Bay’s helicopter


a metaphor for a dramatic principle concerning over-simplicity and sensationalism. it suggests that if one shows an in-flight helicopter on screen in the first act of a blockbuster motion picture, it should be blown up in a later act for no other purpose other than the visual effect eye-candy thereof; otherwise, the helicopter should not be shown in the first place. while the principle was never explicitly articulated by american cinematographer michael bay, it is well doc-mented in various forms in most of his directed full-feature films. namely, bay’s helicopter is the exact opposite of chekhov’s gun.

it is important to note that, much like the opposite literary device of chekhov’s gun, bay’s helicopter does not limit itself to an actual helicopter. we might find the principle exercised in conspicuously placed sungl-sses, 360- action shots, megan fox, and large offsh-r- prisons in the san francisco bay area.

see also: weiner’s window
movie critic 1: “the appearance of numerous rotary flying devices in bad boys ii serve no dramatic purpose, other than giving me an action hardon.”

movie critic 2: “indeed, i can say the exact same thing about the character of mikaela in transformers 2.”

movie critic 1: “it seems to me that we’ve experienced bay’s helicopter. that is, one must not put a scene in a movie if no one is thinking of blowing sh-t up in it later.”

Read Also:

  • Weldon Kick

    a kick to a woman’s chest that has the ability to break bones. note: using this technique makes you ten-times less of a man. the weldon kick is only used by men who are insecure or not sure of their own s-xuality. the weldon kick aka the kick of doom is a very hard front […]

  • welepepe

    looser, someone who is pathetic and utterly useless, someone who is very very boring to be around, someone who can not be described as a looser cause they are more looserish than a looser that dude right there is a welepepe, that group is filled with welepepe’s, everyone around me is a welepepe, anyone who […]

  • wese

    a white person who tries to act mexican. for those of you who don’t get it; mexicans commonly call themselves ese’s, white people can’t call mexicans this. jesus: look at clark wearing all his mexico stuff, and listening to mexican rap, and he is white holmes. juan: what a wese, lets jump him holmes.

  • pulling party

    party where everyone pulls (as in kisses, snogs, smooches, makes out etc), not a single person misses out on the action. these activities can be shared amongst many people and does not have to be restricted to just two people kissing. did you make it to that hms party? was such a pulling party.

  • pump a grumper

    to take a huge hard dump d-mn im never gonna hti a mexican buffet liek that again, i had to pump a grumper really bad ten minutes later


Disclaimer: Bay's helicopter definition / meaning should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. All content on this website is for informational purposes only.