shingle, would no longer feature once-ordinary turtles living in the sewers who mutated into intelligent, human-sized creatures by a discarded canister of toxic waste.

Instead, their aims would be similar -- anthropomorphic turtles, trained by their rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu to fight crime -- but their origins would be radically changed. They would now be reconstituted as an alien race who presumably lands on Earth at some point. nbsp;upfront about his company's reboot direction of the series. What Bay probably didn't prepare for were the waves of fan outcry. who voiced Michelangelo in the original live-action movie. He called the announcement, "the rape of our childhood memories.

running high. has already been created.

Probably not. quot; has urged fans to sit tight because what he and producers have planned could kick your ass.

this week. I think what we're developing, the fans will love. I'm a fan, and I love what we're doing. It's a lot of stuff Kevin's been thinking about for a long time and just hasn't done. Anything we expand will tie right into the mythology, so I think fans will go apeshit when they see it.

So, please disperse, there is nothing to see here? Or is this just lip service. Ok, in all honesty, we had no clue this was going to matter so much. OK, Generation X & Y. It's your move.

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