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Posted on 8/2/23 at 10:22 pm
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
26066 posts
Posted on 8/2/23 at 10:22 pm
Hot damn, did it suck arse.

Spoilers:

Leonardo couldn't stfu about how hot and beautiful April was. You ain't fooling anyone with that shite.

Was Donatello a chick, or trans? I seriously couldn't tell.

And they made Master Splinter just Splinter and he's a straight dumb arse in the movie. He's human-phobic and is just an awful character. They turned him into a bumbling idiot.

The animation style made me nauseated a few times. It was like watching roller coaster videos when you're drunk.

If my nephew hadn't asked to go, I'd never pay to see such a steaming pile of crap that strayed so far from the source material, it should be named something else, not TMNT.
This post was edited on 8/2/23 at 10:24 pm
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
58944 posts
Posted on 8/2/23 at 10:37 pm to
It did just get an A CinemaScore, so audiences are enjoying it
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
66712 posts
Posted on 8/2/23 at 10:41 pm to
This movie will be awful
Posted by lsufan9193969700
Madisonville
Member since Sep 2003
55851 posts
Posted on 8/2/23 at 10:44 pm to
Everything I've seen looks like a dumpster fire.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
17457 posts
Posted on 8/2/23 at 10:52 pm to
quote:

Leonardo couldn't stfu about how hot and beautiful April was. You ain't fooling anyone with that shite.

When I saw the initial trailer, I admittedly thought it looked cool, but I laughed out loud when I realized they turned April into a frumpy black teenage lesbian.
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And they made Master Splinter just Splinter and he's a straight dumb arse in the movie. He's human-phobic and is just an awful character. They turned him into a bumbling idiot.

This is by far the most disappointing news.
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
26066 posts
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:01 pm to
quote:

This is by far the most disappointing news.


Spoilers:

It was pathetic, honestly. They shite all over the source material. He's an overweight dumb arse, consumed with doritos and other food. He teaches them martial arts by watching old martial arts movies, like the ones from the 80's with subtitles. I guess it was supposed to be funny, but it wasn't. They made him stupid.


quote:

April into a frumpy black teenage lesbian.


And she's not a likeable character at all.
Posted by NOSTRODAMUS
Prairieville/Dutchtown
Member since Dec 2003
16782 posts
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:07 pm to
Went to the 7:40 at Perkins Rowe with my son tonight. He loved it which is all that matters. I thought the animation was pretty cool. I expected tons of wokeness so it didn’t bother me. If you have teenage kids they’ll probably enjoy it.
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
8520 posts
Posted on 8/2/23 at 11:56 pm to
quote:

And they made Master Splinter just Splinter and he's a straight dumb arse in the movie. He's human-phobic and is just an awful character. They turned him into a bumbling idiot.


Wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened in the modern age of the TMNT.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
62779 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 12:14 am to
The previews were enough for me. No interest in watching that.
Posted by JasonMason
Memphis
Member since Jun 2009
4917 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 8:49 am to
quote:

Hot damn, did it suck arse.



I'm so disappointed they let Seth Rogen be involved in making a turtles movie. These characters seem nothing like the actual characters they are supposed to be. The amount of gender swaps and race swaps in this movie is obscene. Changing splinter from a human who became a rat and their father and teacher is beyond retarded.

Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
33278 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 8:54 am to
Why are they doing that shitty animation? It looks awful like a 12 year old drew it.

Bring back the late 80s costumes and Vanilla Ice
Posted by DBG
vermont
Member since May 2004
78793 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 9:06 am to
Have heard nothing but good things. My son saw it yesterday and loved it, I’ll probably take him again so I can see it.

Excited to see it
Posted by SnoopALoop
Nashville
Member since Apr 2014
4535 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 9:07 am to



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Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
155561 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 9:39 am to
Color me shocked that a Seth Rogen-handled TMNT movie changes the material in a bad way and kinda sucks. Also:
quote:

And they made Master Splinter just Splinter and he's a straight dumb arse in the movie. He's human-phobic and is just an awful character. They turned him into a bumbling idiot.

Posted by Wanderin Reb
Gallifrey
Member since Jun 2013
10738 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 9:41 am to
Quick question -

What's your take on drag queen story hour?
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
26066 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 9:53 am to
quote:

Color me shocked that a Seth Rogen-handled TMNT movie changes the material in a bad way and kinda sucks. Also:


Here is your new Splinter. He was basically relegated to an overbearing father than a teacher, Sensei, Master. Granted, he was overbearing in the cartoon and comics, but I would argue it was more protective. In the movie, he's just a worrying, helicopter parent that hates humans because he was attacked for being a rat in his origin story.

Then throughout the whole movie, he's a dumb shite that teaches them to fight by making them watch "Kung Fu" and other movies like that. It was light-hearted but fell completely flat as to how they were trained in martial arts. And he NEVER becomes a martial arts master, teacher, or anything. He stays as a dumbass the whole movie.

Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
26066 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 9:55 am to
quote:

My son saw it yesterday and loved it


I'll give them this. If you had no background whatsoever into the the TMNT's, I can see kids liking the movie. And maybe that was the demographic they were aiming at. But people that grew up with the TMNT will not recognize any of them at all, except for their skins. Nothing about them resembles the source material.
Posted by KingofthePoint
Member since Feb 2009
10849 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 9:57 am to
quote:

Changing splinter from a human who became a rat

Wasn’t that way in the original movies
Posted by DBG
vermont
Member since May 2004
78793 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 10:02 am to
They’ve changed a lot of stuff with the various TV shows over the years I’ve noticed. You’re right, my 6 year old wouldn’t notice or care.

I’ve seen most of the TV shows and they’re ok. We’ve tried watching the original and honestly they just don’t hold up animation wise for young kids. It’s tough to watch.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
42786 posts
Posted on 8/3/23 at 10:21 am to
Original April was kinda hot.

But this version?



TBH, TMNT wasn’t my thing. But the story of how the 2 artist came up with & developed the concept is fascinating.
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