U2, I love you

Mega group U2 held a concert last night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The place was jam packed. Seriously there were so many people, it would have been the ultimate, not to mention hardest game of "where's waldo". This is not unusual, as U2 often, if not always plays such large, sold out shows. What made yesterday's concert special was that the whole thing was broadcast/streamed live on youtube.com. Estimates are that nearly 40 million people all over the world tuned in to the livecast. I was one of them. The concert was magnificent, and there are no words to describe it. And having been only somewhat acquainted with their music, but loving Bono for all he does in the world. After watching the concert, I can proudly say that I am now a fan of U2. I love thir music, and I love Bono even more. Also The Edge is a really cool guy.

An open letter to Michael Bay

Dear Michael Bay,
I think you are a great director and I love your movies. I disagree with others when they say your movies are just things exploding. While this may be mostly true I believe that this is what makes your movies fun, and entertaining. Several movies of yours are on my list of all time favorites, with Armageddon being my favorite Bay movie of all time, and top 30 fave movies ever. I think you are talented and that you can do more than just make things blow up really good. Hell, I still cry every time I watch Armageddon or Pearl Harbor. I also laugh and applaud.

Transformers and its sequel are really terrific movies, with only 1 minor annoyance. Said annoyance comes in the form of one named megan fox. I refuse to capitalize her name, btw. There are many rumors about you killing her off in the next movie as a result of the things she said bashing you and the crew and consequently the crew bashing her ( I agree with the crew). Considering that she really cant act and is nothing more than "eye candy" for the juvenal boys who watch your movies, I think Transformers 3 would benefit from her absence. Killing her off might even make Shia Lebouff show some emotion on screen. Also, if you kill her, you can get another totally hot but useless chick to be the eye candy, just please no more orange people like that girl who turns into a Decepticon in pt2. Maybe you can even get a smart, tough, hot chick to be the girlfriend/sidekick. Additionally if you do decide to kill fox off, please have Optimus Prime step on her or something as that would be totally awesome.

Chris Nashawaty from EW's Popwatch sums it up pretty nicely, and I agree:

Who knows if any of this is true, but it’s sure fun to think it might be.

This week, there have been reports on the internet that Transformers director Michael Bay is so ticked off at Megan Fox’s repeated swipes at him in the press that he’s planning on killing off her character in the first 15 minutes of the next Transformers movie. Petty? Sure. Vindictive? Absolutely. Delicious payback? And how.

Since Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hit theaters back in June, Fox — an actress who no one had ever heard of before Bay cast her in the first Autobots/Decepticons smackdown– has called her boss “a d—” and compared him to Hitler. And when I interviewed her this past summer, she called him a sadist and said that working with Bay “is not about an acting experience.” Nice.

I get it. Being a loose cannon is part of her bad-girl, tattooed, Jessica Rabbit appeal. But there is such a thing as being ungrateful, right? So if Bay really does plan on having her onscreen alterego — Mikaela Banes — impaled by a shape-shifting Camaro or Mack truck that turns into a can opener or whatever, can you really blame the guy?

In conclusion keep making awesome movies, but hire people who would be grateful and courteous.

sincerely,
a girl who loves your movies (shocking I know)


ETA: Over at Cinematical they have some suggestions as to how it could be accomplished. I like them all. : )