Director Michael Bay has a third "Transformers" film in mind, and if it plays out as he expects, the next installment would have a more substantial role for Rodriguez. The filmmaker, speaking at his office a few weeks before "Revenge of the Fallen" was released, seemed to have some pride of discovery when talking about Rodriguez.
"I've worked with big stars, people like Will Smith, Sean Connery and Bruce Willis, but casting is a weird thing, it takes you places you don't expect," Bay said. "We went looking for a sidekick in this movie, Shia's sidekick, and we find this new kid who really pops on screen. I think he's going to have a real bright career. It's great to work with big stars, but it's always fun to discover people."
"I've worked with big stars, people like Will Smith, Sean Connery and Bruce Willis, but casting is a weird thing, it takes you places you don't expect," Bay said. "We went looking for a sidekick in this movie, Shia's sidekick, and we find this new kid who really pops on screen. I think he's going to have a real bright career. It's great to work with big stars, but it's always fun to discover people."
to read more of the Times' piece.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was released June 24th, 2009 and stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez, Kevin Dunn, Julie White. The film is directed by Michael Bay.
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No VIS. I see what you're trying to say, but your wrong. Star Trek was the perfect summer blockbuster. That phrase should NOT imply that the film is so f*cking insipid that only a retarded six year old with epilepsy would find it moving.
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
T.Clark
I like stories with substance. But Transformers is about f*cking giant alien robots that can transform into our vehicles. What Michael Bay did was perfect for something like that. If the crude humor was cut, TF2 would have been the perfect summer blockbuster. You need to base your opinion on movies on what they are, not based on your ridiculous standards that all movies should live up to. Seriously, watch f*cking Gone With The Wind if you want an actual epic. Watch Transformers for a good time, because it doesn't need to be anything more than that.
Besides, how the f*ck would you know anything about good stories when you can't even make a point, a stupid point, but a point, without making a grammatical error every other word or letter?
"that serie has no content but a lot of stupid action, that you love so much!!"
"that's what create a real good movie nowadays!!"
"that show us that he is no putting his attention in the real deal of the movie"
Re-read those, because based on those "sentences" you strike me as the kind of person who would go ape-sh*t over an action extravaganza because your brain couldn't process anything else. Seriously, stop trying to act intellectual and just accept that you're a dumb ass.
"A GOOD STORY OF TRANSFORMING ROBOTS!!!! " I didn't quote that because of a grammar issue, but to tell you that it DID have a story, in fact a really good story. It's the kind of story you'd see in the cartoon, it was just bogged down by a lot of action, and that's not a bad thing. The crude humor was the downfall of this movie, which, again, I can't believe you didn't laugh at like a mentally challenged person consistently slapping someone in the face.
Watchmen was a superhero movie with substance...but people didn't like it, and yet they complain that comic book movies should have more substance. Then when a movie comes along that doesn't need to be anything but a good time, they don't like that. You can't please anyone nowadays, and at least Bay has the balls to stick to his game plan.
I don't even know why I typed so much, you probably won't be able to read all of it. Have fun itching your happy region while giggling like a school girl.
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
sirmetro
Good news,err i'm talking about the third installment part. I just don't even give the tiniest of sh*ts what this Ramon *sshole is going to do, we want to hear about what Bay is planning
3 years agoby @sirmetroFlag
Hmes22
Agent VIS
U can go and see The Power Rangers, that serie has no content but a lot of stupid action, that you love so much!! ^^
3 years agoby @hmes22Flag
T.Clark
If I want substance, I'll eat a banana.
I watch Transformers for action, because it's a, well, action movie.
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
Hmes22
Hey cmanptown02, u think cause a movie have fantastic things like transforming robots u can do whatever u want??
That not work that way, u must create something with substance, you must develope a character to make something interesting, it doesn't matter if it is a comic book based movie, a cartoon movie, or anything like that
that's what create a real good movie nowadays!!
and if people like Bay thinks more of re using a character so stupid like Leo, that show us that he is no putting his attention in the real deal of the movie, A GOOD STORY OF TRANSFORMING ROBOTS!!!!
3 years agoby @hmes22Flag
cmanptown02
oh my goodness. you guys are so whiny.
"I can't stand a movie with no substance or no real character development"
"Any diehard fan will feel insulted by this movie"
"Michael Bay is such a dumbass. And the worst part is, he's too much of a dumbass to realize it"
THIS WAS A SCI-FI MOVIE! WITH ROBOTS THAT TRANSFORM!! THIS WAS NOT BASED ON A TRUE STORY PEOPLE!! YOU SAW THE TRAILER AND EXPECTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN ROBOTS THAT TRANSFORM AND BLOW SH*T UP!! WHO'S THE DUMBASS??
