dc20willsave Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 This is an unfortunate poster. Look at the date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Nobody is this stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 That can't be real. Isn't it coming out in two weeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 It's the Australian release date, and the Paramount Australia account on Twitter. http://kotaku.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-poster-has-an-unfortunate-1612569054 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I could understand the outcry if it was meant for the US, but it's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 It's a US franchise. It's set in New York City. It has an exploding building. September 11th is highlighted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 But it's not meant for the US to even see it. People just enjoy getting outraged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 The problem is that it went on the internet, which is an international thing. You can't put out something publicly on Twitter if it's only meant for one country to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 The account is @ParamountAU They can't be held responsible for people getting upset about something not directed at them because it reminded them of something that happened half a world away. I'm sure we could find examples of this all over the world if we look close enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Like in Poland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 The account is @ParamountAU They can't be held responsible for people getting upset about something not directed at them because it reminded them of something that happened half a world away. I'm sure we could find examples of this all over the world if we look close enough. I'm pretty sure the "bad form/poor taste" remarks as much as eminated out of Oz to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 When an Australian describes something as being in bad taste you know it's bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 When an Australian describes something as being in bad taste you know it's bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Bunch of fucking criminals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I agree with Jack, it wasn't meant for the US market, so who cares. KW, that comment about not putting something local/regional on the internet is just plain stupid. There are so many colloquial words, sayings and observations that offend some and not others. But even if you don't mean everything, just marketing and promotions, are you saying that every marketing and PR company should have a complete list of every sensitive topic in ALL 196 countries around the world? So no posters to have train explosions out of respect for London Underground. No posters of plane crashes out of respect for the THREE recent ones. No posters of capsized cruise ships for the Italians and Koreans. And what date is the cut off date for when we can use imagery again? Should we ban any poster that features a car crash because it could offend the family of victims? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I think the definitive factor is that "September 11" was actually written on the thing. A tower blowing up is no big deal, but when it's right next to the "name" of the most famous terrorist attack in American history, it feels like it's in poor taste. I'm not offended by it at all, but I do think it was a little bit stupid for Paramount or Paramount AU to do that. And it's not like September 11 only has meaning in America because it happened on American soil; the event is known the world over as the September 11 attacks. And yes, when Paramount put up a Twitter post saying, "Hey look, everyone! September 11!" with a picture of an exploding tower, they should have known better. It was undoubtedly an honest mistake, just a kinda stupid one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Michael Bay has made 9/11 porn for 13 years. Well, since before it, actually. He's a destruction hipster. Might as well make it explicit. I guess we've discovered that you can pretend to blow up as many buildings as you want in New York and otherwise, but the moment you put it on an Australian poster, it becomes obscene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 http://youtu.be/vO7TsK8nwKM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Ok, so I saw it. By no means is it a bad movie. It's a perfectly good popcorn movie. It's also nothing special. I must have missed something, but when April is telling Whoopie about the turtles, why did she not show them the pictures she took of them? She showed them to the bad guy 3 minutes later. Also, I think I know why Megan Fox took this role. She's playing herself. "I want to be a serious actress newswoman" "Yeah whatever sweetheart, now go jump on that trampoline and look pretty for the cameras" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightAngle04 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Yea it was fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Saw this yesterday. It was okay. Little boring, but not bad. Just kinda there. Random thoughts: The tweaking of the origin works for me. Tying April into it actually helps with her instant acceptance to four giant talking turtles. Shredder's mask is straight up awesome. But I do not like the rest of the design. Maybe if it were sleeker and more ninja-y, but it just felt too Iron Man-ish. My main problem is that April is the only person to get any real character development, and even then, not really. I cannot shake it because it is TMNT, but I don't think this movie did a good job of establishing anybody's personalities. Donatello is a nerd because he wears glasses. Okay he is done. Mikey is an idiot. Next! Leonardo is the leader? but that doesn't come across. Even the with the Shredder, I don't get any motivation. The CG was a little weightless in some of the fight scenes. It noticed it 4-5 times. I never noticed it during Guardians. About halfway thru I finally figured out what the designs remind me of: Jim Lee TMNT figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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