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ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay

Transformers News: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 10:25PM CDT

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Hasbro and Industrial Light and Magic have both posted "Thank you" messages to director Michael Bay for his work on the Transformers franchise. See their messages mirrored below from Bay's website.

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Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249651)
Posted by Galvatron X on June 29th, 2011 @ 10:30pm CDT
Lol, they better say "Thanks!". He's made them millions, if not billions of dollars!
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249681)
Posted by TulioDude on June 29th, 2011 @ 11:06pm CDT
Glad to hear they are still friends after all.
Congratulations to all :APPLAUSE:
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249712)
Posted by OptiMagnus on June 30th, 2011 @ 12:24am CDT
Bay-cotter: NOOOOOOO!!!! This isn't supposed to happen! They're supposed to hate him! My plan has FAILED! (weeps bitterly) It's over...it's all over...

He does definitely deserves their thanks. He made them a TON of money. He put a lot of work into it too...and took a lot of heat from the fans.
Congratulations Michael Bay!
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249742)
Posted by RhA on June 30th, 2011 @ 2:15am CDT
OptiMagnus wrote:Bay-cotter: NOOOOOOO!!!! This isn't supposed to happen! They're supposed to hate him! My plan has FAILED! (weeps bitterly) It's over...it's all over...
!


DRATS, FOILED AGAIN!

Furthermore, Bay owes me three sets of new pants by now.
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249753)
Posted by Ravage XK on June 30th, 2011 @ 3:02am CDT
I like the way they crossed out the word "friends". You get to choose your friends but your family is forced upon you!!

;)
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249786)
Posted by vegetacron on June 30th, 2011 @ 6:01am CDT
OptiMagnus wrote:Bay-cotter: NOOOOOOO!!!! This isn't supposed to happen! They're supposed to hate him! My plan has FAILED! (weeps bitterly) It's over...it's all over...


Nah, hes done after this movie. I cry myself to sleep at night on the dreams that a reboot will come with a competent director, and writer, and whomever else the not-so-hardcore-bayformer fans like to blame.
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249803)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on June 30th, 2011 @ 6:59am CDT
Hmm, rather nice of them. And yeah, he made some serious green for them. Better be some thanks! :lol:
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249816)
Posted by juxtapose519 on June 30th, 2011 @ 7:49am CDT
Soooo, they did it to suck up to Bay so he'll hire them again, and Bay put it on his website to prove to the world that somebody likes him?

Asskissing and bragging, that's all I see.
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249832)
Posted by vegetacron on June 30th, 2011 @ 8:13am CDT
juxtapose519 wrote:Soooo, they did it to suck up to Bay so he'll hire them again, and Bay put it on his website to prove to the world that somebody likes him?

Asskissing and bragging, that's all I see.


SSSSSHHHHHHHH! You'll anger the Bayformer fans. They're pretty rabid these days...
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249835)
Posted by GetRightRobot on June 30th, 2011 @ 8:25am CDT
I have no idea what it takes to direct a trilogy of this magnitude. A thankyou seems a minimum. How about some profit shares? :lol:

I'd like to thank him too. Hopefully these movies will capture the minds of another generation and keep this franchise alive for another 26 years! WOOO! :APPLAUSE:
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249840)
Posted by Heavy B on June 30th, 2011 @ 8:35am CDT
I should say thanks to. I loved the trilogy
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1249991)
Posted by OptiMagnus on June 30th, 2011 @ 12:52pm CDT
vegetacron wrote:
juxtapose519 wrote:Soooo, they did it to suck up to Bay so he'll hire them again, and Bay put it on his website to prove to the world that somebody likes him?

Asskissing and bragging, that's all I see.


SSSSSHHHHHHHH! You'll anger the Bayformer fans. They're pretty rabid these days...

Gee, thanks. I'm glad to know I'm rabid. I'll have to stay away from anyone who dislikes the movies now so I don't infect them.

