Michael Bay sat down for an interview with Entertainment Weekly and started to talk about Transformers Reveng of the Fallen and a little on Friday the 13th.
When we were writing the script, I said to the writers, “I hate sequels that try to make it to the third movie. Pretend like we’re never having a third movie, so let’s go for broke on the second one. I hate those cliffhangers! Let’s just make this movie stand on its own.” I really feel this movie is not a forced sequel. I think the script is really good, and I think it’s got a lot of new stuff in it. There are a lot of rumors out there, but we’ve released a lot of fake stuff. We’ve done a really good job of keeping things secret.
Now I still hold true that his “Releasing fake stuff” is the fake stuff. He makes no effort whatsoever and lets internet rumours run rampant like he made them himself. He wants to keep you guessing, but honestly if he was going to release lies, why would he tell you he is lying! So before you all start.. again… I treat all movie news as rumours unless they are confirmed, so his gambit isn’t changing anything.
Meanwhile, back on the ranch… I do like that he is making the effort to approach this as a non-sequel. Likely there will be a third if this is even half as successful as the first movie. But its good to see he isn’t writing it like a Matrix sequel. This will be a self contained movie, with the benefit of the origin story already out of the way. That’s a good thing.
And while he is at it, he drops a bit about his Friday the 13th Remake:
I listened to the fans, you know, but you still have to make your own movie by respecting what was done and trying to give it a whole new twist.You’re just not going to believe the first 12 minutes! It’s a twist in itself.
A fresh look at a classic is almost expected. If it was a straight word for word translation of the original it wouldn’t be worth making let alone watching.
28 YEAR OLD SPOILER: One thing I am looking forward to is that Jason wasn’t really in the original and I hope that doesn’t change.
The supernatural element wasn’t really introduced until the very last minute as the unlikely star of the sequels apparently aged to a hulking adult with the raging mind of a child in the bottom of a lake.
I personally think Bay is a genius (despite what Uwe says) generating buzz for his projects in the face of the haters, and still finding phenomenal success. You can hate him if you want, but he is still going to get projects because he prints money for Hollywood.
