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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Flashwave » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:49 am

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Flashwave wrote:Soo... I picked up the DVD/Digial/Blue-ry set for the Movie. Am I missing something, or are the Special Features only on the disc [i]for the player I don’t have[/i? Haven’t looked to see if I can get into them with the Digital side yet, but if I can’t then frankly that’s a crock of spit. What’s even the point then of the DVD? I was on the fence whether I would even use the Digital option but reviews about the extras made it seem worthwhile. I never heard anywhere that they were Blu-Ray exclusive and I feel jipped.

Actually there's been a trend for a while (especially with Disney dvds) that they are just barebones releases, all the features are on blu Ray versions as a way to sell the format.

Welp, congrats to them for swindling (pun intended) me out of an extra $5. Won't be making that mistake again.
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby ToastBucket » Sun Apr 21, 2019 12:16 pm

Noticed this while watching bumblebee as an in flight movie. Typo or new character? Probably the former but it'd be cool if it was the latter. Can anyone with the blu-ray/ DVD confirm wether the subtitles are the same there?
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:36 pm

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ToastBucket wrote:Noticed this while watching bumblebee as an in flight movie. Typo or new character? Probably the former but it'd be cool if it was the latter. Can anyone with the blu-ray/ DVD confirm wether the subtitles are the same there?
It's gotta be a typo.

Jon Bailey himself has been on this site having talked about his voicing Soundwave and indicated the line to have definitely been "Ravage, eject!"

Plus, the movie's bonus features have a character feature for each of the robots, in which Ravage is named as such.

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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby ToastBucket » Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:56 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
ToastBucket wrote:Noticed this while watching bumblebee as an in flight movie. Typo or new character? Probably the former but it'd be cool if it was the latter. Can anyone with the blu-ray/ DVD confirm wether the subtitles are the same there?
It's gotta be a typo.

Jon Bailey himself has been on this site having talked about his voicing Soundwave and indicated the line to have definitely been "Ravage, eject!"

Plus, the movie's bonus features have a character feature for each of the robots, in which Ravage is named as such.

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Okay cool! However, I'm still curious as to whether it also says that on the DVD / blu-ray or if my plane was just wierd :-?
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Win the Bumblebee Movie on Blu-ray and a Signed Poster from Redbox

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Your chance at Bumblebee movie prizes could be an Instagram post away. Redbox is giving away a copy of the movie in a Blu-ray combo pack and a poster signed by Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Angela Bassett and Lorenzo di Bonaventura. All you have to do is make a post on Instagram naming the vehicle you would want to turn into if you were a Transformer to enter. Pretty easy! But don't wait, you only have a few days to enter as the contest ends on 4/25/19 at Midnight Eastern Time.

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Bumblebee Movie's Ricardo Hoyos talks indepth with PureGrainAudio

Postby Emerje » Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:28 pm

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Rock audiophile site PureGrainAudio has landed an interview with Ricardo Hoyos who plays Tripp in the Bumblebee movie. It's an extensive interview that covers a wide range of topics including his auditions, growing up with Transformers toys, movie wardrobe, and being Canadian. He also talked about his experience with director Travis Knight which echoed our own Jon Bailey's impressions of him.

From that first audition that we did he made me feel so comfortable. […] Usually, at auditions, there’s something awkward about it, or you wish you did something differently. Just from that day and every day on set, he really not only did a great job of making us all feel comfortable, but also communicating with incredible efficiency. Like I could really understand what he was going for. He had a clear vision in mind. He just had that comfortability to know what’s going on and know that there’s this very good communication going on which made for a really nice time on set. He’s great, he’really great.

He also talked about some of Tripp's character development that ended up not making it into the movie.

Originally actually we deleted the scene where, in the end, I kind of disown that group of girls. When I’m like “You know what? I’ve seen the true side of you girls. Not cool.” But, yeah, that still is played upon, even though that scene didn’t make it into the final cut. That was definitely the attitude that they were going for. I associate with this group of people that maybe doesn’t jive with everything that I am about. Which I think is just like your classic kind of high school thing. We all kind of go through that where maybe people aren’t as nice as we want them to be in high school to others. But he’s a redeemable character. He sees through that. He’s not bullied like the other girls.

The entire interview can be read at the link above along with an audio version.
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby 15ngcs1 » Mon Apr 22, 2019 3:29 am

ToastBucket wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
ToastBucket wrote:Noticed this while watching bumblebee as an in flight movie. Typo or new character? Probably the former but it'd be cool if it was the latter. Can anyone with the blu-ray/ DVD confirm wether the subtitles are the same there?
It's gotta be a typo.

Jon Bailey himself has been on this site having talked about his voicing Soundwave and indicated the line to have definitely been "Ravage, eject!"

Plus, the movie's bonus features have a character feature for each of the robots, in which Ravage is named as such.

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Okay cool! However, I'm still curious as to whether it also says that on the DVD / blu-ray or if my plane was just wierd :-?


