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* If Creator/LindsayEllis ' analysis of Mikaela is to be believed, she realized that Sam viewed her the way everyone else does, as an object, or a reward, to be used and disposed of, and so that was why she left him.
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** Then we see MenInBlack intercept the transmissions with static, giving the astronauts a new mission. And a good eye will spot the reflection on Neil's helmet... of something that is ''definitely'' not man-made.

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** Then we see MenInBlack TheMenInBlack intercept the transmissions with static, giving the astronauts a new mission. And a good eye will spot the reflection on Neil's helmet... of something that is ''definitely'' not man-made.
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* Dino/Mirage uses cables to attach to Hatchet and literally road skis across the road behind the Decepticon.

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* Dino/Mirage uses cables to attach to Hatchet and literally road skis across the road behind the Decepticon.
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* Optimus Prime and Buzz Aldrin. Meeting one another and, with the utmost humility and sincerity, saying that it is an honor.

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* Optimus Prime and Dr. Buzz Aldrin. Meeting One of the greatest fictional heroes and one of the greatest RealLife heroes, meeting one another and, with the utmost humility and sincerity, saying that it is an honor.honor. Peter Cullen called it one of the proudest moments of his career.
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* Three words: "Wreckers...kill him!". The sheer brutality that the trio proceeds to unleash upon the pilot of the downed Decepticon fighter is practically a whole brand of {{Badass}} unto itself.

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* Three words: "Wreckers...kill him!". The sheer brutality that the trio proceeds to unleash upon the pilot of the downed Decepticon fighter is practically a whole brand of {{Badass}} badass unto itself.
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** The [[DarkerAndEdgier ''very first shot'']] shows Sam riding in a car through a Decepticon-occupied city, with dramatic drumbeats.

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** The [[DarkerAndEdgier ''very ''[[DarkerAndEdgier very first shot'']] shot]]'' shows Sam riding in a car through a Decepticon-occupied city, with dramatic drumbeats.
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'''Neil Armstrong:''' ''No, sir. We are not alone.''

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'''Neil Armstrong:''' '''Buzz Aldrin:''' ''No, sir. We are not alone.''
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* Optimus kills the Driller. He flies in, the first time in this film we see him fly, and he goes MoreDakka on the giant metal worm. That doesn't seem to work, so he gains some altitude, shoots a hole through the building, and plows through the worm with his own body!
** And the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome music]] in this scene is the same epic tune that played when Optimus arrived in Mission City in the first movie!
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** It begins with the Apollo 11 mission approaching the moon, accompanied by perhaps the most [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awe inspiring music]] put to film. In spite of a ''slight'' SpecialEffectsFailure, the approach is incredible.

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** It begins with the Apollo 11 mission approaching the moon, accompanied by perhaps the most [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic awe inspiring music]] put to film. In spite of a ''slight'' SpecialEffectsFailure, the approach is incredible.



*** After the MIB tell them to take some samples and get them home, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome cue the music.]] Heavy, dramatic, imposing. While credits for Creator/MichaelBay and Creator/StevenSpielberg flash up. And the camera zooms out from the ship. Plus this dialogue:

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*** After the MIB tell them to take some samples and get them home, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic cue the music.]] Heavy, dramatic, imposing. While credits for Creator/MichaelBay and Creator/StevenSpielberg flash up. And the camera zooms out from the ship. Plus this dialogue:



** The rest of the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome background music.]] It starts out as distorted, echoing drumbeats with silence in between, the distortion gradually growing with every beat until it sounds like the stock ringing-in-your-ears-after-an-explosion sound.

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** The rest of the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic background music.]] It starts out as distorted, echoing drumbeats with silence in between, the distortion gradually growing with every beat until it sounds like the stock ringing-in-your-ears-after-an-explosion sound.



** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome heavy music]] and [[{{NightmareFuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} Nightmare Fuel]] makes the scene quite memorable.

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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic heavy music]] and [[{{NightmareFuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} Nightmare Fuel]] makes the scene quite memorable.



* The score here certainly qualifies as CrowningMusicOfAwesome

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* The score here certainly qualifies as CrowningMusicOfAwesomeSugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.



