Michael Bay’s TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Will Be Awesome, Because He’s Awesome


Turtles in a half shell, ninja power!

…or something like that.

The Michael Bay produced, Jonathan Liebesman directed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was once derided by fanboys across the globe. We all complained about Bay’s ‘blow em up’ attitude and his utter disrespect for canon. When a few plot points leaked to the press, revealing that Michelangelo, Leonardo, and their bros were no longer Ooze powered mutants but  instead extra-dimensional aliens, we were pissed. So pissed. Like, threaten to march to Hollywood with our proverbial pitchforks and say mean things to Michael Bay’s face kinda pissed.

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And I say ‘we’ very loosely, in this particular scenario. I love a good ‘Bay likes to blow things up! Bad director! Boo!’ jokes as much as the next guy, but he’s really kinda awesome. Who else could’ve adapted a commercialist 80’s series like Transformers into the awesome action franchise it is today? Before you even dare criticize it for enlisting a human cast, just think about the flicks from a quality perspective.

Are they the best movies based on a toy franchise? Hell yeah.

Are they the best movies based on an 80’s cartoon? For sure.

Do these flicks blow other summer fare out of the water? Most of the times, yeah?

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So why are ‘we’ complaining? Oh, yeah, that’s right… God forbid Michael Bay would use a human cast to root the war between Decepticons and Autobots.

But that’s a rant for another day. A rainier day. When there’s less news on the interwebs and more angst in my heart. Let’s get back to the meat and potatoes of our tale today…

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer. According to the latest reports, that lovely 2 minute trailer will debut alongside Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the latest Marvel flick set for theatres on April 4th. I’ve high hopes for this karate powered amphibians film. The fearsome foursome look absolutely amazing in the leaked design pics, and if the action scenes from the first draft of the script are retained in any sense, then I’m amped. Pumped. Excited. All these things!

As long as one of the turtles isn’t a racist stereotype, of course.

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