The toys ladies and gentlemans.
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Mike face is going to give me nightmares.
I've seen what some of the G1 Turtle toys look like this isn't enough to convince even an Insomniac to stay awake.
The toys ladies and gentlemans.
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Mike face is going to give me nightmares.
I've seen what some of the G1 Turtle toys look like this isn't enough to convince even an Insomniac to stay awake.
Ooooh dear, they need to do a little work on Mikey's face. I laughed but not in a good way.
What's the deal with the shoes? They've been perfectly fine going barefoot all these years. And they aren't even protecting their whole feet.
Anyone getting a badass Sam Fisher vibe from Donatello?
^ Unless he's shimmying across pipes and interrogating mooks under threat of violence not…...yet.
Ooooh dear, they need to do a little work on Mikey's face. I laughed but not in a good way.
These are clearly beta/mock-ups. Not the final version.
The toys ladies and gentlemans.
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Mike face is going to give me nightmares.
Not a fan of Raph's design, it just looks like random bandages everywhere.
Synopsis of the footage that aired at CinemaCon
! It starts with William Fichtner (who plays Shredder) giving a gravely voice over and a God's-eye view of (what I'm presuming is) New York City at night. "Crime, violence and fear have run rampant. Our great state is being destroyed. People want justice restored…. people want heroes, Ms. O'Neil." Which means he's talking to Megan Fox's character O'Neil.
! Cut to shots of the sewers and members of the Foot Clan storming the sewers and running about on the streets. Note: The Foot have an interesting new look, the purple hood has been replaced with a shiny (ish) mask over the cloth hood. It's like a mask on top of a mask. The quick cuts in the sewer continue, and then you realize that April O'Neil is trying to record some sort of ninja happenings in a dark sewer with her iphone. Always the reporter, that April.
! Ficthner's voice over continues, "Heroes are not born, they're created… That was what your father and I were trying to do. Create heroes." WHAAAAAAT that means April O'Neil's father helped Shredder to create the Turtles which, WHAAAAT!!!!"
Cut to a shot of a laboratory with lots pipes and one giant clear cylinder. Exceptionally similar to TMNT-inspired toys and ooze sets.
! William Fichtner reappears to give a profile shot facing the mask of Shredder! The mask looks GREAT.
! A close up shot on a clear canister with the letters "TCRI" on the side which could stand for "Techno Global Research Industries" or "Techno Cosmic Research Institute," depending on which way this movie wants to take the science. And inside, beautiful green ooze!
Cut to a snow scene. The Turtles are sliding around down a snowy mountain. The scene is fast but it looks like they are using their shells for snowboards. One Turtle yells out "batter up!" So that's the first evidence that this movie adaptation is trying to capture the childlike innocence of the turtles. No one says cowabunga — which is sad, but I'm guessing that's probably been cut due to it being no longer culturally relevant.
! One turtle slides out on the mountain, and an Army truck cuts him off. He hits the truck shell first in slow motion and the whole thing just smashes to bits. It's very delightfully Michael Bay, in the best of ways. It looks like the truck kind of tickled the turtle.
And now the big reveal. April O'Neil is running away from something on a roof. Leonardo crashes down in front of her with a massive thud. She turns around and there's Michelangelo with his hands up pleading with April to stop, "Woah. It's just a mask, don't freak out." He takes off his tiny little orange mask revealing the face of a anthropomorphic turtle. With, really sweet cute baby eyes and amazing skin. "See?" April passes out. THE END.
! So April's father created the turtles, which is kind of a silly tie in that's not really that necessary because she's a reporter and thus already invested — but OK, WHATEVER. Shredder, played by Fichtner, is most likely going to be totally awesome. And also the Turtles are funny, and look like babies.
http://io9.com/we-saw-the-first-ninja-turtles-clips-and-their-origin-1550893638
The turtles really don't need an origin story. Again.
Like Superman, Spiderman, and Batman… I just don't see the point. Everyone knows their story. Recap it in 10 seconds then move on. They don't need to meet April for the first time. The cartoon reboots every couple years anyway.
dude. this thread still exists. XD
Why doesn't anyone here watch the 2012 cartoon. ya it's different. It's actually pretty good though.
