They start with Ninja Turtles animation. Pablo Helman, a visual-effects supervisor who worked on the Star Wars prequels, appears onscreen and shows Bay the latest version of Krang, a new-to-the-movies villain who is, essentially, a disembodied brain inside a giant robot. “So we’ve eliminated the tentacles,” Helman explains. “Is it too monster-ish?”
“He could have some tentacles,” says Bay. “I just don’t want them coming out of the side. He looks like a stupid octopus.”
They show him a clip of two other new characters, a mutant warthog and a mutant rhinoceros named Bebop and Rocksteady. “You gotta adjust that mass,” Bay says. “That mass is not too good yet.” He watches a few more times. “Is our rhino dude’s head big enough, do you think?”
“We could make it bigger,” Helman says. The ILM guys write it down.
Michael Bay confirms Krang for ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’
