I, Grady, am sitting at computer, trying to shoot out to all of you guys news as quickly as possible. If you want to get the news FASTEST, follow us on twitter: @SewerSirens.
But here on this blog, I will be giving LIVE updates on my thoughts of the news we kick out. So once you see us tweet out something on Twitter, you can just check back here at this blog for my thoughts (once I furiously type them out, that is).
NOTE: I am going to go into small detail of what I think about these pieces of news. David and I will fully discuss our thoughts in our next movie news episode.
So let's do a small recap. Last night, we saw our look at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo. This is nothing new, we've seen this all before. But the cool thing about them is that Paramount is actually SHOWING OFF their product.
(Also tonight, we got these)
Then, just a little while ago, we got our first (official?) picture from the movie. (I've heard people say this is from the teaser trailer, but I'm not sure.) It includes Megan Fox and Will Arnett (April and Vernon) looking past the camera at somebody/something in horror.
This kind of confirmed a little fear of mine. With Liebesman directing, I was really worried about this shaky camera and awkward close up business. This added to this fear. There will probably be more on this later.
But Paramount is about to start their presentation, so stay tuned for news.
UPDATE: 9:20 P.M.
I've been gathering this information from Twitter, as people write in about their experience and what they are seeing at CinemaCon.
Will Arnett and David Cross enter stage to introduce TMNT. (Why is David Cross there??)
UPDATE: 9:24 P.M.
Quotes from people there:
"First trailer for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' debuts at CinemaCon. ....hmm...Transformers with a shell?"
"...and TMNT (looks...ok)"
Man, not so many great things being said so far.
UPDATE: 9:30 P.M.
Hey, I just want to add, looking at this April and Vernon picture again, that maybe the reason for the weird angle is that one of them is holding a camera . . . that would make me feel better.
More info, looks like a twitter account 'Superhero Report' is excited after this trailer (they also say that details and a leak should come soon). Yeah, let's hope. I'm dying for a teaser right about now. Anything.
UPDATE: 9:43 P.M.
What is in the teaser trailer? We've heard (SPOILERS) that Megan Fox faints at the end of the trailer. "Can we say 'anticlimactic???'"
UPDATE: 9:49 P.M.
"First teaser trailer of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is really short but you get a great look at the turtles. They look like turtles." And then he says "It's clear Paramount doesn't have much finished footage which is why teaser is short. But they look like I expected them to look." Then... "my guess is the TMNT teaser will be online really soon"
"Fricken. Teenage. Mutant. Ninja. Turtles. First look was BLEEPa awesome"
UPDATE: 9:57 P.M.
IMDB Live says: "'Ninja Turtles': Not as impressed with this trailer, though the little footage there is of the turtles looks right"
This is what Hollywood Reporter has to say: "Will Arnett took the stage next, via Segway. He introduced the world premiere of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. "Heroes are not born -- they're created," says the voiceover in the trailer, which showed the CG-created heroes in a half-shell (who are very, very large) sliding down snow-covered mountains and trying not to scare off April (Megan Fox)."
UPDATE: 10:02 P.M.
"TMNT trailer has a long voiceover that includes "Heroes are not born -- they're created"" (Is this Leonardo talking? Sounds like him.)
"TMNT teaser details: "A lot of action. On the subway, in the snow-covered mountains. The turtles are huge, much bigger than humans." (...much bigger than humans? Really? Of course, we already knew this, but the confirmation stinks. Michael Bay think bigger = better)
But I'm still super pumped to see this trailer (and movie).
UPDATE: 10:10 P.M.
"Excited by what we saw on #TMNT..."
SCRATCH THAT COMMENT EARLIER! "'Heroes aren't born, they're made.' -- William Fichtner (Shredder) in 'Turtles' trailer implying he had a hand in creating them" (I'll love me some Shredder dialogue!)
UPDATE: 10:20 P.M.
"The new Ninja Turtles are not what I was expecting" Eric from IGN (Except that doesn't really help us get a visual since we don't know exactly what he was expecting...)
Also, here's an interesting tweet. Someone asked Rebecca Ford, who attended this event "Are the Turtles still going to be aliens?"
She replies "No. Looks like they were created by man?" Wait. What? I'm sure she's implying that Shredder INFLUENCED their creation (see above)...but does she mean something more by that?
UPDATE: 10:24 P.M.
Variety posted about CinemaCon. Here's what they had to say about TMNT: "In addition to “Transformers,” Bay is producing “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” which is based more on the comic book than the children’s TV series and posits the green amphibians as a gang of superheroes, with Megan Fox as the damsel in distress.
