Michael Bay Puts Down Kool Aid; Endorses HD DVD

I noted yesterday that Transformers director Michael Bay was screaming his outage at Paramount's decision to exclusively back HD DVD in the high-def format war with Blu-ray. In a post at his personal web site, Shootfortheedit.com, he even vowed not to make Transformers 2 for Paramount. But then several hours after posting his outrages, he seemed to back track a bit with a new comment posted by his site's webmaster. I then quipped that he would probably be signing up for one of those Michael Imperioli HD DVD commercials before long.

Well, get the cameras ready because Bay issued another post last night at his web site:

"Last night (August 20) at dinner I was having dinner with three Blu-ray owners, they were pissed about no 'Transformers' Blu-ray and I drank the Kool-Aid hook, line and sinker. So at 1:30 in the morning I posted -- nothing good ever comes out of early a.m. posts mind you -- I overreacted. I heard where Paramount is coming from and the future of HD and players that will be close to the $200 mark which is the magic number. I like what I heard.

"As a director, I'm all about people seeing films in the best quality possible, and I saw and heard first-hand people upset about a corporate decision.

"So today I saw '300' on (HD DVD), it rocks! So I think I might be back on to do Transformers 2!"

In Hollywood, consistency is not the currency of choice.

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