Michael Bay: "So I think I might be back on to do Transformers 2!"
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 10:26PM CDT
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Michael Bay HD-DVD post
08/21/2007 07:51 PM
Last night at dinner I was having dinner with three Blu-Ray owners, they were pissed about no Transformers Blu-Ray and I drank the kool aid hook line and sinker. So at 1:30 in the morning I posted - nothing good ever comes out of early am posts mind you - I over reacted. I heard where Paramount is coming from and the future of HD and players that will be close to the $200 mark which is the magic number. I like what I heard.
As a director, I'm all about people seeing films in the best quality possible, and I saw and heard firsthand people upset about a corporate decision.
So today I saw 300 on HD-DVD, it rocks!
So I think I might be back on to do Transformers 2!
Michael Bay
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Posted by manas on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:34pm CDT
Posted by BlurPrime on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:35pm CDT
Posted by chrisjbrandon on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:35pm CDT
Posted by The Paragon of Virtue on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:36pm CDT
So, if I'm reading this right, he was drunk when he posted that. No big deal.
Where do people get that from what he said? All I see is him saying he impulsively posted something this morning while still wound up about it without thinking it through. Now, through hindsight, he sees he shouldn't have reacted so quickly.
Posted by jonusjaxon on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:37pm CDT
You, Mr. Bay, make no sense.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:37pm CDT
What about poragative and ....
Wait, how many zeros?
Yeah, screw blue-ray!
Oh and it's for the art, and fans, and my new Porsche collecton, who was that Porsche guy, oh yeah Huffer, we'll put him in the next one"
Posted by Sentinel Pax on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:37pm CDT
I don't think so. I think he was just saying that he took the Blu-Ray owners' argument to heart, and then, while he was still mad about it, posted that.So, if I'm reading this right, he was drunk when he posted that. No big deal.
Posted by ZoneDaiatlas on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:42pm CDT
Posted by PrimeSuspect on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:42pm CDT
With Soundwave.
Posted by Dclone Soundwave on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:42pm CDT
Posted by Phorpus on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:45pm CDT
Posted by Aurax on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:48pm CDT
Posted by Autobobby1 on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:55pm CDT
Posted by QuietStorm on August 21st, 2007 @ 10:56pm CDT
And frankly, all the attention that we gave him today just fueled his already Unicronian-sized ego. But then again, money talks, right?
Word.
Posted by Megatron Wolf on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:01pm CDT
Posted by BluePhirePB on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:19pm CDT
TRANSFORMERS IS THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE BY MICHAEL BAY.
Posted by SnipeShade on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:22pm CDT
Posted by i_amtrunks on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:27pm CDT
I do like that the blog Bay posted while pissed off his rocker is possibly the best written (in terms of grammar and punctuation) that I have ever seen him post.
Perhaps he needs to get sloshed more often?
Posted by demarcusgd on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:29pm CDT
What can we say about this guy that hasn't been said... You know I was going to write something as soon as the story broke, but I decided to hold back, I had a feeling he'd change his tune. I'd like to say that he knew his little hissy fit wasn't going to get him anything but kicked off of a profitable franchise, and he had to eat humble pie, but you KNOW he just wanted to see all those "good riddance" posts. And he'll be messing with us, until opening day of TF2... He's good.
Posted by lockepsb on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:31pm CDT
Posted by Dr. Caelus on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:41pm CDT
And humanizing.
If true.
Posted by Burn on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:42pm CDT
QuietStorm wrote:But then again, money talks, right?
More so in Hollywood.
Which is why i'm surprised people are quick to either defend him or condone him.
I'm sure there's plenty of other Hollywood directors who'd do the same thing.
Posted by The Paragon of Virtue on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:53pm CDT
i_amtrunks wrote:So when does Michael join Lindsay in rehab?
I do like that the blog Bay posted while pissed off his rocker is possibly the best written (in terms of grammar and punctuation) that I have ever seen him post.
Perhaps he needs to get sloshed more often?
Again, where from his blog entry does he say anything that has to do with alcohol?
Posted by Rorigon on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:55pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:More Hollywood fun from http://www.michaelbay.com/blog/files/Mi ... D-DVD.html ...
Michael Bay HD-DVD post
08/21/2007 07:51 PM
Last night at dinner I was having dinner with three Blu-Ray owners, they were pissed about no Transformers Blu-Ray and I drank the kool aid hook line and sinker. So at 1:30 in the morning I posted - nothing good ever comes out of early am posts mind you - I over reacted. I heard where Paramount is coming from and the future of HD and players that will be close to the $200 mark which is the magic number. I like what I heard.
