new movie tmnt revealed

[XStream]

Saw this on the Facebook.

Spoiler

http://badassdigest.com/2014/04/01/a-fan-fixed-the-new-ninja-turtles-by-giving-them-snouts/

[spydermann93]

HOLY TURTLE SNOUTS, BATMAN!!!

That actually looks waaaay better!

[BentonGrey]

Wow, it is AMAZING how much better that looks.

[Podmark]

Wow the really makes a huge difference.

[oldmanwinters]

And...

Reshoots!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2594929/Megan-Fox-begins-month-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtle-reshoots-APRIL-ONeil-seven-weeks-birth-son-Bodhi.html

An entire 1/3 of the film?  That's hard to believe!

[BentonGrey]

It seems this flick is not in terribly good shape.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Wait, Megan Fox is playing April?  That's it, I'm done.  She may look nice, but she can't act and doesn't really play a character.  April needs a good actress who can pull off the character, not a pretty face that just takes up space.  She's totally wrong for anything anything close to this.

[Glitch Girl]

More news

Splinter and Leonardo Voices Cast

First: Didn't they already CAST a Leonardo?

Second: They're getting JOHNNY KNOXVILLE to be LEONARDO??  Are they frickin serious?

Third: Now not only is Shredder caucasian, but the voice of Splinter as well.

Fourth: Tony Shalloub, I love ya' ta death, you were great in Galaxy Quest and Monk, but seriously, you are NOT someone who immediately comes to mind when I think "Splinter the Rat".  Run for the hills man, it's still not too late!

Fifth: Good Lord this feels like an utter train wreck.  I don't want to be one of "those" fans, but seriously, this feels so... yuck.  At least the current Nick one is VERY good IMO.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

First: Didn't they already CAST a Leonardo?

Apparently, they pulled a Darth Vader on the original actor.

[BentonGrey]

Yeah, I don't think there's anything I can add to that, GG.  You said it.

[Podmark]

This movie feels like it's been pulled out of the twilight zone. Every choices in this production doesn't seem to make sense.

[BentonGrey]

It's like they've got George Costanza in charge.  Every instinct is the wrong one.

[XStream]

*sigh...

This is looking less and less like a trip to the movie theater and more like a night at home after stopping by the Redbox dispenser... That is unless Netflix works out some kind of release on their streaming service... I might wait until then.

I am trying my darndest to keep an open mind on this, but these recent voice castings and freakin' lips are setting of my X-senses, and unfortunately that makes me belch a lot.

If someone finds some positive news about this movie PLEASE share! Because I am losing hope.

[oldmanwinters]

Adrian Monk being case as Splinter may have just salvaged this movie for me.   

I'm serious.   

[MJB]

Saw to trailer earlier tonight in 3D... This movie just looks... ew. Just ew.

[oldmanwinters]

Saw to trailer earlier tonight in 3D... This movie just looks... ew. Just ew.

I will also agree that seeing it on the big screen doesn't make those turtle noses and lips look any better.

At this point, nothing will surprise me about this film.
Here's some potential spoilers for the film if you folks are interested:
http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/possible-massive-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2014-spoilers-land-online

[spydermann93]

I really, really, really hope that was an April Fool's joke.

[BentonGrey]

Man.....if you cut about half of that description out, namely the stupid, needless changes and shenanigans, that would be an awesome movie.

[XStream]

Trailer #2 is up, but it is mostly trailer #1 with about 10 seconds worth of turtles thrown in

Still not sold on the design (Consider me part of the "Beaks not lips!" crowd ), but the footage looks better than I expected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD-F4lhMh2E

[MJB]

I can't remember... did I already post in this thread? Did I share my "EW" thoughts? If I did not please allow me to "EW" for a moment...

EW!!

I hope that I'm wrong & this movie will be action packed, funny & faithful to the original vision of the TMNT but I'm not holding my breath.

[XStream]

New pics of the toys, including Shredder, April, Splinter, and what I am guessing is a Foot Clan member (since we haven't confirmed they are ninjas).

Not that I buy toys, but these definitely do not make me any more excited about this movie. Do you remember the first toys from the original movie line? Remember how amazing they were at the time. Sure they had limited poseability, but the rubbery skin, the movie accurate style and weapons that didn't tend to break... Ok so maybe it is mostly nostalgia speaking.

By the way, anyone seen the toy line for the Nick cartoon, those are son rad toys!

