TWITTER BUZZ: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( TMNT )

The internet is absolutely aflame with anti-Michael Bay sentiments as the polarizing filmmaker announced his not-so-well received vision for The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action movie. Here are some of the most poignant and hilarious responses from the world of Twitter.

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By Mark Julian - 3/22/2012
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And here's Conan's take on what a Michael Bay [not actually, b/c Bay isn't directing] TMNT movie will look-like.





The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (abbreviated as TMNT and simplified as Ninja Turtles) are a team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists. From their home in the storm sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals, evil megalomaniacs, and alien invaders, all while remaining isolated from society-at-large. The characters initially appeared in comic books before being licensed for toys, cartoons, video games, films, and other merchandise. During the peak of its popularity in the late 1980s through early 1990s, the franchise gained considerable worldwide success and fame.








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MarkJulian - 3/22/2012, 6:29 AM
R888 - 3/22/2012, 6:33 AM
I love seeing these comments, fanboys just piss off about everything that happens to their childhood get over it please
Benjamitesandwich - 3/22/2012, 6:34 AM
Michael Bay can suck alien turtle dick!
Fogs - 3/22/2012, 6:38 AM

Michael bay was raped by an alien mecha-turtle as a kid.

Fogs - 3/22/2012, 6:38 AM
Now that's a headline.
headlopper - 3/22/2012, 6:46 AM
Michael Bay's a god! His movies are awesome , and this is a GREAT idea. Turtles, like giant alien robot people ,are from outer space. Darwin was WRONG! Evolution had nothing to do with turtle's on planet Earth. They hich-hiked on an errant asteroid millions of years ago.
Bay understands this! Get off his back...jerks!
Their deep space martial art fore-fathers are coming to visit.

What's wrong with that?
SHHH - 3/22/2012, 6:50 AM
I Like The Change... Wait N See Approach..
DCnerd46 - 3/22/2012, 6:51 AM
Michael Bay: cinematic troll
Why must he exist?!?!
acidbath - 3/22/2012, 6:54 AM
Michael Bay just wants to touch your inner child. I mean get in touch with .....woops
ThaMessenger07 - 3/22/2012, 6:55 AM






Fogs - 3/22/2012, 6:56 AM
LOL @ Argo!
ThaMessenger07 - 3/22/2012, 6:58 AM
xNightwingx - 3/22/2012, 6:59 AM
It's friggin turtles in a half shell. Who F'n cares?!
ThaMessenger07 - 3/22/2012, 7:02 AM







Lilvic92 - 3/22/2012, 7:04 AM
@monkeyballs
Just because you don't care about TMNT doesn't mean nobody else does. I'm a HUGE TMNT fan , this is very heartbreaking for me :'(
StrangerX - 3/22/2012, 7:05 AM
Love all the comments
WesleyGibson - 3/22/2012, 7:19 AM
Uggh.
marvel72 - 3/22/2012, 7:24 AM
you know what you hardcore turtle fans need to do,boycott the movie or at least not pay to see it.

thats what i did with x-men first class,it didn't get a penny of my money.

every little helps.
Rodimus9 - 3/22/2012, 7:36 AM
I just can wait until Vivid does a porn parody....Teenage Mutant Nasty Turtles?

[funny and related picture not found]
xNightwingx - 3/22/2012, 7:37 AM
I heard the movie is just gonna be called "Ninja Turtles" Problem solved. If you are mad about what they are doing with this movie then it's not intended for you. Either get over it or don't see it. Either way just stop whining. You don't own it.
DukeAcureds - 3/22/2012, 7:37 AM
Check out fan-fic. TMNT screenplay. They're NOT aliens.
BigK1337 - 3/22/2012, 7:56 AM
@xNightWingx

That sounds resonable, except for one problem: there are ninjas in space?

Well, jedis are concidered to be similar to samurais; but they are not called samurais. So in retrospect calling the movie "Ninja Turtles" is a bit of a stretch.

Solution: Alien Turtles. That way the fan community of TMNT will silence and we won't get into a long debate as to whether or not the Turtles are ninjas or not.
VikingPatar - 3/22/2012, 7:57 AM
Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles, one letter off from the acronym for this being Taint. And a smelly taint it shall be.
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/22/2012, 7:59 AM
Who cares? Who cares?... Well obviously everybody cares!xD

What about if Batman wouldnt be Batman but Birdman?
What about if Superman would come from Mars and not from Krypton?
What about if Spider-Man would not be Spider-Man but Fly-Man?

