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[LegendOfKage]

Looks great. For the people crying about april o’neil, no one else cares.

So no one cares about a thing, except for all the people who do care about a thing. Good to know.

 

[Fake]

Every fucking time...

 

[balls of snow]

Not today Satan.

 

[kunonabi]

That is the difference between the Comic and the movies. Comic done by Eastman can be dark and gritty. Nickelodeon wants the movies to appeal to a wide audience and have parents take kids. Nickelodeon is trying to do things to appeal to everyone. So they have Eastman write his comic, and then a broader scope with movies.

April in the original comic was a black woman.

That's already been debunked. With official word too.

 

[badblue]

April in the original comic was a black woman.

She looked pretty white compared to Baxter Stockman (who was black in the original comics)

Not to mention the fucking cover of issue #2

 

[Maiden Voyage]

If I was a teen, I think I’d give it a watch. Since I’m a middle aged man, I’ll probably skip it. I prefer the darker style like the first live action movie but they probably make way more money on merchandising to kids so I can’t really blame them.

Seems pretty inoffensive to me.

If they do reboot a dark version, the April casting does itself.

 

[darrylgorn]

Good for what it does.

Fine with April being black but would have been nice if she was also hot.

 

[Soltype]

It will be 33 years since the first film, and they still can't make a better film than that, give me a break. This has to be one of the worst handled IPs.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

No thanks.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Didn't see anyone crying about April not being a ginger back in 2024:

Mainly because the turtle designs looked like shit as expected.

This new movie looks like it was animated with AI and written by it. Sooner or later we can just make our own better TMNT movies with AI and have actual respect to the property.


On second thought we are long overdue for a new sexy April.

It's both scary and amazing how fast AI is progressing.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Wasn't he doing a new thundercats too? Seems like that fizzled out when everyone thought the art was shit.

 

[KyoZz]

Trailer was meh but that character design... my god it's awful and yes especially April. And no it's not because she is black I don't give a shit.
Seriously, wtf is this?

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

Didn't see anyone crying about April not being a ginger back in 2024:

Well she is smoking so of course not.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

Why does Don sound like a 9 year old?

He sounded like a girl to me.

 

[NeonGhost]

Trailer was meh but that character design... my god it's awful and yes especially April. And no it's not because she is black I don't give a shit.
Seriously, wtf is this?

Looks like the botchling from the Witcher 3 grown up

 

[SafeOrAlone]

At this point you have to wonder why they keep insisting on "suBveRTinG EXpeCaTiOns" when everyone and their mum hates it.

Because Hollywood is a slow moving ship and they are just now stating to see the decline in sales this sort of practice brings.

 

[Saber]

Trailer was meh but that character design... my god it's awful and yes especially April. And no it's not because she is black I don't give a shit.
Seriously, wtf is this?

Don't worry, someone will show an old ass comic book showing black April, as if its the problem.

 

[JCK75]

Whoopi Goldberg as April? Yuck

 

[badblue]

Didn't see anyone crying about April not being a ginger back in 2024:

Quick and dirty hair recolor because I wanted to know what we missed out on.

 

[Raziel]

Tiktok Urban Turtles

 

[chromhound]

Should have done a Rated R version

 

[Blade2.0]

Looks fine and I agree with chromhound.

Batman v. Ninja Turtles was so fuckin good.

 

[RaptorGTA]

I am not a fan of the art style
The humor seems to be aimed at a very young audience.

So maybe the younger audience will like it? But yea this is a pass for me.

 

[Batiman]

Always so much talk about the colour of a character. Who gives a fuck? Complain about her design not her colour.

 

[jason10mm]

There is a fan favorite option

 

[Beastclaw Raider]

Trailer was meh but that character design... my god it's awful and yes especially April. And no it's not because she is black I don't give a shit.
Seriously, wtf is this?

Oh god, arent we april 1st

 

[JC 1080P CRT]

That is the difference between the Comic and the movies. Comic done by Eastman can be dark and gritty. Nickelodeon wants the movies to appeal to a wide audience and have parents take kids. Nickelodeon is trying to do things to appeal to everyone. So they have Eastman write his comic, and then a broader scope with movies.

