The assumption everyone had been working from re: Michael Bay and the “Transformers” movies was that he had MEANT it when he said he had no real interest in making movies based on an old toy property, and that he was only grudgingly taking the job(s) to build up the “fuck you money” that would let him get the projects he REALLY wanted to make off the ground. Even his surprise re-uppinng for “Transformers 4” had been understood as a condition to secure financing for the long-gestating “Pain & Gain.”
But 3 sequels is a looooong time in Hollywood; and now itseems it might be worth asking: Has Michael Bay actually developed a “taste” for junk-culture nostalgia wanks? One can be forgiven for hoping he HASN’T, given how singularly ill-suited his sensibilities are for it, but the evidence is mounting. Remember that brief feeling of relief when it was confirmed that Bay would only be PRODUCING the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” reboot, since that implied he wouldn’t be all that involved? Well, it seems he’s a more hands-on producer than people assumed: Apparently he’s had a hand in the new film’s reworked storyline… and fans aren’t likely to be pleased with his new vision:
The Turtles are now Aliens. Yup. That’ll go over real well…
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