Oh, yeah! Linky to the pic. Scroll past the X-Men pic.

http://www.newsarama.com/21050-new-x-men-days-of-future-past-team-photo-tmnt-toy-photo-shows-splinter.html

[Silver Shocker]

Did you forget to ad the link to the TMNT figures? Because I don't see it. [edit] oops, the toys are in the same article as the X-men group photo. My bad [/edit]

As for the original movie toys, I don't know about nostalgia, but when I was a kid I had them and I thought they were great too.

[Tomato]

As a toy collector with 0 turtle nostalgia, no, the movie figures from that era are easily some the best of the figures from the tmnt line in terms of appearance and quality.

I will say, these toys are... ok. It's hard for me to comment, because I don't know what scale there are in, but I will say this is actually pretty good for movie toys, especially if they're 4-5 inch scale like I suspect. there's a good ammount of paint apps, they seem pretty well designed for Playmates. The biggest issue I have with them is the design, which I blame more on the film than the toys.

[Podmark]

Not that I buy toys, but these definitely do not make me any more excited about this movie. Do you remember the first toys from the original movie line? Remember how amazing they were at the time. Sure they had limited poseability, but the rubbery skin, the movie accurate style and weapons that didn't tend to break... Ok so maybe it is mostly nostalgia speaking.

Yeah those were great toys!

[BentonGrey]

Yeah, the original TMNT movie toys were definitely the height of awesome!  Though, to be fair, the entire line of TMNT toys was one of the greatest things ever.

[XStream]

My mother and wife are putting together a "garage sale" for this weekend, and guess what my three year old daughter found and played with all evening...

Growing up I might have had all of the earliest TMNT toys. I know that I did not get any of the ones around the time of turtles that came with dinosaurs in similar masks (do you remember those?). I remember my brothers having those. But I had the originals including all of the original supporting cast (except April...). I remember the talking turtles, the sports turtles, Music themed turtles, disguised turtles, the party wagon, turtle blimp, the skateboard thing with the fan on the back (why can't I remember the name...), Pizza Thrower (holy crap! What nostalgia that brings back.).

Do you remember the odd characters? Wing Nut and Screw Loose, The Mutagen Man, Yosagi Yojimbo (I am positive I spelled that wrong), who was the frog and duck? I can't remember all of that...

On a different topic. I have four 5x7 photos of the original movie turtles (one each) signed by the turtles with a real sharpie. Does anyone know about these? Each of the signatures are different and there is no doubt they were really signed by different people and not just a print. I bought them from another kid not long after the first movie came out. I say bought, but I am pretty sure I traded F-Zero for the Super Nintendo for it... Boy was my mom mad. Anyway, I still have them! I will try to scan them sometime and share.

[BentonGrey]

Dude, Wingnut, Ray Fillet, Mondo Gecko, Walkabout, and Ace Duck are sitting on my book shelf right now!    So is movie Mikey, now that I think about it, and Leo is on my desk at work.

Ohh yeah, I remember all of those.  I had a big collection of Turtle toys.  My friends and I fell head over heels for the Turtles, and I remember the whole range.  I actually had the Turtle/Dinosaur combos for some or all of them.  I actually dug all of my Turtles out of the attic back in my family's house a year or two ago and brought them home to my current house.  I took the cream of the crop to decorate my study and gave the rest to a friend's kids to enjoy.  They were still magic to the kids, even after all these years.

Awesome!  Yeah, definitely scan those to show 'em off.

[XStream]

A bunch of new tv spots and trailers have hit the net. Honestly, I still have issues with the design they went for on the turtles... but I understand they were looking for something very expressive. Watching these videos I am looking forward to the movie. Don't get me wrong, it could still go very badly. But from what I am seeing here... we might have a decent movie on our hands.

I would like to point out that William Fichtner is seen in one of these scenes telling a shadowy figure that they are taking his armor to the next level.... Any chance we will see a switch and Fichtner is not actually playing Shredder? You know Bay is notorious for getting false information out about his movies to build hype. What if Fichtner is Baxter Stockman... or... Krang?

Also, I think you can see bright white eyes on some of the "Foot" so there may be a chance that these turtles are fighting androids!

I especially liked seeing the humor in these trailers. The Batman voice, dancing in the elevator, and still learning the buttons clips brought a smile to my face.

TV Clip: Ridiculous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ya3XDe_Nw

TV Clip: Believe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNJzSn_6To

Trailer #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3IEdLvCiHU

[XStream]

Boom!



And baby turtles!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMc7Uleh_g

[Podmark]

I was watching the second trailer and actually said that if not for the Turtles design the movie actually sounded like it could be good. The inclusion of a shadowy figure does help.

Still not interested though.