The Energon Pub

[Zetatron]

Meh, I've heard worse from a lead actor in a Transformers movie. Orson Wells hated the animated movie. Granted he was a living legend in the entertainment industry doing the voice for a cartoon planet eating monster in a 90 minute toy commercial, but I think we'll get over this dis just like we got over that one. Frank Welker will always be the voice to beat when it comes to Megatron, with David Kaye in a close second, and as long as they stay loyal to the fans what do we have to complain about?

[Megatron Wolf]

Way to put words in Weavings mouth Bay, stop acting like a child and accept the fact that one of your "Actors" didnt like working on one of your movies. I just like how Weaving went about things tactfully & bay took the low road, way to act like a spoiled child there Michael and good job showing you have professionalism, well lack there of anyway.

[noodles2go]

What can I say? Michael Bay, a rich untalented director, poking fun at people who he is just like? I never thought what Mr Weaving said was ungrateful. I do, however, think Michael Bay has no credibility with his words. Considering his idea of finding a talented actress to play his lead is having her wash his car in a bikini.

Untalented? I'd like to see you go out and do better.

I work in the same movie industry as Bay, I deal with directors and VFX. I have to agree with reflector7, he is rich and untalented. He's a terrible director in my opinion.

As much as I hate his movies (that I still paid to see... ) I do give him credit for revitalizing the Transformers franchise. The movies make money, and that's all Hollywood cares about.

That aside, he likes to film explosions and half naked women, that's about the extent of his abilities.

[jordie5150]

ive read alot of the reactions to this story, and while bay has no right after the mess of dotm, he makes a good point.

hugo weaving also said the same things of his role as the red skull in captain america.

he played some major villians and yet, he is whinning about them. seems like the only thing he really cares about is screen time. has he made any complaints about his role in the matrix? not to my knowledge. or the lotr trilogy?

could it be that he only feels worthy of trilogies or has he not said anything about lotr because of the hobbit movies being currently filmed?

there are many out of work actors who have proven their work on screen yet havent got a decent part in years.

hugo needs to realize that if he wants any future, he wont piss off the directors. example, wheres megan fox after jennifers body?

[freetouch]

I could have sworn this was 2012... It seems as if I stepped into a time warp and when all the way back to 2008.

You crybabies still upset about michael bay? Time to let it go. You could all be reading a book right now.

[jordie5150]

Meh, I've heard worse from a lead actor in a Transformers movie. Orson Wells hated the animated movie. Granted he was a living legend in the entertainment industry doing the voice for a cartoon planet eating monster in a 90 minute toy commercial, but I think we'll get over this dis just like we got over that one. Frank Welker will always be the voice to beat when it comes to Megatron, with David Kaye in a close second, and as long as they stay loyal to the fans what do we have to complain about?

wells was the size of a planet when he voiced unicron, and he got alot of bad press for the weight gain. lol. it seems like an irony to me.

[Burn]

I could have sworn this was 2012... It seems as if I stepped into a time warp and when all the way back to 2008.

You crybabies still upset about michael bay? Time to let it go. You could all be reading a book right now.

I like you. Others won't though. But I like you. You and I? We can laugh at them together.

[BATTOUSAIXD]

Pretty funny... I love Movie Megatron but he needed a lot more screen time; and its not Weaving's fault he's not attached to a character he only had read a few lines for. I feel like this Megs lives on through Prime Megatron anyway and he does get plenty of screen time.

[Gauntlet101010]

You can't ask eevryone to love every single thing the do in every single job they do. Weaving didn't do himself any favors by saying he was indifferent to the role, but Bay comes off even worse to me.

Weaving critisized the part. Bay made it personal. IMHO, Bay just comes off as worse for it. He didn't have to make it personal or take it as a personal attack.

[ausbot]

I hate to say it but i agree with Bay, I'd kill for Weaving opportunities!

[Sentinel Maximus]

Bay is sooooo thinned-skin over this. After his bout with Megan Fox this makes two. Hugo said he never even met the guy and was given nothing about the character to go on. I think Mr. Weaving wins here and its justified.

Theres Shia's little rant as well, but who cares about him.

[Evil_the_Nub]

I could have sworn this was 2012... It seems as if I stepped into a time warp and when all the way back to 2008.

You crybabies still upset about michael bay? Time to let it go. You could all be reading a book right now.

I like you. Others won't though. But I like you. You and I? We can laugh at them together.

Can I join you?

[Sodan-1]

Not once did Hugo Weaving say or imply that he was ungrateful for the role or money. He just said it didn't mean anything to him, which is perfectly understandable given the reality of what his role was and required of him. That was apparently lost on Bay, who of course jumped at the chance to look like the peoples' champion and play to the whole recession thing. Bad form, Michael, bad form. (But it was funny, lol)

Well struck, KenjaminLinus. The guy's definitely a bit of a prima donna. Fair play to Weaving for telling it how it was.

[SKYWARPED_128]

I honestly don't think Bay had to react the way he did--it was nothing personal. Weaving was only speaking as-a-matter-of-factly about his voicing Megatron. There wasn't any hint of an insult or derision about the movie or Bay as a director. He simply told it as it is--a two-hour job with next to no info on the character he was supposed to voice. What's more, he did a good job.

How is the role supposed to mean anything to him when he knows nothing about the character he was supposed to voice?

He was probably given a script with lines for a robotic villain named Magatron, and told to sound intimidating and cruel. Weaving probably doesn't know anything more about TF's than Bay did before the latter's "TF boot camp" at Hasbro's headquarters.

Maybe Bay feels it puts him in a bad light for not providing the necessary information on Megatron, but I don't think Weaving meant to do so.

Just my two cents' worth.

