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Peter Laird

I Guess I Can't Argue With That

The New “Ninja Turtles” Movie Shut Down by Paramount, Release Date Moved to 2014

by Jamie Frevele | 12:55 pm, June 17th, 2012

Probably because of karmic reparations for angering fans, pre-production on the new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie has been shut down by Paramount, which has also pushed the planned December 2013 release date back to May 2014. Not surprisingly, the issue is said to be with the script — a script for a TMNT reboot that has abandoned the original story so much that it’s basically another movie that is just borrowing the TMNT name because no one could think of anything better. I’ll pretend to be upset about this right after I stop laughing.

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It Belongs in a Museum!

What Is Possibly the First Sketch of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Is Up For Auction

by Jamie Frevele | 9:40 am, April 25th, 2012

As a longtime fan, it’s been a mixed bag seeing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the news lately. Yes, I’d personally love to see a new TMNT movie, but actually, Michael Bay, I’d like it to be about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That aside, this is a little bit of news about the original TMNT — no, the original TMNT. The picture above is quite possibly the very first sketch of the characters by Kevin Eastman, one of their creators, who drew it to make fellow creator Peter Laird laugh. Drawn in 1983, it is now up for auction. After the jump, more information about that auction, plus an anecdote from Eastman. Cowabunga!

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I Guess I Can't Argue With That

People Are Predictably Really Unhappy About Michael Bay’s Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles Movie — As They Should Be

by Jamie Frevele | 11:20 am, March 20th, 2012

So, we just found out that Michael Bay‘s plans for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie will entail changing the turtles from mutants into aliens. Even though “mutant” was kind of the whole point of the fighting band of turtles, and making them part of an “alien race” not only kills the original idea completely, but it’s just a generally stupid idea if you’re plan is to make a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. The “mutant” part is part of the package. But now, people associated with TMNT are speaking up against Bay’s stupid, stupid, stupid decision, expressing what we fans of the series have thought since we first heard the news. No, not T-U-R-T-L-E power. More like rage.

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