^ Um people do watch the Nickelodeon series just no one discusses it most of the time.
aww. but it's so fun. and unique and different. They've got their own Erma now. and an ice cream kitty! april is freaking awesome. and so is karai. i think this is the coolest version of splinter yet.
Yeah the Episode with the Return of The Rat King was another nice episode showing how badass Splinter is.
Nick's TMNT: Turtles are fun, action is good, humor is good, mutants are cool, humans are very, very creepy.
Man, I thought the new trailer was going to be released today, I guess it was only at the con?
i seen it on facebook…it was pretty lame.
And now it's on youtube.
Teenage Mutant Explosions Turtles!!!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Goombas
The action scenes looks confusing as the Transformers movies.
Those turtles are just scary looking.
Not sure if its the tiny eyes, the giant nostrils, or the lips… but they just look wrong.
Yes, they look like the hideous Shrek babies.
Bay isn't even directing this one, so why does it look just like Transformers?
Oops, looks like the filmmakers spilled some Bay over the film and forgot to clean it.
It IS exactly like a Transformers trailer. XD
So, is April just going to make that same face the whole movie?
Well, I'll wait and see what the reviews are like.
Mikey's voice sounds familiar…
Oh… oh god...
I expected BAD, but I never expected THIS...
So, we're all thinking the same thing - are these Shrek's kids after they grew up? Will Donkey be in the movie? Are the jokes ogre-ific?
@Aru:
Oh… oh god...
I expected BAD, but I never expected THIS...
So, we're all thinking the same thing - are these Shrek's kids after they grew up? Will Donkey be in the movie? Are the jokes ogre-ific?
:ninja:
C'mon guys lets find the silver lining.
…
The mask joke was almost funny.
...
Well that's all I got.
you know what would make a better movie. the shrek babies grow up and become super heros. there. blam. movie rewrote. it's now 20x better.
You know I wish Bay went with the Alien angle. He could have reworked the name and we could have simply pretended that our childhood didn't get Bay-ified.
I think what makes them look really weird is the eyebrows, lips and prominent nose. They've never given any of those features to the Turtles before as far as I can remember.
There better be a giant rat and easily defeated foot soldiers in this movie.
@Aru:
Oh… oh god...
I expected BAD, but I never expected THIS...
So, we're all thinking the same thing - are these Shrek's kids after they grew up? Will Donkey be in the movie? Are the jokes ogre-ific?
I think this is one of those few times we agree on something.
I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. Even as a producer Michael Bay just can't keep his icky fingers out of it.
The set up is stupid (the turtles are NOT made on purpose!), April is a one-note freaky-face, I'm not getting the impression that the Shredder is Oroku Saki, so far all we've seen is CGI-heavy action scenes (well, not counting the fact that the turtles themselves are CGI), and as we have all agreed by now: the turtles are ugly as hell. In a bad way.
If I don't see a Splinter in the next trailer I'm taking a sniper rifle to Michael Bay's house.
@Capt:
You know I wish Jonathan Liebesman went with the Alien angle. He could have reworked the name and we could have simply pretended that our childhood didn't get Liebesman-ified.
If I don't see a Splinter in the next trailer I'm taking a sniper rifle to Jonathan Liebesman's house.
Fixed that for ya
Shredder's not Oroku Saki, he's "Eric Sachs"
No I don't know why
Another blasphemy added to the list then.
Fixed that for ya
The director in this case is an adjunct, you know this is all Michael Bay's work.
Maybe this will go like the Transformers outing and have vastly superior cartoons made because of it.
We've already got a nice cartoon going. We don't need this shitty movie!!
Having rewatched the trailer I can pinpoint ONE scene I liked: the one where they're sliding down the snow on the mountain and Donatello(?) throws Leonardo(?) around on his staff into the car. Of course it was hard to see what was happening because everything was so hectic.
The director in this case is an adjunct, you know this is all Michael Bay's work.
…no. No we don't.
I am completely fascinated by how people are so hellbent on villifying Micheal Bay. I get that the guys a pompus ass and has made movies people don't like, but this thing where people are associating everything they don't like in this trailer directly to him is ridiculous. Steven Spielberg was the Producer for the Transformers movies, yet you don't see people complaining about how Spielberg ruined their childhoods or destroyed franchises they hold dear. No that's the great Satan, Micheal Bay:Raper of Childhoods (tm). Yet while his name is associated in the same way with this movie at Spielberg's was with Transformers, he gets the same blame as he did when he was the director bringing his vision to the screen.