As a director, I'm all about people seeing films in the best quality possible, and I saw and heard firsthand people upset about a corporate decision.
So today I saw 300 on HD-DVD, it rocks!
So I think I might be back on to do Transformers 2!
Michael Bay
And this is why I don't want him to do the sequel. Even though he did okay with TF 1; he just seems to exude an ADHD-like(sorry; I hate to use the analogy but it's the only thing that I can think of to get the point across) ability to get set off on the smallest things, then to make a decision which he regrets a few hours later. Oh, and not to mention arrogance.
He just seems to be all over the place, and it shows in his camera work(didn't bother me too much this time around; but I'm not sure if I can take another movie with it).
Posted by Isabelle on August 21st, 2007 @ 11:56pm CDT
Posted by The Paragon of Virtue on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:01am CDT
Isabelle wrote:Sounds like someone's got a big case of Foot-in-Mouth disease.
You've never said something in the heat of the moment that you later regretted and felt the need to correct?
Posted by Cyber-Kun on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:03am CDT
Posted by The Paragon of Virtue on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:05am CDT
Cyber-Kun wrote:I lose more and more respect for this guy as a person every day... he's not too bright, is he?
For saying something impulsively and then owning up to it and admitting he made a mistake?
Posted by NuclearConvoy on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:39am CDT
Posted by Noisemaze on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:43am CDT
Posted by NightFall on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:52am CDT
Posted by jgilkinson on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:53am CDT
Posted by Bumbled on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:56am CDT
Posted by the purifyer on August 22nd, 2007 @ 1:05am CDT
yep. I know that one pretty well...
Posted by Phategod1 on August 22nd, 2007 @ 1:20am CDT
Posted by Powermaster Jazz on August 22nd, 2007 @ 1:42am CDT
Posted by Saberwing on August 22nd, 2007 @ 2:17am CDT
...enough to make anyone change their mind - ''not Bret Ratner!!!!''
Posted by Cyber-Kun on August 22nd, 2007 @ 2:28am CDT
The Paragon of Virtue wrote:Cyber-Kun wrote:I lose more and more respect for this guy as a person every day... he's not too bright, is he?
For saying something impulsively and then owning up to it and admitting he made a mistake?
No, for seeing the movie not coming out on Blu-Ray and him flipping out, then seeing 300 on HDDVD and saying "Ooh! Pretty!"
There's not a world of difference between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. He's making more then enough money to really care about what format it is.
Posted by Menbailee on August 22nd, 2007 @ 2:35am CDT
Posted by Slovman on August 22nd, 2007 @ 2:39am CDT
Pick up on one and leave the other behind
It's not often easy
And not often kind
Have you ever had to make up your mind?
Posted by Psychout on August 22nd, 2007 @ 3:21am CDT
Posted by wingdarkness on August 22nd, 2007 @ 3:27am CDT
Seriously guys I no longer have the strength to constantly bash his directing of this movie and honestly I think I've crossed the bridge of being angered by it all, but I want those who are so smitten with this guy to know there are better if not more capable directors out there that wouldn't sully the Transformer name at all. (Not that bay did--I mean he did for me, but I understand the opposing opinion)..I hope it's just not a case of you guys not knowing this...Even if I were to think Bay did a great job, there are still other people out there that would do an admirable job aswell...I just think the Bay or bust mentality doesn't have to be so prevelant with those who enjoyed the movie...There are several franchises that have different directors and sometimes this enhances the overall creativity of a franchise or breaks the mold of having one guy control everything...As for Bay's words, as I said, the dude cares more about his agenda than anything else...He always has...
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2007 @ 3:59am CDT
wingdarkness wrote:Seriously guys I no longer have the strength to constantly bash his directing of this movie
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Posted by Patrick Bateman on August 22nd, 2007 @ 4:06am CDT
Posted by Blackstreak on August 22nd, 2007 @ 4:21am CDT
Posted by bobpiecheese on August 22nd, 2007 @ 4:27am CDT
BluePhirePB wrote:According to my friend:
TRANSFORMERS IS THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE BY MICHAEL BAY.
And does that have any relevance at all to the topic?
Nope, didn't think so.
I'm glad that Bay's on for TF2. If another drector did it, it wouldn't have that same feel as the first, which would kinda suck ass testicles.
Posted by Kalon on August 22nd, 2007 @ 4:46am CDT
Posted by lodelco on August 22nd, 2007 @ 4:51am CDT
Or if he atleast has a better grip of the concept maybe he could try what he did with 'The Island'. It had a story that I liked.
Posted by tequila stu on August 22nd, 2007 @ 5:39am CDT