Editing Michael Bay

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'''Michael Bay''' (born [[February 17]], [[1965]]) is an American film director and producer. He is the director of [[DreamWorks]]' ''Transformers'' live-action movies. Bay has directed other blockbuster action films, such as ''Bad Boys'', ''The Rock'', and ''[[Armageddon]]''.  He also directed that "Aaron Burr!" milk commercial.  

Bay, as presented in various documentary segments, takes an extremely active, hands-on approach to the filming of his movies, carefully orchestrating complex effects sequences, and sometimes getting behind the camera lens himself.  He's apparently a little more passive in regards to things like scripting and character development. ''Revenge of the Fallen'' began development without a full-fledged script, and while Bay conceived of the characters of [[the Twins]], he left their actual characterization up to the voice actors who portrayed them.

Michael Bay's auditioning process for leading ladies is notoriously rigorous and scrutinizing.  Examples of the criteria necessary to obtain employment from Bay include: How well the actress can wash his Ferrari while he films them in private<ref name="ferrariwash">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/05/johnny-depp-megan-fox "Trailer trash"], The Observer, July 2009.</ref> and how well the actress screen-tests while wearing see-through lingerie.<ref>[http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/celebs/article.aspx?cp-documentid=24443692 Transformers actress wore lingerie to audition] @ msn.com</ref>

At times, other people involved with Bay's films have claimed to be Bay himself. It is not known if they are attempting to protect him from the [[Fandom|Romans]] or not. <ref>A comment Bay made during the ''Transformers'' promotional reel at [[BotCon 2006]].</ref>

He demands that things be '''''AWESOME'''''. And explode. Because explosions are awesome.
[[Image:Explosionfactory.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Depicted: Awesomeness.]]


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==Films directed==

*''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' 
*''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''
*''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]''

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines===
Michael Bay produces documentary films about the Transformers. His first one was a shockingly biased piece of Autobot propaganda, and the Decepticons would like to [[Death|have a polite chat about it]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}

==Toys==
[[Image:Baybot.jpg|thumb|right|150px|This was '''''AWESOME''''']]
* "'''BayBot'''," a joking representation of Bay in toy form, was "advertised" in an [[Easter egg]] on the ''Transformers'' DVD.  The toy is an ''[[Transformers: Alternators| Alternators]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Battle Ravage]] with a humanoid head and [[Autobot]] [[insignia]].  [[Mason the Mastiff dog|And]] [[Bonecrusher (dog)|puppies]]. It's quite disturbing, actually. The toy was created by [[Hasbro]]'s ''Transformers'' design team for Bay, but he had no idea that [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] had included it as an Easter egg joke.
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==Merchandise==
[[Image:Michael Bay M&M.jpg|right|thumb|200px|WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?]]
Michael Bay appeared as a lavender [[M&M's|M&M]] in a cross-promotional poster.

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==Convention appearances==
* Bay appeared at the [[BotCon 2009]] [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] Party night, to screen clips from ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
* Bay also appeared at the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] celebration at [[BotCon 2011]], accepting his award for being inducted, plus he brought along a long "teaser" of scenes from the not-yet-released ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''.

==Quotes==

{{quote|Remember the heart and the magic!|2=Michael Bay's catchphrase regarding ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''|3=A very short interview on E! Online, October 2007. [http://web.archive.org/web/20071024125023/http://www.eonline.com/movies/reelgirl/detail/index.jsp?uuid=03ff539b-dffa-4d60-ad7b-084f510128a7&sid=reel Archived version].}}

{{quote|I don't even know how you ''spend'' that much money on a movie.|Michael Bay on the budgets for other 2007 summer blockbusters|''Transformers'' movie DVD audio commentary.}}

{{quote|We don’t build $3 million sets and then the director walks in and says, “F*** it, I’m not going to use that set.” The stories I hear from my crew members, of waste on other pictures, of directors shooting a six— or eight-hour day, it’s just staggering.|Michael Bay on budget again|[http://www.michaelbay.com/archives/site/2008-2010/newsblog/files/b7f044df56ae3317b4b36abb77c88f9b-546.php Interview with Variety]}}

{{quote|And someone could come in here and screw it up, you know?|Michael Bay on Transformers 4|[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/michael-bay-transformers-4-pain-and-gain_n_1903523.html Interview with Huffington Post]}}

{{quote|Explosions as entertainment.  I'll never understand you humans.|[[Blades (RB)|Blades]]|"[[Rescue Boy]]"}}


