Ryden's affection for all things DC, Marvel, and Star Wars has led him to entertainment journalism at Heroic Hollywood as a News Editor. Bumblebee is an American science fiction action film directed by Travis Knight with a screenplay by Christina Hodson. The latest episode of Titans revealed a brief first look at a new version of the Batmobile while Dick Grayson is in the Batcave via flashback. ‘Transformers’ Producer On A Potential Optimus Prime Spin-Off Movie, Why A G1 Version Of Megatron Did Not Appear In ‘Bumblebee’. Bumblebee hits theaters tonight and details about the Transformers spin-off’s two mid-credits scenes have been revealed. Charlie doesn’t just go through the motions from set piece to set piece; she constantly faces obstacles and struggles to overcome them. Here’s the synopsis: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Bumblebee, (also known as Transformers: Bumblebee), is a 2018 American science fiction action film centered on the Transformers character of the same name.It is the sixth installment of the live-action Transformers film series.Developed as a spin-off and prequel, it was later declared a reboot of the franchise. This scene is almost shot for shot the same as the opening chase in Castle Of Cagliostro (1979) and in it Lupin drives a yellow Fiat that looks very similar to … Seeing photoreal Transformers on the big screen for the first time, hearing Peter Cullen's voice boom through that theater sound system, taking pictures with the Autobot car modes out in front of the theater...it was so much fun. None of the characters in Bay’s Transformers movies, human or robot, have any real characterization or development. The ‘80s setting of Bumblebee was a neat idea that led to some colorful visuals, but the movie ultimately relies far too much on the current generation’s nostalgia for that era. Teletraan 1. The very first scene Charlie meets Bumblebee. The Iconic Scene: Camaro Concept (Bumblebee) vs Saleen Mustang (Barricade) The original Transformers movie featured an insane chase scene pairing the Camaro Concept with the Saleen S281 Mustang. But once inside, the Titans are faced with their deepest vulnerabilities and fears. 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But the movie still feels like it’s half an hour too long. Unlike It, which showed the ugly side of the ‘80s, Bumblebee fetishizes the decade to an absurd extent, cramming in all the clichés from its teen movies as a wink to the audience. The final version of the Batmobile in the Titans universe appears to be inspired by Batman 89 and The Animated Series. These big-budget stories about heroes fighting villains also need a lot of heart. The second mid-credits scene features Hailee Steinfield’s Charlie Watson trying to fix the same red car her father and her have been trying to fix for years. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug. Following its brief appearance in last week's episode, concept art for Titans' Batmobile has been released and reveals different takes on Batman's iconic vehicle. Joe or Death's Head and rebuilt i… Titans is now available exclusively on DC Universe. Bumblebee (2018) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Guest Cast: Rachel Nichols as Angela, Reed Birney as The Messenger and Rachel Crawford as Doctor. Bumblebee (AKA Bee, ZB-7, B-127) is the one of the deuteragonists (alongside Mikaela Banes, Carly Spencer, Tessa Yeager and Viviane Wembly) in the Transformers live-action film series and the titular protagonist of the 2018 Reboot/Spin-off film, Bumblebee. The characters drive the action, and audiences leave the movie with an actual idea of who Charlie and Bumblebee are. This means that, at most, Bumblebee first set (robotic) foot on Earth in 1985, long after the end of the second World War. With its message about the power of friendship and its surplus of goofy gags, Bumblebee nails this balance better than most. War rages on Cybertron, and things look bad for the Autobots. Guardians of the Galaxy is the gold standard. What all of these designs set up -- in addition to the film's post-credits scene -- is that this is a new Transformers franchise. The garage scene mentioned above has also a parallel with Bumblebee's first transformation witnessed by a human in the comics published by Marvel Comics, back in the 1980's, when he transformed in front of Buster Witwicky at Sparkplug's garage. NEXT: Jurassic World: 5 Things It Got Right (& 5 It Got Wrong). Bumblebee arrives on Earth a few years before the main story of the film, which is set in 1987, begins. Ever since film comedy devolved into an endless slew of mind-numbingly terrible movies like Holmes & Watson and Dirty Grandpa, audiences have been seeking humor elsewhere, in blockbusters. Every time Bumblebee cuts from its main storyline involving Charlie’s Iron Giant-esque friendship with the eponymous robot-in-disguise to its “Meanwhile, back on the ranch...” subplot involving John Cena’s government bureaucrat character Jack Burns, it stops the movie dead. But it still had its flaws. In the garage when she brings home this car that she feels is her new way out or a new way to freedom and obviously makes this … He's currently in pre-production on his first feature film, Hunting Trip, and has been for a while because filmmaking is expensive. When The Messenger (recurring guest star REED BIRNEY) reveals that Rachel’s birth mother is alive and being held captive by The Organization in a mysterious psychiatric facility, Rachel is