For me, Bay is not the issue. He's made creative choices I don't like, but I still wouldn't have enjoyed TF1 if Ridley Scott was the director. The slapstick script sucks, and that's on the writers, and the muddy design of the robots suck, which is probably a mishmash of fault between the film's concept team and edicts from…
Personal highlights: - Jetfire is an SR-71... that turns into an 'old man' robot using his landing gear as a cane - That two wheeled robot smashing through that bridge, with Optimus maybe 1/3 his height - is only 1 out of 7 parts of Devastator. Movie Devastator is apelike, and has a funky glowing mouth. - "Arcee" is one of…