4. It could have been a lot worse
Remember when the Turtles were going to be aliens? Exactly. This movie could have been a lot worse.
It’s been a rough time for Bay since announcing this project, and calling it Ninja Turtles with that little change in origin story didn’t help him. Fans lost their minds and flooded message boards and websites with hate filled comments about how he was ruining something they love so much.
But, credit where credit is due, he listened and the movie returned to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
But anyone who has been following this movie’s journey since its early inception will remember a leaked script that Michael Bay claims was “before he came on board”.
It was a horrible, horrible script filled with dreadful dialogue, bizarre changes to Turtles lore and a lack of Shredder who was replaced with “Colonel Schrader”. It was an abomination.
No matter how much you hate the trailer – or indeed hate the film – it could have been so much worse.
*shudders*
Originally published June 26, 2014. Updated December 13, 2019.
