For the Love of Money

I read a few days ago that Michael Bay was taking a stand against media-giant Paramount and their recent decision not to release any of their films on Blu-Ray, but solely on HD-DVD.

Michael Bay basically said that he directed movies for people to see and that he wanted the most people to be able to see them, not have them limited by the format of their video watching device and that if Paramount wasn’t going to release movies on Blu-Ray he wasn’t going to make Transformers 2. This seemed to be a major stand from a major director against the actions a major corporation was taking in the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD formatting wars (which in the end may pan out to be more like the Laser Disc battle… Pointless).

But then, shortly after all the to-do and fuss was made someone from Paramount must have contacted Michael bay and probably told him either how much money he would not be making by passing on Transformers 2 or that it didn’t really make a difference if he was involved or not because they were going to make the movie anyway. Either way, Michael Bay posted a retraction on his blog with some ramblings but essentially saying that ” I drank the kool aid hook line and sinker… I over reacted.”

Just goes to show how oodles of money can change anyones mind. Too bad, may have set a precedence for other directors, instead it just lets the studios know that they really do have all the power.