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Worse than TMNT III: Back to Japan

posted a year ago by chumbawampa (735)
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Stop making new TMNT movies. TMNT is over with, it was a fad in the late 80s and early 90s. It's never coming back, and you CAN'T make turtles that talk like early 1990s surfers anymore.

That kind of lingo and slang is long over with, Bill and Ted being the only vague reminder of the... how do i say it... totally radical and excellent 'cool' of the early 90s. The kind of 'cool' that only existed then, just like the way mullets had their time and place in the 80s, and that time is NEVER coming back.

I'm talking neon orange green and pink patterned clothes with triangles and x's on them. I'm talking baggy jeans you can't even buy anymore. Chains coming out of your jeans.

Some things are just a moment in time, and they won't ever come back.

The first TMNT movie came out at a perfect time in history, combining Jim Henson's creature shop , cutting edge animatronics, real NYC location shooting (which is insanely expensive now). They don't do characters like that anymore.

They just don't . It's all CG now. And you know, as good as I do, and as does everyone else, that Yoda's puppet in Empire to this day looks FAR superior to anything they did in Revenge of the Sith.

Now the movie industry is so risk-averse , they would never give a director a chance to do a live-action TMNT movie with animatronics again. If they did, they'd never shoot in NYC. And frankly, it would be an overly-lit monstrosity like most modern movies are. It's like directors have no concept of shadows anymore.

[–] Kowalski (75537) a year ago

I REALLY LIKED MUTANT MAYHEM...IS WAS A LOT OF FUN IN A NEW YET OLDSCHOOL WAY...REALLY SURPRISED ME...THEY PLAY WITH THE LORE AND PLOTTING A BIT...BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE MAKING A NEW VERSION...EASILY MY FAVORITE TURTLE FLICK SINCE THE 1990 CLASSIC.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14411) a year ago

At least the TMNT 3 had a fun story and an interesting premise. This looks like another shitty Kevin Smith fanfic, and probably reads like one too. He really turned into a Hollywood clown.

[–] xergan (1067) a year ago

FYI: Its a Seth Rogen movie, not Kevin Smith. And it has a fun story, maybe just not for everyone.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14411) a year ago

Oh! Seth Rogen, my bad. That still explains everything.

[–] xergan (1067) a year ago

It does, all i hate about the movie is 100% Seth Rogen. Still, wouldn't call it a bad movie.

[–] chumbawampa (735) a year ago

This is another problem. Seth Rogan shouldn't even be involved.

Seth Rogan had nothing to do with the creation of the TMNT , never worked on the comics, movies or TV show before, now they make him executive producer. Why??

Even if they had just taken writers from the original TMNT TV show, that would have more credibility than Seth Pineapple Express Rogan.

All I have to say is, Why.... Why does it have to be Seth Rogan. So they can combine terrible writing with terrible CGI. WHY, HOLLYWOOD? WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US.

[–] Kowalski (75537) a year ago

SETH ROGAN IS A FUNNY DUDE...MUTANT MAYHEM WAS A LOT OF FUN...CALM YOURSELF,SQUIRT.

[–] chumbawampa (735) a year ago

Fun for the simple minded, but no thought put into it whatsoever, like a demolition derby, a monster truck rally, or sitting out your back porch drinking Schltt's beer while shooting bottle rockets and fireworks.

It's fun like a backyard boxing match where there's no referee or officiator, and millions more brain cells than normal are lost.

It's fun like downing 2 beers and then punching yourself in the head repeatedly.

[–] Kowalski (75537) a year ago

YOUR OPINION IS SILLY AS YOUR OPINION SEEMS TO BE THAT YOUR OPINION IS OBJECTIVELY CORRECT.

YOU SOUND LIKE A CHILD...BE BETTER.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14411) a year ago

Because Seth Rogen, like JJ Abrams, is a spoiled little Jewish boy who probably had rich parents working in the industry, and he's made friends that get him whatever job or movie project he wants, regardless of whether he actually has the talent to actually do it.

[–] Kowalski (75537) a year ago

THAT IS VERY ANTI SEMETIC OF YOU

[–] ShadowHunter (814) a year ago

to be fair he is executive producing Invincble.

[–] MovieBooker94 (396) a year ago

Ok, first all, no one ever compares Mutant Mayhem to that let down third movie. Second, at the very least the CG animation design of the movie has it's own unique style.

[–] Kowalski (75537) a year ago

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