3 years agoby @cmanptown02Flag
Psycho
He should have a big role? Why not kill the f*cking annoying ass Leo already?
3 years agoby @physco-123Flag
T.Clark
NateMAN, there's a thing called IMPROVING. The character isn't beyond repair. Both Leo and the person who plays him, Rodriguez, have potential. He was the highlight when it came to humor in the movie with all the unnecessary crude moments. If he had a small role and there's room for improvement, and he CAN be improved, there's no reason to not bring him back.
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
schlike22
The only reason anyone with a brain should enjoy TF Michael Bay movies, is because of their biased love for the TF's. That's the only reason I can sit thru these films. Action and effects are great, but I can't stand a movie with no substance or no real character development. TF has every opportunity to be big and bad and GOOD. Bay makes them painful to watch again sometimes.
3 years agoby @schlike22Flag
jae1169
this movie is supposed to be mindless entertainment! And that is exactly what it is Anyone with half a brain would look at the base material and seriously not gone this route. Any diehard fan will feel insulted by this movie it follows none of the mythology that it was based on what so ever I am glad that i did not shell out money to watch this one. I cant wait till we are "treated" to part three i can see it now unicron will be a garbage truck after bay is done with him.
3 years agoby @jae1169Flag
NateMAN
Why would he have a bigger role? He was a completely useless character. Think about it, if that character wasn't in the movie at all, it would have been exactly the same. Nothing would have changed. And on top of that he was the most annoying character in the movie, which is a pretty big feat considering Michael Bay movies are filled with annoying useless characters.
I swear, Michael Bay is such a dumbass. And the worst part is, he's too much of a dumbass to realize it.
3 years agoby @natemanFlag
sweeneyfan1
TRANSFORMERS REVENGE OF THE FALLEN WAS A PIECE OF SH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 years agoby @sweeneyfan1Flag
soylent green Lantern
Well that sucks.
3 years agoby @soylentgreenmonkeyFlag
IAmxVindicated
This news makes me happy :)
3 years agoby @iamxvindicatedFlag
LEO: Lord Epsilon Omega
ROTF was awesome. Sure, I saw some flaws in it, but so what? If you want to roll with that logic, then I can tear Star Wars Episode 5 apart and say it sucked.
Just open up your minds to a little bit of mythology and sci-fi, people! If it had to be so flippin' realistic, it wouldn't be fiction now would it?
3 years agoby @epsalonFlag
deadjedi
I could be a nit-picker and tear the movie apart, but that's not why I watch movies. I watch them to temporarily suspend my disbelief, open myself to fantastic possibilities, and be entertained.
In the end, I just thought the movie was too damned long. About half-way through the final battle I looked at my watch. Not a good sign. If I give in to that urge, it means I'm NOT being entertained and drawn into the film. I'm just sitting through a long movie.
3 years agoby @deadjediFlag
T.Clark
For those of you who are complaining about a robot Heaven...you believe whole heartedly in a, well, human Heaven without the slightest bit of evidence...just saying.
If you believe in Heaven at all, then you should accept that alien robotic organisms could go there, too.
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
wildsmurff
I am actually glad they made Optimus a badass in the second movie. I thought that the first one he was a bit of a let down. I haven't read any of the novels or prequel or sequels to the movies that might explain why he wasn't. But I do know from the cartoons that Optimus was a bad ass.
The cartoon movie's opening battle were he dies he single handedly takes out about 5-6 decepticons and then beats the living daylights out of Megatron. Only reason he dies is because Rodimus butts in.
3 years agoby @wildsmurffFlag
wildsmurff
The biggest issue I had with the movies was when the cubed was touched. In the first one Frenzy is fixxed when he touchs it yet Bumblee Bee's voice box isnt. Why didn't the Tow truck come to life while the xbox, mountain dew machine and sam's kitchen come to life. Plus does everything that cube brings to life a decepticon??
3 years agoby @wildsmurffFlag
wildsmurff
I still liked the movie even with some of the faults in it.
on #5. The toy line did make pretendicons. The Autobots looked like humans while the decepticons looked like beast. So concidering that this is based of the toyline and cartoon all forms of transformers are game for the movie.
3 years agoby @wildsmurffFlag
T.Clark
If you're going to copy and paste something, give credit to who you're copying.
Or just think of something original on your own.
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
Marcus-07
They were wrong about Bumblebee and his voicebox thing. It's not repaired at the end of first movie. O.Prime said that he is working on it. And that part when you think that he actually said something original at the end. Something like: "I would like to stay with the boy if he wants that..." That is the line from one radio show soap. Anyway I said before that this movie is a big dissapointemnt and epic FAIL.
3 years agoby @marcus-07Flag
pourya13
check yahoomovies.
