Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2

Monday, February 11th, 2008 1:30PM CST

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Transformers Movie Director Michael Bay was present at the 6th annual Visual Effects Society Awards, where the Transformers Movie won big, taking home four awards (see the story by clicking here), and talked briefly with IESB about the sequel to the film.

You can read the IESB report by clicking here.

Or you can view the video of the interview by clicking here.

Bay went on to talk about the sequel and give some little hints of what we can expect on-screen next summer. Sadly, that's not going to include dinobots.

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Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629054)
Posted by Counterpunch on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:32pm CST

Makes complete sense with the tone of the movie.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629055)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:34pm CST

In the long run this is probably for the best.

As Awesome and Beloved as they are, I just could never see them translate properly into this type of media. It would just be hoaky.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629056)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:35pm CST

Dammit, I wanted me some Dinobots.

Maybe in the third movie.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629057)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:38pm CST

Seeing as there are about 2 Billion other Bots and Cons that can be introduced, this is no loss.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629058)
Posted by Skowl on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:39pm CST

Keep in mind the video will not load on my current computer, so I had to post this story without actually having seen it. I'm just going by what IESB reported in their transcript.

So, no dinobots is good, though I do hope they stick Grimlock in there somewhere, just not as a dinosaur.

I hope Bay's logic behind "no dinobots" doesn't rule out Arcee. Dinobots don't work because they can't really "disguise" themselves, now can they?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629059)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:39pm CST

This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.

just kidding

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629060)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:40pm CST

Didn't he say he was going to spead misinformation this time around? Like, right at the beginning of the project?

Although, yeah, Dinobots don't really fit the tone of the movieverse.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629061)
Posted by jazzrules on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:41pm CST

I wonder what he means by "different species"?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629062)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:41pm CST

First Gen wrote:This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.

just kidding

even joking, don't start that agian :roll:

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629065)
Posted by Skowl on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:43pm CST

First Gen wrote:This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.

just kidding

I really don't want to go through this again. He said he would LEAK stuff; this is a statement, it's not a leak.

If it comes from Bay, it can be trusted. If you don't know where it comes from, be skeptical.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629068)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:51pm CST

Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.

:oops:

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629069)
Posted by shadowsfm on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:53pm CST

he didnt say no dinobots

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629073)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:57pm CST

First Gen wrote:Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.

I'll forgive you if you clean my kitchen

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629074)
Posted by Smokescreen85 on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:58pm CST

No where in that video does Michael Bay say there won't be Dinobots. He simply says there's going to be a lot of new things (species!!!) that he can't tell us about. Dinobots are still a real possibility! And I don't agree that they couldn't work in the movieverse. If theme park attractions, animatronic Dinos, are brought to life by a leftover piece of the Allspark, that would be a great way to explain the existence of Dinobots.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629076)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 1:59pm CST

Liege Evilmus wrote:
First Gen wrote:Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.

I'll forgive you if you clean my kitchen

How bout I send Whiner Tron over to do it? cool?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629081)
Posted by Nekoman on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:07pm CST

He said there would be a lot of neat stuff, he didn’t give a yes or no answer if they would or wouldn’t be in it though. Now what would a lot of different species mean? Beast wars characters maybe?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629084)
Posted by Smokescreen85 on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:12pm CST

And besides, if you can have a giant metal scorpion in the first film, which is not a disguise, then you can have rampaging robot dinos, too.

I also wouldn't call Megatron's alt mode much of a disguise, either. Some 'bots just don't need to hide. They're too cool.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629085)
Posted by partholon on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:12pm CST

dino's didnt make sence in the first one but now that their covers blown i dont see why they cant use em now. after all its well within grimlock and co's personality to go for the most brutal alt modes they could get and if theyre still following the whole "no mass shifting" thing then the dinos would simply be too big to be vehicles (except swoop i suppose)

disguise is pretty much the autobots stick for infitration and intelligence gathering but the dinos are a much more overt heavy assault type of group.

sides ya cant tell me it wouldnt look cool to have comic grimlock and co go up againts the constructicons. :grin:

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629086)
Posted by Autobot Jazz on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:13pm CST

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still, he said no Dinobots, not no Grimlock, Slag, Snarl etc. so maybe they'll be in but with differnt alt. modes.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629087)
Posted by Mechabreaker on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:13pm CST

Liege Evilmus wrote:In the long run this is probably for the best.

