Dave at the Movies
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
VINTAGE D-DAY DAVE! Always cranking dat thing.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Nov 19, 2009 4:23:13 GMT -5
I've never been so amped for a made for TV movie, and I haven't been this excited about a movie in general in a long time. I've loved the Turtles ever since I saw the first episode of the original series as a six year old in '87. This also seems like an awesome way to go out before the Nickelodean era begins. I wouldn't cancel out their Nick era just yet. I am still crossing my fingers. I mean come on this is the network that originally brought us Rent and Stimpy. lol
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Post by toddpolt on Nov 19, 2009 4:34:01 GMT -5
Nickelodean? Did I miss something?
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Dave at the Movies
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Nov 19, 2009 6:29:10 GMT -5
Nickelodean? Did I miss something? Yeah Nickelodeon bought the rights to TMNT from Mirage Studios and 4Kids Entertainment. At first I thought it was a horrible idea but I've read more on it and it is actually a Viacom buyout. I think 4kids and Mirage Studios have been struggling ever since they got on The CW but I don't know for sure. The thing that I'm hoping is that they keep it similar to the recent series and not go back to the old 80s series cheese stuff. I think if Peter Laird is a consultant and is given creative control it will be fine but if he loses it and has nothing to do with it anymore the whole franchise is in big trouble. I'm guessing Paramount(also owned by viacom) is going to release the live action movie. EDIT- A little update on this. I did some searching and found Peter Laird's blog to see what he had to say about the buyout. From reading it it looks like he was just burned out on TMNT after doing it for 25 years and being responsible for the TMNT empire. It looks like he is just looking to move on. He did say that he made a deal with them where he can still produce new comics though but it didn't sound like he wanted to work on those right now or for a very long time. So basically this means Nickelodeon has full ownership and creative control over TMNT starting next year. I'm still crossing my fingers. I mean shows like Spongebob and Fairly Odd Parents aren't bad but considering those are very comedy based I'm afraid they will really tone down the dark side of TMNT for comedy. Honestly if they were smart they would make an action based show that isn't as comedic. Action anime programs are extremely popular right now so I think it would work.
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