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I gotta agree with Spielberg, Bay's probably the only director who could make a proper sequel to the Trilogy. That's not to say other directors can't make (good) TF films, but they certainly can't make good Bayverse TF films.
*feels like I may have unintentionally twisted Spielberg's words*

Noideaforaname wrote:they certainly can't make good Bayverse TF films.

Nobody has yet made a good Bayverse TF film

dear lord please no

SlyTF1 wrote:But for these movies, all I want is robots killing each other, then transforming.

I'd settle for that too... if I got it.

And from the dark recesses of the TF fanbase came cries of disbelief ... which made me lol.

BRING ON THE DINOBOTS !!

SlyTF1 wrote:I agree too. There's no damn way the movies would be half as exciting with someone else. Everyone always wants to focus on boring ass stories and interactions with characters. I don't give a damn about any of that. I have Prime, Animated, and G1 if I want that stuff. But for these movies, all I want is robots killing each other, then transforming.

In other words, you don't want these movies to be substantially good. You just want them to be mind-numbing and pointless, with no reason for us to even care about the characters.

Seriously, none of these movies gave me any reasons why I should even care about who lives and who dies.

• Ironhide's murder by Sentinel? Barely knew him anyway.
• Megatron's deaths? Predictable.
• Optimus Prime's impalement? Typical.
• Sentinel Prime's death? Hey, it's only making Opitmus look more cold.
• Starscream's death? Pitiful.
• Jazz's death? Brushed off as though it were nothing.
• The Fallen's death? Abrupt.
• Jetfire's sacrifice? Noble, but he wasn't gonna last much longer at his age.
• Laserbeak's death? Kinda cool, but a savage like him wouldn't dare be kept alive by the writers.
• Any other Decepticons' deaths? Mere Redshirts.

There's something to be said about a film when the audience doesn't empathize with its (would-be) main stars.

I wanted to like these bots, but these films kept trying to sell Shia and his lover interests instead.

There is more to the TFs that mindless robot battling. Much more. 25+ years of lore are proof of that.

Let's just hope Bay actually sticks to his word and says no. And let's hope for a new producer and new writers, too. Transformers to date has never had a movie that I can call "good." Not in 1986, not in 2011. I enjoyed what I could but it's a lot like getting Diet Coke when you were expecting regular. It gives you a hollow feeling and a bad taste in your mouth. It's pretty sad when a half hour cartoon can tell a story better than a 2.5 hour film.