** "[[RousingSpeech Your leaders will now understand: Decepticons will never leave your planet alone. And we needed them to think we had gone. For today, in the name of freedom]], ''[[RousingSpeech we take the battle to them]]''." Cue an epic GondorCallsForAid[=/=]LockAndLoad montage of almost every Autobot transforming and gearing up for battle, while an epic rendition of [[{{CrowningMusicOfAwesome}} 'Arrival To Earth']] blares.

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** "[[RousingSpeech Your leaders will now understand: Decepticons will never leave your planet alone. And we needed them to think we had gone. For today, in the name of freedom]], ''[[RousingSpeech we take the battle to them]]''." Cue an epic GondorCallsForAid[=/=]LockAndLoad montage of almost every Autobot transforming and gearing up for battle, while an epic rendition of [[{{CrowningMusicOfAwesome}} [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic 'Arrival To Earth']] blares.
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* Jerry Wang became an EnsembleDarkhorse, and it's not hard to see why. He stares down Bruce Brazos, gives Sam all the info on the conspiracy, and ''pulls a pair of guns on Laserbeak''. Sam may have balls, but Jerry defines CrazyAwesome.

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* A Meta Example: This film was the fourth highest grossing film of all time, despite being one of the most flamed films ever. CriticalDissonance FTW!

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* A Meta Example: This film was the fourth highest grossing film of all time, despite being one of the most flamed films ever. CriticalDissonance FTW!


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* One for the writer: he made Sam's AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents tolerable, even endearing.

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* During the battle with the Dreads, Dino/Mirage uses cables to attach to Hatchet and literally road skis across the road behind the Decepticon.

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* During The Dreads' entrance: Crankcase transforms, rips Simmons out of his car, then flips into the battle with air and knocks over a highway sign. Then Hatchet and Crowbar drive up the Dreads, signs like ramps and transform in midair to forms that look animalistic and demonic.
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Dino/Mirage uses cables to attach to Hatchet and literally road skis across the road behind the Decepticon.



* Bumblebee and Sideswipe's "stealth force" modes look really freaking cool.



** The novelization takes this UptoEleven. Whereas the film had him & Sideswipe engaging the two remaining Dreads in a gunfight, the novel has ''five'' Dreads charging at the NEST base. Ironhide simply transforms, stands in their path, and becomes an Immovable Object, letting the 'Cons literally crash into him. Each of the Dreads is killed on impact, while Ironhide simply withstands the hits with little more than some scratches and being knocked back a bit. He then casually brushes Decepti-parts off of himself and quips "[[BondOneLiner They just don't make them like they used to]]".

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** The novelization takes this UptoEleven.UpToEleven. Whereas the film had him & Sideswipe engaging the two remaining Dreads in a gunfight, the novel has ''five'' Dreads charging at the NEST base. Ironhide simply transforms, stands in their path, and becomes an Immovable Object, letting the 'Cons literally crash into him. Each of the Dreads is killed on impact, while Ironhide simply withstands the hits with little more than some scratches and being knocked back a bit. He then casually brushes Decepti-parts off of himself and quips "[[BondOneLiner They just don't make them like they used to]]".
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* The score here certainly qualifies as CrowningMusicOfAwesome
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'''Mearing:''' (OhCrap face)\\]]

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** Plus it's the return of Creator/LeonardNimoy to the Franchise/TheTransformers franchise. [[spoiler: And he once again voices the BigBad of the movie.]]

