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Merrick here...
For a while now, The Powers behind TRANSFORMERS 2 have suggested the now-shooting sequel will have more robots and a larger scale.
A post at Producer Don Murphy's official website may give us a better sense of what this means:
I'd love and think we could almost barely manage ten on each side, with some front and center and others as more supporting.
...says THIS MESSAGE from scripter Roberto Orci.
One of the new robots may be pictured below. I'm not 100% sure if this is a 'bot, a vehicle used by military folk in the film , or part of Bay's purported Internet misinformation campaign.
Come what may, thanks to Enigma X for sending this along.
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Filming vehicle, or the Beetle Insecticon.
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Dedicated to MMX...etc.
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How about a Transformers movie with no people at all? Wait, that would mean no Megan Fox. Fuck that.
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...and as an avowed 'military folk,' I can say that none of us drive shit like that. Not even the guys behind the fence that no one sees or talks to.
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Love that girl
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to the transformer gods pleze be better than the first
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Go on! Yer will...you know ya will. Go on, go on, go on!
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Bay can chuck as much at this as he wants but that was the big problem with the first one so once again it'll be a case of More is Less! not that the first had anything but big dumb fuck Sploshions!
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Listen up and listen good Bay. That is all.
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hopefully it'll be voiced by carlos mencia so it can become the ultimate shitty transformer.
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Deja Vu while clicking this TB. Has it really been a year since Transformers came out?
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"ME GRIMLOCK" would get very old very very fast.
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Glad to see that we're shooting for the stars!!!Oh, according to latinoreview, Jazz (aka "nigga bot") will be back for the sequel. I don't know about anyone else but I'm relieved...
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And it only transforms at sunset!
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It's made by a jetski company, you see them here around LA sometimes, you can rent them too, etc..
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makes the "fake" images he's throwing out seem more realistic. I love he's doing this, I found out too mucht that I didnt want to know about the first one, while my friend (who never uses the net) knew nothing.
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die again if he comes back
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I enjoyed Bay's Transformers and I'm not afraid to admit this. And I know most of you did too, but are afraid of being labeled "low brow".
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It's kinda slow but the ending, holy bejuzus, if only. This could be up there with the 'great unmades,' such as the Alejandro Jodorowsky directed DUNE, with Pink Floyd doing the music, Salvidor Dalí as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and art direction by H.R. Giger. But then, I just love dinosaurs, so maybe it's just me.
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Oops, wrong lame movie.
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Which robots are going to be in the movie. I JUST WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CAST!!!!! Thats what Transformers via Bay is all about right? A human movie.
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AWESOME cycle! (cue 'splosion)
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Adding more Transformers is not the solution. Removing Michael Bay should be the primary concern.
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That's what makes a Transformers movie. And things that go BOOM. Sometimes in slow motion.
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Please please please let this mean Metroplex will be in the movie...
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here we go again...
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Mega(n) - I dig this quote! - Fox`s that is!!!
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See? It won MTV's Best Movie Award...told you the movie was really good, very entertaining and with a high repeat value...TOLD YOU SO, ONCE AGAIN...
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Jun 02, 2008 9:32:10 AM CDT
TRANSFORMERS 2: WHEN BUMBLEBEE ACTUALLY SHITS ON PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!
by the marquis de side 3
if you were into his "golden shower" on John Turturro in the first film, in the second, he actually squats and drops a huge load on John's head!
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Should be in this. But they should be redesigned to look like walking piles of shredded Chevy. But with glowing asses.
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custom job. wheels on a jet ski. seems like a diversionary tactic to me.
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Hated it when I caught it in the theatre... but saw it again on HD cable and loved it. One I got over that it was not what I was expecting it to be, I enjoyed it.
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I really enjoy Bay's movies and those who don't should simply keep their snarky comments to themselves. The self serving, unconstructive criticism of Bay doesn't influence the process or improve the quality of his movies. His box office numbers show that he knows what his audience wants in a movie and he delivers.
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looks kinda like the Black Wasps from The Island... only with wheels.
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You ruined Iron Chef!
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Then it's Arcee or Ravage. Betting Ravage.
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Paint it pink, close one eye and hop on one leg. Arcee. Check it out:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcee
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Sometimes in slow motion.
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Someone... anyone ... punch Michael Bay hard enough so that he can't direct/ produce anymore. Please? I'd do it myself but ...well ... I'm not that violent. Yeah, call it a weakness, but what are you going to do. If only film gods would strike him with temporary blindness or give him a bad case of hand gout, anything to stop the madness of insepid remakes and dumb-down action flicks. Bring back the intelligent action flicks of yore. They did exist ... once ... really.
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Fuck, I couldn't tell you how many there were in the first movie! I got Optimus, Megatron, Starscream and Bumblebee. Other than that, there were a bunch of random robots that learned things from eBay. Maybe if Bay actually made the transformers actual characters more people would care how many there were, and whether tokenblackbot was coming back.
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European stuff. See the Island was one giant Puma commercial starring a big European star and it bombed. Transformers was a giant Linkin Park/Ford/Moutain Dew commercial and it was big at the box office. Also, lonestaricon without snarky comments where would this site be? You act like Micheal Bay is actually reading this and taking notes and dumb comments are just a waste of his time?
