The only real new addition to the carbon based lifeform cast of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen was the almost sexy Isabel Lucas and Ramon Rodriguez. Both of which I could do without, but it is Ramon Rodriguez (Sam’s Roommate Leo Spitz) that Bay is happy with discovering and can’t wait to work with again.
Director Michael Bay has a third “Transformers” film in mind, and if it plays out as he expects, the next installment would have a more substantial role for Ramon Rodriguez. The filmmaker, speaking at his office a few weeks before “Revenge of the Fallen” was released, seemed to have some pride of discovery when talking about Rodriguez.
“I’ve worked with big stars, people like Will Smith, Sean Connery and Bruce Willis, but casting is a weird thing, it takes you places you don’t expect,” Bay said. “We went looking for a sidekick in this movie, Shia’s sidekick, and we find this new kid who really pops on screen. I think he’s going to have a real bright career. It’s great to work with big stars, but it’s always fun to discover people.”
Now Bay already thinks he is awesome and for the most part I agree.
He claims to have discovered Megan Fox and while that might be true, he has also been quoted saying that he worked with Ben Affleck and Will Smith before they were “big” claiming in part to have discovered them too. Will Smith already had a long TV and music career and Affleck won an Oscar before working with Bay.
Transformers 2 had a LOT of weaknesses, but I still found that I enjoyed the movie far more than John did. However the most annoying characters for me were not the Twins, it was Ramon. That guy was ENTIRELY pointless and had no reason to suddenly be involved in all this. Yeah, he leads Sam to Simmons which I didn’t mind entirely.
Seeing Simmons transformed into something new from his previous role was somewhat fun and I liked him evolving with the story and coming around to helping Sam instead. If they bring back Ramon, I just hope that they make him into something more instead of just some Internet conspiracy blogger trying to monopolize on his newfound “source”.
If they don’t bring him back I could care less. He did nothing for me.
