Live-Action TMNT Reboot

—ahem—

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Some reassuring(?) words from Bay.

What did I just say he said?

Honestly, I'm most concerned how they'll make the Turtles work in live action. Those Henson suits used in the original trilogy don't fly anymore for the public at large.

So... I'm not reading The Onion?

also:

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They'll obviously make them in CG.

You know, Michael Bay certainly has his faults as a director (mostly in translating the subtle parts of a story/characters into the bigger movie) but looking at Hollywood from a business standpoint he actually gets shit done. He gets a project, gets a timetable and budget and sticks to both. If he can pass on that talent as a producer and let another director take over the more intricate creative details I don't see a problem with that. Steven Spielberg basically uses his name alone to get projects going while having little direct involvement.

As for the attached director, I've only seen Battle LA and thought it was okay. It wasn't anything spectacular but it was competently made. TMNT is a much different genre altogether though.

Confession time: I'm a fan of Michael Bay.

Now before you start coming at me with torches and pitchforks, let me explain. I do enjoy really deep thought-provoking films and, at the very least, films with memorable characters. However, there are also times when I simply want to just sit back and enjoy some awesome set pieces. In this regard, I think Bay succeeds...so long as he keeps the plot simple to understand.

Also, being a producer does not mean that he is to blame for everything that a particular movie has. The director, actors, and script writers have just as much to take the blame for.

If it gives you any comfort, know this. This film has the same duo behind the script for Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol.

That much I get. I'm just concerned with how well they'll be able to pull that off. Let's face it, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were not designed with the idea of being blended into a live action setting in mind, and I doubt this'll be done easily without them sticking out like a sore thumb. They're not like the Transformers, where you can just make them extremely complex and intricate machines and have it work. A lot of effort there, sure, but not a hard idea to come up with. The Turtles, though...? I've got nothing.

I'm countin' on it.

edited 21st Mar '12 1:25:08 PM by 0dd1

You gotta give Bay credit for this - if he see's a live action visualisation of something, he will not cheapen out or compromise on bringing that vision to life. If he can see a way of making the turtles work in Live action, he's gonna do it.

Given all the developments via Serkis Folk I'd be surprised if they couldn't figure out a way to blend live action elements with CG. Where the Wild Things Are utilized out a great blend between puppet work and computer effects.

edited 21st Mar '12 3:54:39 PM by BorneAgain

I'm predicting lot more mass BAAAAAAAAAAAW-ing as 30 year olds figure out its gonna be more like the 2003 series than the 87 series. In fact, I will bet even money that, if not in the climax of the first, the climax of one of the movies will feature a three way fight between the the Turtles, Shredder and the Foot, and Baxter Stockman in a giant transforming robot suit. A big screen depiction of Return to New York.

http://www.slashfilm.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-reboot-jonathan-liebesman-alien-race-comments-motion-capture-tmnt-cocreator-peter-laird-clarifies-probay-stance/

Some clairfying statements from the film's director and such.

As it seems the ooze that mutates the turtles is what is alien not the turtles thmeselves.

Well then, that's not such a huge departure. Why couldn't they clarify that in the first place?

Maybe Michael Bay wanted to piss us off so we could hate him more but then have the truth revealed and make us realise he knows what he's doing.

edited 29th Jan '14 6:45:14 PM by JRPictures

Maybe Bay was genuinely baffled why people made that huge leap

edited 24th Mar '12 12:45:24 PM by TheatricalAndProud

Doug Walker posted an interesting video on the whole "Turtles are Aliens Now" uproar. Basically he said we should have figured out something weird was going to happen when Michael Bay got involved, and just because it has seemed to go so far sideways that makes him even more excited to see the movie cause he is interested in what else they are going to do with it. When your expectations are so low you are more likely to enjoy it.

I'm telling you: special effects experts + mutagen from an alien world = possible Technodrome involvement.

At least it's an easy way to shoehorn in Krang and all the other crazies.

I don't know, if they bring up the teaser trailer and show a glimpse of the Technodrome I think most fans would go crazy with anticipation regardless of anything else.

And then, of course, when they reveal April O'Neil...pun definitely intended

Or they could fuck the Technodrome aspect as it doesn't fit into the grounding they're going for, overcomplicates matters in involving aliens and interdimensional creatures, automatically makes the villain look like an idiot, and looks stupid.

T.C.R.I. and the Technodrome are incompatible concepts.

edited 25th Mar '12 6:46:08 PM by TheatricalAndProud

Now I'm curious to know if the upcoming CGI cartoon, which will be a new reboot, will fit with the new movie or not. It's also odd to see Laird now distant (AFAIK his selling the IP was due to creative burnout and stress with the tight involvement he had with the franchise during the 2000s) while Eastman is back on board. Guess they'll switch places again in a few years? :p

I doubt it'll be a tie-in. People just like making new series of an old cartoon when a movie version comes out (see: GI Joe, Transformers, etc.).

I enjoyed this theory for awhile◊.