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*ba-BOOOOOOOOOOM!*
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Not to nitpick because all of this was based on a stupid cartoon ripped from Japan and bastardized for American kids but doesn’t that motor bike thingy look a little too much like a character already?
With its little evil eyes and all I mean that’s not very Transformer-ish is it?
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Shia Le Bouf saying, "Go, go, go, go!", or "No, no, no, no!". Or other monosyllabic exclamations said multiple times. Every no=a drink. Like "Hi Bob". Now THAT was a classic drinking game.
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Merrick- that post is from the screenwriter not the producer. What else do you get wrong and not care about?
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Pull all my fingers!
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everything must blow up, Mr bay's orders.
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It's a Spyder Roadster.
Follow the link, click on 360 gallery, move to front view:
http://tinyurl.com/2uhbn3
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!YAB LEAHCIM OUY NMAD
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without thinking of his "ideas" in South Park's Imaginationland. That was the best encapsulation of a Bay movie I've ever seen. I just saw Transformers and it was painfully bad. Not even entertaining, I can turn my brain off bad. Just bad, and lazy.
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again and have a words war with talk backers like he did with the original Transformers? That was hilarious to witness....
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AWESOME SPYDER ROADSTER! AWESOME SEQUEL!But seriously, Merrick. "Bayformers"?! Show some respect."..."
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Ha! Indeed, Turd Furgeson. Although I'm not 100% entirely sure it was him, it was one of the funniest things seen on AICN.I guess we'll have to keep our eyes open for the Talkbacker, "FartGod the IRStard"...or however you spell it.
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Wow. Ghey for Bhay?
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http://spyder.brp.com/
Its a new 3 wheeled motorcycle with 2 wheels in the front. I think its brand new, so it makes sense they would pull a GM and get a tie in with product placement. -
...get a story about the Universal fire on AICN?
all though... to be fair, that's not exactly cool news...
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Easy there, pachenko. I just find your posts to be a bit silly. Not to mention the fact that you're riding the coat tails of another Talkbacker whose been doing it longer and better than you.And to answer your question: I like Girls. I like them so much that I fuck them. Not Michael Bay...
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What does Merrick's son think about the bike? I'm not seeing the movie until he gives his approval.
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Means a shit of difference. Because your vocal minority hasn't halted production on this easy sequel..Man, if half of you morons cared a real shit about this shitty cartoon, you'd be laying down in front of semis and blocking production, giving it your all.Trust me, I know bullshit when I hear it, and you guys are SUPER full of shit. They're making it anyway. LOL.
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you got it buddy. For most other directors, I would ask you to express your disdain in a more intellectual fashion. But hey it fits the guy! so FUCK THAT FUCKER IN HIS FUCKINGFUCKHOLE.
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THIS is why this site is so difficult to use as a source of news. I am a news mod for one of the many Transformers-sites out there. But if you can't even distinquish DON MURPHY (Producer) from ROBERTO ORCI (Screenwriter), then what is the point of reporting anything at all here?! It centainly does not inspire us to use this place as a resource.
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Jun 02, 2008 10:56:03 AM CDT
omg! that bike is the first one for the new toy line next year
by ludmir88
Hasbro is already working on it. I'll wait for the premium series. Fucking nerds collectors!!!
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More script, less carbots that all look alike edited at a clip?
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... will prevent that guy from Tyndrum from making his daily cup of tea. Still we express our opinion. Sometimes we just say things for a laugh. I don't see a problem with any of these things.
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Right in Your retarded ass
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Word to your mothers.
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does it take to what? Screw in a lightbulb? Tango?? WHAT?!?
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Don't think he's awesome either. He certainly has his flaws. He makes mindless fun blockbusters, he's no artist like Spielberg. There are times when I want something crazy to get the blood pumping, have some fun for 2 hours, and there are times when I want to watch a hard hitting, Oscar winning drama or something. However, there will NEVER be a time for shite like the seemingly endless American Pie spin offs. Does Eugene Levy really need the money that bad??
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been seeing many people on many sites thinking that thing may be ravage. let's assume it is, well since soundwave will be in this movie, i wonder if he'll be some sorta vehicle that ravage could attach itself too. it would be a nice little nod to their cartoon counterparts. oh and lets hope they get welker to be soundwave's voice or at the very least, use that same vocal effect for whoever does it. of course if theyre gonna use him for soundwave, may as well get rid of hugo and have him do megatron as well (assuming he returns).
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...Sly Rax had a cameo in this one.
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For all of you touting Bay as a good filmmaker because he entertains you, I think you've forgotten that it is more than possible to make an entertaining, exciting action flick without ignoring plot, characters, dialogue, etc (the Matrix - first one anyway, T2). Someone I know had the balls to compare Transformers to Die Hard the other day, and I almost hit her. WTF? LaBeouf was the only character in the entire movie, everyone else was cardboard cutouts that were pretty much entirely interchangeable with anyone else. The military scenes were painful, Optimus Prime becomes this self-righteous prick spouting lame-o cliches about freedom, the robots learned how to talk from... the internet? Oh good, now we can have the robot who speaks like a gansta, all the kids will think it's cool! Bay himself said in an interview to EW that he proved with Bad Boys II that it doesn't matter how insipid the movie is (he probably didn't say insipid, I'm paraphrasing here), his movies would still make money so he didn't care if his movies were any good. That's how much he loves film - he puts out shit just to make money, knowing fully well that he's putting out shit. I don't know how anyone could support that kind of a director.
