Kermode Uncut: Transforming or Recycling?

There's been a lot of kerfuffle recently about the fact that Michael Bay has reused shots from his film The Island in Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. There's nothing new about this, filmmakers have been recycling footage and sound effects for decades - but is that a good thing?

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Film & Animation

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• Transformers
• Michael Bay

[topper171]

I've noticed that Julia Roberts has been recycling her acting performances from the early 90's.

If you look very carefully you will see that she is doing the exact same character in everything she does.

[AHALambda101]

kung pow!!

[Filmzie]

@topper171

Same acting school as Jennifer Aniston.

[Lessdeth14]

No idea. However, my suggestion is taking the entire Transformers trilogy and sticking it up Michael Bay's where-the-sun-don't-shine.

[skinwalkerxxx]

this is the definition of a hack. Bay is like the Rob Liefeld of movies

[Steadno]

now that i know this i can tell directors to stfu when they cry about samples from their flicks being used in hiphop.

[xfoolsgoldx]

Rambo First blood



[69fasterpussycat]

Umberto Lenzi is without a doubt the most shameless plagiarist in the movie industry. His war movie, 'Contro 4 Bandiere' consists of 30% of Castellari's Eagles over Londen. Also, all the gore sequences from 'Eaten Alive' have been lifted from other cannibal movies.

[marlboroman1985]

@MrKeefaz I don't want to get into an inane arguement, but he specifically says "recycled footage"; I'm guessing he isn't including rehashed scripts as the same recycled footage. And he never mentions anything but sampled special FX. But who cares.

[MrKeefaz]

@marlboroman1985 No, he's not. He's saying that it's completely inconsequential and merely using it as a springboard for a larger debate about recycling elements from other films. Did you not just watch him say this?

[BopNiblets]

Didn't X-men: First class use the same opening scene with Eric Lensherr in the concentration camp from the first X-Men? Seems perfectly justifiable to me!

[marshalsea]

@zionravescene The main Aliens theme is heavily based around Holst's Planet Suite. Check out Mars, Neptune and Saturn for very reminiscent bits.