TMNT 2014: Michael Bay's Failed Adaptation (RebelTaxi)

[@RebelTaxi]

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[@alexgeorge501]

Can't wait to see what Nick movie you'll cover next video, Cya next time Pan-P!

[@All4Tanuki]

"ulgly"

[@walrusArmageddon]

Typo in the thumbnail EDIT: wait a minute, you wrote a playboy article?

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

That 9/11 poster still kills me to this day. Like it looks like the turtles did it. Jet fuel doesn’t melt steel but T-u-r-t-l-e POWER does.

[@Elvusmiw]

True. Why do they look so happy on the poster too. I think maybe mikey lol

[@officialeggland7477]

lmao

[@KrugerBabadook]

They're gonna do it again bro

[@ImNotItalian]

Now i can only imagine if the tmnt were in the falling man picture just screaming "COWABUNGA!"

[@Denneth_D.]

Still distracting seeing you here Jack.

[@Pipkiablo]

I'll never forget the one and only time I watched this movie with my sister, who loves the Ninja Turtles cartoons. The entire conversation went along the lines of, "Hey, do you want to watch the Michael Bay Ninja Turtles movie with us?" *she slams her bedroom door in my face* "No, wait! We're going to make fun of how awful it is the entire time!" *she opens the door again*

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

I gotta get my friends to hate watch some movies with me.

[@ZeepAtomic]

I love trash talking bad films like they do on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax.

[@_G.C]

These 2014 designs look like every impulse-heavy roblox avatar, where at least 5 different accessories are clipping into each other on every body part

[@BugsyFoga]

It’s genuinely hard for me to process the fact that they bay turtles are a freaking a decade old by now, in fact I remember when I revisited my home of New York seeing a promotions for in the subway(with all the train’s covered in green shells), time really flies by like that .😂

[@walrusArmageddon]

Forget that, the source material is *40 years* old now

[@Elvusmiw]

Totally. Wow 2014 2024

[@Farm_charm_sanctuary]

Feels like yesterday the whole tmnt popularity boom between both the bay movie and the 2012 animated series was happening.

[@pkoswald2083]

I think one of the biggest issues of the 2010s movies is that they feel like dark gritty tmnt movies from someone who never looked at the actual darker grittier tmnt stuff, including the original comics. Also why is Karai there but she’s just some random woman who works for shredder

[@lasarousi]

Second in command girl power

[@ToaAxiomMan]

wasted Karai and turned her into a generic goon

[@ironmaster6496]

indeed like in the very first issue not only did they kill the foot ninjas and the shredder, but before doing so they give him a sword to do it himself, the 2003 show also had a lot of dark and effed up stuff while also keeping the guys lighthearted personalities except Leo who had an entire depression arc. meanwhile here they shoot guns, say stupid crap and fart....not even the 80s cartoon was this childish nor dumb

[@rc9145]

Well done live action comic turtles movie would be sickkk but since nick owns them now I doubt they’d be ok with skewering foot ninjas

[@COSun25]

Sounds like what happened in DragonBall Evolution.

[@CheshireCatMystic]

Yeah the scene where the Turtles consumed an entire orphanage was an odd direction to take but bold.

[@willandwillstudios]

I met Rob Paulsen last month, very nice man, he was pleasantly surpised by my gift of a pic of a local mexican restaurant using stolen Coconut Fred art.

[@astrowolvez]

Awkwardly aged comments

[@tjcoolness1768]

I believe this story cause I know Rob is one of the nicest men out there

[@alyxgraff9121]

Where is the restaurant?

[@1heKing]

​@@tjcoolness1768he really is ngl

[@caramelcomplx9518]

Do you have a link to your photo of that restaurant?

[@Elvusmiw]

Merchandise using old concept art or deleted scenes is so fascinating. It happens all the time like with across the spider-verse toys. Another example monsters unleashed. Even weirder example is the hobo deleted scene from thor ragnarok can still be viewed in the kids illustrated kids book.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

it also happened with the good dinosaur and Moana (I think)

[@PixityPixel]

⁠@@kittykittybangbang9367it did happen with Moana. Hei Hei (the chicken) was meant to be more angry but the writers thought he’d be better as a goofball character 🐔

[@Igorcastrochucre]

They leaked stuff from BOO, a cancelled movie film.