My plane also had this typo.
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Concept art and closer looks of Cybertron bots from the Bumblebee film on Zavala's ArtStation

Postby notsoalex » Sun May 19, 2019 9:04 pm

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Thanks to Stephen Zavala, of ILM (Industrial Light and Magic), we now have some closer looks and concept art of some of the Cybertron bots in the Bumblebee film on his ArtStation account. Below, we have the links to each characters individual page, as well as the humorous commentary included. Read them and take a look at the images below, and tell us your thoughts in the Pub forums below!

Arcee: Arcee from Transformers: Bumblebee. By far my fav Transformer design for the movie. For all these concepts I tried to retain the essence of the G1 cartoon designs; I grew up with them so I wanted to update the designs, not change them. Also, pleeeeeease tell me how thick her thighs are for the nth time cause I can;t wait to hear it.

Brawn: Brawn from Transformers: Bumblebee. The first Transformer I designed for the Cybertron sequence. This once was the easiest, meaning that it didn't go through a lot of changes. Few changes make everybody happy. The 3D model was done by the talented Gerald Blaise here at ILM.

Ironhide: Ironhide from Transformers: Bumblebee. The basis body of the Autobot army. Funny how this was designed first and it's not that featured that much in the final movie. Final details on the head and the chest were done by Alex Jaeger.

Ratchet: Ratchet from Transformers: Bumblebee. Ratchet was mostly and after thought after I designed Ironhide. We needed to populate the Cybertron scene with a lot of Autobots and we didn't have a lot of time to do it, so we essentially cloned my Ironhide design, changed colors, replaced heads and had them as the Autobots army. Ratchet was the only "unique" clone since he ended up being featured more prominently. And because all of this you can see the Ratchet artwork is a little more rough since I only did a quick color swap to use as a color guide (don't really love that I left those reds that saturated). The 3D model was done by the talented Gerald Blaise here at ILM.

Ravage: Ravage from Transformers: Bumblebee. A collab design done with the talented Karl Lindberg. We originally tried the puma approach but as we progressed (and began wondering why Ravage should look like a creature from Earth) we tried to make him more of a hybrid. Inspired by dragons, wolves, and the puma, we put those together for the final version.

Shockwave: Shockwave from Transformers: Bumblebee. My second fav transformer to work on. Yes, he's thicc, deal with it.

Wheeljack: Wheeljack from Transformers: Bumblebee. The very first Transformer I designed for the show. This one was the one that took the longest to approve. This was a specific characters director Travis Knight wanted in the movie so I figured it'd be better to do him first to fine tune him the most compared to other Transformers. Final head design in the film was done by Thang Le and Alex Jaeger. The 3D model was done by the talented Gerald Blaise here at ILM.

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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Ultra Markus » Sun May 19, 2019 9:33 pm

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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Sun May 19, 2019 10:02 pm

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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby noctorro » Sun May 19, 2019 11:59 pm

Love these man, also hope they make figures out of all of 'm. Man I love bumblebee, thanks Travis Knight!
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Big Grim » Mon May 20, 2019 7:16 am

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Man, why did it take 10 years and 6 films to get Transformers looking right?
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

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Basically.

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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby D-Maximal_Primal » Mon May 20, 2019 5:18 pm

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These look so cool.

but I wish they officially just rebooted it, these designs would make me so much happier. I love the Bay designs and these ones, but I want them to exist entirely separately
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Mon May 20, 2019 10:48 pm

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The Bumblebee movie would have still been just as good as it is even if these designs hadn't been in the movie.

Yeah, I said it.
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby william-james88 » Tue May 21, 2019 6:58 am

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Sabrblade wrote:The Bumblebee movie would have still been just as good as it is even if these designs hadn't been in the movie.

Yeah, I said it.

I agree, the part my family and I are most impressed with is the coreography at the end with BB vs the two evil bots. In everyone one of his fights, he is outmatched due to being restricted to land, and his smaller stature, but he uses his wits to beat them all. And he's got some sweet moves, there's this beautiful one where he uses his legs for a takedown. This is far more elegant than the brutish combat we see in DOTM, it's like Knight and Bay.
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby ZeroWolf » Tue May 21, 2019 9:46 am

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Sabrblade wrote:The Bumblebee movie would have still been just as good as it is even if these designs hadn't been in the movie.

Yeah, I said it.

I agree, the part my family and I are most impressed with is the coreography at the end with BB vs the two evil bots. In everyone one of his fights, he is outmatched due to being restricted to land, and his smaller stature, but he uses his wits to beat them all. And he's got some sweet moves, there's this beautiful one where he uses his legs for a takedown. This is far more elegant than the brutish combat we see in DOTM, it's like Knight and Bay.

*ba-bum tish*

Ahem I was wondering how the film would be recieved if the designs used where 100% like the others that came with it.
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Big Grim » Tue May 21, 2019 10:14 am

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william-james88 wrote:It's like Knight and Bay.

Oh, very well done! :D Get yerself an energon goodie!
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Glarryg » Tue May 21, 2019 12:05 pm

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ZeroWolf wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The Bumblebee movie would have still been just as good as it is even if these designs hadn't been in the movie.

Yeah, I said it.