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** Plus it's the return of Creator/LeonardNimoy to the Franchise/TheTransformers franchise. [[spoiler: And he once again voices the BigBad of the movie.]]]]
* Sam and Simmons investigating the moon conspiracy. [[spoiler: They connect the disappearances and deaths of dozens of astronauts, scientists, and white collar businessmen; then Brains locates two Cosmonauts who may know more. They go to the Russian bar, buy their way inside, and ask straight out about the canceled moon missions. When the Russians pull guns on them, Simmons ''dares'' them to pull the trigger. Then Dutch reveals his HiddenDepths by beating up a couple thugs and stealing their guns. Once Simmons talks him down, the Cosmonauts agree to share what they know- and what they know is that the Decepticons stole a crap-ton of Spacebridge pillars from the moon wreck.]] Sam makes a quick deduction- the Decepticons only need one more thing to start their invasion. He calls Mearing to let her in on the loop:
--> '''Mearing:''' But we have the spacebridge!\\
[[spoiler: '''Sam:''' Mearing, you have five pillars. I just learned that they have ''hundreds'', you're doing exactly what they wanted you to do!\\
'''Mearing:''' (OhCrap face)\\]]
'''Sam:''' What do you need me to say to you? ''The Decepticons are coming for Sentinel Prime!''
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** Plus it's the return of Creator/LeonardNimoy to the Franchise/Transformers franchise. [[spoiler: And he once again voices the BigBad of the movie.]]

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** Plus it's the return of Creator/LeonardNimoy to the Franchise/Transformers Franchise/TheTransformers franchise. [[spoiler: And he once again voices the BigBad of the movie.]]

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* Optimus' transformation when confronting Charlotte Mearing. It is incredible, and one of the few times Optimus transforms almost entirely on-screen.

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* Optimus' transformation when confronting Charlotte Mearing. It is incredible, quick, violent, and one of the few times Optimus transforms almost entirely on-screen.on-screen. Ironhide sums it up nicely:
--> '''Ironhide:''' Prime, make something of yourself! (''Thunk.'') He's pissed.
* Similarly, Megatron's transformation in Africa. Anytime in the past two movies that Megatron transformed, the change was more or less him standing up, because he was going between one alien death machine to another. But here, he is actually disguised as an Earth vehicle. This transformation also occurs mostly on-screen, showing exactly how the Decepticon leader is formed. It is a beautiful piece of animation.
* The scene in which Optimus uses the Matrix to resurrect Sentinel. Whatever comes later, that scene invokes so much awe and reverence.
--> '''Optimus:''' We are here. You are ''home'', Sentinel.
** Plus it's the return of Creator/LeonardNimoy to the Franchise/Transformers franchise. [[spoiler: And he once again voices the BigBad of the movie.]]

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* The very fact that Laserbeak- Soundwave's most iconic minicon- is finally in these films.
* Optimus' transformation when confronting Charlotte Mearing. It is incredible, and one of the few times Optimus transforms almost entirely on-screen.
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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of heavy music and [[{{NightmareFuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} Nightmare Fuel]] makes the scene quite memorable.

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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome heavy music music]] and [[{{NightmareFuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} Nightmare Fuel]] makes the scene quite memorable.
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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of heavy music and {{NightmareFuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} makes the scene quite memorable.

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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of heavy music and {{NightmareFuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} [[{{NightmareFuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} Nightmare Fuel]] makes the scene quite memorable.
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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of heavy music and {{Nightmare Fuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} makes the scene quite memorable.

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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of heavy music and {{Nightmare Fuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} {{NightmareFuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} makes the scene quite memorable.
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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of heavy music and Nightmare Fuel makes the scene quite memorable.

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** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of heavy music and Nightmare Fuel {{Nightmare Fuel/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon}} makes the scene quite memorable.
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* The Chernobyl scene, everything while The Driller's on screen.
** It's entrance deserves special mention. The combination of heavy music and Nightmare Fuel makes the scene quite memorable.
** Then Optimus comes in- ''and he's got his trailer!'' (Details below.)

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** Optimus Prime: [--'''Everything humans knew of our planet we were told had been shared. ''You lied to us.'' You've made a grave mistake.'''--]

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** Optimus Prime: [--'''Everything humans knew of our planet we were told had been shared. ''You lied to us.'' You've made a grave mistake.'''--]'''--]\\
He sounds ''pissed''.



** Simmons: [--'''Years from now, they're gonna ask; where were ''you'', when they took over the planet?'''--]

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** Simmons: [--'''Years from now, they're gonna ask; where were ''you'', when they took over the planet?'''--]planet?'''--]\\
So we've already lost?


