Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn’t mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy – Lemony Snicket
Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies, since I’ve always found them to be fascinating.
Here’s the thing, I absolutely love the 1990 film version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I watched the VHS obsessively and it was one of the first films I completely memorized. I had all of the action figures, watched the cartoon every day, and was a Ninja Turtle twice for Halloween (Michelangelo and Donatello). But above all the other Turtle-related things, the film was what cemented my attachment to the characters. It was dark and unique, funny and emotional, with a great cast and some truly impressive design work. It was also very New York. The Jim Henson-created Turtles will always be the perfect incarnation of the four brothers, and are what I immediately picture whenever they’re mentioned.
So it’s more than a little understandable that when Michael Bay announced that he was rebooting the series I was not happy. Michael Bay has had a wildly successful career, and has actually made some genuinely good movies, but he is in no way the person I want involved with the Ninja Turtles. Add in his comments that the Turtles would be aliens (a statement he has since retracted) and his casting of Megan Fox as April O’Neil and things started to look pretty grim. So I was prepared to hate the new trailer that debuted today. Imagine my surprise when I came away with some mixed feelings after all. Take a look below and read on for my thoughts:
Jadzia Dax: You’re being ridiculous. Why does pregnancy always make men hysterical?
Miles O’Brien: Excuse me, this is not the first baby I’ve had.
Kira Nerys: Excuse me. Keiko had Molly.
Jadzia Dax: It’s not up to you to tell Kira what she can and cannot do.
Worf: She is carrying his child, he should have some say.
Quark: As the lessee, he does have certain rights. Back home, pregnancy is considered a rental.
Dax and Kira: Rental?
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5: Episode 4 – “Nor Battle to the Strong”
“And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling
Buffy: Uh, Hi! Willow, right?
Willow: Why? I-I mean, hi! Uh, did you want me to move?
Buffy: Why don’t we start with, ‘Hi, I’m Buffy,’ and, uh, then let’s segue directly into me asking you for a favor. It doesn’t involve moving, but it does involve hanging out with me for a while.
Willow: But aren’t you hanging out with Cordelia?
Buffy: I can’t do both?
Willow: Not legally.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 1 – “Welcome to the Hellmouth”
Klaus had known for all twelve of his years that his older sister found a hand on her shoulder comforting–as long as the hand was attached to an arm, of course.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy – Lemony Snicket
Julian Bashir: A compound fracture of the right radius, two fractured ribs, torn ligaments, strained tendons, numerous contusions, bruises and scratches. What have you been doing?
Quark: You mean, what have we been doing?
[Quark and Grilka erupt into naughty laughter]
Julian Bashir: Never mind. I don’t need that particular image running around my head. I’ll just treat you.
[Worf and Dax enter.]
Julian Bashir: What happened to you two?
Worf: We, uh…
Jadzia Dax: Well, if you must know…
Julian Bashir: No! I don’t need that particular image either. In fact, I’m going to stop asking that question altogether! People can come in, I will treat them, and that will be all.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5: Episode 3 – “Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places”
