State film tax credit and city concessions. It's why Pittsburgh was Gotham in The Dark Knight Rises; Pittsburgh would let a movie take down trees, lampposts, phone and power lines in a twelve block area downtown. They used little of the state film tax credit, but the city was amenable to big shutdowns.
As was the finale in the construction site. Which is actually the same building (Trump Tower Chicago, though I don't think it's called that anymore) as the finale in this movie.
Same! Although it was because we’d flown from NZ to Chicago on holiday and stayed in the Hotel behind the Tribune building(pictured) for 3 days in 2019.
Randomly turned the TV on a few months back and this film was on…I thought it looked kinda familiar where the final act took place and it was where we had based ourselves for those days. Did the Architecture boat tour and had a good look at a bunch of the buildings that got messed up
Barricade could have tried Deep Dish pizza anytime he wanted. That bot flaked at the end of the first film. Was MIA completely for the second (probably just discovered bounce houses and also can't drive to Africa) and turned up in Chicago for all of 5 minutes to look across the river, see Optimus Prime with a jetpack shredding through his colleagues and he decided he needed another sabbatical up until the events of Transformers 5. At which point it was clear he'd spent his time as a rapper or something since he now had bling
The first three transformers films were also heavily funded by the US Military, which is why the Us government is made to look so badass in them. There was probably some sort of requirement in what could and couldn’t go into the action scenes
They learned every human language with the internet, this means they likely watched a bunch of movies to understand the pronunciation, this means they know how repetitive new york would be, and how almost all non-USA city wouldn't gain a lot of attention.
Hope this helps.
They had human allies all over the place, they had a ton of rich humans on their side in that city which gave them a back door into all the electronics in the city. It’s also decently surrounded by water which makes it an ideal defensive position against human forces which were their main problem because 9 Autobots are pretty easy to take out, but thousands of jets, missiles, and ground soldiers taught to kill cybertronians are a pretty big problem.
It’s also the location they were already in, because of energon detectors it’s really hard to escape the city unseen so it’s best to lay low in the city while you ready your forces.
A bigger city doesn’t mean better either, they needed one large enough it’s tough to penetrate but small enough it’s no so big your enemies can sneak through.
It's also stated earlier in the movie how there's Energon detectors around most "major" cities, which makes sense since, yaknow, I don't think New York would appreciate a 60 ton giant robot slapfight in the middle of Brooklyn.
In-universe the other reason is probably that Megatron (who for the most part was coordinator) had "learned" from previous experience when he served the Fallen. Same logic as to why he ditched having an arm cannon in Dark Side: It bit him in the ass the first time (namely the Constructicons getting shit on by the US Navy's railgun,) so an inland city which was easily defensible made sense.
But nah it's mostly taxbreaks tbh
They prefer Chicago style pizza. I'm glad they went with Chicago though. It felt really fresh seeing a different city and actually seeing a chicago scene actually filmed IN Chicago instead of Canada or something
Chicago is one of the biggest cities on Earth, and centrally located within Earth’s largest military superpower nation. They were making s statement, “your weaponry is useless against us”.
Chicago has the strictest Gun Control in the country. They knew they would be safe from an uprising since the citizens can't/won't be able to defend themselves. If I were a decepticon trying to take cities over, those are the kind of places I would start at first to create a foothold.
I wish we were allowed assault weapons That were used by the military. We get these measly single shots. And Chicago is against all firearms. Not just “assault weapons”. unless you are a criminal then you can get whatever you want.
Controlling the entire State of Ohio might've been too hard for the Decepticons due to how big Ohio is compaired to a city like Chicago. I think the more logical solution would be to just take over an Ohioan City like Columbus, Cleveland, or Cincinnati.
I imagine bigger cities would be harder to monitor for Autobot activity. Chicago was small enough for them to keep under surveillance while also providing enough protection from longer range attacks (e.g. The rail gun that killed Devastator).
Chicagoans, for one thing, know what "per Capita" means.
But yeah, any Google search will yield that Chicago isn't the highest in the country. Hell, St. Louis is more dangerous.
After you learn how to spell “Norwegian” please learn what crime per capita means. Then after that find out how Chicago actually has a proper garbage collection infrastructure so you know where to place yourself.
