Category: Movies

So Peter Laird posted on his blog that he was not a fan of the new Star Trek film. Turtle fans the net over were shocked and dismayed. “Peter Laird may not like a pseudo-reboot of a series he enjoyed since childhood, what could this mean for the pseudo-reboot of the series I enjoyed since my childhood?” Collectively the TMNT fan base wet themselves.

To be honest I don’t see it. I guess there is something to be said of Laird’s distaste for Star Trek. That thing: Peter Laird didn’t like J.J. Abrams’ vision of Star Trek. That’s it. Though I guess the question of whether because Peter Laird didn’t like this changes made to make Star Trek more marketable to the masses, he may be afraid to make necessary changes to the Turtles to make them appeal to the general audiences may be a valid one.

But then again, he already has, for the most part. The original series is the prime example. The Turtles were changed to be marketed to kids, as opposed to the teens and young adults audience of the comic series. All in all, some fans would say, Turtles has changed quite a bit from it’s roots. There are fans who feel, like Laird himself, that the changes to the  Turtles have left the franchise almost irredeemable unless it returns to it’s dark roots. Mildly ironic really. Laird as a Trek fan feels Star Trek has abandoned it’s original heart and soul, and Turtle fans see him and his changes to the franchise in a similar light.
So if Laird’s loathing of this newest Trek should make fans wonder anything, it should make us think, “How can he not see that there is a parallel here?”