I can understand the 1987 visual design of the character being considered out-of-date, but a new version should be considered an upgrade, not an obvious BBW downgrade.
The TMNT movies from about a decade ago had the right idea -
As opposed to...
Teaser Trailer for Seth Rogen's TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM
From permanent teenager Seth Rogen, a new generation of heroes will rise...from the sewers. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, after years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them. Only in theatres August 4, 2023.
Update: June 1, 2023
Official Trailer for TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM
There’s a lot of old men in this thread angry that a pre-teen jr. High girl character isn’t a sexy as they hoped she’d be.
it looks like she’s supposed to be like 13 years old. You’re upset about her body? Weird
Know someone working on this and they have been bracing the Inner Circle for the changes being made on this show. They have said it's "not for everyone" and insinuated that if people (i.e. old fucks that watched the original cartoon and really like TMNT) give it a chance they'll probably like it.
"Not for everyone" is okay. It's obvious this isn't geared to the crowd that watched the cartoon in the 80s/90s. This is being geared towards kids today, not our old asses.
Don't clutch your pearls, just move on.
With all that being said, I can understand not wanting tits out April on a kids show, much less hanging out with younger TMNTs.. But not like this..
But then again, this show isn't targeting my demo.
I just watched a retrospective about SG1 and it was mentioned that for her first appearance they wanted to squeeze Samantha Carter into a revealing tank top. She refused because she didn't want her character about sex appeal, and got her way.
The producers said they'd been trying to compete with Star Trek Voyager and Seven of Nine, and we all remember the ridiculous things they did to get HER to wear next to nothing.
I'm a dude and love T&A as much as the next guy, but it has to suck for girls watching these shows.
Literally putting a pic of pre-teen girl next to an adult woman with her boobs out and complaining the 13 year old isn’t doing it for them. Wtf
I don't think it's as bad as that, nobody wants April to be a thirteen year old sex pot. The character in that pic was an adult and sexy as fuck, they're replacing her with a child.
I think it's good because now little girls can identify with a female character who is more than a pair of tits.
just weird. The entire premise is the turtles are kids and the convo is mostly about how hot the girl isn’t.