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Following up from the story we ran last night, as predicted regarding the open letter from three Transformers Revenge of the Fallen crew, and sent to Nelson (editor of Shoot for the Edit)regarding Megan Fox's recent comments about Michael Bay, the letter / comments have now been removed from Michael's website (as we predicted).
Michael Bay has posted the following comment.
I
don’t condone the crew letter to Megan. And I don’t condone Megan’s
outlandish quotes. But her crazy quips are part of her crazy charm. The
fact of the matter I still love working with her, and I know we still
get along. I even expect more crazy quotes from her on Transformers 3.
Michael
If you want to read the crew's original reaction then you can still do so on Transformers At The Moon and the news story which we posted last night, mirroring the story for exactly this reason.
Nelson, the admin of Michael Bay's website and message board has posted the following "open letter" response from three disgruntled members of the team that worked on Transformers and Transformers Revenge of the Fallen in reference to comments that were made by Megan Fox and recently published in various magazines and newspapers around the world. Her comments included a line that compared Mr Bay to Adolf Hitler when he was on the set. You can view a copy of the letter below just in case it gets retracted.
"Nelson,
This is an open letter to
all Michael Bay fans. We are three crew members that have worked with
Michael for the past ten years. Last week we read the terrible article
with inflammatory, truly trashing quotes by the Ms. Fox about Michael
Bay. This letter is to set a few things straight.
Yes, Megan
has great eyes, a tight stomach we spray with glycerin, and an awful
silly Marilyn Monroe tattoo plastered on her arm that we cover up to
keep the moms happy.
Michael found this shy, inexperienced girl,
plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of
any young actresses' life. He told everyone around to just trust him on
his choice. He granted her the starring role in Transformers, a
franchise that forever changed her life; she became one of the most
googled and oogled women on earth. She was famous! She was the next
Angelina Jolie, hooray! Wait a minute, two of us worked with Angelina –
second thought – she’s no Angelina. You see, Angelia is a professional.
We
know this quite intimately because we’ve had the tedious experience of
working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox on both Transformers movies.
We've spent a total of 12 months on set making these two movies.
We
are in different departments; we can’t give our names because sadly
doing so in Hollywood could lead to being banished from future
Paramount work. One of us touches Megan’s panties, the other has the
often shitty job of pulling Ms. Sour pants out of her trailer, while
another is near the Panaflex camera that helps to memorialize the
valley girl on film.
Megan has the press fooled. When we read
those magazines we wish we worked with that woman. Megan knows how to
work her smile for the press. Those writers should try being on set for
two movies, sadly she never smiles. The cast, crew and director make
Transformers a really fun and energetic set. We’ve traveled around the
world together, so we have never understood why Megan was always such –
the grump of the set?
When facing the press, Megan is the queen
of talking trailer trash and posing like a porn star. And yes we’ve
had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set, and yes,
it's very cringe-able. So maybe, being a porn star in the future might
be a good career option. But make-up beware, she has a paragraph
tattooed to her backside (probably due her rotten childhood) easily
another 45 minutes in the chair!
So when the three of us caught
wind of Ms Fox, pontificating yet again in some publication (like she
actually has something interesting to say) blabbing her trash mouth
about a director whom we three have grown to really like. She compared
working with Michael, to “working with Hitler”. We actually don’t
think she knows who Hitler is by the way. But we wondered how she
doesn’t realize what a disgusting, fully uneducated comment this was?
Well, here let’s get some facts straight.
Say what you want
about Michael – yes at times he can be hard, but he's also fun, and he
challenges everyone for a reason – he simply wants people to bring
their ‘A’ game. He comes very prepared, knows exactly what he wants,
involves the crew and expects everyone to follow through with his or
her best, and that includes the actors. He’s one of the hardest
working directors out there.
He gets the best from his crews,
many of whom have worked with him for 15 years. And yes, he’s loyal,
one of the few directors we’ve encountered who lowered his fee by
millions to keep Transformers in the United States and California, so
he could work with his own crew.
Megan says that Transformers
was an unsafe set? Come on Megan, we know it is a bit more strenuous
then the playground at the trailer park, but you don’t insult one of
the very best stunt and physical effects teams in the business! Not
one person got hurt!
And who is the real Megan Fox? She is very
different than the academy nominee and winning actors we’ve all worked
around. She’s as about ungracious a person as you can ever fathom.
