since I didn't see an existing one...

here are a bunch of stills from the film.... the WHOLE film

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31086

here are a few of them (non-spoilery but spoiler tag'd anyway) in case anyone's interested:

SIGMA SIX'D

It looks cool I guess, but I was never really into Ninja Turtles. My girlfriend is excited about it.

Why do Turtles films never follow the Show that is currently out? When they gave Spinter's origin as being a Rat his whole life that learned martial arts in his cage in the first Turtles flick....my jaw was on the floor. The was the dumbest thing I had ever heard. Him being a Human Martial arts master made a ton more sense to me.

I'm looking forward to this film and what ever story it holds. The art design in beautiful. I want to see it in action.

i saw a buttload of toys in the store... is there no shredder in this movie???

Are you asking for spoilers?

That's because the original TMNT movie followed the original Black and White comics.
It didn't follow the cartoon. Because it followed the original comics we got a much darker movie, Raph and Leo had a much better dynamic, and the Foot Clan was a much better enemy than in the cartoon.

ORIGINAL COMIC'D!

I love that pic of Splinter looking at trophies from the other movies.

The movie follows up after the events of the 2nd Original TMNT movie...TMNT: Secret of the Ooze. So Shredder is dead. However this movie also takes stuff from the original comics as well...Karai (Shredder's apprentice) has come in and has taken over what's left of Shredder's Foot Clan.

sure, why not...

actually when i was in the store, i looked at the back of the box and saw no shredder action figure, so that is where my question is coming from

Oroku got kicked out of the clan for drinking all the Saki.... That's why he's not in it

I don't really like the look of the characters in this film. They just look odd. Now the actual animation looks great so far, very fluid in their movements. Doubt I'll see it in theaters though, probably rent it.

If you'd like to find more info about the TMNT movie so far...
You can go to Pete's Forums of Toxic Apocalypse and look within the Arts & Music section.


EDIT:
I'm an idiot and can't get a link to TA to work, just ask Pete for it.

AHH CRAP TMAN...I must have blocked that out of my memory.

Vanilla Ice spur rap, haha...

Has me interested. Not a mega TMNT fan but was at one point or other.

Interesting how the film is taking the Bryan Singer approach by scrapping the third film in the continuity and starting where the second left off. FWIW the first two were just fun while the third one was unbelievably dull.

Animation looks decent.

If it starts at movie 2, why does splinter have a trophy from the third movie? *grins*

Anyway, I think it's gonna be a good movie.

It has nods to the 3rd film, but supposedly continuity-wise, the story ignores the 3rd film all together...replacing it with events from the original comics and taking up after the 2nd movie. I mean this is what I've found out looking up stuff for the movie. Don't get me wrong, that could be false info, but that's what the director of the film originally intended. Hope that helps.

I just don't understand why anyone would make a movie that not only deliberately ties in to an older, forgotten movie series, but which also presumes to replace a given movie in that series. It was silly for Superman Returns; it's downright ridiculous for TMNT. Does anyone know or care about the old TMNT movies anymore? I'm trying to think of a better way to proclaim the irrelevance of your movie before it even comes out, and I can't think of one.

i saw Eregon yesterday.....it had the new TMNT preview in it...... its gonna kick ass

*plans to see it*

Checked trailer. One thing to say: Looks like fun. Literally. No high expectations, no "We are trying to stay as true to the source material as possible", no "It's grim, gritty, and we're all wearing skin-tight leather". Just, TMN Turtles action comedy adventure. Looks good to me.

I saw a bunch of the toys tonight at Target. I think I'm too used to the new cartoon; these guys look like they've been stretched out. Plus (and this is going to sound dumb) they all look the same.

I guess I always thought that the new cartoon was pretty much the coolest look the TMNTs ever had.... they set the bar pretty high IMO.

Really? I personally didn't care for it.

Then again I never really cared for anything TMNT related since......When was it originally on again?

the original cartoon was early 90's? I don't know, I never watched it (I went to college in 1990). And BTW go watch it again, it sucks total ass

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Kidified yes but like so many of the G1 purists that's more or less what I grew up with so that in itself is TMNTs to me.

