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News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:51 pm

Brian Jacks of MTV.com has notified us of a video interview with Michael Bay. The discussion covers the making of the Transformers Movie, future sequel possibilities and the input from fans among other things.

You can view the video interview here.

Or read a written version here.

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:02 pm

And before anyone even gets the urge to go nuts. Keep it civilized if you're going to get angry.

by **zoso504** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:18 pm

As much as I'd hate to admit it, I have to agree with him about the blockiness. Maybe not the fake part, but the boring part. Just wished he did something a little more terrestrial.

by **magnusupreme** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:23 pm

thats stupid it's blocked

News Credits: 4 · by **Blitzwing the warrior** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:25 pm

Im with Bay 100% 30ft blocky robots would be boring and unrealistic, I think a 1000 parts is much more visually impressive and stunning to see in a movie.

And not showing too much in the trailers is pretty smart, you dont want all the action of a movie to be shown in just the trailer

by **manas** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:30 pm

Yes, terrestrial. Perfect adjective to describe 35 foot tall alien robots 9_9

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:36 pm

WTF is with this thing about being able to watch the video if you live outside the US?! Seriously! WTF? And it's not just MTV. CN and NBC won't let so watch episodes on their sites too. This really pisses me off! Why is this?

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:43 pm

I figure it's because they don't want to cut the video 400 different ways to accompany different censorship laws in different countries.

News Credits: 1 · by **bumblezzz** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:44 pm

Wow, he is not a bad guy after all. Sequal please include cliffjumper and grimlock and devestator. please bay please!

News Credits: 5 · by **Yeti** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:49 pm

I'm in New Zealand and I could see it.

Anyway, I'm glad he's handling it tbh. I could have all gone so wrong if a "big fan" of the show had done it instead. I'll always remember Danny Cannon waxing on about how much of a Judge Dredd fan he was blah blah blah and he get's the gig directing it and stuffs it up. A bit of distance is sometimes what's needed.

The thing that confuses me is when he says fans hated the stripes on Prime?? No, we hate the flames but it's done now, so...

Overall a pretty good interview.

News Credits: 1 · by **bumblezzz** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:55 pm

prime plus flames kicks ass

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:00 pm

He listened to us?

If so, at least as far as design is concerned, he didn't care.

I'm sure the action will be great, but I'm still scratching my head over half the designs.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:07 pm

I do give him credit though, he knows how many people are hating him, still he sticks to his guns, and unlike McFarline with Spawn(look in the special features of that DVD), he isn't apologizing for his vision.

As an artist, I can say alright to that.

by **Nemesis_Apoc** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:18 pm

meh

by **Nemesis Cyberplex** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:28 pm

I don't know if anybody's mentioned this, but it is possible to "listen" & then completely disreguard everything you heard because you believe your idea would be much, much better.

.....just thought I'd throw that out there......

by **Marcus Rush** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:41 pm

Ironhide's gun has 10,000 parts? Damn this interview sequence is great.

News Credits: 1 · by **jgilkinson** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:18 am

interesting how he seemed to try and dodge the sequel question. Anyone think he might be doubting the success of this thing since it seems that other big budget movies like this have the sequel being written before the first even hits the theaters

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:29 am

i cant get it to work on my PSPs web browser. ill have to go on the computer later. damn it. damn sony cant upgrade the browser but the'll upgrade the rss thing that no one uses.

by **Marcus Rush** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:33 am

jgilkinson wrote:interesting how he seemed to try and dodge the sequel question. Anyone think he might be doubting the success of this thing since it seems that other big budget movies like this have the sequel being written before the first even hits the theaters

No I think he's playing koy. Just by his body language he expects a sequel if not more than one. He's giddy.

by **j-man** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:42 am

Plain and simple for anyone who doesn't like the design and stuff, just don't go watch it...if you got issues, find $.50 and call someone who cares because most of us don't care about complainers....

by **Bluebullet** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:32 am

Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:I don't know if anybody's mentioned this, but it is possible to "listen" & then completely disreguard everything you heard because you believe your idea would be much, much better.

.....just thought I'd throw that out there......

Where have you been? :roll:

j-man wrote:Plain and simple for anyone who doesn't like the design and stuff, just don't go watch it...if you got issues, find $.50 and call someone who cares because most of us don't care about complainers....

I'm going to ignore that stupid statement and move on.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:11 am

Seriously blocky is bad, but how about comic style blocky? 1000 pieces to a gun is ridiculous.

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:26 am

Is nobody else seriously concerned about the prospect of Bad Boys III?

by **MaikeruSama** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:36 am

For the people who didnt like the flames its all ready done bay didnt want to take it out becuase the painter worked hard on it.I also agree with bay 100% but hes still an old man.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:16 am

zoso504 wrote:As much as I'd hate to admit it, I have to agree with him about the blockiness. Maybe not the fake part, but the boring part. Just wished he did something a little more terrestrial.

The Alternaters could of been used along with the Masterpeices

MP Starscream is very realistic if you never had seen him and saw him only in his plane mode you would think he was a nicely constructed model

I will never agree that they were blocky he was looking at the cartoons not the toys Frenzy looks like the son of General Grevious and is made up of antennas

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