Transformers Bumblebee: Movie Trailer Now Online! #BumblebeeMovie

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
I've been watching it on loop for past 20 mins (warming to Bee's new design now even if it is more kiddy-robot than the more badass design he had before but that makes sense even if just cos this is in the 80s). I do love how she's looking under the car and finds his eyes and they light up and he transforms. That's a neat transformation scene. Time being confirmed as latter half of 1987 by Rick Astley.

I'm getting rick roll'd and its 2018!

I'll admit I have some hopes for this flick. It looks like its got some real potential. It has a good sense of wonder. Kinda makes me think of ET in a way. I like TF series better where Transformers are sentient robots rather than just war machines. I love a good robot fight but its the characters that draw me in and keep my interest in the series.

If they can make this movie as good as the trailer makes it look we could have a major success. I think it does matter how they advertise too. Make sure people know the movie is different from the previous five so they don't dismiss it.

You are welcome. Gave you the news credit as a kudos since you probably technically found it first.

Not generally a fan of the movies, but this actually doesn't look half bad. Especially like what Starscream looks like from what I can tell by his short appearance. Might actually end up going to see this one

I learned a long time ago not to get excited by trailers. I normally don’t even bother watching them. I obviously made an exception here though. I really want this to be good. It’s hard not to get excited seeing a smaller, more classic looking Bumblebee, and a Starscream that harkens back a little more to his G1 design. That face looks great.

It took me a long, long time to come around to Starscream’s movie design, but I’ve come to really appreciate it for its uniqueness. That being said, I’m very glad to see this new design. Now let’s just hope he isn’t spewing oil and lubricant everywhere.

if the new bumblebee movie toy will looks like that, he will be the first movie bee toy i actually willing to buy. also, i bet the toy will have visible head syndrome from the bottom, and they will actually advertize it on the box as "screen accuracy"

WreckerJack wrote:You are welcome. Gave you the news credit as a kudos since you probably technically found it first.

I'm all hyped and now have the urge to buy another Studio Series figure even though I told myself no more for a while cos I've bought 8 in the past couple months (including one Leader and three voyagers) and I have no job but damn I want another now, most likely Stinger cos haven't got that one yet but i liked it when my friend was showing it to me. Anyways, off out. I've copied the trailer to my phone. I frickin' love the Transformers live action movies more than any other TF fiction so I'm in a good mood today. Have a good day, folks! Seeya!

I don't like the look of this AT ALL. It looks like some type of children's movie... I hate that shit.

Only thing that has me interested is how Starscream looks. I hope at least he does some damage.

Oh good lord Sly is back. Away with ye.


Added some screencaps to the story!

Starscream is making that breath holding face like: (o H o)

Va'al wrote:Oh good lord Sly is back. Away with ye.

I just had to share my dismay...

The trailer looks AWESOME ......better the I expected. It seems to have a touch of the Bay-verse , with some welcome freshness to the franchise. Just like the design of Bumblebee himself, combining a few elements from the past movies (or is that future movies since this is a prequel) with some G1 awesomeness throw in.
Also whom ever that jet is (yeah I know who everyone thinks it is) he looks super cool.
BTW......Has it been officially stated that it is Starscream , or is this just a presumption everyone has?
Just curious.

SlyTF1 wrote:I don't like the look of this AT ALL. It looks like some type of children's movie... I hate that ****.

Only thing that has me interested is how Starscream looks. I hope at least he does some damage.

Well it is transformers lol
Should be kid friendly to bring out the kid in me

Bumblebee! He looks so good! STARSCREAM! AHHHH!

The trailer is promising - and so far seems to have a bit of heart to it, something the previous 4 movies lacked. the director has quite the pedigree and hopefully this won't disappoint.

Only g1 fanboy complaint I have is that ss appears to be an f4 rather than an f15 ah well...

SlyTF1 wrote:

Va'al wrote:Oh good lord Sly is back. Away with ye.

I just had to share my dismay...

Have to agree with you, doesnt look great,and its easy to make films look great in trailers.

That said its only a teaser. Will need to be a big improvement on the BayVerse to enthuse me.

