Middle Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back... with toys and stuff and a movie on the horizon. No, I was never a big fan of the ninja turtles. It is another 80s TV series that are dormant for years and coming back with Megan Fox like the Transformers. Now if you were really a teenager watching the ninja turtles in the 80s... now you are a middle age guy. Perhaps it may be even better idea to have the turtles grow and introduce some new younger turtles. Even if you do, it will be hard to tell them apart. The TMNT becomes Middle-Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles now.

Now this series has martial art theme wrapped in originally sort of cute turtles... now with increasingly darker theme it seems. So this is a kung fu movie in disguise.. and kids, those weapons are dangerous. But people just like to see action.

It is interesting phenomenon that new movies often need to revitalize old ideas from previous decades, perhaps aiming for middle age guys bringing their kids to the movies. Oh that TMNT video game is extremely difficult (along with the Simpsons too). It is just impossible to go long on a quarter... and gets repetitive if you keep pumping quarters in.

It seems that the TMNT story can be limited... there are just 4 (and no more turtles). Yes there is April and the si-fu, but hard to introduce new characters (like the Transformers can)

Yes you punch bad dudes, rescue the girl, eat pizza... what else?