Monday, July 16, 2012

My thoughts on Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles

First off, I'd like to settle something.  I do know that my mom moved to WordPress with her blog, but I will not.  I'm staying right here, and nothing is changing.  That said, let's talk about the new TMNT movie.

I randmly looked it up a while ago, and saw Michael Bay's name attached.  When I saw that I just went "Well that's going down the toilet" and promptly forgot it existed.  I think I should pause here and give everybody a little bit of background.  I've been a TMNT fan ever since I was six.  I've seen the first two movies and the animated one, MANY episodes of the 4Kids show, and a few episodes of the old cartoon.  Yeah. I'll admit, I like the new one more.  It was darker, more grown-up, and it was closer to the comics.  Whereas the 80's show had a little pink brain in a robot suit and Shredder's ultimate weapon was a golf ball with wheels and an eye.  I'm sorry, but mutant bannanas are too rediculous for me.  And yes, they were in the show, not just the other movie I forgot to mention, Turtles Forever (SPOILERS: It was Awesome!).  No. I don't know exactly where, but it was pointed out by some poular review on YouTube, you can look it up.  If I'm wrong, don't hesitate to call me out though.  Anyways, I'm a big fan of this, just like I'm a big fan or Transformers.  So I already know what Michael Bay is capable of.

Now when I found out about this, I had the same reaction as many people: I was outraged.  I know this isn't entirely Bay's fault, given that he's just a producer, but it sounds like he had a strong hand in this.  But looking back on it, I realized something: I should be ecstatic!  Why?  Because it's so stupid!  Honestly, that is the only way you could make Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles any more rediculous.  And that ain't easy!  What we finally have is a film that is already getting a bad reception before it even comes out!  But why is this good?  The reason is very simple.  We are now a step closer to bringing Bay down.  In fact, production on the movie has shut down.  It's a little unclear if it's permanent or not, but if it is, it's a step in the right direction.  If not, that just means we need to simply act like the film doesn't exist, and avoid seeing it at any cost.  This alien thing will help with that.  Michael Bay has already proven he can't really make a good movie, (except the first Transformers, which was alright, but it wasn't a really great film), so maybe this will jolt everyone into realizing this as well.  My hope is that this terrible idea will wake people up, and convince them to stop giving Bay their money.  Besides, they already made the best Turtles movie they could make: Turtles Forever.  That was an epic film!  It was even going to be given a short run in theaters!  Yeah, that's how awesome it was.  So Turtles fans, watch that if you want a difinitive TMNT movie.  And whatever we do, we have to boycott Bay's film.  It may not have much of an impact (I STILL haven't seen Dark of the Moon, and look what happened), but we have to try.  We have to get Bay out of there, and ensure he's kicked out of Hollywood.