[@PixityPixel]

@@Igorcastrochucre man, such a shame that movie didn’t come out.. it looked cute for the premise.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@Igorcastrochucre DreamWorks' BOO?

[@bossle6834]

They really got a "NINTENDO HIRE THIS MAN" to do the designs huh

[@Max25670]

Literally "this will be video games in 2014"

[@Yapmanpac]

Pan, you can't just drop the Playboy magazine on us like that and walk away

[@Filthy_pleb]

I KNOW I FACT CHECKED THINKING ITD LEAD TO NOTHING……. WHY DOES IT LEAD TO SOMETHING

[@sketchyshell2115]

I think he did mentioned it once in an old podcast ep

[@canalkevinjordan]

Sorry, I just watched the video and I'm not sure what you're referring to.

[@kentuckycryptid]

​@@canalkevinjordanI know I'm late, but near the beginning, Pan mentions that he wrote an article for Playboy magazine.

[@TrlllyToys]

A solar powered van for a group that only works at night is so fucking funny

[@Farm_charm_sanctuary]

I never thought of that but you’re right. They’re basically nocturnal and live underground. That van ain’t getting any sunlight. 😂

[@Altar360]

Gosh, Megan Fox’s face on that interview at the beginning was amazing. Like: “Why the hell would they even ask that?”

[@MuseBySecrecy]

They’re teenagers and they’re turtles no no no no no no.

[@haramsaddam238]

Seeing that Michelangelo taking his mask off gave me flashbacks of pure disgust to when Master Chief took his helmet off in the Halo show

[@evenhartwick4422]

its not like they always ware them i could be misremembering but I'm pretty sure they took them off a few times in the 80s cartoon. at least when they went out in disguises with trench coats and hats

[@haramsaddam238]

@@evenhartwick4422 Oh yeah I’m sure they probably did in the classic cartoons, but them doing it with these designs is just jarring

[@james656-k8e]

well to be fair did anyone really think giant mutant turtles would look appealing in live action

[@astrowolvez]

Master chief takes off his helmet!?

[@wisconsinking323]

People watch the Halo show?

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

I love that out of all the books that could have possibly ended up in the sewer to alter the ideology of Master Splinter, you saved the one that brought you the biggest reaction for last, which is none other than Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down!

[@retrodruid4785]

Is it the worst in the series?

[@logannottheonefrommarvel9917]

​@@retrodruid4785 absolutely nothing of a book. Nothing memorable happens

[@PhantoRoyce]

I never minded that they were ugly because the turtles have always been “ugly”. They look a certain way so people judge them before they meet them,kinda like what happened irl

[@james656-k8e]

Yeah i don't know what people expected, what did they think giant mutant turtles were gonna look like in live action, cute?

[@felixdaniels37]

​@@james656-k8e That excuse doesn't really fly when the original Live Action movies exist and look leagues better. Even when you're making mutant men, appeal is a very important factor to consider unless you're making an outright horror movie.

[@james656-k8e]

well of course the original film designs look better because obviously that film wasn't going for realism when it came to the turtles designs.@@felixdaniels37

[@james656-k8e]

@@felixdaniels37 well of course the originals look better cause cleary they weren't going for realism when it came to the design of the original films turtles

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

​@@james656-k8eJust because a design has a theme doesn't mean people can't dislike the design.

[@Ektambo]

I was not expecting that Bibleman deep cut omfg

[@lancelot717]

Second time I have seen it mentioned this week, pretty wild.

[@kingbash6466]

Mikey pulling off his mask at the end of the first trailer was like slasher villain revealing their disfigured face, except it's supposed to me friendly.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

They're monsters... They're MONSTERS!!! Oh wait, that’s the sequel.

[@Solaris_Paradox]

We're not monsters... 😢

[@Princess_-gp3ep]

Speaking of which, never say that Nimona is monster. She’s Nimona.

[@BugsyFoga]

He’s not a monster, man 😢

[@brandonspain12345]

​@@Solaris_Paradox "Sorry Mikey, but that's a turtle, that's a turtle, that's a turtle, and those are monsters. Eww."

