Shadowman wrote:I will put forth the theory that it was the internet itself trying to punch him in the face.
Capt.Failure wrote:The ultimate irony, of course, will be when the Bayhaters get their messiah figure in the form of a new director and what he directs will be nothing like Transformers. I don't mean the superficial things like new designs or slightly more human emphasis that Bayhaters complain about. I mean total obliteration of everything that makes Transformers what it is for the sake of the director's "artistic vision."
You can imagine it based on the director you chose:
Nolan - Gritty realism for realism's sake. Expect Transformers to be human constructs and not Cybertronian: no sparks, no Matrix. Expect Nolan to turn characters into self inserts to spout his socio-political beliefs alongside tons of faux cerebral plot elements.'
Snyder - Brown n' bloom, gritty as hell, ultraviolence, even more shallow characters than the Bayverse. Also SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOspeedup!SLOOOOOWMOOOOOOspeedup!.
Spielberg - The main cast is a group of kids all 12 or younger. The Transformers don't have speaking rolls and are all cutesy and have a total 1 minute of screentime. Also Optimus Prime survives a nuclear blast by hiding in a fridge and Shia Lebouf is still in it somehow.
Lucas - Mind blowing visuals on an epic scale, adds unnecessary "scientific" explanations for the mysterious aspects of Cybertronian life (mitichlorians, much?). Will be fine at release but get rereleased 20 times, each new cut worse than the last until everyone hates it.
Abrams - No plot, no lore, just a sequence of events that will make no sense unless you religiously followed the Alternate Reality Game that was active in the years leading up to the film's release. It's also all a dream, except when it's really time travel.
Basically what I'm trying to say is be careful what you wish for. You just might get it and regret it. Then you'll be begging for Bay to return.
GodMagnus wrote:Capt.Failure wrote:The ultimate irony, of course, will be when the Bayhaters get their messiah figure in the form of a new director and what he directs will be nothing like Transformers. I don't mean the superficial things like new designs or slightly more human emphasis that Bayhaters complain about. I mean total obliteration of everything that makes Transformers what it is for the sake of the director's "artistic vision."
You can imagine it based on the director you chose:
Nolan - Gritty realism for realism's sake. Expect Transformers to be human constructs and not Cybertronian: no sparks, no Matrix. Expect Nolan to turn characters into self inserts to spout his socio-political beliefs alongside tons of faux cerebral plot elements.'
Snyder - Brown n' bloom, gritty as hell, ultraviolence, even more shallow characters than the Bayverse. Also SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOspeedup!SLOOOOOWMOOOOOOspeedup!.
Spielberg - The main cast is a group of kids all 12 or younger. The Transformers don't have speaking rolls and are all cutesy and have a total 1 minute of screentime. Also Optimus Prime survives a nuclear blast by hiding in a fridge and Shia Lebouf is still in it somehow.
Lucas - Mind blowing visuals on an epic scale, adds unnecessary "scientific" explanations for the mysterious aspects of Cybertronian life (mitichlorians, much?). Will be fine at release but get rereleased 20 times, each new cut worse than the last until everyone hates it.
Abrams - No plot, no lore, just a sequence of events that will make no sense unless you religiously followed the Alternate Reality Game that was active in the years leading up to the film's release. It's also all a dream, except when it's really time travel.
Basically what I'm trying to say is be careful what you wish for. You just might get it and regret it. Then you'll be begging for Bay to return.
I'm far from a Bay hater. I have every single one of his movies on DVD. He's one of my favorite directors. I just don't think that he's right for Transformers.
Now as far as directors goes, I don't like any of the ones you picked. My director of choice would be either Peter Jackson or Neill Blomkamp.
Tekka wrote:Far too much stock is put into a movie's director. Personally I couldn't give a flying hoot who the director is, so long as they help put out a quality product.
But... There will be no Transformers 4... My crystal ball told me so.
Screamfleet wrote:Tekka wrote:Far too much stock is put into a movie's director. Personally I couldn't give a flying hoot who the director is, so long as they help put out a quality product.
But... There will be no Transformers 4... My crystal ball told me so.
I guarantee you we'd have completely different movies now if chris columbus or joe johnstone directed the first transformers movie.
Tekka wrote:Screamfleet wrote:Tekka wrote:Far too much stock is put into a movie's director. Personally I couldn't give a flying hoot who the director is, so long as they help put out a quality product.
