I just learned that Michael Bay is making a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.

[kane_magus]

I wish I were kidding.

And he's saying fans need to "chill" and that he's not going to ruin the franchise and so on and so forth. Right, I totally trust him after the tender loving care he paid to the Transformers franchise. (Granted, I only saw the first one, and it was okay I guess, but I hear the other two were far worse, which is why I never bothered to see them.)

But in a more general sense, why does everything need to be remade or rebooted these days? And why does it need a "more complex back story" or whatever? As far as TMNT is concerned, I was just fine with "four baby turtles were dropped into a sewer, covered in toxic ooze, and taught ninjitsu by a humanoid rat." It doesn't need to be more complex than that. *weary sigh*

I don't know, this movie may end up being the best thing ever, or at least maybe it'll be as not completely sucky as the first Transformers movie. I'm not holding my breath on this, though.

(EDIT)

Also, "Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles..." Hmm, I wonder which one needed the money so badly? Eastman? Or Laird? Maybe both?

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[rabbitucker.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, Kevin Eastman is the sole owner of all things Ninja Turtle after Peter Laird walked away some time in the late 90's. Laird just wanted to do other things and was getting tired of the Ninja Turtle universe. (It may be the other way around, though... My memory ain't what is used to be.)

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

According to the TMNT wikia links I posted there (which I admittedly didn't fully read myself), Laird was the sole owner of TMNT, as of 2008. But then, it also says that he sold it to Nickelodeon after that in 2009, though he retains the rights to do black and white comics. Hrm.

[rabbitucker.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey... Didn't know there were links there.

In that case, take everything I said an reverse it. That makes it sort of true again. (It's not like I really ever drew a distinction between the two; they're like Rosencrantz and Gildenstern to me, kinda.)