Michael Bay: "Jazz is Dead"
Saturday, January 5th, 2008 10:43AM CST
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Here's what Michael Bay had to say:
No Jazz is dead. We have way more cool robots to come.
Bay
read his original post by clicking here.
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Posted by chrisjbrandon on January 5th, 2008 @ 10:51am CST
Posted by Liege Evilmus on January 5th, 2008 @ 10:53am CST
I like Jazz as much as the next guy, but let him stay dead, it gives the series more of an impact that way.
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 10:54am CST
Now about the other dead guys.
Posted by Powermaster Jazz on January 5th, 2008 @ 10:57am CST
Posted by Agent 007 on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:02am CST
Posted by crazyfists on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:18am CST
Posted by jazzrules on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:25am CST
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:29am CST
jazzrules wrote:Even though this has come from Bay himself, how can we believe anything he says because he said they were going be putting out a lot of false info to keep us guessing.
Just can't accept it, can you, Jazz?
Posted by frogbat on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:39am CST
unfortunately due to marketing reasons etc they'll be compelled to add many new characters but i'd rather they spent more time on characterisation. I wouldn't be surprised if within 10 - 20 years cgi would come in so cheap they could have a live action tv series...
Posted by Autobot Snake Eyes on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:44am CST
Posted by Unicron Singularity on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:53am CST
Skowl wrote:Michael Bay, director of the Transformers Movie, has posted on his message board to give fans an update and to debunk the previously reported rumours that Jazz may return in Transformers 2.
Here's what Michael Bay had to say:
No Jazz is dead. We have way more cool robots to come.
Bay
read his original post by clicking here.
How can there exist way more cooler bots than Jazz? He's the definition of coolness himself. (But still, would be awesomeness with sauce if he was voiced by Scatman Crothers, though. But McCrary or whatever the dude who voiced him, was alright enough. *mumbling* Crothers would own McCrary)
Posted by Sunstar on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:56am CST
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on January 5th, 2008 @ 11:58am CST
Liege Evilmus wrote:I hope this is actualy true.
I like Jazz as much as the next guy, but let him stay dead, it gives the series more of an impact that way.
i agree. so let this hopefully shut up the kiddies who think jazz is alive.
Posted by Autobot032 on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:08pm CST
Corrupted Rodimus wrote:Skowl wrote:Michael Bay, director of the Transformers Movie, has posted on his message board to give fans an update and to debunk the previously reported rumours that Jazz may return in Transformers 2.
Here's what Michael Bay had to say:
No Jazz is dead. We have way more cool robots to come.
Bay
read his original post by clicking here.
How can there exist way more cooler bots than Jazz? He's the definition of coolness himself. (But still, would be awesomeness with sauce if he was voiced by Scatman Crothers, though. But McCrary or whatever the dude who voiced him, was alright enough. *mumbling* Crothers would own McCrary)
Crothers would own him? Um...yeah, if he were still alive. You do know that he passed away quite some time ago, correct? O_o
And I, for one, am glad that Jazz will stay dead. I mean, I realize it's science *fiction* but let's not go too far into fiction here, let's keep it realistic. We humans don't usually say "Pwn'd. Haxx0rz. RESPAWN" so why do these robots get the chance to? Seriously, as ridiculous as the concept is (and you have to accept that TFs are ridiculous, that's part of what makes 'em fun) there is such as thing as being too much so.
Ah well.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:10pm CST
Again, I'm glad, but I'm also willing to bet that (if) there is a TF3 he'll be in that.
Part 3 of any series always tries to rehash as much of the first as possible so that has me thinking it's probable.
Posted by rhinox555 on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:13pm CST
Autobot032 wrote:Corrupted Rodimus wrote:Skowl wrote:Michael Bay, director of the Transformers Movie, has posted on his message board to give fans an update and to debunk the previously reported rumours that Jazz may return in Transformers 2.
Here's what Michael Bay had to say:
No Jazz is dead. We have way more cool robots to come.
Bay
read his original post by clicking here.
