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'Transformers' Live Action Movie from DreamWorks?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-than-meets-the-eye dept.

mr_don't writes "Apprently, CNN is reporting that Dreamworks might be in talks with Michael Bay (who directed the bomb Pearl Harbor) to direct a live action Transformers movie. The article says: A November 17, 2006, release date has been set. Bay's credits include the two "Bad Boys" movies, "Pearl Harbor," "Armageddon" and "The Rock." Well, as a child of the 80's I must admit I am interested, but could the movie be directed by Robert Rodriguez instead?"

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  1. Sombody's Got A Bone To Pick by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The headline is confusing--it has very little to do with the thrust of the summary. It should read "mr_don't Says 'Michael Bay Sucks!'"

    P.S. Pearl Harbor wasn't a "bomb"--it was a bad movie that did very well at the box office. To suggest that it was a bomb is just plain silly. Pearl Harbor was a plodding movie with a trite script and stilted acting that performed extremely well at the box office thanks to aggressive marketing and some pretty good technical work. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can go around claiming it failed miserably.)

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    Obliteracy: Words with explosions

  2. Wow. by schild · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This movie is going to be fucking expensive. As in reallly really goddamn expensive.

    I expect a lot of explosions. Terrible dialogue. An incredibly bad mixture of CGI and reality, the likes of which hasn't been seen since the end of Air Force One.

    All in all, this is a silly prospect. Shouldn't they be working on more interesting things? I'd suggest something but the news of a Transformers live action movie (which isn't really "new news") has left me incapable of thinking on an intelligible level.

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    schild
    editor, f13.net
  3. Re:Sign of the Times by nEoN+nOoDlE · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From dictionary.com

    morph: To be transformed

    I don't know why you think it's a sign of the times that the media is using synonyms.

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    Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
  4. News! by Angron · · Score: 4, Insightful

    New! From the director who brought you Pearl Harbor and the screenwriter who brought you Catwoman! It's....your childhood being beaten with a baseball bat. Sigh.

    -A