Bay to do TMNT

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Originally Posted by Skullcruncher

Stating that someone hasn't heard of something but the world has is quite offensive

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I will apologize if you were offended, that was not the intention but I too was a little offended when you implied those things about me on your response to my post. I took that as a bit of an attack so I responded against what I believe to be flawed arguments based on insular personal perceptions when it comes to your views of the TMNT franchise. I also had to respond to you passing judgement that I shouldn't be a TF fan if I don't like Bayformers.

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Originally Posted by Skullcruncher

I must of missed the bit where I said TMNT is an inactive and unsuccessful franchise. But I will leave this here as some people will always be over judgemental and overly critical of everything but this is the society that we all live in today.

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You did say that I should be hopeful that TMNT is making a "comeback" which strongly implies that it went away and was no longer active. Your following posts also seemed to build on that argument.

But anyways as you said, let's leave it be.

Edit: I just realized that I have been saying 'However' a lot :o

So TMNT or derivitives it is no more.

It is now just Ninja Turtles...
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So not only can we now expect alien heritage, but Bay cannot even man up and take credit for his part in the name change.

Turtles aren't aliens - they're Earthlings. And if the aliens happen to resemble turtles, then isn't calling them turtles kinda insulting?? That'd be like calling Ithorians "Hammerheads," or referring to the Aqualish as "bumfaces"! Who'd do that?!? :p

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

Turtles aren't aliens - they're Earthlings. And if the aliens happen to resemble turtles, then isn't calling them turtles kinda insulting?? That'd be like calling Ithorians "Hammerheads," or referring to the Aqualish as "bumfaces"! Who'd do that?!? :p

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LOL:p - i read that the "ithorians" found the term "hammerheads" derogatory.

semantics is a fine topic in this part eh?

"who would do that?" you ask? ... somebody is doing that right now! :rolleyes:

i think the decision has been made. it will be PG and it will be a family movie involving the recent nuclear incident in japan. Thats the only way i can see this fitting into a nice little package.

lol:p

Eh, I'll probably just wait till a trailer comes out and then make further judgements on it.

Might be a guilty pleasure, might not. Ah well :rolleyes:

It'll be guilty alright.

A long and pretty article on Ninja Turtles and Mass Effect 3 and the relationship between creators and consumers. (Scroll down the page to keep reading.)

Bay's Alien Turtles Cancelled!

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Michael Bay's "Ninja Turtles" reboot has had rough sailing since its announcement. Whether it was negative fan fallout over the initial announcement of the Turtles being from an alien race, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" creator Peter Laird addressing the updated origin or Kevin Eastman's endorsement, the film has certainly garnered a cornucopia of media attention. However, it looks like the heroes in a half shell will have remain on their home planet for the time being as The Hollywood Reporter reveals Paramount Pictures has shut down the reboot, pushing the December 2013 release date to May 2014. THR reports the studio has laid off pre-production staff for an "indefinite" work stoppage.

The news comes after a number of notable film delays for Paramount following the release of box-office dud "Battleship," including "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" and Brad Pitt's "World War Z." "Ninja Turtles" is produced by Bay's Platinum Dunes with Jonathan Liebesman attached to direct a script written by Kevin Eastman and Andre Nemec.

"Kids are going to believe, one day, that these turtles do exist, when we are done with this movie," said Bay at the revelation of the Turtles' new origin. "These Turtles are from an alien race, and they are going to be tough, edgy, funny and completely lovable."

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http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=39211

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The heroes on the half shell are getting put on the shelf indefinitely.

Paramount has pulled the plug on the Jonathan Liebesman-helmed reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, pushing its release back indefinitely... and, no, it's not for 3D post-conversion and/or more Channing Tatum.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Paramount, already gun shy with the delays the studio is facing with G.I. JOE: RETALIATION and WORLD WAR Z, is willing to take its time with NINJA TURTLES in order to iron out what it feels are script problems. Rather than rush it out there in order to make its December 2013 release date and potentially damage the future of the franchise with a poor showing, Paramount is learning their lesson of putting forth a subpar product that may come back to bite them in the ass later. Better late than never.