“It’s a daunting task given how rabid the fanbase is,” said Will Arnett, who stars as Vernon Fenwick and arrived via Segway onstage along with comedian David Cross. Arnett also pointed out that the Ninja Turtles have been the No. 1 action figure for the last six straight years."
Also, I just read what Hollywood Reporter had to say (earlier in the post), and they did say Shredder had that voiceover. I was just on a roll and copied and pasted without reading.
UPDATE: 10:30 P.M.
Bad*** Digest was at CinemaCon, and here's what they have to say:
"I'm at CinemaCon, the theater owner trade show in Las Vegas, and Paramount just revealed the first look at the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - which revealed that April O'Neil's dad helped create the turtles.
Seriously.
At first the trailer hides the turtles - there's voice over from William Fichtner's Shredder explaining the city has gone to shit. We see criminals with automatic weapons and buildings exploding and maybe - just maybe! - it seems like this could be a Hobo With A Shotgun version of a city in decline.
It turns out that this version of Shredder hates that crime and violence, and so he started a program to create heroes. That's juxtaposed with TCRI ooze canisters and experiments. You know, the ooze that created the turtles. The ooze that Shredder made... with April's dad. Yes, the VO is Shredder telling April he and her dad made the turtles.
There's flash footage of the Turtles fighting guys in the subway and April films on her phone. Then the turtles are revealed... and they're kind of bad? Meredith Woerner of io9 was sitting next to me and said they looked like babies with penis heads, and she's right. They're not turtle-y enough and they're not anthropomorphized enough. They're a terrible middle ground.
They do crack wise, though. We see the turtles sliding down a mountain and one yells "Batter up!" and is thrown into a Hummer, shell first, crushing the door of the vehicle.
I imagine this will hit the web soon and you'll get to make up your own mind."
Wow, I...I really don't know what to think.
UPDATE: 10:46 P.M.
"Also the new TMNT looks great and I might actually see it"
"People at CinemaCon have seen a trailer for TMNT. Apparently, their new origin story is ripped-off ... from 'AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.'" Whoa whoa whoa. What Bad*** Digest had to say about the teaser doesn't sound ripped off of Spiderman to me. I'm not the BIGGEST fan of Spiderman ever, but I know a good amount of things about Spiderman comics. (First, I'm a TMNT fan. Second, I'm a Spiderman fan. Collect and get excited over both.)
But I really don't understand WHY someone may think this is a rip off of Spiderman. Because they're a lab experiment? Hate to break it to you dude, but that really isn't a rip off of Spiderman. (If anyone knows why this person thinks this is a rip off of Spiderman, comment here on this blog or email us at: SewerSirensPodcast@hotmail.com)
UPDATE: 11:19 P.M.
BREAKING: Steven Weintraub, the editor-in-chief of Collider who attended CinemaCon, has stated on twitter the teaser trailer will be online Thursday morning. Oh yeah!!
Anyway, here's another statement made on Twitter. Not sure if this certain guy saying this actually SAW the trailer, but... "I love that the TMNT clip they chose for CinemaCon is the most likely to infuriate fan boys, also explains concept to clueless exhibitors"
You can read up on what other fans think of the description here: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/notyetamovie/news/?a=96712
Here is a detailed description of the teaser, from Cinema Blend (not reading it, though, because I don't really want to know in full detail what happens):
"For
the first time since 1993, the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles are making their return to the big screen in
live action this summer. Produced by Michael Bay and directed by Jonathan
Liebesman, the new movie promises to reintroduce the classic characters to a
new generation, replacing foam rubber suits with fancy performance-capture
technology. We have been patiently waiting for our first look at the new
version of the turtles for months now, and tonight we finally got our first
peek, as the premiere trailer was debuted during the Paramount Pictures
presentation at CinemaCon.
The trailer
begins with a camera soaring through skyscrapers and a voice over from Shredder
(William Fichtner).
He talks about how the city has become overrun with “crime, violence and fear,”
and how a once great city has been destroyed. We see shots of a tower on top of
a skyscraper come crashing down and hooligans wearing masks firing off guns.
Shredder talks about justice being restored and the need for heroes.
