Transformers If you were michael bay...how would u do it?

[superherofan777]

What type of action scenes would you make if you were gonna make a transformers movie useing the transformers being used on film this coming july 4th? ( or anyothers)

what type of teaser trailer would you make?

How big would you make the films budget?

 

[cryptic name]

what i'd do majorly differently is the story, the film would start on Cybertron and explain the backstory of the war between autobots and decepticons. the sequence on cybertron would end with megatron leading an attack on the autobot stronghold and the autobots escaping in the ark.

the humans would play a smaller role.

the fights and action would involve the Transformers taking advantage of both their robot and vehicle modes (something Bay will probably do well)

the teaser would show the ark crashing into the volcano, introduce some of the human characters and end with spike staring up in wonder at Otimus Prime.

the budget would be as high as i could get.

 

[Avangarde]

What type of action scenes would you make if you were gonna make a transformers movie useing the transformers being used on film this coming july 4th? ( or anyothers)

what type of teaser trailer would you make?

How big would you make the films budget?

Do you have all day?

 

[kamaldhamal2007]

I would hire the TOP 5 TF fans by doing some competetion and ask them to help me through out the movie's production.

From scripting to editing.

Becasue i don't know anything about TF and i am sure so does michael bay. he is just doing it for $$$.

 

[DOG LIPS]

Wait, wait. If I was Michael Bay?

Probably do the same. Insane redesigns, bad story, edit the HELL out of it to be so fast you won't have time to point out plot holes before the next explosions scene. Ignore internet bastards, etc.

 

[vrempire]

I'll make it sound as logical as possible which is very hard indeed.
Add some new bots or maybe import some from Beast Wars Transformers.
The cost? No problem since I'm Michael Bay.

 

[zer00]

I'd kill Don Murphy and quit and let someone else direct

 

[xwolverine2]

id make steven do most of the work

 

[thegameq]

Use the Gen1 story. The robots are the stars, end of story. The humans are along for the ride. You need writers who truly understand the source material. If all they got out of Tfs was "cool ****'n robots, pass on them. The movie like the source material will be carried off the strength of the characterizations. The script is paramount. It doesn't have to be Shakespeare.

Make the bots more identifiable, yet maintain the more advanced look. Not to cold, not to organic. Make Megatron a cannon of some sort so as to maintain his look and badassness. Come up with a creative way to make sure the robots can display a full range of facial emotions--holographic faces or something--I don't know. This is extremely important since the depth of the characters will have to carry the film as in the source material.

Get the best in the business for the sfx. DONE.

Establish right off the bat your intentions to the studio. This will pretty much either make you the director or they'll pass on your incredibly daring, yet expensive and possibly risky vision.

If you're Michael Bay you have to decide: Is this going to be my breakout film? Am I going to make my LOTR? Is the risk worth it? Or is it to late in my career to be taking huge risks? Could I recover? Would H'wood have me back or write me off? I've built my reputation on being a dependable and arguably bankable film maker who get's the job. Do I risk it all?

 

[CFlash]

id make steven do most of the work

Hear hear! Or at least turn over the work to way more talented filmmakers (than Bay). I can think of about dozen better than Bay. From Paul Verhoeven to David Cronenberg and Gore Verbinsky... not to mention the big guns like Robert Zemeckis, Ridley Scott, and James Cameron. Ack! The possibility that this could have been a sci-fi classic instead of popcorn fluff still pisses me off.

Other than that, I would have involved in some fashion the old writers like Shooter, Budiansky, the Dreamwave guys, and probably some folks from Sunbow (if they're still alive) if only to flesh out what made Transformers TRANSFORMERS and distinct from its other contemporaries like Gobots, Voltron... and distinct from 1950's b-movies like Invaders from Mars and Attack of the 50ft Women, etc.

 

[Visionary]

I'd hand the film over to the real James Cameron being that that's who I think I am.

Sincerely,
Michael (I Blow Stuff Up) Bay

 

[xwolverine2]

Hear hear! Or at least turn over the work to way more talented filmmakers (than Bay). I can think of about dozen better than Bay. From Paul Verhoeven to David Cronenberg and Gore Verbinsky... not to mention the big guns like Robert Zemeckis, Ridley Scott, and James Cameron. Ack! The possibility that this could have been a sci-fi classic instead of popcorn fluff still pisses me off.

Other than that, I would have involved in some fashion the old writers like Shooter, Budiansky, the Dreamwave guys, and probably some folks from Sunbow (if they're still alive) if only to flesh out what made Transformers TRANSFORMERS and distinct from its other contemporaries like Gobots, Voltron... and distinct from 1950's b-movies like Invaders from Mars and Attack of the 50ft Women, etc.

nah......

james cameron would take 100 years to make TF... and sequel would be murder

michael bay is perfect.... just let steven do mostt:

 

[Visionary]

I would have gladly waited a 100 years if that was the case.

