This popped up in my social media feed for TMNT news.
The designer behind the awful Michael Bay TMNT Turtles designs is responding to fans not liking that he made the Turtles look like Shrek, after actor Devon Sawa(Final Destination, Idle Hands, Chucky tv series) criticized them on twitter. I wont post the article that directed me to it, because I don't want the author to get clicks, since it was a bunch of nonsense about how "toxic" fans should have just shut-up.
https://twitter.com/Monstermash042/status/1560042618129563648The designer says:
>He was new and young and only cared about the fact that he worked for a big company>Claims he was a huge TMNT fan from childhood(doesn't show proof) and shows a photo of his workspace showing 3 posters of only his work on the TMNT franchise.>Says that he would do things differently today, and implies he'd make them look closer to the source material now that he knows fans hate his designs so much.>Then doubles down and says he wouldn't change them and thinks the TMNT should have the Shrek noses he gave them. >Blames fans for not liking and says they damaged his mental health and that he just can't even>Says his awful designs would have been Sonic'd away nowadays by the fans, in reference to how ugly Sonic was in the trailer to the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which was changed when fans didn't like it. Which ended up making the movie a success, as was it's sequel most likely due to the changes reflecting the source material better.He sounds like some guy who was up his own ass and thought he'd make his mark on things by changing the designs to something he wasn't even a fan of to begin with. And is still defending them. I still have trouble watching the movies, the designs are bad and there's a bit too many Michael Bay cliches in it like Casey Jones being a cop. The second movie is almost enjoyable, but it's so hard to look past the way the Turtles look. Why are they giant and why do they look like Shrek!?
