Movies: Why The Hate On Bay's Turtles?

I'm an 80s baby, arguably the era that gave birth to many of the cool things we all take for granted today. Iconic cartoon characters were created in that era, where cartoons did their jobs. Entertaining the masses by being fun, hilarious and cooler than a Penguin eating ice cream. The turtles are part of pop culture and are one of the most beloved cartoons ever created. 

So this classic cartoon which has seen many reincarnations since then, now receives the 2014 treatment courtesy of Michael Bay. So that means we're about to get something nothing short of blockbuster status.  

And as expected once the news broke out, Hollywood's version of Marmite caught some heat. Me? I'm a Michael Bay fan, he makes my Christmas card list every year (if I could send him cards). Why? He gave us Bad Boys 1 and 2 (hurry up with the trilogy Mike), Transformers 1, Armageddon and most recently Pain & Gain. 

 

He's the master of summer blockbusters, hence he's movie catalogue has made over $5.5 billion. Transformers 4 (which has been the no.1 movie worldwide) and the new TMNT movie will push that to near $7 billion. Bay is only human and has made a few mistakes during his directing career. *cough cough* Transformers 2 & 3 (both had their moments) and now 4 (from word of mouth) are top of the list in that sense. 

  

The turtles have had many versions since their creation. Anything popular goes through different stages or forms to remain fresh or current. Let's be honest the Power Rangers went from Rangers to Dinosaur defenders to Rose makers to Ministry Of Sound looking security. The turtles have experienced all kinds of versions since they're debut, some better than others:

But there is no blueprint for what these creatures should look like except being turtles. What exactly is a mutant turtle meant to looklike? 

Are we going to pretend TMNT III never happened? Maybe we should because it's such a joke of a movie. So Bay has added a little 2014 to these four brothers ain't no problem there. However us fans all had the right to be mad, when earlier suggestion were indicating that the movie was being titled Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles, Bay behave yourself with that wack title. He is the producer of this new movie and not the director, which many of the Bay haters won't ever bother to mention in their sweaty fan boy argument. I'm looking forward to this movie, it was only a matter of time a new Turtles movie would land. The Nick series is cool and funny and the trailers show they will keep the humour factor in the movie, which is important when you have a don dada in the shape of Mikey.