This is probably why he won that Oscar they were talking about over on The Onion not that long ago...

Burn in hell, Michael Bay - Optimus Prime was never supposed to have lips!

Nice way to keep true leaks from actually having any spoiler effect.

Transformers is one of the best pre-game pump-up movies of all time. I get giddy watching it with a group before I head out. This is just a fact for me - there's nothing I can do to stop it. Damn you Michael Bay.

"he'd just kill Optimus Prime at the start of the next movie and replace him with Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus."

Yep, that would work for me. One p*ssed-off Shiryu, screaming and being taken out of the theather by security guraranted.

(to the tune of the TF themesong)

Michael Bay
More than meets the eye.

Makin awesome movies for the general dumb public and the highly evovled
...intellectuals

Michael Bay
Ironic hipsters need not apply.

In other words he just fired the entire staff and is working from a brand new script? Awesome.

I can just picture the budget sheet.

Fake cars to drive around, along w/ truck and driver to drive slow when he sees cameras, set mock ups to confuse helicopters, plants on the message boards, artists. Why not spend that money on something usefull, like doughnuts, or treats from Chulok?

You cannot deny that Ultra Magnus would be fucking bad ass though if they pull him out in the next movie...

@Log1c: Ultra Magnus would only be badass if they could resurrect Robert Stack to reprise the role.

I guess Michael Bay has the Touch, and the Power. Yeah!

@KiddChaos: From the grave?

On that note, though, isn't it kind of sad that the 80's animated movie had a bigger name cast?
And was better? :p

Ultra Magnus and Hot Rod were much more interesting than Borimus Prime, anyway. ;)

Also, fans really need to get over tiny cosmetic changes like Optimus having a mouth. Anyone with any degree of knowledge about Transformers history knows that most of these characters have been through the wringer, as far as having multiple, and oftentimes fucked up, versions of themselves. It's par for the course and silly to get upset about.

@skullpanda: Yes, from the grave. (Robert Stack is dead, isn't he?)

Maybe they can get Nimoy to play Galvatron, dig up Orson Welles (literally) for a cameo, and Weird Al can sing the theme song.

@Sharpless: Not to mention that if you go back and watch the show, Optimus is pretty much one of the only ones that doesn't have a mouth.

@Sharpless: Blasphemy! ;)

optimus having a mouth really didnt bother me that much.....what bothered me was that in the original cartoon all autobots and decepticons could fly unless you actually needed to or you changed into something that would normally fly and then you could only do it while transformed, where was all that in the micheal bay movie?

@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: Well, yes, but Megatron didn't exactly look like a sentient, angry trainwreck in the cartoon, either. :) Every version is different. When you've been with the mythos as long as I have, you learn to deal with it. Or, at least, one ought to.

Said it before and I'll say it again: Michael Bay needs to die a slow and painful death via the tortures of the Spanish Inquisition and repeated watchings of his own shitty movies ala Clockwork Organge. I really, really hope some crazed Transformers fan runs into him in a dark alley and "all spark's" Bay's ass.

Pfft. Michael Bay. F***in C*cksucker...

"Also, Soundwave's in the movie. He's an iPod Nano that transforms into a tiny squeaky comic-relief character!"

Hahahahahahahah. Say what you will about the quality of his movies, but sounds like he has a good sense of humor. Brilliant!

Maybe they're filming the Gobots movie at the same time to throw us off!