New TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Movie Complete Changes the Origin Story…To Space?!?
Oh what the hell?
Every inch of my five-year-old being is screaming with rage at this story: the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES are going to be aliens.
According to Stuff We Like, Michael Bay broke the news about the outer space beings in his recent speech at the 2012 Nickelodeon Upfront Presentation, saying:
“When you see this movie, kids will believe, one day, that these turtles do exist, when we’re done with this movie…These turtles are from an alien race, and they’re going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable.”
Really?!? Aliens?!? What happened to the ooze and the mutations and the sewer?! From a guy who grew up with the original turtles, I don’t like this. It’s like rebooting Power Rangers and saying they’re all just a bunch of crazy hallucinating teens and these are their fun hallucinations (okay, maybe it’s not THAT bad, but I’m still upset…). On the other hand, there have been plenty of worse ideas put out there during reboots.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES movie will be released on Christmas Day, 2013. WRATH OF THE TITANS director Jonathan Liebesman will be at the helm.