10 Awful-Sounding Sequels That Have No Business Being Made

3. Transformers 4Release Date: June 27th 2014 The answer to a question that nobody asked. Michael Bay will bring back the mega-selling but awful Transformers franchise for a fourth installment in June 2014, with a new direction and potentially a new setting. It was only a matter of time before the director/producer without an ounce of self-awareness or restraint took the next step in attempting to make the most over-blown movie of all time, and he has apparently decided to take his robot warriors back to outer-space. In a typically misguided move, Bay has also decided to get rid of his "star" actors - promoting fringe players to fill the gaps and potentially recruiting Mark Wahlberg to lead. He clearly has an awful lot more faith in what his audience wants than I do, but then he does know exactly how to make the kind of brainless sludge that appeals to hyperactive 12 year olds who can't sit through anything with the frivolous distractions of story-telling or character development. Quite how Bay will best his racist twins and robo-testicles this time remains to be seen, but you could probably put your house on the fact that the film won't be restrained in any way. If this franchise continues, eventually it will devolve into one great big blurry sword fight between two giant space robots with pronounced genitalia in a crater on the moon, while a gaggle of semi-naked human women scream their pretty, empty heads off. And if that appeals to you, then fair play - I've clearly misjudged why people like to watch films...