If Bay drops the teenage romance, these films could actually be good!
Seriously, focus on the military vs the Transformers aspect of it. I know Bay markets these to teenagers obviously, but you don't need to make it blatantly obvious with wooden eye candy with sh!tty romance arcs. I want to see Transformers blowing sh!t up, not an awkward teen hero trying to impress the chick
It only hurts if you let it