10 Ways To Make Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Not Suck
7. Improved Designs
The designs for the reboot are overall extremely ugly. The decision to add nostrils and lips to the Turtles was reportedly done to humanize them, but it only made them look like freakish nightmare fuel. All the added junk theyre wearing was also extremely unnecessary, with the only intention being to drive home the characteristics of the brothers without bothering with silly little things like character development.
Instead, they presented Leo with a chestplate and leather grieves to give the impression that hes staying true to the samurai roots, Raph wears a leather loincloth and sunglasses to show hes a badass, Mike has wetsuit pants and a sweater tied around his waist to show hes laid back, and Donny has taped glasses and what looks like Ghostbusters cosplay to show that hes the nerd.
Then theres also the size of the characters. The Turtles are supposed to be human-sized: theyre light on their feet, quick, but in the reboot they look like they could give the Hulk a run for his money. Remember the line from the very first issue of the comic: we strike hard and fade away into the night. Well, the reboot Turtles can strike hard, but theyre not fading away.
Splinter and the Shredder didnt fare much better, what with Splinter sporting Fu Manchu-type whiskers (and it wouldnt be a Bay-produced film without some not-so-subtle racist elements) and Shredder plodding around in a suit of armor that makes Iron Mans Hulkbuster look downright subtle in comparison.