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Michael Bay Update: 102 Days Left

Postby Hotrod » Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:53 pm

Michael Bay has posted a small update in his forums at Shootfortheedit.com. In this latest update Bay talks about still writing the robot voices and about some of the recent events involving the Transformers Movie. Here is what Bay posted:

"Almost a 100 days left. I guess I should start posting every week? I've been working my ass off - the cut is really coming along -the shots ---awesome. Some of the most difficult renders in ILM history. Sometimes up to 38 hours per frame. The Show West thing was fun to see the scenes play in a 1000 person house. But they just saw 25 minutes so it is hard to feel engaged because they are not seeing the full run of a movie. Harry called me to tell me how he loved it. I see all the dickwad talk back people who claim they have read a finished script. Impossible - I kept the only draft for the last two months before shooting. That's where did major retooling to the script - yes the scene beats are similar but a very different script. We are still writing the robot voices. They talk about just 20 minutes of action at the end - yeah right. This is by far the most action I have ever put into a movie - I have 12 huge set pieces. Boy I get tired of these lame cry babies on the net.


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Postby mattyc1007 » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:02 pm

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first post yay
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Postby TheMuffin » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:03 pm

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mattyc1007 wrote:first post yay


This isn't gametrailers. Post something relevant next time or I'll ninja kick your ass.
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Postby mattyc1007 » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:03 pm

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oh yeah we dont really need to know how long till it comes out because weve got our on clock right here on seibs
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Postby Leonardo » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:08 pm

TheMuffin wrote:This isn't gametrailers.


:lol: I found this far funnier than I probably should have.

More action than he's ever put into a movie? Aren't Bay's films all action?

Anyway, at least we don't have any cry babies here. :-s
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Postby Seibertron » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:10 pm

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Postby Down_Shift » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:11 pm

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TheMuffin wrote:Can I shake this mans hand?

mattyc1007 wrote:first post yay


This isn't gametrailers. Post something relevant next time or I'll ninja kick your ass.


Bwaahahahaha :lol:

Hey if anything, Bay is brutally honest. I don't care what he thinks of the fans... it doesn't bug me for some reason. I don't think I'll ever meet the guy so it would be silly of me to hold a grudge against him.
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Postby Barricade » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:14 pm

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TheMuffin wrote:Can I shake this mans hand?

mattyc1007 wrote:first post yay


This isn't gametrailers. Post something relevant next time or I'll ninja kick your ass.


bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as for the movie i'll pass judgement on july 4th =)
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Re: Michael Bay Update: 102 Days Left

Postby AbsumZer0 » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:18 pm

Hotrod wrote: We are still writing the robot voices. They talk about just 20 minutes of action at the end - yeah right. This is by far the most action I have ever put into a movie - I have 12 huge set pieces.


Awww yeah. The dialogue and characterization of the Transformers is so important that they haven't even written it yet! Take that all you haters who've been saying the robots are just going to be generic monsters whose personalities are irrelevant to the plot!
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Postby Nemesis_Apoc » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:22 pm

**** YOU, BAY
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Postby TheMuffin » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:25 pm

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Nemesis_Apoc wrote:**** YOU, BAY


Yeah....Uncalled for. Would you like to take another swing at it?
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Postby bumblezzz » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:30 pm

Leonardo wrote:
TheMuffin wrote:This isn't gametrailers.


:lol: I found this far funnier than I probably should have.

More action than he's ever put into a movie? Aren't Bay's films all action?

Anyway, at least we don't have any cry babies here. :-s

no cry babies. Ive seen like a million cry babies posts on here about the film. still good that the ROBOTS HAVE CHARACTER AND ARE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF MOVIE MONSTERS. HOW CAN YOU MAKE A TRANSFORMERS MOVIE WITH OUT ROBOTS WITH PERSONALLITYS WHAT DO YOU THINK HE IS FREAKING RETARTED. The only retards are the criers. This movie will be a masterpiece no matter how pathetic things get when it comes to fandom. really what is this critic central, for christ sake think possitive.
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Postby TheMuffin » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:31 pm

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Well I wouldn't go as far as saying masterpiece. But it'll be a fun 2 hour ride.
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Postby Cap'n_falcon222 » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:42 pm

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bumblezzz wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
TheMuffin wrote:This isn't gametrailers.


:lol: I found this far funnier than I probably should have.

More action than he's ever put into a movie? Aren't Bay's films all action?

Anyway, at least we don't have any cry babies here. :-s

no cry babies. Ive seen like a million cry babies posts on here about the film. still good that the ROBOTS HAVE CHARACTER AND ARE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF MOVIE MONSTERS. HOW CAN YOU MAKE A TRANSFORMERS MOVIE WITH OUT ROBOTS WITH PERSONALLITYS WHAT DO YOU THINK HE IS FREAKING RETARTED. The only retards are the criers. This movie will be a masterpiece no matter how pathetic things get when it comes to fandom. really what is this critic central, for christ sake think possitive.

