Michael Bay Offers Clarification on the Transformers: Age of Extinction Hong Kong Filming Altercation

EnergonPoopShoot wrote:F#@& the global economy, film the next movie in the US or similar country not plagued with human rights concerns or issues of freedom.

Autobot032 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I was thinking some crazed Transformers fan actually carried out his threat. Huh.

I hope we're better than that. We have to be.

T-Macksimus wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:Blimey, Chinese mobs in this day and age (that's not racism, by the way)
I'm guessing nobody was too injured from the article, that's good.
Man, what if Bay actually went full on action star like the characters he directs

For a minute when I saw the news post I thought maybe a faction of the TF fandom had finally cracked over his portrayal of Transformers.

If I can just clarify, this post is kinda tongue in cheek. I'm not racist to the Chinese (I really like the oriental half of the world, actually), I do not find violence toward anyone funny, and even if I am starting to really dislike Micheal Bays handling of the franchise, I do not expect or condone hate from the fandom.

Why so defensive? Call a spade a spade kimosabe!

Call a spade a spade?? Well...in that case I'm going to have to call the rest of you who are promoting and reveling in the attempts at violence against Bay complete and total assholes and piss poor representatives of our fandom and quite possibly the lowest form of human life on the planet. Disgusting little pukes is what you people are. You may not like his work and you are well entitled to that opinion but to wish violence upon him simply because YOU don't happen to agree with his style of film making? **** You, you arrogant little bastards! I hope somebody beats the holy living **** out of YOU people because, quite frankly, you all offend the hell out of me and are an insult and an abomination to this entire fandom.

There... pisses you all off, doesn't it? Offended, ready to lash back at me and rip me a new one, get me banned or just plain jump up in my face? Then think about how everyone else that YOU attack feels!! Sucks, doesn't it?

Now, the question is... are any of you actually going to learn anything from this or do I have to make my inflammatory example above an actual hard and fast, true-to-life opinion of how you folks REALLY are? I would hate to think that my fellow fans are really like that but honestly, many of you make it VERY easy to accept that belief.

Mods... you know me by now, you know I have done stuff like this in the past simply to get folks to think, to open their eyes, to view things differently and see how their actions affect others and how they are representing this site to the rest of the world. You know I do this because I actually give a damn about my fellow fans and how we are represented out there so having said this, do what you will with me.

MINDVVIPE wrote:Dude, your taking this all too seriously. People ranting and exagerating their hatred is probably as old as cavemen. You can put away your soapbox, I'm sure 99% of the people who make threats out of hate for the movies are just doing so to personify their hatred for the movies, and aren't even violent natured folk. There's enough real violence regarding real issues to get mad about, chill out.

This is mildly funny anyway, I've seen funnier shit happen with wackos in my own neighborhood. Though I woulda liked to see Bay duck into the AC unit.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I was thinking some crazed Transformers fan actually carried out his threat. Huh.

I hope we're better than that. We have to be.

With the irrational, overblown, hate filled, nonsense I've seen some people post, I wouldn't be surprised if someone actually did that.

Metrosuplex wrote:

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I was thinking some crazed Transformers fan actually carried out his threat. Huh.

I hope we're better than that. We have to be.

With the irrational, overblown, hate filled, nonsense I've seen some people post, I wouldn't be surprised if someone actually did that.

Just incredibly self-important and egotistical to assume it HAD to be fans. If Michael Bay is right about his explanation, it had nothing to do with fans (as I would expect it to have nothing to do with TF fans).

People can be belligerent to extort money or just out of blind racism/xenophobia.

Some of you guys need to stop taking the forums so seriously, and stop taking them as an accurate representation of TF fandom - the fact is that a lot more TF fans do NOT post, compared to the few that post some rabid replies.

I'm sure China is more embarrassed than anyone else (or should be). They haven't looked that stupid since the arrival of the Olympic teams wearing gas masks!

MagnetarPrime wrote:so Bay was going to get his face smashed by a long air conditioner unit LMAO !!!!!

that is what you get for making stupid movies.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:If you want to act like a caveman, fine. Make a Michael Bay effigy and beat it with a club if you want to, I don't care. But this forum is open for the world to see and you're making us all look like whiny man-children with severe antisocial disorders. Normal people don't spend their free time shoving their irrational and over blown hatred down everyone's throats every chance they get. Especially when it's about something as trivial as a movie series that's approaching it's 4th installment.

MINDVVIPE wrote:

Evil_the_Nub wrote:If you want to act like a caveman, fine. Make a Michael Bay effigy and beat it with a club if you want to, I don't care. But this forum is open for the world to see and you're making us all look like whiny man-children with severe antisocial disorders. Normal people don't spend their free time shoving their irrational and over blown hatred down everyone's throats every chance they get. Especially when it's about something as trivial as a movie series that's approaching it's 4th installment.

Blah blah soapbox banter blah blah. The only thing abnormal is caring so much about what others think. No one is going to think your a sociopath for being a tf fan anyway, and if they're on the forums, they already know the realities that any fandom has "extremists". Given the rules I've read in this forum, if your offended with someone's post, report it, and save us having to read your chunks of text all about how bad we are, stabbing at the fandom as a whole and actually weakening our unity, not to mention souring the vibe of the thread.

njb902 wrote:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil
is that good men do nothing.

