Michael Bay will turn the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles into aliens for upcoming reboot
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If you thought that [URL="http://www.ifc.com/fix/tag/michaelbay"]Michael Bay’s[/URL] treatment of the Transformers’ universe was frustrating, wait until you hear what he has planned for the world of the [URL="http://www.ifc.com/fix/tag/teenagemutantninjaturtles"]Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[/URL].
During the Nickelodeon Upfront presentation in New York last week, Bay [URL="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Michael-Bay-Turning-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Aliens-30032.html"]spoke briefly[/URL] about his studio’s take on the ol’ Heroes in a Half-Shell, which are scheduled to get a big-screen reboot next year. Apparently, the plan is to make the heroes into aliens, and…
Wait, what? Yes, you read that correctly. According to Bay, instead of being mutated turtles (hence the “Mutant” part of their name), the Ninja Turtles will be aliens.
Here’s what Bay had to say about the project during his presentation (with the money quote in bold, and the video embedded at the end of this post):
When you see this movie, kids are going to believe one day that these turtles do exist, when we are done with this movie,” he said. [B]These turtles are from an alien race[/B], and they’re going to be tough, edgy, funny and completely lovable.
The new film is expected to hit theaters in December 2013, with “Wrath of the Titans” director Jonathan Liebesman named as the man behind the camera for the Turtles’ reboot just last month. “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec provided the latest script for the film.
Given the Turtles’ origin as a hard-edged, graphic comic book series created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in the mid-’80s, their evolution into a wildly popular, kid-friendly animated series in 1987 was a bit of a surprise to fans — but Bay’s take on the Turtles could present an even bigger shift, if his synopsis rings true for next year’s reboot.
If nothing else, it could mean that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will become the Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles — which doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.[/quote]
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In related news:
[b]Michael Bay: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Fans Need to 'Chill'[/b]
[url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-michael-bay-moviesmt1thewrap36399-20120320,0,6778758.story[/url]
[quote]Mar 20 (TheWrap.com) - Michael Bay has a message for all of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" loyalists who've been hyperventilating about his upcoming "TMNT" film: Just relax.
The internet was set ablaze with outrage Monday when the"Transformers" director suggested that he would be changing the back story of beloved nunchuck-wielding shell-dwellers Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello.
"These turtles are from an alien race," Baydeclared at the Nickelodeon upfront presentation in New York. "And they're going to be tough, edgy, funny and completely loveable."
Bay's comment sparked online conniption fits among Ninja Turtles fans who had grown up believing that the turtles were, in fact, mutants and ninjas, not aliens.
"This is terrible!" one fanlamented. "I wonder what else he will do to them."
"Ever since it was announcedMichael Bay had a hand in the film relaunch, I knew something bad would come of it!" another complaint read.
Former "TMNT" voice actor Robbie Rist, meanwhile, went so far as to claim that Bay is "sodomizing" the franchise.
"You probably don't know me but I did some voice work on the first set of movies that you are starting to talk about sodomizing," Rist wrote in a message to Bay, according toTMZ. "I know believing in mutated talking turtles is kinda silly to begin with but am I supposed to be led to believe there are ninjas from another planet? The rape of our childhood memories continues..."
Bay penned his own response late Monday, writing ona forum page that his detractors should "chill."
"Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story," Bay wrote. "Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world."[/quote]
No! NO! [b]NO![/b] Fuck you Michael Bay, fuck you with pyrotechnic stick up your ass!
Bay should have stopped after Pearl Harbor.
michael bay
more like michael gay lol
FUCK
Oh Michael Bay you rascal.
[quote]When you see this movie, kids are going to believe one day that these turtles do exist, when we are done with this movie[/quote]
What the shit is this
What the shit is this?
[I]What the shit is this!?[/I]
and then no one watched it
Seriously, why the fuck is he doing this? Does he have a fucking excuse for doing this?
It isn't just because of the main characters not being mutants anymore, the whole fucking cartoon series was all about mutations for fuck's sake.
You remove mutations, it's not TMNT anymore.
Updated OP with more more news.
[b]Michael Bay: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Fans Need to 'Chill'[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2WzkgkufyE[/media]
Who else is expecting a turtle in blackface who Bay will explain as "a white guy trying to emulate black culture"?
[QUOTE=SteeleCratos;35221999]and then no one watched it[/QUOTE]
BUT WHO WAS AUDIENCE
Sorry - seriously, what the fuck? You can't just alter something that worked out well in my childhood.
Old TMNT is best TMNT:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn5iCn_T68c[/media]
There is literally nothing Michael Bay can do to beat the originals, it's a legendary series
NO. SERIOUSLY.
WHAT.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS.
But seriously this is fucked up.
No, Michael, I will not "chill out." Fuck off.
As if Michael bay hasn't fucked up my childhood enough with the Transformers movies.
[b]Why?[/b]
Seriously, their original origin story is actually pretty damn awesome. Making them aliens just makes it cheap.
Are you fucking kidding me? Fucking stupid!
[QUOTE=Hogs;35221816][video=youtube;BsHI1oqTKvo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsHI1oqTKvo[/video][/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=ProffesorAssHat;35222222]As if Michael bay hasn't fucked up my childhood enough with the Transformers movies.[/QUOTE]
Your childhood was already fucked up judging from your avatar
I have to agree with him, Your childhood is right where it was yesterday and unless you become marty mcfly it won't change. Its not like this reboot will ruin the old cartoon.
[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;35222128]Who else is expecting a turtle in blackface who Bay will explain as "a white guy trying to emulate black culture"?[/QUOTE]Black culture? White turtle? What?
this is really all I can ask
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut-4GjmWFPg[/media]
[QUOTE=BloodFox1222;35222335]I have to agree with him, Your childhood is right where it was yesterday and unless you become marty mcfly it won't change. Its not like this reboot will ruin the old cartoon.[/QUOTE]
There is this cannot unsee factor. When you see something really bad about your memory, it gets raped and anally violated. It's never the same anymore.
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