Yesterday the new trailer for the Michael Bay produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles dropped. The movie is actually directed by Jonathan Liebesman. He was responsible for the sequel to the reimagined (I am so sick of that word now) Clash Of The Titans called Wrath Of The Titans as well as remaking The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Those are the only movies I’m even aware of. The writers’ credits are also in the high-action genre and don’t feel right for a ninja movie. The trailer also brought upon a bunch of nitpicks, like that ridiculous Shredder costume or bringing in two characters from the original series and getting them both wrong. Just make original characters. April’s not even a reporter in anything except the original series.
But you know what? I’m tired of this nonsense. I’m tired of watching things I grew up with get ruined by Hollywood and comic while video games screw up their own nostalgia, all by darkening stuff and “growing up” kids stuff and things kids grew up with. (At least TMNT has an excuse in that only the shows and previous movies were ever made with kids in mind, with the exception of the Archie comics and maybe the Dreamwave but both of those started as tie-ins to TV shows.)
Instead I want to talk about nostalgia and it’s strengths and weaknesses through the eyes of myself and Badass Digest contributor Devin Faraci. In a post that also came out yesterday, Faraci took issue with what he feels is an overdose of nostalgia. Now there were a few points I agree with him on but since this is a versus article you can guess there are parts where I also disagree with him. Check that link and read the article first, if only because it is a well written piece, then come back and find out what points we agree on, and which we don’t.
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