Speaking to Fandango, director Michael Bay reiterated that Transformers: The Last Knight is his last Transformers movie.
“These movies that I’ve done, they are massive movies. They take a lot out of you,” Bay said when we asked if he was finally — for real, this time — stepping away from the Transformers franchise. “I’ve done it enough, and I’ve had a great time doing it. I’m going out with a bang on this one, and I feel like you gotta go out while you’re ahead, you know. I think I’ve had a good run, and I’ve got a lot of other movies I want to do.”
“I just read a very bloody hit man movie that was a page turner. That seems like a fun one to do,” he said. “I love doing 13 Hours, I love doing Pain & Gain — I think it’ll be something more serious and more adult, I guess.”
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TFXProtector
Uh. What?
Bad Boys, Bad Boys 2?
The Rock?
Armageddon?
The Island? (and yes, it did surprisingly well at the box office and even had some critical success.)
Pearl Harbor?
He's worth 500 million dollars (you can Google it), he doesn't NEED these movies. He can literally wipe his crack with a million dollar check and not even feel the sting. The movies need him, not the other way around.
This. People always overlook the producers and the writers, it's always just Bay's fault. People forget that Steven Spielberg has his name and seal of approval stamped on this franchise.
Well, then they need to climb down off of the stick that's wedged up their behinds, shave their necks, get some sunlight and see that their world ain't so bad, especially compared to the situations experienced by countless others around the world. Quit complaining about movies based on toys, quit taking it out on Michael Bay and realize how incredibly fortunate you are that all you have to do is complain about some movies. Such ingrates. If life is that bad, make it better, quit bringing it here because y'all too afraid to say or do anything outside of the internet.
*puts on Kevlar*
When did they ever successfully bust balls? Lame jokes don't really qualify. And this is precisely what I'm talking about. Same thing, over and over for a decade. It's incredible that these people have that much stamina. Perhaps they'd find a mate if they used that stamina in other departments, as well. (And surprise, surprise, I'm not talking about sex! There's more to being with people than physical contact and intimacy.) And if they have mates, perhaps they'd save them the misfortune of having to hear them whine with their cheese.
I don't know for sure whether Bay will be back or not, I can't say he's telling the absolute truth because he's made this promise before, but he won't be leaving 100% anyway. He's still a producer.
Cosbydaf
What sort of cultural backbone is required to have a worthy insight on a Transformers movie?
Music
I don't think that's entirely true or AOE wouldn't have made more than the budget domestically. There's definitely an audience who enjoys these movies. It depends on who you surround yourself as I've never heard anyone in real life say they hate the Transformers movies. Usually, the real life consensus is that they're fun (and that they like Bumblebee). Only on the internet I've heard such negative backlash.
By the way, I want a reboot too, but I can't see it happening.
Paxtin
My bad then.
I get where you're coming from. The thing though is that I'm not trying to force my own personal opinion, I'm merely making my statement based on an observation of what I see in the general cultural consensus. Which is that Michael Bay is bad, and the TF films are bad. Believe me, I really want to defend these movies…In fact I've tried…Somewhere along the lines though I had to accept defeat and face reality. The movies are not just bad, they're unpopular. It is socially unacceptable to be a fan of these movies…Like putting pineapple on pizza…No one can rightly defend it, no mater how much you think it tastes good. Just all the more reason people will look at you with disgust.
Indeed. But one can at least hope for generally "acceptable".
That's the thing we tend to not want to face, that all the hate does not in fact come from just entitled man children. As I've stated, the TF films are culturally and socially panned as bad films as a general consensus.
An example of the opposite would be the Force Awakens. There are a good number of people who have problems with that movie, to the point of stating that it is in fact a bad film. But the general consensus is that it was good. It's popular. It's socially acceptable to say one is a fan of that movie. Although time will tell, if they screw up the sequels the whole thing may end up crashing down.
BIOMEC
It is hard to make something "good" and yet profitable… Sad but true
BigRed
If you're gonna take high criticism into the argument you will have to do better than to pretend that people that do nothing but watch cartoons and read comic books have any cultural backbone to make an insight.
The only thing worse than low-brow is mid-brow pretentiousness. I mean look at the member up there pretending that these movies being made are comparable to biblical betrayal. Is this some kind of contest in social-unaware public embarassment? Jesus Christ people.
Anyway, about the topic, I'm glad he's leaving, feels like we've seen the same movie 5 times, ready for another try from someone with a different style.
