***WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS***
I'm pretty sure everyone is familiar with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the remake/reboot/re-imagining/whatever Micheal Bay is doing of the 1990 original movie. Or if you weren't familiar with them before last year -- or was it the year before? -- when Bay dared to mention the words "turtles", "not mutants", and "aliens" in the same sentence, then I'm gonna assume you are now thanks to the unholy hell unleashed upon Bay by hundreds of thousands of TMNT fans via the internet. Myself, included ^_^
After Bay later responded to the fans and announced the Turtles would be of alien origins and would indeed be very, very mutated there really hasn't been much news for the movie. Except that Megan Fox is playing April O'Neil, the Shredder is now a white guy, and the Foot Clan is looking more akin to the Japanese yakuza than an army of killer, ninja thieves, but most people like pretend that this just isn't happening.
Although, honestly, the Foot thing is almost forgivable because the yakuza is Japanese, at least, and almost makes sense because they're, like, the largest organized crime unit in the world right now.
Anyway, last week a picture of a quite horrendous-looking TMNT Michelangelo children's costume surfaced on the web as a piece of supposed concept art for the new movie. The image horrified millions of TMNT fans and left countless others scratching their heads in confusion. How else does one react when you find out the Turtles are gonna look like this?
I'm pretty sure everyone is familiar with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the remake/reboot/re-imagining/whatever Micheal Bay is doing of the 1990 original movie. Or if you weren't familiar with them before last year -- or was it the year before? -- when Bay dared to mention the words "turtles", "not mutants", and "aliens" in the same sentence, then I'm gonna assume you are now thanks to the unholy hell unleashed upon Bay by hundreds of thousands of TMNT fans via the internet. Myself, included ^_^
After Bay later responded to the fans and announced the Turtles would be of alien origins and would indeed be very, very mutated there really hasn't been much news for the movie. Except that Megan Fox is playing April O'Neil, the Shredder is now a white guy, and the Foot Clan is looking more akin to the Japanese yakuza than an army of killer, ninja thieves, but most people like pretend that this just isn't happening.
Although, honestly, the Foot thing is almost forgivable because the yakuza is Japanese, at least, and almost makes sense because they're, like, the largest organized crime unit in the world right now.
Anyway, last week a picture of a quite horrendous-looking TMNT Michelangelo children's costume surfaced on the web as a piece of supposed concept art for the new movie. The image horrified millions of TMNT fans and left countless others scratching their heads in confusion. How else does one react when you find out the Turtles are gonna look like this?
Let's be honest, it looks pretty bad. And what's with the bling and stuff? I mean, where would Mikey get this stuff -- Ron Jon's? He lives in a sewer, for crying out loud!
The next day, however, fans were appeased when a new image surfaced. This time the Turtles were depicted using figurines:
The next day, however, fans were appeased when a new image surfaced. This time the Turtles were depicted using figurines:
Then even more images were released, so we get a look at the other Turtles.
I'll admit, they look pretty good as far as the whole "realistic Turtles" thing goes. They look very much mutated and turtle-ish. But I'm still having a hard time looking past Donnie's gadget-pack and all the other additional stuff that I guess was just thrown on to the give Turtles more personality. I mean, I know people throw away some pretty cool stuff, but if they've never, ever set foot above ground, then how are they getting this stuff? I know a lot of people like to hate on New Yorkers, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be dumb enough to throw high-tech computer gear into the sewer.
That aside, no amount of awesome graphics can make a movie good as far as the story goes, which has been proven again and again by countless Bay haters. If the rest of the movie sucks, then having badass Turtles is sort of a moot point and money down the drain, unfortunately. Whether or not the rest of the movie lives up to the awesomeness of these Turtle figurines, we will just have to wait and see.
Til then, I'm just gonna kick back and enjoy the awesome new TMNT cartoon series that's been airing Nickelodeon and hope for the best.
That aside, no amount of awesome graphics can make a movie good as far as the story goes, which has been proven again and again by countless Bay haters. If the rest of the movie sucks, then having badass Turtles is sort of a moot point and money down the drain, unfortunately. Whether or not the rest of the movie lives up to the awesomeness of these Turtle figurines, we will just have to wait and see.
Til then, I'm just gonna kick back and enjoy the awesome new TMNT cartoon series that's been airing Nickelodeon and hope for the best.
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