The Energon Pub

[Rysquad]

Nice! Might have to stop by.

[Orfedj]

Where did you see astrotrain?

[Orfedj]

That footage fills me with absolute dread. Keep that G1-stuff out of my movieverse, cheers. Those scenes don't even gel. It's like it flips to some video game and back again.

If you consider that AoE and TLK opted for more smooth and humanoid designs, this actually fits. I admit I was confused at first, but once I realized it was real I was so so happy.

People, this is a reboot. Call it that or not, they're TRYING to break continuity of design. Remember when Marvel redesigned Hulk in the MCU? Yes Tony Stark appeared in The Incredible Hulk, and just like with this Transformers movie, Marvel intentionally forgot about that movie's ideas and designs WITHOUT ruining the plot continuity too much, EVEN with the change of an actor for Bruce Banner. I think a series of giant TRANSFORMING METAL ROBOTS who can CHANGE THEIR DESIGNS PURPOSEFULLY makes MUCH more sense to experiment with, and can work beautifully.

Plus this is an incredible way to kickstart the possibility of successful Transformers movies once again by adding LITERAL familiar faces to make jaded fans to the movies become more curious, AND to draw many new fans into the brand as a whole by giving them a big screen representation (or remake) of that original cartoon in a way. It works, and it works beautifully, regardless of everyone who don't want their pissing and swearing messes of metal to be touched with the ichiness of those horrrrribly outdaaated Saturday morning caartewwns. (And yes, I do enjoy SOME of the movie designs. Hell, I loved Dark of the Moon.)

Also shatup, Astrotrain looks awesome.

Keep that G1-stuff out of my movieverse, cheers.

Isn't it a little late for that?

What are they gonna do just suddenly take it out of the movie? Go back in time to change it?

As much as I like the previous films we have had 5 films for us, I think it's time for a little fanservice for those who haven't had a live action version of the G1 designs.

Preach it.

Where did you see astrotrain?

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Empire Online has managed to get a hold of yet another still from the upcoming Bumblebee movie, and if you thought Bee would be the only cute on in the movie, you might just be wrong.

This still features Bumblebee meeting Charlie's dog, Conan (yes, Conan), and the still is accompanied by some commentary indication Bumblebee is trying to understand what a dog is and how to communicate with him. We have had very few cute characters and moments in the films to date, and this movie appears to be piling it on.

The Bumblebee movie is set to release on December 21 of this year, and we have plenty of indications that this will be an entirely new type of movie complete with a lot of cute stuff, a lot of heart, a pinch of nostalgia, and maybe a really good story and movie altogether.

Check out the still below, along with the accompanying text, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Named after Arnie’s iconic action hero (“with the proper pronunciation like the awesome Barbarian, not the awesome talk-show host,” confirms director Travis Knight), the canine companion is just another thing for Bumblebee to try and get his metal head around when he joins forces with Charlie. “When Bumblebee encounters this creature, he tries to figure out how to communicate with him,” Knight tells Empire in the upcoming Review of the Year issue. “Him just trying to exist in a normal human domicile does not go very well.”

From the trailers, Bumblebee is looking like a warmer, more Amblin-esque entry into the series, and is the first live-action Transformers movie not to be directed by Michael Bay. Read Empire’s Bumblebee trailer breakdown with Travis Knight here, and read plenty more about the film in the December issue of Empire, on sale on 1 November.

[Decepticon Stryker]

So I remember saying during the whole craze of the G1 designs that the protoforms we say in the first movie were probably forms they adapted for travel and not their actual cybertronian forms. And it turns out I'm partially right: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transition_form This actually gives a canon explanation as to how we can have G1 style Cybertronian forms despite their appearance in the first movie.

[ZeroWolf]

Transformers Bumblebee Movie lead Hailee Steinfeld has announced today that she has also created a song that will be featured in the film. The news was shared along the stars social media accounts. The song is called "Back to Life" and is released November the 2nd. The social media posts also contain a small snippet of the song.



The image released for the track shares all the colour cues for the movie along with a picture of Bee himself.

What do you think of the track? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews. Don't forget to #jointhebuzz for the Bumblebee movie, in cinemas worldwide in December.

[Sabrblade]

So I remember saying during the whole craze of the G1 designs that the protoforms we say in the first movie were probably forms they adapted for travel and not their actual cybertronian forms. And it turns out I'm partially right: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transition_form This actually gives a canon explanation as to how we can have G1 style Cybertronian forms despite their appearance in the first movie.

That page is talking about specifically the comet/meteor modes as the Transition forms, not the rocky robot modes of the Protoforms.

[william-james88]

So I remember saying during the whole craze of the G1 designs that the protoforms we say in the first movie were probably forms they adapted for travel and not their actual cybertronian forms. And it turns out I'm partially right: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transition_form This actually gives a canon explanation as to how we can have G1 style Cybertronian forms despite their appearance in the first movie.

That page is talking about specifically the comet/meteor modes as the Transition forms, not the rocky robot modes of the Protoforms.

Why does any of this matter? We already know that they can change their looks, so the fact that they once looked different really doesnt need any explanation.

[ZeroWolf]

As reported here, the Hailee Steinfeld song that she has prepared for the Transformers Bumblebee movie has been released today! She is also planning to perform the song at the MTV EMA 2018 awards this coming Sunday. Check it out via the official YouTube video:



The song is called "Back to Life". If you wish to purchase the song here are the links where it's available to either buy or listen to via streaming.

Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes, YouTube , Google Play, Amazon Music, Tidal, Pandora, iHeart Radio and Deezer.



The image released for the track shares all the colour cues for the movie along with a picture of Bee himself.

What do you think of the track? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

Don't forget to #jointhebuzz for the Bumblebee movie, in cinemas worldwide in December.