*Deathblade
I quoted another poster, I didn't say you thought you deserved anything. As far as the 1986 movie goes it did poorly because it was bad movie, not because of any lack of advertising. I love it as much as anyone else and watch it at least annually, but only for nostalgia…not because its high cinema. As far as aliens goes, them never being happy is just like this and every other fandom.
I may come across as terse, but you hit one of the main things that tend to get me to respond on this stuff, speaking in plurality on your singular opinions.
Aimless Misfire
Pretty much everything is flopping these days. Transformers fans have a massive, successful franchise that's popular worldwide & they don't appreciate it one little bit. They're not happy if it crashes & burns like GI Joe & they're not happy if it's insanely successful.
You think these types of people will be happy with a reboot? Here's a hint: NOTHING WILL EVER MAKE THEM HAPPY! They'll hate a new director! They'll hate a new writer! They'll hate a reboot! They'll even hate a direct carbon copy of the G1 cartoon in live action. Haters gonna hate!
10 years straight of these hateful comments about every TF movie. Thank God Bay ignores all these miserable bastards!
Paxtin
That's something we really need to get past…If making money was a standard of respected quality then McDonalds would be regarded as high cuisine.
Booster Gold
Ha ha ha ha ha, I will not believe it (and rejoice) until I see a Transformers movie in the theatres without his name on it. Of course I doubt I will actually see said movie, I've not seen once since the 2007 abomination, I'd need to see some extensive evidence of a change of direction…to be honest I'm not sure I'd settle for anything short of a total reboot.
BIOMEC
Yes it does! Movies are there to make money! And Nickelback isn't that bad…
I ENJOY the movies for what they are… "Mechanical Porn" (I am an engineer), other than that, they are very bad…
Paxtin
A lot of people liked Nickleback or Justin Bieber…Doesn't justify anything.
Oh, and just to clarify, cause I think there's a misunderstanding, I was a movie fan. I'd still be a movie fan if it were not for the fact that I had to wake up to the reality that they're truly garbage. Not because they're not geewon enough, but because they're genuinely bad, which only serves to highlight all the other things people don't like about them.
BIOMEC
I think a lot of people enjoy the movies in one way or another!
Wh33l JcK
If Hasbro wants to sell more toys why not do a hard reboot and make the bots looks completely different?
Personally I like the looks of the bots, but who needs the same BEE toy every movie?
It would be easier to make better movies without the baggage of the previous ones.
BIOMEC
The only thing about the movies that I like a lot is the aesthetic design of the robots… And those designs work better with the general public…
Yeah, "transformiun" was a stupid idea…
True… The fans that don't like the movies are a minority… The hardcore G1 fans especially… Oh Nostalgia…
Paxtin
If that were true I wouldn't always keep running into the general opinion of "Fuck the TF movies, they're garbage." I'm sorry, you have to accept it…People don't like the Bay-former movies. It's pretty much hailed as pop culture cancer.
I'd agree that generally the public don't actually care about G1, but what the public does care about is nostalgic pandering. They eat that shit up. It's a sure fire way to win points with people in the mainstream opinion, which really is the only thing that matters at this point. Worked for Star wars.
MnemonicSyntax
Fixed that for you.
The "public" thinks the films are fine. It's a small minority that would actually want such a thing.
The rest of the world doesn't even know (or care) what it is.
Paxtin
That's where I'm in a odd position. See, I personally don't really want a overly G1 centric film, but I recognize I'm kind of in a minority. See, even though the original 86 movie did in fact do poorly in it's time, (Partly, and perhaps ironically, due to poor advertising.) it still managed persist and cement itself in pop culture as a staple of the era. And right now there seems to be a big back lash against any comic/geek type movie being too gritty or dark. That's why films like Guardians of the Galaxy resonate so well with the mainstream. For some reason people love 70s pop…So, even if I don't like it, pandering to those sensibilities would likely be the only way to get the concept of a TF movie back in the good graces of pop culture.
Never said anyone 'deserves' anything. And if we're talking about entitlement, I've seen that in every walk of any fandom…Hell, you mention Aliens, those fan boys never seem to ever be happy.
YoungPrime
That was after his 1st TF film not before. Hell, The Rock, Bad Boy's 1 and 2 and Armageddon are still some of my top action film's.
But with this franchise, he admitted that he wasn't even a real fan of Transmers and it shows. Therefore he only has himself to blame.
So here's to Bay regarding the millions he's made off the bastardizing of this franchise the way Judas regarded his 30 pieces of Silver in the end.
JoeHavok
So far he's batting .500, his odd movies have been good, even Transformer films…not so good. Maybe that means The Last Knight will be okay? I hope he steps down, and let's someone else direct for a change. Stop throwing money at him HASBRO.