In the meantime, Platinum Dunes will have to chill with the reboot, and, once the script is ready to go, NINJA TURTLES will move forward again... but when that will be is right now anyone's guess.

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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56447

On the upside the TMNT can remain in its nostalgic glory.....for now.

On the downside, a supermodel will not be hired to play April. Then again, perhaps Hasbro will get Carly Rae Jepsen to be April!

Phew.

Dodged a bullet there.

It makes you wonder where we would be today if the live-action Transformer movies were cancelled due to negative reception...

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Originally Posted by 5FDP

It makes you wonder where we would be today if the live-action Transformer movies were cancelled due to negative reception...

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I'd certainly wouldn't be here. It was because of the Bay movies that I joined this site, I was into Transformers in my younger years but lived with KOs till I found out there were real toys from ROTF.

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Originally Posted by 5FDP

It makes you wonder where we would be today if the live-action Transformer movies were cancelled due to negative reception...

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Transformers Animated was the back up plan if the first movie flopped. Maybe we'd have season five instead of TF:Prime. Generations and Animated and War for Cybertron toys would be on the shelf and Bumblebee could still speak.

And I believe Ninja Turtles is only on hold because of budget issues not forever cancelled. I wonder of the Turtles in Time costumes are still available? Or the ones from the TV series with Venus De Milo?

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Originally Posted by 5FDP

It makes you wonder where we would be today if the live-action Transformer movies were cancelled due to negative reception...

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It would have continued a similar relatively successful course as the 15 years prior.

The Bay movies did put Transformers in the foreground, that cannot be denied but the franchise was by no means struggling just before that. As Gok would mention, the franchise only came in danger of terminating after G2 but it massively picked up during Beast Wars and was steady since.

I'm trying so hard not to choke on my tongue here...

Bay doing TMNT? Absolutely shocking, even if he's producing it. Come on, TMNT was the hits for me during the 2003 run and the live action trilogy. Obviously... I've got a very bad feeling if he keeps on claiming that they're going to be aliens.

Listen, excuse my language, but... no fucking way!

Aww come on, remember when news first hit about Michael Bay to direct Transformers, and so many fans were negative -- saying how the movies will just be action packed explosions with hackneyed storylines... but look how they turned out!

D'OH! XO :p

Great news! The new TV series is enough for me. I don't want another half baked Bay-associated movie about yet another franchise I love (he's already ruined TFs, Nightmare on Elm St, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and potentially Monster Squad).

Get him the hell away from this good stuff, and let him ruin Bad Boys or Pearl Harbor 2.

Here is a review of Bay's (supposedly aborted) Ninja Turtle script with a link to the actual script:

http://tmntnottant.blogspot.ca/2012/...iewed.html?m=0

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In a movie about larger-than-life creatures fighting evil, a stupid-ass teenager and his drama-filled relationship take the front seat. Sound familiar?

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We may not have dodged this bullet yet!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/...a-turtles-film

Since it's ambiguous if Bay's movie has been completely cancelled or delayed, expect the above to change little once the movie actually is released.

Boo!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Trent

Boo!!!!!!!!

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I really hope it gets permanently cancelled. The 'Colonel Schrader' angle with the Foot as a wing of the military truly sucks balls.

With that and much of the movie revolving around a teen Casey Jones trying to score with April who is just there as the 'love interest', you can see that this would be TMNT in name only.

I am a fan of the Bay Transformers movies and even though they could of been better I will defend them. But this sounds just terrible. I can't even describe how terrible this sounds.

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Originally Posted by Bartrim

I am a fan of the Bay Transformers movies and even though they could of been better I will defend them. But this sounds just terrible. I can't even describe how terrible this sounds.

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It sounds like the transformers movies… with turtles.

