The film’s theme song was released last night, and its got quite a lineup: Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, Kill The Noise and Madsonik all team up on “Shell Shocked,” and no, it’s not a Manowar cover of a similar name. The upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles re-boot looks terrible, and now we know it’s going to sound just as bad. Visit Ben Kendrick's website for info on his fiction work, follow him on Twitter or check out what he's doing now over at Rise at Seven.Hey Vanilla Ice, can you kick it one more time?
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Foot Soldier dance battle MC'd by Vanilla Ice - rather than an artistic choice by director Michael Pressman?īen Kendrick is the former Content Director (and current film critic) of Screen Rant, CBR, and Collider as well as host of the Screen Rant Underground and Total Geekall podcast. Without a doubt, Ice's "Ninja Rap" remains a fun touchstone for pop music in the early 1990s but is the former rap icon really in a position to judge "Shell Shocked"? Fans of the original live-action movies will likely agree with Ice (on principle) but is the new song truly more artificial than "Ninja Rap" - especially considering Vanilla Ice was outright shoe-horned into The Secret of the Ooze film storyline? Wasn't it probably " a bunch of executives in the corporate world" that came up with the idea of staging a TMNT vs. I think you have to understand, and be a true Ninja, to possess the Magic to really pull off the secret sound. It really does not fit the theme of the Ninja Turtles legend. It feels a little artificial-what I mean by that is that it sounds like a bunch of executives in the corporate world put it together. With respect to all of the artists, the song doesn't really do it for me. Mixing campy gags with slick ninja action made the heroes a staple of pop culture for nearly thirty years and even though Paramount Pictures has employed significant cosmetic changes, the filmmakers maintain that actual spirit of the film and its Turtle heroes sticks very close to the established formula.
After all, aside from a few gritty depictions in print, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are usually portrayed as wise-cracking goofballs that almost always go for the easiest laugh. Select TMNT fans remain unconvinced that the reboot will deliver a worthwhile live-action adaptation, while others have been successfully wooed by the film's numerous trailers - which appear to depict a brainless but entertaining action-adventure. Leading up to release, fans have weathered one question mark after another, including Megan Fox as April O'Neil, rumored changes to the Turtles' origin story, as well as suspicions that William Fichtner's Eric Sachs would suit up as Shredder - instead of Oroku Saki. After months of controversy, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot from producer Michael Bay and director Jonathan Liebesman is about to hit theaters.