Hmmm.....I've noticed that Bee does act a bit different in this movie. What happened to ZB-7?
Then again, if the "reboot or reset" is going in this direction I suppose this could just be trivial matter? Maybe? (That's probably the bayverse fan in me speaking, that verse will still be pretty cool to me)

Anyway, definitely dig this! It does looks something new and pretty interesting! Like most too, Screamer (presumably?) is awesome!

And...hopefully, there will still at least be some explosions in this film...but that's just me hahaha

I only liked the first Bay film, but this looks it could be ok.

Didn't bother with Last Knight as it looked like more of the same storylite nonsense. This however looks like it has potential. We shall see. I DO like the looks of Bumblebee and Starscream though!

That was a good two minutes. Showed a little too much like trailers seem to do lately but it looks good!

Diggin the battle mask

Transformers G1 1984 Bumblebee (Bumble) Gallery

Over the years I've come to hate the bay films quite intensely.



This though........ this looks like it could be quite good.


Don't rickroll Bumblebee.

So the Bumblebee movie actually looks like it could be good, surprisingly.

The use of the car salesman quote from the 1st movie as the inspirational narration was utterly bizarre. Yet, it kind of worked.

I still find it hard to believe this is the same guy that voiced Yakko Warner...

I like the more gentle tone of the movie, which fits Bumblebaby, and the music is refreshing to hear after the more serious music in the other trailers. While I had a feeling that'd be a more modernized 80s alien and prodigy child movie, as soon as I saw Starscream looking like his G1 self, I kind of felt a bit sick in my stomach. I knew that it was going to be in the 80s, but I didn't want to see Movie characters in G1 alt modes or colors (part of me now feels purists will like the movie just because it alludes to their precious childhood). Now I'm going to have to witness a Barricade colored like Prowl and an Optimus that looks like his flat nose truck (which won't be as neat as the rusty truck if I'm honest).

I may sound negative, but I don't want it to be a G1 jizzfest too much. Make references if you need to, but don't do it constantly.

One thing that caught me by surprise was Bobby Bolivia's "Driver don't pick the car. Car pick the driver" line. Not groundbreaking as some will think I'd see it as, but kudos for referencing Sam buying Bee!

I thought the trailer was pretty good! The CGI could use some polishing, but that’s usually the case with the teasers. Some notes:

- Bee is SHORT. He’s about 16-18 feet in the other movies and in here he looks closer to 9 feet.

- Is this the first in-universe case of visible head syndrome?

- So glad to hear Bee’s unique transformation noise! It’s good that the sound design is being kept constant.

- I do wish Bee’s design had retained a bit more of the complexity of the usual movie designs. I do like it, but it looks like it’s more from Prime than the movies. Glad he’s still got the mask though!

- Starscream isn’t an F-15! Based on this shot he’s an F-4 Phantom, the same alt. mode as G1 Fireflight.

Oh look! He's so scared & vulnerable & defenseless. And he's so cute like a scared little Mogwai. Poor widdle guy! Just wanna hug him & squeeze him & cuddle him like a cute widdle kitten. Little girls everywhere are going to love this movie. From indestructible badass Autobot warrior (which was only supposed to be a scout) that kicked more ass than all the other Autobots combined to this frightened, fragile little puppy.

We better tell all the stores to move Transformers toys into the little girls aisle next to the Barbies & plush unicorns. Because look at him. He's just so precious! That girl needs to repaint him pink & put a big bow on him with some unicorn & rainbow stickers & some glitter. Then this movie will be perfect!

Awwww, come here little guy, I won't hurt you! You don't need to be frightened of a little Earth girl. You've been fighting in the wars on Cybertron for centuries but I bet you never saw anything as scary as an Earth girl before. All that training & experience in the brutal war against Megatron never prepared you for the horrible & terrifying school girls from Earth.

Aimless Misfire wrote:I bet you never saw anything as scary as an Earth girl before. All that training & experience in the brutal war against Megatron never prepared you for the horrible & terrifying school girls from Earth.

Sorry to disappoint you, but the Sailor Scouts seem unlikely to be the villains of this movie

A lot of this feels like how I originally imagined how the 2007 movie was gonna be like back before it came out. Very "Herbie-esque".