How can there exist way more cooler bots than Jazz? He's the definition of coolness himself. (But still, would be awesomeness with sauce if he was voiced by Scatman Crothers, though. But McCrary or whatever the dude who voiced him, was alright enough. *mumbling* Crothers would own McCrary)
Crothers would own him? Um...yeah, if he were still alive. You do know that he passed away quite some time ago, correct? O_o
And I, for one, am glad that Jazz will stay dead. I mean, I realize it's science *fiction* but let's not go too far into fiction here, let's keep it realistic. We humans don't usually say "Pwn'd. Haxx0rz. RESPAWN" so why do these robots get the chance to? Seriously, as ridiculous as the concept is (and you have to accept that TFs are ridiculous, that's part of what makes 'em fun) there is such as thing as being too much so.
Ah well.
You have never played an FPS,have you?
Posted by Windracer on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:16pm CST
I talked to people who weren't even Transformers fans and they said that bringing him back would have been incredibly foolish.
It sucks for Jazz fans, but come on... They very clearly said that they could not save him in the film...
Posted by Jaw Crusher on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:21pm CST
Posted by Sideshow Sideswipe on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:26pm CST
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:28pm CST
Posted by Menbailee on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:38pm CST
Posted by Agent 007 on January 5th, 2008 @ 12:53pm CST
Same here. You can't have ur cake and eat it too people. If Jazz died and stayed dead so should Megatron.Menbailee wrote:Jazz's death felt too inconsequential in the movies, but I'm glad dead does mean dead. I hope that applies to Megatron, too!
Posted by Cascadia on January 5th, 2008 @ 1:10pm CST
Posted by Megatron Wolf on January 5th, 2008 @ 1:18pm CST
Posted by emeraldbeacon on January 5th, 2008 @ 1:28pm CST
None of this would contradict Bay's statement that Jazz is dead. The verb 'IS' is an immediate one - it says nothing about his prior (i.e. flashback) or future (i.e. resurrection) status.
Posted by Autobot032 on January 5th, 2008 @ 1:42pm CST
Megatron_Wolf wrote:I dont believe it. Im not going to believe anything until the movie is near release.
If you're talking about going on Bay's word, eh, okay. (He's gone back on it a time or two before.)
If you're talking about the fake leaks, then you're wrong. This isn't a leak, this is coming directly from the man himself. So if he's no going back on his word as he has in the past, then we can rest assured that Jazz is dead. I for one am sure of it until I hear otherwise. Now if Darius McCrary actually has proof that he auditioned, recorded or was approached for the role, then I might be inclined to believe Jazz could return.
All McCrary said was that he was approached, but those are his words (if they're even his, I think it was ENI that reported it...)
For right now, all we know...Jazz is dead and until we see something concrete proving otherwise, there's no reason to believe he'll be back.
Posted by Blurrz on January 5th, 2008 @ 2:16pm CST
Posted by woosh on January 5th, 2008 @ 2:33pm CST
Jazz had whole 3 lines in the movie.
And i won't miss him (even tho i like his design).
I prefer to have shockwave instead of a "reborn" jazz.
And one more thing:
why didn't they cut the decepticons into parts and just me;t them to make forks out of the metal?
IT's obvious: THe decepticons will be ressurected by SOMETHING and will swim out of the water.
Posted by MYoung23 on January 5th, 2008 @ 2:46pm CST
Of course this is the same guy who greenlit the Frenzy and Starscream designs.
Posted by Zeds on January 5th, 2008 @ 2:55pm CST
Posted by Skowl on January 5th, 2008 @ 3:01pm CST
jazzrules wrote:Even though this has come from Bay himself, how can we believe anything he says because he said they were going be putting out a lot of false info to keep us guessing.
EVERYONE READ THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M SAYING IT:
He said he was going to LEAK false information. Which means when we receive leaked info from an unknown source - it could be legit or it could be fake, we won't know until it's confirmed (or not).
If Bay or anyone in charge SAYS something, it's not a LEAK - it's official information coming from an official source. Bay never said he would spread false information in official announcements; he would only leak things. You should only be skeptical of information from an unknown or unofficial source.
In short, if it comes straight from Bay or anyone in charge - it's LEGIT. If something just "pops up" online, be a little more skeptical.
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 3:12pm CST
Skowl wrote:jazzrules wrote:Even though this has come from Bay himself, how can we believe anything he says because he said they were going be putting out a lot of false info to keep us guessing.
EVERYONE READ THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M SAYING IT:
He said he was going to LEAK false information. Which means when we receive leaked info from an unknown source - it could be legit or it could be fake, we won't know until it's confirmed (or not).
