The Sphere
General Garbage => Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits => Topic started by: B E C K on Oct 28, 2009, 10:50:43 AM
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Nickelodeon Acquires Global Rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS136549+21-Oct-2009+PRN20091021)
I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, Nick brought us Avatar. On the other, it brought us Wolverine and the X-Men. Hmmm..... They want to do a CG animated series. Ugh, no. The movie was all right, but it's nothing I have the urge to ever see again. 2-D animated turtles are where it's at. Why does everything have to be CG'd these days? It just gives everything a boxy cheap-ass look.
Also: Peter Laird's blog (http://plairdblog.blogspot.com/), where he's done a few entries about the whole thing.
And since I read about it at Powet first while catching up on old news, obligatory link. (http://powet.tv/powetblog/2009/10/22/nickelodeon-shellebrates-purchase-of-ninja-turtles/)
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On the other, it brought us Wolverine and the X-Men.
Nickelodeon had no part of that horrid show. It was Marvel trying to reboot X-Men Evolution without having to pay for it like last time.
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You know what they should bring back?
I forgot what it was called. New Mutants? Live action drama.
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Yes sir, it's not like it hasn't been done before!
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On the other, it brought us Wolverine and the X-Men.
Nickelodeon had no part of that horrid show. It was Marvel trying to reboot X-Men Evolution without having to pay for it like last time.
Meh, they still air it so it's guilt by association. Otherwise, I concede that point to you, Sir Tom.
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They air the first 3 episodes every week. I've yet to see a new one in months. Also, they don't even put it on demand.
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Since I don't have that channel, I was planning on seeing it on DVDs. I gave up after the second one. 7 eps released between January to October. How sluggish. It'd be different if this series was epic enough that a fews eps could hold one over, but it's subpar.
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It gets better, and I enjoy the Wolverine-less parts. I hate what they did to Cyclops. The release would have been maybe acceptable had they not been almost finished airing season 2 elsewhere in the world.
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Semi OT - *SCREAMS* (http://powet.tv/powetblog/2010/05/28/michael-bay-to-produce-next-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/) (http://www.rabbitinasuit.com/emoticons/R-T/scream.gif)
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Guess he wasn't happy with just ruining Transfromers.
on an OT note, about the OT note. I saw a TMNT reissue Turtle van at TRU Friday and almost bought it. I wanted that thing so bad when I a kid and finally got one for Christmas. I sold mine a few years back on eBay.
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It might be time for TMNT to go away. I got the 4 Kids show on DVD and NECA comicbook style toys. So i'm good for a while.
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Yeah, it needs to go into deep stasis... at least until the premature death of Michael Bay. I'm still pissed off that we never got that TMNT 2003 series Season 3 release. The rest of Season 4 I could do without, but I wanted 3 at least.
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They should bring back Pete and Pete ftw
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Ha ha, I never saw Pete & Pete. Live action Nick was never my bag.
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Ditto. Clone Wars > CNREal
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All I remember about Pete and Pete was the dancing girl tattoo the younger Pete had.
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I don't remember that at all. I think you made it up, what now?
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Well I prove you wrong with a simple web search and then move on with the rest of my day.
"Petunia, A tattoo on Little Pete's left forearm depicting a woman in a red dress. It is frequently made to "dance" and gets its own credit in the show's opening sequence; the origins of that tattoo, and one of a sailing ship on Little Pete's back, are unclear."
From: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h0U4KgOgZ2QJ:www.answers.com/topic/the-adventures-of-pete-pete+Little+Pete+Wrigley+Tattoo&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
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Well, that was exceedingly simple.
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Well I prove you wrong with a simple web search and then move on with the rest of my day.
"Petunia, A tattoo on Little Pete's left forearm depicting a woman in a red dress. It is frequently made to "dance" and gets its own credit in the show's opening sequence; the origins of that tattoo, and one of a sailing ship on Little Pete's back, are unclear."
From: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h0U4KgOgZ2QJ:www.answers.com/topic/the-adventures-of-pete-pete+Little+Pete+Wrigley+Tattoo&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
I see a lot of talk but no pic. You know the rule.
Also, I do remember the ship on his back
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Again...simple web search.
From now on you have to prove me wrong, rather then expecting me to prove I'm right.
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What a filthy little boy.
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damn Petunia's got a PHAT ass!
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Torso kinda looks like a man's. Like she's ready to brawl Popeye. Just sayin'.
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Again...simple web search.
