And I’ve also seen people saying how much they don’t like
the looks of the upcoming “Bay-Make”. “If you want to give your children
nightmares, show them the new Turtles trailer. Terrifying”
Personally I have mixed feelings on what I’ve seen. It looks
nowhere near as bad as I expected it to be, despite showing Megan Fox in the
trailer doing that wide eyed mouth agape look she is known for like she doesn’t
have any clue what she is doing there. But thankfully she isn’t talking. More
to the point I am worried about this movie.
I had made the choice to not care about or even see this
upcoming movie when it was first announced. I said I’m done Bay has made me
angry for the last time with Transformers 3 and I am done seeing his movies. Then
he announced that he had acquired the rights to TMNT and I got scared and angry
because I knew he would ruin it. Some people said “Hey man, let’s see what
happens. Remember the first Transformers? Maybe it’ll be okay.” Then he announced
that the turtles would be aliens. And everyone, Everyone (!), freaked out! A
big hubbub was made and Bay put the turtles on the shelf, then he announced he
was working on it again and that the turtles would be turtles again and then he
announced filmed was beginning.
It was announced that Megan Fox had been cast as April O’Neal
and yet again the world went “FUCK!” again. Then we heard nothing for a while.
People whispered about who should be cast, rumor sprung up that turtles of the
past should be playing these new turtles then it happened. The first looks at
the new turtles.
The reactions as usual were mixed. Personally while all my
friends said “I like them!” and “They look much better than I thought they
would.” and even “They look so cool!”. I sat on the sidelines thinking, they
seem a bit bulky to be ninjas and the feudal look is a bit much for me.
Personally I didn’t hate them however I didn’t care for it. But I pulled myself
off the bench and got back in line for the film, so it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve
ever seen.
Since then we have seen the trailer and I have to say of the
4 turtles we have heard 2 of them. Leonardo and Michelangelo are the only ones
who speak in the trailer, as far as I am aware, however the voices of all of
the turtles have been listed on Wikipedia, along with who will be playing Shredder
and Splinter. The voices seem odd to me to hear these less than imposing voices
coming from these very imposing turtles. The closest to fitting is Mikey but
that is also debatable. I can only say you have to judge for yourself…
But I have to outright say. My biggest problem past the look
of the turtles has to be the casting for Shredder and Splinter. How can that
possible be my biggest problem with this upcoming (Possible) Childhood Dream Destroyer,
with images of the actors doing motion capture like this.
Well to put it bluntly Shredder is a skinny old man from Drive
Angry and Splinter is the dwarf I confuse for the dwarf from Sabrina the
Teenage Witch. I cannot honestly put it any more plainly than that. I am by no
means complaining for the casting of a dwarf as splinter, a white guy maybe,
but not because he is a dwarf. I assume Splinter will be CG like the turtles
but it could be that he is a puppet or even and actor in a suit, however
unlikely that may be. My biggest problem is his voice, I have no idea how well
I’ll be able to ignore the fact that the man who is splinter tried to kill
Rorschach in Watchmen. Or that the Shredder is the
accountant from Drive Angry.
So I guess I just have to wait and see how this all goes and
honestly I’m a little excited to see where this goes I am just afraid that this
movie might kill the hype of the turtles again. Ever since the first cartoon
the turtles have been around in some capacity and I love that! They haven’t
been as big as they are though since the reboot in 2012. I walk through the toy
departments and I see an entire aisle of TMNT toys, you pull one off the shelf
and you can see no less than 25 other toys each a different character. And I am
brought back to being a child and loving every second of TMNT Hype! I just fear
that this movie could be so bad that it kills my joy and all the younger
generations who are just getting into my childhood heroes.
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| I'm worried. |
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| Yet Excited. |
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