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Unhappy Transformers Fans Threatened Bay's Life
Reported by Jay Cochran - 04:44 PM 2007.06.20


Source: WENN

Movie mogul MICHAEL BAY received death threats from TRANSFORMERS fans when he was announced as the film's director.

The blockbuster moviemaker was not a popular choice to take charge of the first Transformers film and fans of the toys and animated TV series made sure he knew how they felt.

Bay says, "I did get a lot of flak from fans on the internet. They'd be like, 'Michael Bay wrecked my childhood. Michael Bay, you suck. We're gonna protest this at your office.' "Some did - they protested at my old office, apparently. "But it was the death threats that really freaked me out. "I took time to listen to fans on the net and hear their comments, but I'd be like, 'I'm still gonna make my movie and I'm still gonna put flames on (lead robot character) Optimus Prime.

"I got the impression that the fans wanted me, literally, to take these cartoons and blow 'em up and it would've been clearly the equivalent of Ghostbusters. It just wouldn't work. The robots needed to be much more complex."





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