engadget.com — Michael Bay -- the director behind "Transformers," "Bad Boys," "Pear Harbor," etc. -- just threw down with Paramount in his personal blog. He states, "I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For them to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks! They were progressive by having two formats. No Transformers 2 for me!"
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tonyinsandiegoAug 22, 2007
What a whiney bitch.
Closed AccountAug 22, 2007
I don't care who directs it really. I just want it to be as good or better than the first. Oh, and I want Jazz to be rebuilt! Poor Jazz... Did anyone else cry during that part? (And I am 32)
diggymowAug 22, 2007
Transformers wasn't very good but thats not really the point. This really proves how much a format war sucks. The consumers loose out because with DVD's all titles were available to them all the time now companies are being paid off to limit how they release films. This is the other side of it, and yes I don't ever actually plan on buying a Michael Bay movie ever but the point here is that now the people who make these films are having their 'art' put out in an unnecessarily limited release.
manicleekAug 22, 2007
not the re-using bit that was stupid, throw all the kudos you like at hime for recycling. The stupid bit is, he used a nuclear powered aircraft carrier in a WW2 film.
sint4xAug 22, 2007
Your right, Sony should have released the PS3 only supporting DVD rather than a format with 50 GB of capacity. We all know games don't really need more content anyway.
sint4xAug 22, 2007
Well I didn't see it to witness a love story. Personally I thought it was a great movie (wasen't a HUGE transformer fan)
Closed AccountAug 22, 2007
Fox and MGM are both pledging increased exclusive support for Blu-ray. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Live Free or Die Hard, and Fox's first-ever TV release on BD, Prison Break, have all been announced for release on Blu-ray.I don't see anyone crying about that !! Just f**k off already Paramount has the right to do it as well !!
beylanAug 23, 2007
If Sony is so benevolent what devices, other than Sony's, can use a Memory Stick? What devices, other than Sony's, can play a PSP format movie? What devices, other then Sony's, can play music from their failed attempt at a music store?
beylanAug 23, 2007
I'm not confusing open and closed formats and fully realize that every format used today is owned by some consortium, association, or individual company. Sony, however, has spent the last 10 years making crappy electronics (I wouldn't take a Sony TV today if it was free) and are increasingly depending on Sony Pictures and Sony Music for their profits (Hello conflict of interest).Toshiba on the other hand doesn't own a movie studio, and as long as their players sell doesn't care who's movies make more money as its best interest is to ensure they ALL sell well. So what it comes down to is I trust Toshiba more than I trust Sony.Oh, and FYI, I don't give a s**t about either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray as I don't plan on owning either one for a long long time. DVD's work just fine. The whole thing where copyright owners reach out from their ivory tower and kill people's brand new $1500 players because some hacker in Tajikistan may have possibly broken their encryption just doesn't sit right with me. I'm happy to wait another 5 or 10 years and see how this plays out.