Michael Bay: High Def God
February 14, 2008

Transformers' Michael Bay has an ego on him. But I have to give it up to the guy for being one of the few filmmakers who has long vocally supported a high-def format - in this case Blu-ray. Speaking at a recent awards show, Bay couldn't resist taking further pot-shots at HD DVD in light of studio and retail support steadily slipping. He knew all along Blu-ray was the mighty format! As HighDefDigest.com reports, Bay said of Warner's decision to exit HD DVD, "Am I thrilled? It really wasn't my fight, but remember what I said in the press...I was kinda saying HD DVD is going to lose. But no one believed me." 
High-def can only be helped by more and more celebrities and famous folk publicly giving their thumbs up. Retail and studio statements are sometimes carried as far as business-oriented publications, but geez, imagine Angelina Jolie buying her man's Assasination of Jesse James on Blu-ray. That snapshot could very well wind up being seen by millions in the pages of mainstream glossies U.S. Weekly, In Touch, etc.

Posted by Susanne Ault on February 14, 2008 | Comments (1)