10 years and running…

Nelson here…
Ten years ago I started this site using Adobe Pagemill 1.0 and a cracked version of Photoshop running on a Cyrix 286 system operated by Windows 95. The page had a image of Michael, a bio, and the list of his films (Bad Boys and The Rock). A lot has happened since then.
On behalf of Michael, I would like to thank all of you who have visited and supported the site over the years.
Thank you.… [ Read more ]

Sacred Emotion

Back in 1988, Michael was given the opportunity to direct his first music video. It was a comeback song titled “Sacred Emotion” for Donny Osmond.
Enjoy.… [ Read more ]

Michael Bay HD-DVD post

Last night at dinner I was having dinner with three Blu-Ray owners, they were pissed about no Transformers Blu-Ray and I drank the kool aid hook line and sinker. So at 1:30 in the morning I posted - nothing good ever comes out of early am posts mind you - I over reacted. I heard where Paramount is coming from and the future of HD and players that will be close to the $200 mark which is the magic number. I like what I heard.… [ Read more ]

Transformers goes IMAX on September 21

One of the Biggest Movies of 2007 Gets Digitally Enhanced into The IMAX
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IMAX Corporation, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures announced today that “TRANSFORMERS,” one of the highest grossing movies of the year, will be digitally re-mastered into IMAX’s immersive format and released to IMAX(R) theatres on September 21. The Michael Bay-directed movie, which has already generated $310 million in gross box office receipts domestically since its premiere in conventional theaters on July 3, will be enhanced into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R) through IMAX’s DMR(R) (Digital Re-Mastering) technology.… [ Read more ]

Transformers to be released on standard definition DVD and HD-DVD only

Nelson here…
It appears that Transformers will be released on on regular DVD & HD-DVD only and not Blu-Ray.
Paramount/Dreamworks has decided to drop it’s support for Blu-Ray. That means you must either own a Toshiba HD-DVD player or have the HD-DVD add-on for the xBox 360 to view Transformers in HD.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. and DreamWorks Animation SKG , each announced today that they will exclusively support the next-generation HD DVD format on a worldwide basis.… [ Read more ]

Giant Fuckin' Robots are Coming to IMAX!

Nelson here…
I contacted Michael and he has confirmed that Transformers will be arriving on IMAX theaters.
Stay tuned for details.… [ Read more ]

Shortpacked….

Nelson here…
Shortpacked had come up with another brilliant strip, enjoy!’

You can visit their site here… [ Read more ].

Michael interviewed at the NYSE

Nelson here…
This interview took place back in June when Michael and Hasbro rang the opening bell at the NYSE.… [ Read more ]

'Transformers' beats 'Harry' in Japan

Bay film takes in $5.35 millionBy MARK SCHILLING
Opening Saturday on 617 screens, helmer Michael Bay’s “Transformers” jumped straight to the top of the Japanese weekend box office with a two-day total of ¥631.3 million ($5.35 million).
That spelled more than “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” which took in $4.04 million over the weekend, for second place.
The “Transformers” figure is 16% better than the $4.6 million opening weekend for “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (Japan cume $57.5 million), which bowed on 370 screens, and 6% better than the $5.07 million of “Mission: Impossible III” (Japan cume $43.4 million), which debuted on 800 screens.… [ Read more ]

Michael Bay takes the witness stand

In the end, there are no fireworks, no explosions and no Aerosmith…nevertheless, there’s a ripple of excitement in the courtroom as director Michael Bay states and spells his name. Juror 6, a film industry executive, sits up in his chair, smiles and shakes his head.
On direct examination, Bay first appears a little nervous. Listing his blockbusters for the jury, he misses “Bad Boys II,” something Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson quickly points out.
“Oh, yes,” he says.
Quickly though, he seems relaxed and confident, and he says exactly what prosecutors have called him to the stand to say.… [ Read more ]