Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (August 8, 2014)

**AidenCarby** · 2014-06-26 06:15

Can't wait for this movie to be amazing, just to watch all you fucking retards backpedal.

**Karbuncle** · 2014-06-26 06:16

Originally Posted by Abandon

mayad

With an extra sprinkle of spice... No but really... I'd say realistic? I give Michael Bay due props for making fuckloads of money off what are generally rather generic action movies, just that as an actual filmmaker, he's not great. Though I admit, I was first replying to someone as a quote but decided to remove it, and as a reply to that persons sheer brain numbing stupidity I was a little irritated, heavily edited the post though. I do that a lot.

Originally Posted by AidenCarby

Can't wait for this movie to be amazing, just to watch all you fucking retards backpedal.

I can't wait for Michael Bay to Michael Bay so idiots who can't form coherent pattern recognition backpedal.

**AidenCarby** · 2014-06-26 06:19

Originally Posted by Abandon

mayad

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**Karbuncle** · 2014-06-26 06:23

Originally Posted by AidenCarby

Can't wait for this movie to be amazing, just to watch all you fucking retards backpedal.

Originally Posted by Abandon

mayad

its two levels of Irony.

**AidenCarby** · 2014-06-26 06:30

Only to be outdone by the delicious neck beard rage.

**tyven** · 2014-06-26 06:54

Originally Posted by Karbuncle

I imagine similar discussion went on about Transformers... cautious optimism, people hating it, and other saying it'll be awesome.

They suck, game over. I have no hope in Michael bay when it comes to making movies from old cartoons. I am choosing to use my brain and look at his recent work instead of oogling a trailer. He can make a mean trailer, a movie on the other hand? No, what he can do is make things appear awesome by cramming explosions and yelling, and whatever "hot topics" of today... TERRORISM, MILITARY, BOOBS. They make money, which is good for him, I can't blame him or making 4 more Transformers because the first one made huge money, and I can't blame him for butchering the Ninja Turtles next because its another nostalgic old cartoon he can turn into explosions and propaganda and still make fuckloads. He's using brand names to interest the people who go "Hey I remember those toys as a kid...", the ones who just barely remember the "Ninja Turtles" and "Transformers" TV shows as a kid, not the ones who watched it religiously for years and can still remember most/every detail. So those people who could care less about source material go see said movie, and its got BOOBS, EXPLOSIONS, ZOMG ERPTERMUS PREM and boom, idiots tell other idiots how awesome the explosions are and that "DUde, its got Optimist Prime"(Purposeful mispelling cause most people don't know his name just a vague memory of a cartoon with robots as a kid). While the (small) public of people who actually love the older shows and material will either vehemently hate it, or just "It was ok" (if its actually good, which I doubt).

Also, defending something old isn't always nostalgia. Sometimes one thing is simply better than other, take for instance, the Star Wars trilogy vs the prequels, claiming the old ones were better isn't nostalgia, its that the new ones were ass, plain and simpple. The old Ninja Turtles movies weren't exactly the pinnacle of movie making, but the costume designs for the turtles were great, not only for their time but for the accuracy... Generating a lot of money doesn't mean the movie is good, it just means it does enough to draw in the people who think explosions are plot and/or can turn off their brains while they watch something, or maybe just like being outside and a dark room with a movie in the background is the closest they can get to their basement when being outisde.

I'm simply not impressed by a dubstep trailer, especially considering his recent incursions to childhood cartoons. I'll wait for the reviews (though I'll have to wade through the hardcore fans shitting on it to find an objective one), and even then I'll still be cautious. His other movies are money making machine, but good films they are not. They're good for what they're suppose to do, pander to just the right size of crowd, and I can't really hate Michael for playing the Hollywood game, because just like the gaming industry (hurhur hot topic here), Hollywood doesn't like taking risks, which is why the last 10-20 years or so have been almost nothing but remakes, reboots, and "reimaginings" of older movies and 80's cartoons/nostalgia.

Fucking Battleship.

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dankyou

Holy shit lol

**Krandor** · 2014-06-26 08:02

This escalated quickly

**tyven** · 2014-06-26 08:18

i haven't even read his post. how can something that long not be hilarious tho

**Serra** · 2014-06-26 09:29

Spoilered because it's a potential plot rumor:

Spoiler: show

**Karbuncle** · 2014-06-26 10:21

Originally Posted by tyven

i haven't even read his post. how can something that long not be hilarious tho

Synopsis for you.

