Hey there Stooges---Let me paraphrase for everyone:
There?s a lot of good stuff to tell you about showing SHOOT-EM-UP to the studio and them loving it? about another project that looks like it will happen? about something I so desperately wanted to do in 2002 but got wronged by a friend, and now the karma turns. Like I say there is a lot of good stuff to tell you.
But let?s talk Transformers shall we? There has been a lot of leaks of photos, scripts, tidbits both true and false. Roberto and Alex spoke on a webcast this week. Lots of things coming out which are costing people their jobs. Good stuff, bad stuff.
But you know what? You haven?t actually SEEN a damn thing yet.
Now the negative ninnies out there, the people like Bowspearer who just live in a cesspool of hatred, will say ?We?ve seen enough. This isn?t my Transformers.? To those people who are so old school and stuck in their ways I say the following- Go away. Seriously. We don?t need you here. You hate and you haven?t SEEN a damn thing yet.
Oh sure, Prime doesn?t look EXACTLY like he did in the cartoon. The Autobots are only five. The Decepticons don?t have Soundwave. There are complaints out the wazoo. Well you know what?
I have complaints too. There are things I wanted in this film which are not going to be in there. But I know what some of you know- filmmaking is not a democracy. Hell, Adam Goodman is in charge of production at Dreamworks. He?s the guy who BOUGHT this film. He is working day and night to get this ready for July 07. There are things I know he wishes were in the film. But they aren?t. You?ve talked online here to Brian Goldner. He owns the property but everything is not EXACTLY as he wishes. Tom Desanto is the most devoted producer out there- I know there are things he wishes were in there. You saw that Alex and Bob didn?t get everything they wanted. And Michael Bay, who spends 16 hour days shooting this mega-film? Michael Bay who sets up every shot himself and oversees to the point of operating the camera at times? He?s made a zillion compromises to get a great film he can be happy with.
No, filmmaking is a series of happy accidents. When Tom and I shopped this project around every studio passed, including Dreamworks and Paramount. When those two studios and others came around, we ended up with Dreamworks because Steven Spielberg and Adam Goodman (and creative VPS John Fox and Marc Haimes) knew that this was a BIG cool idea for a franchise. Hell, those guys wanted it in cinemas THIS summer. It?s now 07 because everyone wants to get it right. No one is trying to make anything but a great film here.
When I say you haven?t SEEN anything, think about it. You?ve seen a toy mold. A truck still. A Bumblebee model with a guy underneath it.
You haven?t SEEN Bumblebee transform. You haven?t SEEN Optimus walk or Megatron awaken. You?ve seen sketches, designs and stills. Most of you get it when Brian Goldner says ?We are doing something here that has never been done.? He?s right. The technology is there to make a LIVE ACTION Transformers film. To make several of them. But this is not a cartoon. There are cartoons already. Hasbro is making more. This is something new and different. LIVE ACTION robots.
So you negative ninnies- I?d like you to give us a break. And if you don?t, I?d like you to go away for a while. Seriously. Come back in six months. Wait until you SEE something that Michael and ILM and all of us have done. Not some leaked bullshit from some coward. Wait till you SEE the magic that I believe will be Transformers the Live Action Movie. Then if you don?t like what you see, hate away. Till then, I challenge you to be a grown up and reserve judgment. Even the majority who seem to like what you see have a right to hate later on.
We?re trying to do this right- to appeal to the fans and the rest of the world. Cullen is hired. Welker is going through the process. Other things are being reviewed and considered.
There will always be someone who wants to hate. That?s so easy.
But I challenge the haters to wait until they SEE a Transformer in Live Action.
And the rest of you, most of you, thanks for the many suggestions and kind words. It continues to be a surprising and fun ride.
Hang Tight Stooges, Hang Tight.
OMG. THERE'S THIS OTHER COOL PROJECT I'M DOING, BUT LET ME TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMERZ. PPL HAVE LOST THEIR JOBZ OVR THE FAKE LEAKED SCRIPT OKAY THIS IS SRS BSNS.
YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT ONLY READ IT IT MAY NOT BE CRAPPY ONCE YOU SE IT
FANZ?! WHO NEEDS THE ORIGINAL FANBASE?! WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS FOR FANZ! MONEYS FTW. HAHA OWNED FANZ OWNED.
OPTIMUS PRIME? SOUNDWAVE (SEE HOW I CLEVERLY MAKE YOU THINK THE SCRIPT IS FAKE LOL)? ONCE AGAIN - FANZ ST00PID. WHUT ABOUT MY NEEDS AS A BULLSHIT RICH MOVIE MOGUL?
WE R MAKNG A FILM HERE NOT A FANFILM (LOL FANZ). LOOK I'M MAKING A BUNCH OF IDIOTS THAT DO NOT KNW WHUT THY R DOING SOUND IMPORTANT BY LISTING THR JOBS.
WE WANTED TO RUSH THIS LOL BUT REALITY SET IN LOL
LISTEN TO ME YOU MORONS HAVE NO IDEA WHUT YU R SAYING
IT WILL LOOK GOOD WHO CARES IF THE SCRIPT IS TOILET PAPER WE R GOING TO MAKE SEQUELS AND THERE IS NOTHNG U CAN DO ABOUT IT BECUZ TRANSFORMERZ WILL MAKE US RICHER BECUZ THERE IS A FANBASE (L0L FANZ).
LOL WE FIRED THE GUY THAT LEAKED THE SCRIPT LOL
WE CARE ABOUT FANZ (L0L FANZ). RLLY. TRY TO FORGET EVERYTHNG I JUST SAID BEFORE LOL
LOL FANZ
IT WILL LOOK GOOD THAT MAKES A MOVIE I SHUD KNOW I GIVE MONEY SO THEY CN B MADE
WE LIKE OUR DICKS RUBBED
HEIL
