Fuck Weaving. He was a decent Megs, but obviously has not and will never get the same amount of respect and Fan reverence like the great Frank Welker. I admittedly am iffy about his original portrayal of G1 Megs, but his TF: Prime Gladiator of KAON Megs doesn't mince his actions and is one bad-ass mofo. IMHO, best performance by far from the great man himself. TF: Prime Megs is my fave Welker-voiced one in a long time, better than Kaye's BW Megs, who comes in a very close second. ^great minds think alike! BROFIST**
I realize most of you can't stand Michael Bay for any number of what I'm sure are logical and sensible reasons, but like it or not, he has a point. You may not like (or even utterly hate) how the movies came out, but the fact of the matter is: there are many, many people who absolutely busted their asses to get them made. And yeah, Michael Bay is one of them. Sure, he got paid a fortune, but there are digital artists, grips, coordinators, caterers, assistants, etc. who got paid a basic wage for many hours and hours of on-set and demanding work. Weaving, on the other hand, worked a few hours in the comfort of a local studio and was paid very well. And if he doesn't give a crap about the franchise, that's fine. But it's very poor form to come along after the fact and say "yeah, that work, I didn't really give a crap about all that. Meaningless to me, and in a way I regret it." In this regard, Bay is absolutely right: if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything. Don't sit there and say "yeah, that was all pretty much rubbish." Because all those people that were actually busting their asses to make those movies happen didn't have the option of not really giving a shit about the work... you know, because they needed that job to actually get by.
First off Michael Bay is a hack who admitted part 2 was trash. That means he made it with no heart, no respect for the property or his craft. AND HE GOT PAID A SHIT TON OF CASH TO DO IT. M B has no high horse to ride on here the guy is a prick that can't make a real film and he has a fragile ego. Weaving admits he did it for the money but that feeling contradicts his passion for his craft and he regrets it. He never said he regretted the film he regrets working for money and not passion.
I completely agree with everything you state here. It seems that just to 'protect his artistic integrity', Hugo Weaving somehow feels a need to put as much distance between the Transformers voice-over he did, and his enormous, critically high-standing, list of movie-roles (as if), because I'm sure he rates himself as such a high-quality Shakespeare-esque actor ("hello, Red Skull!"). Hugo Weaving needs to just accept that he DID do that voice-over, it wasn't the best movie ever made, and he DID make a ton of money for a very easy 1 hour and 43 minutes of 'work', which I'm sure bought him some nice shoes and dinners in the last couple of years. He doesn't need to rip into it after the fact. I'm not demanding he need be proud of this role, and I'd accept him laughing it off if need be, but he just seems to be very petty about it. Michael Bay's post is most definitely correlated to Hugo Weaving's comments, and directly refers to them. I guess Michael Bay doesn't write the most eloquent posts (and doesn't make the world's best movies), but I can certainly see his point in this case.
No, I got your point but it makes no sense. Michael Bay did not work hard. DO you want to know what working hard looks like? Go watch Hearts of Darkness. That there is working hard and giving up a piece of your soul to create a new immortal life (a film classic). What did Michael Bay do? Get handed a blank check to do whatever he wants? Shoot quickly so that the film has over 100 continuity errors? Make a film that will be forgotten once a real storyteller takes over? Make many pretty 'splosions? The point is taken and Michael Bay is a hack. Don't believe me? Go read what the main stars of the movie think of him and the franchise. Any money brought in by the TF franchise was done so because of Giant Robots on screen for the first time not because of what Michael Bay did. All he did was bring in a minimum any shit TF movie would bring in he did nto reach any maximums.
I think he is being a smartass. Because Megatron shoots an elephant in the DOTM IIRC? And if Hugo never watched the movies or cared, he wouldn't know that. lol. I don't know. Bay can't let this slide!! But, I see his point as well and know why he would be pissed. I guess no Hugo for TF4, guaranteed.
You're right, a lot of people (including Bay) worked hard to make these movies (had they had better direction, thier hard work probably would have better more appreciated). Hugo Weaving said that he was not one of those people, that he was called in to do a voice, got his money and left and he regrets doing that because it isn't the way he wants to do things. He didn't get to intereact with anyone, he didn't get to challenge himself. Michael Bay, however, took this as a personal attack because he is a self-involved asshole and any comment about these films are obviously a comment on him. Weaving didn't say anything negative about the films or Bay, just that it wasn't the type of acting experience that he usually sought out and probably wouldn't do it again.
I'd say both of these posts sum up things pretty well. Even as someone who doesn't agree with a LOT of what Bay says or does, I get where he's coming from on this matter 100%. Seeing anyone get paid nearly a quarter million dollars for less than 2 hours "work" and then talk about its irrelevancy would be a hard pill to swallow, especially when that person (Weaving) was someone you (Bay) specifically sought out to play a role. And considering how many geek/nerd franchises Weaving has been a part of (V for Vendetta, The Matrix, LOTR, Captain America, The Hobbit, etc.), he could have swallowed his pretentious "I'm an actor" pride and just embraced his TF involvement for what it was: fun.
I like how you rip Michael Bay for taking something as a personal attack, and then proceed to personally attack him in the very same sentence.
Guys Seriously What if Seriously Guys What if we could have a discussion about the movies No seriously That doesn't devolve into pointless bickering? Not in the film itself, but in the comic version, yes. Also of note, Bay is an avid animal-activist. He loves animals and has on more than one occasion voiced his opinion on numerous animal activist-related things.
