A couple of days ago, the internet went into a justifiable rage after Michael Bay revealed that the upcoming live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film he's producing will feature the heroes as aliens, rather than mutated turtles....
Bay: When you see this movie, kids will believe one day that these turtles do exist, when we’re done with this movie. These turtles are form an alien race, and they’re going to be tough, edgy, funny and completely loveable.
Well, Bay taken to his official site to respond to all the criticism, and basically he thinks fans should mellow out....
Bay: "Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world."
He's got a point in that none of us know what truly lies in store from him and potential director Jonathan Liebesman. But he's not going to calm anyone down by saying he's got one of the original creators(not sure if it's Kevin Eastman or Peter Laird) helping out, because they've been more than willing to compromise their creation to earn a buck over the years. Plus, this sounds an awful lot like the crap he used to say about Transformers, and despite what his many followers may want to believe it bears practically no resemblance to the Transformers from our youth with the exception of Optimus Prime.
So I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
