A video on YouTube points out how Michael Bay recycled footage from 2005s
The Island for use in
Transformers 3. The two scenes are basically the same sequence updated with a bit of CGI.
SlashFilm notes that this isn't the first time he's done it as he's used scenes from
Pearl Harbor for the first
Transformers.
Why reuse stock footage when you have millions of dollars from product placement and the studio? Naturally, ...