Though I really liked the cartoon for what is was then I have no problem accepting the turtles as they are now cartoon/movie.

I just don't really care either way.

BTW IMO the mid 90s/early 90s kicked whatever passed for animations in the 80s.

hehe talking about TMNT made me go out and buy all three movies lastnight so I could introduce my son to them. He found the first one funny so it kept his attention pretty good.

I haven't seen any of the newer TMNT cartoons but after looking at the pics I regret it.

*loved the arcade game*

I can get into the newer story line, and going back to watch the old ones.... Makes me feel... bad....

I rented the first TMNT movie for my son a few years ago... and I'd forgotten how much Raphael says "damn". It was a bit jarring for a kiddie movie.

oh and his "urban mannerisms" made me cringe

saw a sneak preview of it. wasn't too bad. somewhat predictable but i wasn't didn't have high expectations. michaelangelo dressing up as a turtle & donatello doing IT support was pretty funny. got a promo t-shirt...

I'm going tonight (my kids are taking me for my birthday ) and I'm all aflutter, i love(d) TMNT

the first season was pretty coherant and very good.

Heh.
I'm a big TMNT fanboy. I'll admit it now. And while I like the original cartoon (first few episodes debuted in 1987, FYI), the old comics is what got me to be a fan. They were great for their time. The newer 2003-2005 TMNT cartoon was extremely good. Mainly because it took itself much more seriously than the old cartoon and the writing was well done, as well as was based on the old comics which were dark, violent, a bit vulgar at times, moody, and overall just not kiddie-fair.

For what it's worth - I'll be honest - They'll have to go out of their way for me to not enjoy this new movie. I know overall that I'll be much more forgiving and a lot less harsh than some in my review and thoughts on the new movie. And I'm cool with that. But If it straight sucks, then well I'll admit it once I see it (I cna't see it tonight/Friday - which makes me a sad DM).

It's the exact opposite for me, and I'm trying to think of a way I can not take my kids to see it.

I was a bigger fan of the Archie comics version. I bought a Mirage one by mistake onetime, and boy was I hella confused.

I saw it today. It was good. The story and action were well done, the animation was superb, and there wasn't anything stupid in it. It is kind of in movie continuity, but there is influence from the new animated series. It's also the first CGI movie a grown man can go to and not feel ashamed. The filmmakers seem to have considered that TMNT fans of the late '80s might want to see this movie.

Hopefully I can get to see it this weekend. I saw on Yahoo Movies page that the critic reviews were bad, so therefore it must be a good movie. I've discovered that if they say a movie sucks, I usually like it.

Awesome. What I wanted to hear!

And as for "being made for fans" - It Was. 2-3 Months ago the Director flat-out said in an interview it was made for the older fans first and foremost. And that they knew fans would be the ones to really get a kick out of the movie as well as take their kids and such to see the film. So a lot was taken into account to please the fans. Supposedly the reason this wasn't a reboot/origin story was the fact they wanted to make it for the older fans.

Neat. I didn't know that. It looks like they did the job then.

Yeah they did -- I was pretty lost at times. (I saw it tonight with the kids.) It was a pity because the movie didn't really hold my interest, despite there being the potential for some cool character stuff. I thought the New Bad Guy story was kind of unnecessary and distracted from the main focus of the story (i.e. the "brotherhood" of the Turtles). There were definitely a lot of cool moments in the film, but it didn't add up to much for me because the film had no context. It was a bit like Superman Returns in that respect. (No emo superheroes though.) I mean, yeah I know about the characters and the premise and stuff, but it still helps to actually introduce them and set things up anyway. It should work on its own as a movie is what I'm saying. I don't think it really did. It was too dependent upon fan-knowledge IMO. My kids loved it of course.