From now on you have to prove me wrong, rather then expecting me to prove I'm right.
Ok I gave you one pellet
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You should really give more, but I understand you probably do not want to wait an hour just to do that.
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You have to wait an hour? why>
And no, one pellet is enough!!!
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Because the system won't let you give or take more then one pellet per hour. It stops someone from cleaning out all your pellets 5 mins after you call their mother a whore.
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But you can not add in one hour either. I get it for the take, though. Also, your mother is a whore.
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*Starts to plan out his next 8 hours*
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NO MY PELLETS!
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zomg fiero you only have 7 pellets?!???!?!?!
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o shit i have 6!?!!? WHO STOLE MINE?!?!??
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Necro-topic! Here's what we know some two years later about the new Turtles series:
Voices:
Leonardo - Jason Biggs
Donatello - Rob Paulsen (WTF)
Raphael - Sean Aston
Michelangelo - Greg Cipes (Yikes)
April - Mae Whitman
Spinter - Hoon Lee (*shrug*)
Utrom are going to be called the Krang. How creative. April will become a sixteen year old girl and Donatello will creep on her or some shit. Also, bos and nunchaku are wimpy weapons so Don and Mike get upgraded to shit with points on it. All the turtles have three toes. No Casey until the 2nd season. No word on who'll be lending their vocal-chops to the Shredder or Baxter Stockman.
Also, let's be honest. They lost me at "CG". And Don got the short end of the stick on the TMNT Dental Plan.
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As someone who didn't give a rip about the last TMNT series, this looks like a bit of alright to me.
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I liked the last series. Unless you mean Fast Forward, which needed to die in cauldron of boiling oil.
Also, since I have no interest on making a topic, on other news on the anthro crime-fighting hero front, the Biker Mice are getting a feature film (http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/gang-of-seven-to-use-100m-china-fund-for-biker-mice-movie/). The revial series sucked serious balls, whether you were a fan of the original or not. Why would they springboard a movie off of that shit? I would surprised if this makes it off the ground to be honest, since there were talks of a live-action Turtles-style movie back in the 90's that never bore fruit either. I'm going to assume by "feature film" they mean "a 70 minute direct-to-dvd PAL release" of equally crappy quality as the last series:
Gang of Seven to use $100M China Fund for 'Biker Mice' Movie
July 28, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean
Gang of Seven Animation has announced a new $100 million Animation Film Fund in partnership with the Chinese Government.
One of the first films slated to be financed through the fund is a reboot of the 1990s popular animated television series Biker Mice from Mars, which ran from 1992-1996 and again in 2006-2007.
Gang of Seven is an artist-run studio whose members include such animation industry notables as Rich Arons, Dennis Venizelos, Bob Kline, Rik Maki, Bernie Wrightson and Dick Sebast.
The studio has completed recently pre-production on the CGI animated feature film The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, based on the classic book by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz.
“The potential of feature animation in unexplored genres outside of the mainstream is an exciting prospect. As evidenced by the recent Comic-Con, the appetite is enormous and it is an expanding niche begging to be filled,” says studio head and animation veteran Tom Tataranowicz.
Gang of Seven also has developed a slate of widely anticipated animated horror properties with which a number of studios and live action horror directors are looking to become involved with. Two of the properties are the first CGI animated version of Frankenstein and a film based on the graphic novel Freak Show, for which Wrightson is expected to become involved with as production designer.
Wrightson is one of the world’s premier horror illustrators whose many famous accomplishments include Swamp Thing and illustrating Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. He is also renowned for his film production work on movies such as Ghostbusters and The Mist as well as for his numerous collaborations with Stephen King.
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It doesn't sound like they are using it as much of a springboard.
Hopefully it will not even acknowledge that series.
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Was Biker Mice from Mars really that good? I can't understand why that "franchise" won't die.
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Was Biker Mice from Mars really that good? I can't understand why that "franchise" won't die.
The original series was awesome and the SNES video game was incredibly wonderful.
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Don't change the fucking weapons. Might as well change their names.
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What annoys me most about giving Mike and Don weapons with blades and points is that the bladeless weapon are part of their personalities as the more pacifistic turtles. The bo is a basic weapon. It's a stick. It doesn't stab anyone and can used as a relatively safe defensive weapon, which suits a guy that would be happier behind a computer anyway. (Not that you couldn't kill someone with it if you really wanted to but that's not what this convo's about.) Nunchaku are actually pretty dangerous, but there's an art to them that's completely different from a kusarigama. They are flashy but not in a way where Mikey with his airheaded personality could hurt someone if he left them lying around while playing a video game.
