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    Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete

    Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
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    Image of stranger stranger
    07/09/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    That's got to be the most expensive product placement shot for a Michael Bay film within a Michael Bay film EVAR!
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    stranger was starred stranger was unstarred
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    07/09/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    "Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete" Or: How Hollywood lost it's fucking mind along with most of their broader audience.
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    stranger was starred stranger was unstarred
    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    07/07/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    a more detailed description here:

    [features.cgsociety.org]


    and the word 'rotoscoping' should really be 'matchmoving'...

     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/07/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    Saw a flick not long ago

    'Bout transforming robots - so

    I figured - what the heck

    and endure this goddamn stupid dreck


    Never have I seen more ripe a turd

    There is no expletive - no word

    To describe this shit I can't undo

    Bay, you asshole, what's wrong with you?


    Transformer balls, Blackbird cane

    WTF are you insane?

    Minstrel droids - ghetto bots

    I'd rather take some morphine shots


    Terminators and silly shticks

    These robots eat a bag of dicks

    Cullen's voice cannot save

    the amount of brain cells that this shaved

     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/07/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    Maybe that explains why his FiOS installation took so long. He needed a more Awesome connection.


    Seriously, his next movie should just be called "BLAM/BOOM!"

     Reply
    GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag was starred GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/07/09

    @TheyCallMeStacey_GitEmSteveDav...: And what is ironic? I used my FiOS connection to download both Transformers movies!


    (ATTN RIAA: statement above is not true.)

     Reply
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    Image of pharmboy pharmboy
    07/07/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    Even John Turturro couldn't save it
     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/07/09

    @pharmboy: I think he somehow made it worse.
     Reply
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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    07/07/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    yeah, that movie was painfully too long...
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    Image of Saboth Saboth
    07/07/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    So is it a girl that turns into a robot or a robot that looks like a girl?
     Reply
    Saboth was starred Saboth was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/07/09

    @Saboth: Both and yet, neither. I just blew your mind!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/07/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    Mark, please remove this article. I am still recovering from seeing the unspeakable horror that is "Transformers 2" and my therapist says that even stills or framegrabs can set off my PTSD.


    Just typing this comment is giving me a nervous tic.

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    Image of phaota phaota
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Oh come on, the movie wasn't even half as bad as you claim. Sure, it had stupid moments in it, but on the whole, it was a fun, mindless, summer action flick.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I share your hatred of this movie. I don't feel quite so alone now.
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of newgalactic newgalactic
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Don't agree with phaota, the movie was in fact "that bad".


    It would have been an improvement to watch the movie "muted" during all dialog. Then turn on the sound when actual robot action started up. So much of that movie served no point and could have been left on the cutting room floor.


    SPOILERS!!!


    Like the Twins, Sam's parents in Egypt/College, College roommates, dude's in thongs (are they fricken serious?), robot balls, "bad" government/DOD guy, Blackbird robot (didn't even fly), Marine Corps commercial/Sam vision of Primes...

     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/07/09

    @newgalactic: Jetfire actually did fly once in the movie, but only very briefly, and right before the absent-throughout-the-rest-of-the-movie scorponok burst out of the ground and ripped a hole in his torso.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/07/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: You aren't. Any movie that can make me feel any dislike for either a B1-b or a SR-71 is truly bad.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/07/09

    @phaota: It was joyless, hamfisted, mindnumbing, banal, and painful to watch and listen to.


    It made no sense, was overlong, frequently verged on racist, and lacked any artistic merit. I saw it only out of morbid curiosity, thinking "How bad can it be?"


    It makes "Armageddon" look like Laurence Olivier's "Henry V".

     Reply
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    Image of smegz smegz
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Haven't seen it...don't care to. Thought the first was a bit too campy. Is Transformers 2 worse than Van Helsing? Van Helsing currently sits at the top of my list of steaming piles...followed closely by Catwoman.
     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/07/09

    @smegz: Transformers kicks the shit out of Van Helsing in suck ability. It'd make Hugh Jackman think he played the prestige role of a lifetime.
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/07/09

    @smegz: If this movie had Torgo, liturgical dance, and featured someone eating feces, it would have been a vastly better movie.
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    Image of LVL32 LVL32
    07/07/09

    In reply to Why Just 2 Seconds of Transformers 2 Took 3 Months to Complete
    I really think the robot girl was a bit much.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    07/07/09

    @PDSM: a bit? she had no point in the movie, whatsoever. other than Michael's seemingly erotic fantasy involving a 6-foot long robotic tongue.
     Reply
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    Image of Cjay79 Cjay79
    07/07/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: Michael Bay loves Tentacle Rape?
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    Cjay79 was starred Cjay79 was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/07/09

    @Cjay79: No, but he does enjoy Tentacle Grape soda! You going to get graped!


