Feb 10 2009Michael Bay Talks 'Transformers 2', Punches People
At the premiere of Friday the 13th, Collider managed to get Michael Bay to speak at some length about Transformers 2. Between awkward, joking rants about owning the website and pretending to punch people a few times, he revealed:
- He's shot three scenes in IMAX--just like Dark Knight, that Batman movie we all liked!
- The sequel will be darker--just like Dark Knight, that Batman movie we all liked!
- The Transformers will be more emotive this time around. The effects team probably got a new set of Intel microchips and did a virus scan to get more computer power into robot facial expressions. That's my understanding.
- The film is at 2 hours 20 minutes now, but Bay is still editing it down. So basically that means it will be under 2 hours 20 minutes, in case you thought it was going to be like Lawrence of Arabia with an intermission.
- "It's not trying to just be bigger to be bigger." That sentence he was lying about. He's definitely making it bigger to be bigger, and thank god. The only saving grace of another Transformers movie is that it will definitely be bigger. No one is excited about seeing a smaller, more introspective Transformers movie. But yes, it will be bigger.
- Bay will be waiting at least a year if he decided to start on a third chapter of the series. Let's hope my already-deteriorating paper-mâché Optimus Prime head will last until that opening night!
Full video interview here.
Reader Comments
1. D - February 10, 2009 4:07 PM
Can't wait to see the movie.
But what a dork. That was indeed an awkward exchange.
2. Nick - February 10, 2009 4:38 PM
I wish someone would pretend to punch him and then actually do it.
3. Sam - February 10, 2009 4:50 PM
From when I saw the trailer I can't wait till june. Immagine transformers in cinemas, lots off bikini on the beaches! What a man needs more from life?
4. sully - February 10, 2009 5:01 PM
michael bay sucks just a little bit more than I miss transformers
5. Pluto - February 10, 2009 7:50 PM
Michael Bay makes the some of the WORST movies ever.
I saw Transformers, and it made me never want to see the sequel.
why do people like mediocrity??
6. che-che - February 11, 2009 11:13 AM
@5-people dont like mediocrity, people like big shiny robots and explosions. and a hot sweaty tanned teenage girl,. that is played by a 25 year old with a tight body....uh..............................................oh god.
7. geof - February 11, 2009 11:49 AM
i think @5 just jizzed in his pants
8. Tabion - February 11, 2009 6:50 PM
Damn... I wish would just stop making important movies and go back to making crappy Summer explosion-fests. That guy just has to Bay things up, ie huge effects, huge explosions, lots of action, retarded story/acting.
The Transformers were all about entrenched warfare between two opposing factions. People were really unimportant and were more of a Flaw taken by the Autobots. "Gotta save the meatbags" sorta thing. The Tranformers movie was all about this kid and how the transformers changed his life. Wow. I guess he did that so that people could relate better with the protagonist. Hey, you know what's a great way to evoke sympathy for the protagonist? DON'T MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE COLLECTIONS OF PAPERCLIPS!!!