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ericadawn16) wrote2016-07-02 01:31 am
ericadawn16) wrote2016-07-02 01:31 am
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
I saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows a few weeks ago.
I was looking forward to this, honestly. It looked like they were trying for more fun while being a little more true to the source materials. Plus, there was Stephen Amell.
First of all, unlike the first time we had a second TMNT sequel, there was no free puzzle foldout! I think I still have mine somewhere. I know I saw it 5 years ago or so when I was going through stuff.
It did try to be more like the animated series and they seemed more comfortable writing the turtles without being complete stereotypes but...
April is still frustrating. They had her stealing things and just... (sigh)
Like why did they have Will Arnett take all the credit instead of April? Is it because a male would be more believable?
Was Tyler Perry's character supposed to be an evil Neil deGrasse Tyson?
This actually had Laura Linney and not Laura Linney in like two crap scenes like they did Whoopi in the first one but Laura Linney was actually IMPORTANT! I was impressed...you know for a good 3-5 seconds.
Karai is still utterly wasted.
Casey had some fun parts but this definitely isn't Arrow. I have nothing against Tommy Gavin's brother/beeper man but I think the bartender should have been the original Casey. Dammit, Judith Hoag filmed a cameo and was cut.
I love how mutant creatures can just board airplanes whenever they want in this universe...I don't care that they're sneaking into the cargo hold. They're Ninjas, but they're still large turtles...really?
When they did Muhammad Ali's quote without attributing, I definitely cringed since he had JUST died.
I thought Krang was pretty good. It made me think how they could do MODOK in the Marvel films which used to seem ridiculous but not anymore, lol.
I feel like there could have been a good metaphor about when you're born a certain way or become physically deformed, people should accept you instead of you having to change for them but then...they still decide to live in the shadows so I don't like that message at all.
I was looking forward to this, honestly. It looked like they were trying for more fun while being a little more true to the source materials. Plus, there was Stephen Amell.
First of all, unlike the first time we had a second TMNT sequel, there was no free puzzle foldout! I think I still have mine somewhere. I know I saw it 5 years ago or so when I was going through stuff.
It did try to be more like the animated series and they seemed more comfortable writing the turtles without being complete stereotypes but...
April is still frustrating. They had her stealing things and just... (sigh)
Like why did they have Will Arnett take all the credit instead of April? Is it because a male would be more believable?
Was Tyler Perry's character supposed to be an evil Neil deGrasse Tyson?
This actually had Laura Linney and not Laura Linney in like two crap scenes like they did Whoopi in the first one but Laura Linney was actually IMPORTANT! I was impressed...you know for a good 3-5 seconds.
Karai is still utterly wasted.
Casey had some fun parts but this definitely isn't Arrow. I have nothing against Tommy Gavin's brother/beeper man but I think the bartender should have been the original Casey. Dammit, Judith Hoag filmed a cameo and was cut.
I love how mutant creatures can just board airplanes whenever they want in this universe...I don't care that they're sneaking into the cargo hold. They're Ninjas, but they're still large turtles...really?
When they did Muhammad Ali's quote without attributing, I definitely cringed since he had JUST died.
I thought Krang was pretty good. It made me think how they could do MODOK in the Marvel films which used to seem ridiculous but not anymore, lol.
I feel like there could have been a good metaphor about when you're born a certain way or become physically deformed, people should accept you instead of you having to change for them but then...they still decide to live in the shadows so I don't like that message at all.