Recently Michael Bay made some comments about the upcoming reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that has fans understandably furious.

Bay, who’s a producer on the Nickelodeon project through his Platinum Dunes, said that their mutated reptiles would actually be an “alien race,” leading many to assume that these guys were actually going to turn the Ninja Turtles into aliens. Not the most popular thing to say, as you might imagine.

Angry fans took to the ‘net in droves to voice their fiery disapproval, and Michael Bay was quick to respond. Read what he said below.