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    stranger: That's got to be the most expensive product placement shot for a Michael Bay film within a Michael Bay film EVAR! more »
    stranger: "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. more »
    goldfarb: a more detailed description here: [features.cgsociety.org] and the word 'rotoscoping' should really be 'matchmoving'... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: 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 t... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Maybe that explains why his FiOS installation took so long. He needed a more Awesome connection. Seriously, his next movie should just be called "BLA... more »
    pharmboy: Even John Turturro couldn't save it more »
    B1663R: yeah, that movie was painfully too long... more »
    Saboth: So is it a girl that turns into a robot or a robot that looks like a girl? more »
    OMG! Ponies!: Mark, please remove this article. I am still recovering from seeing the unspeakable horror that is "Transformers 2" and my therapist says that even s... more »
    LVL32: I really think the robot girl was a bit much. more »
    frigg: 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 ex... more »
    P3nnst8r: If it doesn't involve dinosaurs, I don't care. more »
    victorkruger: 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 co... more »
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: How long until porn is all CGI, with jerky storm-trooper animations and hot gungan on gungan action? more »
  • #transformers2

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

    About six months ago, Michael Bay approached Digital Domain, the Academy Award winning special effects company behind movies like Benjamin Button, Titanic , and the The Fifth Element, with a last minute request. He needed a closeup. (WARNING: Minor Spoilers Ahead) More »
  • #movies

    Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face

    "It was really hard, it was really slow, it was really tedious, it was really expensive. And then next time we do it it's going to be less difficult, and less slow and less expensive." More »