Of all the things that are holy, they had to go ahead and do this. Just when I thought they couldn’t get any dumber…they go ahead and do something like this. And unfortunately, I seriously doubt they’ll redeem themselves. Or at least I hope they do.
The big “Joe’s childhood is on life support” news of the day is that the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise have been sold to Nickelodeon for $60 million, and the children’s network is planning on a new franchise come 2012, which will coincide with the previously rumored film reboot.
According to this report by Slashfilm’s Russ Fischer, all merchandise and intellectual property rights are now in the hands of Nickelodeon and their sister company Paramount, which will distribute the new flick.
I’ve complained about the queasy feeling I get when I think about the new Ghostbusters sequel, but at least that project seems to be in good hands. I can’t say the same about this new venture, however. TMNT is sacred in my book and the books of a lot of the now adults who grew up in the 80′s and 90′s.
I survived through the Star Wars prequels and Crystal Skull based on the fact that I was too young to have experienced the previous films in all of their original glory, so I wasn’t all that disappointed with the final products. But TMNT, I mean that was my lifeblood as a youngster.
If they screw this up, I will be mighty pissed. Then again, I’m sure Vanilla Ice needs work.