Saw it this afternoon. Pretty much have to agree with everything CP said. IMO the character delemna stuff was well played & interesting but the story altogether kinda out of place. Hate spoiler tags but people who still probably want to see this won't want to know everything just yet. So am I the only one out there who saw 13 Ghosts? Apparently not because the writers did the exact same thing only with two twists. Instead of 13 ghosts we have thirteen monster that are running a muck in Manhatten & need to be captured & placed in some dimensional gateway apparatus. Only this time instead of opening a gateway into hell the lead bad guy wants to send em back during some planetary alignment. Kind of unispiring.

The movie iteelf though looks incredible. I was literally blown away by the high quality of animation this time around. The proportions are very cartoony but animated very realistically as far as body movement, hair, eyes etc go. Outstanding. TSW looked great too but something about that style of cg gives the impression of a o0ver extended video game cinematic that overstays it's welcome. TMNT though feels like a movie in the way it's presented & directed & though your very self aware it's a cartoon it still carries with it a real sense of believability to the characters & enviroments. Voice over work was really good. Mako as Splinter was great as well as most if not all the cast. Buffy. Also think I heard Disney's Jim Cumming's voice a handful of characters near the beginning. Also very cool.

So aside from the dumbass/predictable plot a pretty enjoyable take on the TMNT characters. Personally I've hated the idea of taking classic 2d animated characters & presenting them in a 3d CG world but after turtles I'm not nearly as biased because if done right it can indeed work. Disney should take a hint & give us a CG Gargoyles movie some day I think.

8.5 out of 10 stars.

Saw it tonight and I agree on every point mikprime.

I saw it today. Loved it.

As a fan of TMNT for a long time - I really enjoyed this movie tremendously. The Animation was superb, the Action intense and well done. The Voice Acting was perfect for each role. The Raph & Leo story elements were great and just done so close to perfectly. Splinter was excellent. My only real complaint was the way some stuff seemed dropped or cut. Like there should have been another scene or extended scene here and there, but they were edited for whatever reason.

I mean this movie's main stuff was Leo, Raph, and the Turtles' Relationships with Each Other. The Winters side of the story was more or less just fluff, honestly saying. I wished there would have been just a tad bit more with the monsters - particularly the Bat/Gargoyle Beast - since it evne got a toy made of it. While Don and Mikey were more background'd this time (much like the comics used to be) they were handled very well.

I give it a 9 outta 10 for me.

I loved it.

I'm seeing it tonight.

you won't be disappointed.

SHHHHHH!
Don't make such claims - you'll bring out the non-lovers.

Took the family to see it saturday morning, we liked it.

I have noticed the intentionally abbreviated comments...

I really really wanted to like TMNT. I really did.
And the parts that had turtles in them were really a lot of fun.

But everything else was lame. 13 monsters roaming NYC for 3 thousand years and no one noticed until now? and NOT ONE monster got caught by the turtles. NOT ONE!!!

Correct me if i am wrong but wasnt the point of the film - Turtles Vs Monsters???? cause if not then i am really confused.
Mostly the film played like a Picard Vs. Zhang Ziyi movie with the occasional Turtle thrown in.

ANd then i fell asleep during the final battle.... (i must be getting old)

I think the main problem I had was that I wasn't sure if Picard and the Evil Muppets were the plot, or just a plot device. It sure wasn't as interesting as the stuff with the Turtles. And the Foot Clan was totally useless. I have a feeling that they were only put in the movie to appease fan expectations.

Basically I think the movie would have been 10x better if it had focused a lot more on the Turtles and forgotten about the "where did this come from" bad guy story. Or at least had a different bad guy story. Heck, they could have made the entire movie about the Nightwatcher vs. the Turtles.

With Raph being one of the prime investigators
Depart'D

BTW not to laugh to much at Cartoon logic - but how could NO ONE guess that Raph was the watcher? i mean even casey knew and his whole schtick was being clueless. Also why was everyone all surprised and outraged by the watcher but there is some dude running around with a baseball bat an a hockey mask and no one seemed to notice/care about that?

i think i also didnt quite get the whole "you are not allowed on the surface" mandate from splinter, even though they all went to the surface all the time.