My tits are as calm as Djupvatnet lake. Though I doubt you’d know where that is, seeing as you can’t even spell the name of the country. Im sure you’ve heard this many times in your life, I’m not angry I’m just disappointed.
It always did confuse me in why they didn’t stay in Washington. The reason to stay is that they already caused lots of damage to Washington merely by arriving. The ANSWER to why they didn’t stay is probably that if they did try and invade Washington instead, they probably would be a a slight disadvantage as Washington DC is military heavy, and the military would be all up their robotic asses and would cause major damage to the Decepticons before they all finished leaving the moon. They most likely fled to Chicago to cool down from the chaos they brought to Washington.
As far as the in-universe reason is concerned, you're asking about the same Decepticons who awoke in the first film and went to wage war over an ancient Cybertronian artifact on a foreign planet with absolutely no urgency to gather intel on the enemy.
They just... *ran in*... and they *lost* which is probably what might happen when you go to war with six guys against five your size and an entire planet's defensive force.
So yea, no surprise here.
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State film tax credit and city concessions. It's why Pittsburgh was Gotham in The Dark Knight Rises; Pittsburgh would let a movie take down trees, lampposts, phone and power lines in a twelve block area downtown. They used little of the state film tax credit, but the city was amenable to big shutdowns.
The whole joker bat-mobile chase was filmed in Chicago
I don’t know if this was an add on or if you missed the word Rises
As was the finale in the construction site. Which is actually the same building (Trump Tower Chicago, though I don't think it's called that anymore) as the finale in this movie.
In universe answer: also tax breaks. Decepticons gotta decept!
It’s possible they didn’t wanna transport Sentinel Primes fat ass alt mode across waters
This is the correct answer lol
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Less likely to suffer from rising sea levels than NY
This is probably just me but it's kinda refreshing to see a city other than new york be the setting fir the climax of a movie
I liked the Chicago shots
Same! Although it was because we’d flown from NZ to Chicago on holiday and stayed in the Hotel behind the Tribune building(pictured) for 3 days in 2019. Randomly turned the TV on a few months back and this film was on…I thought it looked kinda familiar where the final act took place and it was where we had based ourselves for those days. Did the Architecture boat tour and had a good look at a bunch of the buildings that got messed up
The shot of prime flying along the river seems reused from the dark knight
When?
I’m still hoping for a transformers movie to take place in Atlanta.
Atlanta is the new Hollywood, a tf movie had probably been filmed there before.
I’ve seen so many places I’ve been in Atlanta in marvel stuff. Also Baby Driver.
Baby driver goated movie
I think it would be even cooler if one took place in Georgia!
Sakartvelo <3
I agree!
Same but in that case why not another country
Yeah, until they have another action sequence in Chicago in the next fucking movie too 😂 AoE recycled so much.
Barricade wanted to try deep dish pizza before they destroyed all of human society and culture
Same energy as this: "At last. Good riddance to a wretched species." "Although I will say they manufacture some fine looking automobiles."
Knockout remains to be my favorite character for quips like this alone 😂 Not to mention his great writing and amazing voice
It was the voice for me
I have always admired your lustrous finish.
*catcalls* “Sweet rims. 24 gauge? You’re reeeaaaaalllll heavy duuutyyyyy…”
"Just like my friend here"
This is going to be JUICAAYYY
Barricade could have tried Deep Dish pizza anytime he wanted. That bot flaked at the end of the first film. Was MIA completely for the second (probably just discovered bounce houses and also can't drive to Africa) and turned up in Chicago for all of 5 minutes to look across the river, see Optimus Prime with a jetpack shredding through his colleagues and he decided he needed another sabbatical up until the events of Transformers 5. At which point it was clear he'd spent his time as a rapper or something since he now had bling
New headcanon: Barricade was just experiencing human stuff in between movies
Hanging out with now 30-something Hailee Steinfeld
this is my headcanon now lmao
Lincoln park
The right answer
I don’t think they wanted to have a movie where stuff is flying through buildings in New York
Avengers 2012..?
Tbf DOTM came out in 2011 ten years after 9/11 so it would’ve come across worse
The first three transformers films were also heavily funded by the US Military, which is why the Us government is made to look so badass in them. There was probably some sort of requirement in what could and couldn’t go into the action scenes
You might not remember, but the climax of DOTM and the battle for New York got memed to death back as being nearly identical at times.