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But if I'm being entertained for my money, I'm happy. I'll just go on respecting true directors of film. Ironic that your name is password.swordfish as I thought that movie was crap. Just my opinion, though! Ain't dissin' ye, mah fellow TB brudda!
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Get a freakin' edit button!!!
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I can respect that. As for my name,
I took it from Horse Feathers, basically cause it's one of the funniest films ever to me. Are you not a Marx Brothers fan, or is there another movie out there with this phrase in it? -
Maybe?
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Well said ol' chum
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Well said ol' chum
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I had the misfortune of catching the end of MTV's movie awards last night and the girl seemed like a complete and total bitch. I guess maybe i would be too if nobody was trying to conceal the fact that I was being made famous for nothing other than my physical appearance, but damn girl, give Rainn Wilson a break... the dude was just following a script.
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I understand that this is the place to spout off about flicks, and I've done so over on the Indy IV thread ad nauseum. But even if Transformers is shitty (which by all accounts it is--I have yet to see it...) it did so well to garner an almost IMMEDIATE sequel. I don't know about you, but I liked Bad Boys and Bad Boys II. Yeah they're broad comedies, with shallow scripts, but I like Martin Lawrence and think Will Smith is funny as shit. And I can appreciate and empathize with those of you who feel as though Bay's treatment of the Transformers was less than the original concept, and that makes the flick a bad flick.I was a kid when Transformers was on, along side He-Man and GI Joe. Each and every cartoon from that era was pretty much a 30 minute commercial for whatever toy Hasbro and Mattel were trying to push on our poor parents.I fell for it, and guess what? Now that I see the stuff I liked as a kid for what it is, I don't have a problem with a little update.That said, I don't understand why people bitch and then go see it. I do endorse going to see movies, but really I had NO interest in seeing this one from inception, Transformers love is so 1996, when every douche was wearing those big oversized bowling shirts with Goku and the Decepticon symbol on them. Just don't go see it if it offends your sensibility so much.Or, be pleased that your favorite thing is getting raped, because it's been a WHILE since any Transformer shit got any action. ;)
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I assumed it was from that Hugh Jackman and John Travolta movie, SWORDFISH. MY apologies! And yeah I do like the Marx Brothers, not an avid fan, but I've seen a few of the films.
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about how shit the first one is, how shit a director he is and so on and so forth.. usual crap from nobodies, the sheer success of the first one just about shits all over everything you come off with, the guy knows how to make a blockbuster and he went and made a fucking huge one at that so fair play to him and i cant wait to see the sequel no matter how clichéd or over the top it is cause fuck me was it not entertaining as all hell
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Yeah, Swordfish was terrible. Crap, i didn't even think of that when choosing the name. That really would be ironic, me putting down Bay when I loved Swordfish enough to make it my username. Yech. Your name, on the other hand, is one of my faves of all time. Pegg and Wright are geniuses.
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as a nerdy computer hacker living in his mother's basement. Oh, wait...
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Its quicker to type out. And yeah, thats what I thought! The whole irony of panning Bay and liking SWORDFISH! But it all becomes clear now. And I LOVE Shaun of the Dead, its actually my genuine favourite film. I've met Pegg, Wright and Frost too, got a signed Hot Fuzz poster pride of place on my bedroom wall. I won a compo to go see the film with them 10 days before the release. How lucky am I! I NEVER win comps, then I win that one!
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Yes, let's argue that popularity equals quality. I guess you'll agree then that Britney Spears is among the greatest recording artists of our time, and CSI: Miami is a masterpiece. Turns out, I can form my own opinion independent of tickets sales. Cool that you were entertained; I largely was not. Yes, the action sequences were well-done. i just require more substance out of my movies than thinly-veiled excuses for acting and plot inbetween explosions.
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Sure, I've already abbreviated your name (without permission, I am a badass!!). Um, I have no response, I am so filled with envy. You may be the luckiest person EVER. Congrats on that; must've been amazing.
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This one will suck too. So many of you have hit the key points. The characters are horrible and since they want to focus on humans over robots they might want good characters. See classic action movies don't rely on product placement jokes. That is why his movies will be forgotten or remembered as jokes. He needs to stick to R rated action films Bad Boys 2 was the only movie I've seen of his that I consider fun. Transformers was more of a pain to watch.
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but then transforms into a giant robot with a whip and a gun as it's weapons. It wears a big hat and screams "Yahoo" as it shots people and fires laser beams out if it's whip.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=uuwfHvNyedw
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or cy-kill?actually, this isn't bad, if it's a bot. i can see this turning into a good man-sized bot. the top is already a head, basically.of course the transformation will never be that simple, it will have to shred, turn inside out, scatter into a million shards, and then look like a shredded pepsi-can bot, not a meaty, modular bot resembling the bike in any way.