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Was Biker Mice from Mars really that good? I can't understand why that "franchise" won't die.
The original series was awesome and the SNES video game was incredibly wonderful.
I was always Throttle, Merla was always Vinny.
I'm of the mind that the series was good enough to warrant a revival, but I was a megafan back in the day so I'm biased.
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What annoys me most about giving Mike and Don weapons with blades and points is that the bladeless weapon are part of their personalities as the more pacifistic turtles. The bo is a basic weapon. It's a stick. It doesn't stab anyone and can used as a relatively safe defensive weapon, which suits a guy that would be happier behind a computer anyway. (Not that you couldn't kill someone with it if you really wanted to but that's not what this convo's about.) Nunchaku are actually pretty dangerous, but there's an art to them that's completely different from a kusarigama. They are flashy but not in a way where Mikey with his airheaded personality could hurt someone if he left them lying around while playing a video game.
Wait what?
Didn't the original turtles kill the fuck out everything in the comics blades or no blades?
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Rob Paulsen, eh? They should have used Michael Strahan.
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What annoys me most about giving Mike and Don weapons with blades and points is that the bladeless weapon are part of their personalities as the more pacifistic turtles. The bo is a basic weapon. It's a stick. It doesn't stab anyone and can used as a relatively safe defensive weapon, which suits a guy that would be happier behind a computer anyway. (Not that you couldn't kill someone with it if you really wanted to but that's not what this convo's about.) Nunchaku are actually pretty dangerous, but there's an art to them that's completely different from a kusarigama. They are flashy but not in a way where Mikey with his airheaded personality could hurt someone if he left them lying around while playing a video game.
Wait what?
Didn't the original turtles kill the fuck out everything in the comics blades or no blades?
They killed the Shredder in the first comic but I'm bouncing it off the Turtles most people know, which are non-killing Turtles.
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Which is ridiculous anyway, seeing as they carried swords and knives and throwing stars in addition to bludgeoning arms. And they're ninjas.
Those aren't Nerf swords, kiddos!
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They didn't change the title to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the UK for nothing. Ninjas are trained killers. And all that other acrobatic shit they do is merely in aid of their killing art.
Not that the Turtles will be killing anyone in this new show, but I just don't see their weapons making any difference. They could give them sidearms for all it matters.
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We don't need a remake of the 80s pacifist jokester Turtles, and thankfully that's not what we're getting.
I think I'll be pleasantly surprised with what we do get, CGI may be slightly bothersome but it's not horrible looking.
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Were the cartoon turtles really pacifists though or was it just the whole GI JOE thing where we go nuts in battle but somehow no one gets killed type deal.
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They were pacifists by default. If they weren't, they wouldn't go around tying up bad guys over and over again instead of just stabbing them in the face.
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It helped that all the Foot soldiers they ripped to shreds were robots.
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They were pacifists by default. If they weren't, they wouldn't go around tying up bad guys over and over again instead of just stabbing them in the face.
Yeah but how was Leo not killing people/things/aliens?
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Mad House should totally make a true to the comic turtles anime.
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Or maybe Gainax...
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Yeah but how was Leo not killing people/things/aliens?
Cut the rope, drop the box on the bad guy. Or hold the sword and kick them in the face à la Wolverine and his claws on Wolverine and the X-Men.
Mad House should totally make a true to the comic turtles anime.
I'd like to see that. Don't see it happening but I'd like it.
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Would you have seen a Blade anime being made?
or any of that marvel stuff?
Japanese people love weird shit and Americans love the turtles it's beyond perfect for both markets.
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Yeah I see what you're saying but it's more like a fake pacifism just like GI JOE and the A TEAM never kill anyone.
I guess it depends on if you take their actions at face value or if you decide to consider that it was being aired on saturday morning for kids.
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Would you have seen a Blade anime being made?
or any of that marvel stuff?
Japanese people love weird shit and Americans love the turtles it's beyond perfect for both markets.
<a href="feature=related">Yes. Beyond. Perfect.[/url] :stickdance:
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Oh lawd.
I wonder if the people that made that were familiar with the comic at all, I'm guessing not.
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I would venture a 'definetely not'. Especially with color-coded bandanas, reporter-April, Krang there, and Neutrinos. Among other things.