Meet the Bros in New “TMNT: Out of the Shadows” Trailer

If you're like me, you grew up watching the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, the first two live-action films, and owned a slew of action figures.  If you're a kid today, you probably watch the animated Nickelodeon series and enjoyed the 2014 reboot.

Regardless of your age, you've probably seen the first two trailers for this highly publicized sequel. So unless you've been living under a rock, it's doubtful you need any help identifying Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello or Michelangelo.

But Out of the Shadow’s newest trailer runs through all those intros for the uninitiated in a quick ninety seconds, all set to Beastie Boys' "No Sleep Till Brooklyn." (Rest in peace, MCA.) That also means we only get a short glimpse at Bebop and Rocksteady, and maybe a half second of Casey Jones.

Even as someone whose nostalgia for this particular piece of childhood pop culture faded long ago, and one who didn't have any interest in the reboot, this sequel actually looks pretty fun. You don't see much here, but I'm all about Tyler Perry's take on a mad scientist.

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About Kip Mooney

Kip Mooney
Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.

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