Down in a
subway we see flashes of action as criminals are getting their asses handed to
them by the turtles, though they are moving too fast for us to get a good look
at them. April O’Neil (Megan Fox) is on the scene and we see her recording the
action on her phone. The voice-over continues, but there are also flashes of
Shredder out of costume talking with April, and shots of the legendary ooze
that will eventually transform the titular heroes. Shredder then drops the
biggest bomb of all and perhaps the movie’s biggest change in TMNT mythos:
knowing that heroes are not born but rather created, Shredder actually worked
with April’s dad to create the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The next
shot has one of turtles (I couldn’t see the color of the mask) skiing down a
mountain on his shell before slamming into a parked SUV and getting stuck to
the side upside down (for comedic effect). The scene then switches to a rooftop
where April is standing and is shocked when Leonardo (Pete Ploszek) jumps down
and lands from seemingly out of nowhere. She turns around as though to run, but
comes face to face with Michelangelo (Noel Fisher). The turtle quickly tries to
calm her down by telling her that there is nothing to freak out about and that
“it’s just a mask.” He removes his disguise to reveal his face, and April
faints.
Outside of
the change in the origin story, the biggest reveal was the look of the turtles
themselves. While the bodies looked fine, the thing that gives me pause is the
look of their heads. While it’s obviously a challenge to find some kind of
middle-point between real life turtles and humans, the design seems to be stuck
in a weird middle point where it just looks a bit off. In addition to being out
of proportion with their bodies, they are also a bit weirdly shaped and look…
off.
So when will
you be able to see this trailer for yourself? As we reported late last month,
the preview will be making its theatrical debut in front of Captain America:
The Winter Soldier next month, but stay tuned in the next
two weeks for it to arrive online and get ready for Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles in theaters on August 8th. "
Well, I'm wrapping this up for the night. Been sitting here for awhile at the computer, and I hope you guys found this helpful. I may give some more updates here tomorrow, but be sure to follow us on Twitter (@SewerSirens). We'll definitely tweet out important news that may surface tomorrow.
Tonight, in closing, I'll give my thoughts of what has been released tonight. First of all, tonight really is getting me more excited for this film. I'm filled with nostalgia. Do I expect this to be the best film ever? No. Is this the most ideal film I want? I don't think so. But do I think it's good?
I think that it has potential. We didn't hear utterly horrible things from the trailer tonight (granted, no one exactly saw much). But no one was bashing what they had seen. We heard people were excited, and people were more 'eh'.
We actually did hear some negative things regarding the visuals, but there were also people saying they really liked it. So we will have to judge for ourselves.
This is a film I'm looking forward to and will definitely see in theaters. But right now, I'm partially torn and partially pumped. And that, in itself, is a weird feeling.
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UPDATE: 11:23 P.M.
Oh, also, one other thing. I contacted a girl who attended CinemaCon, and asked her a question, which she replied to.
"Also the new TMNT looks great and I might actually see it" she said.
I replied "Can you tell us something you really like and something you didn't?"
She answered "I love how action packed it looked! How it will still make people not into them want to go and see it." (That's good) "Although the way the turtles are animated kinda freaks me out"
So, there you have it!
UPDATE: March 25 10:00 A.M.
As last night's CinemaCon wrapped up and closed, the journalists, after a long night, went back to their hotel room to type up their thoughts (and their summaries) of the new teaser.
First of all, since I wrapped up last night, I've heard a whole lot of NEGATIVE fan reactions (from a certain Technodrome Forums). What I heard the most was people ranting about how they didn't like the new upcoming changes (April's Dad helping to make the turtles who they are today and Shredder being good [which I'm sure there's a lot more to, since if he's good, and the turtles are fighting him, that means that the turtles are bad)].
But I just want to say that this is a new version of the turtles. The people behind this production didn't set out to make the film from 1990 all over again. They want to make something unique and different, and I'm fine with change (as long as they don't take it too far). And if this movie is horribly? So what? It doesn't ruin the past movies, doesn't ruin the comics, doesn't ruin the TV show, it just ruins the movie in itself.
Anyway, let's get onto those description with the trailers, shall we? (I, again, am not reading these, since I don't want to know step by step what happens. I would like the trailer to make it's impact on me, and not know every single thing that's happening.)
You can read the whole article here, but I'm going to copy and paste a few things in the beginning I find interesting: http://io9.com/we-saw-the-first-ninja-turtles-clips-and-their-origin-1550893638
"The best way to describe the look of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is giant, galumping, green babies. Like the baby masks that costume shops sell on Halloween, only as turtles. Similar to these babies below — but with Voldemort's nose and very, very childlike eyes. It's very jarring, but kind of what we expected.
However, the turtles are MUCH bigger than we ever suspected. They are absolutely giant, and when they land they make a huge thud noise. They are simply massive. Their skin looked very smooth, similar to how we've seen them before. It's a weird cross of baby face, monster nose, green skin and all tied together by something vaguely phallic.
