Explosions: The Michael Bay Story
Well gang, it’s Wednesday and it’s time for bonus videos. This week we take a look at some of Michael Bay’s greatest hits and you know what that means explosions, slow motion and lots of shots of helicopters. Let’s light the fuse on this thing.
Michael Bay is Epic:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cax-1WgqiE
Michael Bay demands things to be awesome:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHsxQJ9ZOo
Bay presents “A Trip to Wendy’s”:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC2W6-oF80M
Bad Boys Trailer:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNJQRFaxas8
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have a misunderstanding at a convience store:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REujmHiQFo4
Mike and Marcus escape from the evil dude’s club in an ice cream truck:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpLL-9Obi-4
The final chase/showdown from Bad Boys:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOwBJUl4F_Y
The Rock trailer:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JYJ7c9p-fI
When Michael Bay wants a car chase, he gets a car chase:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqqZ9dbWzD4
Awesome slow motion abounds in the Alcatraz shower room:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh8AO64JKx0
Bay borrows from fellow slow motion afficienando John Woo with a mexican stand off scene:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz25N72cQxs
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you’d be extremely hard pressed to find anything more awesome than this scene:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPdukhSNrW8
Armageddon Trailer:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0tFOuCoT8c
New York City gets blowed up real good:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggJboWWo7lM
Grab some crackers it’s time for the cheesiness of “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw5pAshxY80
Bruce Willis: Real American Hero:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pILXoPluHtw
Pearl Harbor Trailer:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIPBtP02yKc
The start of the battle, Michael Bay must have been having withdrawl with no explosions for almost two hours in this movie:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1niwxQgoY
Matt and Trey of South Park sum it up best, Pearl Harbor sucked:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pM8PrqY5Rg
Just for shits and giggles here’s “America, Fuck Yeah”:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar8lUtg8c8c
Bad Boys II Trailer:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCQaUJG_pRA
I have to give credit to Bad Boys II, this car chase is probably one of the best ever:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPmLmRbxNVA
Marcus and Mike get into a shoot-out with some Haitians and the Bay camera spin is used to maximum effect:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJsCMw18-Q
The classic line:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqMiigy92qU
I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that this was the biggest explosion ever for a movie, congrats Michael! (it’s at 4:21 in the video):
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHohP7xJ6y8
The Island Trailer:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCc8Qc5e-rw
Product placement is a little out of control in this movie:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVQwomIgjs
The Island did have a pretty sweet car chase though:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Gh6VSo9nE
Transformers Trailer:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feOwAB9TpEA
A music video of clips from Transformers with the classic song “The Touch” by Stan Bush from Transformers: The Movie:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vebAo1PEWU8
The Mountain Dew Bot:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=060P4OAOh8k
Scorponok gets his ass kicked by America (fuck yeah!):
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5KwiC-JiS8
One of the coolest parts of the movie, Optimus vs. Bonecrusher:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhfDtARwdWw
If there’s one thing I’m hoping for in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen it’s the Dinobots:
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtGdfulu5KI
Well there we go, your computer might have possibly melted due to all the explosiveness so sorry about that if it did. Remember to use the “share this” button at the bottom of this post if you like this and also check out the contact page to see where else we are on the internet.