Do you think the new Ninja Turtles movie will be good?

[NinjaTurtleFan]

Just some thoughts:

Personally, I still want the old Jim Henson-man-in-suit costumes along with some CGI thrown in, but they're making a full CGI-made movie and it's supposed to be as dark as the old comics but still having that oldschool humor of the classics.

[Mr. Walters]

I am dissapointed with the total CGI approach. I could see CGI Turtles and Splinter but everything in CGI? I'm not crazy about that, but I love anything and everything Turtles so I am really excited about this movie. If it keeps the same gritty feel of the old comics and the original movie then, CGI or not, I will like it.

[jimmylace]

animatronic/puppets are a dying breed....it would be much more expensive to do these days than say when the first tmnt movie came out.

Also, there are alot more possibilities with cameras and superpower moves ina CGI approach *just look at the new trailer*

Although, I still don't know whether this will be a good movie.....it all depends on how well the story and dialogue is written.....if it's anything like the previous movies then they can forget it. It's funny how many ppl think tmnt 1 is an amazing movie...yeah sure it was in 89 when you were a kid but if you watch it nowadays it's really pretty bad....

[The Villain]

I hope that we get a classic TMNT baddie going up against the green team and I would love to see aan updated version of Rat King.

Shredder is main badguy but he was used for the two previous films.

Anyone else suitable since is its all CGI maybe Krang as boss villain would be cool?

:eek:

[Chris Wallace]

No on Krang.
As for the movie itself, hard to say. I liked the TMNT comic but could never really stay interested for long. Same w/the most recent cartoon series. It's so limited that after a while it just becomes repetitive.

[Spider-Bite]

I hope it's good. I want it to be, and I'm looking forward to it. I was kind of hoping that they would look how they looked in the original comic book, and less how they looked in the cartoon.

[WallCrawl]

I am dissapointed with the total CGI approach. I could see CGI Turtles and Splinter but everything in CGI? I'm not crazy about that, but I love anything and everything Turtles so I am really excited about this movie. If it keeps the same gritty feel of the old comics and the original movie then, CGI or not, I will like it.

If you listen to the audio from the Comicon panel, Munroe says the execs weren't even too keen on making a new Turtles movie in the first place. Many of them thought the franchise was dead. The attraction of a much cheaper to produce CGI film was a much keener sell, and pretty much helped guarantee we even got a new TMNT movie at all.

[Chris Wallace]

They pretty much look like they did in the previous films.
The only real similarity to the cartoon look, IMO, is the different color masks.

[QuailMan]

The preview looked decent, IMO.

[CConn]

I really don't know nearly enough about it to say, but I certainly hope it's good. The teaser trailer really seemed to capture the mood of the first film well, and the CGI was pretty strong, so I'm looking forward to it.

[Captain Kirk]

I am very happy with the teaser, and am looking forward to the film. Is this a kind of Batman Begins restart, or are they already established when the movie starts?

[Mr. Walters]

The trailer makes Michaelangelo look like a dumbass. I hope that isn't the case throughout the whole movie or I'll be very dissapointed.

[ShadowBoxing]

Could be cool, hopefully it will perserve the feel of the comic more than the show or previous films.

[CConn]

The trailer makes Michaelangelo look like a dumbass. I hope that isn't the case throughout the whole movie or I'll be very dissapointed.I just assumed that to be a random joke to pull the whole teaser together. To just assume he's going to be a dumbass in the film simply because of that is...rather odd.
I am very happy with the teaser, and am looking forward to the film. Is this a kind of Batman Begins restart, or are they already established when the movie starts?Supposedly it's going to be a sequel to the first two movies. Sorta like SR was.

[fireflyman]

I am very happy with the teaser, and am looking forward to the film. Is this a kind of Batman Begins restart, or are they already established when the movie starts?
Don't quote me on this, nor do I remember where I read it, but I read somewhere that it's supposed to followup (timewise) after the third live action fim.

I like the style they're using.

[The Kid]

as a major fan of the realistic approach the first movie took, I'm dissapointed in the complete cgi they're doing now. the humans will probably look as freaky as the turtles will and it'll probably be fun and all but lack that special quality only live action can have. I just don't know now whether a shredder-less story is going to appeeal to me either.

[Bruce_Wayne29]

I hope it's good but I don't like the CGI approach or the look they have in this movie. Would have much prefered a live action movie in style of the first one which was great in my opinion.

[XCharlieX]

lol i remember these. I used to watch the live action turtles films when i was a kid. My tastes have evolved since then.

