No, Michael Bay is not going all “Brokeback” on us. But in a recent interview I found today over at (sorry) MTV, he talks about how much he loves horses, cowboys and the western genre.
“I love, love, love Westerns; love them. I’ve just always been a huge fan of Western movies. I actually wrote a senior thesis on Western movies.”
While he admits to not being all ready to go, he is in search of a “great” script and insists he is going to make a western someday.
While this news is nothing but a pipe dream for the time being, I can’t help but try to imagine what a Michael Bay western might look like. Nightmares of that awful Will Smith flick Wild Wild West springs to mind.
Stampede by bazooka?
Saloon brawl as a timer strapped to 250 lbs. of dynamite nears ever close to zero.
Maybe a rocket propelled stage coach?
And you can’t have a Michael Bay film without the camera revolving around the main character (Wyatt Earp?) as chaos ensues all around.
Yeah I think it’s safe to say I’d pay for a Michael Bay western just to satisfy my own morbid curiosity. And hey, maybe I’m not being fair or giving the guy a chance. Maybe he’ll make another Open Range, art house western. Heh.