[Decepticon Stryker]

I love how the article ends with "in cinemas" instead of "in theaters".

[Nathaniel Prime]

I'm betting this song will play during the end credits of the movie. $10 says I'm right

[hausjam]

If steve jablonsky is scoring, it could be featured somewhere in the movie. He is one of the few composers who insists on integrating pop music partners into his score. He did it in all five of the movies with goo goo dolls, linkin park and imagine dragons. He detests when songs are recorded for a movie and then wasted in the credits or trailers.

[ZeroWolf]

If steve jablonsky is scoring, it could be featured somewhere in the movie. He is one of the few composers who insists on integrating pop music partners into his score. He did it in all five of the movies with goo goo dolls, linkin park and imagine dragons. He detests when songs are recorded for a movie and then wasted in the credits or trailers.

It's Dario Marianelli this time round doing the music.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

We have a pair of news for you regarding the upcoming Bumblebee movie today.

The first news is regarding Hailee Sheinfeld and her new song 'Back to Life', which is set to be playing in the Bumblebee movie coming out in December. Steinfeld hosted this years MTV EMA Awards, and during the show, she performed her new song for the first time.

To make this Awards show even better, it aired a brand new TV spot for the Bumblebee movie, a 1-minute long commercial in Spanish. This new TV spot mostly reuses scenes we have seen in other trailers, but it does contain some new scenes. Among the new things are a few more scenes of the Cybertron setting, including what appears to be Thundercracker getting smacked down by Optimus Prime. We also see a shot of Bumblebee attempting to toilet paper a house, and not really getting the idea. It does appear to be a shortened version of our standard 2 minute commercials, which lines up with the news of a final trailer getting ready to drop here soon.

Check out both videos below, and let us know what you think of them in the comments section below!

[15ngcs1]

Any translation?

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks to the UIP Singapore Youtube Channel, we have our 2nd TV spot for the upcoming Bumblebee movie. This new TV spot doesn't show us anything particularly noteworthy, appearing more as a shorter version of the trailer released in September alongside the official Trailer #2. But this one is free of the subtitles from that trailer. We are still waiting on an English version of the TV #1 released a few days ago.

The Bumblebee movie is directed by Travis Knight and is due out in December right before Christmas. The movie stars Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena, and is centered around the beloved character Bumblebee.

Check out the TV spot below, and let us know what you think of it in the comments section below!

[Stryker P28]

This might be off topic but wave 2 stdio series deluxes like jazz and lockdown have finally appeared in walmarts in Az

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks to the Bumblebee Movie Instagram Account, we have a brand new Bumblebee movie poster to share with you!

This new poster is a drastic departure from the movie posters of the last few years, especially those related to Transformers. This poster features a very clean and non-cluttered appearance, with Bumblebee, Charlie, Agent Burns, and a big Autobot Symbol taking up the majority of the poster. The bottom features the California sunset with the Golden Gate Bridge in full view and Charlie and Bee looking out over the bay area.

Also, a nice subtle addition is the fact that we have Shatter and Dropkick in their aerial forms on the poster, a rarity for the Transformers seeing as how the movies main antagonists are hardly, if ever, on the posters themselves in any way.

There are also slight German and Russian variations on this poster design as well. The German poster includes Blitzwing in jet mode and German in place of English, while the Russian drops Agent Burns and the Decepticons. The German poster was found over at Comic Book Resources.

Check them all out below, and let us know what you think of them in the comments section below!

[fruityrobo]

give us final trailer pretty please

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks to Seibertronian Survivefan23, we have word that the Bumblebee movie has received its official rating, and that rating is PG-13. While this doesn't come as too big of a surprise and it is a small disappointment to those hoping this movie would end up with a PG rating. Considering every live action Transformers movie so far has been PG-13, the rating description is the interesting part of this PG-13 designation.

As many fans will remember, the previous 5 movies included text related to "intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language." This film, however, only contains the very brief description "Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence."

So what this means for the movie is that the only reason this has its PG-13 rating is because of robot fighting time. There are no language concerns nor crude humor to be expected from this movie, meaning this movie is hewing more to its Iron Giant styled description and relying more on playful innocent fun for its humor and enjoyment.

So what do you think of this rating? Let us know in the comments section below!

TITLE:
Bumblebee (2018)
RATING:
PG-13
CERTIFICATE #:
51551
REASON:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence.
DISTRIBUTOR:
Paramount Pictures Corporation
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Brighton Falls; Bumble Bee

[Sabrblade]

About time this family-oriented brand of a family-oriented toy company gets a legitimate family-oriented movie.

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

So what this means for the movie is that the only reason this has its PG-13 rating is because of robot fighting time.

YES! This makes me so happy. I love the previous films but there was so much of that "humor" in it and it really weighed them down. Glad it held on to PG-13 though so we can get some satisfying fight scenes. I'm even more excited now!

[Lucky Logician]

As many fans will remember, the previous 5 movies included text related to "intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language." This film, however, only contains the very brief description "Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence."

If you're gonna call something humor, that indicates that people would find it funny. And I'm pretty sure no one laughed at hearing how statutory rape isn't statutory rape and here is copy of the law I keep in my wallet to prove it.

On a more serious note, thank God they're finally getting rid of the sexual stuff. It never belonged there in the first place. When you make a movie about a bunch of toys, kids are going to want to see it. I'll gladly take childish Bumblebee pissing on Agent Simmons over pervy Mrs Witwicky blabbing about how she listened to her son have sex.

[EunuchRon]

Dude, Bee didn't pi$$ on Simmons. He totally lubed him.

[Sabrblade]

Dude, Bee didn't pi$$ on Simmons. He totally lubed him.

Same thing.