Octorox said:

I have to disagree. There are plenty of great films with substance coming out every year. I don't think Bayformers is representative of modern film as a whole at all...

I think it very much represents the disposable film mentality of the last decade or so. Film as product, as opposed to film as art.

No doubt there are plenty of great films being made, but the eye candy CGI-fests are the mega-earners. Complete with their sequels being planned into the story before shooting. Quick consumption at the theaters and start on the Extended DVD version at the same time (with scenes shot specifically for the DVD "special Edition" marketing push).

Label me a cynic who remembers when it was story first - box office classic second.

Megan will be quickly & easily replaced with a new script-reader who (as someone here so eloquently put it) - looks good sweating.

In the interest of disclosure; I've never seen anything she's done, so I don't know anything about her acting ability.