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Michael Bay answers questions at the Premiere of the new Tranformers The Ride. When asked about a potential 4th and 5th movie he responds:

"...We are talkin’ about it. But there is no, nothing right now. I’m gonna do a tiny movie first. Then we’ll talk about it if I potentially do it. If I do 4, not saying I am, but just… er… if I were to, I would make sure it would be state-of-the-art of whatever the new greatest thing in 3D, how you do it..."

He also touches briefly on a "small" movie he is doing first and then he will know more about a 4th movie with Steven Spielberg. The small movie might just be Bad Boys 3, who knows?


Check out the video interview and see his explosive entrance and impressive Bumblebee and Optimus Prime escorts.

"I would make sure it would be state-of-the-art of whatever the new greatest thing in 3D, how you do it..."

sure hope this was a joke... knowing Bay, it wasn't. How about "I would make sure it has a solid script" or "I would make sure it's got a good balance of story and action" or "I would make sure I focus on the Transformers as much or more than the humans"

Transformers 3 was great, but not without the usual Bay missteps. I would rather they get someone else, though they'd probably hire someone who only has a couple movies under their belt, and nothing this big, and it'll be terrible. Really, unless they pull stuff from the '86 movie and the 3rd season of G1 (i.e. Unicron, Quintessons, other planets, etc.) I don't know where they could take the series anyway, especially with Shia gone. The core cast would be gone, probably replaced with wooden soldier types and wackier civilian types, and an obligitory, unnecessary spot for John Tuturro.

I'd still see Transformers 4, but don't have high hopes for it. Please prove me wrong Paramount/Dreamworks/Hasbro

here's hoping this never happens.

I want a reboot with a non-micheal bay director. no shia

I don't want to see shia return in anymore TF live action movies. I want a new director who cares about story/plots, decently spoken dialogue words & zero potty humor.

Tidalwavex wrote:here's hoping this never happens.

I want a reboot with a non-micheal bay director. no shia

I don't want to see shia return in anymore TF live action movies. I want a new director who cares about story/plots, decently spoken dialogue words & zero potty humor.

Hope you've got a genie in a bottle.

nothing new here

The small movie may be the rumored/confirmed TMNT 4. He's been confirmed for that project for a while. It should be out sometime in '12 or '13 from what I know.

Idiot, you need Transformer character development and some semblance of a coherent narrative, not more visual wizardry. Transformers has a deep enough universe to create a movie on par with Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Not saying it NEEDS to be that type of movie, but if you put Bayformers at the low end of a story telling spectrum, and Star Wars/LOTR at the high end, Transformers should be at worst in the middle. I'd prefer it to be as close to the top of that spectrum as possible.

Simple analogy I like to use: Saving Private Ryan was great. It showed just how hard it is for people to deal with the horrors of a war they've been fighting for months or years against foreigners easily identified as evil. Most of the Transformers have been fighting a CIVIL WAR, against their former neighbors and co-workers, for centuries or millenia. That HAS to take a serious toll on the psyche. BAM! Character depth, development, arc right there.

But pretty explosions are a fine substitute........

LadyBug wrote:The small movie may be the rumored/confirmed TMNT 4. He's been confirmed for that project for a while. It should be out sometime in '12 or '13 from what I know.

More like 2007.

Hmmm, this is a tough one.

Bay does do the shots great, the actions cool and fast. But I have to agree the toilet/sex humor and lack of character development is annoying.

And what of the characters? If Bay stays I think Optimus Prime will have the same look, also Bumblebee.

If Bay tunes the "wrongs" down to zero and tries something different/fresh then I'm okay with it. Please bring back a combiner and respect it.
There is no way in hell that 2 minibots can defeat a combiner, it's impossible!

noctorro wrote:Hmmm, this is a tough one.

Bay does do the shots great, the actions cool and fast. But I have to agree the toilet/sex humor and lack of character development is annoying.

And what of the characters? If Bay stays I think Optimus Prime will have the same look, also Bumblebee.

If Bay tunes the "wrongs" down to zero and tries something different/fresh then I'm okay with it. Please bring back a combiner and respect it.
There is no way in hell that 2 minibots can defeat a combiner, it's impossible!

Sorta off-topic, but Skids and Mudflap didn't defeat Devastator. A canon did.