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 cincydooley wrote:

Chancetragedy wrote:


I have nothing really constructive to add to this conversation than to say that Emma stone is a natural blonde FYI.

Other than that I'm very excited after that trailer!

WHAAAAAAAAT?

Fantasy. Shattered.

Huh, he's right. Just looked it up.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
The "Well I just want to watch KERSPLOSIONS" is just an excuse for people who dont want to think.

I do enough thinking at work. I don't need to stoke my intellect by discussing the finer points of a movie plot. I feel no embarrassment about being interested in a dumb action movie about mutated turtles and kersplosions, just like I felt no embarrassment about liking movies about giant robots and kersplosions, or giant asteroids about to hit the earth, or over the top police chases. In general, I really enjoy Michael Bays movies because they're exactly what I want when I go to the movies to kill 2 hours - mindless fun.

The preview has more potential than what I had previously seen, and Mikey's mask comment brought a smile. It was well placed. But nothing else really did anything for me, and it was classic Bay-splosions.

 cincydooley wrote:
So I think I like this? I think?

I'm still perplexed how they miss the opportunity to cast someone like Emma Stone, Isla Fisher, or Karen Gillan--you know, actually redheads--as April.

As much as I hate her, They should Have Casted Felecia Day.


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 -Loki- wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
The "Well I just want to watch KERSPLOSIONS" is just an excuse for people who dont want to think.

I do enough thinking at work. I don't need to stoke my intellect by discussing the finer points of a movie plot. I feel no embarrassment about being interested in a dumb action movie about mutated turtles and kersplosions, just like I felt no embarrassment about liking movies about giant robots and kersplosions, or giant asteroids about to hit the earth, or over the top police chases. In general, I really enjoy Michael Bays movies because they're exactly what I want when I go to the movies to kill 2 hours - mindless fun.

What I want Is a movie that isnt going to insult me, It doesnt have to be Hitchcock, But please, I dont want robot balls and racist stereotypes.

Christina Hendricks. April O'Neil requires big jugs, a nice ass, and reddish hair. Point me in the direction of someone better. She may be a few years older, but she's still hot as hell and super-loved in the nerd-world.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Christina Hendricks. April O'Neil requires big jugs, a nice ass, and reddish hair. Point me in the direction of someone better. She may be a few years older, but she's still hot as hell and super-loved in the nerd-world.

I was thinking Hendrick's too, especially Firefly Hendricks when she looked a little more athletic.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
The "Well I just want to watch KERSPLOSIONS" is just an excuse for people who dont want to think.

I do enough thinking at work. I don't need to stoke my intellect by discussing the finer points of a movie plot. I feel no embarrassment about being interested in a dumb action movie about mutated turtles and kersplosions, just like I felt no embarrassment about liking movies about giant robots and kersplosions, or giant asteroids about to hit the earth, or over the top police chases. In general, I really enjoy Michael Bays movies because they're exactly what I want when I go to the movies to kill 2 hours - mindless fun.

What I want Is a movie that isnt going to insult me, It doesnt have to be Hitchcock, But please, I dont want robot balls and racist stereotypes.

Shifting goalposts is a great way to argue right?

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Christina Hendricks. April O'Neil requires big jugs, a nice ass, and reddish hair. Point me in the direction of someone better. She may be a few years older, but she's still hot as hell and super-loved in the nerd-world.

Yeah she's sexy.

 -Loki- wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
The "Well I just want to watch KERSPLOSIONS" is just an excuse for people who dont want to think.

I do enough thinking at work. I don't need to stoke my intellect by discussing the finer points of a movie plot. I feel no embarrassment about being interested in a dumb action movie about mutated turtles and kersplosions, just like I felt no embarrassment about liking movies about giant robots and kersplosions, or giant asteroids about to hit the earth, or over the top police chases. In general, I really enjoy Michael Bays movies because they're exactly what I want when I go to the movies to kill 2 hours - mindless fun.

What I want Is a movie that isnt going to insult me, It doesnt have to be Hitchcock, But please, I dont want robot balls and racist stereotypes.

Shifting goalposts is a great way to argue right?

Im not shifting the goalpost. What Im saying is the this movie will undoubtedly insult you, me and the source material. Like almost all Micheal bay movies do. Movies dont need to be grounded in reality for a good story to be told.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
The "Well I just want to watch KERSPLOSIONS" is just an excuse for people who dont want to think.

I do enough thinking at work. I don't need to stoke my intellect by discussing the finer points of a movie plot. I feel no embarrassment about being interested in a dumb action movie about mutated turtles and kersplosions, just like I felt no embarrassment about liking movies about giant robots and kersplosions, or giant asteroids about to hit the earth, or over the top police chases. In general, I really enjoy Michael Bays movies because they're exactly what I want when I go to the movies to kill 2 hours - mindless fun.

What I want Is a movie that isnt going to insult me, It doesnt have to be Hitchcock, But please, I dont want robot balls and racist stereotypes.

Shifting goalposts is a great way to argue right?

Im not shifting the goalpost. What Im saying is the this movie will undoubtedly insult you, me and the source material. Like almost all Micheal bay movies do. Movies dont need to be grounded in reality for a good story to be told.

