I think Turtles weirdest adventures actually would do well on screen. The current movie is quite fantastic in nature, and despite being the lowest-grossing of the four, it still drew the people in.
There still was no body, and in movies and comics alike that usually means the guy is still alive. We haven't seen the last of Al-Ghul, and if we have seen the last of Ducard, the League of Shadows lives on and thus so does Al-Ghul.
You can't kill the Joker, because Batman doesn't kill. It's one of his rules, and I doubt they're going to set it up again where Batman refuses to save somebody. And I think this is still a good idea. If this is the franchise that becomes the Bond of the comic book world, it's probably best to leave the villains alive for the most part.
As for Apocalypse and the like, no more stretching it than Angel flying 3000 miles in the matter of minutes in X3. I think it's sort of an insult to audience if you think they can't buy certain concepts onscreen. The same audience who've bought giant apes, radiated lizards, rising dead, time travel and space aliens able to be beaten by a virus from a Mac. You gotta have faith in your audiences or you trap yourself in box.
I hope they realize this for Turtles and actually will give them some really cool adventures. Or at least a really twisted version of City at War.
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