Michael Bay responds to negative reaction from fans

It was revealed a few days ago that the screenplay for producer Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles was leaked online, resulting in an outpouring of negative reviews. Among those who read the script was TMNT co-creator Peter Laird, who had this to say:

"I think the script that I read is so fundamentally flawed, and -- more to the point -- so NOT a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, that trying to make piecemeal changes to it in an effort to make it into something halfway decent is probably a fool's errand. In my opinion, the thing should just be tossed out, deliberately forgotten, and the process of generating a new script really a new outline, then treatment, then script -- should be started again."

On the whole, fan reactions weren't much better. However, Bay recently issued a response to this brouhaha, explaining the situation:

"The leaked script that different sites continue to comment on was written well before I, or anyone at Platinum Dunes, was involved with the project. That script saw the shredder a long time ago. This is tired, old news -- wait for the movie!"

Ill-timed "Shredder" pun aside, Latino Review also points out that the script had a 1/30/12 date, which was two years after Bay and Platinum Dune were attached the project in late May 2010. Suspicious, no?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/...turtles-script

I will avoid this movie like the plague

man the trailer/promo for this !! better be good. otherwise it's curtains.

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I got the script and read it...that thing is HORRIBLE...117 out of 118 pages of crap...

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Bay is full of !!, he's the one who first spoke of the idea about the turtles being Aliens [pic]

he side stepped that disaster nicely...

he should be thanking the Internet.. [pic]

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If the !!ing Ninja Turtles are still Aliens in the script, I'm out.

Indeed... Bay's trying to save face. It ain't working.

What are they supposed to be?

I'm serious, btw. As a Ninja Turtle fan growing up, I never really looked into their origins. Mutant sewer dwelling giant Turtles?

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You don't go !!ing with the origins of peoples childhood entertainment! lol And you can't call yourself a true TMNT fan and not wanna see the OG backstory.

Please post your adress so i can punch you in the face.

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You can't sit there and say you're a fan and not have a clue about how they came to be. It's not like its some[..]umed back story that wasn't told over & over through out the cartoons & movies.

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Shut the !! up. [pic]

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Let's see what Master Splinter thinks of Bay...

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