@Noomis. No, it's an actual sequel. It takes place a few years after Dark of the Moon.

just needs to take the 'human aspect' outta the movies all together and make a 'wars of cybertron' series.

3 stories? the robots and the aliens are the same thing!

The only blockbuster that should be 3hrs long (or close to that) is Justice League!

I don't care, Michael. As long as you're directing it it'll still feel twice as long.

what i loved about transformers 2 was when sam dies he has vision or goes to autobot heaven.

@FilmsFan

It's actually quite easy to get an estimate of how long a film's running time will be before filming even starts. You look at the script. In the script writing world, on average, 1 page of script equals about 1 minute of screen time. That is how filmmakers gauge how long of a movie they're making. If someone gives them a script that's too long or too short for the genre (horror films and comedies are generally shorter while dramas and action films are generally longer), they may not even read it.

For example, the script for "The Dark Knight Rises" is 164 pages. The film is 165 minutes (and that includes the credits). So the 1 minute per page gives very accurate estimates.

I'm assuming that the script for TF4 is somewhere between 125 and 130 pages, and that is how Mr. Bay can say something like that.

In regards to the length of the other films, I'm sure the initial story was shorter, but either he or the studio decided to extend it through fight scenes or filler dialogue.

I think people are too hard on the Transformers movies. It's based on a cartoon designed to sell toys. I can thoroughly enjoy it for what it is: a blockbuster action film with lots of explosions and cool fighting robots. I'm sorry if all of you were expecting an Oscar-Winning performance from Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) or Shia LaBeouf.

This might also mean that robot-on-robot action time may be cut down. Because it seems like this movie is gonna focus a lot on the humans' point of views again.

I cant wait for this movie!!!!

At least that's better. Those films were to damn long.

If he cuts out his uber-dramatic 360 shots alone it will save 20 minutes.

glad its shorter, i was pissed when i found out thor was an hour 45 min and stupid transformers was like 2 and a half.

not short enough :)

I guess im a tweeny too!!! They are dumb fun action movies, that's all. Why do most people on here not appreciate that? Id hate to see what some of you do for fun.

@CaptainObvious - 4/21/2013, 11:55 AM

"If you cut out all the pointless filler from Transformers 2, the movie is less than two hours. Hate to break it to you Bay, but there is a difference between developing a story and padding."

What's scary is Revenge of the Fallen's padding was them improvising a lot of the time. RoTF's production came right out of the WGA strike (which meant no writing done between November of '07 and February '08) so the movie went into production with a script that was in no way really ready to shoot. They also rushed as they were facing strikes by both the Director's Guild and Screen Actor's Guild.

So yeah, imagine a Michael Bay movie, which doesn't have the most complex of scripts to begin with, going into production three months after the WGA strike. Let this be a lesson. You go into a movie like that barely dressed and your robot's giant balls will hang out for all the world to see. Quality entertainment at it's best, right?

@urban, ha I ment my comment as a lot of these people must have pretty boring lives always taking everything so seriously. And I don't think many of them know what sex is, especially I'madick, that kids got some issues.

@tea lol. I now understand why you MUST watch them.

@jesse lol. Well that explains it as well.
Btw tea is a professional.

THESE MOVIE HATERS DEFINATELY DON'T KNOW WHAT SEX IS OR WHAT HAVING A LIFE IS, THEIR LIFE IS POPPING ZITS, EATING OUT OF THIER NOSE, BEATING OFF TO PLAYBOY MAGAZINES, AND TYPING IGNORANT SHIT IN THEIR BASEMENT ON THEIR COMPUTERS, ACTING LIKE ALL THIS FICTIONAL SHIT IS REAL AND SHOULD'NT BE MODERNIZED, I LOVE ALL THE TRANSFORMERS MOVIES, THE ONLY THING I DID'NT LIKE WAS JAZZ GETTING KILLED IN THE 1ST ONE, I CANT WAIT FOR THE 4TH ONE, BECAUSE ALL IT IS, IS GOOD WILD FUN.

look at all the [frick]s i give