[@Rediscool9]

It’s funny because they made the Turtles slightly less ugly in the sequel.

[@THEAnimeHERO]

It bothers me that Mutant Mayhem did the same thing with Splinter. How did he learn martial arts? By watching KZbin videos and old vhs tapes. The lab background for the turtles & April was also featured in the IDW comics. Why is Raphael featured for the Robbie Rist section when he played Michelangelo?

[@RebelTaxi]

Do'h I think I looked him up and thought the image of Mikey was red...

[@james656-k8e]

yeah i've notices the original 1990 film was the only turtles film to have hamato yoshi in it i wonder why the other films ignored his existence

[@jac_238]

I think Mutant Mayhem did a better job of justifying “learning ninjutsu from a book/instructional video” then the Bay duology. Splinter had a strong distrust of humans, if he was Hamato Yoshi or his pet like in other continuities, they wouldn’t be able to justify that aspect of the plot.

[@DarkOverlord96]

@therock238360 Nah it's still stupid you just give it a pass because of the animation.

[@jac_238]

@@DarkOverlord96 No the medium didn’t matter at all but aight

[@Owen_005]

Okay but shellshock has no business being as good as it is

[@AnomalySource]

2:52. God seeing only Pan where it used to be Pizza Party. That’s an emotional gut punch I wasn’t expecting

[@rossorange2592]

He sold his friends away for mob-friendly trans people

[@AnomalySource]

@@rossorange2592 what?

[@AnomalySource]

@@rossorange2592 btw Izzie is trans and she was one of the OG pizza party hosts so I don’t see how someone being trans matters here

[@rossorange2592]

@@AnomalySource Daftpina shafted jim and izzy and now they both hate pan. Izzy didn’t make her personality being trans, she had an actual personality, then Daftpina blew up in pans face so now he’s supported by whatever politically correct no name there is on twitter

[@Deaniac25]

2:05 In awe of how big brained this throwaway line and footage combo is, my _goodness_

[@SwizzleMix]

Cheeky, I didn't catch that at all

[@VampyKitsune]

The horror of the designs will occasionally appear in my dreams and ruin my night. However, Rap was voiced by Method Man in my head so the raps went hard as fuck

[@CrypticKnight10]

The whole tmnt 2014 movie was basically foreshadowing the sonic movie even by the same company.

[@brandonspain12345]

Had the movie come out later, the studio would've forced Michael Bay and his company to make changes unlike in 2013/2014

[@Santoryu90]

It’s funny cause apparently they went with that ugly Sonic design because they were hoping to imitate the look of this movie and Transformers, because despite what fans thought those movies still made money. Of course, they changed their minds because of the universal backlash.

[@kingbash6466]

Still funny how people still think that Sonic's first design was a publicity stunt, while ignoring that this is the same studio that greenlit the Turtles and Transformers having ugly AF redesigns for live-action.

[@Rediscool9]

I do find it odd that Ninja Turtles fans got so mad over the original alien turtles plot for the movie, but then Sonic did the same by making him an alien for the final film and yet Sonic fans loved it.

[@APinchofBazel]

@@Santoryu90 Well, _most_ of them made money. They probably got the sudden reminder that Transformers 5 and TMNT 2 bombed and realized “Huh, this might not work out this time.”

[@bjiru_]

Man havnt seen a rebel taxi vid in a while, much needed, been watching too much of the same, facecam video essays lately, I love your style, your presentation of stuff is uniquely true to you, no one else can do it like this, much needed inspiration, thx pan

[@andyfritter]

Good shit for for the designer to take the criticism well and not let it ruin his time on the project.

[@jmann6130]

honestly this happens way to often with idealist artists who get plucked from obscurity by a big mainstream project only to get burned by the masses.

[@MissAshley42]

I was NOT prepared for that book joke, holy crap! XD

[@crabcakeenthusiast692]

As a kid I liked the movie but I also remember thinking it was weird that they put this out while the 2012 series was still going, I wondered why they didn't just give those versions of the turtles a movie in theaters.

[@Farm_charm_sanctuary]

A movie for the 2012 turtles would’ve made a great way to end the show too. Like a big finale sort of thing.

[@garrtoons4303]

These movies still haunt me.....