However, the turtles are MUCH bigger than we ever suspected. They are absolutely giant, and when they land they make a huge thud noise. They are simply massive. Their skin looked very smooth, similar to how we've seen them before. It's a weird cross of baby face, monster nose, green skin and all tied together by something vaguely phallic.
I'm not saying that they're good or bad. I don't know yet, because it was such a short glimpse. It was definitely weird, at first sight. But the one important note is that the toys do NOT reflect the sheer magnitude of these creatures."
Wow, this makes me really curious to see the new designs (as if I wasn't already). But if there's anything I'm worried about, it's the faces.
Next we got Super Hero Hype's review / summary of the trailer (also included is an interview with Will Arnett on his character, Vernon): http://www.superherohype.com/news/296417-cinemacon-paramount-shows-off-first-ninja-turtles-and-new-transformers-footage?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cinemacon-paramount-shows-off-first-ninja-turtles-and-new-transformers-footage
(NOTE: the picture with April and Vernon is NOT in the teaser, it was just a picture put up at CinemaCon as a ... poster.)
And, finally, we get IGN's thoughts on the trailer: ign.com/articles/2014/03/25/weve-seen-the-trailer-for-michael-bays-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles
The reviewer states "Overall, the tone is far straighter and more serious than expected." (Which sort of is different than previous statements)
Hopefully it works. Hopefully it works.
We'll see Thursday.
UPDATE: March 25 3:36 P.M.
News from CinemaCon now lets us know that this movie will be in 3D, along with customized TMNT glasses.
Too bad that's going to be a LITTLE hard to put over the glasses I already own . . . and this is only if I want to see the movie in 3D.
UPDATE: March 25 4:57 P.M.
Here another interview with Will Arnett. He talks about working with Jonathan Liebesman, the first official picture released, and more: http://collider.com/will-arnett-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-interview/
UPDATE: March 26 10:46 A.M.
If you want to hear Steven Weintrab (editor-in-chief of Collider) and Devin Faraci (runs Bad*** Digest) talk about the TMNT trailer, you can watch here: http://badassdigest.com/2014/03/25/cinemacon-video-blog-devin-and-steven-weintraub-report-from-the-frontlines
In this interview, Devin Faraci bashes all fans of TMNT, saying that we must be 11 years old. Wow, seems like a great dude (sarcasm). They start talking turtles around the 3:30 mark.
UPDATE: March 26 10:18 P.M.
As it gets closer and closer to the TMNT trailer tomorrow, we have heard more about the movie (including three screenshots and a synopsis of the film).
First, here's a closer look at the TMNT 3D glasses.
Then, we got three screenshots from the teaser (first is super low quality)
Looks like this one is Mikey.
Here's April, making sure social media knows about these cool turtles.
And here's...Raph? Don? The internet seems to be conflicted about who this is...but I think it's Raph.
Hmm, interesting. And finally, we have the 'official' synopsis of the new film.
Nothing really new here that we already didn't know, but this definitely says Shredder has a "diabolical plan". So, no, everyone. He is not a goody goody.
UPDATE: March 27 10:40 A.M.
Will Arnett made a (surprise? I didn't hear this appearance being advertised) appearance to the Today Show, showing off the first TMNT movie clips to the public. Here's the link:
But, hey, before you watch that, how about you watch the REAL FULL LENGTH TRAILER! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjsWpM9zFU
It's here, everyone! I haven't watched it yet, because David and I will watch it for our first time as we record our movie news episode! That'll be a fun episode to record, and you won't want to miss it. We'll give our thoughts on everything I've been talking about on here, and it should be really fun! You can subscribe to us and be the first one to hear it when it's out (which won't be until April 1st): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sewer-sirens-podcast/id725309366?mt=2
This will be the last update on this CinemaCon post, but I hope I can do something like this again. It's been fun. Hope you enjoy the trailer and give our podcast a listen. Turtle Power!
UPDATE: March 27 10:40 A.M.
Will Arnett made a (surprise? I didn't hear this appearance being advertised) appearance to the Today Show, showing off the first TMNT movie clips to the public. Here's the link:
But, hey, before you watch that, how about you watch the REAL FULL LENGTH TRAILER! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjsWpM9zFU
It's here, everyone! I haven't watched it yet, because David and I will watch it for our first time as we record our movie news episode! That'll be a fun episode to record, and you won't want to miss it. We'll give our thoughts on everything I've been talking about on here, and it should be really fun! You can subscribe to us and be the first one to hear it when it's out (which won't be until April 1st): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sewer-sirens-podcast/id725309366?mt=2
This will be the last update on this CinemaCon post, but I hope I can do something like this again. It's been fun. Hope you enjoy the trailer and give our podcast a listen. Turtle Power!
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