We are proud to present this video which breaks down some of ILM's VES Award-winning effects work for the third installment in the Transformers series, "Dark of the Moon."
The Visual Effects of Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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Feb 9, 2012 at 6:09pm CST
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Comment by BATTOUSAIXD
Feb 9, 2012
Nice choice of scenes. I would have liked to see Optimus fight shockwave one-on-one and Meg's to have put up a fight but I guess you can't have everything you want...
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Comment by TulioDude
Feb 9, 2012
Amazing 
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Comment by GetRightRobot
Feb 9, 2012
Like the movies or not, that stuff is just freaking Bad @$$!
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Comment by amtm
Feb 9, 2012
In Movie 1, the Decepticons are supposedly surrounded by a "weird aura" like a "force field" and nothing the humans do even scratches them until they use those "high heat magnesium sabot rounds" or whatever they called it. Then suddenly in Movie 2 and 3, the bots are as fragile as glass. One car hits him and Hatchet's head falls off and he shatters into a million pieces? A lot of talent got wasted on this silliness.
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Remember when Devastator showed up in G1? How long did his badassery really last? It's the golden rule. You're only though the first time 'round.
Except for Liokaiser.
Comment by RhA
Feb 10, 2012
amtm wrote:In Movie 1, the Decepticons are supposedly surrounded by a "weird aura" like a "force field" and nothing the humans do even scratches them until they use those "high heat magnesium sabot rounds" or whatever they called it. Then suddenly in Movie 2 and 3, the bots are as fragile as glass. One car hits him and Hatchet's head falls off and he shatters into a million pieces? A lot of talent got wasted on this silliness.
Remember when Devastator showed up in G1? How long did his badassery really last? It's the golden rule. You're only though the first time 'round.
Except for Liokaiser.
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Well.. Fort Max was pretty much untouchable until Roche and Roberts had Overlord work him over in LSOTW. Still, he had what? a 20 year streak of pure win? Not too shabby.
Comment by GetRightRobot
Feb 10, 2012
RhA wrote:amtm wrote:In Movie 1, the Decepticons are supposedly surrounded by a "weird aura" like a "force field" and nothing the humans do even scratches them until they use those "high heat magnesium sabot rounds" or whatever they called it. Then suddenly in Movie 2 and 3, the bots are as fragile as glass. One car hits him and Hatchet's head falls off and he shatters into a million pieces? A lot of talent got wasted on this silliness.
Remember when Devastator showed up in G1? How long did his badassery really last? It's the golden rule. You're only though the first time 'round.
Except for Liokaiser.
Well.. Fort Max was pretty much untouchable until Roche and Roberts had Overlord work him over in LSOTW. Still, he had what? a 20 year streak of pure win? Not too shabby.
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The difference is that in movie 1 was humans against Transformers and in 3,it was Dino that threw Hatchet.
Comment by TulioDude
Feb 10, 2012
amtm wrote:In Movie 1, the Decepticons are supposedly surrounded by a "weird aura" like a "force field" and nothing the humans do even scratches them until they use those "high heat magnesium sabot rounds" or whatever they called it. Then suddenly in Movie 2 and 3, the bots are as fragile as glass. One car hits him and Hatchet's head falls off and he shatters into a million pieces? A lot of talent got wasted on this silliness.
The difference is that in movie 1 was humans against Transformers and in 3,it was Dino that threw Hatchet.
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I just started assuming that between TF and ROTF, NEST started outfitting all their weapons with said high-heat sabot rounds, hence the damage they can cause towards the Cons.
Comment by KingEmperor
Feb 10, 2012
TulioDude wrote:amtm wrote:In Movie 1, the Decepticons are supposedly surrounded by a "weird aura" like a "force field" and nothing the humans do even scratches them until they use those "high heat magnesium sabot rounds" or whatever they called it. Then suddenly in Movie 2 and 3, the bots are as fragile as glass. One car hits him and Hatchet's head falls off and he shatters into a million pieces? A lot of talent got wasted on this silliness.
The difference is that in movie 1 was humans against Transformers and in 3,it was Dino that threw Hatchet.
I just started assuming that between TF and ROTF, NEST started outfitting all their weapons with said high-heat sabot rounds, hence the damage they can cause towards the Cons.
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That makes sense to me. In the first movie they were unprepared. RotF was 2 years later and they were specifically targeting Decepticons. Of course they would have gotten equipped for the task.
Comment by Evil_the_Nub
Feb 11, 2012
KingEmperor wrote:TulioDude wrote:amtm wrote:In Movie 1, the Decepticons are supposedly surrounded by a "weird aura" like a "force field" and nothing the humans do even scratches them until they use those "high heat magnesium sabot rounds" or whatever they called it. Then suddenly in Movie 2 and 3, the bots are as fragile as glass. One car hits him and Hatchet's head falls off and he shatters into a million pieces? A lot of talent got wasted on this silliness.
The difference is that in movie 1 was humans against Transformers and in 3,it was Dino that threw Hatchet.
I just started assuming that between TF and ROTF, NEST started outfitting all their weapons with said high-heat sabot rounds, hence the damage they can cause towards the Cons.
That makes sense to me. In the first movie they were unprepared. RotF was 2 years later and they were specifically targeting Decepticons. Of course they would have gotten equipped for the task.
