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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
I'd like to see them go even closer to the Mirage Studios comics.
That's one of the things that made the first live action movie "darker." While it still contained a lot of conventions from the cartoon and the Archie (I think) comics, it still borrowed a fair amount of flavour from the originals.
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Yea def, in fact the plot is nearly 100% composed of various plot points from the first 10 or so issues of the original comic.
I just re-read them recently and compared. Pretty interesting how true it really is.
A few examples that really stuck out to me:
- Opens with their supposed first mission.
- Their entire backstory to a T, as well as Shredder and Splinter's.
- Raphael first meeting Casey Jones on his own, and having several fights with him before he met the rest of the Turtles.
- Splinter being kidnapped while they were off with April.
- Turtles turning to April for a place to crash after said kidnapping.
- Raphael arguing with Leo and leaving.
- April having a Volkswagen mini-bus and an antique shop.
- The Foot attacking them in April's antique shop and Casey Jones coming to the rescue.
- Then they escape and go hideout at a farmhouse in the boonies before making their grand return.
- Rooftop battle with The Foot and Shredder where he falls off and "dies."
Probably even more. I want to get my hands on more volumes.
The only way they could get any closer would be if they were to completely ditch the semi-comedic Turtles, and go with Frank Miller-esque ninjas, and maybe even film it in black and white. And I'd obviously like them to re-arrange or use alternate plot points from the comics rather than rehash.
I would be all for it, but I don't think the studio would. Especially since it's Nickelodeon who now owns the rights.
I think it would be a bigger hit than they probably think, given the fact that the demand for comic films is high, and the majority of childhood Turtles fan are now adults.
In a perfect world, they'd make a modestly budgeted movie like that,
and their likely big budget nostalgia trip.
I think they'd certainly both find their audience