If Bay or anyone in charge SAYS something, it's not a LEAK - it's official information coming from an official source. Bay never said he would spread false information in official announcements; he would only leak things. You should only be skeptical of information from an unknown or unofficial source.
In short, if it comes straight from Bay or anyone in charge - it's LEGIT. If something just "pops up" online, be a little more skeptical.
bang-snap
Posted by Dropkick14 on January 5th, 2008 @ 3:22pm CST
Posted by driverlock on January 5th, 2008 @ 3:30pm CST
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Posted by LastBloom on January 5th, 2008 @ 3:33pm CST
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 3:37pm CST
LastBloom wrote:Just remember guys Bay did say he was going to leak false information about the film.
didn't you read three posts up???
Posted by Tekka on January 5th, 2008 @ 3:40pm CST
Movie Jazz in 5 seconds: "'sup bitches!" "You wanna piece of me?!" "Argh! I is dead." The end.
Posted by DetectiveFork on January 5th, 2008 @ 3:46pm CST
Sideshow Sideswipe wrote:Bay is a huge douche who doesn't get the transformers universe at all. He wants to make another movie with lots of explosions and big robots. The robots are not transformers, they are walking piles of scrap.
Well, said. Thank you.
Mortality my ass. Hollywood just doesn't know how to make action movies have emotional impact without killing off a character. Jazz was a guy we knew and loved from the past and should have been a bigger feature in the films, but instead he got very little development just like most of the other Transformers in the film and died just for the supposed dramatic weight. Whatever, Bay.
Posted by Burn on January 5th, 2008 @ 4:35pm CST
Skowl wrote:jazzrules wrote:Even though this has come from Bay himself, how can we believe anything he says because he said they were going be putting out a lot of false info to keep us guessing.
EVERYONE READ THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M SAYING IT:
He said he was going to LEAK false information. Which means when we receive leaked info from an unknown source - it could be legit or it could be fake, we won't know until it's confirmed (or not).
If Bay or anyone in charge SAYS something, it's not a LEAK - it's official information coming from an official source. Bay never said he would spread false information in official announcements; he would only leak things. You should only be skeptical of information from an unknown or unofficial source.
In short, if it comes straight from Bay or anyone in charge - it's LEGIT. If something just "pops up" online, be a little more skeptical.
To me, if I were going to throw people off and feed them disinformation, it'd make more sense to come from an official source, not some unofficial unknown lacking credibility source ...
Posted by Overloaded on January 5th, 2008 @ 5:18pm CST
Posted by Predacon Rampage on January 5th, 2008 @ 5:39pm CST
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 5:43pm CST
Predacon Rampage wrote:Well now that it is confirmed(Might be a trick), they just need to keep Megatron dead. If they bring back Megatron they should also bring back Jazz.
It's not a trick.
And Megatron is more important than Jazz.
Posted by Predacon Rampage on January 5th, 2008 @ 5:43pm CST
Dropkick14 wrote::shock: WHY, they had to kill the black autobot,who knows maybe Bay will bring a mexican bot, and a chinese bot and kill them to. Well as long as the new robots are kick ass cool then I am happy with it.
I always thought Cosmos sounded like he had a Spanish accent.
Posted by Talous on January 5th, 2008 @ 6:01pm CST
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 6:03pm CST
Talous wrote:Neh, oh well. RIP Jazz
exactly. Nothing else to say.
Posted by Autobot Jazz on January 5th, 2008 @ 6:06pm CST
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 6:09pm CST
Autobot Jazz wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe this is just false info like Bay said he'd give us, here's wishful thinking.
IT IS NOT FALSE INFO.
EVERYONE WITH JAZZ IN THEIR USERNAME NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND.
Posted by Tekka on January 5th, 2008 @ 6:14pm CST
Posted by Omega Charge on January 5th, 2008 @ 6:30pm CST
Posted by DetectiveFork on January 5th, 2008 @ 6:36pm CST
Predacon Rampage wrote:Dropkick14 wrote::shock: WHY, they had to kill the black autobot,who knows maybe Bay will bring a mexican bot, and a chinese bot and kill them to. Well as long as the new robots are kick ass cool then I am happy with it.
I always thought Cosmos sounded like he had a Spanish accent.
Cosmos' accent was based off of Peter Lorre's and Lorre was Hungarian.