But... There will be no Transformers 4... My crystal ball told me so.
I guarantee you we'd have completely different movies now if chris columbus or joe johnstone directed the first transformers movie.
I know Christopher Columbus sailed to the new world... But other than that I'm afraid I have no idea who they are or what they've done.
Bonecrusher27 wrote:Two things to consider are
1. Some of the characters some of us have gotten fond of, such as movie Bumblebee, or OP will probably be different, dashing hopes of finally having a movie that can start building up characterization
2. Given that reboots always changes a new series of actors, we may not be getting Peter Cullen as the voice of OP.
Screamfleet wrote:Tekka wrote:Screamfleet wrote:Tekka wrote:Far too much stock is put into a movie's director. Personally I couldn't give a flying hoot who the director is, so long as they help put out a quality product.
But... There will be no Transformers 4... My crystal ball told me so.
I guarantee you we'd have completely different movies now if chris columbus or joe johnstone directed the first transformers movie.
I know Christopher Columbus sailed to the new world... But other than that I'm afraid I have no idea who they are or what they've done.
Chris Colombus actually founded a studio called 1492 pictures, as if to make his name more confusing.
He wrote goonies and gremlins, directed the first 2 harry potter movies, the home alone movies.
He has an entirely different kind of charm in his movies.
Then again, if back in 2006 he was to do it, people would have been like "great, mrs.doubtfire is going to be in transformers"
Tekka wrote:Far too much stock is put into a movie's director. Personally I couldn't give a flying hoot who the director is, so long as they help put out a quality product.
But... There will be no Transformers 4... My crystal ball told me so.
alternator77 wrote:tf 4? highly unlikely sseing as shockwave,megatron,starscream,andsoundwave bite the big one maybe a reboot from the beginning but a direct sequel no thanks the first 2 movies i was all over but this one is a big pass.
GodMagnus wrote:Capt.Failure wrote:The ultimate irony, of course, will be when the Bayhaters get their messiah figure in the form of a new director and what he directs will be nothing like Transformers. I don't mean the superficial things like new designs or slightly more human emphasis that Bayhaters complain about. I mean total obliteration of everything that makes Transformers what it is for the sake of the director's "artistic vision."
You can imagine it based on the director you chose:
Nolan - Gritty realism for realism's sake. Expect Transformers to be human constructs and not Cybertronian: no sparks, no Matrix. Expect Nolan to turn characters into self inserts to spout his socio-political beliefs alongside tons of faux cerebral plot elements.'
Snyder - Brown n' bloom, gritty as hell, ultraviolence, even more shallow characters than the Bayverse. Also SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOspeedup!SLOOOOOWMOOOOOOspeedup!.
Spielberg - The main cast is a group of kids all 12 or younger. The Transformers don't have speaking rolls and are all cutesy and have a total 1 minute of screentime. Also Optimus Prime survives a nuclear blast by hiding in a fridge and Shia Lebouf is still in it somehow.
Lucas - Mind blowing visuals on an epic scale, adds unnecessary "scientific" explanations for the mysterious aspects of Cybertronian life (mitichlorians, much?). Will be fine at release but get rereleased 20 times, each new cut worse than the last until everyone hates it.
Abrams - No plot, no lore, just a sequence of events that will make no sense unless you religiously followed the Alternate Reality Game that was active in the years leading up to the film's release. It's also all a dream, except when it's really time travel.
Basically what I'm trying to say is be careful what you wish for. You just might get it and regret it. Then you'll be begging for Bay to return.
I'm far from a Bay hater. I have every single one of his movies on DVD. He's one of my favorite directors. I just don't think that he's right for Transformers.
Now as far as directors goes, I don't like any of the ones you picked. My director of choice would be either Peter Jackson or Neill Blomkamp.
vegetacron wrote:My vote would be for Christopher Nolan or Zack Snyder or Guillermo del Toro to write AND direct it. I also would like for a fan favorite Transformer comic storywriter to help said director write a real Transformers story.
GodMagnus wrote:Think about this. Would you want Uwe Boll directing a Transformers movie?
vegetacron wrote:GodMagnus wrote:Think about this. Would you want Uwe Boll directing a Transformers movie?
How do you he hasn't already? lol
NewFoundStarscreamLuv wrote:me and my friends combine all the time. Sometimes I even combine by myself if no one is around.
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