Well you are shifting the goalposts. Your original post which I responded to was that the movie was just for people who don't want to think. You didn't repond directly to my post, you shifted the goalposts to something new to complain about.

Yes, it's going to be pretty silly. It's probably going to have racial stereotypes. Is that going to insult me? Not in the slightest. Hollywood has seen fit to try the absolutely most ridiculous Australian stereotypes possible (and always has - for some reason you guys think we sound like a mix of pom and kiwi, and make that made up accent the butt of all Australian jokes), and all it does it make me roll my eyes. I think if you're getting insulted by a Michael Bay movie, you're trying to hard to be insulted.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Im not shifting the goalpost. What Im saying is the this movie will undoubtedly insult you, me and the source material. Like almost all Micheal bay movies do

I don't recall feeling in any way 'insulted' by Transformers or Armageddon. Pearl Harbour and The Island were a bit boring, but I managed to mostly succeed in not taking that as a personal slight.

I felt insulted by pearl Harbor. The japanese never fired on hospitals, they where under orders not to. But nope, they put it in either way

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I felt insulted by pearl Harbor. The japanese never fired on hospitals, they where under orders not to. But nope, they put it in either way

Then you could possibly save yourself some angst if you stop expecting historical recreations to be documentaries.


Expecting a Hollywood dramatisation to be an accurate depiction of real events is like using Wikipedia as a credible research reference.

Wikipedia is good for getting a quick summary (obviously wouldn't use if for in-depth research) and is actually fairly accurate besides if you doubt them they do provide a citation trail that if full of scholarly articles.

I'm tentatively hopeful, and starting to get kind of pumped for this.

Saw the preview, and I'm totally stoked. I'm starting to become convinced that the Turtles are the only franchise that no one can screw up. This looks like it's going to be great!

 Jimsolo wrote:
Saw the preview, and I'm totally stoked. I'm starting to become convinced that the Turtles are the only franchise that no one can screw up. This looks like it's going to be great!

Only because M. Night Shamalan hasn't gotten his hands on them yet. In his twist, April O'Neil is actually a 75 year old man with dementia, living in an insane asylum who sees a fishbowl with plastic turtles and some underwater guys in snorkel outfits and recreate them in his/her mind into fighting in New York City while he/she is a buxom red headed reporter constantly getting saved by these heroes in a half shell. Shredder is the evil male nurse who brings an array of plastic utensils to cut and prepare food for our hero/heroine.

I probably shouldn't post before 7am, huh? Also, the worst part is that I could see this happening.

You know, I'm surprised Bay hasn't shown us an exploding Megan Fox yet

Exploding out of her top?

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 Jimsolo wrote:
Saw the preview, and I'm totally stoked. I'm starting to become convinced that the Turtles are the only franchise that no one can screw up. This looks like it's going to be great!

Only because M. Night Shamalan hasn't gotten his hands on them yet. In his twist, April O'Neil is actually a 75 year old man with dementia, living in an insane asylum who sees a fishbowl with plastic turtles and some underwater guys in snorkel outfits and recreate them in his/her mind into fighting in New York City while he/she is a buxom red headed reporter constantly getting saved by these heroes in a half shell. Shredder is the evil male nurse who brings an array of plastic utensils to cut and prepare food for our hero/heroine.

I probably shouldn't post before 7am, huh? Also, the worst part is that I could see this happening.

And then it takes 6 earthbenders to move a rock that would be better of thrown...

 d-usa wrote:
Exploding out of her top?

Almost there...


Whoa...


So jelly...

 d-usa wrote:
Exploding out of her top?

I still don't even understand how she's in this movie. I thought she and Bay hated each other.

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 d-usa wrote:
Exploding out of her top?

I still don't even understand how she's in this movie. I thought she and Bay hated each other.

They both love money?

 d-usa wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 d-usa wrote:
Exploding out of her top?

I still don't even understand how she's in this movie. I thought she and Bay hated each other.

They both love money?

Um...Why would Bay sign her up? She can love money all she wants, but if he decides to ignore her, that doesn't hinder his making money. There are prettier actresses out there, and some of them can even act. See request for Christina Hendricks. Fits the roll far better, and a helluva lot more attractive to boot. And she can act.

Weird, its the noses that make them creepy looking.

 KingCracker wrote:
Weird, its the noses that make them creepy looking.

Yeah, they look so much better without.

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 d-usa wrote:
Exploding out of her top?

I still don't even understand how she's in this movie. I thought she and Bay hated each other.

Then you thought wrong. The reason she wasn't in TF3 was because Spielberg told Bay to axe her or he'd pull out of the project. Bay even stated at the time that he didn't take what she said personally and wouldn't let it affect how he thought of her professionally.

Dude's either got a massive thing for her, or he's, despite what you all think, a major class act in real life.

http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2014/04/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-splinter-clip/

Every new clip I see makes me more and more wary. I'll give that the, like, 2 seconds of Splinter seemed interesting, but everything else in that trailer just screamed 'hi have you seen how generic and completely void of joy and personality I am?'.