And I am perfectly okay with that.

Quantum Surge wrote:I like the more gentle tone of the movie, which fits Bumblebaby, and the music is refreshing to hear after the more serious music in the other trailers. While I had a feeling that'd be a more modernized 80s alien and prodigy child movie, as soon as I saw Starscream looking like his G1 self, I kind of felt a bit sick in my stomach. I knew that it was going to be in the 80s, but I didn't want to see Movie characters in G1 alt modes or colors (part of me now feels purists will like the movie just because it alludes to their precious childhood). Now I'm going to have to witness a Barricade colored like Prowl and an Optimus that looks like his flat nose truck (which won't be as neat as the rusty truck if I'm honest).

I may sound negative, but I don't want it to be a G1 jizzfest too much. Make references if you need to, but don't do it constantly.

One thing that caught me by surprise was Bobby Bolivia's "Driver don't pick the car. Car pick the driver" line. Not groundbreaking as some will think I'd see it as, but kudos for referencing Sam buying Bee!

Same can be said cartoon series Optimus being fire truck no complaints about that but prime not being flat nose truck people complain same with how bots look and there faces no complains about different cartoon looks of classic characters but they do complain about how they look in movies do you see pattern I saw pattern when revenge of fallen was being made let’s give sound wave, and shockwave human faces in comics if people complaining about them in movies again.,

Point of movies is to not make bots to cartoony to push new fans away to please old fans it’s to make it look realistic looking have them bring in new fans same with comic book characters wolverine don’t wear mask that make childish and to kiddish to bring in new comic book fans to comic books to get them into reading comic books trailer looks good but yeah bumblebee is smaller but this movies it looks some of bots in movies can change there size little to fit to form vehicale mode they choose.,

As movie fan transformers fan I will see this movie

Sabrblade wrote:A lot of this feels like how I originally imagined how the 2007 movie was gonna be like back before it came out. Very "Herbie-esque".

And I am perfectly okay with that.

Yes, Herbie! I hope they took some inspiration from that show, would be a good fit.

ScottyP wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:A lot of this feels like how I originally imagined how the 2007 movie was gonna be like back before it came out. Very "Herbie-esque".

And I am perfectly okay with that.

Yes, Herbie! I hope they took some inspiration from that show, would be a good fit.

There was a show?

THAT is Bumblebee.

Good trailer, looks like the flick could be an enjoyable kids' / YA movie. Again, it's only from a trailer, but it seems quite Spielbergian in tone, which is somewhat ironic given this is the first Transformers movie with which he isn't involved

Very much enjoying the new 'bot design themes, too, particularly Bumblebee's; hopefully they'll look less homologous when fighting on screen.

I love this trailer and the look of everything here. This is the first film I actually look forward to seeing simply as a film to enjoy rather than wanting to see a TF film just to know if its bad or not.

Bumblebee looks great, Starscream looks great and the the music definitely gets to you in this trailer. I really felt some Iron Giant vides here. Looking forward to it.

Digging the Starscream

Sabrblade wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:A lot of this feels like how I originally imagined how the 2007 movie was gonna be like back before it came out. Very "Herbie-esque".

And I am perfectly okay with that.

Yes, Herbie! I hope they took some inspiration from that show, would be a good fit.

There was a show?

Meant movies, my bad!

SureShot18 wrote:So the Bumblebee movie actually looks like it could be good, surprisingly.

The use of the car salesman quote from the 1st movie as the inspirational narration was utterly bizarre. Yet, it kind of worked.

Aside from the odd o chorus, it was fitting, as it tied Bee back to the very first movie mmediately. The Used Car lot scene was good writing in theory, just brought down by bad comedy. Scrap out the Chicken Costume crap, the Grandma, and what you got was a touch of foreshadowing to set up the “Their Coming to get You” story.

That’s the whole problem with that 2007 movie. There are a lot of gems there, but they are threaded together by long stretches of straight crap. Hopefully, this Bumblebee movie is a culmination of all those good moments from the first 5 movies.

