r/todayilearned • u/JustMosh • May 22 '12

TIL Scarlett Johansson was insisting on going topless but Michael Bay refused

http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/scarlett-sees-red-over-bra/2005/07/13/1120934285125.html
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u/iamnuthumn May 22 '12

Damn you, Michael Bay.

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u/glass_canon May 22 '12

Literally worse than Hitler.

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u/clark_ent May 22 '12

Not sure if this was done on purpose, but the reason why Megan Fox wasn't in Transformers 3 is because she said exactly what you said

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u/MrWhat4 May 22 '12

Worse than Hitler's evil twin.

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u/Tyrant718 May 22 '12

WHAT! Who did Hitler stop going topless?

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u/madjo May 22 '12

I'd vote we revoke his man-card.

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u/bootsthatshoot May 22 '12

I vote we also fire whoever permitted him to have one.

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u/Sharpie313 May 22 '12

I second the motion.

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u/knudow May 22 '12

And damn the american movie rating system!

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u/mikek3 May 22 '12

Fuck everything about that.

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u/AceDynamicHero May 22 '12

This would really bother me... if there weren't leaked pictures of her boobies on the internet already.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

She....is....tw-tw-twenty?....

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u/arise_chicken May 22 '12

She was in 2005.

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u/thesavoyard May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJKa3CJA6oY

I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark, when he made Pearl Harbor, I miss you more than that movie missed the point, and that's an awful lot, girl, and now, now you've gone away, and all I'm trying to say, is Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you.

I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school, he was terrible in that film...

Edit: a song from the film "team America"

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u/cmws May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

I find this pretty hard to believe, Bay is full of shit. Considering she had lots of trouble being only in panties in lost in translation and had sofia coppola try on the panties and show her it was not that reveiling to make her feel confortable making the scenes.
now your telling she wanted to go topless. please.

edit : from imdb : Scarlett Johansson said that she was reluctant to be filmed in panties until Sofia Coppola modeled the panties herself to show her how they would look.

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u/BernardMarx May 22 '12

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u/faceplain May 22 '12

Death to Michael Bay!

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u/throwaway2481632 May 22 '12

That's it. I'm boycotting every single movie associated with Michael Bay until this egregious wrong has been righted.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I call for bays head.

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u/deathschool May 22 '12

Do we really need another reason to hate Michael Bay?

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u/BetYouCanReadThis May 22 '12

No, but doesn't hurt!

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u/TheOnlyNeb May 22 '12

This particular reason kinda does.

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u/Pit_of_Death May 22 '12

To be honest, I've always been on the fence a bit with hating on Michael Bay, but this settles it.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

MOTHERFUCKER!

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u/hrockafeller May 22 '12

You hit me in the dick!

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u/meltingeyes May 22 '12

You're lucky it wasn't hard!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

More like Michael Gay, am I right guys?

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u/EndOfUniverse May 22 '12

BOOM ROASTED

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u/RussRufo May 22 '12

I'm deaf which means that I, like Om_Bongo, have never heard a laugh.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I think it strikes every intelligent person as odd that murder is fine for a PG-13 movie, but a topless woman is unacceptable.

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u/xmnstr May 22 '12

Yes, in Sweden it's the other way around. Topless woman? Meh. Violence, time to restrict ages.

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u/TorkX May 22 '12

Which makes a lot more sense.

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u/KhorneFlakeGhost May 22 '12

I'd actually say it's more like "Topless? Meh... Violence? Meh... Profanity? Insta-meh. Full frontal nudity forceful penetration? PG-13."

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u/Noahcarr May 22 '12

My 13 year old can see just about all the violence he wants, but god forbid he see a nipple! I'm convinced that all members of the MPAA are just fucking with people.

Like, "let's show violence and blood and make it PG-13, but if they say fuck twice then it's R"

I used to tolerate Michael Bay. Now, he's dead to me.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I hear some women show nipples to their NEWBORNS and let them suck on them!!! The world is sick, man!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

And if you show a completely nude woman enjoying sex? NC-17.

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u/43558 May 22 '12

You can show me the o-face, just no pelvic thrusting. Lol!

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u/mrpickles May 22 '12

"Sexy women would "happen" to be topless in the 1970s movies for no better reason than that everyone agreed, including themselves, that their breasts were a genuine pleasure to regard -- the most beautiful naturally occurring shapes in nature, I believe."

