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Transformers - Finally a movie to outsmart the BitTorrent Pirates

Posted in Cool Stuff, Movies by Ro on the June 26th, 2007

I personally can’t wait to see Transformers the Movie…. But after reading the article from Wired linked below, I’ll have to do so making sure that I see it on the largest screen that I can find in Dublin and then make sure that I have an excellent seat.

The reason is simple clarity is everything in this movie. I’ve seen awesome 9MB JPEG’s of the CGI renders of what the characters will look like and was blown away. You need to see this movie on a large screen just to take it all in.

The trend of movie downloading via BitTorrent, be it either Camera’s in Cinema’s or DVD rips will never do this movie justice, so those “pirates” who download movies in this way probably should not do so this time, because they will miss out on so much.

“In scenes with multiple robots, rendering a single frame of film can take up to 38 hours.”

The Rebirth of Optimus Prime: Behind the Scenes with Director Michael Bay

I think that this movie could only have been made now, when we have High Definition Cinema’s and Blu-Ray technology available at home …. This movie is probably the first true usage of both…..

Anyway 11 days to go….


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  1. Ivo Vekemans said,

    on July 2nd, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    I’m going to download it.
    Keeping in mind that I saw it twice in cinema the day it came out (the 28th of june here in Australia)
    I will buy it as soon as it comes out on DVD.
    I need to be able to watch it again to tide me over between now and the DVD.
    Anyone who doesn’t watch this in cinemas is a GOD DAMN IDIOT.
    Seriously, this movie is fucking fantastic.

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