As Awesome and Beloved as they are, I just could never see them translate properly into this type of media. It would just be hoaky.

I have to agree with you here, if Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg, and the writers want to maintain the realistic aspect that was present in the first movie, then they will stay away from the Dinobots, combiners/gestalts, and Unicron, or anything that might stretch the credibility of the plot.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629091)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:20pm CST

partholon wrote:dino's didnt make sence in the first one but now that their covers blown i dont see why they cant use em now. after all its well within grimlock and co's personality to go for the most brutal alt modes they could get and if theyre still following the whole "no mass shifting" thing then the dinos would simply be too big to be vehicles (except swoop i suppose)

disguise is pretty much the autobots stick for infitration and intelligence gathering but the dinos are a much more overt heavy assault type of group.

sides ya cant tell me it wouldnt look cool to have comic grimlock and co go up againts the constructicons.

Oh contrare mon frair, their cover was not blown. Remember the massive cover up that took place during the credits at the end of the movie.

And they were only out in Michigan City. No ones even heard of Michigan City so you would believe anything someone from Michigan City would say anyway.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629095)
Posted by UltraPrimal on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:25pm CST

What does he mean by "different type of species"? There's Autobots and Decepticons. What else is there? Maximals and Predacons? Minicons? Headmasters? :-?

And what did he say about "more than 8 characters"? It's kind of hard to hear because the other guy was talking.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629114)
Posted by opjet on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:50pm CST

h ha ha yeah baby the dinobots are out
then that means that give jetfire's chance
a bit bigger come on jetfire get in tf2 and
kick starscream chicken ass

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629117)
Posted by Pot Bot on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:53pm CST

is it not possible to quote the conversation on here? neither the script or the damn video will load?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629122)
Posted by Skowl on February 11th, 2008 @ 2:56pm CST

Nelson confirms Bay said "no Dinobots"

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629127)
Posted by Pontimax 01 on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:04pm CST

First Gen wrote:
partholon wrote:dino's didnt make sence in the first one but now that their covers blown i dont see why they cant use em now. after all its well within grimlock and co's personality to go for the most brutal alt modes they could get and if theyre still following the whole "no mass shifting" thing then the dinos would simply be too big to be vehicles (except swoop i suppose)

disguise is pretty much the autobots stick for infitration and intelligence gathering but the dinos are a much more overt heavy assault type of group.

sides ya cant tell me it wouldnt look cool to have comic grimlock and co go up againts the constructicons.

Oh contrare mon frair, their cover was not blown. Remember the massive cover up that took place during the credits at the end of the movie.

And they were only out in Michigan City. No ones even heard of Michigan City so you would believe anything someone from Michigan City would say anyway.

Michigan City? :???:

on topic: Yeah, I wouldn't do Dinobots either if it was my movie. I'd be afraid they wouldn't fit. Combiners would fit though.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629130)
Posted by dragons on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:06pm CST

i really dont care if the dino bots are in the sequel or not it just really wouldnt fit into the story to much but if by a chance bay does include dinots or dinobot they should have the cybertronian forms from the war within series instead of the dinosaour modes that would be good but if bay does include the dinobots or dinbot in the film bay is the man that can make it work in the upcoming sequel.

cliffjumper, or hotrod are the autobots i would like to see in the second and the decepticons combiner, soundwave or shockwave one of the 3

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629133)
Posted by Pot Bot on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:09pm CST

the video still wont play, it just comes up and crashed

and there's no text in the written version. Id love to see Hot Rod in 2, but if they are putting in Soundwave, why not the autobot opposite Blaster???? They always seem to be the nemisis of each other, so why not again?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629136)
Posted by First Gen on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:12pm CST

Pontimax 01 wrote:Michigan City?

on topic: Yeah, I wouldn't do Dinobots either if it was my movie. I'd be afraid they wouldn't fit. Combiners would fit though.

Michigan City, the fictional city Josh Duhamel said they needed to get to for the Air Force to extract the cube.

