Burn wrote:So you have inside knowledge of Paramount executives? (Because that's how you're sounding).
My bad--didn't mean to sound like I was stating a fact.
With that said, IMO it's the most natural course of action for Paramount, considering what we do know so far. If it's one thing ROTF has proven to them, it's that the audience loves Transformers movies enough to overlook just about anything negative, as long as it's got cool-looking CGI robot action in it.
And Bay does CGI robot action very well, if nothing else.
It follows reason that Paramount wants to keep the status quo since it's proven quite successful.
Until now. The franchise is starting to show signs of growing stale, and even Bay seems to be suffering from creative exhaustion (he's never had to recycle an action scene until AOE, with the highway chase). Understandably, Paramount would want to inject a little new blood into the franchise, while still holding on to the proven formula just in case.
Just my 2 cents' worth.