Rumor: Michael Bay in Talks to Make Two New Transformers Movies

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So, let me get this straight. Not only has filming back-to-back (this is talking Hollywood Blockbusters only here) resulted in good films (critically at least) 1 time -- the Harry Potter 7 films), but now studios are going to do this for three major franchises? I don't understand. We've got Fast and the Furious 6 and 7 being shot back-to-back, we're going to have the new Terminator films shot that was as well. Add the Breaking Dawn split and this new Transformers revelation -- I dunno, doesn't it just seem like too much reliance on a technique that has had very mixed results in the past? Just look at the 2nd and 3rd Pirates or Matrix films.

Oh well. In the end, it's all about the money.

I loved the entire trilogies of those last two series you mentioned.

Another transformers movie though...that wouldnt make me spend money if my life depended on it. The last transformers movie is quite possibly the WORST movie I have ever had the misfortune to see. Even if it was not a lot of money, spending money on that cinema is one of my greatest regrets.

I hope I don't sound rude on this, but any one who says that Transformers 3 is possibly the worst movies they've ever seen clearly hasn't seen enough movies in their lifetime.

Nothing rude about it, and I have seen a mountainload of movies. The thing is...well...I'll try to explain it.

The previously worst movie I've ever seen is Ghost Lake (IMDB it if you like...). Ghost lake is a terrible movie. The acting is appaling, the effects are awful and the story is a load of crap. But its ALL CRAP. Its not crap in the way "hahaha...this is so bad its funny" kind of way...it just crap. But even that has a mild entertainment value. And its consistent.

Transformers 3...has fantastic effects. It has transformers in it, which are awesome in their own way. But the acting is horrible, the product placement nauseating and the script is so bad I wanted to tear my brain out of my nostrils and stomp on it. And its not really trying to be bad, its actually trying really hard to be decent...but its just...awful. Its so clichéd that a cliché would blush even THINKING about being that cliché. And its soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo stupid!!!

I was on vacation abroad when I saw it in the cinemas. After 5 minutes I was sceptic beyond belief, after 15 minutes I wanted to run screaming from the cinema. I was so embarrassed to be sitting in that cinema I didnt know what to do. It felt like I had just paid to see sex in the city and all my best friends walked past the windows and started pointing and laughing. If I had known where the bloody exits where I would have made a run for it. And I'm CHEAP.

Transformers 3 is the worst movie I have ever seen. Bad movies have their merits. Consistently bad movies can be entertaining for that reason alone...but transformers 3...made me want to strangle whoever wrote it with the script.

 

[Vigilantis]

Damn, here I was actually going to go watch a transformers movie not directed by Michael Bay, way to ruin my day.

Oh wait you didn't whoever thought up making a Devil May Cry movie based on the upcoming game did.

SCREW YOU HOLLYWOOD

 

[Cain_Zeros]

So, let me get this straight. Not only has filming back-to-back (this is talking Hollywood Blockbusters only here) resulted in good films (critically at least) 1 time -- the Harry Potter 7 films -- but now studios are going to do this for three major franchises? I don't understand. We've got Fast and the Furious 6 and 7 being shot back-to-back, we're going to have the new Terminator films shot that was as well. Add the Breaking Dawn split and this new Transformers revelation -- I dunno, doesn't it just seem like too much reliance on a technique that has had very mixed results in the past? Just look at the 2nd and 3rd Pirates or Matrix films.

Oh well. In the end, it's all about the money.

All three Lord of the Rings movies were shot back-to-back too. I can't say anything about the first two for sure, but the third one definitely did well with critics.

 

[Bazaalmon]

Oh, god dammit!!

This. Michael Bay is one of, if not THE, worst directors of this generation. Transformers made me want to cry blood (and not in a good way!), and transformers 2 was even worse.

 

[xXDeMoNiCXx]

That's it settled then. We cannot achieve anything until Lucas and Bay are both removed from the gene pool. Throw Cowell in there as well.

