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New York is under siege by criminals called the Foot Clan, under the command of a leader called the Shredder. The basics of the story essentially remain the same as in many incarnations. There have been many versions of TMNT before and there will be many after.
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Really, unless you were a fan of the original, 1984, black and white comic book, it’s difficult to make any claim to being a fan of the “real” Ninja Turtles – after all, the late 1980s animated series (and accompanying toyline) that made TMNT a true cultural phenomenon was itself drastically altering the depiction and tone of the characters.Īll of which is to say, it’s best to go into the new Ninja Turtles film accepting it won't exactly match your ideal of TMNT that ideal usually being whichever version first introduced you to the characters in your respective childhood. To me, it’s strange to try to be a TMNT purist, since this has been a franchise that has been changed over and over and over again. She is pretty enough to manipulate emotions (in a good way) and smart enough to stay alive to witness martial artistry, comic book style.It’s been interesting seeing how upset some people are about this new version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with a lot of the cries “They’re ruining it!” from those angered about changes to the material.
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April, a junior member of the local TV news network, stays on the case with the help of her loyal cameraman (Will Arnett). The giant sewer rat, Splinter, kung fu teacher of the teenage turtles, stands between the Footy folk and a city load of innocent New Yorkers. The Shredder and The Foot Clan are in the pay of the evil billionaire who plans on poisoning the people with death gas. The flashbacked sub plot is how April O'Neil (Megan Fox), daughter of the evil scientist's goody-goody partner who died in the fire that should have destroyed their lab, saved the turtles ("They were going to be rabbits," the bad boffin tells her) after they had been dosed with chemicals that made them mutant.
The central plot is that old fave of the superhero genre - world domination - in this case by an evil billionaire scientist (William Fichtner). The story structure doesn't exactly divulge the truth about how these reptiles with Renaissance names became fully grown and taller than a double helping of Tom Cruise, although it tries.
You don't have to be a CGI 3-D action junkie to appreciate the loving care attributed to something so overplayed and underwhelming, but it helps. What's interesting about this latest pizza product placement is how enjoyable it is. Surely there comes a time in the history of Jack the Pot when turtle mania becomes toxic hernia.
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More than one movie and now the sequel to the sequel. Multiple TV series in the Nineties and again in the Tens.