Rodimus Prime wrote:Personally, I think RoTB is the one that doesn't belong. Bumblebee could be worked as a prequel, especially if there was another one that was set in the 90s that connected it to the 2007 film. Instead we got the utter failure that was RoTB.
Bumblebee doesn't work all that well with the 2007 film, and its sequels, either.
The most notable inconsistencies:
- The film establishes that Bumblebee first arrived on Earth in 1987, when TLK had him arriving much sooner.
- Neither the Autobots or Decepticons are aware of or searching for the Allspark on Earth. Sector 7 also implies that they are meeting the Transformers for the first time, but they should already have Megatron in custody.
- Optimus Prime and the other Autobots arrive on Earth at the end of the movie, and Optimus has scanned an Earth vehicle, which contradicts him arriving in 2007 and scanning a different Earth vehicle. TLK also depicts Optimus as having been on Earth way earlier than the 80s, as far back as 1815.
So, to make Bumblebee, the 2007 movie, and TLK fit, the Autobots would need to have:
- Arrived on Earth way in the past and left at some point prior to 1987
- Return in 1987, unaware of the Allspark's presence
- Leave Earth again in the 20 years between Bumblebee and 2007 (Other than Bumblebee, he can stay. But he needs to scan a different Camaro by 2007).
- Discover the Allspark and Megatron are, coincidentally, on Earth this whole time and return to Earth.