Kurgan said:

Out of curiosity... how do you explain the continuity with the Shanghai scenes? After all, the human military and autobots are working together to fight hiding Decepticons, something that doesn't happen in the first movie until the very end (the final battle). And there it's daytime.

Sorry if this seems like a silly question...

I think I can explain this for JasonN. It's basically like a romantic comedy after the couple gets together at the end and then they jump forward a year or something and show that they're married and have a kid or the girl is pregnant or something.

After the city battle is done and over with JasonN jumps forward 2 years to show the Autobots and military have been working together ever since and are still kicking Decepticon ass, and that the fight isn't over. That's about it in a nutshell.