Re: Michael Bay Accuses Microsoft of Conspiracy

the original question from the link is pretty %^$%%^^ HILARIOUS

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I am disappointed to hear that Mr. Bay has chosen to only place his films in HDTV format and not the UK leading Blu Ray format. Having seen the quality of both my personal opinion is that Blu Ray is better.
Why have you chosen this format?
I and my friends all own PS3's and it’s easier and better to watch these films on our systems especially as the HDTV format players are too expensive here in the UK. I was looking forward to viewing the extra bonus material and quality that Blu Ray offers for the new release Transformers and I now can’t do that. Only having this system means that I am NOT going to buy Transformers or any of your future releases from you Mr. Bay or give into buying the HDTV system. i was also shocked to hear your decision you made so abruptly on your website.

http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=595

lol, no punchline necessary.

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[Post edited by kucoloco on Dec 5, 2007]

Michael Bay is halirious. He makes ONE movie that does well at the box office and he thinks he can run his mouth and sway people to choose one format over the other. First of all, Transformer was a hit because it was TRANSFORMERS, not because it was directed by Michael Bay. In fact if someone else had directed the movie it may have actually been much better. Get over yourself.

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[Post edited by Falcon01 on Dec 5, 2007]

After reading statement from Mike Dunn, President of Fox Home Entertainment in November "the orchestrated campaigns of confusion and anti-consumerism fueled by an 800-pound gorilla that would prefer to force us all into the practice of paying tolls for the right to exchange information and enjoy". Michael Bay does his investigation to find down who is 800-pound gorilla. He read lots of forums, posts, news. After more than one month drinking only Kool Aid, he found down that 800-pound gorilla company which Mike Dunn memtioned is Microsoft.

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Michael Bay is halirious. He makes ONE movie that does well at the box office and he thinks he can run his mouth and sway people to choose one format over the other. First of all, Transformer was a hit because it was TRANSFORMERS, not because it was directed by Michael Bay. In fact if someone else had directed the movie it may have actually been much better. Get over yourself.

nuf- said

Mr. Bay should stop this whole HD DVD bashing and what does MS have to do with it, it's Toshiba lol. And Blu-Ray is so not the ultimate HD format. sigh

First off Michael Bay is cooler than Bill Gates! Second, I hate Vista. Third, I hate how the editor of this web site gets aggressively upset anytime there's something going against HD DVD. Fourth, Digital Movie Downloads will never take over buying movies in a retail store! Why? Because people love knowing when they buy a movie that it's in it's decorative packaging, the movie is on a shelf displayed as part of the owners video collection library, and that they don’t have to worry about some unit, fully loaded with downloaded movies breaking down, and POOF, there goes the consumers movie collection. Sorry, digital movie downloads are a horrible idea, or at least to think they will replace buying movies on a DVD, BD, or even HD DVD. I mean if anyone has ever had an ipod loaded with thousands of songs, videos, movies, and never made a backup disc for their purchases, thus, had their computer crash.... Well imagine that for downloading movies.

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[Post edited by Kris on Dec 5, 2007]

Kris I have to agree with you about the movie downloading. I doubt it will replace going to the store on release date and picking up YOUR copy of the movie to play wherever you want, whenever you want.

You can have hardware crashes (hard drive, motherboard, I/O, etc), software issues (viruses, firmware updates that don't work properly, companies trying to update the copy protection, etc). If any of those things happen and you don't have access to your movies over a weekend or a few days how annoyed will you be? Especially if you lose your whole library of movies like Kris mentioned.

I prefer my buying my movie in its case anyday. That way I know if the power goes out and fries everything I won't lose my movies...the HD DVD player can be bought on Ebay for cheap and is a lot easier to buy again than say...300 movies lost due to hardware/software issues

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I hate how the editor of this web site gets aggressively upset anytime there's something going against HD DVD.

The thing is that the HD DVD camp seldom uses negative spin about the other format as reason for success. If they do I'll do my best to cover it and please let me know. If you read a lot of OFFICIAL material from the Blu-ray camp they often trash HD DVD. Why not just show your success by providing a solid product. No need to invent crazy stories about your competition in public. I'm simply against the tactic in trashing your competition instead of focusing on your own product. Provide facts and let consumers make up their own mind.

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[Post edited by Henning on Dec 5, 2007]

bay certainly isnt the best director....just a lucky one....hes fine with big dumb movies but he always falls down when he tries to get emotion going....see pearl harbour for details....
if he wants to make movies but for them to be on blu then he should make em for blu only studios, not shit on his own doorstep....its not unheard of for studios to fire directors for the slightest reason, hes nno speilberg in any shape or form

To the editor of DVDTOWN. Your site has been nothing but negative articles about the blu-ray camp, and you always have something positive to say about HD DVD. High Def Digest is probably the best HD web site that stays neutral about both discs. If you have something to say about Blu-ray, it's a short article with very little detail. If your writing about HD DVD, you make the camp look like it's beyond superior! Were was your article about who won the Black Friday sales? Blu Ray did out sell HD DVD like usual.

"According to the just-issued VideoScan numbers, 72.6% of all high-definition discs purchased last week were Blu-ray, versus just 27.4% for HD DVD." (Hi-def digest)

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Industry_Trends/Disc_Sales/VideoScan:_Blu-ray_Commands_Thanksgiving_Week_Disc_Sales/1218

I figured you didn’t want to put that article up on your site because you felt that it would look bad to a site that is pro HD DVD, but tries looks neutral.