I'd pick throwing in Uwe Boll in there first anyday.

 

[Leemaster777]

So, wait, we're getting MORE horrible Transformers movies?


Well, at least no more Shia Lebeouf.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

Bay apparently wants to film his something without robots first - the bodybuilding crime thriller Pain and Gain

But - but how can he cram explosions into THAT?

He could use them as a metaphor for vigorous power lifting.

 

[SidingWithTheEnemy]

Jason Statham you say?

I'm in.

Well, be careful there. Jason Statham also played a major role in Uwe Boll's Dungeon Siege thing (some argue it can't be called a film, but I digress)

Speaking of Uwe Boll, he might be the right man for the job to direct the Transformers franchise as well. He isn't that far from Michael Bay, is he now?

 

[BabyRaptor]

Raise your hand if you didn't see this coming.

Anyone?

I thought not.

 

[Nouw]

Jason Statham? Now this could be the mindless explosion-fest film I like.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Sheesh, as if three movies weren't enough... okay, I did like the first one, not gonna bother with the other two...

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

So, let me get this straight. Not only has filming back-to-back (this is talking Hollywood Blockbusters only here) resulted in good films (critically at least) 1 time -- the Harry Potter 7 films -- but now studios are going to do this for three major franchises? I don't understand. We've got Fast and the Furious 6 and 7 being shot back-to-back, we're going to have the new Terminator films shot that was as well. Add the Breaking Dawn split and this new Transformers revelation -- I dunno, doesn't it just seem like too much reliance on a technique that has had very mixed results in the past? Just look at the 2nd and 3rd Pirates or Matrix films.

Oh well. In the end, it's all about the money.

I find this to be very problematic. Essentially you get two movies split in half, leading to some feeling of discontinuity. Worse, though, is the feeling that the movie was just cut off in the first half with a phoned in ending that really doesn't contribute much to the overarching plot.

Like you said, it's about the money. Not only does it save on filming, I assume that it allows them to make a less concise film and try to double their returns. Instead of one good movie, release two mediocre or plain awful films to rake in twice. That's two trips to the box office, two different pay-per-view movies, and two DVDs/Blu-Rays to sell.

Remember when threequels used to be the big thing? Well, our consumer vapidity over the years has unfortunately tipped Hollywood off that people will sniff the same piece of crap as many times as they can trick them to do so. This decade's eightquel will eclipse last decade's threequel. Yikes!

I think statham will actually make this movie decent.

Lets face it, we ALL know what kinda movie bay is going to shoot. Its not going to change. So you may as well have an actor to fit the role.

Also, of course bay is interested in this movie. Not to talk low about anyone or try and sound elitist, but he's pretty much proved he can put out cinema crap that looks pretty and has lots of explosions and make tons of money off it. hes found the formula to print money, why would he turn that down?

Adding Jason Statham only gives the movie possible credibility this time in my eyes. Shia was terrible, terrible star from the get go, and focusing on him only derailed the movies into insufferable territory as far as story goes. If anything, Statham will allow the film to focus far more on action. I never saw the third one, but from what I've heard it's surprisingly long. Perhaps if it could cut to the chase (scene), then it will be more bearable to sit through as well.

 

[Kakashi on crack]

Oh, god dammit!!

This... Ohh god... NO MORE... NOOOO MOOOORREEE my eyes!!! >.<

 

[CaptainKoala]

WHAT IS HAPPENING

 

[Lunar Templar]

They still have the possibility of Galvatron and Unicron if they stick with the main series stories. Or they might invent a new baddie, They never showed Cybertron completely destroyed, and the Decepticons numbered in the millions. The movie only showed off a fraction of the force that was supposedly left on Cybertron.

Galvatron IS Megatron though >.> in every iteration I've seen of him. Unicron would be cool, but no idea how that would work.

ether way, I'm filled with disappoint, that bay might be returning, but at the same time, curious as to what they'll do next