[@redwaytoo]

14:13 Doug Walker jumpscare

[@thehonoredone2361]

I'm still waiting for the release of their hip hop Christmas album which Ralph raps about gifting..."I hate Splinter!!".

[@thehonoredone2361]

@redbulbuniverse "Splinter is not athletic"

[@gracekim1998]

You guys are pathetic 🤣

[@Launchpad05]

'It's Christmas eve, who would believe.'

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

​@@thehonoredone2361 *Michelangelo is brain dead*

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Featuring KIRBY THE 5TH TURTLE

[@theblueslugger5900]

14:25 when I meet Doug Walker irl, I’m gonna show him that clip and ask calmly, “what the hell is this?”

[@thenewguyinred]

Seeing these designs when I was young didn’t freak me out so much as everyone else because I was kinda expecting they would look like this with my prior experiences with movies like the live action Garfield and Mario movie to name a few. While these designs aren’t perfect, they kind of grew on me as time passed. Call me crazy but I think the live action TMNT designs look way better than the original Ugly Sonic design.

[@2yearoldeastercandy935]

i agree, i kinda like how ugly they are lol

[@i.m.evilhomer5084]

I just realised that Paramount has several live-action movies based on kids properties that either have horrific designs or had those horrific designs redesigned late into production. Sonic is a major recent example, before that there was Megatron from the '07 film & Creech from Monster Trucks, with the latter being redesigned because kids & parents at test screenings were scared shitless of the original design, literally in some cases.

[@jadenbryant9283]

I mean I think Megatron should get a pass because he's a villain but the others yeah I understand

[@Mr.Feather130]

Is there a reason on why Megatron has to be redesigned in the 2007 transformers film since I remember there's info about it like awhile ago?

[@TheOneNamedMrLife]

@@Mr.Feather130Online backlash I believe.

[@Mr.Feather130]

@@TheOneNamedMrLife and is it because the prototype design of movieverse Megatron's face looks bad?

[@BerraChoirs]

I remember that Creech's beta design literally scared the hell out of the kids in the testing booth that they had to change it.

[@knoxyoder4432]

watching a new RebelTaxi video is the best, its like returning to an early 2000s safe space no matter what the topic of the video is

[@novemberguy7087]

The most memorable part about this movie was how I fell asleep in the middle of it in the theaters when I was 13. The only time I've ever done that.

[@captainbarbossa289]

Hot take: I loved the 2014 movie designs for the Turtles. Up until that point, there had been very little to distinguish between the different turtles except for their mask colors. 2014 gave us unique, fleshed out designs for everyone and made it possible to tell them apart even with their masks off. It helped establish each brother as a unique identity that could never be replaced.

[@megasystem8473]

Yeah but they still look disgusting

[@felixdaniels37]

The Nick cartoon reboot did exactly that though, and that came out a whole two years before this movie. So no, I don't give this movie credit for that, especially when the cartoon looks infinitely more appealing.

[@Eternal_Tardis]

​@@felixdaniels37 You mean the Rise Of The TMNT? That came out in 2018

[@felixdaniels37]

@@Eternal_Tardis No, I mean the 2012 cartoon that Nick had before Rise. Rise only pushed what that show started even further.

[@Eternal_Tardis]

@@felixdaniels37 But the 2012 versions don't look too different from each other. Sure, the 2012 versions had different shades of green to them but it's barely noticeable compared to the 2014 versions where they had unique accessories and different body types from buff to skinny. So no, the 2014 version definitely deserves credit for making turtle designs very unique compared to each other for the first time in the TMNT Cartoons/Movies

[@Igorcastrochucre]

It's amazing how the first TMNT was such a nothing-burger because of all the course-correcting they had to do behind the scenes. So when they actually decided to listen to the fans with the sequel, it was too little to late.

[@imwatchingvideoz]

It sucks too, I legit loved the sequel, but hated this one

[@ironmaster6496]

they even did that wrong since while they tried to follow the 80s cartoon more they still wanted to follow the things established in the first one ending with a mix bag that never commits to either side which in my opinion is even worse, like going to your favorite restaurant but only be allowed to eat bread also they have the worst casey jones period

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

​@@ironmaster6496And the worst explanation for WHY people turn into mutants.

