tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post5265211947176081431..comments2024-03-29T00:26:04.243-07:00Comments on Shmegalamonga: Superhero Flicks, Part 12: All The Rest (Part 1, Ninja Turtles)Diacanuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-85122718421821024202011-12-08T16:43:03.650-08:002011-12-08T16:43:03.650-08:00Oh, why go that far afield for ethnic yuks?
Bay c...Oh, why go that far afield for ethnic yuks?<br /><br />Bay can just have them play up Splinter's ratty buck teeth, swap out his 'r's and 'l's, and get him to say 'Ah, so' a load, building up (naturally) to a crass 'ah-so/asshole' joke in the final reel!<br /><br />(wearily sighs & lowers head into path of oncoming traffic)Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-66782727566354660662011-12-08T16:06:45.800-08:002011-12-08T16:06:45.800-08:00Well, they gotta work in that Michael Bay trademar...Well, they gotta work in that Michael Bay trademark racism quotient in there, so...maybe they'll make splinter "urban", and throw off gang signs, and toss around the latest MTV approved wanksta catchphrases.<br /><br />I'm excited already.Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-55027312863915956902011-12-08T15:43:14.288-08:002011-12-08T15:43:14.288-08:00*shudder*
Michael Bay . . . Turtles . . .
I thin...*shudder*<br /><br />Michael Bay . . . Turtles . . .<br /><br />I think I knew that then blocked it out. Yeah, I definitely knew they were giving live action Turtles another go . . . but I don't think I'd heard about Bay. <br /><br />Well as long as they don't have anything unspeakable dangling out of their shells. Or try to hump April's leg.Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-79346762969036615292011-12-08T15:38:35.087-08:002011-12-08T15:38:35.087-08:00So...is there any hope held out for the Michael Ba...So...is there any hope held out for the Michael Bay/Platinum Dunes Turtles being any good?<br /><br />Or, are we in for a Clash Of The Titans style "rebooting", up the arse?Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-76294908128175773582011-12-08T14:59:01.243-08:002011-12-08T14:59:01.243-08:00Oh, yeah, yeah, that, of course.
Thought you mean...Oh, yeah, yeah, that, of course.<br /><br />Thought you meant the same story.Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-57924728027775968522011-12-08T14:57:52.350-08:002011-12-08T14:57:52.350-08:00Ah. Thought you meant you were going to include th...Ah. Thought you meant you were going to include this stuff in that group of stories when you said 'anthology'.Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-30169155155726094562011-12-08T14:56:19.691-08:002011-12-08T14:56:19.691-08:00Re: Mecha spiders.
Lol! That's a separate one...Re: Mecha spiders.<br /><br />Lol! That's a separate one, I think...Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-53422355772628956002011-12-08T14:55:33.981-08:002011-12-08T14:55:33.981-08:00Yep, tucking that away for later...Yep, tucking that away for later...Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-1902218394840309812011-12-08T14:54:52.257-08:002011-12-08T14:54:52.257-08:00Uh-oh. Here come the Buxton devastating mechaspide...Uh-oh. Here come the Buxton devastating mechaspiders again . . .<br /><br />D:Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-29221408851156426182011-12-08T14:49:57.656-08:002011-12-08T14:49:57.656-08:00*Anthology story starts forming in my head*
Hmm.....*Anthology story starts forming in my head*<br /><br />Hmm....Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-57726070700957940552011-12-08T14:47:56.547-08:002011-12-08T14:47:56.547-08:00'How do ya theyah, naybah? Gorry, ent this'...'How do ya theyah, naybah? Gorry, ent this's gonna smaaat sumthin wickid . . .'<br /><br />* BOOM! B-BOOM-BOOM! *Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-24397267598662320582011-12-08T14:44:01.653-08:002011-12-08T14:44:01.653-08:00Ayuh!
;)Ayuh!<br />;)Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-3220186265734253892011-12-08T14:40:18.402-08:002011-12-08T14:40:18.402-08:00Wow. Welcome to historical South Portland, huh?
W...Wow. Welcome to historical South Portland, huh?<br /><br />Whelp, time to carjack ol' Doc Brown . . .Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-44545207707958181562011-12-08T14:38:10.655-08:002011-12-08T14:38:10.655-08:00Oh, creepy thing though, the Pizza Hut on the othe...Oh, creepy thing though, the Pizza Hut on the other side of the MMTheater, the 9/11 hijackers ate there before taking off form Portland airport.<br /><br />Place is gone now.<br />Wonder if it legitimately went out of business, or the home office pulled out of there because of the creepy memories.<br /><br />Spooky to know, that with a time machine, and a shotgun, I could stop 9/11.Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-5346552274902213102011-12-08T14:34:21.273-08:002011-12-08T14:34:21.273-08:00Re: Maine Mall/IHOP
BAH! It isn't the same IH...Re: Maine Mall/IHOP<br /><br />BAH! It isn't the same IHOP I grew up with anyway, with the mile-high A-frame ceilings hung to the rafters with crazy-ass nicknacks and tchochkes and bricabrac, like your grandmother's shelves exploded. But with pancakes.<br /><br />They ruined all that before I even moved away, with their international flags and redecos and suspended ceilings. <br /><br />(staggers off, frothing, and clawing at the air in random fits)Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-37941124021820207492011-12-08T14:31:23.079-08:002011-12-08T14:31:23.079-08:00Re: Lack of balls.
Well, ditto on that, like I sa...Re: Lack of balls.<br /><br />Well, ditto on that, like I said, given what I saw of the development stuff at Moonshadow, that's the way they WANTED to go.<br /><br />Someone somewhere got to him.<br /><br />Fuckin' 90's and their market research, and test audiences.Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-12783317929726884862011-12-08T14:29:08.713-08:002011-12-08T14:29:08.713-08:00Yeah, I opened a vein for this one, debated with m...Yeah, I opened a vein for this one, debated with myself all last night whether to go there, but, fuck it.<br />It ends happily, anyway.<br /><br />Yeah, that experience was at Maine Mall Cinema.<br /><br />That place is gone now.<br /><br />Empty parking lot.<br /><br />IHOP is still there though.Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-76536092053704213462011-12-08T14:27:02.494-08:002011-12-08T14:27:02.494-08:00And I was also, as a fan of the comics over the ca...And I was also, as a fan of the comics over the cartoons, disappointed by the lack of balls in the original Turtles movie. Not surprised or anything. Just . . . disappointed.<br /><br />I'd foolishly envisioned ALL RED bandanna/masks on all of them, PG-13 degree ninja kills, the works.<br /><br />Should've known they'd wuss it up like the cartoon. Probably the only reason the Foot weren't crappy robots is because the whole budget went into the rubber suits.Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-57911680158161568602011-12-08T14:13:49.414-08:002011-12-08T14:13:49.414-08:00HOORAY!
As a fellow (albeit, transplanted) Mainer...HOORAY!<br /><br />As a fellow (albeit, transplanted) Mainer and former Turtles enthusiast, I approves this message.<br /><br />And I also endured the shame of seeing Secret Of The Ooze in the theater. :(Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.com