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** Optimus again: [--'''You may lose faith in us, but never in yourselves. From here, the fight will be your own.'''--]\\
They're abandoning us?!
** Immediately after, we see what was tearing up the street in the previous trailer: a giant metal worm creature like The Kraken on steroids, which can tunnel through a skyscraper and ''squeeze it in half'' until it topples over! Oh, and our human protagonists are in said skyscraper.
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** Optimus Prime: '''Everything humans knew of our planet we were told had been shared. ''You lied to us.'' You've made a grave mistake.'''

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** Optimus Prime: '''Everything [--'''Everything humans knew of our planet we were told had been shared. ''You lied to us.'' You've made a grave mistake.''''''--]



** Simmons: '''Years from now, they're gonna ask; where were ''you'', when they took over the planet?'''

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** Simmons: '''Years [--'''Years from now, they're gonna ask; where were ''you'', when they took over the planet?'''planet?'''--]



** Sam has a gun. [[TheLoad '''Sam Witwicky''']] [[TookALevelInBadass ''has a gun.'']]

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** Sam has a gun. [[TheLoad '''Sam Witwicky''']] [[TookALevelInBadass ''has '''[[TheLoad Sam Witwicky]]''' ''[[TookALevelInBadass has a gun.'']]]]''
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** Optimus Prime: '''Everything humans knew of our planet we were told had been shared. ''You lied to us.'' You've made a grave mistake.'''
** We knew the Decepticons would invade Chicago. What we ''didn't'' know was that there were ''hundreds'' of them, plus ships, hidden under the moon's surface. And that they'd all teleport directly into Washington DC!
** Simmons: '''Years from now, they're gonna ask; where were ''you'', when they took over the planet?'''
** We get our first glimpse of Shockwave on Earth, climbing what looks like a shifting pile of debris. He looks positively ''demonic''.
** Sam has a gun. [[TheLoad '''Sam Witwicky''']] [[TookALevelInBadass ''has a gun.'']]
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* The Superbowl Spot was pretty cool, too.
** The [[DarkerAndEdgier ''very first shot'']] shows Sam riding in a car through a Decepticon-occupied city, with dramatic drumbeats.
** The rest of the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome background music.]] It starts out as distorted, echoing drumbeats with silence in between, the distortion gradually growing with every beat until it sounds like the stock ringing-in-your-ears-after-an-explosion sound.
** Meanwhile, we see soldiers leaping out of exploding planes, Ironhide crashing headfirst into a pair of Decepticons and then transforming, Bumblebee despairing on a battlefield, aliens (Decepticons most likely) blowing up Chicago, Laserbeak flying towards a car in a threatening way, and the humans surrounded by utter devastation. Oh, and one shot that lasts barely long enough for you mind to register, that shows [[NothingIsScarier ''something'']] tearing up a street from underneath.
** Truly awesome is the sequence at the end showing Optimus Prime ''flying'' down and massacring the Decepticons, shooting them to pieces and ''slashing one in half''.
* Then we got the full theatrical trailer.
** The opening pretty well recaps the first teaser, showing the Cybertronian ship crashing into the moon, and Neil and Buzz exploring it. But with the added bonus of an unknown female narrator declaring things like, "Our entire space race... was in response to an event" and, "If you breathe a word of what you see in here, you'll do time for treason." Heavy stuff.
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'''Soldier''': ''[steps forward]'' [[BadassBoast ...I'll]] [[BadassBoast ''find my own ride home,'']] [[BadassBoast sir.]]\\

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'''Soldier''': ''[steps forward]'' [[BadassBoast ...I'll]] [[BadassBoast ''find I'll find my own ride home,'']] [[BadassBoast home, sir.]]\\
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'''Soldier''': ''[steps forward]'' [[BadassBoast ...I'll ''find my own ride home,'' sir.]]\\

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'''Soldier''': ''[steps forward]'' [[BadassBoast ...I'll I'll]] [[BadassBoast ''find my own ride home,'' home,'']] [[BadassBoast sir.]]\\
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'''Soldier''': ''[steps forward]'' [[BadassBoast ...I'll]] ''[[BadassBoast find my own ride home,]]'' [[BadassBoast sir.]]\\

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'''Soldier''': ''[steps forward]'' [[BadassBoast ...I'll]] ''[[BadassBoast find I'll ''find my own ride home,]]'' [[BadassBoast home,'' sir.]]\\

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