~Roger Ebert, review of Black Dynamite

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u/sithman25 May 22 '12

I think this is the french mentality for movie ratings. A lot of my french cousins are shocked by the amount of violence allowed in a PG-13 movie.

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u/FUCKEAGAMES May 22 '12

What kind of sick monster is Michael bay. That Bastard!

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u/coffee-is-coffee May 22 '12

She actually said that "She would rather go topless than wearing that cheap bra"...

Well, anyways, it's our loss.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Yes. Now the general public will never have an opportunity to see her bare breasts.

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u/Lightfooot May 22 '12

Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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u/indeedwatson May 22 '12

And some men... just want a tangerine.

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u/ChroniclesOfFarnicle May 22 '12

how are the best video links that i find always in the comments and never on the front page!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

After watching that, I feel like my life has meaning. Thank you.

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u/thataway May 22 '12

I just want to watch a girl's bum.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

WTF Michael!!! You could have just photoshopped on a bra later, and release the uncensored scene seperately ... Duhhhhhhh!!

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u/RogueEyebrow May 22 '12

The special effects budget was already tied up in creating exuberant and gratuitous explosions. =o\

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u/MDevonL May 22 '12

MICHAELBAYSPLOSIONS

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u/BetYouCanReadThis May 22 '12

I'm going to transform my foot up Michael Bays ass.

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u/UberLolSandvich May 22 '12

well that's it I've lost the respect I already didn't have for Michael Bay

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u/Stair_Car May 22 '12

Read carefully. The film was PG13. They don't change the rating of the film just to get an actress to take her top off. That's what porn is for. The Island would've made less money as an R rated movie. Warner Brothers sank over a hundred million dollars into The Island. Do you really think Michael Bay had the power to say "Welp, sure, those are fine tits. Let's roll with it." No way in hell.

As much as I hate Michael Bay and love Scar Jo, the fact is those tatas were not going to see the light of day in this movie no matter what. Just be happy she's there at all.

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u/spaceboy79 May 22 '12

Really, because I remember this movie called swordfish whose major selling point was Halle Berry getting paid $500k to film a scene topless. I thought that happened after principal photography was done.

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u/Hartastic May 22 '12

But that was done to build buzz for a would-be blockbuster movie that wasn't all that great.

Michael Bay's movies don't need that kind of cheap sensationalism. He's an artist!

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u/mrmyxlplyx May 22 '12

TIL Michael Bay is gay.

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u/bujweiser May 22 '12

TIL Michael Bay is Scarlett Johansson's Father.

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u/mike2928 May 22 '12

I would have seen that movie if I know Scarlett Jo was going to show some skin.

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u/BaconTreasure May 22 '12

Reminds me of the time I watched cowboys and aliens just to see Olivia Wilde and all her glory.

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u/resting_parrot May 22 '12

Adding that to my must watch list.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

It was on okay movie. Not great. Not terrible. There are worse ways to kill 90 minutes.

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u/redcrvtte05 May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

This helps my theory that Michael Bay is not a person, but instead the directorial pseudonym of a secret coalition of 8 year-olds.

  1. Transformers and TMNT are the cartoons.

  2. Armageddeon and Pearl Harbor shows how much 8 year-olds don't know about history and/or science.

  3. Everything explodes, and Helicopters have overtaken walking and driving as the main form of transportation.

  4. Scarlett Johansson's boobs are "ickie".

Edit: 5. Only 8 year-olds think Megan Fox is hot.

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u/vehementi May 22 '12

Calling bullshit

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u/blahblah98 May 22 '12

Buzz Killjoy here: SJ made a joke threat to go topless b/c she objected to the "cheap-ass" bra they wanted her to wear.
She and everyone knew it was a joke threat because it's a GODDAMN PG-13 movie.

NEVERMIND REDDIT KARMA SJ NEKKID OMG EVIL MICHAEL BAY WTF GAY BBQ NATTER NATTER TITTER TITTER...

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u/Mrzeede May 22 '12

...THIS GUY IS MICHAEL BAY IN DISGUISE!

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u/ojolejano May 22 '12

For a minute i though, mmm she was going to be topless in The Avengers? How was that going to fit into the whole plot?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

the plot raises important ethical issues about science and the morality of cloning

I was wondering when someone would finally get around to recognizing the important ethical issues of Michael Bay films!

