Topic: Michael Bay's TMNT trailer released

[Abnormal Freak]

why are they 9' tall?

lol, there's that, too. Considering the original comic Turtles were probably less than 5', this is pretty weird.

The designs are just bad overall. They look like poor fan art than something you'd see officially signed off on.

[Mooning Freddy]

why are they 9' tall?

Plus, they look black.
You know, like stereotypical Africans, only greener. 

[Ratty]

im not gonna say this is utter trash, and im not gonna say its good either. im neutral at this point, it is what it is

either way, it cant be half as bad as tmnt 3

It was a bad movie don't get me wrong. But I actually enjoy TMNT 3. If the animatronics hadn't been so down-graded I expect it would be held in much higher reguard generally. I loved the premise and cheesy humor as a kid. And as an adult fan of B movies it's still a lot of fun if you remember not to take it too seriously.

THIS on the other hand... well I expect a lot of people who grew up with the original turtles will be walking out of the theater saying "And I thought Turtles 3 was awful!" too bad it won't get a VHS release for the AVGN to cut in half with a katana. No way breaking a blu-ray could be as satisfying.

If you want something truly awful to compare this to, try the live action show. Which last I heard Laird was still denying exists.

[X]

Shredder got whitewashed. -_-

Jesus, how many more infamous iconic character is Hollywood going to 'whitewash'? Do they have some sort of neo-nazi,  Aryan superiority complex fetish going on now? First Khan and now Shredder? Who's next?

[crisis]

hollywood changing the race of characters is nothing new

michael clark duncan (rip) played The Kingpin in Daredevil

laurence fishburne played perry white in Man of steel

michael b. jordan is gonna play the Human Torch in fantastic four reboot

[Intersection]

So they're actually trying to make a serious movie out of this? You'd think even the title would have convinced them otherwise.

Jesus, how many more infamous iconic character is Hollywood going to 'whitewash'? Do they have some sort of neo-nazi,  Aryan superiority complex fetish going on now? First Khan and now Shredder? Who's next?

Nah, it's more of a particularity of the movie industry. There's just as much "blackwash" in Hollywood as there is "whitewash"; it's done either for talent management or for reboot purposes. Nothing too Nazi about it as far as I'm concerned.

[Ratty]

hollywood changing the race of characters is nothing new

michael clark duncan (rip) played The Kingpin in Daredevil

laurence fishburne played perry white in Man of steel

michael b. jordan is gonna play the Human Torch in fantastic four reboot

So they're actually trying to make a serious movie out of this? You'd think even the title would have convinced them otherwise.
Nah, it's more of a particularity of the movie industry. There's just as much "blackwash" in Hollywood as there is "whitewash"; it's done either for talent management or for reboot purposes. Nothing too Nazi about it as far as I'm concerned.

There's a big difference though. There are already hundreds of roles for white people in Hollywood movies every year. You'll notice very few for people of other races. So when a role originally intended for a non-white actor gets whitewashed it's pretty bad. Because not only are there a lot of talented non-white actors who don't get many chances to shine in big movies already and get even fewer thanks to this practice, but millions of people never get to see anyone who looks like them represented in Hollywood productions. You'd almost think non-whites didn't exist.

[Rugal]

Looks like shit. Will not waste time and money going to see this.