Since they're no longer mutants, are they at least still teen-aged ninja turtles? How much of the title still applies?
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles come from outer space?
Posted by Patrick Sauriol on Monday, March 19, 2012
Michael Bay has been talking about his reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise -- and yes, if you had not been aware that the Transformers director was involved with TMNT, he is -- and he's said something that could put a spin into the turtles.
The heroes in a half-shell could be aliens.
"When you see this movie, kids are going to believe that one day these turtles actually do exist…when we are done with this movie," Bay spoke at the upfront event for Nickelodeon. "These turtles are from an alien race, and they're going to be tough, edgy, funny, and completely lovable."
Maybe what Bay meant is that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are an alien species from human beings...or then again, maybe he did mean that his TMNT are extraterrestrial in origin. Whatever the case may be, Bay's comments have set off a mini-firestorm with TMNT fans anxious to find out if he's being flippant or being serious about the ET connection.
Since their creation in the TMNT comic book back in 1984, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have always been four normal Earth turtles that were mutated into human-sized, intelligent, pizza-loving teenagers. The alien angle, if accurate, would be something entirely new.
Bay's Platinum Dunes production shingle is the one developing the new TMNT live-action movie for Paramount Pictures.
If they're aliens, are they still turtles? Will they still be teenagers, or is that out the window, considering they're aliens, and probably have a different concept of growth? Will they actually be ninjas, or are they just practitioners of some alien martial art?
I guess Aliens was already taken.
They could called it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles OF MARS! It's box office would decimate John Carter's.
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