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Heavy metal: ILM's 14 digital robots, built from thousands of re-active metal parts, wreak havoc in live-action and all-CG shots.(Character Modeling/ Animation)("Transformer" movie created by DreamWorks L.L.C. and Paramount Pictures Corp.)(computer graphics)(Information Lifecycle Management)(Cover story)

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| July 01, 2007 | Robertson, Barbara | COPYRIGHT 2007 PennWell Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WE'RE FACING WAR AGAINST A TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION FAR SUPERIOR TO OUR OWN! OUR ENEMY CAN TAKE ANY SHAPE! Any hard-surface vehicular shape, that is.

In Transformers, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks SKG's hotly anticipated summer blockbuster, two alien, robotic races take their desperate fight for survival to planet Earth. The good Autobots, which protect the Earthlings, shape-change to and from cars and trucks; their leader, Optimus Prime, is a semi tractor rig. The enemy, the bad, very bad, Decepticons, twist into military vehicles, and the baddy of all, Megatron, is an interstellar jet. When they fight, they fight as agile, fast-moving, 20- to 30-foot ...

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