Michael Bay, Master of Three Dimensions
The news that Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon will be filming in 3-D should surprise no one. There’s no bigger Hollywood whore than Michael Bay, so most of us probably assumed from the very beginning that TF3 was going to be 3-D anyways; I know I did. I wouldn’t even consider this announcement news, except that I didn’t post it, I would be depriving you of this gem of a quote from TF3 producter Lorenzo di Bonaventura from IGN:
“Michael is so awesome at shooting, the question originally was how the
cameras would work because they’re cumbersome. Look how long it took Jim
Cameron to make one movie. All those things are quite daunting, but
Michael figured out how to use the cameras in a day.”
Yes, Lorenzo. Michael Bay mastered 3-D filming in a day BECAUSE HE IS SO SMART. So much smarter than James Cameron. Because we all know the only arbiter of intelligence is how fast you think you’ve figured something out. Just like the only arbiter of a movie’s quality is how loud the explosions are. Hoo boy.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.