[@nikguimont8546]

Wow playboy magazine not just let you write an article but on a super big moment in pop culture that’s super cool

[@jadenbryant9283]

And playboy still being around is also amazing

[@JusticeAvenger13]

I can’t believe Doug Walker did that on camera

[@EPolloLocs-zi6pv]

What hasn’t he not done on camera lol

[@hatefulgaming1800]

He remembers it so you don’t have to

[@CheezVT]

The wildest thing is that he's calling out Michael Bay for being racist, but like he doesn't realize he's looking super racist for even doing that shit. It's so funny, his lack of self-awareness.

[@sarafontanini7051]

i feel the sudden change of making shreddr a seperate character from the actual big bad would be better if rather than trying to make shredder the tru mastermind like other turtles media they'd instead just make him Sachs' head mercenary, like have Sachs as the brains and shredder as the brawn.

[@brandonspain12345]

Back in 2014, all the kids in middle school were all talking about the new movie and my teacher decided to let us watch the 1990 TMNT movie. (I was one of the few people who was born in the 2000s to grow up with the OG movie.) And all the kids loved it, they kept gushing on how real the suits looked and how mature and deep it was. By the time the 2014 movie came out, I hadn't heard a single person talk about it. Nobody had anybody to say. That was until years later when I was in high school when a girl never saw the original movie and went "Oh, isn't that the movie where Michelangelo farted in his brothers' faces was just so funny." 😕 So yeah... Fuck these new movies. I'm glad TMNT2 flopped so we didn't have to see more of those versions.

[@Santoryu90]

I thought the sequel was much better, not amazing but it was too little late and with the success of Mutant Mayhem, yeah we’re not gonna see these versions again. Oh well.

[@Eternal_Tardis]

Unfortunately we now get Mutant Mayhem which has worse humour than 2014 version

[@AE1OU]

Everytime i see the Bay version of TMNT, Im just reminded of the version of tmnt Sick Animation draws like in his Green Lover and Rolangelo videos.

[@wstine79]

:::clack clack clack clack clack clack:: "MC MIKEY!"

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

0:01 Yeah, I wouldn't wanna answer that question either lol

[@luisrizo8813]

12:50; Cue Doug, James and Andre looking back and forth between images.

[@itsimbatime]

I gotta say dude as a long time viewer your aesthetic and production value is just awesome ❤

[@IIIOldSchooLIII]

I'm glad someone else remembers the 2003 TMNT game's poppin' soundtrack.

[@VampyKitsune]

My mentality was forever changed when my uncle was reading one of those holed cutout books as a kid.

[@nicolasnamed]

Pan, I know the chances you see this are low however I just want to say this was an incredibly nostalgic video! You were one of the first youtubers I ever followed, and that happened in correlation to me being really into the TMNT 2012 show back when i was in middle school. I enjoyed the Michael Bay movie a little, but my friend and I also loved shitting on it because we liked the TV show more. Kinda crazy to think I've been watching your videos for roughly 10 years now!

[@james656-k8e]

speaking of the 2012 show i remember watching out of the shadows in theaters when i was 12 thinking it was based off and was set in the 2012 show continuity

[@terminalorphan5512]

Pan. As a long-time subscriber. This video did not appear in my feed or recommendations. Glad to see it now.

[@DeliveryServiceFan06]

At 7:26 finally someone made a reference to MAUS in a video. I love your reference Pan

[@Stock_Junction]

I honestly would've liked to see Eric Sacks as Shredder in the film. He was strange and acted weird in the film so it made sense for him to be the Shredder, but we got a boring tool to be the Shredder instead

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

The biggest weeaboo ever

[@SketchCartoonGuy]

I love the inclusion of giraffesketball at the end. That video is hilariously accurate.

[@theotherjared9824]

Shell Shocked is an underrated song.

[@jessenunez7205]

I remember my dad took me and brother to watch this movie. We all left in disappointment and my dad isn’t even a TMNT fan

[@travisherndon94]

Honestly even back when I saw the designs in the first trailer. They didn't look that bad to me, I mean does everyone forget what a real life turtle's face look like ? Now make it look humanoid and you get this. The only I would change is maybe make them a little shorter and leaner except Raphael since he's suppose to be the muscle of the group and bam.