I mean who cares right?! Its all just fiction!;)
trekjedi - 3/22/2012, 8:00 AM
Somebody at my work made a good point: How can they be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes if they're no longer going to be Mutants? Instead of TMNT it's going to be TANT. Or as someone else chimed in, Teenage Alien Intelligent Turtles or TAINT. Seriously?!
BigK1337 - 3/22/2012, 8:01 AM
@Avalanche731
Agree to an extent (I didn't really find Revenge of the Fallen all to satisfying, just a big waste of time).

Might as well make Superman being a human gaining super powers or all the cast of the Star Wars original trilogy into Jar Jar Binks while the turtles are aliens rather than mutants.
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/22/2012, 8:03 AM
marvel72@ i promise i wont watch it if they are aliens.
xNightwingx - 3/22/2012, 8:04 AM
@BigK Well they could get their ninja training when they come to earth. Lol. I don't care how they do it. Your solution sounds reasonable to me. Anything to get all the crying to stop.
xNightwingx - 3/22/2012, 8:05 AM
Btw... If there are turtles in space then why can't there be ninjas?
xNightwingx - 3/22/2012, 8:11 AM
@Alex

Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man are all icons that have been around for 50+years. TMNT was a crappy comic in the 80's that nobody really even knew about until they made a cheesy cartoon in '87. Not really comparable.
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/22/2012, 8:28 AM
monkeyballs3@ I get your point.

xNightWingx@ Icons or not... another mans treasure is another mans carbage (or how it went).
I loved them from beginning. :)
SCURVYDOG619 - 3/22/2012, 8:32 AM
Space turtles? I hear that and immediately think Gamera for some reason...As far as the movie reboot goes....Man,the temptation to make an Expendables-type of ensemble movie using martial-arts movie legends as bad guys would get my money....
SupermansBeard - 3/22/2012, 8:38 AM
Michael Bay likes balls sorry he proved it in the transformers movies.

GIFSoup
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/22/2012, 8:38 AM
monkeyballs3@ Little green turtle girls! Nice!:P
alphamale80 - 3/22/2012, 8:38 AM
okay if he does change that how will he tie master splinter in to this? I just dont see it working F*CK u Michael "the hack" Bay
SupermansBeard - 3/22/2012, 9:10 AM
Wait a minute!! The turtles aren't REAL!!

GIFSoup

GIFSoup

GIFSoup
Gusto - 3/22/2012, 9:19 AM
SuperSpiderMan5778 - 3/22/2012, 9:21 AM
i wanna stab michael bay with a sai and kitana and leave a pizza pie on his face
KamCannon - 3/22/2012, 10:26 AM
Yes, Mutant = Alien now.
Equivocal - 3/22/2012, 10:39 AM
so....
is it gonna be
Tennage Alien Ninja Turtles
now ????????
DaneE5R - 3/22/2012, 10:51 AM
Hahaha, I sincerely love how Superguy or whatever his name was blasted the Turtles as though the concept were any more ridiculous than any of the other comic book/superhero concepts. Especially since their origin was inspired by Daredevil. WHO THE [frick] CARES, HE'S JUST SOME BLIND GUY THAT GOT COVERED IN SOME GOOP AND NOW HE'S GOT SUPER POWERS!
CaptainObvious - 3/22/2012, 11:59 AM
Anybody who says Bay is great needs to know there is nothing distinctive or creative he has done.
thatcoldblackcloud - 3/22/2012, 3:24 PM
MICHAEL BAY IS GOD!

AND THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO KICK ASS!
mgeoff88 - 3/22/2012, 4:35 PM
Think about it like this. If Michael Bay had made the Autobots and Decepticons not alien robots but something else.

Transformer fans everywhere would have the same reaction as TMNT fans are having with this. Michael Bay just doesn't get it.
laughterman26 - 3/22/2012, 4:42 PM
The illuminati- lol HE WILL BE SACRAFISED.
uvsk420 - 3/22/2012, 7:45 PM

elessarundomiel2382 - 3/23/2012, 8:03 AM
he's not directing though right? and he didnt write the script either right?

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