Michael Bay makes money, and hes good at that. his recent films are a monetary smash but mediocre at best. Their popularity is due to brand recognition and people liking action films. Brand recognition is something Hollywood is milking these days.. Battleship, TMNT, Predator, Spider Man, all Marvel comic movies, Transformers, Dumb and Dumber to, Star Wars Sequels, and hundreds more I'm forgetting. Its not his fault for really butchering the content of the movies, its what Hollywood and by extension the audience wants, brand recognition and action = money.

They appeal to the people who "Remember" these brands, not the ones who worship them. Sad for diehard fans but you can't be mad because thats what sells.

Thats pretty much all I said.

**Krandor** · 2014-06-26 10:28

I keep it simple, unless it's Bad Boys 1/2 I just don't enjoy Michael Bay movies . Edit : forgot about the Rock, but in the case of the movies I like it's me enjoying the actors in spite of whatever Bay is doing.

**tyven** · 2014-06-26 10:31

transformers 1 was that crack

**Krandor** · 2014-06-26 10:34

Originally Posted by tyven

transformers 1 was that crack

Getting to see the characters I grew up with rendered in glorious CGI was great, but my fun stopped after that.

The turtles already looked damn good in the original movies, so this time around I don't have that to look forward to.

**Kaslo** · 2014-06-26 10:38

Originally Posted by Karbuncle

Synopsis for you.

Michael Bay makes money, and hes good at that. his recent films are a monetary smash but mediocre at best. Their popularity is due to brand recognition and people liking action films. Brand recognition is something Hollywood is milking these days.. Battleship, TMNT, Predator, Spider Man, all Marvel comic movies, Transformers, Dumb and Dumber to, Star Wars Sequels, and hundreds more I'm forgetting. Its not his fault for really butchering the content of the movies, its what Hollywood and by extension the audience wants, brand recognition and action = money.

They appeal to the people who "Remember" these brands, not the ones who worship them. Sad for diehard fans but you can't be mad because thats what sells.

Thats pretty much all I said.

Woah woah woah, at least the Marvel films are quality in addition to branding.

**Xno Kappa** · 2014-06-26 11:34

Some of you niggas flat out refuse to take shit on a movie by movie basis lol.

**Senji** · 2014-06-26 11:50

Originally Posted by Serra

Spoilered because it's a potential plot rumor:

Spoiler: show

**Karbuncle** · 2014-06-26 11:53

Originally Posted by Xno Kappa

Some of you niggas flat out refuse to take shit on a movie by movie basis lol.

Honestly, moving past all the other problems, If the movie can focus on the Turtles as the drive of the story, I think It'll have a chance. If he goes a "Transformers" route where the focus is the human element with the Turtles put in as background noise, I don't think it'll be a good movie, but I imagine regardless of its quality it'll still make a lot of money. We'll almost certainly see sequels too.

Edit: also, Isn't Michael Bay only the producer, not the director?

**Meresgi** · 2014-06-26 12:37

If you want to enjoy Michael Bay shit, watch the trailers, fuck the movies. Seriously his trailers are always awesome, and hype you up then you go see the movie and it's like having you grandmother walk into your room naked while you're jerking off...except your grandmother is Optimus Prime...and your masterbating to Megatron..where was I going with this?

**Senji** · 2014-06-26 14:05

Originally Posted by Karbuncle

Honestly, moving past all the other problems, If the movie can focus on the Turtles as the drive of the story, I think It'll have a chance. If he goes a "Transformers" route where the focus is the human element with the Turtles put in as background noise, I don't think it'll be a good movie, but I imagine regardless of its quality it'll still make a lot of money. We'll almost certainly see sequels too.

Edit: also, Isn't Michael Bay only the producer, not the director?

Yeah

Relevant;
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmen...nboy-approval/

All you bitches still showed up to see dofp opening weekend, not one of you had the balls to buy a cap 2 ticket and sneak in as a protest.

**Qalbert** · 2014-06-26 16:18

jokes on you I haven't seen DoFP

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