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I never said I was looking for a Marx Brother film in Transformers, just a shred of intelligence, humour, or story. I was a huge fan of Transformers, but then I was 7 at the time. My tastes have changed a little since then. Yeah, now I expect more from movies. I didn't even pay to see it, it was on my movie channel, so I thought I'd check it out, and see if it was any fun. Didn't find it to be so. I think we may just have different taste in movies. To me, Die Hard is one of the best action flicks. It's a little funny to me that's you're using those as examples of good action movies, cause they all contain the elements that Transformers was lacking - and were crazy fun. Bay could take a lesson from McTiernan and Woo (at least, old school Woo).
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i can totally see that douche using this like a segway in place of feet for the most basic task. tearing from one side of the boardroom to the other instead of pacing...tearing from the smoking section to the coffe cart, all of 3 feet, driving it into the mens bathroom and pissing from 5 feet away while standing on the foorpegs.
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A backwards Damn You Michael Bay. Nice.
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Well, not the luckiest person EVER...look at Michael Bay! He throws stuff at a screen then whatever sticks, thats his movie! Then he makes millions out of it. What I REALLY wanna know is....what exactly DID Spielberg do on the first Transformers? With all the flaws it had (and dont get me wrong, I loved it for what it was - a popcorn blockbuster) you'd think ol' beardy woulda stepped in to fix something.
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Her dildo transforms and lets just say it's really really gory. Then the girl from Teeth shows up and there is a legendary battle using some of the most advanced CG that we have never seen in a film up until now.
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watched it the other day on DVD. It's vapid, but not entirely without redeeming qualities. Shia laboeuf is a big one.
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i hate to say, other than producing, and probably casting shia, he probably did not much else.
and he must really like shia to then want to suggest he takes over the indy mantle.(lucas too, obviously).but yeah, no spielberg family magic in bayformers that i could see.
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As I understand it, being an executive produce just means "for a cut to the money I'll put my name on this to help hype it." Apparently, Spielberg was impressed by seeing Shia in the Transformers Dailies that he wanted him for Crystal Skull.
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It looks like one of the "Navy SEAL" jet skis from "The Rock", but with wheels on it. They keep a couple of those jet skis next to the behind-the-scenes tour line at Disney/MGM Studios.
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I understand that a lot of people don't like MB's movies, I happen to enjoy his films and don't give two shits about his comments about why he makes movies or anything. But god the people that come on here and talk like they are having 50 fits about this guy, are there not better things in the world to be so hateful towards? How about the terrorists of the world? Murderers, rapists. It's one thing to not like a director and his films, but to come here and spew such hate filled nonsense is dumb. These are movies people, and in the grand scheme of life, they have little meaning. There is so much hate in the world, we sure don't need any unnessesary hate. Maybe it's just me, maybe I don't take my passion for movies to the extent that some of these hate filled people do, maybe I need to be a raving maniac like them. I think I will stick to just talking about movies though.
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Some of us are snarky too.
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Hope he didn't sell out on Transformers, as in the 'put my name on it to hype it' thing. Probably did as it seemed lacking in his magic touch. Any news on whether he 'returns' for the second?
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We expect so much when we get movies made from cartoons, but when they turn out to be like the cartoons themselves, we get angry because there was no "Substance" to the film. You can't have it both ways. If the film makers make something exactly like the film it has no substance, if they change it to give it substance, it's been raped. That is what I have seen on these talkbacks, no one is ever satisfied with anything.
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to old school fans and new viewers of the transformers movie- is the busy, cluttered, messy, painfully detailed robot design.to me, transformers would have been acceptable to me if the bots, in SOME WAY resembled the vehicles in some modular fashion. most folks couldn't tell one from the other in the action. that's just the straight dope.
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LOL...If i was MB i would be living in a much bigger apartment...LOL...How many movies help the world? Did T2 or The Matrix help the world? No, they entertained us, which is what movies are for right? While I agree that Bay's (and most other big budget directors) movies have ridiculous budgets, that is not all on him, he may ask for the money but it's the studio that has the final say, and if they are dumb enough to keep giving him money, he is gonna take it, so would you or I if we were in his position. The bloated budgets of a lot of movies could be better spent, but that's Hollywood for you.
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I hope they don't have a water sports arc in this.
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with a skull. A crystal skull. That would add an extra dimension to the film.
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I can't argue with you there, that is one of the things that I didn't like about Transformers, it was hard to tell at times who was fighting who, Megatron and Starscream looked very similar, almost identical. Other than that, I enjoyed the movie for what it was, a mindless popcorn movie. So shoot me that I enjoy those types of movies.
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That it took Bay & Co to make Transformers. Now who could be spending their time doing beneficial things? BTW, I think making fun of Bay does improve the World. It certainly feels that way.
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yeah, hollywood is the problem. the budget machine, the end results, all of it. if any of these directors or overpaid actors would just donate $1000 to me every two weeks i could quit my job and pursue my own art. how sad is that?bay just ends up being the scapegoat because on the scale of frivolous action and budget vs content and meaning he tends to be toward the farthest edge of that scale.
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and don't tell me that little piece a shit robot was supposed to be soundwave in the first film. I want the real soundwave and his amazing voice.
