Sony is apparently being
a real douche when it comes to handling this by suggesting a low budget and major dumbed down changes to rope in a greater audience, and if the story is true about what they're suggesting, then this sort of douchebaggery should be investigated and exposed!
No matter how much Bay is being criticized for his lack of maturity, basic dialogue styling including flat jokes and an obvious discomfort with homosexuality, the entire story initially stemmed from some
real life
douche bags back in the early 90's that dedicated all their time to fitness and exercise and spent all their time at the gym and took hmb supplement to improve their perfomance.