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Michael Bay: Joke's not on ME, tis on YOUR ass!
People must be getting fucking tired of Transformers and Michael Bay talk...but I think what I got compiled in here is a little bit different.
When we look at guys who are experts at fucking around with society in general, and mocking them at every turn...we think Sacha Baron Cohen, George Carlin, or Stephen Colbert. But did anyone know that ole' Michael Bay has accomplished something alone those lines as well...!? Let us take a look:
I'm not gonna analyze every single one of this dude's movies...but at the very least, we can say this: Just about everything he makes hits the box office. He gives people what they want: Explosions, Steve Buscemi, explosions, Megan Fox, and even more shit blowing up. And best of all, he offers these elements during the summer movie season...where, as you might guess it, what people want out of their movies is of course, explosions, Steve Buscemi, explosions, Megan Fox, and even more explosions.
You ask, he delivers. Sort of... And that's the biggest joke of it all. Personally, like old man Carlyle here, I too am a Michael Bay fan; I too, like seeing explosions for the sake of them being explosions. However....here's the big question...if you guys hate him so much....why haven't you learned your lesson?
The recent racial controversy surrounding Bay and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen shed some light onto the whole situation with the relationship between Bay and moviegoers:
"Listen, you're going to have your naysayers on anything. It's like is everything going to be melba toast? It takes all forms and shapes and sizes."
When you think about it....that quote isn't very Bay-like at all. While he certainly isn't Uwe Boll, Bay is also the kind of guy who jumps onto the insult-wagon. He'll either retort on how "awesome" his movies are, or drop a bomb on a critic or two.
"We're just putting more personality in. I don't know if it's stereotypes _ they are robots, by the way. These are the voice actors. This is kind of the direction they were taking the characters and we went with it."
And that's the one quote that sold me... Bay could very well just be fucking with us, which I believe is a whole lot more effective than dropping bombs or C4 in certain situations. Honestly, people don't like to see their own ugly sides. No matter how much distaste you show for Borat or Ali G, the real reason why you tend to hate on the character is naturally because it's something of a personal reflection... You realize what you're surrounded by, and what's deep inside. In a similar sense, Bay accomplished the same thing.
People these days don't let themselves have fun. No matter what movie they're going into, they have unrealistically high expectations. On too many occasions, they WANT the movie to be bad; they wait for the tiniest, most trivial flaw for the sole reason so they can boast "I knew this movie'd be shit!" And in the same sense, many people are simply far too sensitive on far too many matters, and take the term political correctness in completely unnecessary territory.
I dropped my 10 bucks to see Revenge. I saw the Retardo-Brudda-Bots, hell, even the brass cojones, literally speaking. Fucking stupid? Sure. Not needed? Definitely a waste of space. Did it make me wanna bust out my pump-action? Um, why again?
So they're stereotypes, and then what? There were testicles too, yet, did I scream for my money back? Fuck no; I sat through the whole damn thing, and took responsibility for my action. You see, I've learned that insignificant details are insignificant. As in...there's no reason to get worked up over them. Getting pissed over the Buscemi-Bots is no different than getting pissed over this:
Or...
See the point? Political correctness is one thing....but getting offended over ROBOTS...that's a territory of utter nonsense in and of itself. And when I look at things from a different perspective...maybe Bay decided to put those in for that very sake. I know I like to experiment and fuck around with people to get interesting information out of them...but I can't help but feel that Bay's idea of "good, clean fun" is nothing but fun for his senses only. Nothing is more rewarding than trying to piss off a certain crowd only to meet with complete success.
It's definitely possible that this was just Bay's retarded sense of humor failing epically....but at the same time, he's also shown himself to be a relatively intelligent guy, capable of catering to the senses. Maybe it was time for him to cater to his own senses?
When we look at guys who are experts at fucking around with society in general, and mocking them at every turn...we think Sacha Baron Cohen, George Carlin, or Stephen Colbert. But did anyone know that ole' Michael Bay has accomplished something alone those lines as well...!? Let us take a look:
I'm not gonna analyze every single one of this dude's movies...but at the very least, we can say this: Just about everything he makes hits the box office. He gives people what they want: Explosions, Steve Buscemi, explosions, Megan Fox, and even more shit blowing up. And best of all, he offers these elements during the summer movie season...where, as you might guess it, what people want out of their movies is of course, explosions, Steve Buscemi, explosions, Megan Fox, and even more explosions.
You ask, he delivers. Sort of... And that's the biggest joke of it all. Personally, like old man Carlyle here, I too am a Michael Bay fan; I too, like seeing explosions for the sake of them being explosions. However....here's the big question...if you guys hate him so much....why haven't you learned your lesson?
The recent racial controversy surrounding Bay and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen shed some light onto the whole situation with the relationship between Bay and moviegoers:
"Listen, you're going to have your naysayers on anything. It's like is everything going to be melba toast? It takes all forms and shapes and sizes."
When you think about it....that quote isn't very Bay-like at all. While he certainly isn't Uwe Boll, Bay is also the kind of guy who jumps onto the insult-wagon. He'll either retort on how "awesome" his movies are, or drop a bomb on a critic or two.
"We're just putting more personality in. I don't know if it's stereotypes _ they are robots, by the way. These are the voice actors. This is kind of the direction they were taking the characters and we went with it."
