.
I can't help but notice the inverse relationship between the number of baysplosions and the actual quality of the movie.
Wonder if shots from The Island will be used again...
I was just going to ask someone with skills to put the turtles skateboarding in that scene, along with the ancient aliens guy making a quick cameo like "toasty" from MK2.
I too was wondering what other big cartoon from the 80's he can then shit on, but GI Joe is already ruined. Perhaps Voltron or He-Man. Ducktales would be another fav of mine he could piss on.
IpsoFacto
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Well, I can understand the original Ninja Turtle's origin. I mean, during the early 80's, dipping something in radioactive ooze gave you powers was fairly commonplace.
But have them now re-imagined as aliens... hmmm....
Both of these are far-fetched, but really? What was wrong with the early origin?
But have them now re-imagined as aliens... hmmm....
Both of these are far-fetched, but really? What was wrong with the early origin?
Yeah. Though apparently, Eastman will also be on board wtih the Nicktoon series, so I guess I can at least give that a look.
KittenMaster
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Even nowadays the modern equivalent would be some sort of science experiment gone wrong, which half of superhero movies do so it's not like it has to be an 80's throwback.
Changing them to aliens is just... Much more one-dimensional somehow.
Keeping the origin story rooted in silly science keeps everything Earth-bound, with no need to explain their alien homeworld, etc.
People keep bringing this up like it's some conspiracy. Bay admitted openly he used the same shot because a stunt person was injured in the filming of the scene that would have fit there. Time constraints forced them to reuse the shot from The Island. Happens all the time in Hollywood and it's not as blatantly obvious as other directors have made it in the past.
As far as this movie goes, you guys do know Michael Bay will have nothing to do with this other than slapping his name on a trailer and during the credits for a marketing purpose. It's the same thing as Steven Spielberg producing Transformers, Jurassic Park III, the Men in Black Series or dozens of other films he's "worked" on. Bay has produced a lot of movies through Platinum Dunes, the production company financing a new TMNT. I didn't see Bay-esque explosions in the remakes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc. Those movies may be shit, but it has nothing to do with Bay just like this quality of this film will have nothing to do with him either.
And I'm pretty sure he meant the ooze that mutates the turtles will originate from aliens, which isn't far off from the comics if I remember right. Besides, it's not like this IP really has a long history of quality. Even as a huge fan of the cartoon as a kid, I look back and it was absolute shit. It's had one good movie, a decent cartoon series from 2003 and a decent animated film. The rest of it is unwatchable in this day and age.
No, give them lazeeer gunzzz!
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I'd argue that would actually be a better fit for him.
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