MINDVVIPE wrote:Given the rules I've read in this forum, if your offended with someone's post, report it, and save us having to read your chunks of text all about how bad we are,

MINDVVIPE wrote:

njb902 wrote:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil
is that good men do nothing.

That isn't applicable to what I just said. It only applies if your standing next to a man being beaten to death. This is far from what seems to have happened. If a man gets into a fight, it's his fight. If he was being beaten to death, I'm sure I and that same 99% would man up and step in to stop it. That's not what I was speaking about though. I was just speaking about chilling out on a forum.

njb902 wrote:99% would not stand up, that isn't what humans do.
You say my quote doesn't apply, I say it couldn't apply more. It starts with words, some even in jest, and the next thing you know a little girl jumps off a cement factory. A few more words in a beer hall leads to a holocaust. Overly dramatic sure, but they started with words nonetheless.

Burn wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:Given the rules I've read in this forum, if your offended with someone's post, report it, and save us having to read your chunks of text all about how bad we are,

Or just don't bother reading it, that saves time too.

MINDVVIPE wrote:

njb902 wrote:99% would not stand up, that isn't what humans do.
You say my quote doesn't apply, I say it couldn't apply more. It starts with words, some even in jest, and the next thing you know a little girl jumps off a cement factory. A few more words in a beer hall leads to a holocaust. Overly dramatic sure, but they started with words nonetheless.

99% probably wouldn't, guess I was being too optimistic. What you just said does hold truth, but you could still combat the extreme words of violence by reporting it, rather than going on and on with all this self-righteousness when, in all honesty, I'm willing to bet no one in this thread that's said violent crap about Bay is in any way going to go act on it ever.

Burn wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:Given the rules I've read in this forum, if your offended with someone's post, report it, and save us having to read your chunks of text all about how bad we are,

Or just don't bother reading it, that saves time too.

Word. Good advice that I should try to adhere to more in the future. Cheers.

njb902 wrote:

MagnetarPrime wrote:so Bay was going to get his face smashed by a long air conditioner unit LMAO !!!!!

that is what you get for making stupid movies.

So where is the line drawn for the acceptability of assault? A bad cup of coffee, a long wait at the checkout, a late delivery, or hell maybe your significant other mouths off to you a little? So where?

MagnetarPrime wrote:

njb902 wrote:

MagnetarPrime wrote:so Bay was going to get his face smashed by a long air conditioner unit LMAO !!!!!

that is what you get for making stupid movies.

So where is the line drawn for the acceptability of assault? A bad cup of coffee, a long wait at the checkout, a late delivery, or hell maybe your significant other mouths off to you a little? So where?

he is fine, stop crying about your hero Bayformers movie will come out soon,, damn if you all care so much,,, idk send him flowers

MagnetarPrime wrote:

njb902 wrote:

MagnetarPrime wrote:so Bay was going to get his face smashed by a long air conditioner unit LMAO !!!!!

that is what you get for making stupid movies.

So where is the line drawn for the acceptability of assault? A bad cup of coffee, a long wait at the checkout, a late delivery, or hell maybe your significant other mouths off to you a little? So where?

he is fine, stop crying about your hero Bayformers movie will come out soon,, damn if you all care so much,,, idk send him flowers

MagnetarPrime wrote:

njb902 wrote:

MagnetarPrime wrote:so Bay was going to get his face smashed by a long air conditioner unit LMAO !!!!!

that is what you get for making stupid movies.

So where is the line drawn for the acceptability of assault? A bad cup of coffee, a long wait at the checkout, a late delivery, or hell maybe your significant other mouths off to you a little? So where?

he is fine, stop crying about your hero Bayformers movie will come out soon,, damn if you all care so much,,, idk send him flowers

njb902 wrote:

MagnetarPrime wrote:

njb902 wrote:

MagnetarPrime wrote:so Bay was going to get his face smashed by a long air conditioner unit LMAO !!!!!

that is what you get for making stupid movies.

So where is the line drawn for the acceptability of assault? A bad cup of coffee, a long wait at the checkout, a late delivery, or hell maybe your significant other mouths off to you a little? So where?

he is fine, stop crying about your hero Bayformers movie will come out soon,, damn if you all care so much,,, idk send him flowers

Hero? He's just a movie director.

MagnetarPrime wrote:

njb902 wrote:

MagnetarPrime wrote:so Bay was going to get his face smashed by a long air conditioner unit LMAO !!!!!

that is what you get for making stupid movies.

So where is the line drawn for the acceptability of assault? A bad cup of coffee, a long wait at the checkout, a late delivery, or hell maybe your significant other mouths off to you a little? So where?

he is fine, stop crying about your hero Bayformers movie will come out soon,, damn if you all care so much,,, idk send him flowers

njb902 wrote:
Hero? He's just a movie director.

EagleTron wrote:I'm so glad nothing happened to the Transformers savoir Mr. Bay. I believe the whole story. I can't praise the filming crew enough for how they handled the entire situation. I can visualize exactly what went down. Let the production continue to and bring us another blockbuster. I'm guessing Bay is pulling out the good ones from his bag of tricks for this movie.

