TMNT V

[DrVenkman PhD]

This is why someone who is brave enough to have the stigma of starting a "General Discussion" thread needs to start one, because I didn't want to be the guy to do this thread, but...

--New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is having an open casting call for martial arts experts to be in the cast of the new movie that will come out in two years this coming Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 6801 Hollywood Blvd., in Los Angeles. The audition will be a 30 second martial arts demonstration. Single person only, no metal, sharp or bladed weapons allowed. Photo and updated resume. Have to be 14 or older, and under 18 needs parents permission.

That's from the F4W/WO website of all places. So, no CGI sequel?

 

[Black Lushus]

Shouldn't they be able to demonstrate weapons skills considering the turtles use weapons?

 

[AndrewTS]

So full CGI I guess is out.

 

[Psycho Penguin]

Hopefully it's as good as the original trilogy (yes, I kind of liked TMNT 3. Shut up.)

 

[sbofn]

So does the animated one count as a sequel, or is this a sequel to the Nintendo games?

 

[Black Lushus]

The animated one was a sequel to the live action movies...if you notice towards the end, you see Shredder's helmet and that time travel talisman thingy from 3.

 

[Twisted Intestine]

Yeah, I marked out for that and Shredder coming back. This is AWESOME!

 

[Mattdotcom]

A Great Scene in the History of Film:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

The Shredder (Oroku Saki) has just fallen into a garbage crushing truck. Casey Jones (Elias Koteas) flippantly pulls a switch on the truck.

CASEY JONES: Oops.

This concludes A Great Scene in the History of Film.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Or does it...

 

[Mattdotcom]

Well it was certainly the end of that one.

 

[Gary]

Another Great Scene in Cinematic History

 

[CBright7831]

Casey Jones, Raphael, and Michelangelo have so many great one liners in the first movie.

"Oops!"
"A Jose Canseco bat? Tell me you didn't pay money for this."
"NINJA KICK THE DAMN RABBIT!"

And as for the scene above my post - I totally marked out when I was a kid because I thought they were Beebop and Rocksteady and then they pushed the door down and I was like ???

 

[Twisted Intestine]

Yeah, that was dumb of them to not use Rocksteady and beebop... I wonder why they didn't?

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Those are cartoon characters created by Playmates. The movies were serious comic book business!

That said, I wanted Krang and the gang when I was a kid.

 

[Twisted Intestine]

He'll be the one that brings Shredder back in the new movie.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

No utroms or worm based space Shredders though! I want an old school cape wearing Uncle Phil talkin' Shredder.

 

[Next USC #55]

Shouldn't they be able to demonstrate weapons skills considering the turtles use weapons?

Maybe they have their own props that the actors have to use?

 

[tekcop]

http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xpi22w_michael-bay-talks-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles_shortfilms

Fuck yes! I like it when Hollywood saves me money.

 

[Mattdotcom]

If they're aliens, they're not...turtles.

 

[bps21]

If a person goes to the moon...is it no longer a person?

Perhaps all turtles come from space.

You don't KNOW.

 

[tekcop]

If they're aliens, they're not...turtles.

Teenage Ninja Aliens! Unless they're mutated aliens. That would be pretty cool.

 

[Sabre]

I expect lots of stupid explosions when it should be a kick ass martial arts flick.

 

[2GOLD]

He needs to get Nic Cage in this. As either Splinter or Shredder. Instant box office #1.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Why not both?

 

[2GOLD]

Why not both?

Well then goodbye Avatar has top movie ever!

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

I like it when Hollywood saves me money.

This.

I know the TMNT CGI flick wasn't beloved by most (I thought it was awesome and put the Leonardo/Raphael fight on the list of my favorite fights in cinema history), but really...wow.

Fuck Transformers, THIS is somebody raping my childhood. I'm just glad the Ghostbusters franchise is solely owned by Aykroyd and Ramis because at least any attempt to ruin that up will get their OK.

 

[The Metal Maniac]

Yeah, that was dumb of them to not use Rocksteady and beebop... I wonder why they didn't?

I recall reading somewhere a while back that Bebop and Rocksteady weren't used in the films because, well, you know how Tokka and Raazhar were literally babies/totally fucktarded? They wanted to use Bebop and Rocksteady, but they intended to use them *exactly the same* as they used Tokka and Raazhar - so you would've had Bebop and Rocksteady as oversized infants. Though Venk is right on the fact that Bebop and Rocksteady were created for the Playmates toy line and then added to the cartoon series, they were designed by Eastman and Laird, so when they heard how Bebop and Rocksteady were going to be used, they basically told the people making the movie to fuck off and use new characters instead.

Yeah, I was outraged that they didn't use Bebop and Rocksteady when I was a kid, and instead they had those other fucking goofs, but when I found that out, I stopped being mad.

I also didn't think I'd ever have cause to use the words "Bebop and Rocksteady" that much.

Also:

If a person goes to the moon...is it no longer a person?

No, but if a human CAME from the moon, he wouldn't be a human. He'd be an alien, by definition (or at least a framling, depending on how much of a geek you are).

 

[bps21]

But he'd still be a human. If there's water on mars and it's made of the exact same molecular components...it's still water.

What are we talking about?

 

[tekcop]

This is really a sore spot for me. I was obsessed with TMNT as kid and then again as a teen. The only reason I read comic books now is because 14 year old me used to go to comic book stores just to dig through back issues of the Mirage and Archie comics.

The phrase "raping my childhood" has become sort of a fanboy catchprase. I've never really got that general bile-spewing rage most are so eager to offer online. Now, though, I kind of get it. I don't even care that the movie's going to be awful. That's fine. Whatever. But why'd it have to be Michael Bay? And aliens? Bay's such an embarrassment. Having him involved does nothing but tarnish what little reputation the TMNT franchise may actually have. I don't know. Everything he touches seems to make a million billion dollars, so good for Nickelodeon.

I wonder if Mikey will get to be the black stereotype for the show. Or maybe the main villian's henchmen! Yeah... It doesn't matter. It's just a movie. As long as the alien stuff doesn't seep into the new cartoon or whatever, in a few years I won't even remember this movie existed.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Exactly, tek. It didn't really bother me too much what he did to Transformers because, in the end, the core things were right: Autobots (good robots) and Decepticons (bad robots) come to Earth to continue their war.

But the title is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM IS SAID IN THE FUCKING TITLE. They're teenagers, they're mutant turtles, and they're ninjas on top of it all. Fuck, make them fight aliens, I don't give a shit, but THEY'RE FUCKING TURTLE NINJAS.