April in the original comic was a black woman.

That's already been debunked. With official word too.

She looked pretty white compared to Baxter Stockman (who was black in the original comics)

Not to mention the fucking cover of issue #2

This article refutes common arguments and provides plenty of evidence regarding AON's origin:

Was April O'Neil Originally Black in the Mirage Comics? (Spoiler: No, she Wasn't)

There has been a long-standing misconception within the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle community, and especially those outside of it, that...

tmntentity.blogspot.com

And before somebody asks "Why do you care so much?"...
When it comes to debates about changing races/genders in spinoffs and adaptations, I prefer that arguments be built upon all the known facts, and not just a selection that fits a bias.

 

[Azurro]

Why is Seth Rogan involved in this? And why is April ugly now? I'm so sick of this representation BS, give me back my hot ginger April O'Neil.

 

[AJUMP23]

This article refutes common arguments and provides plenty of evidence regarding AON's origin:

Was April O'Neil Originally Black in the Mirage Comics? (Spoiler: No, she Wasn't)

There has been a long-standing misconception within the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle community, and especially those outside of it, that...

tmntentity.blogspot.com

And before somebody asks "Why do you care so much?"...
When it comes to debates about changing races/genders in spinoffs and adaptations, I prefer that arguments be built upon all the known facts, and not just a selection that fits a bias.

Thanks for that. I read all those comics as a kid and always thought she was black. But I always liked the cartoon and the movie version of her as well.

 

[Celcius]

The art style reminder me of Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse.
Not really feeling this one though.

 

[Labolas]

Yeah, the trailer looks terrible. Also glad people are bringing up the fact that April was NOT black. The fact that Baxter Stockman, a black man, was considering darker looking and look like a black man should have clued people in.

 

[Lord Panda]

Permanent Teenager Seth Rogen

Even in the credits, he's insufferable.

 

[01011001]

why are all the recent reboots making April a teenage girl?

 

[CGNoire]

This is being aimed at toddlers, teenagers with low IQs and of course Kidults.

Actually like the art style mostly just not the weird proportions. Even GarbagePail Kid Oneil

 

[Teletraan1]

Ginger to black is just baked into the cake at this point I guess. Every week it happens so on the 375th one it is hard to maintain any sort of anger. My issue is why did they have to make her a heffer?

 

[Days like these...]

Why are they so skinny?

 

[Bragr]

April O'Neil looks like Quasimodo.

 

[FeralEcho]

At this point you have to wonder why they keep insisting on "suBveRTinG EXpeCaTiOns" when everyone and their mum hates it.

It's because they are literally this

They are mentally challenged at Hollywood and think this is what we ACTUALLY want.

 

[Scotty W]

Anyone else really hoping that Seth Rogan’s role as Donkey Kong will translate to the games? Imagine running through the jungle accompanied by a steady stream of Rogan one liners.

 

[John Bilbo]

Meh on the movie but I might check that Last Ronin comic out.

 

[Ic3man]

No thanks I'll pass.

 

[RoboFu]

Donatello has had the same style voice for 35 years and now he sounds like a 5 year old girl. Fantastic!!

 

[Stitch]

That's Aprils voice actress

And they turned her into Quasimodo


Nick actually had something decent going on with their first CG reboot. I just stopped watching it because production was too slow, and they couldn't air a new episode every week, so it was mostly just re-runs...

 

[AJUMP23]

Even in the credits, he's insufferable.

You can hear his dumb hwa-hu laugh as he wrote this too.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

awful

 

[Ulysses 31]

Seth Rogan who also pushed this?



Yeah, it's not confidence inspiring.

 

[fran.fernandez]

Glad no Disney style . Nice one!

 

[K' Dash]

I like this style much more than the plasticky look of every single 3D animated movie, this looks good at least visually.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Anyone else really hoping that Seth Rogan’s role as Donkey Kong will translate to the games? Imagine running through the jungle accompanied by a steady stream of Rogan one liners.

You hate the franchise so bad you want it to die?

 

[BlackTron]

Anyone else really hoping that Seth Rogan’s role as Donkey Kong will translate to the games? Imagine running through the jungle accompanied by a steady stream of Rogan one liners.

Bannable offense.