She shows little interest in the crew members around her. We work to
make her look good in every way, but she's absolutely never
appreciative of anyone’s hard work. Never a thank you. All the
crewmembers have stopped saying hi to Ms. Princess because she never
says hello back. It gets tiring. Many think she just really hates the
process of being an actress.
Megan has been late to the sets
many times. She goes through the motions that make her exude this sense
of misery. We’ve heard the A.D’s piped over the radio that Megan won’t
walk from her trailer until John Turturro walks first! John’s done
seventy-five movies and she’s made two!
Never expect Megan to
attend any of the 15 or so crew parties like all the other actors have.
And then there's the classless night she blew off The Royal Prince of
Jordan who made a special dinner for all the actors. She doesn’t know
that one of the grips daughters wanted to visit their daddy’s work to
meet Megan, but he wouldn’t let them come because he told them “she is
not nice."
The press certainly doesn’t know her most famous
line. On our first day in Egypt, the Egyptian government wouldn’t let
us shoot because of a permit problem as the actors got ready in make up
at the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael tried to make the best of it; he
wanted to take the cast and crew on a private tour of the famous Giza
pyramids. God hold us witness, Megan said, "I can’t believe Michael is
fucking forcing us to go to the fucking pyramids!" I guess this is the
“Hitler guy” she is referring to.
So this is the Megan Fox you
don’t get to see. Maybe she will learn, but we figure if she can sling
insults, then she can take them too. Megan really is a thankless,
classless, graceless, and shall we say unfriendly bitch. It's sad how
fame can twist people, and even sadder that young girls look up to her.
If only they knew who they're really looking up to.
But ‘Fame’
is fleeting. We, being behind the scenes, seen em’ come and go.
Hopefully Michael will have Megatron squish her character in the first
ten minutes of Transformers 3. We can tell you that will make the crew
happy!
-Loyal Transformers Crew"
ShadowDancer is reporting that a toy shop he found in in Letchworth, Hertfordshire is selling Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Ravage for £12.00, Megatron for £15.00 and Ratchet £15.00.
MillionHero has updated it's website with images of the Transformers Generation 2009 Volume 2 Gentei Ghost Starscream, the clear plastic version of Transformers Henkei \ Transformers Classics Starscream.
Jizai toys has uploaded the images of the brand new Nano Scale Transformers - G1 Wheelie and Springer. The two figures are being made exclusively for the Winter Wonderfestival in Japan and are said to be official TakaraTomy products..
The Nano Scale line matches the recent Legends and Worlds Smallest Transformers in size.
Irish retailer Smyths has released its top ten Irish Christmas toy predictions, with Transfomers: Revenge of the Fallen Devastator leading the list.
Smyths Top Ten
1. Transformers Supreme Combiner - Devastator
2. Fur Real Lulu the Cat
3. In the Night Garden Sleepy Time Igglepiggle
4. Monopoly City
5. Ben 10 Alien Force Figures
6. Sylvanian Caravan and Family Car
7. Lego Minotaurus
8. Mickey Mouse ClubHouse Hot Dog Dancer
9. Clone Wars Ultimate Blaster
10. Animatazz
KOToys.com have published some images of here what appears to be a Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen version of Nightwatch Optimus Prime. The you is a redeco of the Voyager Class Optimus Prime figure.
Simon Furman has updated his blog with an entry dedicated to issue two of the IDW Transformers comic book series Tales of the Fallen. Issue two focuses on Sideswipe and the back story which bought him to Earth on a quest for vengeance with utter disregard for the organic life he finds teeming on the planet. Such is the level of his disregard that he actually becomes the target that the other Autobots must confront. Tales of the Fallen #2 hits stores this week, September 9th in the US, 10th in the UK. Art is by Carlos Magno, who Simon describes as "a new talent and definitely one to watch!"
Head over to Simon's blog to read more details abotu the issue as well as taking a peek at the cover art.
TFCToy has posted a testshot of a green early version of the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class Megatron figure on ebay
Evem if you are not interested in bidding on the item it is well worth taking a look at this "Minty Movie Megatron".
We have updated the Magazine section of LuckyDrawTransformers.com, the worlds only dedicated website to the "Lucky Draw" competition prize Transformers, with sixty nine new galleries. The galleries include each months TV-Boy and Hyper Hobby from November 2007 through to the October 2009 issues as well as the January 2008 through October 2009 issues of TV Magazine.
Our thanks go to modxtoy.com for the original scans which have allowed us to fill in the gaps for this period.
The galleries can also be found within the Magazine section of Transformers At The Moon.