Three of my favorite action movies are Bad Boys, The Rock and Pain and Gain. I don’t particularly hate Michael Bay, I just find him not the right fit for Transformers or even producing TMNT. He’d be better for a take on GI Joe.
I can just see the team having to lock him in a room when the concept art for Bebop, Rocksteady and Krang was being finalized.
His Transformers movies are guilty pleasures for me. I actually quite enjoy AOE a lot more than most people give it credit. However I also understand why so many people hate them or things about them. Me being in that latter camp. I’ve also spent a small fortune on my P1 Bayformers so that’s saying something.