And please explain how combiners would work and NOT dinobots. As a previous post stated, Scorponok had no alt mode and he fit in just fine.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629137)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:15pm CST

Liege Evilmus wrote:
I'll forgive you if you clean my kitchen

How bout I send Whiner Tron over to do it? cool?[/quote]

As long as it gets done.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629140)
Posted by devil prime on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:20pm CST

damn i wanted to see the dinobots

ah well aslong as prowl is in the movie i'll be happy

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629145)
Posted by SoooTrypticon on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:27pm CST

President Bush also sticks "with his gut."

Anyhow- with Bay at the helm we can be sure to see a deficit in creativity, coolness, and smarts.

However:

-We will see a robot actually defecate.

-Big giggly robot breasts (and plenty of humor directed at them).

-and Optimus Prime do a little rap about how much he likes mountain dew.

The fact that they can't figure out a neet way to get some of the coolest transformers into their "real world" is only the beginning.

Since the first one was such a success (go team!) we can look forward to more of the same format for the sequel:

-More humans. People loved that Shia, so why not increase his screen time? Cuts down on budget too.

-Less Transformers. It costs money to pay actors, and takes a lot of thinkin to write lines for them, especially when you do the writin after everything's been shot. So why not just cut out most of the speaking robots? Except for the ones that say, "Me Grimlock love being GM truck."

-More Robots. Ah, but people love the smashy smashy- so make a bunch of easily clonable robot "species"- sorta like the critters in the matrix, and make armies of them for the American Military to fight. They could even transform in Kodak Cameras, Ipods, and Mountain Dew Despensors. Sweet!

-More Military. Half the movie will be about the American Military and how the surge in Iraq (that's in the Middle East) is going great.

-And finally, Optimus will die (in a knod to the fans).

So yeah, I wouldn't worry about the Dinobots.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629148)
Posted by OptitronPrime on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:34pm CST

As I said before I don't trust Bay so anything I hear about the movie I'm not paying attention to

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629156)
Posted by Vectorshot on February 11th, 2008 @ 3:45pm CST

He did not say yes or no to the Dinobots. He kept it very vague.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629163)
Posted by Skowl on February 11th, 2008 @ 4:00pm CST

First Gen wrote:Michigan City, the fictional city Josh Duhamel said they needed to get to for the Air Force to extract the cube.

It was Mission City.

First Gen wrote:And please explain how combiners would work and NOT dinobots. As a previous post stated, Scorponok had no alt mode and he fit in just fine.

Combiners can work. Robots with vehicles as a disguise, they turn into robots - only the robots combine to form a bigger robot. They got disguises, it works. If cars can transform into robots, it's not a stretch to say that those robots can then, in turn, assemble to make a bigger robot.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629170)
Posted by kuzzy on February 11th, 2008 @ 4:09pm CST

i have gone through alot of the transformers saga in my term of what i saw.dinobot dieing, rhinox turning into tankor, cybertron going technorganic,finding out blackarchnia goes back to the decepticons, the death of jazz and many other things, but when you go and take out that dinobots sar out of the lightof transformers 2 youve just got transformers 1 again but with more robots. but i can see why michael bay doesnt want the dinobots, i think is because it would be too hard for the animators to make a protoformed trex or triceratops.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629271)
Posted by Autobot Snake Eyes on February 11th, 2008 @ 5:48pm CST

Now I think it would be better for the movie to have the dinobots but maybe we'll see em next movie.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629299)
Posted by Tigertrack on February 11th, 2008 @ 6:33pm CST

I love how people try to justify fictional robots cannot fit in with a bunch of other fictional robots in a fictional movie that can supposedly take place on realstic Earth...it's just too much, giant cubes that create life and then can fold in upon themselves to become about 1/1000 the size...that's definitely believable.

I have a hard time believing that BS or that there should be no Unicron, or combiners.

Sorry, it's been a long day.

I really hope new species means like Insecticons, and not BW guys. But if Dinobots don't fit in, I don't know how Insecticons, Predacons, or any other animal like TF will work.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629323)
Posted by shadowsfm on February 11th, 2008 @ 6:53pm CST

i can see a scene where theres a T Rex rampaging through a dark city streets, like in the lost world: jerastic park 2, or godzilla. but instead of it being organic, it is machanical like movie prime and colored like jazz and megatron. and between the gaps in his armor , you can see a machanical skeleten, gears, gyros, and other moving parts. and i see red glowing eyes. the autobots are trying to hunt him down in the dark city to keep thier cover from being blown. he moves so quick through the streets, that even after he smashes cars and buildings, people still didnt see him clearly enough to know whats going on

it could happen

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629403)
Posted by Ratking on February 11th, 2008 @ 8:14pm CST

So what "other species" would be feasable for the big screen? :-?