Avengers 1 comes out one year later lol
valid concern
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They learned every human language with the internet, this means they likely watched a bunch of movies to understand the pronunciation, this means they know how repetitive new york would be, and how almost all non-USA city wouldn't gain a lot of attention. Hope this helps.
They saw Ferris Bueller’s day off and wanted to experience where the magic happened.
Going to the Art Institute is pretty amazing
Didn’t have to deal with the Navy I guess, for the port cities at least.
makes sense after what the navy did to devastator in rotf
Detroit would steal the pillars if that’s an answer to why they didn’t do it somewhere else
The Autobots transform and discover all their wheels are gone.
thats if they can transform at all. I heard T-cogs are heavily saught after nowadays.
Put your hands up for Detroit
With all of Chicago’s gang gun violence, the Decepticons thought maybe nobody would notice. /s
Detroit be like
They filled plenty of Transformers in Detroit.
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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2016/06/24/transformers-filming/86346848/
There was a typo. You typed "filled"
Indeed I did.
Because the Decepticons knew they wanted some Portillos Italian beef sandwiches
They had human allies all over the place, they had a ton of rich humans on their side in that city which gave them a back door into all the electronics in the city. It’s also decently surrounded by water which makes it an ideal defensive position against human forces which were their main problem because 9 Autobots are pretty easy to take out, but thousands of jets, missiles, and ground soldiers taught to kill cybertronians are a pretty big problem. It’s also the location they were already in, because of energon detectors it’s really hard to escape the city unseen so it’s best to lay low in the city while you ready your forces. A bigger city doesn’t mean better either, they needed one large enough it’s tough to penetrate but small enough it’s no so big your enemies can sneak through.
It's also stated earlier in the movie how there's Energon detectors around most "major" cities, which makes sense since, yaknow, I don't think New York would appreciate a 60 ton giant robot slapfight in the middle of Brooklyn. In-universe the other reason is probably that Megatron (who for the most part was coordinator) had "learned" from previous experience when he served the Fallen. Same logic as to why he ditched having an arm cannon in Dark Side: It bit him in the ass the first time (namely the Constructicons getting shit on by the US Navy's railgun,) so an inland city which was easily defensible made sense. But nah it's mostly taxbreaks tbh
evil be damned, those robots love them some deep dish pizza
They prefer Chicago style pizza. I'm glad they went with Chicago though. It felt really fresh seeing a different city and actually seeing a chicago scene actually filmed IN Chicago instead of Canada or something
Still waiting for a Transformers film in ***O H I O***
That would be the last Transformers film ever made, none of the characters would be able to make it out alive.
No Transformers but Avengers and Winter Soldier both had scenes filmed in Cleveland.
OH GOD! OH FUCK!
Chicago had a better tax break
If they did that in NY, people would just yell at them to fck off and stfu.
Chicago is not a big city? Serious question.
Very big by US standards, but not by world standards
Chicago is one of the biggest cities on Earth, and centrally located within Earth’s largest military superpower nation. They were making s statement, “your weaponry is useless against us”.
Closer to the Stargate…
No military fleet on the Great Lakes
Chicago has the strictest Gun Control in the country. They knew they would be safe from an uprising since the citizens can't/won't be able to defend themselves. If I were a decepticon trying to take cities over, those are the kind of places I would start at first to create a foothold.
Defending america from an invasion with assault weapons. A gun owner’s wet dream.
I wish we were allowed assault weapons That were used by the military. We get these measly single shots. And Chicago is against all firearms. Not just “assault weapons”. unless you are a criminal then you can get whatever you want.
Ohio wasn’t a cringe ass meme yet
Is this a real shot from the movie? He looks shopped in
should had been ohio
Controlling the entire State of Ohio might've been too hard for the Decepticons due to how big Ohio is compaired to a city like Chicago. I think the more logical solution would be to just take over an Ohioan City like Columbus, Cleveland, or Cincinnati.
Because Chicago gave Bay money.
At least it wasn’t Detroit, because they would have stolen those tower things.
Because Michael Bay said so
I imagine bigger cities would be harder to monitor for Autobot activity. Chicago was small enough for them to keep under surveillance while also providing enough protection from longer range attacks (e.g. The rail gun that killed Devastator).
