One of these days they'll go back to black April like she was in the original Mirage comics. That'll REALLY turn some heads.
Though she's probably too entrenched as a yellow jumpsuit wearing redhead at this point to ever go back.
One of these days they'll go back to black April like she was in the original Mirage comics. That'll REALLY turn some heads.
Though she's probably too entrenched as a yellow jumpsuit wearing redhead at this point to ever go back.
@RobbyBevard:
One of these days they'll go back to black April like she was in the original Mirage comics. That'll REALLY turn some heads.
Though she's probably too entrenched as a yellow jumpsuit wearing redhead at this point to ever go back.
head is turned. O.O
looks at april action figure eahhhhu. that looks like a mix between Doug (cartoon) and Supergirl (animated)
head is turned. O.O
Early on, the way she's drawn, lips, frizzy hair, and toning (and the fact she's based on a real person…) she was supposed to be black. But then, the first time she appeared on a cover the colorist made her white, and that was pre-digital so there was no real way to fix that, and then the cartoon came and... so it went.
Google is completely failing to provide black and white pictures, however.
Here's the cover where they got it wrong... and a version I adjusted real quick. Its pretty obvious when its side by side.
Metalhead! Leatherhead! Baxter Stockman in an Exo-suit? And I reeeeeeally wanna call that wolf-mutant Rahzar. Splinter's paintjob is interesting too, definitely a switch from the usual all-grey/brown look he's typically had. And holy smokes, Shredder is HUGE.
I choose to reserve judgement on Teen!April until I see her. And I'm still waiting for my Casey Jones sneak peek; he can't NOT be in show or get a toy. D:
In my opinion I like 2003 era (Seasons 1 - 5) April design the best, follow 87 series, then the comic verison of her.
I actually rather like he idea of teen April. It makes perfect sense. You tend to forget that the turtles are teenagers (despite it blatantly being in the title) because they usually act older, and are always portrayed by older actors providing the voices… and are actually in their 20's or 30's in most of the comics.
I don't care about her being a teen….she just looks, meh.
Although the teen thing kind of messes with the whole original idea of how she kinds of takes them in.
cosmic beat me to it.
i agree with ya cosmic on the "taking them in" they're probably gonna make their own story though. (for good or bad)
I know a lot of the One Piece guys here collect all those toys and figures and such. But do any of you have any of these? They are the most epic statues known to man. They come in colors or all red. I decided on the all red. But man these are just too cool. Waiting on Donatello and Leo.
I used to have the Mona Lisa action figure. I accidentally broke her arms off and had to super glue them T_T, no longer fully posable.
We now have some new screenshots from the new TMNT cartoon premiering this year. There's more here on Facebook.
Okay, still reserving full judgment on the art style until I see them in actual movement.
BUT. I have to say, I LOVE how they've actually given each turtle a separate, unique body shape (you can see it even better here than in the toy images). Tall, lanky Donatello is all kinds of adorable, and Raphael is short, but built like a goddamn tank. I can't decide if I like Donny's tooth-gap or not, but a freckled Mikey is always a good thing for me.
Looks like Shredder's face is seriously F'd up under his mask too. Thanks to Splinter, or something else?…
Hmm, there are marked differences between the promo images and those screenshots in how the Turtles look. I'm hoping the video is just some kind of Pre-vis clip to give folks an idea of what the final product will look like.
Looks like the got Banjo Kazooied, Nut and Bolted.
It's different, but not bad, looking forward to how it turns out.
So, Michelangelo's nunchucks has a reaper-switch blade in one of the handles….
Donatello's gap......er.....
But I do love that their weapon sheaths and hand wrappings are all different.
Word has been out the turtles will use more than just their signature weapons.
i think i really dislike it. then again I bitched till I was blue in the face at the art for spectacular spider man and it turned out to be a really good show.
I still think of the following every time I see their eyes:
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The new TMNT Movie will be opening on Christmas 2013.
So apparently the Turtles are aliens in the movie.
Fuck you Michael Bay.
He might've did "research" and watched one of the old movies, but accidently grabbed this instead;
The turtles coming from alien science is fine, that was always in the origin. But aliens themselves… No.
So apparently the Turtles are aliens in the movie.
…...................
I have no words to describe this.
So apparently the Turtles are aliens in the movie.
Wails like a baby
MICHEAL BAY IS RUINING EVERYTHING I LOVE! EVERYTHING!!!
i love how robby says it all. you just need to put a "^ THIS" in your sig for us robby.
Ninja Turtles were never the big of a part of my childhood, but even I feel like my heart is being torn. What the fuck, Michael Bay?
Transformers 4 (Reboot): The Transformers are AI machines built by the US govt? -____-
Can I kill Bay now? Because this is just fucking stupid.
