Michael Bay's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (TMNT) reboot made an appearance during the 2014 MTV Movie Awards to premiere a new 30-second trailer.
Images of the New York City under attack, Master Splinter and April O'Neil's (Megan Fox) first encounter with the TMNT crew play as the narrator says the following words: "You live, you die, you fight as brothers. Remember, nothing is as strong as family." You can check out the new trailer in the video below.
The high anticipated TMNT reboot is set to hit theaters on Aug. 8. Though many fans are looking forward to see their favorite ninja turtles on the big screen, some aren't quite sure why Bay decided to change up their facial designs. Original TMNT Co-Creator Peter Laird recently revealed to Comic Book Movie (CBM) how he felt about character designs.
"I was impressed with what I saw of the production values -- if nothing else, it looks like the new TMNT movie will have a lot of stuff going on and looking good (that toppling tower, for example) -- but the changes to the basic design of the Turtles seemed to me to fall into the 'fixing what is not broken' category," Laird explained to CBM.
"It's altogether possible that, in the context of this new movie, these designs will work well and not seem so odd," he continued, "but I still point to what Jim Henson's 'Creature Shop' team did with their rendering of the Turtles in rubber and paint as the best translation (in live action, anyway) of the Turtles as Kevin Eastman and I created them."
Laird added he was a fan of "flexibility" the CGI versions of the characters, giving the TMNT crew "seamless action potential." However, Laird feels some details added to the characters are a little much.
"It may just be a personal preference of mine -- and one informed by twenty-five years with the Turtles as co-creator working on those green dudes -- but the extra 'stuff' added to the Turtles' outfits just seems extraneous to me, and a bit silly in spots," he told CBM. "Maybe it will work, but right now, I don't see it. I prefer the simpler versions."
You can check out more of what Laird had to say about the TMNT character designs here.
