Michael Bay “Recycles”
Jul 03, 2011 at 05:30 am by Jenn

a shot-by-shot comparison of 'Transformers 3' and 'The Island'

You’ve heard of limited animation, right? Like in old Hanna-Barbera cartoons, when Scooby-Doo and the gang run in terror past the same tree five times? (To be fair, Filmation did this a lot, too.)

Guess who else has been reusing old frames!

Don’t really guess; I’ll just tell you. It’s our old pal, MTV Movie Award-winning director Michael Bay!

Man. I’ve always had this sneaking suspicion I’m being tricked into watching the same movie over and over.

On the one hand it’s a little surprising that Michael Bay would employ a traditional cost-cutting technique, considering Transformers: Dark of the Moon‘s budget of $195 million. On the other, it explains how Bay pumps blockbusters out so quickly, and anyway, once Michael Bay is in love with an explosion, maybe he doesn’t want to mess with perfection? Maybe he said to himself, “This scene from The Island could really only be improved with robots.”

I mean, at least he’s just cribbing from himself.

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4 Responses to “Michael Bay “Recycles””

  1. Bina says:
    July 3, 2011 at 7:14 am

    What a fuckin disappointment.

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  2. Mel2 says:
    July 3, 2011 at 7:15 am

    To be fair, whoever saw The Island in the first place? Probably like Michael Bay himself, I’m amazed anyone actually noticed.

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  3. casey says:
    July 3, 2011 at 8:04 am

    Interesting… I never knew people did that, but it makes sense.

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  4. Manda says:
    July 3, 2011 at 9:47 am

    I hate that guy

    Reply

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