determined to rescue her. RELATED: 8 Things Bumblebee Did Better Than Other Transformers Movies (& 2 The Others Did Better). What do you make of the two mid-credit scenes? However, that connection is cracked during the first of Bumblebee 's two mid-credits scenes, which features Bumblebee and Optimus Prime meeting in a … In addition to writing news and features for Game Rant and lists for Screen Rant and CBR, Ben directs independent films and does standup comedy. Don’t worry — that doesn’t mean there’s no spectacle, just that there’s more balance. Unlike fellow wrestler-turned-actors like Dwayne Johnson and Dave Bautista, Cena doesn’t have a natural screen presence and his movie performances often fall flat (not that anyone should ever say that to his face), as it does here. The crux of the entire Transformers canon is that the Cybertronian civil war spilled over onto Earth, and now humanity is caught in the crossfire.In the movies, this war has apparently been waged in the shadows for some time before becoming public in the 2000s. Set 20 years before the series’ first entry, the movie also imagines the arrival of the Autobots on Earth in 1987, as opposed to 2007, the year the first film takes place. The first scene sees Bumblebee (Dylan O'Brien) and Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) meeting in a forest, after reuniting on the Golden Gate Bridge in the film's closing scene. Granted, it’s been 11 years and five movies since that franchise-starter, but it came out of the gate already coasting on the mashed-up nostalgia for producer Steven Spielberg’s ’80s-fantasy glory years and the unrelated toys of that same age. and The Iron Giant, Bumblebee follows the same predictable three-act structure that almost every Hollywood blockbuster does. Cliffjumper dead scene. Directed by Travis Knight from a script written by Christina Hodson, the film stars Hailee Steinfield, Pamela Adlon, John Cena, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jason Ian Drucker, Kenneth Choi, Ricardo Hoyos, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, and Grace Dzienny. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the human teenager Buster Witwicky. But taken on its own, it’s not perfect. In the first mid-credits scene, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime meet in a forest where Optimus warns Bumblebee about what is coming. I think Bumblebee is the better movie, but personally the hype around the 2007 movie was the better experience. And we couldn't be happier that that's the case. The opening scene of Bumblebee takes place on Cybertron, in the midst of a civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons that the Autobots are hopelessly losing. The effects are spectacular, it makes for a riveting way to start the movie, and … Ben Sherlock is a writer, comedian, and independent filmmaker, and he's good at at least two of those things. Travis Knight’s BUMBLEBEE is a coming-of-age dramedy for both Bumblebee and Charlie, the headstrong teenage girl played by Hailee Steinfeld in the film. The overwrought B-plot dragged it out too much. In addition to borrowing heavily from E.T. The effects are spectacular, it makes for a riveting way to start the movie, and most importantly, the characters finally look right. The year of the film's setting, 1987, was the final year for … This scene was exactly what Transformers fans wanted to see from a live-action movie adaptation, and it only took six movies to get there. Michael Bay’s filmmaking style, dubbed “Bayhem,” has no interest in boring things like story and character and instead focuses on filling the screen with as much explosive action as possible. Prime looks for scout B-127, who appears only a moment after. Bumblebee's prototype suit was designed by Izzy Abreu, with input from storyboard artists, Lauren Faust, and David Perez. Bumblebee was a big hit at the box office when it arrived over the holiday break this past December. Comment below! Concept art has been released and the initial designs were seemingly inspired by many past versions of the Batmobile across different mediums. Bumblebee was one of the several Autobots who were carving a path through space for their planet Cybertron when the Decepticons attacked their spacecraft, the Ark, forcing them to crash-land on Earth 4 million years ago. He is one of Optimus Prime's most trusted lieutenants. Bumblebee is yet another shining example that offers nothing new in terms of plot structure. In the first mid-credits scene, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime meet in a forest where Optimus warns Bumblebee about what is coming. A few years later, Bumblebee was destroyed either by G.I. Probably the best thing about Bumblebee is Hailee Steinfeld’s performance in the lead role. Written by Christina Hodson (Shut In, Unforgettable (2017), and Birds of Prey (2020)) and directed by Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) in his live-action directorial debut, it is the first Transformers live-action film not to be directed by Michael Bay; instead, he serves as executive producer. The two then look up in the sky and see seven Autobots falling, getting ready to crash-land onto Earth. Bumblebee is a 2018 film based on the Transformers franchise. The key to any great modern blockbuster is a good balance between heart and humor. Which concept art version is your favorite? Comment below! After Michael Bay directed five Transformers movies with seemingly no interest in the