10 Ways To Make Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Not Suck
5. Don't Forget They're Ninjas
Its right there in the name - Teenage Mutant NINJA Turtles. Bay and Liebesman apparently have no idea what the word ninja means, so it's probably helpful to give them a hint: ninjas arent commandos, ninjas arent slow-moving mechs, ninjas arent giant creatures that can knock over a Hummer.
Ninjas are stealthy, quick, efficient killers. Ninjas rely on silent, close-quarters weapons. They dont use assault rifles. Remember the ninja part of the title. The Shredder especially needs to be mobile, but the armor hes given in the movie is so ridiculous, it looks like it belongs in a parody of the Turtles. This Shredder cant handle stealth, because every step he makes causes a tremor and can be heard from miles away.
The Foot are a clan of ninja warriors, and the Turtles are also supposed to have that same training. When the Foot strike, youre not supposed to know theyve been there and the same goes for the Turtles. Its how they remained unseen for so many years, because they were good at slinking back into the shadows once they did their job.
But Bay and Liebesman apparently have no patience for any kind of subtlety. Everything has to be loud and bombastic, right down to redefining the word ninja as plodding giants who dont know the meaning of the word silence.