This led the filmmakers behind the TMNT reboot to awkwardly re-edit the film in order to present The Shredder as an unnamed elderly Japanese man, who is served by Fichtner's character. After all, when it was announced that actor William Fichtner would be playing a new version of the villain who would start out as an American corporate CEO, TMNT devotees were annoyed by the change to canon, but others were outraged that an iconic character traditionally depicted as a Japanese man (in most versions Oroku Saki, an old enemy of Master Splinter) would be recast with a white actor - citing it as part of Hollywood's ongoing issue with "whitewashing" films and denying roles to actors from underrepresented backgrounds. Shredder has been one of the most hotly-debated subjects of the rebooted TMNT movies by fans hoping for a more faithful adaptation of the property's core characters, but also by cultural critics with seemingly more serious concerns as well. While some might note that his armor actually features fewer defensive blades than many previous versions (other live-action Shredders have had blades on their shoulders, forearm gauntlets and occasionally knuckles, shinguards and elbow-pads) it also looks as though Tee's Shredder is posing in lightweight plate-armor meant to be worn under heavier pieces something that would befit the heavily Japanese/Samurai-inspired design of the helmet.
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Posted by actor Brian Tee (who is playing Shredder in Out of the Shadows) to his Instagram account, the photo - which looks to have been taken from a monitor or TV screen - shows Tee wearing a much more traditional version of Shredder's armor and helmet.
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That includes the armor worn by The Shredder in the film, which was can now confirm has been designed for Out of the Shadows. Trailers for the upcoming sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, have generated a more positive reaction by comparison - if only because it looks to correct many of the 2014 reboot's issues.
SHREDDER TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2014 MOVIE
Turtles fans likewise have different feelings about the Michael Bay produced 2014 movie reboot and its take on the best-known TMNT villain: The Shredder.
SHREDDER TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2014 SERIES
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a franchise that's been reworked and rebooted so many times over the years it can accurately be said to have multiple different fanbases who rarely see eye to eye - with some swearing by the dark Frank Miller parody of the original comics, while others hold up the mega-popular 80s/90s animated series as the "true" version and still others are devoted to the multiple new series and comics released since (including the latest on Nickelodeon).