[@edms3656]

I will always love this channels intro and ad break. It truly makes me nostalgic

[@Silverfishv9]

Though a lot of it was CGI, they actually did some live-action shoots for the Mountain Scenes in my hometown of Tupper Lake, which is in New York, just 6+ hours away from the City. My aunt even got to meet Michael Bay at a screening they had in our local theater for it!

[@dylanmartinez6641]

The ninja turtles cgi designs should have got fix before sonic cgi designs.

[@tetrisdood]

evert time I revisit this channel I rediscover how awesome your vibe is. keep it up!

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

Consider that Ugly Sonic is now owned by Disney, you think they locked him in the Disney Vault only to let him out in a hypothetical Wreck-It Ralph 3?

[@theotherjared9824]

Disney doesn't "own" ugly sonic. They had the rights to use the character for a single film. The ownership still falls under Paramount and Sega.

[@evenhartwick4422]

Wait, how does Disney own that design? that movie was always paramount. I'm pretty sure they just let Disney use it as a joke in Chip & Dale. Disney to my knowledge has no involvement with that movie or with sonic as a whole. other none Disney stuff appears in that film doesn't mean Disney owns (women cosplaying as Wonder Woman at a convention)

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

@emptyglass7867 but there’s not Paramount credit in the Credits for Chip n Dale. By that Logic, Disney owns Ugly Sonic. He should have been in Once Upon a Studio.

[@gracekim1998]

He’s not owned by Disney 🤦‍♀️

[@gracekim1998]

@@Ihartwalrusguyno 🤦‍♀️ don’t lie

[@Posh145]

7:18 was the best part lmao

[@TehSkullKid]

"Despite all the rage" *shows Splinter in a cage* Made me smile

[@devonwilliams5738]

3:38 Say what you will about the Transformers movies, but that Cheetor design slaps.

[@SHARK-KING]

This is semi unrelated but I legit adore the live action ninja turtles. They fit so well irl In terms of being these powerful superheroes who are just cool and badass. They made these guys stylistically unique and seperate. And like c'mon they are turtles who are bi pedal and know ninjutsu.

[@jredactedlredacted8148]

Genuinely really love your intro

[@ZeepAtomic]

Thanks for reminding me that these movies existed, Pan.

[@thecoolguy7324]

I remember how controversial this movie was before it released. Everything, from the alien turtles to the Halloween costumes to the trailers to the 9/11 poster. It’s so funny this movie was surrounded by controversy, only to barely be talked about a decade later.

[@isaiahedmonson5832]

I don't think the movie is that bad i enjoy it for what it is

[@montanajackson3713]

It’s crazy to think that at one point, the turtles were gonna be reimagined as aliens.

[@yourcasualvoid]

Your upload consistency as of late has been top notch, love the content!!

[@yourcasualvoid]

As someone who's been watching for nearly a decade

[@deafgwipps]

@@yourcasualvoidI miss peak pan uploading randomly at 4 am on a Tuesday

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Crazy to think they were gonna be aliens at one point

[@gat0rcrazzi]

That book sequence killed me

[@LuluFluffs]

I remember seeing the memes around KZbin I find it funny how this movie is the opposite of the Sonic Movie where nothing changed and everyone hated it.

[@bobafett2565]

The fact that splinter learning ninjitsu from youtube being more believable than learning it from a book just shows that even animated movies can be more matured than a edgy live action blockbuster

[@motherplayer]

Hey, they even had him had a sloppy style that even pays tribute to his VA, Jackie Chan. It's stupid and silly, but it was a lot more fun and surprising to watch than the Bay films efforts to make his fighting seem "Badass".

[@DarkOverlord96]

...how? Learning from a book is more mature than from friggin' KZbin videos, that's just cringe "modernized" crap. I swear, you wouldn't be saying that if this was the movie where they learn from KZbin videos and Mutant Mayhem was the one with the book.

