Maybe it's a good thing for Bay to take a step back and do a smaller flick. Maybe tone down and get back to story and characters as opposed to massive action scenes.
It's nice to see blockbuster directors taking a step back away from the shine of massive movie hits and tackling something a bit more challenging (from a perspective of less money). Should be interesting, but I will lay down a month's pay that we get an explosion or two despite the lower cost of the film.