Man, nobodys mentioned these films in a decade lol

[Chris Wallace]

I really don't know nearly enough about it to say, but I certainly hope it's good. The teaser trailer really seemed to capture the mood of the first film well, and the CGI was pretty strong, so I'm looking forward to it.
That's how I see it.

[Octoberist]

animatronic/puppets are a dying breed....it would be much more expensive to do these days than say when the first tmnt movie came out.

Also, there are alot more possibilities with cameras and superpower moves ina CGI approach *just look at the new trailer*

Although, I still don't know whether this will be a good movie.....it all depends on how well the story and dialogue is written.....if it's anything like the previous movies then they can forget it. It's funny how many ppl think tmnt 1 is an amazing movie...yeah sure it was in 89 when you were a kid but if you watch it nowadays it's really pretty bad....

Although animatronics are not used that often, they are still effective as all hell.

Look at Hellboy for example.

Whatever it's CGI or animatronics, they have to get the right people. Compare Jim Henson's work on the first movie to the poop that was done in the third movie.

Compare Davy Jones or Gollum to the likes of the Scorpion King from Mummy Returns.

[Octoberist]

The trailer makes Michaelangelo look like a dumbass. I hope that isn't the case throughout the whole movie or I'll be very dissapointed.

Mikey has always been the goofy one, from the original comics to the old cartoons and movies, to the new cartoon. To my knowledge, how limited it may seem.

I don't care what people say: You can never ever have the "Original" Ninja Turtles with the grim and violence. You're going to have a blend of both the original comics and their later incarnations. Honesty, I don't mind since I grew up with the 80s cartoons.

The first movie captured both the cartoons and comics rather well.

[iceberg325]

I think the movie will be good. I would love to see the turtles done live action again, but I guess the CGI will do. I cant wait to see shredder!!!!!! I also hope rocksteady and bebop are in it!!!!

[deathshead2]

I think the movie will be good. I would love to see the turtles done live action again, but I guess the CGI will do. I cant wait to see shredder!!!!!! I also hope rocksteady and bebop are in it!!!!If their in it theres no way in hell I will ever see this new movie.Oh and Shredder isn't in it but karia is.

[deathshead2]

It's funny how many ppl think tmnt 1 is an amazing movie...yeah sure it was in 89 when you were a kid but if you watch it nowadays it's really pretty bad....I was never born in the 80s and never saw the movie until about 01 and the movie is one of the better comic films out there today and the most entertain on repeat viewing.

[Mr. Walters]

Mikey has always been the goofy one, from the original comics to the old cartoons and movies, to the new cartoon. To my knowledge, how limited it may seem.

I don't care what people say: You can never ever have the "Original" Ninja Turtles with the grim and violence. You're going to have a blend of both the original comics and their later incarnations. Honesty, I don't mind since I grew up with the 80s cartoons.

The first movie captured both the cartoons and comics rather well.

But he was dumb even for Mikey. In the old cartoons he was the comic releif, but in the new cartoons he's...well...an idiot. We can still have fun loving, wisecraking, pizza scarfing, party dude Michaelangelo, but when the whole TMNT railer tries to paint them as bad ass, does he really need to land in a dumpster? How easy people forget that Michaelangelo one the Battle Nexus Championship...twice. Yet, he can't land on his feet...

[Mr. Walters]

Mikey has always been the goofy one, from the original comics to the old cartoons and movies, to the new cartoon. To my knowledge, how limited it may seem.

I don't care what people say: You can never ever have the "Original" Ninja Turtles with the grim and violence. You're going to have a blend of both the original comics and their later incarnations. Honesty, I don't mind since I grew up with the 80s cartoons.

The first movie captured both the cartoons and comics rather well.

But he was dumb even for Mikey. In the old cartoons he was the comic releif, but in the new cartoons he's...well...an idiot. We can still have fun loving, wisecraking, pizza scarfing, party dude Michaelangelo, but when the whole TMNT railer tries to paint them as bad ass, does he really need to land in a dumpster? How easy people forget that Michaelangelo won the Battle Nexus Championship...twice. Yet, he can't land on his feet...

[Mr. Walters]

Mikey has always been the goofy one, from the original comics to the old cartoons and movies, to the new cartoon. To my knowledge, how limited it may seem.

I don't care what people say: You can never ever have the "Original" Ninja Turtles with the grim and violence. You're going to have a blend of both the original comics and their later incarnations. Honesty, I don't mind since I grew up with the 80s cartoons.

The first movie captured both the cartoons and comics rather well.

But he was dumb even for Mikey. In the old cartoons he was the comic releif, but in the new cartoons he's...well...an idiot. We can still have fun loving, wisecraking, pizza scarfing, party dude Michaelangelo, but when the whole TMNT railer tries to paint them as bad ass, does he really need to land in a dumpster? How easy people forget that Michaelangelo won the Battle Nexus Championship...twice. Yet, he can't land on his feet...

