Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now.
2014/04/14 15:23:26
Subject: A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Yeah, the skateboard was pretty much the least of the problems. They've had those since the 80s-not a big deal. But the faces...ugh. I assume Michael Bay actually had a stroke in the recent past and his damaged brain cells thought this new look was cute.
Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
Manchu wrote:I'm a Catholic. We eat our God.
Due to work, I can usually only ship any sales or trades out on Saturday morning. Please trade/purchase with this in mind.
2014/04/14 18:54:07
Subject: A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
timetowaste85 wrote: Yeah, the skateboard was pretty much the least of the problems. They've had those since the 80s-not a big deal. But the faces...ugh. I assume Michael Bay actually had a stroke in the recent past and his damaged brain cells thought this new look was cute.
I didn't even think twice about the skateboard. Hell, something like that is way more in keeping with TMNT than the overly grim soulless husk we have now.
hotsauceman1 wrote: Yeah, it looks like they saw the sucess of Batman and are trying to emulate it.
This looks nothing like the aesthetic of the (recent) Batman films, and everything like Transformers, and quite a bit like The Amazing Spider-man, what with the Lizard's face and the falling tower.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2014/04/15 16:27:06
Subject: A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
hotsauceman1 wrote: I mean how it is trying to look dark and edgy for some god forsaken reason
That's truer to the source material than the 80's toon ever was. The Turtles comic is very dark(most villains didn't even live past their first appearance). Hell, Raph is such a violent, brooding loner in the comics that his future self has to tell him to reign it in so he doesn't lose his brothers and Kitsune ninja girlfriend(which eventually happens and he nearly dies trying to get her back from a tribe of wolfmen).
This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2014/04/15 16:35:02
You know you're really doing something when you can make strangers hate you over the Internet. - Mauleed
Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
Hallowed is the All Pie The Before Times: A Place That Celebrates The World That Was
2014/04/15 16:29:54
Subject: A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Compel wrote: I won't be going to see it in the cinema, but I'm kinda looking forward to it, maybe, being out on my Sky Movies subscription.
I probably won't either, but not because I don't want to. My wife doesn't wanna see it, which means finding a time to go see it without her, which probably isn't happening as I only have weekdays for that.
You know you're really doing something when you can make strangers hate you over the Internet. - Mauleed
Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
Hallowed is the All Pie The Before Times: A Place That Celebrates The World That Was
2014/04/15 23:04:56
Subject: Re:A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2014/05/01 08:06:24
Subject: A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
hotsauceman1 wrote: I mean how it is trying to look dark and edgy for some god forsaken reason
As has been pointed out, the original graphic novels that started the whole thing were actually quite grimdark. As I recall Leonardo nearly died early on and spent a long, long time rehabbing; I think that was the first time I saw a comic book character actually get injured and stay that way over a long period of time.
lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
2014/05/01 08:17:59
Subject: A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ouze wrote: As I recall Leonardo nearly died early on and spent a long, long time rehabbing; I think that was the first time I saw a comic book character actually get injured and stay that way over a long period of time.
It was Raphael, and they used that as part of the story for the original movie. He took on a bunch of The Foot Clan alone, and while he killed most of them he was nearly fatally injured. The weapon use was a lot more graphic back then as well, as Raph would actually stab people and Leonardo would slice and dice. There is an image of Leo cutting through a ninjas face that haunts me.
You know what, maybe it was Leo in the comic. It has been so long I may just be remembering they took that element and used it in the first movie. The turtles didn't used to have color coding either, they just used different weapons.
This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2014/05/01 08:21:54
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2014/05/01 09:36:36
Subject: Re:A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I can't remember either and I'm at work so I cant go dig up the book.. I think it was Leonardo because I remember, when he was trying to get away, he blocked a pair of throwing stars with both katanas and I remember thinking it looked cool as hell. It was in the snow, if I recall.
I definitely, definitely could be wrong though. I last read it a very long time ago.
