Michael Bay Says ‘Haters Beware,’ Promises More Robots

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 8, 2009

Just yesterday, a friend of mine was looking through the DVD and Blu-ray collection here at FSR Headquarters and asked if we had the original animated Transformers movie. It made me think, “They made a Transformers movie?” Then it dawned on me that they made a live-action one, too, and that they’re making a sequel to it. Funny how things sort of sneak up on you.

So I did some research, and apparently Transformers 2 comes out THIS SUMMER.

After that not-altogether-unpleasant surprise, I stumbled upon Michael Bay’s own forum where the filmmaker harangues fans and foes alike, and his latest post is from their premiere in Japan where the film is just barely, barely still unfinished.

But Bay did make some promises about the flick, namely that there would be 42 robots total, and that they’d look even better than the first film. The money quote, here:

It has been a long hard road, but really fun one to travel. What you will notice that is strikingly different than Transformers 1, is the level of animation detail. The robot characters (42 in all), you really can feel empathy for them. What is also very different is the sheer scale of the movie. We have been very tight holding back much of the best imagery in commercials and trailers.”

Judging by his earlier misinformation campaign, and the very new prospect of studios covering their asses after putting so much material in trailers, this could be just blown smoke, but that probably doesn’t detract from the fact that there’s 42 big fucking robots in the movie.

Bay also touted the innovation of creating a 4k animation for IMAX’s 70mm film. Apparently, Optimus Prime will appear to-scale, standing tall on a 50 foot screen. That’s right, fans who were already wetting themselves, Optimus Prime will be his actual size in front of you in the theater, towering over you like a false idol tempting you to bow down and worship. And most of you probably will. Although that means Devastator will still be around 1/30th scale.

Bay finished up the post with the best sign off of all time – “Haters beware.”

I’ll consider myself bewaring.

What do you think?

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