Shane Dyson: The Boyfriend That Shouldn't Be In "Transformers: Age of Extinction"

Let’s talk about Jack Reynor’s character, Shane Dyson. Now Ehren Kruger made this character an average man. A man who loves to drive race cares. That character is unrelated to me and I'm going to talk about it.

Tessa (played by Nicola Peltz)
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Ehren Kruger obviously made this character a boyfriend of Tessa (a daughter of Mark Walberg’s character) so that the movie can still have male appeal. You know why can’t Kruger and director Michael Bay (or even producers Ian Bryce and Lorenzo di Bonaventura) make Tessa a butt-kicking chick rather than a sex object. That way, the movie wouldn't focus on the stinkin relationship between Jack Reynor and Mark Wahlberg’s characters.

Speaking of a stinkin’ relationship. *pause* Yeah, the paring of Shane Dyson and Cade Yeager is REALLY awful. The reason why Shane’s boyfriend and also Cade’s daughter has been kidnapped, the reason why this stupid movie focus on the stinkin’ relationship between Shane and Cade is to make this movie with male appeal.

I’m not a fan of the Transformers series or the action genre at all. But honesty, could Mr. Kruger (once again the screenwriter) or Mr. Bay (I think he’s the worst director of all) actually put Cade in danger instead. That way Tessa could be a butt-kicking chick and could team-up with his boyfriend to rescue her father as possible.

Second of all, I know Shane Dyson is a race car driver. But I got to be honest, he is no good at driving backwards when flying cars dropped from the sky.

© 2014 Paramount

© 2014 Paramount

Also, why Ehren Kruger and Michael Bay (or even the producers of the movie; I can’t confirm which one come up with the Shane Dyson character but I believe it’s Kruger and Bay) make Shane Dyson older than Tessa (who’s played by Nicola Peltz). Is it because of Jack Reynor is hot? Is it because Kruger, Bay, and the producers thought that having an older boyfriend and teenage girl in the movie would be a good idea? Is it because they’re a fan of NASCAR? Or is it because they want to insert a debate of whether it’s okay for a teenager girl to have an older boy? Because that tension scene in an old gas station where Shane and Tessa blurted to Cade that they have secretly falling in love is…well…while it’s good to have Cade (ahem, Mark Wahlberg, since he played this useless character) bringing up a very good lesson for a teenage girl not dating someone older, this scene should NEVER inserted in the film at all. (Because there’s no such thing as Romeo and Juliet laws)

Ehren Kruger (the Screenwriter)
Behind The Scenes footage
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Obviously Ehren Kruger and Michael Bay is trying to bring romance again with this movie. You know I have a question, although (once again) I’m not a fan of the Transformers franchise (includes all of the toys and the TV cartoons that are based on it) and the action genre, why can’t Kruger and Bay just focus on Mark Wahlberg alone with only a full adult-cast in it? That way it wouldn't be another teenage movie – or as matter of fact, a teenage boys’ movie.

So basically in order to have broad appeal (apparently appealing it to all audience no matter how appropriate it is), you gotta have an average teenage boy or a very average young man to be a protagonist or the main character. Why can’t Hasbro or Paramount think of something else with the Transformers movies? I mean the G.I. Joe movies….I’m might talk about it next year.

So there you have it. Cade Yeager and Shane Dyson are the main characters that waste the film. I would gave this movie an F. F for Failure!

Luckily Michael Bay is finally moving on after initially rejected directing this movie. Let’s repeat that: Michael Bay initially rejected directing this movie. And let’s hope that Ehren Kruger will either do a very much better job screenwriting or get a pink slip. Also I didn't even mention his name in this post, but I believe Steven Spielberg (who’s actually the executive producer) doesn't
pay attention on the male characters.