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during the pointless MTV movie awards. wow i got a popcorn award from a music channel/mostly reality show channel. Bitch always looks drugged up
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You said you enjoy talking about movies. So do I - I kind of thought that's what we were doing. So is it only talking about movies if we approve of the movies you like? Or if we can't post something nice, should we not post anything at all? I've seen a lot of valid complaints on this site about Transformers and Bay, and others with valid praise for some elements of his flicks (whether or not I agree). Yeah, some of it is just people spouting off without actual content, but mostly, this is what discussion looks like. I guess given your post, you're building houses in Africa. Good for you, I hope we all learn from your example (that may sound sarcastic, but if you truly are out there making a better world while you post, I'm dead serious). Zom-bot, I agree with everything you've posted.
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What qualifies as a movie geek? So because I like MB's movies that makes me an undemanding movie fan? Who are you to say who is a movie fanatic and who is not? I will say this about MB and his movies-they are shallow bombastic pieces of fluff, with little substance and almost no brains. That being said, because i enjoy them doesn't make me any less of a movie geek than anyone else. There are certain directors I expect a lot from, Spielberg, The Wachowski's, Jim Cameron, and a few others I can't recall at the moment. MB gives me exactly what I want, mindless popcorn entertainment. Some people want more out of their movies and that's fine. I understand why a lot of people don't like MB and his movies and that's fine. But to sit there and pass judgement on me because I happen to like his films? So sorry I don't live up to your view of what a movie fan/geek/fanatic should be. If I have ever come across as thinking people are assholes because they don't agree with my opinion, my bad, I never intend to come across that way, I have always maintained that everyone is entitled to their opinion. I guess it just irritates me when I see hate taken to what i feel is an extreme level, there is enough hate in the world as it is.
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The first half was easy enough, but the second half was like what it would maybe feel like to watch traffic after 300 hundred cups of coffee. No plot, no clear concept of what the fuck is going on, just loads of really fast pieces of metal, moving around for about an hour.
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Ok it is obvious I am coming across the wrong way and for that I apologize. Let me clarify-it is posts that are nonsensical rants with no real content that bother me, not opinions. My apologies to anyone who felt offended, as I always state, were all entitled to our opinions.
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Let me also add, that I don't mean to say if you have nothing nice to say don't say it at all, I just feel that some of the negative hate filled posts are taken a bit too far that's all.
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CHI CHI CHI, HA HA HAH
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Damn you Michael Bay
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admit it. i mean if i were him i wouldn't even attempt to make another movie. name one better he's made since? and that's not a bad thing, but he should have said to himself, i retire, i can stop now.
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So, now the transformers can shift their vehicle forms into different types of vehicles....dumb...
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Well said. I really dislike Bay's films (at least the one's I've seen) and like to make fun of them. But that's just me and my opinion.As an example, I love DARK CITY and I have friends that hate it. They make fun a that movie around me all the time. It's all done in fun and we all get a good laugh out of it.
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WHOOPS!
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That movie sucked rabbit dick!
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i like how they're not even referring to them as transformers anymore, but "robots"....
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Now I feel sad. :(
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WAAA, I CANT GET LAID SO I'M GONNA CRY ABOUT MOVIE DIRECTORS THAT DO! BITCHES!
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point taken. I guess I'm just so used to the talkbacks on this site that when they devolve into angry ramblings, I just shrug it off. We're in an agree to disagree situation on Bay, but I can understand where you're coming from.
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A surgical instrument could transform into a floating/flying robot in a black coat and hat the goes around waving it's hand and putting people to sleep.
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to The Transformers: The Movie (1986). That movie was awesome.
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But it just got kind a boring.
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Hollywood kinda lost that magic and if they are still making the Voltron movie then we might hail Transformers as brilliant. which in a way it is.
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yes!
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Jun 02, 2008 2:24:38 PM CDT
Spielberg was one of the greats for popcorn flicks
by password.swordfish
Now he made some damn entertaining summer action-y movies. I agree, he hasn't done much of note since Schindler's List (I think cause he kept trying to recapture the importance and power of that film, and ignored what he does best). But damn it if he couldn't deliver stellar action sequences around characters we cared about, with humour and fun, without insulting the audience's intelligence. I miss Spielberg of that time.
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and I thought Keifer's acting was a little over the top. But I still loved it. Much to my friends amusement.
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over...the top..gasp..i don't...know...what...gasp....you mean by that, bobjustbob..seriously though, darkcity has good and bad. i'm a sucker for false reality movies, but this one really lost it during the 'tune' or whas it 'choon?' mind battle with old anakin skywalker, i mean, mr bookcase or whatever.
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Everyone on this site has some secret shame movie they love.
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I second that!!! That was a great movie.
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But I stand firm. I loved it.
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this Michael Bay fellow I am hearing so much about? Surely any man whose name is spoken by so many must be the pinnacle of his profession, a master of his craft. Welles, Ford and now this Michael Bay gentleman? Indeed, it is a great day for America.
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That would make sense.
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If they could pull off an Empire-esque type of sequel, that would be great. But keep in mind that Empire was not directed by Lucas. Transformers 2 is being directed by Bay again, so we can probably expect more of the same that we got in the first. I'd like to say that maybe Bay will suprise us, but he hasn't changed his style to this point and there is no reason to think he will.