    @bkchosun: Since they became nanites like in the scene stolen from Aeon Flux where ball bearings could move on their own and be explosives/a transformer.

     Reply
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/07/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: i thought that was the point of the entire movie, michael's erotic fantasies.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/07/09

    @PDSM: Robot girl? Do you mean Megan Fox or the other character?
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    Hello Mister Walrus was starred Hello Mister Walrus was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/07/09

    @PDSM: I think the Racist Twins were a bit much.
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    Image of citizensmith: I may be stupid but: citizensmith: I may be stupid but:
    07/07/09

    @PDSM: Apparently the back story is that when that one landed in proto form it landed in Disney land. It's first thing it saw that it latched on to was an animatronic Alice in Wonderland (hence the name Alice). So sure, still a bit of a stretch, but slightly more acceptable than transformers straight copying humans.


    And I think the ball bearings becoming razor thin transformer bugged me more. Really, when did they learn how to transform at a molecular level.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/07/09

    @citizensmith: Actually, if you wanted to try and ground their transforming abilities in some kind of reality, they'd have to transform at the molecular level anyway, since they change the properties of their bodies to different components, such as rubber insulation for wiring, rubber compounds for tires, fuel, and paint finishes throughout. Their protoforms are nothing like the vehicles they mimic, so their body panels would have to completely shift in shape to accommodate the form they want to copy.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/05/09

    In reply to Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
    I wonder if special effects like these would be more challenging if they were dealing with an actor who, unlike Brad Pitt, has more than two facial expressions?
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    05/05/09

    In reply to Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
    If it doesn't involve dinosaurs, I don't care.
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    Image of thePrototype thePrototype
    05/05/09

    @P3nnst8r: Amen, I watched Jurassic Park (the original) the other day and boy does that movie stand the test of time!!
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    thePrototype was starred thePrototype was unstarred
    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    05/05/09

    @thePrototype: I think it's the Sam Neill factor. I love everything he's in, even Bicentennial Man.


    But yeah, the special effects in that movie are just awe-inspiring.

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    Image of victorkruger victorkruger
    05/05/09

    In reply to Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
    I'm still pissed that they got the oscar for best visual effects. it's just them splicing a face onto a different body.


    unlike Iron Man where they constructed a fully functional mech suit inside a computer and made it look believable, or Dark Knight where they just decided to take a city and digitally blow the hell out of it.

     Reply
    victorkruger was starred victorkruger was unstarred
    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    05/05/09

    @victorkruger: No, the face is 100% digital. It's more than a splice. It's a recreation AND a splice.
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    Mark Wilson was starred Mark Wilson was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    05/05/09

    @victorkruger: Bah, everything in Iron Man and Dark Knight had been done before (and arguably better). The oscar went to the people that were actually pushing visual effects as it should of.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/05/09

    @tande04: Iron Man also employs full digital facial construction, although it's never shown up close like in Benjamin Button, but it's there. And you'd never notice it unless you're told which part.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/05/09

    In reply to Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face
    How long until porn is all CGI, with jerky storm-trooper animations and hot gungan on gungan action?
     Reply
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    Image of kevinl kevinl
    05/05/09

    @Howlin' Mad Murdock...Lite: haha you're not right.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/05/09

    @kevinl: It would even be complete with hot lightsaber duel action.
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    Image of xyzface xyzface
    05/05/09

    @Howlin' Mad Murdock...Lite: if those glow in the dark condoms did there job hopefully youl never have to say " i am your father" til the time is right
     Reply
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    Image of ridgecity ridgecity
    05/05/09

    @xyzface: This was done years ago in a amovie, Steve Martin I think.
     Reply
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/05/09

    @ridgecity: Ritter actually.
     Reply
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