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03.20.2012 3:35am

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Seriously, Michael Bay?

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03.20.2012 3:45am

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I want to lock Michael Bay, M. Night Shyamalamadingdong and Lucas in a room and toss a knife in, then lock the door and never come back.

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03.20.2012 3:51am

FenixDown
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I've only knowingly seen one Michael Bay movie and it was a horrendous mess. Even without the changes to the mythos, I would not give this movie the time of day.

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03.20.2012 4:19am

Fincher
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I like some of Michael Bay's movies, but I'd say that these cartoon reboots are bringing out the worst in him.

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03.20.2012 4:24am

Ibn al Xu'ffasch
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I should dig out my figures the next time I go home. Fond memories there. Second only to G.I. Joe.

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03.20.2012 5:28am

Big Tall
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Fuck off Michael Bay. Just...fuck off.

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03.20.2012 7:00am

Southern Comfort
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Why?

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03.20.2012 7:46am

Crux
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So... is he saying that Mutant Turtles just aren't realistic enough, as opposed to aliens?

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03.20.2012 8:55am

Zubis
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Probably. Mutagen would be his excuse.

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03.20.2012 10:12am

Kal
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In all fairness, when you take off your nostalgia-goggles, it's not like the original cartoon isn't stupid as fuck.

This reboot is for kids so, as stupid as it looks to us adults, kids will eat it up like we ate up an tons of equally stupid concepts 20 years ago. Biker Mice from Mars ? Street Sharkz ? Denver ? He-Man... need I go on ?

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03.20.2012 10:20am

Fincher
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Kal said:

In all fairness, when you take off your nostalgia-goggles, it's not like the original cartoon isn't stupid as fuck.

I like the first TMNT movie, but in spite of the obnoxious turtles. Casey Jones and April are what sell it.

Are we really sure this is a kid's movie, though? It's not like old school Transformers had masturbation jokes and Megan Fox bending over stuff.

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03.20.2012 10:52am

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Kal said:
This reboot is for kids so, as stupid as it looks to us adults, kids will eat it up like we ate up an tons of equally stupid concepts 20 years ago. Biker Mice from Mars ? Street Sharkz ? Denver ? He-Man... need I go on ?

Then why are they making an 80s cartoon/comics if not for nostalgia? Shouldn't they just make a whole new different movie altogether? Like, I dunno, Super Octogenarian Alien Sharks. You said so yourself, this is for kids. Which I would assume you mean kids today. They wouldn't know fuck shit about the Turtles, but those of us who grew with them do.

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03.20.2012 11:15am

Kal
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Indiana Jerico said:

Kal said:
This reboot is for kids so, as stupid as it looks to us adults, kids will eat it up like we ate up an tons of equally stupid concepts 20 years ago. Biker Mice from Mars ? Street Sharkz ? Denver ? He-Man... need I go on ?

Then why are they making an 80s cartoon/comics if not for nostalgia? Shouldn't they just make a whole new different movie altogether? Like, I dunno, Super Octogenarian Alien Sharks. You said so yourself, this is for kids. Which I would assume you mean kids today. They wouldn't know fuck shit about the Turtles, but those of us who grew with them do.

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Sure, but you're assuming Hollywood execs (and Michael Bay especially, MICHAEL BAY) prefer new concepts over remakes and reboots, and we all know that couldn't be further from the truth.
It's just easier (and probably way cheaper) to reboot a pre-existing franchise than actually create new material. Why do you think they rebooted Spiderman barely a decade after the first movie came out ? Why do you think the Phantom Menace was even made ?
They're rebooting this for the same reason they rebooted Transformers : if the kids don't like it, they still have a chance that the 20something crowd will enjoy it because of nostalgia. With a new franchise, if the kids don't like it, that's it, you don't have the back-up nostalgia crowd.
Sure, kids today don't know about the Ninja Turtles but why would they care more about new material over a remake ? If they've never heard of the turtles before, it might as well be a new franchise for them.

I'm not saying this reboot isn't stupid, because it is, but in and itself the source material isn't exactly a masterpiece of subtlety either.

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03.20.2012 11:20am

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All fine and good except right now, they seem to be giving a big fuck you to the nostalgia crowd if online reaction is to be believed.

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03.20.2012 12:02pm

Mole
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God, fuck "the nostalgia crowd". Hollywood shot itself in the foot the day it started valuing the opinions of vapid manchildren.

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