Michael Bay is My Hero

I don't know this man, but he is going to be inducted into my Filming Hero's Hall of Fame. Mr. Bay is the second who has been inducted, the first being Tom Hanks. Mr Bay, don't take this award lightly; with it comes the gratitude of all of the people you hired to work on the third installment of Transformers and all the small businesses that benefited in California from the dollars that flowed into the economy as a result.

Mr Bay is the Executive Producer and Director of the Transformer series ( a recycler's wet dream - all of those big scary monsters made out of cars and trucks and miscellaneous junk). The first two movies were also filmed in part here. Bay mixes it up a bit and shares the filming wealth with other communities like Detroit and Chicago. The important thing to know is that Transformers has too large a budget to take advantage of the tax incentives offered by the State, so the fact that any of the movie is being filmed here when they are receiving attractive rebates elsewhere is a blessing. California is the recipient of six and 1/2 weeks filming of the 4 and 1/2 months required to complete the movie, so, thank you Mr. Bay.

Sharon