I actually think it's just Mikey seems to have a wider face compared to leo cuz to me leo looks fine
idk might just be because mikey was shown closer up
…no. No we don't.
I am completely fascinated by how people are so hellbent on villifying Micheal Bay. I get that the guys a pompus ass and has made movies people don't like, but this thing where people are associating everything they don't like in this trailer directly to him is ridiculous. Steven Spielberg was the Producer for the Transformers movies, yet you don't see people complaining about how Spielberg ruined their childhoods or destroyed franchises they hold dear. No that's the great Satan, Micheal Bay:Raper of Childhoods (tm). Yet while his name is associated in the same way with this movie at Spielberg's was with Transformers, he gets the same blame as he did when he was the director bringing his vision to the screen.
The difference is you can't see any of Spielberg's signatures in the final Transformers product.
Here, we can see elements that scream of Bay's style, or at least his influence. The designs, the action scene style, the explosions, the casting… Even if his name wasn't attached, the creative decisions involved are pretty clearly trying to mimick what the Transformers movies did (perhaps rightly so given they make a billion dollars) and it looks to be in the same ballpark.
I see what you're saying, but I still see it as more of the director mimicing what "worked" for Bay in the past. Like a new up and coming comic book artist imitating Rob Liefeld.
EDIT: and it can be argued that the whole "Boy and his car" element of the first TF movie was absolutely Spielbergian. I don't care what anyone says, Bernie Mac's entire segment was GOLD.
Steven Spielberg was the Producer for the Transformers movies, yet you don't see people complaining about how Spielberg ruined their childhoods or destroyed franchises they hold dear.
That's because he didn't, though he came close with being involved in Indiana Jones 4 and his insistence on having guns replaced by radios in E.T.
We've already got a nice cartoon going. We don't need this shitty movie!!.
Each Turtles series had a movie to go with it so I'd blame trends if I were you.
Good Lord, what have they done to the Turtles?!!!?
And what's worse is that they gave it such a generic, by-the-book trailer. I'll probably rent it a year later just to see how bad it is.
I guess they were going for realistic but yeesh
Certainly not a fan of the turtles' design. They look too serious.
I think this is one of those few times we agree on something.
I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. Even as a producer Michael Bay just can't keep his icky fingers out of it.
The set up is stupid (the turtles are NOT made on purpose!), April is a one-note freaky-face, I'm not getting the impression that the Shredder is Oroku Saki, so far all we've seen is CGI-heavy action scenes (well, not counting the fact that the turtles themselves are CGI), and as we have all agreed by now: the turtles are ugly as hell. In a bad way.
If I don't see a Splinter in the next trailer I'm taking a sniper rifle to Michael Bay's house.
The turtles are not full CGI. They made them with motion capture, pretty much like Gollum in the Lord of the Rings. But of course some of the scenes will be full CGI because of the action.
If the fights are good i can see myself liking for what it is. I hope we see Ralph in the next trailer, he must be insanely huge. I want to see if the rumor that the fights are "a la raid" style is thruth.
But yeah, for the ones that think that this is not full Bay, just watch the trailer again and see if any other name that his, is on the screen before the trailer ends.
The turtles are not full CGI. They made them with motion capture, pretty much like Gollum in the Lord of the Rings. But of course some of the scenes will be full CGI because of the action.
Motion Capture or not, that is still full CG. Lol.
Unless you mean live action film elements like other characters or backgrounds. Then yea, the movie itself is a CGI/Liveaction Hybrid, while the Turtles and Gollum are pure CG.
That's because he didn't, though he came close with being involved in Indiana Jones 4 and his insistence on having guns replaced by radios in E.T.
But Indiana Jones or ET have nothing to do with this discussion. The common denominator in my comparisson was the presence of Micheal Bay's name and the way people's hate-boner for him cause them to single his name out as the focal point of what they dislike.
Transformers: Director -Micheal Bay, Producer - Steven Spielberg = DAMN YOU BAY!
TMNT- Director: Jonathan Liebesman, Producer - Micheal Bay = DAMN YOU BAY!
This is the disconnect I'm seeing here. Basically, have your anger and vitriol, just direct it to the correct person.