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Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles
Mar. 25th, 2012 07:04 pmOkay, yes, this is stupid. Very stupid. It's totally in keeping with pop culture's current obsession with being an idiot's version of smart. "Turtles get in goo and make ninja? DAT STOPID! Turtles r alien! O is smart!" But the larger issue to me is... why is there a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie being made?
It's aimed at kids, right? I mean, I find something unfathomably sad in the notion of a TMNT movie aimed at adults. Yeah, I liked it as a kid, but I've moved on. I remember when I was a kid, the kids' movies were based on stuff that was popular with kids. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was big, so they made a live-action movie. Mario was big, they made a Super Mario Brothers movie. Power Rangers, Pokemon, Digimon, etc. Is that happening anymore?
I don't know what's big with kids these days, pretty much by definition. There was an Avatar movie and a Spongebob movie... but everything else seems like it's based on something kids used to like. There's a new Muppets movie, new Transformers movies, Winnie the Pooh... where's the Generator Rex movie? Ben 10? Fairly Oddparents? Adventure Time? Hell, kids can't even get a Teen Titans movie, they had Green Lantern shoved down their throats.
I know it's great to pass on the things you like to your kids, but kids also need something they can call their own, something the previous generation doesn't get. Right now, the only thing our kids can legitimately call their own is Madagascar and Ice Age. We are raising a generation to think Ray Romano is funny.
It's aimed at kids, right? I mean, I find something unfathomably sad in the notion of a TMNT movie aimed at adults. Yeah, I liked it as a kid, but I've moved on. I remember when I was a kid, the kids' movies were based on stuff that was popular with kids. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was big, so they made a live-action movie. Mario was big, they made a Super Mario Brothers movie. Power Rangers, Pokemon, Digimon, etc. Is that happening anymore?
I don't know what's big with kids these days, pretty much by definition. There was an Avatar movie and a Spongebob movie... but everything else seems like it's based on something kids used to like. There's a new Muppets movie, new Transformers movies, Winnie the Pooh... where's the Generator Rex movie? Ben 10? Fairly Oddparents? Adventure Time? Hell, kids can't even get a Teen Titans movie, they had Green Lantern shoved down their throats.
I know it's great to pass on the things you like to your kids, but kids also need something they can call their own, something the previous generation doesn't get. Right now, the only thing our kids can legitimately call their own is Madagascar and Ice Age. We are raising a generation to think Ray Romano is funny.
