SDCC: A Darker ‘Ninja Turtles’ Looms on the Horizon

Posted by Scott the Intern (intern@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 25, 2009

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I hate to hate movies, but I really didn’t have much fun with the latest entry into the Turtles universe. It was too clearly for a younger generation without having near the depth that even the original Saturday morning cartoon had. It just seemed flat and heartless even though the story concept wasn’t all that bad.

I’ll take the original films any day – that scene where they hiding out in the country and Raph is laying in the bathtub? Damn. That entire sequence adds this great sense of real dramatics to what is otherwise a pretty campy, funny film.

So when I heard the news coming out of Comic-Con that producers Scott Mednick and Galen Walker are trying to build the next film to be darker than the last entry, I gave a big sigh of relief. I think that’s the overall key to making a great Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – there has to be weirdness, campiness, and an earnest sense of drama to base the action on.

According to First Showing, the most likely trip that the story will take is down memory lane to show the Turtles at an earlier point in their career. It might even be an origin story, but I imagine for this particular franchise, pouring green slime on some baby turtles could take anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds, so there’s a good chance they could get right to the ass-kicking. Either that or Master Splinter has to send Leo off to train with Pai Mei.

Of course, I’m also hoping that Digital Undergound gets to do a rap for this one as well. Maybe a collabo with Vanilla Ice.

What do you think? Is that Raph? A little too Raph.


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  • I am all for a darker Turtles movie. Let the kids have their TMNT, we grownups who have been turtles fans for years need some PG-13 love.
  • iamTristan
    TMNT was pretty mature for a family film.

    What's with everyone wanting their comic book movies to be serious? They are COMIC BOOKS. Can't really take any of that too seriously if ya ask me.
  • jaypeearr
    Just because something is presented as a 'comic' doesn't mean it can't the same or more depth, complexity or meaning than a novel. Also I think that a darker TMNT film would treat the source material with the respect it deserves. Yes it is a bit silly in parts, but there's plenty of room for character development as well as the relationships between the turtles.
  • Ernie Reyes Jr or gtfo
  • Aleric
    Darker?? How about going to the original Turtles inception where they were edgy and hard core. Problem is too many people think the crap fest that used to air on TV and in the movies was actually what the Turtles started out to be.

    Eastman needs to bring out the REAL TMNT, with actual weapons and deaths. Written for adults by adults.
  • maxbz
    Man, I thought the kiddy TMNT was pretty great. The character stuff was totally entertaining and engrossing--much deeper than the live action films (what with the main two turtles going head to head? Years before Abram's Trek!). And the action was pretty sweet, too. In fact, I'd say the plot was what suffered the most.
  • mladenL
    Spot on.
    I rented it expecting to HATE it (wasn't keen on 3d, the trailers looked goofy, etc), but I ended up really enjoying it.

    Its the ONLY film besides the first live action one to give us a real tension between Leonardo and Raphael. I really got into their rivalry plotline, much more than the main 'monster/warlordstatues' storyline which is pretty forgettable.

    But yeah the plot was a little so-so and scattered, but I still rank it as my second favourite turtles film. By far.
  • andries price
    i like tmnt movie on starring on the tmnt movie is chris pine as leonardo brad pitt as rapheal robbie amell as dontello nick palatas as michealengo kate melton as venus jet li as the shredder so the will be a best ninja turtles movie ever so i will see them on tmnt movie in theatres 2011 at imax movie theatre see ya.
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