Seriously… just no.
This movie doesn't need expolsion mania. That and the turtles being aliens is my main major problem about this movie. How the hell will Splinter's origin story will freaking work with the turtles being aliens.
. . . . . . . . does Bay not understand ANYTHING about childhood nostalgia?
He screwed up Transformers but at least (from what I can tell) kept the general lore intact. But this? The fan blowback is going to be worse than ever.
@RobbyBevard:
The turtles coming from alien science is fine, that was always in the origin. But aliens themselves… No.
Actually…
"Turtles are from an alien race"
Turtles are from Ooze
Ooze from Alien Race
Turtles are from Alien Race!
What's the chances...?
Michelangelo blows off another aliens head with a shotgun.
"Cowabunga motherFUCKER!"
I'm half expecting them to not be ninjas…and to be named after rappers rather than artists.
Well, to make a quip about how "Yo, italians are lame, whys we gotta have these stupid names!" at least.
"Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world." ~Micheal Bay (Source)
Will that richer world involve more dog humping, I wonder?
"Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world." ~Micheal Bay (Source)
Because fans totally trust anything Michael Bay says at this point.
I have this feeling that Bay is working with Bebop and Rocksteady to make this the worst movie ever.
Boy howdy I can't wait to go to a TMNT movie to see the bland and probably offensively stereotyped human characters that'll take up 80-90% of the movie time.
I like that he doesn't even say which creator. I mean, Laird was burned out and sold it to Nick in the first place… (after spearheading the awesome 2K3 toon) while Eastman sold off his share back in the 90's, and the new comic is the first time he's been around the property at all in 15 years.
So, neither one of them are a huge linchpin of authenticity and passion at this point... and the first movie adapted the original comics about as well as they could be adapted. So...?
"Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world." ~Micheal Bay (Source)
Thank god for that!! This movie's kick MAJOR ass! Just like transformers Revenge of the fallen did! I'm so happy we can trust Mr Bay with this, he's the best director anyway isn't he! I'm sooo looking forward to the richer world! It's gonna be just like the New world in One piece, but with turtles! /sarcasm
"Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world." ~Micheal Bay (Source)
Wow, could he be more condescending?! He doesn't even offer up an explanation (cuz The Bay is never wrong!) just a thinly veiled "I got this".
Hey Micheal, remember how in every interview you swore up and down that Megatron was NOT in Revenge of the Fallen?…..cuz I do.
I think the most offensive thing about that quote towards the fans is the sense of entitlement. Like, Michael Bay has earned the right to tell fans to settle down and give him the benefit of the doubt.
I don't think I have to point out he hasn't earned anything of the sort.
Please don't confuse me for a Micheal Bay Supporter, but he has turned a previously non-mainstream cartoon series into a block buster mega-franchise.
On the other end of the spectrum…
He did so by alienated the fan based and dumping it down; but he does know what he's doing with making money.
Well I don't think anyone can deny that Michael Bay knows how to make money. He is very capable of doing that since last I checked more than a fair amount of his films make absurd amounts of money.
The issue I have from the statement Bay made is that he feels like that has earned him the right to tell fans to chill when fans are the very people alienates first. Just because he made terrible films that grossed millions does not give him any kind of benefit of the doubt for the next childhood franchise he's about to rape. And I want to be proven wrong on this, I want to see a TMNT film by him that is at least adequate. However I have no basis to believe that this film is going to be anything other than a train wreck.
http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/why-the-ninja-turtles-should-be-aliens-6039138
Relevant and hilarious.
"I won't be surprise at all when I watch a love story between a young girl named April O'Neil and a young man named Casey Jones - With turtles jumping in the background."
And lol the super-sterotypicaly American ninja turtles actually being aliens
Screens from the TV Show:
http://ridersrangersandrambles.com/2012/02/16/new-nick-tmnt-screencaps/
@Thousand:
http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/why-the-ninja-turtles-should-be-aliens-6039138
Relevant and hilarious.
lol, 4 explosions wearing masks.
"I won't be surprise at all when I watch a love story between a young girl named April O'Neil and a young man named Casey Jones - With turtles jumping in the background."
- some commenter on ign
That actually sounds like a better movie then we'll actually get.
i can agree with doug except, then we'd be supporting this crap by going and just encouraging him to do more.
Screens from the TV Show:
http://ridersrangersandrambles.com/2012/02/16/new-nick-tmnt-screencaps/
I've been trying really really hard to like the new designs, but they're not getting better every view… they're getting worst. I think the main problem (aside from Donny's face completely) is that they have very little noses... Turtles have always had big noses.
See, I added noses on to the models, looks 100% time better.