You know those Fathom Events things that are always getting promoted at the movies right between all those glorified TV commercials and the real previews? The stuff that's either too highbrow (operatic performances), too foreign (Team Power Force Laser Face Naruto 7 Go!), or too "if you actually went to this one, stop reading my blog and go punch yourself in the face" (Glenn Beck) for most of us to bother with?
Well, they finally hit the demographic which I - even after more than two years of reviewing video games for an altweekly - admit to being a member of with Turtles Forever.
From the synopsis -
Apparently Eastman and Laird have decided to go inter-universal and play Crisis on Infinite Turtles with their franchise. Fine with me, considering that the whole TMNT thing was initially created as a subversion of popular trends in comics.
Plus, there's always the chance the original original turtles will show up and bump the grittiness factor by a few hundred percent. If so, I'll take ten.
Turtles Forever * West Town Mall 9 * 7:00pm * tickets on sale TBA (check website linked above for details)
Well, they finally hit the demographic which I - even after more than two years of reviewing video games for an altweekly - admit to being a member of with Turtles Forever.
From the synopsis -
This ninja tag-team extraordinaire begins when the new the gigantic, evil, and terrifying Technodrome (a giant mobile battle station from the original 1988 TMNT animated series) suddenly appears in our world, carrying with it the original 1988 series Ninja Turtles. Our world's Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo find themselves with a huge mystery to solve and four crazy Turtles to babysit! Can the Turtles of the past and the Turtles of the present stop annoying each other long enough to stop all of time and space from unraveling? It's a must-see special event for the millions of Turtles fans everywhere --- a journey across multiple dimensions that's full of twists, turns, and more Ninja Turtles than you've ever seen before.
Apparently Eastman and Laird have decided to go inter-universal and play Crisis on Infinite Turtles with their franchise. Fine with me, considering that the whole TMNT thing was initially created as a subversion of popular trends in comics.
Plus, there's always the chance the original original turtles will show up and bump the grittiness factor by a few hundred percent. If so, I'll take ten.
Turtles Forever * West Town Mall 9 * 7:00pm * tickets on sale TBA (check website linked above for details)