3 years agoby @pourya13Flag
pourya13
yes i copy,cus it was so true.they were wrong about 2!!!they used the second piece on jetfire!
3 years agoby @pourya13Flag
ringer66
you copied and posted from the yahoo article. and you forgot #2
3 years agoby @ringer66Flag
pourya13
1. In "Transformers," there was this giant battle in the middle of downtown Los Angeles -- excuse me, Mission City -- that was witnessed by thousands of people at the very least. But somehow the government was able to cover up the whole thing, and now the existence of alien robots is just an internet rumor? How did they do it? Pay off everyone who was there and quickly fix millions of dollars in damage? Also, didn't Keller (Jon Voight) go on TV and tell everyone we were being attacked by "a technological civilization far superior to our own"? How did they spin that?
2.........
3. Speaking of Megatron's rebirth, when the Decepticons venture deep into the ocean to revive him, the Navy crew tracking them reads five contacts. When they get down there, they tear apart one of the robots for parts to rebuild Megatron. Then as they rise to the surface, the same Navy guys say they spot six contacts. The little "Doctor" robot popped out down there, but he's about a third of the size of a person. Would he have shown up on sonar?
Shia LaBeouf 4. That reminds me: even if I were to forgive the Doctor's German accent -- and director Michael Bay is asking me to forgive a lot of ridiculous accents -- why would a robot need glasses? He has little lenses that flip in front of his mechanical eyes. Couldn't he just get his eyes adjusted? You'd think with all the laser guns, someone could perform a Lasik procedure.
5. Apparently, Transformers can look like people now. How? And how is it that even though the robo-girl (Isabel Lucas) is made of metal, she can still straddle Sam without crushing him. And if Bumblebee knows something's wrong with her, why does he spit antifreeze at her instead of telling Sam? Yes, his voicebox is broken, but wasn't it fixed at the end of the last movie?
Megan Fox 6. The Fallen is the last of the Primes, since they all sacrificed themselves to stop him from destroying the sun. But then he says that Optimus is a descendant of the Primes. First, Transformers have kids? And second, how could he descend from them if they were all dead? And if the Fallen could only be destroyed by a Prime, why didn't the originals just gang up on him back in the day? And what makes Optimus so special, anyway? Megatron beat him earlier, but all it takes is a few spare parts from creaky old Jetfire for him to take out the Fallen?
7. Sam, Mikaela, and Simmons (John Turturro) go to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. to find Jetfire. Then they walk out the back onto a wide open field with old planes and mountains in the distance. When did the National Mall start to look so much like to Tucson, AZ (where they really filmed that scene)?
Megan Fox 8. The geography is just as bad when they go to Egypt. The stone city of Petra in Jordan is over 250 miles away, over mountainous terrain, with few paved roads and the Israeli border between them, so how can they drive from one to the other in a couple of hours. And the Pyramids are said to be shooting distance from the Mediterranean, but they are actually well over 80 miles inland. Even if the Navy ship had a secret rail gun, and even if the captain would take an order to fire from a former agent of a government branch that no longer exists (over a walkie-talkie that inexplicably starts working again), how could it hit a moving target from that distance?
9. Sam briefly dies and goes to Robot Heaven. Robot Heaven?!?!
Megan Fox 10. Where does Sam's bandage come from? What about his extra sock? Why does Sam's roommate not contribute anything at all? What was the Fallen doing for those thousands of years Megatron was frozen in ice? How does one satellite receive transmissions from everywhere on the planet? Why does Wheelie hump Mikaela's leg? Why do we have to see John Turturro's thong? Why are robots who join together to become Devastator also seen fighting the Army at the same time? Why does the government want only our military fighting Decepticons when our weapons seem unable to make so much as a dent on any of them? Why did the ancient Egyptians build a pyramid around the sun-destroying machines instead of just breaking it? Why is the Matrix of Leadership bigger in the Fallen's hand than in Sam's? And how do Mikaela's pants stay so clean?
3 years agoby @pourya13Flag
firstonetodieloses
that sucks, that character was beyond annoying in the movie. I enjoyed everything else in it but him. as far as new transformers I know this is a far stretch but dinobots anyone? they were a huge part of the original gen 1 cartoon. even if its just grimlock. The trick would be working the dinosaur angle into it but they all ready established the transformers have been on earth forever in ROTF.
3 years agoby @firstonetodielosesFlag
ringer66
...sam goes to robot heaven.....ROBOT HEAVEN!!!
need i say more?
3 years agoby @ringer66Flag
BrandoFresh
That's awesome! I loved Leo in Revenge of the Fallen. Can't wait to see what he'll be doing in the third movie.
3 years agoby @brandofreshFlag