The TMNT Trailer Thread!

[Thundercrack85]

I'm surprised by the fact that it actually looked like it might not be awful.

I mean, it's going to take a while to get used to the designs... but some of the stuff they showed actually looked promising.

I don't have any issue with the turtles having superhuman strength. I always assumed they had that, with the way they move around the city effortlessly by jumping from building to building.

As a kid, I actually wondered about that in the second movie, because the other mutants had noticeable superhuman strength.

 

[MoPlaYa]

My only complaint with the trailer was that we really only see Leo and Mikey.. We barely even see Raph and Donnie and never a good look at their face. They should of had at least one shot of all four Turtles together.

 

[bullets]

Watching the new nicktoons show with the car chases(bay) and floating aliens ships(bay) and laser beams and explosions(bay), robots(bay) giant creatures and what not.

I wouldn't have guessed this was a ninja assassin like movie brand incapable of the stuff in this trailer. Then again I don't know that much about the lore.

There's really no limit when it comes to the cartoons. It can get really strange. The door is wide open for stuff you would normally see in a Bay film.

 

[bullets]

Well, it seems to me, when it comes to cartoons and movies, once the Shredder gets taken out for good, the stories start to lose steam. And, it also seems like we will forever be stuck with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, when I think it would be nice that they at least celebrate their 21st birthdays.

In the Nick toon, it's going on halfway through second season, and the boys are still 15.

It would be funny to see them eating pizza and drinking beer in the later films. I feel the same way about Bart and Lisa Simpson. Let them age!

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

Very enjoyable, the only thing that concerns me is the middle-aged white scientist Shredder. Makes one wonder why they didn't just give us Baxter Stockman as the villain in this while saving Saki (erm....I mean Sachs) for the sequel.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

I don't think shredder will be a scientist.
They might have been working together,but April's dad was probably the real brains behind the whole thing and he wherever he went(Died? turned into splinter?) he took the "hero" makin' knowhow with him.

 

[Ipodman]

April's dad probably turned into Splinter. Then you can have the Professor X / Magneto thing

 

[The Bruce]

I just saw the trailer on a big tv (my first looks were on a tablet). It was easy to see the action an not at all transfomers blured. Mikey has the right personality. Can't wait now

 

[FrostBite]

I just saw the trailer on a big tv (my first looks were on a tablet). It was easy to see the action an not at all transfomers blured. Mikey has the right personality. Can't wait now

...Welp, I don't know why I didn't think to put it on the 55in but I know what I am doing after my workout. t:

 

[titansupes]

It disappoints me they didn't go the Hellboy route to bring the Turtles to life.

Still, looks okay.

 

[Nathan]

I don't have any issue with the turtles having superhuman strength. I always assumed they had that, with the way they move around the city effortlessly by jumping from building to building.

But doesn't basically every Ninja do that in the cartoon? Heck, look at every other super hero cartoon with characters like even Batman. The way he jumps like 12 feet into the air, over a giant robot, and he's supposed to be a regular human. They always fudge with the physics in cartoons to make it look cool.

 

[Marvin]

In the new nick series, several characters are mutated by the ooze. In the case of 3 in particular, you have super skilled ninja humans that are mutated into giant or hulk like monsters and their ninja skills remain. That includes their ability to sneak around.

Then there is spike the turtles, also giant hulk like, and still with the sneaking.

If they turned shredder into a hulk like creature, I have few doubts he'd still have his capacities as a ninja. That's just the logic of this universe. It's not robocop.

 

[Zaron]

The thing is, you don't have real physics in a cartoon. In the real world, being gigantic and heavy makes it difficult to move around quickly and quietly. The added realism is really going to work against that decision.

Besides, even if it could work, I've still yet to hear a convincing reason why turning the turtles into massive beasts is a good idea. What exactly was so wrong with them being small?

 

[Travesty]

This isn't a Nolan TMNT. I don't think you have to worry about realism in this.