Quintesons? I could kind of imagine how they would look... Pretenders!? Humans that transform? Would they look like the bad guys from the Terminator sequels? But what constitutes different species in Tansformers? Predacons? Maximals? Dinobots? I think Bay would be a damned fool to miss an easy cash cow like the Dinobots! I mean, Hasbro must have some influence on what they want in the new films; they are only in it to sell lots of toys right? And besides, what self respecting "5 and up" year old doesn't like robot dinosaurs smashing a city to hell?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629406)
Posted by Pontimax 01 on February 11th, 2008 @ 8:16pm CST

Skowl wrote:
First Gen wrote:Michigan City, the fictional city Josh Duhamel said they needed to get to for the Air Force to extract the cube.

It was Mission City.

First Gen wrote:And please explain how combiners would work and NOT dinobots. As a previous post stated, Scorponok had no alt mode and he fit in just fine.

Combiners can work. Robots with vehicles as a disguise, they turn into robots - only the robots combine to form a bigger robot. They got disguises, it works. If cars can transform into robots, it's not a stretch to say that those robots can then, in turn, assemble to make a bigger robot.

^^ What he said.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629449)
Posted by Tyrenol on February 11th, 2008 @ 9:24pm CST

Remember what MikeBay said last time?

Don't accept any rumor until the actual movie comes out. Patience, my metallic transforming grasshoppers.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629727)
Posted by Mykltron on February 12th, 2008 @ 7:10am CST

Someone said their cover is blown - why is it? Just cos some people know they're there doesn't mean a thing cos they can choose new disguises and infiltrate society all over again. This also means that new Prime and BBee toys will be needed.

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629734)
Posted by ***Galvatron*** on February 12th, 2008 @ 7:23am CST

Tyrenol wrote:Remember what MikeBay said last time?

Don't accept any rumor until the actual movie comes out. Patience, my metallic transforming grasshoppers.

I'll agree with others in this thread that this is not a rumor spread by an unknown source like the first leaked treatment but I still have to reserve a pinch of salt at the same time to cover my bases.
I've not seen the video yet as my speakers have been blown for a while now grrrr, but by "other species" IF this holds true I wonder does he mean Quintessons or even some other species of non transformer types ?

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629744)
Posted by Pot Bot on February 12th, 2008 @ 7:41am CST

right ive finally seen the video, and he doesnt answer the question about the dinobots. He just changes the subject and says more species, that could mean predacons, quints, dino's, anything. Im not sure where the "he said no dinobots" came from, he simply ignored the question

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (629862)
Posted by First-Aid on February 12th, 2008 @ 10:36am CST

OK...This must be the speculation thread.. :-?

Possible logical explanation for Dinobots on earth: Megatron did NOT lose control and crash, as the humans in Sector 7 believed. He was chased and ambushed by the Dynobots/Dinobots who were a larger, more powerful breed of Transformer (in order to counter Megsy's size and strength). After finding out Megatron still functioned after their colossal battle, the Bots return to Earth to finish the job.

Possible logical explanation for multiple species: obviously not all Transformers are the same size (see Frenzy); it is logical to assume that larger AND smaller bots may exist- some with advanced personality program (Prime, Barricade, etc) and some with more primitive forms of thought bordering on instinct (see Nokia-bot and Dispensor).

Possible logical explanation for a beach scene in Transformers 2: Meghan Fox in a bikini...nuff said!

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (633893)
Posted by WarzoneBeta on February 16th, 2008 @ 3:35pm CST

i'd just like to point out he DID NOT say that thier were no dinobots he didnt say no directly and his face moved very slightly like mine does when i try keeping a secret sooo... their will be something in it dino-like

Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 (633895)
Posted by WarzoneBeta on February 16th, 2008 @ 3:35pm CST

or not can't tell yet

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