==Notes==
* When the production required a fictional tail serial number to paint on the real MH-53 Pave Low helicopters representing [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], Bay decided to use the tail number from his own personal Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A jet, '''4500X'''.<ref name="bayaudio">Michael Bay's audio commentary for the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie DVD.</ref> In 2010, Bay used this jet to fly personnel in and out of Haiti following the huge earthquake there.<ref name="haiti">[http://michaelbay.com/2010/02/26/tf3-update-haiti/ TF3 Update & Haiti] on michael bay dot com</ref>
* A second Bay Easter Egg appeared in ''Revenge of the Fallen'': the freighter ship carrying a group of Constructicons is named ''[[Bayos]]'', a nickname for the generally chaotic and destructive nature of Bay's films.
* During a television interview on June 13th, 2007 in Australia on the Ten Network's news hour, Bay stated that [[Hugo Weaving]] had recorded his lines as [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in Australia while Bay directed him from the U.S. using Apple ''iChat'', and thus, he had never actually met the actor.
* Susan Bay, a relative of Michael Bay, is married to famed ''Star Trek'' actor (and the original voice of ''Generation 1'' [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]) [[Leonard Nimoy]], and apparently it was due to their substantial contributions to the [[Griffith Observatory]] that Michael was allowed to film ''Transformers'' at that location. <ref name="bayaudio"/> Apparently, Nimoy was even considered to provide the voice for [[The Fallen]], but Bay felt uncomfortable asking him to do it for such a small wage. Nimoy himself was apparently much more enthusiastic about being involved in Transformers again. It all worked out for the third film though, in which Nimoy played [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]].
* According to Bay, the human bystander that Megatron flicks aside during the Mission City sequence was Bay himself (one assumes he means it is a CGI digital double made in his appearance). <ref name="bayaudio" /> This 'cameo' replaces one he filmed where he was the driver of the silver Mercedes-Benz ML320 that Megatron tosses aside. <ref>Easter egg on the ''Transformers'' movie DVD depicting the shooting of an unused scene.</ref>
* Two of Michael Bay's dogs are linked to Transformers. One, [[Mason the Mastiff dog|Mason]], is the dog Miles is seen giving a bath to during the film. A new puppy he got while working on the film was named [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]. No word yet on what, if anything, the dog hates. Bonecrusher subsequently got a role in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Bonecrusher (dog)|as himself]].
* He starred in a Verizon FiOS commercial in which he had an awesome pussy cat (a tiger), an awesome grill (with a life-size Bumblebee, also awesome), and an awesome pool. Typically, he had a switch to blow something up, which he did...three times. The cat was not blown up (which was fortunate), but all three explosions were '''''AWESOME'''''.
* According to an interview with Forbes, Bay receives an 8% cut of royalties from sales of ''Transformers'' movie toys and merchandise.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0622/celebrity-09-transformers-michael-bay-making-movies-enemies-money.html Michael Bay interview on Forbes.com, June 3, 2009]</ref>
* For ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Bay earned himself an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the "biggest explosion on film with actors present". <ref name="guiness">[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10579085 New Zealand Herald article mentioning Bay' Guinness Book entry]</ref> Now if ''that'' ain't '''''AWESOME'''''.
* He dissed the Fallen as "kind of a **** character" to USA Today. <ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-06-11-Transformers11_ST_N.htm USA Today, "Next Transformers is due for a switch"]</ref> Hasbro probably doesn't think that's '''''AWESOME'''''.
* During the publicity in the lead up to the release of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and articles thereafter, there has been a war of words between [[Megan Fox]] and Bay. Fox has commented negatively on the ''Transformers'' sequel, claiming that it was "not a movie about acting" and she spends most of the time "running or screaming, or both"<ref name="foxew">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20246950_20263258_20284375,00.html Entertainment Weekly interview with Megan Fox June 10, 2009]</ref>; furthermore, that she "still didn't know what was happening" in the film despite appearing in it and having read the script, and anyone who understood the movie had to be a "genius"<ref name="meganearly">[http://movieline.com/2009/06/30/megan-fox-bites-the-migraine-inducing-nonsensical-mess-that-feeds-her/ Appearance by Megan Fox on ''The Early Show'', June 30, 2009, reported by Movieline.]</ref>. Bay, in return, condescendingly remarked that Fox "says some very ridiculous things" and "still has a lot of growing to do".<ref name="baywsj">[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904574249803555118212.html Wall Street Journal interview with Michael Bay, June 25, 2009.]</ref> In early September 2009, Fox stated in Wonderland magazine that Bay had a Hitler-like dictator persona on set, and off the set was very socially awkward in an otherwise warm review of the man.<ref name="bayhitler">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2009/09/megan-fox-on-michael-bay-he-wants-to-be-hitler.html LA Times blog comments on Fox's claims September 2, 2009]</ref> Evidently having not read the entire interview, three members of "Bay's crew" anonymously responded in an open letter praising Bay and derogatorily citing the difficulty in working with Fox.<ref name="baycrew">[Open letter by the ''Transformers'' set crew on Michael Bay.com on September 11, 2009. Removed from Bay's site, [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/266237-crews-response-foxs-comments.html mirrored at TFW2005]</ref> The letter was quickly removed and Michael Bay himself soon responded, saying he doesn't condone either the letter or Fox's outlandish comments, but noted her "crazy quips" was part of her "crazy charm", and since they had a good relationship, he expects further outrageous comments from Fox in the lead up to ''Transformers'' 3.<ref>[http://michaelbay.com/2009/09/13/the-crew-letter/ Michael Bay, responding to the crew letter on his website September 12, 2009]</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e9TnfnkRFs&feature=player_embedded Hall of Fame video]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000881/ Michael Bay on the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://michaelbay.com Official website]

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