| Michael Bay on Transformers!
Q: I know my colleagues are going to have "Transformers" questions, but I wanted to know your reaction to "Hot Fuzz" which was so inspired by "Bad Boys 2," and that you said that you were offered "Die Hard 4" and I was wondering if this hadn't come together would you have considered doing that? Bay: "Die Hard 4," no, I don't think so. "Hot Fuzz," I haven't seen it yet, because I was finishing this movie. It's really hard, the end of your post schedule is such a grind, seeing a movie is like the last thing you want to do when you go home. I thought this would be an easy post, on our budget we had a hiatus scheduled in here, because I said, "Oh, my God, I have the longest post schedule," I didn't think the robots would be that hard, but I was directing them all the way to the very end. Q: How did you balance the needs of your vision as a filmmaker with those of Spielberg and those of the fans? I noticed that there are definitely some Spielberg elements to this film.
For parents, kids must be Job One
Q: How come you never seem to get on anybody's case about their morals? It's not just you – "anything goes" is now generally the way of the world. How many more slutty, stupid, knocked-up girls are you going to send to "counselling" and how many more deadbeat, lowlife, shag'em-and-run dads are you going to let off as a lost cause? What's wrong with standing up for the idea that once you've got kids, there are no more "boyfriends" or "girlfriends," no more sleepovers or casual get-togethers with strangers moving in and out of a kid's life? What's wrong with telling these folks that they're rotten at making choices and are, therefore, prohibited from making any more? Just Curious A: While you'd rather lock the barn door after the horse is gone than lead it to safety, I take a different approach.
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