Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2

Monday, February 11th, 2008 1:30pm CST

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Transformers Movie Director Michael Bay was present at the 6th annual Visual Effects Society Awards, where the Transformers Movie won big, taking home four awards (see the story by clicking here), and talked briefly with IESB about the sequel to the film.

You can read the IESB report by clicking here.

Or you can view the video of the interview by clicking here.

Bay went on to talk about the sequel and give some little hints of what we can expect on-screen next summer. Sadly, that's not going to include dinobots.

Transformers News: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2

Transformers News: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2

Credit(s): IESB.net, Michael Bay

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Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629054)
Posted by Counterpunch on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:32pm CST

Makes complete sense with the tone of the movie.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629055)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:34pm CST

In the long run this is probably for the best.

As Awesome and Beloved as they are, I just could never see them translate properly into this type of media. It would just be hoaky.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629056)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:35pm CST

Dammit, I wanted me some Dinobots.

Maybe in the third movie.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629057)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:38pm CST

Seeing as there are about 2 Billion other Bots and Cons that can be introduced, this is no loss.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629058)
Posted by Skowl on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:39pm CST

Keep in mind the video will not load on my current computer, so I had to post this story without actually having seen it. I'm just going by what IESB reported in their transcript.

So, no dinobots is good, though I do hope they stick Grimlock in there somewhere, just not as a dinosaur.

I hope Bay's logic behind "no dinobots" doesn't rule out Arcee. Dinobots don't work because they can't really "disguise" themselves, now can they?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629059)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:39pm CST

This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.

just kidding

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629060)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:40pm CST

Didn't he say he was going to spead misinformation this time around? Like, right at the beginning of the project?

Although, yeah, Dinobots don't really fit the tone of the movieverse.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629061)
Posted by jazzrules on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:41pm CST

I wonder what he means by "different species"?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629062)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:41pm CST

First Gen wrote:This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.

just kidding

even joking, don't start that agian

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629065)
Posted by Skowl on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:43pm CST

First Gen wrote:This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.

just kidding

I really don't want to go through this again. He said he would LEAK stuff; this is a statement, it's not a leak.

If it comes from Bay, it can be trusted. If you don't know where it comes from, be skeptical.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629068)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:51pm CST

Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629069)
Posted by shadowsfm on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:53pm CST

he didnt say no dinobots

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629073)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:57pm CST

First Gen wrote:Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.

I'll forgive you if you clean my kitchen

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629074)
Posted by Smokescreen85 on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:58pm CST

No where in that video does Michael Bay say there won't be Dinobots. He simply says there's going to be a lot of new things (species!!!) that he can't tell us about. Dinobots are still a real possibility! And I don't agree that they couldn't work in the movieverse. If theme park attractions, animatronic Dinos, are brought to life by a leftover piece of the Allspark, that would be a great way to explain the existence of Dinobots.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629076)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:59pm CST

Liege Evilmus wrote:
First Gen wrote:Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.

I'll forgive you if you clean my kitchen

How bout I send Whiner Tron over to do it? cool?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629081)
Posted by Nekoman on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:07pm CST

He said there would be a lot of neat stuff, he didn’t give a yes or no answer if they would or wouldn’t be in it though. Now what would a lot of different species mean? Beast wars characters maybe?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629084)
Posted by Smokescreen85 on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:12pm CST

And besides, if you can have a giant metal scorpion in the first film, which is not a disguise, then you can have rampaging robot dinos, too.

I also wouldn't call Megatron's alt mode much of a disguise, either. Some 'bots just don't need to hide. They're too cool.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629085)
Posted by partholon on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:12pm CST

dino's didnt make sence in the first one but now that their covers blown i dont see why they cant use em now. after all its well within grimlock and co's personality to go for the most brutal alt modes they could get and if theyre still following the whole "no mass shifting" thing then the dinos would simply be too big to be vehicles (except swoop i suppose)

disguise is pretty much the autobots stick for infitration and intelligence gathering but the dinos are a much more overt heavy assault type of group.

sides ya cant tell me it wouldnt look cool to have comic grimlock and co go up againts the constructicons.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629086)
Posted by Autobot Jazz on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:13pm CST

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still, he said no Dinobots, not no Grimlock, Slag, Snarl etc. so maybe they'll be in but with differnt alt. modes.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629087)
Posted by Mechabreaker on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:13pm CST

Liege Evilmus wrote:In the long run this is probably for the best.

As Awesome and Beloved as they are, I just could never see them translate properly into this type of media. It would just be hoaky.

I have to agree with you here, if Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg, and the writers want to maintain the realistic aspect that was present in the first movie, then they will stay away from the Dinobots, combiners/gestalts, and Unicron, or anything that might stretch the credibility of the plot.

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