Throw a Shrimp pizza on the barbie!
Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) is now viewable in the ‘land of Oz’. Australian fans rejoice!
A month has passed since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released Stateside and people are still talking about it. Regardless of the positive/negative feedback, it is great that the first live-action outing in 2 decades for the TMNT is making a repeat presence in movie theaters. Perhaps that is why the movie didn’t receive a worldwide release.
Prior to release, the promotional poster advertising the movie caused quite a stir because of the imagery used coupled with the release date. Of course, September 11th (or culturally abbreviated as 9/11) is a calendar date best known for the World Trade Center tragedy in 2001.
It doesn’t need explaining that the imagery depicting the brothers diving from an exploding hi-rise rooftop struck a nerve with many. Someone in the art department probably ‘didn’t get the memo’ and got ‘pink slipped’ as a result. All in all, the whole setup (even though offense was likely not intended) was in bad taste.
Now the movie is finally out in Australia there is still a month to go for the European release (Oct 17th). The worldwide gross by the end of the year stemming from this globally thin-spread launch schedule should prove interesting.
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On a personal note. An anniversary day like today is one where I reflect and count the blessings I already have, hug my loved ones a little tighter and spare a thought about those who made sacrifices in what had been a very tragic day in worldwide history.
#NeverForget
