Topic: Michael Bay responds to Paramount's abandonment of Blu-ray (Read 464 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** August 21, 2007, 10:46:00 AM »

Michael Bay responds to Paramount's abandonment of Blu-ray
Posted by XanTium | August 21 12:10 EST | News Category: Xbox360

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From engadget.com:

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So by now you've heard that Paramount has dropped support for Blu-ray right? Good, so has a notable Hollywood director. Michael Bay -- the man behind "Transformers," "Bad Boys," "Pear Harbor," etc. -- just threw down with Paramount in his personal blog. In a forum post titled "Paramount pisses me off!", he states, "I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For them to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks! They were progressive by having two formats. No Transformers 2 for me!"

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sandmanza · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2007, 10:22:00 AM »

Michael Bay needs to grow a brain, this is just a easy way out to try and avoid a Transformers 2 movie, blu-ray and HD-DVD are neck and neck about quality, its features, cost of players etc... thats different.

What a moron

feflicker · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2007, 10:27:00 AM »

I actually get his point. Still, who would not do a movie because they don't agree with the "formats" it is going to be released on when it goes to video? That is lame.

sadalius · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2007, 10:29:00 AM »

Much agreed feflicker. I would not base my decision to make a sequel on whether it would be available on a particular format. He must have bought Blu-Ray players for himself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Landlocked · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2007, 10:04:00 AM »

If Bay really wants people to see his movies...he should make better ones...instead of trying to razzle dazzle us with $200M movies with weak plots.

sinister slipknot · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2007, 10:49:00 AM »

He should be more focused on making good enough films for people to actually want to go to cinemas and watch them, rather than what they're going to be released on. Besides, I wouldn't think the High Definition market was big enough yet to even complain what it's released on.

Antdog24 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2007, 11:03:00 AM »

cool, kill two birds with one stone. Support HD-DVD and get a better director for Transformers 2 its a win-win situation if you ask me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

cerealkillajme · « **Reply #7 on:** August 21, 2007, 10:44:00 AM »

QUOTE(Antdog24 @ Aug 21 2007, 12:03 PM)

cool, kill two birds with one stone. Support HD-DVD and get a better director for Transformers 2 its a win-win situation if you ask me.

+1

Haven't seen Transformers, but man PH sucked big time as well as Bad Boys. Could care less of this guys opinion and if Hollywood is smart they will leave Transformers alone now that they've made a movie of it and since the movie didn't do too bad (from what I've heard and read) making a sequel would be a disaster.

JCDenton@AS · « **Reply #8 on:** August 21, 2007, 12:01:00 PM »

Transformers sucked ass anyways... I hope people can be stopped from seeing it to save them from it.. As for Transformers 2 i hope he keeps to his word and doesnt do another one or they get a better director. long live hd-dvd!

Guidor · « **Reply #9 on:** August 21, 2007, 12:10:00 PM »

Great news if true! about transformers I mean

sunn02 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 21, 2007, 12:22:00 PM »

There'll be a Transformers 2 but he won't direct it. He'll be doing Pain & Gain during the time that Paramount wants to make Transformers 2 so they'll just get a different director. And how is someone going to base their movie directing decision on the HD Movie formats, a niche market.

mrjkwik · « **Reply #11 on:** August 21, 2007, 12:25:00 PM »

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I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For them to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks!

in otherwords, he wants to get paid from blu ray sales. considering what the movie made in theaters, will make in dvd sales/rentals, and what little will actually come in from any "HD" format discs, thats a bit pompous and greedy.

but, if they asked him to make the film, and offered him enough money, he'd do it.

TexT · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2007, 12:43:00 PM »

Why is Bluray considered better? because it can hold 10 more gigs on a single layer? size shouldn't be an issue since HD-DVD can be triple layered.

Is Michael Bay a unknowledgeable fanboy?

Merkaba · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2007, 12:46:00 PM »

Michael Bay needs to die in a fire.

TexT · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2007, 12:19:00 PM »

QUOTE(Merkaba @ Aug 21 2007, 07:46 PM)

Michael Bay needs to die in a fire.

If the post was made by Michael Bay, then he is acting like a spoiled child. If he really cared about making the choice fair then he should be upset that Disney, Fox, MGM, and Columbia/Tristar aren't releasing HD DVDs.

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