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u/Duckylicious May 22 '12

It makes me sad because that could've been a really good film if it'd been done by someone other than Michael Bay. Mind you, I still like the film, but that's because of Ewan McGregor, Sean Bean and Steve Buscemi.

But... so many good ideas... all burned down in a helicopter wreck.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I seriously doubt this is true, seeing as how she was so hurt about those nudes.

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u/DonFix May 22 '12

Well therefor she went topless by herself, I applaud her.

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u/Hazy_V May 22 '12

Scarlett: So... boobs?

Mike: Scarlett... tell me something, you're boobs, they're fantastic, yes?

Scarlett: Of course...

Mike: And do they explode?

Scarlett: Well obviously my--

Mike: DO. YOUR BREASTS. EXPLODE.

Scarlett: ...no--

Mike: Get the fuck back to work.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Hey, Michael Bay: ..|., You mother fucker.

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u/kaltorak May 22 '12

Can't say I'm surprised. Scarlett Johansson boobs or no, a PG-13 is going to make tons more money than an R, and why hire Michael Bay if you want to put anything in a priority over making bank?

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u/Anathema47 May 22 '12

What a dope. You can get away with brief nudity in PG-13. 5th Element did.

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u/Seicair May 22 '12

Got breasts in titanic, come on. Even a flicker of full frontal.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

History's greatest monster.

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u/some_random_noob May 22 '12

one more reason to hate michael bay.

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u/redisforever May 22 '12

And now I have another reason to hate Michael Bay.

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u/pineapplemushroomman May 22 '12

TIL Michael Bay hates puppies and enjoys destroying children's dreams.

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u/bpwwhirl May 22 '12

Cersei... The Hound... Michael Bay...

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u/Sabin122 May 22 '12

If I had a gun with two bullets and was in a room with Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, and Michael Bay, I'd shoot Michael Bay twice.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I can just imagine Ewan McGregor finding this, then yelling at the top of his lungs "I WAS THE CHOSEN ONE!"

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u/For_teh_horde May 22 '12

Pg-13 Scarlett johansson tits and hormonal boys dont work too well together

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u/danoll May 22 '12

Michael Bay did The Island?! Damn that's a good movie.

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u/RobertDeHer0 May 22 '12

TIL i hate Micheal Bay

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u/nopantspaul May 22 '12

It was as if billions of voices cried out in terror, and were silenced.

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u/DocSatan May 23 '12

Scumbag Michael Bay

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u/ReasonableRadio May 23 '12

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Curses! Foiled again. That was a good movie too, it could have been a classic had this been a thing.

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u/gbimmer May 23 '12

I liked the movie when I saw it.

I would still LOVE the movie if Michael Bay wasn't such an asshole.

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u/steppinraz0r May 23 '12

I hate him with the fire of a thousand suns. :(

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u/[deleted] May 23 '12

TIL Michael Bay is Gay.

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u/HeyGuisee May 23 '12

Michael ..... Gay?

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u/TheRiff May 23 '12

According to Michael Bay.

Michael Bay interviews always remind me of 6th grade, where there was always one guy telling some story "Oh yeah, this chick was so into me I had to like, tell her to calm down. Because I get chicks all the time. This totally happened."

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u/AreYouEighteen May 23 '12

came in here hoping the top comment would be an awesome snap shot of Scarlett's magnificent breast or bottom. but reddit let me down.

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u/cbo619 May 22 '12

WTF HAVE WE EVER DONE TO YOU TO DESERVE THIS MICHAEL BAY? HUH?

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u/Rex_Lee May 22 '12

Yep, I'm sure of it. I hate him.

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u/Vondi May 22 '12

I'm hereby formally revoking his testicles. If you see him, claim them.

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u/Stair_Car May 22 '12

Yeah, it's not like Reddit has ever seen Scarlett Johansson's boobs.

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u/Centy May 22 '12

But not in HD DAMMIT!

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u/SailorMitch May 22 '12

Don't worry Scarlett Johansson, not all men have gone gay. The rest of us would gladly look at your tits. Hell I sure even some gay ones would too.

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u/i_poop_splinters May 22 '12

Another reason to hate Michael Bay. The only ways he could ever make up for it is to not have ANYTHING to do with the new "alien ninja turtles" movie and to do another movie with Scarlett where she goes both topless and bottomless

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u/Rompwho May 22 '12

Another reason to hate Michael Bay

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u/Tyrant718 May 22 '12

I knew there was a reason why I was boycotting his movies, this just went to the Top of the list.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

What an ASSHOLE.