 

[CFlash]

nah......

james cameron would take 100 years to make TF... and sequel would be murder

michael bay is perfect.... just let steven do mostt:

True dat. I myself am expecting the "Poltergeist" & "Men in Black" phenomenon... two movies where it's damn obvious the director was usurped by Steven in most/many parts of the movie.

Unfortunately, that means Bay has at least ONE more movie after TF (his Wild Wild West) before he's written off as a complete utter hack.

 

[XxFaminexX]

the only thing i would do was at the end have megatron and optimus doke it out and optimus falls and when he dose have out of no where have the all mighty hotrod come in and give his hand to pick him up and like a tag team they gang up on megatron and starscream

 

[chosen1]

I would have the generation 1 Transfomers. I would have the first film focus on 5 autobots and 5 decepticons. Then at the end of the movie they have reinforcements come introducing new characters on both sides.

 

[Bapman2099]

I really think TF is gonna be Michael Bay's LOTR... and well... TF really has a potential to be something new and epic.
I mean its like Star Wars and War of The Worlds meet LOTR... but ofcourse we'll have to give time for this movie to start everything and the others build up on it.
About things I would do to the movie... well... I'd definitely make it more darker... as I think the Transformers [specially the Decepticons] should be shown like the TRIPODS in WotW... powerful... mysterious and scary... and stealthy.
The Transformers shouldn't get hurt by our modern weapons the way they do in the script. More humans should die to give them a style of a world wide unstoppable threat.
Get rid of the typical "Geeky Teenager meets Sexy popular girl who acts shallow but has a deeper soul" arc... No witty liners against the TF... regardless how ur fighting them... the humans should be scared sh|Tless of them... not spouting 1 liners before shooting.
Bumble Bee can start off as a Crappy Camaro but by the end he will either take the form of a Porche or VW Golf or any VW Sports car.
Optimus will take on the form of the classic Semi... then decide its not cool and change to the 18 wheeler... basically it'll be like an homage to the original but updating too.
There should be more one on one Transformer moments to develop on their characters and not just the humans. Have the legend on Unicorn put in somewhere as a TF myth.
Oh yeah... the original TF transforming sound... it should happen right before they transform... kind of like an initializing sequence code.
More Interactions between Megatron and Starscream... bigger over the top Megs VS Prime battle as the finale while the others are busy with themselves.
Starscream should be more tactical... and less whiney making it clear why he's second in command.
Get rid of parts where the government acts ignorant and stupid. Megatron would go on a killing spree once he's realeased from his prison.
Soundwave would be more effective and killer.
The finale should have an uber Human military VS the Decepticons battle where the humans almost loose and then Autobots come in... and they work together to beat them.
What else... oh yeah leave it open near the end.

 

[GhostPoet]

I would change their look. Give them a more alien appearance while keeping a very small resemblence to the boxy, out-dated G1 appearances. Just enough to know who they are.
I would try to get as much of the original voice actors back as possible.

The story would only very briefly take place on Cyberton and most of the movie would take place on Earth. The Transformers would all be very fleshed out with human traits to their personalties. It would revolve around some sort of powerful device as well as energon cubes. Humans would have a moderate role. Losing in battles mainly and of course human interaction between the humans and the autobots. It would be PG-13

 

[nosebleed.]

If I were Michael Bay I'd tell all of you to have a Coke and a smile and shut the **** up.

 

[Avangarde]

If I were Michael Bay I'd tell all of you to have a Coke and a smile and shut the **** up.

You mean Pepsi right

 

[nosebleed.]

Pepsi is too blocky.

 

[Avangarde]

Pepsi is too blocky.

Oh and here's me thinking it was to 80's ish

 

[ShadowBoxing]

If I were Michael Bay, I'd do what Michael Bay would do...make some self-congratulatory, fast paced, substance free action film that strayed far from anything that resembled the source material because I think I know better than everyone else...but then I am not Michael Bay.

 

[DOG LIPS]

If I were Michael Bay I'd concentrate on my hair and my leather jacket while I let someone else do the work. Oh, and 10 gallons of hairspray would make my hair-helmet immortal.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

If I were Michael Bay I'd concentrate on my hair and my leather jacket while I let someone else do the work. Oh, and 10 gallons of hairspray would make my hair-helmet immortal.

Bay: Okay and ACTION!

*Bay admires himself in a mirror*

Assisstant: Mr. Bay they finished the scene.

*snaps out of narcicistic gaze*

Bay: Oh good...that's a wrap folks.