TMNT TRAILER

It's in the casting. William Fichtner is Shredder and dude's white

Ah. Well that's weird, but I mean, you could probably get anyone to play Shredder, it would make no difference. He wears a mask, after all. You can't see his face.

It sounds to me like the turtles will not be government supersoldiers, not in the way you're suggesting, since the IMDB description says they live in the sewers and were trained by Splinter. Presumably it's some genetic project gone awry.

author=LockeZ
Ah. Well that's weird, but I mean, you could probably get anyone to play Shredder, it would make no difference. He wears a mask, after all. You can't see his face.

It sounds to me like the turtles will not be government supersoldiers, not in the way you're suggesting, since the IMDB description says they live in the sewers and were trained by Splinter. Presumably it's some genetic project gone awry.

Oh, right, yes. Of course they're not government controlled. That would negate the whole living-in-the-sewers aspect of the story. I simply meant that it looks like they were a deliberate experiment. Maybe they escaped. Or maybe they didn't turn out right and somehow managed to escape extermination.

author=CashmereCat
To be fair, Michael Bay's only producing for it, i.e. paying for it. The director's name is Jonathan Liebesman.

You know, the director of the dismal Wrath of the Titans, Battle Los Angeles, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning? Yeah...

None of his movies have ever graced past the 6-star rating point. Judging by his past material, and the trailer, we're looking at a derivative movie that makes no sense, nor a coherent story, overlong and overburdened with cliches.

Not like you didn't know that already, but I do this kind of homework on the daily anyway.

This being my biggest concern. Although...I did like Michael Bay's first Transformer's movie, though his second was absolutely terrible. I didn't even bother with the third. That he is only producing means nothing. Anyone's who's ever seen the director's cut of a movie (especially Blade Runner, Daredevil, and Highlander II: the Quickening--with the exception of Blade Runner, onscreen disasters with fabulous director's versions--in Blade Runner's case, a great movie in the theater with a spectacular director's cut) knows damn well that a producer has tremendous control over what ultimately ends up in the theater.

That Jonathan Liebesman is directing is definitely the worst news of I've had yet. My last hope is that the KEVIN EASTMAN and PETER LAIRD credits aren't just "Based on characters created by..."

I'll probably see the movie at the cheap show. If it sucks, I'll make sure to have the latest issue of Heavy Metal on hand so I can at least get some descent Eastman work.

author=CashmereCat
To be fair, Michael Bay's only producing for it, i.e. paying for it.

Just because he's paying for it doesn't mean he has no influence in the project. Hell, in order for a producer to be interested in funding a project, they HAVE to be engaged in that project, or at least convinced that the project will sell and the director needs to be on his good side.

Even third parties like Wal-Mart, Coca Cola, all those other businesses whom you'd think would have no say in the direction of these movies actually have an influence in the development. How do you think product placement in mainstream film happens?


On topic, I'm sharing some of Kentona's feelings on this. It looks like all the charm of the original series was thrown out for the sake of making a horrifically derivative collateral damage action movie. I don't know, MAYBE it won't disappoint me when I actually see it in theaters, but the trailer certainly doesn't give me a good first impression.

Michaelangelo's line at the end of the trailer is basically perfect, though.