Question/Rant regarding the Bayverse movies - Spoilers within

So I haven't seen Age of Extinction yet, but I have read enough reviews, inadvertently read enough spoily ficcage, and know enough about Bay to know that that man is never getting another nickle of my money (we don't have pennies in Canuck-land any more). ... Okay, I might lose my mind and go see the travesty that will be the TMNT movie, but no more Transformers movies!

Anyway, I have a question for those who have seen it, and I don't mind spoilers in the least ( but I will put this under a cut for those who do worry about such things )