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Those prototype pics of a Bombardier Spyder, a recreational vehicle manufactured in Canada by Bombardier.
http://www.brp.com/en-CA/
Incredibly cool.... YES. Available to the general public... YES.
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bay probably won't even change the name. And it'll seem like a new autobot recruit, but in reality...it'll be a decepticon...what for it....SPY.
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the new '_______ gotta eat'
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Would be a great user name.
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Monkeybot that swings through the trees until it pounces on its enemies. It'll need a cool leather jacket.
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After my mother-in-law saw Transformers she told me that it was "Just about the best movie I've ever seen!" Holy fucking shit this is what I live with. Megan Fox can't act but she's a hot bitch as is Shia. I'd much rather look at Fox than Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, or Gwenyth Paltrow who also can't act and are ugly. And old.
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Wait, they haven't even gotten one character right, why are they trying to squeeze in 20? And, can someone explain why Optimus had lips? And, that, when a battle was about to start, he needed a shield for those lips?
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Come breed with hot women from around the world and your favorite hot celebrities and LURAO @ www.TheHumanHybrid.com
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I hope it's not, but who else could it be? That would make sense do to it's color and size.
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Thank god!!! No I really hope he gets torn in half again. I liked TF the first time...the second time on DVD I noticed without all the loud noises and confusing but mesmerizing action bits the Autobots got their ASSES HANDED TO THEM. If it weren't for the USAF Megatron would've killed Optimus. If it weren't for the ground troops there would've been no air strike and like half the Decepticons would still be alive. WTFFFFF. I guess we can expect more of this weak TF bullshit come next year. Optimus was ALWAYS able to hold his own in the [INSERT MEDIUM HERE]. I guess a reciprocal TF/human relationship is interesting...but NOT faithful and it was rather sad to see two Autobots nearly killed by Starscream. Fuck, if we wanted, we could get the armed forces to destroy the Autobots and throw them into the ocean as well.
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Thank you! I noticed that too, and was thinking, "why is Optimus being such a puss? He can handle this!" It's true, all the Autobots were so much weaker than the Decepticons they were fighting. Lame!
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Jun 02, 2008 4:26:35 PM CDT
better NOT be Ravage... ravage's mode of transportatoin is his C
by bruticus
and his alternate mode is DATA STORAGE THAT EJECTS OUT OF SOUNDWAVES CHEST.
If Soundwave is a truck and a tire iron, wheel, motorcycle come spitting out of Soundwave's trailer. And thats supposed to be the equivalent of "RAVAGE. EJECT. OPERATION. TERMINATION." Then once again these fools are really missing the mark. -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uuwfHvNyedw
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Oh yeah? Try watching Uwe Boll's BLOODRAYNE and get back to me.
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Michael Bay that is.
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Quote: "Do I need to remind you that I had the balls to choose my moniker as a defiant statement of disapproval towards the man and his talent, or in this case, lack thereof'?"Really?!?! I never would have guessed you felt that way based on your name. That's what I call "ballz-e".Quote: "My unintelligible review of TRANSFORMERS was posted...was your buddy's?"That sentence doesn't make sense (which buddy?). But good for you; all the same.
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check this out
operation repo
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but if the ONE director you can think of that's destroying cinema more than Bay is Boll, you're not making a terribly convincing argument. Although I'll agree that Boll is worse, that's like saying death by fire is worse than death by drowning.
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You've just admitted Boll is worse. So, I'm really not sure what else to add to that.I will say this though - Bay's TRANSFORMERS entertained me more than Spielberg's INDY 4. And I'm pretty sure lightning just struck right behind me...
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being that the end result is the same.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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Destroying American cinema seems a bit harsh, if you read any of my previous posts you know how I feel about Mr Bay and his movies. I will say this though, if you want to point the finger of blame at anyone, point it at the studios who keep supplying film makers with the money to make these movies. Bay may make loud bombastic messes for movies, but those geniuses at the studios keep financing him, and all the sub-par film makers out there. As long as these movies keep making money, the studios will keep pouring money into them, it's a sad but true fact. Bay won't change either until he has too.
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Not because of this story, but because my girlfriend just gave me a blowjob. Good job, honey!
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June 26, 2009 shall be forever known as BLACK FRIDAY!
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Is Bender and Flexo in the treatment your read? How about Fridgebots and Monkeybots? And of course your latest post confirms my assertion that a crystal skull becomes the new source of power for the bot-boys.
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there are, when Bay won't keep the camera still long enough for us to see them ?
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out of curiosity, is your name a reference to the old TV show or Frisky Dingo? Just wondering.
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And at one point in the flim (yes, flim), a raging stereotype of a black teenager circa 1982 walks by and finds the radio. Later on, the radio is revealed to be Soundwave, and the black teenager immediately transforms into the "hysterical negro" stereotype, all pop-eyed and shrieking, that Mikey Bay seems to think all black people are if his flims (yes, flims) are any indication.Btw, I actually enjoyed Transformers and thought it was a decent summer blockbuster despite how awful and soulless it was. At the very least, the efx and action set-pieces were great.