Automatically Appended Next Post: OK,I looked it up. You're thinking of the movie, but there was a movie to comic adaptation as well, so we're both right.
The one I am thinking of was in the Volume #1 graphic novel. It was actually a one-shot comic between TMNT 9 and 10 simply called "Leonardo" (but I didn't know that until 5 minutes ago, I had the compiled novels). This is the specific art I was so enamored of as a youth.
This message was edited 3 times. Last update was at 2014/05/01 12:55:10
lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
2014/06/03 09:13:45
Subject: Re:A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2014/06/03 10:50:55
Subject: Re:A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
What... that just looks silly. I'm guessing this is roughly human sized?
Their faces still look ridiculous.
See, you're trying to use people logic. DM uses Mandelogic, which we've established has 2+2=quack. - Aerethan
Putin.....would make a Vulcan Intelligence officer cry. - Jihadin
AFAIK, there is only one world, and it is the real world. - Iron_Captain
DakkaRank Comment: I sound like a Power Ranger.
TFOL and proud. Also a Forge World Fan.
I should really paint some of my models instead of browsing forums.
2014/06/03 11:05:02
Subject: Re:A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Shredder appears to be wearing an oversized swiss army knife on his left arm ...?
Hope he never needs to scratch.
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2014/06/03 11:22:08
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2014/06/20 13:20:30
Subject: Re:A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2014/06/20 13:40:20
Subject: A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Well those look fething awful. Honestly, the only one semi-salvageable was Raph. Did you see Splinter's eyes?! Shredder's and Leo's tiny heads? Good lord. Fail.
Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
Manchu wrote:I'm a Catholic. We eat our God.
Due to work, I can usually only ship any sales or trades out on Saturday morning. Please trade/purchase with this in mind.
2014/06/20 19:25:43
Subject: Re:A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I think the new designs look terrible. WTF is up with the turtles being these huge hulking things? Both in the comics and in the cartoons the turtles are pretty short. (they're teenagers afterall) In the shot where he leaps down infront of April he's like 7 fricking feet tall, same with the shot where the turtle is slamming into the hummer. Shells may be tough but destroying a hummer?
Shredder looks terrible and IMO is the exact problem that all of Bay's films have, too much flash and doo dads to distract people with constantly moving parts and overload everything with too much detail in order to mask terrible direction and total lack of proper characters. He makes the studios a lot of money but his films are just terrible and he needs to go away.
The older Jim Henson turtles were infinitely better then these.
I was a huge fan of the original comics which were quite dark and ultra violent, never cared much for the watered down kid friendly version of the turtles from the tvs shows. Shredder dies in the first major encounter being blown up with a hand grenade, there's all sorts of guns, Leo almost dies leaving Ralph to run things which is bad because he's totally reckless. The Shredder gets cloned into the 3 freaky mutant Shredders, and to top all of that you have Casey Jones, who's the probably darkest guy in the series. At one point he uses gasoline to burn down a building full of foot ninja, burning them alive which is hardly something themed for kids.
Ouze: Each of the turtles got a separate one shot story that took place during the same point. So there's a total of four of them. I think they also did a comic for Casey but after 25 years my memory is a bit fuzzy
This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2014/06/20 19:31:05
Paulson Games parts are now at:
www.RedDogMinis.com
2014/06/20 20:08:13
Subject: A Look at Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I no longer have any hope in this film. I have to agree with Mr Nobody, Lightning Claw CSM was the first thing I thought of as well!
See, you're trying to use people logic. DM uses Mandelogic, which we've established has 2+2=quack. - Aerethan
Putin.....would make a Vulcan Intelligence officer cry. - Jihadin
AFAIK, there is only one world, and it is the real world. - Iron_Captain
DakkaRank Comment: I sound like a Power Ranger.
TFOL and proud. Also a Forge World Fan.
I should really paint some of my models instead of browsing forums.
5000pts 
6000pts 
3000pts