Critic central? I think you're thinking of Tformers.com.
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Postby the purifyer » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:04 pm

Well Bay you can't have your cake and eat it too.
Does every big shot in Hollywood have to think they're Master, Commander and overall dictator of what we should like and hate?
If he doesn't like people getting into an uproar about what he's doing then:
A) He shouldn't have picked Transformers.
B) He should have done by the book.
C) He shouldn't have tried to alienate us as another genre of nerds and discount whatever we had to say.
Seriously he's been in the movie business for how many years? I think he needs to get more of a grip.

At least Don tried somewhat to put up with our crap.

Sorry needed to vent just get a little tired of Bay's shenanigans. I know, I know, beating a dead horse...
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Postby Acecool » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:08 pm

What is the saying?

Cartman has a theme park, Micheal bay keeps getting to make movies, there is no god.

Is he taking lessons from george bush now?

"They talk about just 20 minutes of action at the end - yeah right."

What the hell does this mean? Is he saying that they talk through out the movie? Is he saying that the last twenty minutes they don't talk? I am confused.

"Sometimes up to 38 hours per frame."
Typical, we get to replace something good with something high tech. Why do I need to know that it took 38 hours for a frame? What does this say about the movie?
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Postby partholon » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:21 pm

ive pretty much stayed away from bays site but have to admit the guy comes off as a total tool. way too defensive with a real " your either with me or my enemy" complex. i mean FFS grow up.

as to the film i too cant believe how quickly times gone by. literally less than 4 months to go (we wont get it july 4th in ireland :sad: ) so i'll probably get it first on pirate. but i am starting to get a good vibe about it. it wont look fecking anything like transformers but at least it'll have a mature approach to it and peter will bring a tear to my eye when he first starts talking. thats when i'll know if it works for me. :grin:

but have to say, my mates you loved TF as kids are fecking lost. showed them some pics on my phone of the line up and he was like "who!?!"
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Postby Burn » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:23 pm

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Acecool wrote:"Sometimes up to 38 hours per frame."
Typical, we get to replace something good with something high tech. Why do I need to know that it took 38 hours for a frame? What does this say about the movie?


That they're rolling out the best possible CGI to make the TF's as realistic and belieavable as possible.
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Postby Blozor » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:28 pm

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Acecool wrote:What is the saying?

"They talk about just 20 minutes of action at the end - yeah right."

What the hell does this mean? Is he saying that they talk through out the movie? Is he saying that the last twenty minutes they don't talk? I am confused.


"[The critics] talk about [the previous script having] just about 20 minutes of action at the end — yeah right."

He's saying there will be a lot more action than the scripts we've seen, not that there will be a lot of action and no dialog.
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Postby Nuke Mayhem » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:33 pm

You gotta give it too him, he's got guts not kissing ass to the naggers against the film.
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Postby Down_Shift » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:34 pm

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bumblezzz wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
TheMuffin wrote:This isn't gametrailers.


:lol: I found this far funnier than I probably should have.

More action than he's ever put into a movie? Aren't Bay's films all action?

Anyway, at least we don't have any cry babies here. :-s

no cry babies. Ive seen like a million cry babies posts on here about the film. still good that the ROBOTS HAVE CHARACTER AND ARE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF MOVIE MONSTERS. HOW CAN YOU MAKE A TRANSFORMERS MOVIE WITH OUT ROBOTS WITH PERSONALLITYS WHAT DO YOU THINK HE IS FREAKING RETARTED. The only retards are the criers. This movie will be a masterpiece no matter how pathetic things get when it comes to fandom. really what is this critic central, for christ sake think possitive.

Psssst, I think that was sarcasm. What people in... "Iacon" don't get sarcasm anymore? A shame, it's a hot commodity at the moment.
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Postby Milanion » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:50 pm

I found his quote quite humorous myself, and he's got some good points.

100 days is still to long. I can't wait, I want this out now.

... and has it really been 4 years already? Holy crap!
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Re: Michael Bay Update: 102 Days Left

Postby Seibertron » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:55 pm

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Hotrod wrote: We are still writing the robot voices. They talk about just 20 minutes of action at the end - yeah right. This is by far the most action I have ever put into a movie - I have 12 huge set pieces.


Awww yeah. The dialogue and characterization of the Transformers is so important that they haven't even written it yet! Take that all you haters who've been saying the robots are just going to be generic monsters whose personalities are irrelevant to the plot!


I'm sure part of the dialogue is dependent on who they get to do the voices. If there's a big star amongst the cast, then I guarantee you that character will have more dialogue than if someone who isn't a household name gets the part. The voice acting isn't completed until the last few months of a movie. This doesn't surprise me at all.
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Postby schlike22 » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:01 pm

The "rewrites" worry me. And they are really cutting it close to the deadline for the voice actors.

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Postby Black Bumblebee » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:30 pm

102 days and we still don't know who the voice actors are...

...(panic!)....

There, that's out of my system now.
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