Emperor Trotz

[Rassoul Edji @RassoulEdji]

Devastator from #Transformers Revenge of the Fallen was the biggest creature ILM had ever done up to that point. It was so complex and so heavy that it melted a couple computers of the artists at ILM.

The first time they showed Devastator to Michael Bay he said that it needed to be bigger and more detailed, so ILM went back and almost doubled him in size and complexity.

ILM artists decided that the Devastator asset should be comprised of multiple different rigs, the two arms, the two legs, the torso, and the head. Exactly like it is in the final movie.

Fun facts:
• He was over 100 feet tall
• He was made up of 52,632 individual parts
• If laid out, all of his parts would add up to 14 miles long
• Devastators hand travels at 390 miles per hour when he punches the pyramid
• The pyramid destruction simulation was 8 times bigger than ILMs previous largest rigid body simulation

Devastator was the second most complex asset ever in the Transformers franchise, second only to the Driller Bot from Dark of the Moon.

A lot of the projects I work on today are very large scale and complex and I still run into computation and data management challenges in 2024. This gives me a massive amount of respect for the work done by ILM all the way back in 2008-2009 for this film. Truly mind blowing technical and creative artistry!

CREDITS
Video by Paramount
VFX by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

I hate the “announce your departure” tweets, but the only reason I have this account is because I like to talk about sports and right now there is absolutely nothing good about sports.

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

The only thing Michigan has going for them is their run defense so why the hell does the best passing offense keep running the ball?

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

@MrOH1O TD then a quick INT on their drive and then just score a ton on them

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

This ain’t fun anymore

[Buckeye Empire @BuckeyeEmpire]

I think after the 4th OT you should have to play with 10 players.

The 5th 9 players.

And so on.

[Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini]

Poor Joe Tess has to keep resetting and saying Georgia is one play away from clinching the CFP and it keeps not ending.

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

We do not need commercials. We do not need changing endzones.

[College Football Report @CFBReport]

I’m sick to my stomach knowing officiating like this still exists in 2024.

[Jeremy Birmingham @Birm]

Sure looked like targeting to me but I don’t know what targeting is (and neither does anyone else)

[Mr. Ohio @MrOH1O]

This might be the most obvious ref job I’ve ever watched

[Robert @JRAMNOTTHAGOAT]

This is supposed to be a national broad cast and Tess has Smarts balls in his teeth

[College Football Report @CFBReport]

This is so disgusting from @SEC officiating

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

Refs deciding games with these bullshit calls. This sport can really suck ass sometimes

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

Why does Georgia always have the refs on their side?

[Buckeye Empire @BuckeyeEmpire]

It doesn't get more targeting! 😂😂😂

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

Hayes King is incredible

[Emperor Trotz @Preds_Empire]

Ref ball ruins games

[Strom @StromboliOlie]

Not only are the Chiefs the worst 11-1 i have ever seen in my entire life watching football....the refs have single handedly given them multiple wins. It continues to happen right in front of everyone and nothing is ever done about it.

[Alex Daugherty @AlexDaugherty1]

The Predators have not scored more than 2 goals at 5-on-5 in a game all season.

We are not letting grandma out of the cage until the Predators score more than 2 goals at 5-on-5.