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I wouldn't recommend actually sitting through Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to anyone. But in the abstract -- after you've been through the horrifying experience -- there are parts of the film that are so bizarre that the whole thing starts to look like the work of some sick, Andy Kaufman-esque jokester genius. And then it becomes kind of interesting. I mean, some of this stuff can't be for real... Can it?

1. Megan Fox's first appearance. See above. That is the first shot of Megan Fox in the film, as she works on a motorcycle in her family's garage while taking a call from boyfriend Shia LaBoeuf. Makes sense, right? Or do you not typically mount your motorcycle in that fashion, wearing knee-high boots and denim hot pants, to do some body work? If not, why not? Hysterical -- though I have to say that Michael Bay's leering at Fox throughout the movie eventually becomes a little uncomfortable. And if you didn't think it was possible for a director to leer at his star with the camera, Revenge of the Fallen proves you wrong.

2. The enormous Bad Boys II poster in Sam's dorm room. If it just appeared on someone's wall at a point in the film, that would be one thing -- a little arrogant, but not really notable. That's not what happens here. The poster for Bay's Bad Boys II -- presumably belonging to Sam's motormouth techie roommate -- is enormous, and fills the screen on at least two occasions. The self-regard is astounding. Has a director ever put in product placement for his other work in a movie before?

3. The obsession with things humping other things. It doesn't really matter what things. First, we see dogs going at it. Why? Because humping dogs are funny, that's why. Then, later, a miniature decepticon grinds against Megan Fox's leg. Why? I have no earthly idea. I guess Bay or his producers thought this would amuse someone, somewhere. Gotta spend $200 million somehow.

So the last we heard from the famously talkative Kevin Smith regarding Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the casting of Rosario Dawson as one of the co-leads was pretty much a done deal, at least in Smith's head. Well, what a difference a few weeks can make. The MTV Movie Blog reports Dawson will not be reuniting with Smith for his comedy about two old friends who go into the amateur porn business and have absolutely nothing to do with Jay or Silent Bob along the way. MTV spoke with the actress about her upcoming rape drama, Descent, and when asked about Zack and Miri, Dawson said, "It's going to be a really interesting film. I don't think I'm going to be a part of it. He wrote it for me, but I'm just signing on to do [Eagle Eye] and that's going to be shooting from November to March".

Dawson will be joining Shia LaBoeuf and Michelle Monaghan in Eye, a political thriller that originated with Steven Spielberg about a family mistaken for terrorists and forced on the run. MTV also spoke with Eagle Eye director D.J. Caruso about Dawson's role in the thriller, but would only say that she would be playing a character named Zoey. News of Dawson's no-go on Zack and Miri has already hit the View Askewniverse, but so far there has been no official comment from the man himself. Smith had planned on starting production on Zack and Miri late this fall before heading off to helm his first horror flick, Red State. So, could this mean that Zack and Miri will be delayed while Smith searches for a new lead? I wouldn't worry; Smith has proven time and again that he is a master at thinking on his feet.