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transformers was an awesome movie, all around, not just the robots fighting and the explosions....there WAS a PLOT, the dialogue was good, it was equal parts action, romance and comedy...it worked on all levels...the only complainers are the babies that wanted it to look like the 80s cartoon or movie......and lastly , i say this on every transformer talkback when i hear how BAD michael bay is, all of his movies save "the island" were giant box office hits, and so was transformers...and really would all u haters propose a few names of directors u think could possibly do a better job .....no one has ever answered me, ever.... thats telling me all u fanboys just like to bitch, so do us all a favor and STFU....ok ? thanks
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doesn't make it so, slxboxrman. Comedy? What was funny? When Bumblebee pissed on the guy? That's gold. Good dialogue? I can remember a few times I laughed out loud because the dialogue was so bad (including the horrible "You're a soldier now!" shit). The romance was as contrived and predictable as it possibly could be. Plot? You are easily pleased when it comes to storytelling my friend. If you're going to get up on your soapbox and call people out, you'd better back up your own assertions better. Of course, we probably just have very different taste in movies, which is fine. But you might want to realize that a difference in taste doesn't make everybody else wrong, especially when your own claims are pretty unfounded.
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popularity is not the same as quality. Epic Movie made a killing - doesn't stop it from being a steaming pile of shit. Who should have directed it? How about anyone with a true love for the old show? If they couldn't find someone that was going to do it justice, they just shouldn't have made it.
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That Fridge I rode in here took foreeever to finally land. Jesus Christ, when I hop into a fridge to avoid a nuke, I don't want to be in the air all goddamn day!
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I've spent a lot of time trashing Bay and Transformers, and I don't know why I'm putting so much effort into this. For those of you excited, I hope it lives up to expectations and entertains.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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You care because it's a piece of shit, and it didn't have to be. Transformers is a great sci-fi concept -- regardless of how that concept came to be -- that could have been treated with respect, like T2 and other sci-fi actioners. Instead, they threw a total hack on the pic, a pic destined for success due to people who LOVED the concept, loved the property, and saw the amazing SFX in the previews.
Bay had absolutely nothing to do with the success of Transformers, and had everything to do with the shit that didn't work about it. I'm sick of that motherfucker getting any credit for that abortion. Whoever cut the trailers cared more about the concept of Transformers than he did. The trailers suckered me in, just like they did for Pearl Harbor. But I won't be suckered again. He is incapable of making a film for adult viewers. -
Jun 02, 2008 7:59:02 PM CDT
This just means more robots for Michael to forget about in the e
by drewlicious
Where the hell did the cop car go? What a pussy.
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That's the funniest thing I read all day. Thanks!
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That is all.
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Without his big budgets and special effects, Bay is just another Uwe Boll. The way he handles the story and characters is on the same level. And flooding your eyes with visual diahrrea is not what makes you a great action director.
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No it won't Mr Bay, no it won't....DAMN YOU MICHAEL BAY AND GEORGE LUCAS!!!
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Look at what I just found: http://tinyurl.com/48hj7d Ah, TRANSFORMERS Talkbacks. It's just like old times, ain't it fellas?
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While I'm not entirely sure, I do believe that Bay cut those trailers. He seems more effective in short bursts...
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Has to be, so much closeted love of Bay, so many little jibs about how much of a douche he is (FMB) that is, that he MUST be Micheal Bay. ......Dude your movies suck.
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This is a movie based on some kid's cartoon. I mean who really cares what Bay does with it.
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Whoa! Letting your imagination run a little wild there aren't ya?OK...explain to me how I'm suddenly Stormwatcher AND Don Murphy?! I already addressed you earlier. So, why would I need another name to make the same lame joke?Maybe you're new around these parts, FMB. But Don Murphy ain't not friend of mine. You should search the AICN archive if you want to know of my participation in the TFers TBs of the past.Savvy?
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You're no MCMLXXVI.
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Quote: "you shouldn't type whilst ridiculously baked."Well, that would explain your paranoia.Anyway, you should check out the link I posted earlier. The much loathed Don Murphy is once again talking smack about AICN, Merrick, and us Talkbackers.
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So, I have NO idea what you're talking about.
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Ski-doo on wheels.
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FUCK EM!!!!!!
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I thought about that possibility, and I'll give credit where credit be due. That one Bayformer trailer, with the sense of dread building up, the fades to black with that great audio work transitioning us from one dynamic shot to another -- I still get chills thinking about it.
Cut to me watching the movie, cringing as BumbleBINO "lubricates" that cartoon retard from "Sector 7".
Sorry, but I've never properly flamed Bayformers. Here we go... Why couldn't the motherfucker just concentrate on 1 or 2 or even fucking 3 human subplots to avoid the pure fatigue that sets in while trying to pay attention to the Robot story? We have the Pentagon with a phoned in Voight performance; and there's the Army dude who wants to see his kid and momjeans wife; and there's the least likely candidates for hackers in hot blonde and fat fuck; and there's the Witwicky ancestry with the gayest Eggs MacGuff of all time (the glasses); and I'm sure I'm missing 7 other ones. And on top of that he goes and sets the whole tone of the thing to "Lucas."