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Originally Posted by Trent

It sounds like the transformers movies… with turtles.

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Atleast the Transformers were from Cybertron. Yeah his movies could of focused more on the Transformers but atleast he didn't mess up their backstory that bad.

I for one was hoping for more Casey Jones origin story. We could find out that his mother is a pothead, which would explain why he lashes out at society!

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Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat

I for one was hoping for more Casey Jones origin story. We could find out that his mother is a pothead, which would explain why he lashes out at society!

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That could happen only that it will be for comedic reasons only. Bay's Casey Jones appears to just be another version of Sam from Bayformers.

A bay TMNT may have actually made TMNT3 seem good as well, so it's a shame!

The leaked script has been pulled:

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Originally Posted by From review author

Cease and Desist

"Earlier today, I received an email from a law firm that represents Paramount Studios. It demanded that I cease and desist from hosting the screenplay on this blog. Here's the notice in full.

To whom it may concern:

This letter is being written to you on behalf of Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”). Paramount is the owner of copyright and other intellectual property rights in and to the unreleased “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” motion picture (hereinafter referred to as "TMNT"). No one is authorized to copy, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use “TMNT” without the express written permission of Paramount.

Notwithstanding this, Paramount has learned that you are reproducing excerpts of the unreleased TMNT screenplay at the URL located at http://tmntnottant.blogspot.com/2012...wed.html#more; and are distributing the screenplay as a .PDF file located at https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B22Z...pli=1&sle=true.

Paramount hereby demands that you immediately cease all distribution of the TMNT screenplay and remove the TMNT screenplay from this website and any other website where you may have reproduced and/or distributed it. Please further remove or disable the link to the .PDF file referenced above.

We further demand that you immediately provide us with written confirmation that you have complied with Paramount’s demands.

Please contact me at [withheld] to discuss the source from which you obtained the screenplay and the scope of your distribution.

This letter is not a complete statement of Paramount’s rights in connection with this matter, and nothing contained herein constitutes an express or implied waiver of any rights, remedies, or defenses of Paramount in connection with this matter, all of which are expressly reserved."



Very truly yours,
/s/
Dennis L. Wilson
Keats McFarland & Wilson LLP

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Now you know this script at some point or is currently being seriously considered!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9-qj...eature=related

This is a cool T-Shirt:

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That may in fact be the greatest t-shirt of all time.

Kup, that is an AWESOME t-shirt :eek::D

Man, I can't stand Bay! He has no idea about telling a story - his films are like fireworks displays... lots of noise and flashy, pretty colours, but absolutely zero emotional investment. His TF movies are dreadful, and his Production Company just keeps doing sh!tty remakes of old movies. Hasn't he got any ideas of his own (that don't suck)? :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by kup

The leaked script has been pulled:



Now you know this script at some point or is currently being seriously considered!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9-qj...eature=related

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Could still be fake. But if it's not I weep for the future.

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Originally Posted by Trent

Could still be fake. But if it's not I weep for the future.

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No, it's pretty real.

Here is a video review:

http://latino-review.com/2012/08/28/...script-review/

Wow... if that script is real it's dreadful! Talk about paint by numbers.

Since the video I linked has been pulled, here is another link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O75-NAsJxlM

Regardless if this script is real or not, we already know the direction that Bay will go with April O'Neil ;) There was a great article in the JB HI FI magazine (Stack) titled 'Recipe on how to make a Michael Bay movie'; read it if you can find a copy.

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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=72588

Productions is going ahead and filming begins in April (haha) but yeah, I'm just gonna stick with my TMNT 2003 :(

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Originally Posted by gantz

:o

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=72588

Productions is going ahead and filming begins in April (haha) but yeah, I'm just gonna stick with my TMNT 2003 :(

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I don't like it. More like Adult Alien MMA Frogs to me. :mad::( I AM NOT SEEING THIS.

Like everything Bay says, you cannot believe it. Says it is kaput, then off it goes.