13 Reasons Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Was The Stupidest 2014 Movie

12. Literally Everything To Do With The Origin Story

Obviously, there's some suspension of disbelief required in accepting a story about teenage mutant ninja turtles, but that was never really an issue: anyone buying a ticket knew what to expect. But the issue came with the way the origin was slightly adapted, probably as a last minute response to the anger that met Bay's suggestion that the turtles would be aliens. Instead of them being explained away as intergalactic beings, the script reimagined them as beloved former pets sort of, living in a lab and getting some sort of Bane-like injections to transform them as a scientist's daughter (April O'Neil, obviously) teaches them and their rat friend lessons in life, love and pizza. So far, so uninspiring. But then, there's a fire and the turtles escape - which is all remembered by the somehow sentient rat that is aware of everything even though the turtles aren't yet - and learn ninjutsu in the sewers thanks to a helpfully discarded manual that the rat teaches itself from. Yep, teaches himself, and then the turtles.