[@creed8712]

You mean than more mature than the comics, since that’s how he learned in the og comic

[@Eternal_Tardis]

Mutant Mayhem is anything but Mature

[@MegaAmir46]

I liked their outfit's tbh showed their personalities through their choices of clothing...the faces tbh I thought looked good

[@PhoebusApollo14]

2:05 It took a second to get that. Good one

[@ryancarless7921]

I saw this in theaters but man I wish I saw Guardians instead. Its Crazy how bad the actors were treated and man, the designs still hurt my eyes

[@Mr.Feather130]

2014 is such a rough year being a turtles fan when the first bay turtles Movie came out

[@anth636]

Funnily enough, that was when I ate up anything TMNT I could get my ten year old hands on

[@Mr.Feather130]

@@anth636 interesting while other TMNT fans are dreading about the first bay turtles film on that year

[@Max25670]

@@Mr.Feather130 the kids consumed everything tmnt related, the older fans hated it.

[@Mr.Feather130]

@@Max25670 oh especially how older TMNT fans used to hate rise of TMNT back in 2018?

[@Mr.Feather130]

@emptyglass7867 Oh like gravity falls,star vs the forces of evil,Steven universe,and Craig of the creek?

[@toyland_f]

I don't know if anyone's ever brought up this point yet but… anglicizing "Oroku Saki" into "Eric Sacks" makes absolutely no sense when you really think about it.

[@ExaltedUriel]

It doesn't, it would be closer to something like "Erriku Sakushi", but I could totally see a writing room full of people who know nothing about Japanese coming up with that and thinking it was clever.

[@toyland_f]

@@ExaltedUriel That wasn't what I was referring to, but that's not a bad point either.

[@Homodemon]

It sounds like a 4kids localized name, is accidentally hilarious Sayuri Hoshisaki? Nah, your name will be... Sarah Starlight, there we go...

[@ExaltedUriel]

@@Homodemon Exactly, lol

[@toyland_f]

Are you all fucking serious? It's already been a full week and yet none of you are going to ask what the actual problem is? I left this comment open ended so that one of you ungrateful bastards would do that and you all just ignore it? Fine, I'll just say what it is because I've already lost my patience. The problem with his name is that… "Oroku" is his _surname_ . This shows that the filmmakers don't know how East Asian naming conventions work!

[@PixelsNcreatureS]

No matter how many times I see them, it's the NOSTRILS.. Thats what I see first and can't get over it

[@OcpCommunications]

Interesting video but how did you mix up Michelangelo's voice actor and Raph? I mean that is a really big mistake there. Robbie Rist did not voice Raphael in the live action TMNT films he voiced Mikey. In the first movie that was an actor named Josh Pais who voiced Raphael.

[@RebelTaxi]

Not sure, I THINK I googled his turtle and saw red and instead of orange. The script says Mikey but the graphics say Ralph

[@OcpCommunications]

@@RebelTaxiIt's cool. Everyone makes mistakes. Big fan of your content by the way. Keep up the great work.

[@teamgamica9868]

10:05 😂I think you mean the voice for raph not Mikey, that was bothering me

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

I honestly wouldn’t mind seeing the Eric sacks shreddercut of this film, if it ever gets recovered someday.

[@Elvusmiw]

Same. I forgot fan bases are filled with cry babies

[@NobleRaider2747]

"Cry babies"? There was an outcry for a good reason.​@@Elvusmiw

[@EggFighterXB-]

​@@NobleRaider2747Don't even start

[@alimations5226]

​@@EggFighterXB- like that Eric Sacks shit was genuine whitewashing it wasn't just changed cause the fans didn't like it

[@EggFighterXB-]

@@alimations5226 I said to not start big idiot

[@thevioletskull8158]

Megan saying she would marry Leo and have a one-night stand with Raph is messed up, consisted that April in this version is an adult and she is one herself

[@DarkOverlord96]

Ok, let's be real, though, they might have "Teenage" in the name but the Turtles almost never look or act like teenagers.

[@isaiahedmonson5832]

@@DarkOverlord96 2012 rise and the new movie turtles all acted like teenagers

[@jamiemiller1482]

The thing that always bothered me was the size of the turtles in these movies like they’re supposed to be ninjas able to sneak around, how the hell are they supposed to be stealthy when they’re the size of small transformers?!?

[@leoncaples2947]

Elephants exist. You don't hear them coming unles they want you to. Freight trains exist. They're massive. You don't hear them coming until they're honking right at you.