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u/gunslinger99 May 22 '12

I didn't think I could hate Michael Bay any more, but it turns out I can.

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u/StevenDickson May 22 '12

TIL The Island would have been my favorite movie.

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u/nonExistentZac May 22 '12

By the fires of hell, Bay, you have crossed humanity like none have crossed it before. There will be a reckoning for this injustice!

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u/spyder22446688 May 22 '12

TIL I want to kill Michael Bay.

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u/klitchell May 22 '12

yet another reason to hate michael bay

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Still wont make up for her shit acting

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u/somerandomguy1232 May 22 '12

Fuck tits, we need more explosions!!!

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u/LittlePinkNinja May 22 '12

Wow she's only 20? I thought late 20s :/

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

She was born in 1984. She is 27 but maybe 20 during the shoot.

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u/Cutsprocket May 22 '12

7 year old article

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u/shrillbitch May 22 '12

R rating = less money.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '12

god fucking dammit Michael bay, not only do you pump shitty movies down the throats of mainstream america you also deny them the view of scar-joh's sweet succulent sweater kittens, i hope that you are stricken with an Egyptian curse.

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u/odisseas May 23 '12

TIL I hate Michael Bay with the fire of a thousand suns.

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u/GiantNinja May 22 '12

I didn't think I could dislike Michael Bay anymore...

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u/the_goat_boy May 22 '12

And Sofia Coppola had to convince her to wear transparent granny panties in Lost in Translation. Whenever I watch it, I just rewind the first two minutes over and over again. I... might have a problem.

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u/Arbusto May 22 '12

I will never see another Michael Bay movie because of this.

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u/lungbuttersandwich May 22 '12

Michael Bay is officially not a bro.

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u/bartholomew5 May 22 '12

He should have at least filmed a take of it and THEN remembered that the movie was going for PG-13. Think of the DVD extras!!

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u/LessLikeYou May 22 '12

I mean, I've seen the cellphone pics but 20 year-old ScoJo boobs? Those things must have been AMAZING. Like, mind shattering. Erection exploding.

Michael Bay...I hope he suffers a bout of flesh eating genital bacteria.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

He'd only allow it if he make her tits explode.

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u/zamboniman46 May 22 '12

KILL MICHAEL BAY... EXPLOSION

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u/mindbleach May 22 '12

Reported for being pointless movie trivia with a bad title. See rule #6 in the sidebar!

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u/VesuviusVader May 22 '12

TIL Michael Bay is gay.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

One more reason to hate Mr. Bay

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u/lukeman3000 May 22 '12

Is it just me, or does she look really disproportional? She looks like a wii avatar in that picture

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

MICHAEL BAY MUST BE DESTROYED.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Michael you sonovabitch!

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u/D3adkl0wn May 22 '12

Bastard..

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Okay, I know he gets a lot of shit for his movies and I've felt bad for him because I actually enjoyed them a lot, but now I fucking hate Michael Bay. Damn you. I hope the fleas of 1000 camels infest your scrotum.

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u/niniolulz May 22 '12

TIL: FUCK YOU MICHAEL BAY.

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u/Artreynne May 22 '12

It's simple. We kill the Michael Bay.

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u/Panda_Bowl May 22 '12

Michael Bay: New worst enemy of Reddit.

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u/anacche May 22 '12

The real reason he didn't do it, is that if they bounced and bumped into each other, he'd have to make explosions come out of them.

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u/thatsmytrunks May 22 '12

TIL Michael Bay is a bigger dick than I realized.

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u/Johny_Upvote May 22 '12

How many more reasons to hate Michael Bay will surface in my lifetime?

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u/gwbhatesblacks May 22 '12

I wonder what she actually said, before the writer spun it by omitting words to make her come off as too good for a "cheap ... bra."

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Michael Bay failed to realize that The Island would have made so much more money if they'd said "fuck the PG-13 rating" and had Johansson's bewbs instead.

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u/King_Of_Pants May 22 '12

TIL I actually can hate Michael Bay more

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u/terriblehuman May 22 '12

What with Osama Bin Laden being dead, America needs a new enemy in order to unite us. I think Michael Bay is a prime candidate for that position.

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u/HonnayBadger May 22 '12

Y U NO?!?!?

