The reason I hate Michael Bay

[cuddly_tomato]

He managed to screw up Transformers... One of the easiest concepts in the world. Big robots kicking the shit out of each other.
And what do we get? A bunch of ethnic minorities playing up to their stereotypes, a generic piece of ass, the main plot about some dumbass white boy, cheesy over the top acting, stupid humping jokes that even Kevin Smith would be ashamed of and robot testicles [http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/topic/942/summary_image.jpg].
And what the fuck was up with turning Starscream into Gollum and making Megatron a freaking sith apprentice? How does stealing that shit from starwars sound like a good idea?

Well said, and a testament to my overall point. Transformers is exactly the kind of thing that Bay should be good at, if one believes he is capable of making pop-corn, generic, eye-candy laden, leave-your-brain-at-home movies, which are supposed to be his forté. Instead, he delivered a goatse in film form.

Massive robots, which transform, beating the shit out of each other, and a budget of $200 million. How does one fuck that up? Uwe Boll never gets Hollywood producers to back his films, having to make do with the German taxpayers, so why they give Bay this kind of money to make one movie but leave Boll out in the cold? They are both equally inept, equally beligerant, and equally convinced of their own film-making genius.

NOTE: I am NOT suggesting that Boll be given money to make films under ANY circumstances. In fact I would like to give him money just to go away. I am suggesting that Bay has his money removed and given to a good cause, like counselling for people who have seen Pearl Harbor.

 

[DarkRyter]

Michael Bay will definitely be the first against the wall in my world.

I do not understand this metaphor.

 

[Nwabudike Morgan]

I hate Michael Bay!

I think people are just whining cry babies.

Allot of the movies Bay makes have a weak story line, but they make it up for me most of the time with awesome action.

I mean how the HELL can you say he sucks at that to? Have you seen Transformers 2? I mean yea sure the story was crap and the actors weren't exactly awesome but the movie still had some of the greatest CGI action i had ever seen in a movie. That doesn't mean you have to like the movie, but at least give it some credit for what it does right.

Michael Bay is the new Halo, because everybody appear to bash him even for reasons that don't make sense.

Apparently there's an edit of Transformers 2 floating around the internet that removes everything that isn't robots fighting. I haven't the movie yet, but I think that's the version I'd want to see.

 

[Snotnarok]

He make action movies, they're going to be over the top and a little crazy. It's like hating Commando, it's a great movie if you look at it as the cheesy/awful movie it is. I mean How can you go wrong with

GB: "This green beret is going to kick your ass"
Arnold: "I eat green Berets for breakfast!"

Truly hilarious and awesome.

I thought Transformers 1 was mostly good (that whole hide and go seek part with the transformers annoyed me) and the sequel was pretty cool.

 

[Laughing Man]

Thoughts anyone?

Yeah, was this really worth an entire post?

 

[oliveira8]

Michael Bay will definitely be the first against the wall in my world.

I do not understand this metaphor.

I'm going to guess here, but it means that Bay is going to be the first guy to get executed, when he rules over the world.

 

[Xorghul]

Have you seen Transformers? He can't do anything right.

So that's who he is. Was pondering on whether to give a crap enough to google it. I completely agree. The man can't make movies for shit.

 

[Satin6T]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd16_rLQ9jU
and thats all i have to say about that subject

 

[Geekmaster K]

Please don't kill me for saying this, but I liked the first Transformers. It was exactly what I was expecting from a Transformers movie. Not much story, but it had what I wanted to see. Autobots and Decepticons fighting with awesome special effects. Sure, the fight scenes were chaotic and hard to follow, but they got the job done in my book. Oh, and you can't ignore the original voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron!

He managed to screw up Transformers... One of the easiest concepts in the world. Big robots kicking the shit out of each other.
And what do we get? A bunch of ethnic minorities playing up to their stereotypes, a generic piece of ass, the main plot about some dumbass white boy, cheesy over the top acting, stupid humping jokes that even Kevin Smith would be ashamed of and robot testicles [http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/topic/942/summary_image.jpg].
And what the fuck was up with turning Starscream into Gollum and making Megatron a freaking sith apprentice? How does stealing that shit from starwars sound like a good idea?

Now the second movie is a different story. THIS is how I feel about the second movie. I liked about the first third of the movie, then it turned into a train wreck! After enjoying the first movie, I had high hopes for the second one. From my experience, it's usually not the second movie in a series that sucks. That shame is reserved for the third or fourth movie. I'm referring to movies like Terminator 3, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Indiana Jones 4. I sat through the whole movie trying to find a reason to like it, but I couldn't. Fortunately, I worked for a movie theater at the time, so I got to see it for free. I'm glad I didn't waste money on it! Now I hear that Michael Bay is on to direct the THIRD Transformers movie! If he puts Unicron in that movie and screws it up, he's digging his own grave!

 

[Random Argument Man]

The only thing I found fun about Micheal Bay is "It's so bad it's funny" factor.

 

[Nwabudike Morgan]

Also saying he "screwed up" Transformers is implying that Transformers in all its previous incarnations was something other than a series of extended-length toy commercials.

 

[oliveira8]

Also saying he "screwed up" Transformers is implying that Transformers in all its previous incarnations was something other than a series of extended-length toy commercials.

And Bay managed to screw that. See, you really need to be THAT bad to screw up giant Robots fighting other giant robots.

 

[enzilewulf]

I don't hate him completly, i loved the island and bad boys.

 

[enzilewulf]

Michael Bay will definitely be the first against the wall in my world.

I do not understand this metaphor.

If they ruled the world Micheal bay would be the first to die.

 

[Nwabudike Morgan]

I don't hate him completly, i loved the island and bad boys.

I couldn't take The Island seriously because its premise and plot were were a complete and utter ripoff of Parts: The Clonus Horror, which along with having a wonderfully ridiculous name is best known to the world as a movie that was featured in a good, but not great episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Do you really hate Michael Bay?

Seriously though you have an option to watch his crap or not, your not tied down and forced to watch transformers are you?

There is a market for his cheesy explosive fueled action films with over the top clyches and again you can ignore it, hes just spooning to the masses, cant blame a guy for that.



And Krakatoa was an excellent documentry, the lighthouse scene was deeply saddening.

Hurray, another person bashing someone for having an opinion! So just because you don't like something you aren't allowed to bash it, hu? Hey, guess what? By your logic, you can ignore this thread and move along. You have the option to not caring about this and go away. Why, if you think it is wrong of him to criticize Michael Bay, do you criticize him?

Spoiler: Hypocrisy, thy name is Ben7

Seriously, go away if you don't have anything to contribute to this thread.

OT: A little late with the Michael Bay hate Cuddly, but point taken.

 

[GrinningManiac]

I like it because I walk into a nice, dark room, turn off my brain, half-shut my eyes, let my draw drop, drool a little and enjoy the [HEADING=3]BAYSPLOSIONS[/HEADING]

 

[justhereforthemoney]

Spoiler: Hypocrisy, thy name is Ben7

What is happening in the picture, or what is it a picture of?