Michael Bay: "No Transformers 2 for me!"

so... no tf2...

Wait, so does this mean there won't be a second movie or does it just mean the he won't have anything to do with the second movie?

Either way, I'm taking this as good news. I wonder how this will play out!

What about pople who only have NORMAL dvd???
Will they make a Transformers DVD for those who have regular one. Not everybody has HD-DVD.

Whatever.

You'll buckle like a belt at the money which will be offered to you in order to overcome your 'artistic objection'.

F' off Bay.

What a dork, the biggest movie of his career, and he has to go and pout because its not on some stupid format that Sony concocted? Cmon, we've seen how Sony exclusive tech does...do I have to mention the Mini Disc?

This is dumb. Stupid and childlike. All because Bay himself bought a Blu-Ray player when they first came out.

Word.

Seibertron wrote:Yeah, Bay is just saying he won't do Transformers 2 if there's not a Blu-Ray DVD release. That doesn't mean there won't be a Transformers 2, it just means that Bay won't be doing it. Paramount/Dreamworks would just hire a different director.

That's either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what side of the fence you're on.

Seibertron wrote:Yes, there will be a regular DVD. This is just in regards to the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray battle. We're a long ways away from them abandoning regular DVDs.

Which is good, but they didn't do themselves any favors by not actually saying that in the press release.

ok, im just shocked... i mean i saw countless behind the scenes and intervies with michal bay and he talks about how he loved filming transformers, and now, all of a sudden, hes not directing it?! and HIS reason!? because paramount isnt releasing it on bluray and he wants fans to see it in best quality??!! what a lie! he just wants tf to be available on all different players so he can make even more money! f*k u michael bay, you made enough f*cking money of of the theater release AND not even to mention all the money your gonna make off of the imax release! i never hated michael bay before but this crosses it! that greedy f*cker!

1337W422102 wrote:Wait, so does this mean there won't be a second movie or does it just mean the he won't have anything to do with the second movie?

Either way, I'm taking this as good news. I wonder how this will play out!

I think he's just saying he won't be a part of it. From earlier reports, TF2 already has the green light. With this version making nearly 650 million globally before IMAX and DVD sales, I don't think there's any doubt we'll see TF 2, 3, and beyond. If MB does indeed bow out of the chance to do another, Paramount will just find someone else to direct. Maybe Spielberg will step up to the plate...

tyler1451 wrote:ok, im just shocked... i mean i saw countless behind the scenes and intervies with michal bay and he talks about how he loved filming transformers, and now, all of a sudden, hes not directing it?! and HIS reason!? because paramount isnt releasing it on bluray and he wants fans to see it in best quality??!! what a lie! he just wants tf to be available on all different players so he can make even more money! f*k u michael bay, you made enough f*cking money of of the theater release AND not even to mention all the money your gonna make off of the imax release! i never hated michael bay before but this crosses it! that greedy f*cker!

Playing devil's advocate here ... what's wrong with Bay wanting to make more money by having the DVDs available for all 3 formats: regular DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray DVD? I agree that it's a poor decision on behalf of the various major companies to only offer up one format on the next generation DVD players, but I don't see how you can fault Bay for wanting to make more money. I agree with Bay about Blu-Ray, but I disagree with him about his tactic.

Ah well, it provides good Tuesday morning Internet drama. Wiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!