Michael Bay knows that you didn’t like Transformers 2. He feels bad about it, too. Bad enough to really give the fans something they’ve wanted for a while – Shockwave as the main bad guy in Transformers 3.
Shockwave is the big purple robot with laser cannons for hands and a one-eyed face. Wikipedia describes him as ‘coldly and patiently looking for ways to overthrow Megatron, not for personal power (as Starscream would) but simply because it was logical for him to do so. Shockwave concluded that he should rule so that no emotion should prevent the Decepticons from conquering the universe.’
Bay hopes you like Shockwave better than The Fallen, who he admits to USA Today is ‘kind of a [shitty] character.’ He also knows that you didn’t think there was much funny in the second film, so he’s not going there again. ‘One thing we’re getting rid of is what I call the dorky comedy,’ he said, explaining that this includes the Twins.
Apparently this film ties in to the space race between the US and Russia, so I guess a hidden Transformer was part of that bit of history. “The movie is more of a mystery,” Bay says. “It ties in what we know as history growing up as kids with what really happened.”
He also claims this movie ends his trilogy, and that it’s pretty final. “It could be rebooted again, but I think it has a really killer ending.”
Man, I remember a time when filmmakers working on sequels didn’t have to apologize for the entry that came before, when the softball question was ‘How will you top the last movie?’ It’s so weird that we live in an era when a movie can come out, be almost universally reviled and then get a sequel.
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Mr Bay while you're at it bring the Quintessons to the big screen. I'm sure that way you'll sell more shitty merchandise.
Hey, come on; the man actually APOLOGIZED for ROTF. That's a huge step forward. M. Night Shyamalayan has yet to apologize for THE VILLAGE.
When universally awful movies make grotesque bank, directors aren't asked such questions.
so what we have here is a director that everyone claims is an egotistical, misogynistical, potty humor loving racist(eventhough the guys that made cranked/the hangover/district 9 may be just a little worse i don't know), fully acknowldging the "problems" with his 400mil grossing movie, the same ones "fans" and this very site bitched out and promising improvements and this is the kinda of article you print? wow I wonder what you would have said if he told us all to kiss his and and stuck it up for the sequel.
I wonder if favereau with do the same?
Too late Bay! Based on the 'merits' of the second film, you will not be getting me into the third.
A pity really as you know what? I thought the first one was OK!
Hey, at least he tried something. Though I can't forgive him for the twins, the guy says it like it is, instead of being some mindless unapologetic worried-about-PR studio lackey. Go Bay!
I vote Brian Cox as shockwave!
Awesome, has Bay finally figured out that his comedy moments that always make up half the movie, are shit?
Well It's getting a sequel due to the fact that it made almost a billion dollars world wide and also due to the fact that critics mean dick. The public will see what the public wants to see. It's simple really. No amount of "we know more than you" critic bullshit is gonna make anyone TRULY not go see something. There are some people out there in this world that DO like dumb fun entertainment and every movie does not have to MEAN something or be deep to be enjoyed. Movies like this will ALWAYS be here. Deal with it.
I would assume they are making the sequel because the last one made $400 million, not because it was some sort of critical darling.
god bless the internet. w/out it bay would be saying 'critcs may have transformers 2 but the fans loved it' (cause it made like half a billion dollars). but now he at least knows everyone who saw it shit all over it.
I know I'm not the only one who actually preferred the second to the first, but I'm still in the minority. The fallen still sucked, but the bot on bot action was so much better. Optimus in the forest… hells to the yeah!
I also remember when he thought the fans were going to go batshit insane for the second movie…
Well, batshit describes many aspects of that movie.
I love the fact that the only people that got offended by the racism (that didn't exist) in TF2 were white kids.
All personal issues with Bay's output (and TF2) aside, THAT took balls. Gotta give credit where credit's due.
revenge of the fallen is an art movie. bay channeling david lynch.
Not surprisingly, everyone is missing the point here. Shockwave was one of the coolest Decepticons, second only to Soundwave. This is great news!
Yeah, it sucked. But it still made a shitload of cash. It's so weird that we live in an era when a movie can come out, make shitload of money and then get a sequel. At least the guy's owning up to his mistakes. Never really saw Lucas do that with the new trilogy.
The first ten mints of ROTF made me think that I was in for one hell of an interesting movie. Then the rest of the movie happened and, asides from the forest battle, I started to think that the opening was tacked on accidentally.
I find Bay's apology rather insulting considering he had a hand in the script. He says that the "dorky comedy" is being removed. Hopefully, this translates into, "I'll be tasered if I try to tinker with the script."
Michael Bay is my hero. Go Bay!
Well I hope Bay redeems himself and puts Soundwave along with Shockwave in the next movie. More transformers and less unnecessary humor.
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