And I'm positive Bay is done with Transformers. I think he's had enough with the death threats. There's really no sucking up needed; he's moving on from Transformers.
The question is: Is Hasbro money-hungry enough to get some guy to direct a reboot series?
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1250007)
Posted by GodMagnus on June 30th, 2011 @ 1:05pm CDT
No matter what I think of him as a director for these three movies, they made an obscene amount of money and because of that more will be made. So the man deserves his props.

And I am also positive that Bay is done with Transformers. These movies take a lot of time to make and he has stated that he would like to move on to other projects. Maybe even a independent type movie or two. So yeah, he's done.
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1250075)
Posted by GetRightRobot on June 30th, 2011 @ 2:51pm CDT
GodMagnus wrote:No matter what I think of him as a director for these three movies, they made an obscene amount of money and because of that more will be made. So the man deserves his props.

And I am also positive that Bay is done with Transformers. These movies take a lot of time to make and he has stated that he would like to move on to other projects. Maybe even a independent type movie or two. So yeah, he's done.


Bay certainly could not have had a more difficult fan base to satisfy. Honestly, I feel kinda bad for the guy. He does 3 spectacular summer blockbusters that made tons of cash and helped sell millions of plastic marvels! The whole time being badgered by fans (including myself). Ultimately, I think his contribution to the Transformers universe was a positive one. The brand is so unique and developed that this chapter of diversity will only multiply the demographic. Win.
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1250102)
Posted by Capt.Failure on June 30th, 2011 @ 3:47pm CDT
Good to see that Hasbro recognizes what Bay's done for them and the fanbase. :APPLAUSE:
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1250126)
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on June 30th, 2011 @ 4:12pm CDT
GetRightRobot wrote:
GodMagnus wrote:No matter what I think of him as a director for these three movies, they made an obscene amount of money and because of that more will be made. So the man deserves his props.

And I am also positive that Bay is done with Transformers. These movies take a lot of time to make and he has stated that he would like to move on to other projects. Maybe even a independent type movie or two. So yeah, he's done.


Bay certainly could not have had a more difficult fan base to satisfy. Honestly, I feel kinda bad for the guy. He does 3 spectacular summer blockbusters that made tons of cash and helped sell millions of plastic marvels! The whole time being badgered by fans (including myself). Ultimately, I think his contribution to the Transformers universe was a positive one. The brand is so unique and developed that this chapter of diversity will only multiply the demographic. Win.

You've got that right, it seems everything that comes out half of us like and half of us hate.
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1250128)
Posted by Capt.Failure on June 30th, 2011 @ 4:16pm CDT
Evil_the_Nub wrote:
GetRightRobot wrote:
GodMagnus wrote:No matter what I think of him as a director for these three movies, they made an obscene amount of money and because of that more will be made. So the man deserves his props.

And I am also positive that Bay is done with Transformers. These movies take a lot of time to make and he has stated that he would like to move on to other projects. Maybe even a independent type movie or two. So yeah, he's done.


Bay certainly could not have had a more difficult fan base to satisfy. Honestly, I feel kinda bad for the guy. He does 3 spectacular summer blockbusters that made tons of cash and helped sell millions of plastic marvels! The whole time being badgered by fans (including myself). Ultimately, I think his contribution to the Transformers universe was a positive one. The brand is so unique and developed that this chapter of diversity will only multiply the demographic. Win.

You've got that right, it seems everything that comes out half of us like and half of us hate.


We're less like a unified nation and more like little island nations in constant war. Civil wars are common too. :P
Re: ILM and Hasbro Say "Thanks" to Director Michael Bay (1250132)
Posted by Tekka on June 30th, 2011 @ 4:21pm CDT
People are people no matter where you go. Each with their own likes, dislikes, and tolerances. It's silly to assume we're any worse than any other fandom. There are a lot of absolutely scary crazy people out there! It'd be bonkers in here if they were only TF fans...

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