And that's the one quote that sold me... Bay could very well just be fucking with us, which I believe is a whole lot more effective than dropping bombs or C4 in certain situations. Honestly, people don't like to see their own ugly sides. No matter how much distaste you show for Borat or Ali G, the real reason why you tend to hate on the character is naturally because it's something of a personal reflection... You realize what you're surrounded by, and what's deep inside. In a similar sense, Bay accomplished the same thing.
People these days don't let themselves have fun. No matter what movie they're going into, they have unrealistically high expectations. On too many occasions, they WANT the movie to be bad; they wait for the tiniest, most trivial flaw for the sole reason so they can boast "I knew this movie'd be shit!" And in the same sense, many people are simply far too sensitive on far too many matters, and take the term political correctness in completely unnecessary territory.
I dropped my 10 bucks to see Revenge. I saw the Retardo-Brudda-Bots, hell, even the brass cojones, literally speaking. Fucking stupid? Sure. Not needed? Definitely a waste of space. Did it make me wanna bust out my pump-action? Um, why again?
So they're stereotypes, and then what? There were testicles too, yet, did I scream for my money back? Fuck no; I sat through the whole damn thing, and took responsibility for my action. You see, I've learned that insignificant details are insignificant. As in...there's no reason to get worked up over them. Getting pissed over the Buscemi-Bots is no different than getting pissed over this:
Or...
See the point? Political correctness is one thing....but getting offended over ROBOTS...that's a territory of utter nonsense in and of itself. And when I look at things from a different perspective...maybe Bay decided to put those in for that very sake. I know I like to experiment and fuck around with people to get interesting information out of them...but I can't help but feel that Bay's idea of "good, clean fun" is nothing but fun for his senses only. Nothing is more rewarding than trying to piss off a certain crowd only to meet with complete success.
It's definitely possible that this was just Bay's retarded sense of humor failing epically....but at the same time, he's also shown himself to be a relatively intelligent guy, capable of catering to the senses. Maybe it was time for him to cater to his own senses?
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Comment by Cam on June 25, 2009 at 9:14am -
"Bay could very well just be fucking with us"
I think you vastly overestimate the intelligence of Michael Bay, but let's indulge your theory that Bay put in these stereotypes to purposely offend people.
If he did do this to mess people, it makes him no better than trolls on the internet. These stereotypes serve no productive purpose and if he was trying to send a message, there are much better ways than knowingly ruining the movie experience for people who he knows will be offended. This goes against his duties as a director.
Much more likely, Bay thought he was only adding "personality", and this incident showcases his ignorance than any possible intelligence.
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Comment by Kenami on June 25, 2009 at 8:50am - thank you! i'm sorry but way i see it is that Michael Bay looked at how most of society procieves things and said you know what? i can get a real kick out of making fun of that, just because that offenders wiggers, gangsters, and even women is just a casualties, way i see it if you find anything offensive in what you saw then maybe you should think about the way YOU (talking about offended people) act and why it bothers you so much, i can honestly say that while being a black man i felt no racial tension/total annoyance by those twins.
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Comment by Bert's Unibrow on June 25, 2009 at 8:07am
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Two points about this article:
1.) The hyper-offended out there, such as those who are upset about the supposed racism in this movie (and let me point out that I haven't seen this movie, as I will elaborate upon in point #2, but the characters in question are going to have to be something rather extreme for the word 'racist' to cross my mind), are offended by everything as it is anyway. The world offends them. Reality offends them, because it fails to live up to the perfect standards for everything that they have in their minds. To make a movie, much less a series of movies, just to offend people like that, is to shoot fish in a barrell. With a bazooka.
2.) You people actually paid to see this crap? Are you serious? After the bang-boom snoozefest that was Transformers? After the insomnia-curing trailers for this film?
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Comment by Condor on June 25, 2009 at 8:06am -
thankyou for posting this. too many people here on spill don't seem to think for themselves and just go along with everything that the spill crew think. so many times in comment sections i just see regurgitations of things i've heard Korey an co say.
don't get me wrong im a huge fan of the spill crew and like hearing their opinions but think for yourselves people!
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Comment by Lord Galvatron on June 25, 2009 at 6:15am - You know I'm not even gonna bother with this anymore just fuck Michael Bay and his fanturds all to hell
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Comment by Erin Simins on June 25, 2009 at 5:28am -
I'm disappointed too! I haven't seen it,but what I've heard I'm.
Just looking at the trailer I knew it would be bad.
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Comment by Dude984 on June 25, 2009 at 4:07am - i agree with just about everything you said...good job!
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Comment by IMAXcinema on June 25, 2009 at 12:25am -
you know what? your the only spillio iv talking to today who actually spouts out some common fuckin sense. everyone is getting worked up over a movie adaption which is a modified version of its original material. i agree about micheals humor, hes allways trying to put something in to give the audience something to laugh at even though it doesnt allways come across the way he intends to.
i loved every second of the movie. also, the people in that big imax theater couldnt give two shits about the fucking story. i goy my moneys worth, its the most fun iv had in a theater since the dark knight. we all came out with a big small on our face because it was fun as hell and i felt it did justice to the cartoon(which im a big fan of). even the spill was talking shit about it.giving silly reasons as to why it sucked. i couldnt even listen to the whole damn thing because all they were doing was talking smack about it.
it did not suck.
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