Shia LaBeouf Says No to More Transformers

[BabySinclair]

Please for the love of god let this one be the last Bay-splosion-fest and let the series get good for a change.

 

[thetruefallen]

If he ever had an interesting role, he might be a decent actor. I still think his best performance to date was the massively awkward teenager in i,robot (he's also only in it for like 5 min max in the entire film) this being the only time when i thought he was trying to be insecure and awkward. He might make a good Bond villain if he shaved his head.

 

[BabyRaptor]

And a million voices cry out in utter joy...

 

[Baradiel]

I never understood all the criticism for Bay's Transformers. I never watched it as a kid, so I'm not blinded by nostalgia. Sure, it was shallow, and there was nothing to it, but its an action movie. I didn't watch it expecting the Godfather, or Kill Bill, or anything particularly groundbreaking. It was an average film, sure, but that level or average doesn't correlate with the incredible level of hatred it seemed to inspire in people.

 

[drbarno]

obligatory tvtropes link!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AndTheFandomRejoiced

 

[Mr Pantomime]

You people are silly. If hes not tied down by transformers, her might get a role in decent film!

 

[twm1709]

The transformers movies had a lot of problems. Shia LaDouche was the least of them, however.

 

[Kargathia]

He said that Dark of the Moon was the most "solid" screenplay the franchise had had

He's probably speaking the truth. If there'd be any more holes it wouldn't be a script.

 

[Baradiel]

I never understood all the criticism for Bay's Transformers. I never watched it as a kid, so I'm not blinded by nostalgia. Sure, it was shallow, and there was nothing to it, but its an action movie. I didn't watch it expecting the Godfather, or Kill Bill, or anything particularly groundbreaking. It was an average film, sure, but that level or average doesn't correlate with the incredible level of hatred it seemed to inspire in people.

It never hit the expectations of a bunch of rabid fanboys who were expecting something good from an adaptation of a cartoon about robots beating the shit out of each other, which in turn was an adaptation of a toy line about robots beating the shit out of each other. I hear a lot of complaints about how it's "brainless" and "stupid". What the fuck were these people expecting, Citizen Kane with Optimus Prime!?

There are still legitimate criticisms about the movie but I hardly think Shia Labeouf is one of them, other than getting too much screen time. His acting isn't that bad, and he (so far) doesn't seem like a bad fellow so what gives? Why hate him?

Maybe a bit of jealousy? Fans of the series wish it was them in that role?

I have no idea. Its just the first thing that comes to mind. He isn't particularly bad, he just seems to get roles in films that fans hate (Transformers, he was in Crystal Skull I think too.)

So yeh... hatred by association, or hatred out of jealousy? I dont know.

 

[Bernzz]

Too soon?

I.

Love.

You.

OT: All I can really say is, thank fuck.

I cannot stand the guy. And hey, Michael Bay not making any more of them after Dark of the Moon is a welcome bonus too.

 

[Olorune]

He said that it "took what was good about the first movie and used that, while fixing what was bad in the second."

There was good in the first movie?

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Cool: Maybe Transformers-the-fourth will be the one which blasts this trilogy out of cannon.

Or maybe the next Transformers will be a prequel ie: Beast Wars. No humans whatsoever in that series from what I remember.

 

[Olorune]

I never understood all the criticism for Bay's Transformers. I never watched it as a kid, so I'm not blinded by nostalgia. Sure, it was shallow, and there was nothing to it, but its an action movie. I didn't watch it expecting the Godfather, or Kill Bill, or anything particularly groundbreaking. It was an average film, sure, but that level or average doesn't correlate with the incredible level of hatred it seemed to inspire in people.

When you have such a potentially perfect concept coupled with childhood memories...and then someone basically shits on that, yeah, I'd say it warrants that level of hatred.

 

[Olorune]

Cool: Maybe Transformers-the-fourth will be the one which blasts this trilogy out of cannon.

Or maybe the next Transformers will be a prequel ie: Beast Wars. No humans whatsoever in that series from what I remember.

\

Uwe Boll will make it.
Cavemen will replace the people...

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I never understood all the criticism for Bay's Transformers. I never watched it as a kid, so I'm not blinded by nostalgia. Sure, it was shallow, and there was nothing to it, but its an action movie. I didn't watch it expecting the Godfather, or Kill Bill, or anything particularly groundbreaking. It was an average film, sure, but that level or average doesn't correlate with the incredible level of hatred it seemed to inspire in people.

It never hit the expectations of a bunch of rabid fanboys who were expecting something good from an adaptation of a cartoon about robots beating the shit out of each other, which in turn was an adaptation of a toy line about robots beating the shit out of each other. I hear a lot of complaints about how it's "brainless" and "stupid". What the fuck were these people expecting, Citizen Kane with Optimus Prime!?

There are still legitimate criticisms about the movie but I hardly think Shia Labeouf is one of them, other than getting too much screen time. His acting isn't that bad, and he (so far) doesn't seem like a bad fellow so what gives? Why hate him?

Maybe a bit of jealousy? Fans of the series wish it was them in that role?

I have no idea. Its just the first thing that comes to mind. He isn't particularly bad, he just seems to get roles in films that fans hate (Transformers, he was in Crystal Skull I think too.)

So yeh... hatred by association, or hatred out of jealousy? I dont know.

Jealousy? Please. I just mind him to be an annoying, one note actor. How in the world did you reach that conclusion?

 

[Cipher1]

I don't care which deity answered my prayers but thank you.

 

[Baradiel]

I never understood all the criticism for Bay's Transformers. I never watched it as a kid, so I'm not blinded by nostalgia. Sure, it was shallow, and there was nothing to it, but its an action movie. I didn't watch it expecting the Godfather, or Kill Bill, or anything particularly groundbreaking. It was an average film, sure, but that level or average doesn't correlate with the incredible level of hatred it seemed to inspire in people.

It never hit the expectations of a bunch of rabid fanboys who were expecting something good from an adaptation of a cartoon about robots beating the shit out of each other, which in turn was an adaptation of a toy line about robots beating the shit out of each other. I hear a lot of complaints about how it's "brainless" and "stupid". What the fuck were these people expecting, Citizen Kane with Optimus Prime!?

There are still legitimate criticisms about the movie but I hardly think Shia Labeouf is one of them, other than getting too much screen time. His acting isn't that bad, and he (so far) doesn't seem like a bad fellow so what gives? Why hate him?

Maybe a bit of jealousy? Fans of the series wish it was them in that role?

I have no idea. Its just the first thing that comes to mind. He isn't particularly bad, he just seems to get roles in films that fans hate (Transformers, he was in Crystal Skull I think too.)

So yeh... hatred by association, or hatred out of jealousy? I dont know.

Jealousy? Please. I just mind him to be an annoying, one note actor. How in the world did you reach that conclusion?

Quite easily. Think about it; you like Transformers. It was your childhood. You loved it. Then the film is released, and you're really excited. You watch it, and realise he's an "annoying, one note actor" and you think he was a terrible choice. You possibly start think how you'd have played it, and how it would be better, and then theres this kid playing the role that someone better should be playing, and secretly you consider yourself a better choice.

My use of "you" is purely objective. Its not aimed at you in particular. And this is just a theory; I have no idea what goes through a Transformers fan's head, and I don't understand the hatred towards him, at least, hatred to the extent Transformers fans have for him.

 

[TheBoltman]

But Optimus will stay on, right?

 

[Cursed Frogurt]

He said that it took what was good about the first movie and used that,

You mean they ressurrected Bernie Mac and it's just him on screen for two hours?