source material other than its opportunities to blow up cars, Travis Knight delivered Bumblebee, a spin-off set in the ‘80s focusing on the titular Autobot. The series continues this week with the episode titled “Asylum” and you can read the official synopsis below! Its lightweight tone and Iron Giant-adjacent premise called for a tight 90-minute-ish runtime. What did you think of Bumblebee? Hollywood studios have figured out a story formula that will more or less satisfy the average moviegoer and they’ve beaten it to death. A/N: This is my first try at an "altering the first movie" fic, and I will say that it will be changing the events of the first A LOT, with some of the characters omitted, and many things playing out differently.Mission City, Sector 7, etc will all be there and most things that are crucial to the first movie will take place. Everything about Bumblebee is totally 1980s, from its time period and music to its first generation Transformer designs and so much more. You can check out the concept art below: Do you like the look of the Batmobile in Titans? A one-stop shop for all things video games. The series stars Brenton Thwaites as Richard “Dick” Grayson / Robin, Anna Diop as Koriand’r / Starfire, Teagan Croft as Rachel Roth / Raven, and Ryan Potter as Garfield “Gar” Logan / Beast Boy. RELATED: Every Live-Action Transformers Movie (Ranked By Metacritic). Early of … This could allow it to act as a reboot of the franchise instead of a prequel, but that wasn’t clear when the movie came out, so the problem still stands. What’s refreshing about Bumblebee is that there are real stakes. It creates all kinds of inconsistencies in the timeline, like Bumblebee coming to Earth decades too early and leaving Charlie to wait for the Autobots’ arrival years before they were going to show up. In the background of the escape scene, there’s a hidden shot of another classic … RELATED: Bumblebee Completely Changes the Transformers Movie Universe's Timeline. By contrast, Bumblebee’s focus on character felt like a breath of fresh air. Sequels are planned so far in advance and the stories being told are so painfully predictable that the characters never feel like they’re in any actual danger. In a world of two-and-a-half-hour-plus blockbusters like Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Bumblebee’s 114-minute runtime objectively looks pretty lean. With True Grit and The Edge of Seventeen, Steinfeld had already proven she could carry a movie, but Bumblebee proved those skills were transferable to big-budget blockbusters. Bumblebee will be released in theaters on December 21, 2018. Show creator Lauren Faustwrote on Twitter that Karen is 14. Knight was devoted to returning to the original G1 designs, so Wheeljack looks much the same in Bumblebee as he did in the very first scene of the 1984 cartoon show, where he … Was the first live-action Transformers movie really long enough ago to qualify for its own nostalgia revisitation? Charlie (Hailee Steinfied), on the crusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. Compared to some of Michael Bay's lackluster sequels, Transformers: Bumblebee was a masterpiece for the franchise. BUMBLEBEE, however, is a more personal, intimate film. Set in the ’80s, BUMBLEBEE is based on the friendship between a young human woman and the giant robot she befriends. There are rarely any stakes in today’s blockbusters. One that actually gives a damn about the robots at the center of it. During the car chase scene before the bridge Bumblebee goes off the edge but catches on the railing and returns back up to the road before the tunnel. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Bumblebee finds Charlie's dad's collection of records in the garage which leads Charlie to talk about her dad, hugging Bumblebee for the first time. 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It is the sixth installment in the live-action Transformers series, serving as a prequel to Transformers. RELATED: 5 Reasons Why Bumblebee (2018) Needs A Sequel (& 5 Why It Doesn't). The film centers around the titular protagonist Bumblebee. A second Bumblebee movie has the chance to develop this hidden conflict, as the first movie ends with the Autobots finding refuge … Although it’s easily the best Transformers movie, Bumblebee does fall into some of the usual trappings of prequels. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Bumblebee was a young Autobot scout, who fought during the Cybertronian War alongside his "brother in arms", Hot Rod. Critics were stunned when they were sent to review a Transformers movie and found that it didn’t completely suck. The opening scene of Bumblebee takes place on Cybertron, in the midst of a civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons that the Autobots are hopelessly losing. The car hasn’t started since her father passed away due to a sudden heart attack but by the end of the scene, she finally gets it to start and goes for a ride. During the war for Cybertron, Bumblebee was friends with the Autobot Diabla, at one point battling alongside her in the smelting pools of Polyhex. Compared to the previous five Transformers movies (possibly barring Dark of the Moon, which had a funny opening act with Sam trying to get a job and some pretty exciting moments in the final battle), Bumblebee was a veritable cinematic masterpiece. Bumblebee is going for something different than Transformers movies of the past.
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