
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.
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