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Fortunately, director Michael Bay revealed some promising details.  There will be fewer robots on the screen.  That’s a good thing because, while I enjoy new characters, it was a lot to keep track off and the fight sequences were overwhelming.  He explained: “Although the number of robots increased significantly from the first film for the second, the third film — which will hit theaters in summer 2011, won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions.”

That MUST mean that we are going to get a meatier storyline.  I know she’s hot but I wouldn’t cry if Megan Fox had a smaller role.  I’m all for bringing a new love interest into the fold for Shia LaBoeuf.

What do you think?

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Reports are starting to emerge about the possibility that Michael Bay might be getting ready to kill her off in the next installment.  If that’s true, I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Megan Fox compared Bay to Adolf Hitler.

One source said: “Michael’s pretty much discovered Megan and now he’s very quietly looking for her replacement. He hasn’t decided if he’s going to kill her off in the next movie, but he just wants to be prepared.”

Honestly, I wouldn’t mind seeing her replaced.  She doesn’t seem very grateful for the role and there are plenty of young actresses who would kill to take her place.

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With all the bad blood between Bay and Megan Fox, my first thought was about her return in the next film but, from what I read, it looks like she and Shia LeBoeuf will be reprising their roles.  The director did have a message for the surly actress, though:  “welcome back… I promise no alien robots will harm you in any way during the production.”

I know that a few people like Revenge of the Fallen but I’m hoping the studio has learned from their mistakes and brings back an actual logical storyline for the third movie.  We’ve got another two years to find out what they are cooking up.

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She has had clashes with Transformers director, Michael Bay, in the past (she insulted the film and then he said she was “ridiculous”) and things don’t appear to be slowing down since the dark-haired beauty unleashed another stream of harsh comments towards the filmmaker.

“He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he’s a nightmare to work for but when you get him away from set, and he’s not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he’s so awkward, so hopelessly awkward,” Megan said. “He has no social skills at all. And it’s endearing to watch him. He’s vulnerable and fragile in real life and then on set he’s a tyrant.”

“Shia and I almost die when we make a Transformers movie.  He has you do some really insane things that insurance would never let you do.”

I’m guessing Megan Fox is basing this on her extensive experience with other directors in Hollywood.  Oh that’s right – she doesn’t have a ton of experience to speak of so this is just based on her limited knowledge.  I hope she doesn’t trash every director she works with or, eventually, she won’t be getting too many calls, no matter how hot she is.

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Here’s one of my favorites (from the June 2009 issue of Elle): “I’ve lived the life of a 35-year-old since I was 18. I’m so suspicious of boys-slash-men. I just don’t like them or trust them.  They’re boys; they’re easily toyed with. I tell stories and have them eating out of my hand.”  I’m sorry but I just find that terribly arrogant and slightly insulting.

Why have I embarked on this little rant?  I read an interview with Transformers director, Michael Bay, and he commented on something she said recently.  While I agree with her when she says that he focused more on special effects than acting, I didn’t appreciate this little gem: “I mean, I can’t s— on this movie because it did give me a career and open all these doors for me. But I don’t want to blow smoke up people’s a–. People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting.”

In response, Bay had the following to say to the Wall Street Journal:  “Well, that’s Megan Fox for you,” Bay tell the “She says some very ridiculous things because she’s 23 years old and she still has a lot of growing to do.  You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, ‘Okay Megan, you can do whatever you want. I got it… Nick Cage wasn’t a big actor when I cast him, nor was Ben Affleck before I put him in Armageddon. Shia LaBeouf wasn’t a big movie star before he did Transformers — and then he exploded. Not to mention Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, from Bad Boys. Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in Transformers.  I like to think that I’ve had some luck in building actors’ careers with my films.”

In case you don’t get the references, this very accomplished director brought movies like The Rock, Armageddon and Bad Boys to the big screen.  I think that every one of those films had decent acting and a good storyline (I won’t comment on Bad Boys II…).

Bay is right – I certainly had never heard of Megan Fox before Transformers and I’m disappointed by her lack of gratitude.  I know the sequel wasn’t as great as expected but that’s no reason to bite the hand that feeds you.  Hopefully, she will learn to be grateful before it’s too late unlike some other young actors (ahem, the cast of The O.C. comes to mind).

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Bay writes: “…I have been waiting, and waiting for the anticipation of an ‘event movie’ to make it into the ‘public zeitgeist.’”  He goes on to call the print campaign an “abject failure,” with a “pathetic presence” before saying: “a studio that does not make [the opening of a movie] an event…. will get bitten in the ass.  Besides my good friend Steven [Spielberg], Jerry [Bruckheimer] has made a lot more successful movies then (sic) all of us.  Is this is a cash issue with your company?”

He even seemed displeased with how the film was showcased at the MTV Video Awards, calling the effort “so lame.”  I agreed with him up until this point.  I think the MTV promo was great!

At least things seemed to have improved by June 6, 2009 since Bay had some better things to say: “Paramount is like family. Thank you all for busting your butts and bringing your ‘A game’ for the release of Transformers.”

I’m guessing they either did something to make it up to Bay or he changed his mind about their work.  Either way, it’s good news because I’m excited about this movie and I think that most people are.  Does the Transformers sequel really need that much promotion?

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