[MINDVVIPE]

I didn't have a chance to read all your comments regarding bay's lil bitch comment, but its pretty retarded since reporters decide what to post regarding any interviews with an actor, so thats already something that needs to be seen with context. The next is the fact that Weaving didn't express any problems with the gig at all, he simply stated that he wasn't connected to the character or overall movie much. Big effin' whoop. Bay is a bitch. Here's the proof. Argue with me all you want, I don't care.

[Seibertron]

Hopefully this cements Frank Welker's role as a main Decepticon villain. I think he's more than proven himself with his amazing voice acting work in Transformers Prime.

[MINDVVIPE]

I could have sworn this was 2012... It seems as if I stepped into a time warp and when all the way back to 2008.

You crybabies still upset about michael bay? Time to let it go. You could all be reading a book right now.

I like you. Others won't though. But I like you. You and I? We can laugh at them together.

Can I join you?

You're the ones professing your disagreeal with the negative comments, yet your taking the time to post here. You could be reading a book too. By suggesting our lack of anything better to do, you are suggesting the same for yourselves. And to a worse degree as it is in an attempt to one-up us and further segregate the fanbase.

[Ultra Markus]

well maybe Mr. Bay should have hired someone more familiar and appreciative of the franchise in the first place, some one currently playing megatron who does a killer job at it and does sound more bad ass than the G1 version and would make the movie megatron sound better ....you know who... lets hear it for Frank Welker!!

[Seibertron]

well maybe Mr. Bay should have hired someone more familiar and appreciative of the franchise in the first place, some one currently playing megatron who does a killer job at it and does sound more bad ass than the G1 version and would make the movie megatron sound better ....you know who... lets hear it for Frank Welker!!

Amen to that!

[Evil_the_Nub]

I could have sworn this was 2012... It seems as if I stepped into a time warp and when all the way back to 2008.

You crybabies still upset about michael bay? Time to let it go. You could all be reading a book right now.

I like you. Others won't though. But I like you. You and I? We can laugh at them together.

Can I join you?

You're the ones professing your disagreeal with the negative comments, yet your taking the time to post here. You could be reading a book too. By suggesting our lack of anything better to do, you are suggesting the same for yourselves. And to a worse degree as it is in an attempt to one-up us and further segregate the fanbase.

We're just sick of seeing the exact same hyperbolic whining for the last 5 years. You don't like the movies, we get it. Nobody is forcing you to see them yet you do anyway. Even though you know you won't like them. You just can't let anyone enjoy something you don't. Every time there's a news story about the movies you guys crawl out of your holes to ruin it for everyone with your stale antagonism. Let it go already.

[kuarsingh]

They should bring megatron back to life to be galvatron and have frank welker voice him

[Burn]

I could have sworn this was 2012... It seems as if I stepped into a time warp and when all the way back to 2008.

You crybabies still upset about michael bay? Time to let it go. You could all be reading a book right now.

I like you. Others won't though. But I like you. You and I? We can laugh at them together.

Can I join you?

You're the ones professing your disagreeal with the negative comments, yet your taking the time to post here. You could be reading a book too. By suggesting our lack of anything better to do, you are suggesting the same for yourselves. And to a worse degree as it is in an attempt to one-up us and further segregate the fanbase.

• I was on a 10 minute smoko break. If i'm going to read a book, I like to settle down and get comfortable for a minimum of half an hour.
• I'm a member of the staff, have to read things to make sure there's no nasty name calling going on and whatnot.
• The fanbase has been segregated for a very long time. Truck, monkey, flames, no flames ... don't see any of it changing any time soon for better or for worse.

And again, bring on Welker, but don't expect too much from him. He still has to read off a questionable script.

[MINDVVIPE]

I could have sworn this was 2012... It seems as if I stepped into a time warp and when all the way back to 2008.

You crybabies still upset about michael bay? Time to let it go. You could all be reading a book right now.

I like you. Others won't though. But I like you. You and I? We can laugh at them together.

Can I join you?

You're the ones professing your disagreeal with the negative comments, yet your taking the time to post here. You could be reading a book too. By suggesting our lack of anything better to do, you are suggesting the same for yourselves. And to a worse degree as it is in an attempt to one-up us and further segregate the fanbase.

We're just sick of seeing the exact same hyperbolic whining for the last 5 years. You don't like the movies, we get it. Nobody is forcing you to see them yet you do anyway. Even though you know you won't like them. You just can't let anyone enjoy something you don't. Every time there's a news story about the movies you guys crawl out of your holes to ruin it for everyone with your stale antagonism. Let it go already.

Hyperbolic whining? No one is forcing you to see them? Wow, thanks, I never knew these things.

The subject is regarding Bay being a moron. We're just members of a transformers board speaking on topic. Just because you don't like what we say, you get all personally offended (i'm sure). Theres enough hate thrown out there for hasbro, for animated, theres hate on just about anything on this forum. Stop tryin to act enlightened for having "moved on", which you haven't because, if I remember correctly, you like the movies.

There might be lots of different views on stuff in the fandom, truck not monkey, no flames, as you said, but this is about the only area where people seem to complain about the complainers at such a magnitude, and I am sick of reading it. Especially when many of us didn't even diss the movie, we were just dissing bay for what he said. WHICH IS ON TOPIC.

You don't see Ryan complaining about the complainers. People say their part and shovel on, if you can't do the same, thats your problem. I won't say anything else since this has been a huge derailment. I just wanted to bring light to it so you don't get away with your snarky quips that do nothing but hurt the fandom.

[TulioDude]

I think Michael wrote that in the heat of the moment,wich he must have regreted it,because he delete it shortly after.

[romeostarkiller]

Bay went just a bit crazy over this, i'd like to see a bunch of actors donate a heap of money to that elephant cause and make Bay go bankrupt since he said he would match it