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Bay has no respect for fans of the movie properties he takes over. He just does whatever he thinks would be cool. Like flames on Optimus Prime.

Why does the top of the sewer lid look like the Mayan calendar?

I'm sure that has to do with the alien origin. The bottom half of the lid looks normal.

I'm pretty sure that's the logo from the CG animated movie that came out 5 or 6 years ago.

Aliens? Really, Bay?

No. He does what he thinks the average moviegoer would think is cool. You say Michael Bay has no respect for fans. To some extent, you're right. But that's okay with me, because when Sam Raimi said he was making Spider-Man "as a fan," he was lying. Which is fine with me, because when Bryan Singer said he was making X-Men for the fans, he was lying too. Currently, Christopher Nolan will be lying when he says he's making Batman "for the fans." My point is that none of these filmmakers made these movies strictly with the fans in mind. These movies--and they were all (mostly) enjoyable, by the way--were all made with the General Moviegoing Audience in mind. These films cannot be profitable if they are strictly aimed at the die-hard fans. And the average moviegoer thinks that lava, flames, and fire is cool. Also, when someone tricks out their car and puts a fancy paintjob on it, chances are they will put flames on it. We've all seen it more times than we can count. So that's why there are flames on Optimus Prime.

How does this relate to the new proposed origin of the Ninja Turtles? Well, put yourself in the position of the Average Moviegoer. You decide to go see this new Ninja Turtles movie Bay has put out because you saw the preview and it seems to have a lot of action and 'splosions in it. The only thing you know about the Ninja Turtles is a vague memory of an annoying cartoon and movie property from the '90s. But you decide to see it based on the strength of the trailer. Now, keeping in mind that you are the Average Moviegoer, which origin story (however it may be presented) do you think would elicit the least amount of laughter from you at the theater? Would it be a) the Ninja Turtles were actual turtles that were dipped into radioactive goo, causing them to mutate into humanoid creatures capable of witty banter, or b) that they were derived from an alien race in some way. Honestly, I'd go with option B. Most moviegoers are used to the whole idea of aliens from outer space, so they're used to it, and it would be easier for them to suspend disbelief in order to enjoy the movie.

If they only had the "average moviegoer" interests in mind, they would not pick something that has name recognition. They would just make something up that's similar, but be totally new and call it something else. But when they choose to make a new movie on established characters, they're expecting to draw in the people who know their story and want to go see the movie. I'm sure what you're saying is probably their mindset, but it's wrong and it's been proven time and again.

What they should do is get the die-hard fans to embrace it, because when they do, they create good buzz and they will draw others to go see it, and possibly even check out the previous incarnations. It's the whole reason Hollywood goes to SDCC now. Because great buzz from there helps your movie and bad buzz kills it (former ex. would be Iron Man, latter would be Green Hornet).

Not a big TMNT fan, but thats stupid. Aliens are supposed to be more plausible than the original story? Why change it. FAIL...and pass.

When did Micheal Bay even get attached to this project? Horrible idea.

So then ...TANT? Does not sound good to me.

LOL, yeah, actually the full title will be Teenage Alien Intelligence Ninja Turtles... or TAINT.

This is horrible... lol. Reminds me of Jay and Silent Bob as the Commanders of the "Coalition for the Liberation of Itinerant Tree-Dwellers"

Horrible. Just horrible.

Because unlike what the experts say (the Mayans) about the world ending on December 21st 2012, it really ends on premiere night 2013 thanks to Bayfinger.

Why cant he just leave stuff alone :(

michael bay is a crappy moron.... the last good movies he did was the bad boys franchise... he thinks the basis of a good movie is a lot of explosion... pointless action... and no script development... he gets 1/5 stars from me... he gets at least 1 star as oppose to 0 for giving us bad boys 1 and 2... but with his recent garbage loses 3 stars only getting 1/5