[Isildur´s Heir]

I never read any TMNT comic and i´m not a big fan of the cartoons or the movies, but i really dig all the idea behind it.
The all having to figure they place in the world thing, while having the teenage urges and being humanoid turtles, really appeals to me.
I really hope they make it like a life action, and not dumb it down because it´s animation.
And i´m really at ease with the fact that is CGI insted of life action, sure i would prefer life action, but when the main characters are 4 turtles and a rat, i can live with that.

I don´t hope it to be good, i hope it to be great

[Orko Is King]

As long as the characters are all well-developed and it keeps with the tone of the 1st flick, it'll be good.

[TMNT_R_L]

As long as the characters are all well-developed and it keeps with the tone of the 1st flick, it'll be good.

I agree the 1st flick was great and if they keep to the roots it should be very good. I think this movie will surprise alot of people. Damn trailer surprised me and that was just a trailer.

[CConn]

But he was dumb even for Mikey. In the old cartoons he was the comic releif, but in the new cartoons he's...well...an idiot. We can still have fun loving, wisecraking, pizza scarfing, party dude Michaelangelo, but when the whole TMNT railer tries to paint them as bad ass, does he really need to land in a dumpster? How easy people forget that Michaelangelo won the Battle Nexus Championship...twice. Yet, he can't land on his feet...But him landing in the dumpster is really the centerpiece of the trailer. It gives it something funny, it gives it something unexpected. Without it, IMO, it'd be rather bland and unremarkable. And plus you gotta show that - to at least some degree - these are the classic Turtles that everyone remembers, and you can't really do that by just showing them as badass Ninjas.

[Mentok]

It could be good. Im still on the fence about it though.

[The Villain]

Anyone think Rat King could be the villain?

I've seen a new figure of him coming out soon and if Shredder is not in it then Rat King could be just as good.

I hope theres a good enemy otherwise I can forget seeing it aswell.

Rat King? Krang? General Blanque? all good enemies but which one would be suitable?

:eek:

[antariksh]

Hell YA this is going to be the coolest most action packed animated movie of all time.

[Mr. Walters]

But him landing in the dumpster is really the centerpiece of the trailer. It gives it something funny, it gives it something unexpected. Without it, IMO, it'd be rather bland and unremarkable. And plus you gotta show that - to at least some degree - these are the classic Turtles that everyone remembers, and you can't really do that by just showing them as badass Ninjas.

I understand that but, why must they always make him look stupid? It[s insulting. The trailer could have worked if they all landed on their feet, except Donatello came flying in on some machine he invented or something. Ir even Mike landing with a pizza. But the dumpster? I don't know...

[GhostPoet]

From what I can see...it seems to be taking all the elements of what makes the Turtles so enjoyable. Mike landing in the dumpster tells us they ARE going to keep things pure. They are not going to stray from the source material.
I just fear for the voices in the actual movie...I hope they dont' change much.

[CrypticOne]

Just some thoughts:

Personally, I still want the old Jim Henson-man-in-suit costumes along with some CGI thrown in, but they're making a full CGI-made movie and it's supposed to be as dark as the old comics but still having that oldschool humor of the classics.

I think the new TMNT movie will be good, it should be awesome. Just imagine what the Turtles can do in CGI.

[Octoberist]

the only bad thing is that Kevin Monroe, to me anyway, is kinda unproven as a director and a writer. I've never seen any of his previous work, so I'm on the fence on his talents.

Or maybe he'll be like the guy who made Monster house and that was a great movie.

[WallCrawl]

I understand that but, why must they always make him look stupid? It[s insulting. The trailer could have worked if they all landed on their feet, except Donatello came flying in on some machine he invented or something. Ir even Mike landing with a pizza. But the dumpster? I don't know...

I really do think you're worrying too much. I thought it was fairly obvious that the gag was a throwaway joke just for the trailer. If you listen to the comicon panel audio, Munroe talks about the comedy of the upcoming movie not relying on pratfalls and such.

Did anyone actually even listen to the comicon audio?

[Mr. Walters]

I didn't even know about it. Well, I just assumed the new movie was in the same vein as the new cartoon, which DOES make Mike an idiot.

[WallCrawl]

I didn't even know about it. Well, I just assumed the new movie was in the same vein as the new cartoon, which DOES make Mike an idiot.

Give it a listen. I found it pretty informative of the direction the new movie will take, as well as just generally interesting.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/tmntnews.php?id=4587

[Cyma]

I think kids will like this movie more......