Alert TR reader James M alerted me to this in-progress fan film about Casey Jones, being made by some nerds in Austin, Texas. This is less a proper preview than some various footage cut together to some music that sounds suspiciously like part of John Carpenter's score for Big Trouble in Little China, but it does feature a herd of ninjas and a dude (a party dude?) in a swell Michelangelo costume, so they get an A for effort in my book.
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SpecterM91 said:
That looks completely awesome. The Mikey suit actually does look way better than I expected. Gonna keep an eye on this.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 04:16:54 PM
Greymattersplat said:
That's actually pretty bad-ass! Pretty sure the music's a lift from the first TMNT movie though.
Can't wait to see if they do more...lots of times with stuff like this you only ever get the trailer, but they've obviously put some time and effort into this and I'd love to see the end result.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 04:19:02 PM
jair ostrom said:
Fuck. Yeah. that looked really good. I live near Austin, now I'm gonna have to go stalk these guys.
looks great
Posted 03/19/2010 at 04:32:55 PM
spoon-man42 said:
wow! that was pretty damn good!
the costumes are pretty well done and the fighting's damn good! man, i love this! makes me want to watch those first two TMNT movies!
Posted 03/19/2010 at 04:34:10 PM
Mother-Efer said:
That right there kiddies was full of potential. Dark, gritty and brooding like the original TMNT's were meant to be.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 04:37:20 PM
Zisteau said:
As others have said, the music is from the first (and very awesome) movie.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 04:42:03 PM
tiki god said:
shame on you for not owning and knowing BY HEART the first TMNT movie and it's associated soundtrack
Posted 03/19/2010 at 05:24:13 PM
longbowhunter said:
That....was pretty damn sweet. Although I wondered why they had Casey team up with Mikey when in the comics its always been Raph/Casey...not that I'm complaining. Hope theres more to come.....
Posted 03/19/2010 at 05:36:22 PM
Bibble3000 replied to longbowhunter:
maybe they couldn't find a guy who was as proficient with sai as this guy was with chucks?
Posted 03/19/2010 at 06:41:33 PM
Chris replied to Bibble3000:
Sais are probably the most difficult turtle weapon to pull off in live-action wearing big rubber gloves. Why can't we get another TMNT movie like this? Use the Henson suits for 90% and just tweak things with CG here and there to make them a little faster and more nimble. The original movie still holds up really well - even with kids who didn't grow up in the 80s/90s.
Posted 03/22/2010 at 12:53:55 PM
vanishingson2k said:
Annoyed me i couldn't remember the song, so i dug it up from my collection. Yup, it was from the original TMNT from 1990, song was called "Shredders Suite"
Also had a gem of a track from MC Hammer.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 06:24:51 PM
Frito said:
This looks pretty good, but I think I need to do some research to fully appreciate this. I still don't know what a crumpet is.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 06:49:47 PM
demoncat said:
love the guy in the mike suit. and the guy playing Casey actully pulls off the character. makes me want to see the whole film. this just proves how creative some fans of some character can be.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 07:41:16 PM
Reverend Ender said:
I have no idea where this music is from. Also, Big Trouble in Little China is almost up in my Netflix queue so maybe I will find out soon!
Posted 03/19/2010 at 08:12:06 PM
ZeroCorpse said:
It's cool, but couldn't they get a guy with a little muscle mass? He's so skinny! Still, big kudos for the effort here.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 10:15:30 PM
Jess said:
I don't know what this article is about, but I now have a Grateful Dead song stuck in my head just from seeing the title.
Posted 03/19/2010 at 10:30:26 PM
MAiNESET said:
mikey, leo then casey. when they did the new series a few years back my first question was "wheres casey?"
GOONGALA!
Posted 03/20/2010 at 02:51:25 AM
JimmyZappa said:
They get a an A, full four years tuition, and a fucking honorary diploma for that.
Live action turtle suits, hell yea baby.
Posted 03/20/2010 at 04:33:51 PM
Mike said:
Casey Jones doesn't like sewers. "You're a claustrophobic" -Donatello
Posted 03/21/2010 at 12:05:11 AM
Karma said:
"cut together to some music that sounds suspiciously like part of John Carpenter's score for Big Trouble in Little China,"
This music is FROM THE TMNT MOVIE.
Rob, I have said this before, many times. But it is official, and I am right, once again. You are a fucking moron.
Posted 03/21/2010 at 03:55:28 AM
Anonymous said:
seems totally awesome, but the shells are moving around on the turtles like they're just tied on...that's sort of a let down...i was really hoping for some awesome turtle suits/cg/minor re-design...but i love how much more gritty it is!
Posted 04/02/2010 at 01:06:11 AM

