Calling it 'Ninja Turtles' just makes it sound like some Chinese bootleg version of one of the various TMNT movies already out. It certainly does not give me more confidence in the film, as it means they're set on this whole 'the turtles are aliens' angle.
And look, I'm all for changing/updating the origin- hell the new TMNT books by IDW had a severely altered origin that was done really well, but making the turtles aliens just seems lazy and throws out any logic the existing franchise had.
Why would aliens know ninjutsu? Ninjutsu exists on other planets? If they're technologically advanced enough to arrive on Earth, why would they use weapons made of steel and wood? Is Splinter an alien, too? Does this alien planet they come from consist of beings that resemble anthropomorphic versions of Earth animals? Are they like Transformers in that they just took the appearance of Earth animals so as not to scare *HEAD ESPLODE*
Great job with all the coverage guys. Love it when you cover the cons and hope your 'new arrangement', as it is, will help the CV crew get out to a lot more.
And though I may be a bit biased as I'm a HUGE fan of this whole era of Green Arrow, but I think Drakon is a great baddie. As a matter of fact, last semester in my script-writing class, I was writing an adaptation of a Green Arrow origin story which had Drakon in it as a main villain. Sadly, I ended up cutting him, but still...
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