I think I know the problem. Bay just read it wrong and thought that TMNT stood for 'Teenage Martian Ninja Turtles'.

Michael bay will make the reboot better than the original. The original movies were basically about how cool it was to be a ninja turtle. And if his transformers experience tells us anything, we will have better fights, and special effects if anything.

Whole thread of hatorade

What would you expect from Micheal Boom.

He will put the TNT in TMNT!

aren't the turtles the result of some sort of nuclear waste or toxic waste in sewers or something? i forget its been a long time.
but its basically the same story as spider man and many other super heroes so why isn't it believable to kids again?

Pretty much. His track record for anything but making money sure isn't great (see ratings -IMDB, RT, and awards). People can certainly like his flicks, but it's bizare to suggest that disliking him and fearing for TMNT is anything but rational to those of us who have hated most everything he's done.

No no tell me this is not true! They were my childhood heros and their bad ass turtles not freaking aliens! First DBZ (not by michael bay) and now this! All my favorite 90s cartoons are getting destroyed.

I remember back when I had an NES. My older sister had the little mermaid video game and I had teenage mutant ninja turtles 2 (I believe) I would play that game for hours when I was like 5 or 6. SO many good memories

Ya know, sometimes I think these big time movie directors are really trolling the crap out of the online communities.

It's Michael Bay, they could well be robots as well as being alien turtles.