 

[Zaron]

Sure didn't look like any cartoon I've ever seen. I must have missed the Pixar credit.

 

[Travesty]

Are you trying to say every live action movie is realistic?

 

[Nathan]

I can accept the artistic change, but I simply don't like how they seem so heavy and loud. And don't give me that they didn't need to hide anymore excuse, or that they didn't need to be quiet because there's no one on the roof at that hour. If you're a Ninja by heart, your keep your Ninja grace, even when you're spotted. Unless you make the conscious decision to intimidate your enemy, and decide to make the ground crack as you land. And I don't think Leo tried to intimidate timid and defenseless April.

Hopefully they'll give us some of this with the next Trailer.

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[Zaron]

Are you trying to say every live action movie is realistic?

No, but I did say the added realism will work against that decision.

 

[Travesty]

No, but I did say the added realism will work against that decision.

I'm seeing hulking mutant turtles that defy physics....I'm not really seeing this "added realism" you speak of.

 

[Zaron]

I'm seeing hulking mutant turtles that defy physics....I'm not really seeing this "added realism" you speak of.

Hence why I jokingly compared it to a cartoon. Just because this isn't as realistic as a Nolan movie doesn't mean it can behave like a cartoon. There's live action actors in this. It has to adhere to a certain level of realism.

 

[Marvin]

Hence why I jokingly compared it to a cartoon. Just because this isn't as realistic as a Nolan movie doesn't mean it can behave like a cartoon. There's live action actors in this. It has to adhere to a certain level of realism.

It has to adhere to it's own logic.
More to the point defying realism is what works for the premise. Point case, batman 'impossibly' sneaking away from the people he talks to even in a bank vault. One could say that works against the realism nolan is going for. Inversely one could say that works for the premise of batman being a super skilled ninja all the more.

If you want everything to 'work' for the realism than you may as well start complaining about just what it is the ooze has done to these turtles.

Till then, seeing 6foot turtles do cool ninja things adds to the premise that they must have some serious ninja skills to sneak around when they want to.

 

[Loki882]

The thing is, Nolan's Batman movies weren't really "realistic." He wanted to make them as "grounded" as possible given the source material, but it was still very much a heightened reality. And this is a franchise about giant freaking mutated turtles who were taught advanced martial arts by a giant mutated rat and has a street vigilante who uses sport's equipment as his gimmick. "Realism" went out the window A LONG TIME ago. My only concern with their size is how "stealthy" they will be given how gigantic they are.

 

[DaveMoral]

The thing is, Nolan's Batman movies weren't really "realistic." He wanted to make them as "grounded" as possible given the source material, but it was still very much a heightened reality. And this is a franchise about giant freaking mutated turtles who were taught advanced martial arts by a giant mutated rat and has a street vigilante who uses sport's equipment as his gimmick. "Realism" went out the window A LONG TIME ago. My only concern with their size is how "stealthy" they will be given how gigantic they are.

The street vigilante that uses sports equipment is probably one of the most realistic things about TMNT, for a guy with no money and living in the 'hood.

 

[bullets]

This isn't a Nolan TMNT. I don't think you have to worry about realism in this.

This is not a fair comparison. It's already a ridiculous premise but you have to have certain limitations to make them believable. It's easier to identify with them when you add realism. The first feature pulled this off and is still great fun.

That being said , I really hope we get another round of Super Shredder.



Also you can bet your bottom dollar the size will be a running joke similar to Bale's grovely Batman voice. My girlfriend actually brought up the manhole thing to me and I mentioned it here. Also friends have said it. It's a thing.

 

[Loki882]

The street vigilante that uses sports equipment is probably one of the most realistic things about TMNT, for a guy with no money and living in the 'hood.

And if this were in any way a "realistic" universe, Casey would have died his first night out when some gang member blew his brains out. So no, it's not "realistic." But it is cool-looking.