Michael Bay has plans for 14 more Transformers movies

Sad Professor

Yup, 14.

https://www.facebook.com/MTV/videos/1509916525717193/

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

He can make 50 for all I care I won't be watching them.

Vojera

April Foo... Oh.

No.

Hande hoche!

Imagine Shia LaBoeuf will be back at some stage, after his HWNDU antics.

pixelburp

If people keep going to them in droves, they'll continue to be made. It's really that simple, so then the question is: who is going to these films?

The easy & snarky answer is to take potshots and generalise about the great unwashed, but I am curious: why do people go to these films?
What's the appeal here that perhaps more ... discerning filmgoers, inclined to post on site likes this, would stay well away? Plenty of film blogs lament how even as a visual spectacle the films are a bit of a disaster, yet that doesn't reflect in the box office.

jonon9

I rather someone else take over Im bored of Micheal Bay's direction. Like to see Christopher Nolan give it a go.

Steamy

pixelburp wrote: »

If people keep going to them in droves, they'll continue to be made. It's really that simple, so then the question is: who is going to these films?

The easy & snarky answer is to take potshots and generalise about the great unwashed, but I am curious: why do people go to these films?
What's the appeal here that perhaps more ... discerning filmgoers, inclined to post on site likes this, would stay well away? Plenty of film blogs lament how even as a visual spectacle the films are a bit of a disaster, yet that doesn't reflect in the box office.

These films are extremely popular with younger audiences. I'd imagine most people that saw the first Transformers in '07 (and liked it back then) probably don't watch the newer ones today and young people today probably haven't seen the 07's movie. Most people who go to the cinema don't think much of film (they probably don't even know who Michael Bay is). For them, it's something to waste 2 or 3 hours on and then forget about, so they'll watch whatever is the most heavily marketed, which usually is Transformers.

These sort of groups don't seem very internet savy either (mostly sticking to facebook), so the vocal majority we see online that hates these films doesn't represent the vast majority of cinema goers.

Hande hoche!

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Imagine Shia LaBoeuf will be back at some stage, after his HWNDU antics.

His what?

Frank O. Pinion

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Hande hoche! wrote: »

Imagine Shia LaBoeuf will be back at some stage, after his HWNDU antics.

His what?

HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US

TerrorFirmer

Which was the one with the battle in the desert at the end....Transformers 2? That was an abysmal load of crap.

I thought 3 was an improvement and fairly watchable, and the last one was definitely far too long but also watchable enough if memory serves correctly.

spacecoyote

At least it means we're guaranteed a good 9-10 more fun kermodean rants

faceman

I think Bay also said though this new would really be his last. There is hope for the franchise yet so.

Sad Professor

faceman wrote: »

I think Bay also said though this new would really be his last. There is hope for the franchise yet so.

He did previous, but in the interview I posted above he refused to confirm this when asked. He also said he'd like to direct one of the spin-off films. So he's probably doing at least 2 more himself, and probably producing the rest.

He doesn't say they are gonna make 14 movies in that interview :-)
14 stories does not = 14 movies

And even more bizarre, the last transformer movie did not even have any story in it (worth mentioning)

He probably just means 14 different explosions

hytrogen

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And even more bizarre, the last transformer movie did not even have any story in it (worth mentioning)

What that the makers came looking for the autobots sending a bounty hunter while Megatron got upgraded to Galveston just like in the original movie from 30 years ago???
Yeah we totally haven't grown up at all! It's a great franchise and sells buckets of merchandise just like Star Wars does so there's plenty of scope to keep it going no matter how much one wants to whinge about it..

hytrogen

hytrogen wrote: »

What that the makers came looking for the autobots sending a bounty hunter while Megatron got upgraded to Galveston just like in the original movie from 30 years ago???

Possibly the greatest story ever told

Sad Professor

Studios are really pushing filmmakers to develop franchises into full blown cinematic universes. There's been talk of a Ghostbusters, Call of Duty and 21 Jump Street expanded universes. Even Ridley Scott has suggested there may be 6 more Alien films. So I'd well believe Bay has plans to make 14 Transformers films. Whether it happens is another question, but given how much money these films have made already, I can't see the studio deciding to wrap things up with the next film.

Sad Professor

Sad Professor wrote: »

Studios are really pushing filmmakers to develop franchises into full blown cinematic universes. There's been talk of a Ghostbusters, Call of Duty and 21 Jump Street expanded universes. Even Ridley Scott has suggested there may be 6 more Alien films. So I'd well believe Bay has plans to make 14 Transformers films. Whether it happens is another question, but given how much money these films have made already, I can't see the studio deciding to wrap things up with the next film.

Cool
Well they've made 4 in the last 10 years
So we will know if he turns all 14 of them stories into actual movies in 35 years time :-)

My new goal in life is to see the 18th transformer movie as a very old man