And yet he admitted be cast as Sachs, there's nothing other than his conflicting statements to suggest that he was going to play Shredder.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Grading & Discussion
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And yet he admitted be cast as Sachs, there's nothing other than his conflicting statements to suggest that he was going to play Shredder.
I didn't see him a dumb lackey, he's hardly in the movie at all, there's no real backround in version of Shredder. But then I never thought Shredder was all that smart to begin with. It's a simple movie with a relatively simple plot, if anything I think people who haven't seen the movie yet are reading too much into it.
Of his three movie apearances I can't say I've that side of him. The only reason he beat Splinter was because he overpowered him, I thought Splinter was doing pretty good against Shredder even unarmed, but he was just worn down by Shredder's power armor.
^ Not everything.
You know what's scarier? It was probably done as a marketing ploy to get more free advertising and word of mouth with the attitude of; "Hey, we'll apologize, and no harm, no foul and it looks like it was an honest/casual marketing ,mistake; and the film gets a lot of publicity."
(And in the end, any that do 'boycott' will be overshadowed by the wider free marketing reach.)
I'm not going to get into a detailed review, since the plot was pretty thin. Still, I enjoyed this movie when I saw it with my 8-year-old nephew over the weekend (two different generations of TMNT fans). It was fun and action-packed, and the turtles' characterizations were done well enough. Shredder's background could have been explored better.
I gave it a solid B.
I gave it a solid B.
The AV Club:
And, of course, it spurred the obligatory announcement of a Turtles sequel scheduled for June 3, 2016, with Michael Bay returning to produce, Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec returning to script, and—if Cinemascore data is to be believed—plenty of moviegoers over the age of 25, a whopping 55 percent of this weekend’s audience, returning to complain. It’s unknown whether this second Ninja Turtles movie will attempt to mirror 1991’s The Secret Of The Ooze, with its anti-mutagen donuts and Vanilla Ice raps, or whether it will be totally stupid.
I'm a fan of Kevin Eastman, who obviously created the TMNT, but mostly for his other projects - particularly HEAvy METAL. He's always auctioning Turtles memorabilia off, of some kind or another. If anyone's interested in, or curious about any of that, his site is: http://www.kevineastmanstudios.com/
I thought that series was great. I really got into the storylines and there was some good continuity. I'd love to buy a box-set.
My kids watch the new series. I've seen a few and it's not comparable - I might just be a grump, though.
I like the 2003 series. The first season is quite excellent. But it kind of meanders after that. There are a few good spots, but it's mostly kinda average. The it just totally jumps the shark with the last season.
Depends on who put it there. Some studios do put their shows on YouTube, so if it's on a studio's official channel it's nice and legal. If it's part of some Joe on the Street's channel, than no, it's not legal.
The 2003 series is, as I understand it, the most faithful screen adaptation to the original comics by far. I gather that it adapted a number of the comics' storylines rather closely and was more faithful to the original characterizations than other screen versions (for instance, April being a scientist rather than a reporter). I thought it was pretty good. But it lost focus in the last two seasons where it was more kiddified and departed from the original format.
Perhaps my favorite line came from Michelangelo:
"Wow, she's hot," referring to April. "I can feel my shell getting tight."
"Wow, she's hot," referring to April. "I can feel my shell getting tight."
As much as I didn't like the movie, I thought some of their criticism missed the mark.
A film can be serious, real-worldly and still be goofy. Just ask Joss Wedon.
And I would love a serious Turtles film. Something Nolanesque, but not quite as dark. There'd still be plenty of room for goofiness.
But in order to succeed at that, it needs a coherent and believable story. If the plot itself is ludicrous and nonsensical, then the pretense of naturalism and seriousness is incongruous and superficial. I think that's what the article's saying -- that if they were going to put so much effort and care into making the visuals of the Turtles look realistically detailed, why couldn't they put a similar kind of effort into the plot?
Well there is that.