Nick's TMNT

Sounds like that blurb got it's info from this song.

This will be Rob Paulsen's first job as a voice director!

edited 3rd Nov '17 12:55:39 PM by DS9guy

"Michelangelo, the youngest brother, an artist and awesome skateboarder"

Finally, one of the Turtles named after Renaissance figures will actually be an artist.

Also of note: Raphael is the leader this time. Not Leonardo.

edited 5th Nov '17 9:13:06 PM by kyun

I'm reminded of that rap song from the first live action movie that mistakenly billed Raph as the leader.

You mean the one I just linked to on this page?

edited 1st Feb '18 3:15:14 PM by WillKeaton

So does anyone have any guesses why they switched Raph and Leo's roles? P.S. I actually do like what they say they're doing with Mickey since in the original comic he wrote a novel while most adaptations just make him a catchphrase spewing dolt.

sorry didn't notice it.

I'm not opposed to switching the roles, but it sounds like they switched personalities too.

It's still possible that this is just a typo and Leo is supposed to be the leader.

We have character designs for Rise of the TMNT (source: Entertainment Weekly)

Group Shot

April

Splinter

edited 1st Feb '18 8:57:18 AM by Zarius

Seems a bit...overstylized.

Splinter looks high as shit.

I see April's been "diversified".

yeaaa, don't think I'll bother with this.

The 90s called, they want their everything back.

And its funny how it's Raph who's front and center and not Leo lol.

That's because Raph is a leader now.

Isn't that closer to original Mirage comic April? Or do I remember wrong

Yea, I figured that out after posting that.

Know HOW diversified they wanna be?? Apparently, the turtles will each be a different turtle species. Which now negates any rumor that they will stay brothers. Maybe unofficially. Some of their weapons are changed too, and I think the weapons, included April's BAT... now have mystical auras around them, making me think there's some powerful magic force empowering them.

... I am still hung up over why we need a new version of this after we JUST GOT one that ended!

I have no problem with April (and yes it is closer to the mirage comic) but Splinter just looks ugly and the turtles are too exaggerated.

The press release makes it sound like Raphael and Leonardo have also switched characterizations, too.

Which makes me wonder why they bothered with the leader shakeup when the dynamic will likely almost be the same, just with the names swapped. You might as well make Donatello the goofy prankster and Michelangelo the gadgeteer genius.

I admit I don't mind April's Race Lift, but I hate the character design.

edited 1st Feb '18 3:50:11 PM by Etheru

. . . Yeah the all look fucking weird. Might get hate for saying this, but I think even the Michael Bay Turtles with their Shrek faces look more appealing than these designs.

And its not just the Turtles. Splinter looks like a Master Shivu knock off. And April’s design looks weird with the glasses and puffy pigtails; seriously I’ve seen better race lifts of April on Tumblr . . . no seriously, there are and it would make a better design than this.

Also funny how somebody mentioned the 90s, as Ralphael looks like the second mutation forms of the turtles during the red sky season.

Funny story is that I actually kinda liked the designs for the Turtles in the Michael Bay movies, particularly the idea to give them outfits. My problem with the designs are the same as the pre-Age of Extinction Transformers ones, though; their outfits are way too overdesigned, but particularly Donatello, who seems to be wearing a bunch of tech crap that looks more like an impractical hindrance. I think Raphael and Michelangelo went in the right direction (I'd almost call Raph's design perfect), but think Leo should have worn something more like a Ninja gi.

The Shredder in this new one better not turn out to be a man-baby blaming his hangups on others.