I agree, the part my family and I are most impressed with is the coreography at the end with BB vs the two evil bots. In everyone one of his fights, he is outmatched due to being restricted to land, and his smaller stature, but he uses his wits to beat them all. And he's got some sweet moves, there's this beautiful one where he uses his legs for a takedown. This is far more elegant than the brutish combat we see in DOTM, it's like Knight and Bay.

*ba-bum tish*

Ahem I was wondering how the film would be recieved if the designs used where 100% like the others that came with it.


I think I would have enjoyed the movie the same, but I like these designs better. For me, they do a better job of depicting a human-like face on a robot without dipping into the Victorian-era-doll-level of creepiness found in the later Bay films (see: Drift, Crosshairs, Lockdown, etc.)

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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby ZeroWolf » Tue May 21, 2019 12:30 pm

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I don't know, I find that arcee far creepier then anything in the bay movies :lol:
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby hausjam » Tue May 21, 2019 1:23 pm

I grew up with G1, and still love them. But they were oversimplified for a reason. These designs lack any kind of imagination. No originality at all. Though I suppose they would fit into a Fall of Cybertron cutscene.

I know they are trying to compete with cutrate overseas graphics firms, but ILM has really lost its way.
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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby Ironhidensh » Tue May 21, 2019 2:42 pm

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Sabrblade wrote:The Bumblebee movie would have still been just as good as it is even if these designs hadn't been in the movie.

Yeah, I said it.


Absolutely. The real stars of this film were the better focus on quality writing, and the far more family friendly outlook overall. No stupid crude humor or out of place panty shots. Closer focus on a smaller number of characters who get some actual development. The fights you could actually follow instead of getting a blurry whirlwind mess.



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Free Showing of Bumblebee in Texas as part of Movies in the Park

Postby Stargrave » Tue May 21, 2019 2:54 pm

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The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas! Bumble-bee plays at the end of your days deep in the heart of Texas! This Thursday night the Texarkana Parks Department is putting on a free showing of Bumblebee! If for any reason you’re in the area and haven’t seen this movie yet, if you’re a fan of Transformers even peripherally this is well worth your time. Per the statement from Kicker102.5:
“The Texarkana, Texas Parks and Recreations Department fires up "Movies in the Park" this Thursday night with the first feature, "Bumblebee".
For the next several weeks, The Parks and Rec people will be providing these movies Thursday nights at Spring Lake Park, the movies will start between 7-8PM and are shown in the field across the street from the old airplane. The movies are free of charge and the Texarkana Parks Department wants to promote a very family-friendly atmosphere so no alcohol or smoking is allowed”
The article states food and drinks are allowed and suggests you bring chairs and/or blankets. Gather up the kids and have an awesome night enjoying this gem of a tribute to the franchise we love and the era that birthed it.

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Re: Transformers Bumblebee Movie Discussion Thread

Postby D-Maximal_Primal » Tue May 21, 2019 5:42 pm

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Ironhidensh wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The Bumblebee movie would have still been just as good as it is even if these designs hadn't been in the movie.

Yeah, I said it.


Absolutely. The real stars of this film were the better focus on quality writing, and the far more family friendly outlook overall. No stupid crude humor or out of place panty shots. Closer focus on a smaller number of characters who get some actual development. The fights you could actually follow instead of getting a blurry whirlwind mess.



The new designs were just a happy bonus.

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Viacom CEO Comments on Positive Future of Company, Credits Success of Bumblebee

Postby Stargrave » Tue May 21, 2019 7:36 pm

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Greetings fellow Seibertronians! So, Bumblebee did kind of well at the box office, did you hear? So well in fact that although not even the power of the Matrix itself could put its sibling company Paramount in the black, it nonetheless was able to provide Viacom with a considerable earnings boost! According to the Hollywood Reporter Viacom CEO Bob Bakish points to the studio’s new management’s schedule of movies such as Bumblebee which, he notes, was a step in a new direction "It's a better movie, the characters are better, the story is better, it's done in a more fiscally responsible way, and we're making nice money on it,".

The information was presented last Tuesday at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media, and Communications Conference in Boston. He also discussed Bumblebee along with other projects and mergers to be the beginning steps in revitalizing Paramount Pictures. Viacom posted adjusted earnings of $383 million, or 95 cents per share, compared with $371 million, or 92 cents per share, as was posted in the year prior. Wall Street had estimated Viacom would only average 81 cents per share.

He was also presented with the current issue of trade talks between the U.S. and China and if he foresaw that impacting Viacom and other Hollywood studios. “Clearly there’s a lot of noise about China, creating some uncertainty…I don’t anticipate any long-term problem here, but we will have to see how the negotiations play out,” he said.

Viacom posted adjusted operating income of $29 million, compared to last years figure of just $9 million. There is currently estimated to be a loss of $20 million amid a 3.5 percent revenue decline, but spillover from Bumblebee supplementing the offset of theatrical decreases versus home video revenue declines.

In conclusion he stated “This quarter we executed strongly on our strategic priorities and made significant progress in advancing our evolution. We grew viewership share at our flagship networks, accelerated our Advanced Marketing Solutions and continued our momentum at Paramount Pictures. As the media landscape continues to segment across price points, we’re confident in our strategy, strong results and the opportunities ahead as we continue to position Viacom for the future”

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