Hi here's Uwe Boll, I'm very happy to say the fight is on. Boll Vs. Bay. It's a rumble in the jungle 2, it will be in Kinshasa, Zaire. I think September 30th will be the fight. Boll against Bay. He agreed to do it, I'm very proud of it. So if you want to be live there you need ten tickets from Postal opening May 23rd. You bring these tickets and this will be the entry to the boxing fight, Boll against Bay. Or you can buy tickets on eBay or wherever else you can buy it, of course also, but I think the cheapest way is with the Postal tickets. OK, so Michael Bay, start training and I think you will go down to be honest. I think round three or round four you will go down in history, not only for the worst war movie ever: Pearl Harbor, no, also for the worst boxer in the ring against Uwe Boll ever. Thank you.

Just spoke to Mike, and it's false. This guy is really creepy, he's creeping me out.

BTW, Michael has never spoken to him and won't speak to him. Mike has a movie to deliver for June 2009, unlike this idiot.

Boll doesn't deserve press for his lame movie, so this is the last we talk about him in these forums. This press stunt will tank.

Can we stop talking about this guy! I never even heard his name till last week when he made threats and rants. The guy is a fucking idiot, making threats to me, Clooney, Eli Roth, says he has a doctorate - but uses the word "retard" in his vocabulary, come on. When you look at his videos, what is interesting are the backgrounds. I guess his low rent offices, with 15 year old 3/4 machines, archaic computers, this is just some dumb chump trying to get some fame when he has none, so he has to make Youtube lame quality anger rants. Guy just want attention because he can't get any for the so called movies he makes. Nothing sadder when he had his screening in LA to an over half empty movie house.

He is a troubled soul — let's not waste time on talking about him please.

Bay's Blog [Shoot For The Edit]
The Pudding Show [MTV]

I find people who rant like that - calling shit about both me, and George Clooney - comes from someone screaming because he is not being heard. He is obviously a sad being. When you ask 'do I care?' Not in the slightest.

M

A lot of people were emailing that bought a PlayStation and they were basically saying, 'When are you guys going to release Blu-ray?' They really have no preference in format yet because it's so new. When it comes down to image quality, there is no difference between the two.

What you don't understand is corporate politics. Microsoft wants both formats to fail so they can be heroes and make the world move to digital downloads. That is the dirty secret no one is talking about. That is why Microsoft is handing out $100 million dollar checks to studios just embrace the HD DVD and not the leading, and superior Blu Ray. They want confusion in the market until they perfect the digital downloads. Time will tell and you will see the truth.

Is Michael Bay in need of a sturdier tinfoil hat or is Microsoft intentionally sabotaging the next-gen format war for its own benefit? Since we haven't been on the receiving end of any $100 million checks, we can't say for sure. Or is that just one of the stipulations of our continued payment from Microsoft? *dun dun duunnnn*

DVD Formats [The Official Michael Bay Forums via Blu-ray.com - thanks, Joe!]

Venetia is the most dedicated member of my site. I just loved the sketches she has made. In fact, there was even an online poll on a fan site and her sketches topped the list.

Most film-based games are developed through third parties, and filmmakers often have little or no creative control. By contrast, Digital would let filmmakers direct their own games.

If everything goes swimmingly, Digital Domain plan to develop four to five games by 2009. How they are going to keep up with the industry giants that are already churning out games isn't clear, but after creating the 60-second spot for Gears of War, they at least have one idea on how they could be successful. Like in the commercial, Digital Domain plans to create animations using video game software in real time, rather by the frame-by-frame technique. The commercial only took about half the time it normally takes to make. Best of luck to them, but how good can a game from the people who made the commerical for Gears of War be? Kim Phu

Special-effects house aims to make video games more cinematic [LA Times]

The latest issue of Nintendo Power confirms that the Transformers game based on the upcoming Michael Bay film will be coming to the Nintendo Wii. It also reveals that the DS is getting not one, but two Transformers games next year. No word on why the handheld is getting two titles, but I'm not going to complain. One of the is bound to be somewhat playable, right?

"Based on the upcoming Michael Bay flick, Transformers will let you play as either the heroic Autobots or evil Decepticons. Each 'bot will come equipped with unique weapons, moves, and transformations. Activision is planning a Wii version and two DS versions of the game."

I know, I know. Michael Bay is the devil. I thought so too, but looking at the newly released trailer we might be in for a surprise come July. Keeping my fingers crossed! Michael Fahey

Wii Love Transformers [POWET.TV]

The game will be coming courtesy of Digital Domain, a production house recently purchased by Mr. Bay's Wyndcrest Holdings, LLC. They'll apparently be "sharing assets" with the film crew, so expect the game to stay true to the film from a visuals standpoint.

I'm nervously excited about the prospect of a live action Transformers flick, but this is Michael Bay we're talking about here. Michael McWhertor

Hollywood & Games: helping hype each other [Gamespot]