My excitement level for Transformers 2 has just taken a major hit in the balls. MTV is reporting that “The Office” star Rainn Wilson (who is fantastic in that show, but is a one trick pony and annoying in just about everything else I’ve seen him in. Just wait till you see what a mess “The Rocker” is… good grief) has landed a role in the film. WTF?!?!
That would be Rainn Wilson, who will have a small role in “Transformers 2,” as some kind of professor, “The Office” star revealed exclusively to MTV News during a Sneak Peek Week screening of his new film “The Rocker.”
I’m sorry, but this is dismal news. I am the world’s biggest cheer leader for the Transformers movie… but this… this just hurts my ass.
We all know that (regardless if you loved the movie or hated it) that the biggest weakness of the first Transformers movie was the lack of focus on the Transformers themselves. Too much time spent on humans and lousy slapstick cheap comedy from guys like Anthony Anderson compounded that problem. So what do you do to fix that? First try to add Jonah Hill to the cast (who I really enjoy, but he would have been all wrong for this movie) and when that doesn’t work out, go out and add Rainn Fucking Wilson?!?!?!
Dear sweet heavens… someone tell me this is all just a bad joke. This is horrible news to the nth degree. It’s like instead of building on the strengths of the first Transformers film (which I loved), they seem intent on building on the weaknesses instead. Adding Soundwave doesn’t forgive putting the majority of attention on the humans, or casting someone like Rainn Wilson to add more “yuk yuk” comedy. I swear if it wasn’t 5am I’d go out and drink heavily.