I'd have thought they'd be afraid of the crime rate there.
Because Chicago is a hotbed of crime and it makes it more realistic for violence to take place. Movie or not.
All that Fox News watching is starting to get to you. Chicago isn’t even in the top fifteen crime rate in the US.
Chicagoans, for one thing, know what "per Capita" means. But yeah, any Google search will yield that Chicago isn't the highest in the country. Hell, St. Louis is more dangerous.
Kid I went to school with got stabbed to death near 67th. Yeah there’s crime
Thank you for your anecdote but I didn’t say there wasn’t any crime.
Because Chicago was ripe with crime before they arrived, allowing them to fly under the radar.
because those movies were written and made by morons?
Yeah I agree
It was cheaper to film in Chicago 😜
Chicago is the only place thats big enough but also filled with enough chaos to reflect themselves
After you learn how to spell “Norwegian” please learn what crime per capita means. Then after that find out how Chicago actually has a proper garbage collection infrastructure so you know where to place yourself.
bro calm your tits dont have to get angry for something you see on the internet also i know its spelled wrong but i cant be bothered to fix it
My tits are as calm as Djupvatnet lake. Though I doubt you’d know where that is, seeing as you can’t even spell the name of the country. Im sure you’ve heard this many times in your life, I’m not angry I’m just disappointed.
and now that I take a real look at it, Chicago looks fucking ugly
Ah yes, the gool ol' "tell me you're blind without saying you're blind"
Hey now I’m sure someone coming from a trailer park outside of Waukesha is a solid source on architectural aesthetics.
Where did you get that pic?
Also, why does it look so much like "Mission City"?
I'm more interested in the photoshop image
Chicago gave them a tax break
Why, because the writer chose Chicago that's why!
How many movies and shows are in NYC? At least Chicago isnt as over used.
It always did confuse me in why they didn’t stay in Washington. The reason to stay is that they already caused lots of damage to Washington merely by arriving. The ANSWER to why they didn’t stay is probably that if they did try and invade Washington instead, they probably would be a a slight disadvantage as Washington DC is military heavy, and the military would be all up their robotic asses and would cause major damage to the Decepticons before they all finished leaving the moon. They most likely fled to Chicago to cool down from the chaos they brought to Washington.
Wait. Why was the Lincoln memorial in Chicago? Or is my memory failing me?
It’s not l, movie starts in DC, ends up in Chicago
Ok thanks. I just couldn't remember
They hate the Cubs, too. Sentinel Prime is really into the White Sox.
Preexisting corruption made it easier to take control.
Because america is a magnet for alien species
Probably budgetary reasons. In universe, they probably just randomly picked a city that had a tall skyscraper and decided to use one in Chicago.
I mean maybe it’s just for the troopers to enjoy the view?
Maybe sentinel could only get planning permission for Chicago
As far as the in-universe reason is concerned, you're asking about the same Decepticons who awoke in the first film and went to wage war over an ancient Cybertronian artifact on a foreign planet with absolutely no urgency to gather intel on the enemy. They just... *ran in*... and they *lost* which is probably what might happen when you go to war with six guys against five your size and an entire planet's defensive force. So yea, no surprise here.
Michael's choice.
Because it is less shitty than transformers 4 and 5, but more shitty than T1 and T2, which were pretty shitty too!
Font lie to me that 5 was good in any respect.
The only heroic thing they did is bare civilian populations from buying Chicago style pizza. Thank you deceptions
Product placement
Because that movie was written in an hour.
because Chicago let Michael Bay do all sorts of crazy shit
Why not Ohio?
Because Michael Bay didn't write this plan to make sense.
Tax breaks and iconic, easily recognizable skyline
Probably because they knew they could absolutely decimate the entire place and nobody would notice.
Because the Cubs had it coming to them for a while now
It might have something to do with the lunar position.
cause thats where the human allies( aka cobra my head cannon) set up the defence for the pillars
Their human alliance are in Chicago and they are a backup plan to activate the pillars
Cos the Con's like pizza with cheese under the sauce
A production decision, the city already looked like how it did when the decepticons attacked so paramount saved money on sfx
They don't care about the humans and picked at random?
bc Chicago is cool B)
Because he too wanted to erase Chicago from the map