Michael Bay Defends 'Transformers' Racial Stereotypes

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I saw the movie Transformers yesterday and thought it was awesome!!! People it is just a movie. It is for intertainment. What is your problem???? There is nothing wrong with any of the characters!! As it has been said get a life!!!!!!

Them robots were not offensive at all! They were just acting like best friends act. Now all the hot chicks in the movie? Now that was offensive. I love hot chicks too but seriously, you ain't gonna see no hot chicks in no astronomy class! A whole college full of hot chicks? Now that's science fiction!

Jazz has always been the token 'black' bot in transformers, ever since the 80's. I was pissed that he was killed, but only because jazz has always been my favorite character.

I really didn't see that Mudflap and Skids were supposed to be "black" anyway...They seemed more like a couple of redneck robots to me.

As far as the way the Transformers talked in general...Prime said in the first movie that they learned to speak the language from the World Wide Web, so obviously they are going to speak the way people do and use the same slang that is most common in today's society. If people don't like the way they're talking then maybe they should look in the mirror and place the blame where it belongs.

IDK THAS UR PERSPECTIVE OF IT BUT UR MAKING IT SEEM LIKE OH BECAUSE SOME BLACK PEOPLE BREAK DANCE AND HAVE CERTAIN ASPECTS TO THEIR PERSONALITY THE CHARACTER WAS MEANT TO BE BLACK AND THATS BULLSHIT.THE CHARACTERS ARE ROBOTS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES THEY HAVE NO FUCKIN RACE ASSHOLE...WAT U ARE REALLY SAYING IS BLACK PEOPLE ALL TALK THE SAME AND THINK THE SAME AND IF ANY ASPECT OF THERE PERSONALITY IS USED IN A CHARACTER THAT CHARACTER MUST BE BLACK...DICKHEADS YALL ARE ASSHOLES 4 SAYIN THAT

i totally agree. For those people out there who find the characters as a defamation in racial culture needs to stop and think. They themselves must think that if thats what they observe. Look into a mirror before you decide walk out into the world.

I just came from the movie and was a big fan of the first one. A little comic relief from hip hop is okay, but "we can't read" crossed the line.

It's one thing to have a "cool" character like Jazz, and we're used to the token black guy, but to perpetuate the stereotype of African-American males as illiterate? As the mother of two such young men, yes, I was offended.

Here's a joke my son's white friends told: "What do you call a black guy in college?"

"I don't know, what?"

"Nothing...because there's no such thing as a black guy in college."

There's one more myth for you to not care about...

Riley, I agree with you 100%. People need to shut up and enjoy the movie. I never listen to what critics say anyway. Who ever said that we have to agree with what they say anyway? Who made them judge and jury. Get a life for God's sake. It's a movie about robots. I am also black and did not get offended with the characters. I enjoyed the movie. Transformers is off the hizzy fo shizzy!!!!

No - what you are is hopeless. Your ignorance is astounding...truly astounding. Let me guess - you have no idea that your white 'friends' say "that n*** thinks he is one of us, but he is ain't" behind your back.
Or perhaps in a lingo you'll understand - please just "shaddup".

By the way - I am also black AND hold two masters degrees from a top tier school. Black people like YOU are the reason my sons have to work twice as hard to be considered 1/2 as good

This is exactly why producers and society can get away with stereotyping certain groups of people. Your response in itself sounds just like the robots in the movie. Before you post your thoughts on the web or anywhere make sure that you present your thoughts clearly and at least grammatically correct and without misspelled words. I personally didn’t care for the movie due to these "dumb downed" robots that had the undertones of being the stereotypical uneducated black man. Society has come so numb to the images and messages presented to them that they accept anything. Society no longer have any standards and the very people who should be offended make matters worse by perpetuating such stereotypes. You have done so by responding to such an issues cursing, using misspelled words, and having no idea how of what they just typed sounds like something in the script for mudflap and skids. Just remember when you want to start a conversation by saying that you’re “black” that when people read what you say that you not only represent yourself, you represent how ignorant people may perceive “blacks”. When you expect more from yourself you will later find yourself expecting more from other people as well.

Haha, Christopher, that was one of the most grammatically incorrect posts I've ever read. I still got your point, so it didn't matter, but it was hilarious that you would call out other people for their mistakes while you were making the same ones. Way to go!

You know, I have not seen the second movie, but this whole discussion sounds as if people want the movie not to have personality. Our country and world have a diverse culture, it is a melting pot. To not allow a voice actor to put their personality into a character is not fair. This is how we identify with the characters. I was not offended with the first movie. Look at the mother, she was portrayed as a total ditz. I am a mother. I was not offended. Some mothers are that way and it is Hollywood folks! Megan Fox is beautiful and they also portrayed her as a very mechanically inclined intelligent young woman with a criminal record. I did not hear anyone crying over that one. Grow a brain and realize it is entertainment. And if you have a problem with black stereo-types don't praise your black actors who bring these characters to life in their movies.

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Do let's!