RhA wrote:

EagleTron wrote:I'm so glad nothing happened to the Transformers savoir Mr. Bay. I believe the whole story. I can't praise the filming crew enough for how they handled the entire situation. I can visualize exactly what went down. Let the production continue to and bring us another blockbuster. I'm guessing Bay is pulling out the good ones from his bag of tricks for this movie.

You did not personally attack Michael Bay. But why the attitude? Am I missing something here?

Or do you need a hug?

EagleTron wrote:

RhA wrote:

EagleTron wrote:I'm so glad nothing happened to the Transformers savoir Mr. Bay. I believe the whole story. I can't praise the filming crew enough for how they handled the entire situation. I can visualize exactly what went down. Let the production continue to and bring us another blockbuster. I'm guessing Bay is pulling out the good ones from his bag of tricks for this movie.

You did not personally attack Michael Bay. But why the attitude? Am I missing something here?

Or do you need a hug?

What attitude RhA? Did you just not read that I said I was happy that the Transformers orical Mr. Bay wasn't harmed. And of course the tone that came from my comments weren't all that posivtive sounding cause that was all real and could have turned out very bad for the filming crew. Or are you one of those hatters that wish something bad would have happened to the Transformers franchise savoir Mr.Bay. or are you are you a sissy that never been in a situation or environment where there are people that will do anything for a dollar and you have to physically protect yourself from them.

TurboMMaster wrote:I think that this brothers are martyrs. They are simply try to avoid Bay creation of another terrible movie. With use of controversial method, but still for me idea was good:)

TurboMMaster wrote:Bay deserves to get he's butt kicked badly, if not for anything else, the way he killed Megatron in DotM is enough. And this is without RotF and he's famous "Devastator Balls" scene and "Dog" scene.

TurboMMaster wrote:Bay deserves to get he's butt kicked badly, if not for anything else, the way he killed Megatron in DotM is enough. And this is without RotF and he's famous "Devastator Balls" scene and "Dog" scene.

TurboMMaster wrote:Bay deserves to get he's butt kicked badly, if not for anything else, the way he killed Megatron in DotM is enough. And this is without RotF and he's famous "Devastator Balls" scene and "Dog" scene.

EagleTron wrote:

TurboMMaster wrote:Bay deserves to get he's butt kicked badly, if not for anything else, the way he killed Megatron in DotM is enough. And this is without RotF and he's famous "Devastator Balls" scene and "Dog" scene.

Yup! Mr.Bay's name should never ever come out of your mouth. Stick to any of your transformers factions that's anything other than Bayverse. While the rest of us all enjoy our popcorn and explosions alien robots at the big theatre on the big screen with our 3D glasses on enjoying the visuals from them new 3D cameras Mr.Bay is using.

RhA wrote:

EagleTron wrote:

TurboMMaster wrote:Bay deserves to get he's butt kicked badly, if not for anything else, the way he killed Megatron in DotM is enough. And this is without RotF and he's famous "Devastator Balls" scene and "Dog" scene.

Yup! Mr.Bay's name should never ever come out of your mouth. Stick to any of your transformers factions that's anything other than Bayverse. While the rest of us all enjoy our popcorn and explosions alien robots at the big theatre on the big screen with our 3D glasses on enjoying the visuals from them new 3D cameras Mr.Bay is using.

You are the gift that keeps on giving.

EagleTron wrote:

RhA wrote:

EagleTron wrote:

TurboMMaster wrote:Bay deserves to get he's butt kicked badly, if not for anything else, the way he killed Megatron in DotM is enough. And this is without RotF and he's famous "Devastator Balls" scene and "Dog" scene.

Yup! Mr.Bay's name should never ever come out of your mouth. Stick to any of your transformers factions that's anything other than Bayverse. While the rest of us all enjoy our popcorn and explosions alien robots at the big theatre on the big screen with our 3D glasses on enjoying the visuals from them new 3D cameras Mr.Bay is using.

You are the gift that keeps on giving.

Since it sounds like you wanna be on the EagleTron fan club so bad, I now name you Little Wings of Grasshopper.

Burn wrote:

EagleTron wrote:

RhA wrote:

EagleTron wrote:

TurboMMaster wrote:Bay deserves to get he's butt kicked badly, if not for anything else, the way he killed Megatron in DotM is enough. And this is without RotF and he's famous "Devastator Balls" scene and "Dog" scene.

Yup! Mr.Bay's name should never ever come out of your mouth. Stick to any of your transformers factions that's anything other than Bayverse. While the rest of us all enjoy our popcorn and explosions alien robots at the big theatre on the big screen with our 3D glasses on enjoying the visuals from them new 3D cameras Mr.Bay is using.

You are the gift that keeps on giving.

Since it sounds like you wanna be on the EagleTron fan club so bad, I now name you Little Wings of Grasshopper.

He can't be in your fan club, he's already in mine.

I've called him Rupert.

RhA wrote:I regret to inform you that your current avatar is promoting handlebars, which caused me to resign from your club. I no longer wish to carry your child.