Reasons to look forward to the new Ninja Turtles

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So the new trailer for the new Ninja Turtles movie is out.  Reactions are pretty mixed, ranging from "hey, that actually looks pretty cool" to "yeah, this is gonna suck."  I've personally been a Turtle fan for 25 years now, and the movie even comes out on the anniversary of when I got into them, so regardless of how it turns out I'm probably going to see it anyway.  Still, while people are coming with several reasons for why it should be avoided, I thought I'd take a few points on how it could be decent.

1 It actually looks like it's focusing on the Turtles as a team.  It's written by the same writers who gave us Mission Impossible 4 a few years back, and they turned that into less of the "Tom Cruise and friends" show that the first three films were and instead focused on the entire IMF squad.  From what is seen in trailer we do see the foursome acting like a team, which is more than you could say about that sucky excuse CGI film several years ago.  Though I will admit it's just the trailer and the CGI movie had the same false impression only to sideline Mikey and Don and turn Leo into an absolute, full-of-himself dick who insists on remaining as inactive as possible, so that's kind of a double edged sword at this point.
2 Kevin Eastman helped oversee production on this.  The same man who helped create the characters and is co-writing the current comic.  Considering how excellent the comic is I'd say he still has a pretty good idea of how the franchise should go, so I trust that he wouldn't let the production screw up what they're doing.  And seriously, if you're even a casual comic reader I really suggest checking the new comic out.  It's really, really good, and manages to throw in clever references from the 80's cartoon in there without turning them into cheap gimmicks like the POS that is the new cartoon.
3 Even though there is a toyline, it's actually being backed by a different company rather than Playmates.  Which means that they won't turn it into a 90 toy commercial with no other purpose or reason for the film to exist like they're doing with said cartoon.

So, there we are so far.  While I doubt it'll be as great as the comic from IDW, I do have some faith that it'll at least be better than, again, the CGI film or the new cartoon.  Let's see if Turtle Power actually holds up in four months.
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