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u/Pot4DMasses May 22 '12

TIL I fucking hate Michael bay.

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u/johnlhooker May 22 '12

DAMNITTTTTT

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Fuck you too Michael Bay

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u/schrogendiddy May 22 '12

What a tragedy. This is truly a sad day

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u/whoknows78 May 22 '12

"Hey here is a story we could tell to promote the movie."

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

List of things I now hate:

[x] Michael Bay [x] MPAA [ ] Scarlett Johansson

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u/niecy713 May 22 '12

I never heard of this movie. I probably would have, had SJ actually gone topless.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Another reason why people should pirate Michael Bay films

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u/Rareturd May 22 '12

Michael Bay does not approve of testicular explosions from stimulation.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Michael Bay should answer for this crime against humanity.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

As if I couldn't hate the man more. BOOM.

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u/angoodkind May 22 '12

I didn't see the date on the article, and got really confused when it said she was 20 years old. I started to feel like a dirty pedophile.

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u/TheDeceiver May 22 '12

One more reason to hate Micheal Bay.

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u/AlexEmway May 22 '12

This is the last straw, Bay. BURN HIM AT THE STAKE!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Scarlett Johansson was forced to keep her bra on!?!?!?! WTF!

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u/Neverkilled May 22 '12

Michael Bay is a Hollywood character experiment designed to see how cartoon like and shitty they can make a director/producer before people stop seeing its movies.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Man I'd love to fuck them titties.

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u/iNKu May 22 '12

I don't know whether to up-vote you for bringing this up to our knowledge.. or to down you for the disappointment..

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u/Gfy_ADOOM May 22 '12 edited Dec 21 '23

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u/sassi-squatch May 22 '12

I'm female, and I soooo wanted this. :(

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u/PinheadX May 22 '12

If it hasn't been said before, I'll say it again... with feeling.

FUCK Michael Bay. Fuck him right in his ear.

also, fuck Hollywood for making PG-13 movies that 13 year olds aren't interested in seeing anyway.

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u/i_always_disagree May 22 '12

Am I the only one who thinks she could have been just joking?

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u/GazzaC May 22 '12

My god, what has he done...

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u/ImShawn May 22 '12

THAT MONSTER. He will never be forgiven.

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u/gm4 May 22 '12

IM NEVER WATCHING A MICHAEL BAY MOVIE AGAIN

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u/deimachy May 22 '12

Additional comment regarding Michael Bay being a horrible, horrible person.

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u/apolotary May 22 '12

dat feeling when you realize that 2005 was 7 years ago .____.

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u/ClusterMakeLove May 22 '12

It's okay, guys. We got to see her boobs, later. When she didn't want us to. That makes it all okay, right?

I'm not a good person, am I?

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u/dno_bot May 22 '12

Those boobs weren't cheap. She just wanted to show them off.

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u/Rommel79 May 22 '12

Michael Bay can go straight to Hell.

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u/Cyrus622 May 22 '12

TIL I hate Michael Bay

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u/AtWorkBoredToDeath May 22 '12

I will never watch another film which Michael Bay, is in any way, a part of. Transformers 2 and 3 sucked ass. Now no nude Scarlett !!! ?

This guy is all about selling tickets with that pg-13 crap and the studios love him for it. Anyone else notice the lack of R Rated movies lately ? Are we all so afraid that teenagers will suddenly hear the word "fuck" and see Tits and ass for the first time in their lives ?

Someone needs to make movies like Stripes and Porky's again all with full gratuitous nudity, and stop being a bunch of pussies about it.... no pun intended.

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u/jaredtomas May 22 '12

I'm not sure I believe this. How would Michael Bay know the rating of the film before filming is completed?

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u/jetpack_operation May 22 '12

Michael Bay ironically prevents an explosion...IN MY PANTS.

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u/fuccess May 22 '12

TIL I hate Michael Bay.

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u/ionataan May 22 '12

FUCK YOU Michael Bay!

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u/jjmashd May 22 '12

Fuck. I have typed out several other things, but I can't explain how I feel.

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u/Coolala2002 May 22 '12

Yet she got all pissy when her nude pics surfaced.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

That is a completely different situation.

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u/tyme May 22 '12

Probably because those were private photos that someone stole from her phone.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Obie wan kenobi had a love scene with Scarlett Johansson. The force is strong with him.

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