Battle Scenes/Settings for TF4

[Flyingheart]

The good thing about city battles though is that they help provide a sense of scale. A city is something we're very familiar with, so when a robot stands next to a building, you knew how tall that robot was. It's also an environment they can blend in very well, CGI-wise. When they're in a one color setting like a desert for example, they stick out like a sore thumb. They can come across as fake looking. (Though advances in VFX technology could probably fix that today)

That said, I'm all for a totally new kind of location for the third act, but that doesn't mean it can't be a populated area.

Yup thats true, i agree.
For me a desert or snow landscape is not that interresting, you need hills and mountains and such, it all depends on the view you have there and thats something personal, personal taste maybe..

[jiggyjazzman]

Why not Japan, where the Transformers got their birthplace?

Or near the Bermuda Triangle, which really is a portal to other worlds, and the Transformers are fighting over who gets to keep the gateway key.

Bermuda Triangle. Sounds logical. Could be REALLY cool.

[swishbig]

The good thing about city battles though is that they help provide a sense of scale. A city is something we're very familiar with, so when a robot stands next to a building, you knew how tall that robot was. It's also an environment they can blend in very well, CGI-wise. When they're in a one color setting like a desert for example, they stick out like a sore thumb. They can come across as fake looking. (Though advances in VFX technology could probably fix that today)

That said, I'm all for a totally new kind of location for the third act, but that doesn't mean it can't be a populated area.

That is true. Like when Optimus and Sentinel were talking in that open field...where ever it was, they did stand out and look more CGI than in the urban setting.

[Lbrosfilm]

I want to see something that would top the Driller + Building scene in DOTM (specifically, in terms of computing and rendering power.) Picture a scene with so much sh*t going on in it, that ILM would have to start working NOW.

[Crainy]

I want to see something that would top the Driller + Building scene in DOTM (specifically, in terms of computing and rendering power.) Picture a scene with so much sh*t going on in it, that ILM would have to start working NOW.

The epicness!!

CAN YOU FEEL IT?!!

[Trailbreaker]

I want to see something that would top the Driller + Building scene in DOTM (specifically, in terms of computing and rendering power.) Picture a scene with so much sh*t going on in it, that ILM would have to start working NOW.

Like...their entire surroundings getting destroyed/swallowed up around them...WHILE they're fighting...WHILE flying a million miles an hour...WHILE standing upside down...WHILE getting massacred by a swarm of Insecticons...WHILE they're playing chess............BLINDFOLDED?!!!

[swishbig]

Like...their entire surroundings getting destroyed/swallowed up around them...WHILE they're fighting...WHILE flying a million miles an hour...WHILE standing upside down...WHILE getting massacred by a swarm of Insecticons...WHILE they're playing chess............BLINDFOLDED?!!!

That's way too simple for ILM.

[Superku]

Some time ago I've dreamed I was standing on a medium-sized mountain and looking at another mountain which collapsed. Then the mountain on which I was standing on started to collapse too (before the dream turned quite weird). It was a nightmare, but looked really impressive nonetheless.
I think there could be a scene where the ground on which the autobots stand collapses (probably because of some Decepticon activity), f.i. in a city or on a snowy mountain.

[MitP]

The only real way to top the city battle from DOTM would be a full-on no-holds-barred war sequence directly above Earth's orbit.

[Lbrosfilm]

Like...their entire surroundings getting destroyed/swallowed up around them...WHILE they're fighting...WHILE flying a million miles an hour...WHILE standing upside down...WHILE getting massacred by a swarm of Insecticons...WHILE they're playing chess............BLINDFOLDED?!!!

Don't forget... WHILE a thousand explosions go off around them!!!

[Bot of Badassness]

Don't forget... WHILE a thousand explosions go off around them!!!

And some of Jablonsky's best music!

[almostthethird15]

Ive always been dreaming of a fight scene taking place in a rain/lightning storm. the mood would be very dark, and the battle would be very personal and aggressive. more physical rather than guns. but imagine rain dripping and pouring off these bots with the darkened sky. what a freakin gorgeous scene! would definately be a huge challenge for the animators thats for sure, but i think it would be worth it.

[jiggyjazzman]

I want to see something that would top the Driller + Building scene in DOTM (specifically, in terms of computing and rendering power.) Picture a scene with so much sh*t going on in it, that ILM would have to start working NOW.

1 word. Unicron. They would indeed need to start working now just to get his transformation proper.

[Matthew62]

A battle on an erupting volcano between optimus and jeremy lin

[Hippogriffomon45]

How about on a beach or in Africa? Or even in Italy.

[i-MAN]

Ive always been dreaming of a fight scene taking place in a rain/lightning storm. the mood would be very dark, and the battle would be very personal and aggressive. more physical rather than guns. but imagine rain dripping and pouring off these bots with the darkened sky. what a freakin gorgeous scene! would definately be a huge challenge for the animators thats for sure, but i think it would be worth it.

Thumbs up !

City battle in the night has my vote too