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That builds up a sense of wonderment and dread at the concept of robots hiding amongst us? How about something coherent with a single protagonist as a catalyst for the action? How about being able to enjoy a fucking moment without some cringe-inducing one-liner ("ARE YOU DA TOOF FAIRY?")
How about Sector 7 not being retarded?
How about better character designs?
Movies are still made by adults, right? I mean, I'd expect less if I knew these things were banged out by a platoons of CGI Monkeys or something. I guess I just expect that if you're going to drop 150 Million on a live action movie, you'd infuse it with some kind of adult sensibilities to appeal to the people who pay to see them. If they were going to cop out and not take it seriously because the concept began life in a medium outside of film, then they should have showed that in the trailers. Then if I still paid money, it would be my fault. -
And I'll have to talk down to you with four-letter words because that seems to be all you can understand. You are a no-talent, cocksucking fat fuck of a hack. Your screenwriters are no talent hacks. And your director sucks as well. You were able to successfully bait-and-switch the American (and foreign) audiences using the popularity of the Transformers name. But people saw your movie for the shit that it was, albeit too late. But you can't pull the same trick twice. You have all the same talentless hacks behind the scenes. You guys made the campy '80s cartoon look like fucking Shakespeare in comparison. Same shitty actors as last time. (Nobody gives five flying fucks about Jon Voigt or those gay little Sector Seven assholes.) Now we hear you're casting calls for Asians and midgets. Sounds like the same cheap gags as before. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE ANOTHER MOVIE LIKE THE LAST ONE. (And no matter how much you deny it, Tarantino kicked your ass.)
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Jun 03, 2008 1:18:10 AM CDT
Flames on Optimus = Termie-ater in John Connor
by stereotypical evil archer
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Who cares about the robots? BRING BACK MEGAN FOX!!!
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http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showpost.php?p=1122909&postcount=3446
20 is not any official number. i asked him how much he would like to see w/o any budget concerns. for all we know it could be less...or more...so why you guys report news that is more concrete and not take things out of context?
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It's an actual vehicle (bike, whatever). Basically a trike with two wheels up front instead of in the back.
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I don't know him. But I detest his films.
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It really doesn't matter what geekdom thinks of Transformers, because the movie made bank. Likewise for Indy 4, which apparently sucked according to geeknation, still made crazy bank. The studios aren't listening to you. At all.
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even though you purport to "hate" them. Personally, I enjoyed Transformers despite the fact that it was a big, dumb, loud nothing. It was all about the efx and action set-pieces, and on that level it mostly worked.
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It won't happen, but we all feel the love for Grimlock.
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so it means pretty much nothing...
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I agree with you 100%, the people who supposedly hate MB's movies probably go see them, so they can bash them, yet they are helping his movies make money, thereby giving him the power to make more. You are also correct about Transformers, it worked for what it was.
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That, my friends, is cool news.
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I would dig that, the first film is cinematic excellence, roll on the deuce.
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If they made these movies like you 'critics' wanted, with the deep plot and amazing acting and award winning blah, blah, blah. Hmmmmm... I think they tried that with another movie that turned out like a huge turd. The first HULK.
The first movie was awesome and I have no doubt the second will be even better. Keep complaining though, I'm sure sooner or later, Hollywood will spend a 100 million dollar budget on a movie that appeals to the 30 guys on here that want the original totally NOT michael bay script of
"Every time I look into this thing, my circuits sizzle. I'm tired of this waiting game, Prime. When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops?" - IRONHIDE
Yeah, that's WAY better dialog than what was in the live action movie. Let's stick to the cartoon movie and all of it's *cough* greatness *cough*
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When it runs out of gum it kicks your ass.It wears a cool pair of sunglasses.
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Transforms into a toilet. The twist: Toilet shits on you!
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Yes monkeyspanker, you inbred mongoloid, that dialog is indeed better than Bayformers' semen and fart jokes.
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I guess you people look at the past through rose colored glasses. If a line like that came out in a Bay movie, you'd rip it to shreds. You'll never have the transformers you want, let it go.
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thank you, i totally pictured the live action Ironhide voice saying that line and it was hilarious, especially with his little accent. and i totally agree with you, while i do think the animated movie is still very good that stuff wouldnt work and would be attacked violently if used in a live action movie.
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Come on people! Jazz is to Jar Jar, so what is in store in 2? Hell, there are a shit load of people Bay can sterotype: Asians-have a little Honda brandishing a sword and spouting asian products(Sony, Toshiba, sushi,etc). Latinos-a Chevy Impala (cerca '64, you know has to go for that authentic feel of sterotyping) transforming to some rancho music. Or if that spyder roadster IS Arcee, she's a sterotypic "black girl" yelling and screaming for her chicken and waffles. Hell, the bots are endless. Fuck the human cast, just load up on sterotypebots and the movie is golden! DAMN! I love Transformers talkbacks!
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or whatever ur name is..... yes we prob do have different taste in movies.....im a heterosexual, oh that means i like girls, just letting u know , cuz on top of being gay im pretty much convinced ur dumb as well.... the story was there, anyone that missed it has little or no brain, but there seems to be quite a few of u, thank god ur not a majority or we could all be surrounded by gay idiots if u all decide to breed...do the world a favor and castrate yourself, thanks !! :-)
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