The LA Times paraphrases Bay as implying the third film ‘won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions,’ but they only quote him as saying ‘There will be a nice crescendo ending,” Bay said. ‘It gets much more
into the robot character. The last time you kind of met a few of the robots; this time you’re gonna get a much cooler landscape.’
Oh goodie, more into the robot character. What’s interesting is that Bay appears to have no fucking clue what would make a good Transformers movie, and what it was that made his first film in the series so watchable. It isn’t about character, that’s for sure, as he seems to not understand what that even is (as evidenced by the entirety of TF2), and it’s not overwhelming, impossible to follow, logically disconnected action. It’s big set pieces with clear opponents who engage in chases and battles that are both kinetically exciting but also neurally comprehensible. That’s it! Robots hitting each other in a way where I can understand which robot is hitting which robot, and if you want to get really fancy, why this robot is hitting this robot.
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"Why this robot is hitting this robot" That made me chuckle.
"Won't be as robot heavy". That pretty much says it all, doesn't it?
why were the robots hitting each other in the first one again? the first one was definitely much better. but i think tf2 was really just another victim of the writers strike. the plot really made zero sense. in much the same way ST made little sense. ST was better than TF2, yes. but it the flaws were very similar. at least when it comes to plot. what TF3 needs is a) less robot cannon fodder; b) a simple, straightforward plot; c) the death of megan fox's character; d) more soundwave; and e) no 3d.
ugh. he needs to just go back to making movies like the rock and bad boys II.
Who is the well-endowed Asian?
Nice cans
I still find it hilarious that the only people that were offended by the so-called "racism" in TF2 were white people.
I wonder if Bay's memoirs will be titled "Killing Cinema"..
'won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions,' srsly!? humans should of always been a footnote to the stories of these robots.. i'll agree Tyson is a better Witwicky than Shia tho..
Transformers 1 and 2 were brilliant worldclass filmmaking of the hightest order. Very few times in my life have I watched a screenplay come to life with such vibrant, attention to detail and performed by such amazing world class actors. I can't belive we aren't talking about Oscars for Meghan Fox and Shia Labouf, and I would have thought a best Director Oscar for Michael Bay was a virtual lock by now.
* Okay…I MIGHT want to lay off the heroin for a while. I could be wrong about these films.
TF2 BETTER THAN EMPIRE STIKES BACK
#7 – i saw the movie with two black friends. they weren't deeply offended, but you could tell they were a little put off by the robots in question. they ultimately didn't like it cause it was a stupid, bloated mess. with that said, the racism of TF2 is pretty blatant, provided you're an intelligent person who actually does some thinking while watching a movie.
"TF2 BETTER THAN EMPIRE STIKES BACK"
And now that we've heard from the idiot contingent….
Go On Mike, GO ON! One punch and that shit-eating grin is gone. I'll give you $10, come on, I know you could use $10.
honestly the amount of hyperbole geek sites throw at bay and the tf movies is laughable…it's funny cause every TF article brings these sites heavy traffic..
woo let's all hate bay and feel smart
all the while giving films that are twice as dumb and actually racist and shot by aDD camera men scores north of 8 out of 10
check out devins review of Crank.
or harry's of the sequel.
sigh.
wigger robots aren't racist.
peace.
Thanks for that photo, Dev. Anyone want to reboot The Mod Squad with this cast?
Boobs. 😀 But seriously. I watched transformers 1 last year cuz I was kind of interested in seeing it again before seeing t2 and what amazed me about it was how low key it is… really re-watch it, it comes off as an actual character driven movie despite its story problems and focus on spectacle at the end. It made sense, stuck to a theme, shit was a cool little movie. t2 comes along and… *face palm* I mean, I'm an artist, been drawing since I was 5. I love the artistic craziness of the film, just no restraint. That's what I love to do, go to extremes myself in my own work, and it's a hallmark of anime and cartoons. But the movie was just stupid. So bay's all like "ok, NOW I'll make a good well written dramatic story. huh" Ok… I'll take your word for it.
Umm… does this mean that the human characters get more screentime then? Sh*t…. there goes the franchise. lol
Megan's fox hole
Am I the only one who sees Michael Bay shirtless? Hello? Anyone? Bueller?
Hey, how bout firing Kurtzman and Orci? That'd be a start.
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