You know, I’ve been sad these past few weeks. Ever since the format wars between HD-DVD and Bluray ended, I haven’t had quite so many opportunities to talk about my hero here on the ‘Grab. I’m talking, of course, about Michael Bay. Michael Bay, he with the flowingest of golden locks! Michael Bay, lover of helicopters, maker of explosions, promoter of Martin Lawrence! I have missed the tender caress of his booming, patriotic films. Thankfully, I won’t have to deal with separation anxiety any longer because the slow trickle of information leading up to the inevitable release of Transformers 2 has begun. IESB has some juicy deets on what meets more than eyes in Bay’s sequel starting with the appearance of Devastator. For those born before 1980, Devastator is a really, really big robot made out of big robots who turn into construction vehicles. He is, in short, Michael Bay’s wet dream of a special effect. Less interesting are the casting calls for human characters, of which there are many. Lord Bay himself was working on the script for this one during the dark days of the strike so I’m hoping he had the revelation that the human characters were abysmal, shallow distractions in the first movie. In all fairness though, that picture was pretty abysmal and shallow on its own.
Here's to AICN for their hawk's eyes.