Fun Facts for Transformer Revenge of the Fallen

Ready for some facts? Not just any types of facts, these all come from a list posted on MichaelBay.com in regards to the summer-blockbuster sequel Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. The facts are about the film’s robots, the camera lens used while filming, rendering times, and much more.

Be informed, read on . . .

Robots

• 14 robots last time, 46 robots this time (ILM only)
• If you had all the gold ever mined in the history of man, you could build a little more than half of Devastator.
• Optimus Prime will be life size on IMAX screens in many forest fight shots.
• Devastator’s hand is traveling 390 miles per hour when he punches the pyramid.
• The pyramid destruction simulation was 8 times bigger than the old rigid simulation all-time record holder at ILM.
• All robot parts laid out end to end would stretch from one side of California to the other, about 180 miles
• Devastator’s parts stacked tip to tip would be as tall as 58 empire state buildings.
• If all the texture maps on the show were printed on 1 square yard sheets, they would cover 13 football fields.

Imax

• Optimus Prime will be life size on IMAX screens in many forest fight shots.
• Imax frames take about 6 times longer than anamorphic to render.

Devastator

• Devastator is as tall as a 10 story building.
• Laid out end to end, Devastator’s parts would be almost 14 miles long.
• Devastator has more than 10 times the number of individual parts found in an average car.

ILM screen time

• ILM Screen Time is about 51 minutes.

Devastator totals

• Number of geom pieces: 52632
• The total number of polygons: 11,716,127
• The total length of all pieces: 73090 feet
• The total length of all pieces: 13.84 miles

For more fun facts about this summer biggest thriller go to MichaelBay.com.