Shia LaBeouf Jumps the Transformers Ship, and Who Can Blame Him?

Shia LaBeouf has called it quits, saying, “I’m done,” with the Transformers franchise. Apparently, he feels that his character, Sam Witwicky, the wise-cracking, nerd-next-door that has systematically made living up to the nerd stereotype a fucking nightmare for all of us real nerds out there, has nothing left to offer the series.

"So you’ve never simultaneously trolled and leapt from a collapsing skyscraper? N00b."

Now, granted, I still haven’t see the third movie, but after the mental atrocity that was the second, I can’t blame Shia for wanting to jump ship. The franchise progressed from a clever, exciting visual feast to a menial, childish, pyrotechnical wank. Who knew you could anthropomorphize racism?

“We did!”

I wish Shia all the best. Here’s hoping for another ‘Holes’.