[@donalds980]

7:29 Was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down really that bad?

[@thecampingyeen2524]

been awhile since ive watchd your vids and I gotta say i still absolutely adore your style of editing, humor and aesthetic of your vids

[@Harukurochan]

Damn, I was aware of a lot of the controversies surrounding this film being a huge TMNT fan, but the intense backlash towards the character designer/concept artist, and the horrendous treatment and lack of financial compensation of the actors who actually played the turtles was awful to learn about. Hopefully they’re all better off now because none of them deserved what they got from the fans and studios respectively.

[@ASentientToaster]

I was literally just thinking today I could really go for some Rebel Taxi.

[@Kangtheconqueror1]

That fixed face for Leo looks 🔥

[@TECH097]

I feel bad for hating on these designs now. Honestly, they're alright but like, there are sooo many extra details that just are too much for me. They scream "concept art" but Bay's busy as fuck visuals make it clear that he saw how busy they were and said "NO, no second drafts, GIVE DONNY A MILLION GLASSES CUZ HE'S A NERRRD". It's just...a lot.

[@ExaltedUriel]

Yeah, the problem is like 1% how they look physically and 99% how overly visually busy they are.

[@TECH097]

@@ExaltedUriel It's the same problem as the original Bayformers before Bumblebee.

[@Homodemon]

Is a nice "turn off your brain movie", if it's on cable I leave it there and the action flows nicely in the later half, but yeah, the ambient is WAY too dark half the time as to really drink in all the little details and knicknacks and charms plastered all over the turtles and then when they're finally outside in the daylight and they move is like a blur of bullshit, I can't distinguish anything from the neck down

[@TECH097]

@@Homodemon That's honestly another reason I was so harsh on it, dark, murky and overly detailed was something I'd grown to hate even to this day. it's why I much prefer the aesthetics of something like Dragon Quest over the style of Final Fantasy or many gritty fantasy games. Simplistic and stylized just had a greater appeal to me, it's such a shame these fine designs had so much weighed against them...

[@astrowolvez]

The way the turtles origins being they end up being aliens who’s eggs were lost on earth and the ooze in their incubation device mutants earthlings is a really interesting idea. But you know they would just be aliens to be aliens and not really explored here.

[@lesterwilliamsjr649]

To be honest I prefer it when the TMNT are happy living as outcast rather then wanting to live like regular people. It makes the franchise unique by saying it is possible be happy even if you can't walk the streets like a normal person. Wanting to be normal is the most generic character arc you could give the TMNT.

[@phabiorules]

I usually agree, but I thought Mutant Mayhem did it incredibly well. The entire film leaned far more on the “teenage” aspect than other TMNT media. Their entire goal was to do the right thing was for internet clout, and would let them fit in by becoming popular. They weren’t able to accomplish their goals until they realized they shouldn’t do the right thing for clout, but because it’s the right thing (which then made them popular). Plus it stood out from other turtle media by letting them go out of the shadows.

[@gracekim1998]

@@phabiorulesyeah i don’t mind that because as teenagers that makes sense🤷‍♀️ 😅

[@gracekim1998]

It’s not a bad arc plus it made them stand out out of all the previous versions by having the teen aspect be more prominent ❤ and that’s perfectly fine 😅 It sound like you don’t like change or uniqueness at this stage which is ironic for a writer 😅

[@jjayala5512]

7:52 anyone know the Track ID? Sounds like a banger

[@RebelTaxi]

Oh yeah it's Rumba 7 from Jet x2o PS2

[@Johnnysinsyt-vb5vd]

Bruh I remember watching the animation at 1:58 as a kid and feeling my blood pressure raise

[@TheLeatheryman]

I actually dig the Bay movie versions of the Turtles more than anything previous or since. Guess I’m not a real fan, but I am a fan of their design in those movies.

[@GERMANAITOR]

Weird. I was just telling my friend (who's a huge TMNT fan) that Micheal Bay tried making them aliens.

[@misterzygarde6431]

This is really late and hindsight is 20/20 but it would’ve been so cool if they had used Utrom Shredder from the 2003 TMNT show. Like have Eric Sacks be a disguise for Ch’rell. Would be a fun twist and would at least salvage the changes made.