Bayhem

English Etymology en Bay mayhem, after American director Michael Bay. Noun - en film fandom slang often derogatory Frenetic and fast-paced action characteristic of the films of Michael Bay. 2009, review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Metro (Edmonton, AB), 20 October 2009, page 17: Michael Bay’s second Transformers saga delivers full-bore “Bayhem” like a brick to the forehead, with some tender love on the side, making this either the biggest blockbuster of summer ’09 or history’s loudest romance. en 2019 Kevin L. Ferguson Pop Goes the Decade: The Nineties https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pop_Goes_the_Decade_The_Nineties/XayoDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22manic+bayhem%22&pg=PA46&printsec=frontcover 46 Typical of Michael Bay's manic “Bayhem” style (discussed earlier), Armageddon focuses more on the masculine heroics of the crew sent to blow up the asteroid. en 2022 Keith Phipps Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career https://www.google.com/books/edition/Age_of_Cage/7yIQEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22is+bayhem%22&pg=PT97&printsec=frontcover unnumbered Con Air is Bayhem without the vision—something that was already becoming the prevailing Hollywood action film aesthetic. en en eponyms en Film