Honestly I like this design for Bee much more then his micheal bay version.

The trailer makes it look decent enough, I had no interest in seeing Bumblebee before, and while the trailer hasn't wowed me it has piqued my interest just enough to put Bumblebee on my 2018 cinema maybe pile, alongside Aquaman and that Halloween reboot-sequel Blumhouse are doing. I'm not a fan of Starscream's new look from the quick glimpse we get of it, I know I should like it because it's GEEWUN, but I hope they keep at least some elements of his 2007 design.

Well ok then. This movie looks like it might actually have a heart, and some decency...did not expect that. Calling out a quote from "the future" was odd though, continuity be darned though, this movie may have the potential, critically speaking, to be *better* than most of the actual films in this franchise. Still it will probably get very little box office. If anything, hopefully paramount and Hasbro can use this model (if its good), give the franchise a break, then come back strong in a few years.

o.supreme wrote:Calling out a quote from "the future" was odd though, continuity be darned though,

It's probably just for this teaser trailer, like how Revenge of the Sith's teaser trailer used dialogue and footage from A New Hope to tie it all together.

Tuggin at the ol heartstrings there Bee. I'm in.

This trailer is awesome.I love it.
Loving the good vibes.

I dont know how to feel about this. Over the years ive grown really critical of the movies, despite how much I used to brainlessly praise them. On the one hand, this looks like it could, potentially, be good.
On the other hand though, it's set in the bayverse and thus any good it does is immediately pointless in the overall "story" since there's absolutely zero consistency between the films, and the transformers are being rebooted anyways. Worse case scenario, the movie is actually good, and does well, then what? Do they go back on the reboot? Decide to make more? It's a can of worms from where i'm sitting.

...Wow. That trailer was legit amazing.

Even as someone that actually liked the Bayverse (up until the raw, steaming mound of cinematic diarrhoea that was The Last Knight) this is exactly how I'd reboot the movies. Exactly. Just referential enough to bring up the G1 nostalgia, but still fresh and new. The designs look superb as well; they look nicely evocative of the classic designs, exceptionally visually appealing, whilst still looking right at home with the Bayverse aesthetic and thus quite "realistic" (I know some people really hate the Bayverse look, but when one considers how complex IRL vehicles are, how complex living organisms are, and thus how IMMENSELY complex a living mechanism that has to be able to physically disguise as a vehicle would be, I honestly don't see how they could look much different without resorting to horrendous amounts of "cheating" ala Transformium).

Also that Starscream design, homina homina. That's pure class. I want a good figure of that design, like, yesterday. Interesting that he's an F4 Phantom, too, especially with regards to scale; the Phantom is a massive jet (we have one outside the museum I work at and it's a biggun) and assuming he doesn't compress a lot- which in theory he could as jets are largely empty space in order to actually be able to fly- he's going to dwarf Bumblebee.

But yeah. I am beyond pumped. This guy, he gets it. I have nothing against Bay (I maintain most of the problems with the movies, especially TLK, are more down to the writers than Bay himself) but this? This is going to rock.

I hear a lot of people talk about the power of "positive word of mouth". Now I think it can work at times, especially on smaller budget films, films not based on IP etc...But for something like this I go back to...

Batman Begins came out in 2005. keep in mind, Nolan was not exactly the well known, highly praised director he is now. Also this film came out a full eight years after Batman & Robin, but most people were still soured over Shucmachers two awful Batman films. As a result, Batman Begins was definitely a sleeper hit. It was well received, but even positive word of mouth prevented it from being the major blockbuster it could have been. But of course, by the time The Dark Knight came out, the positive feedback from the previous film manifested itself.

Now I'm certainly not going to compare Batman Begins to Bumblebee, but come December, we will be a mere 18 (or so), months removed from TLK. Even if BB is more kid friendly, and has a genuinely good story, I don't see it as being enough to "right the ship" so to speak. I hope its a positive step for sure, but unless it makes a billion dollars globally (which I don't see happening), I don't think its going to jumpstart Hasbro and Paramount to put TF6 back on the movie slate.

SureShot18 wrote:The use of the car salesman quote from the 1st movie as the inspirational narration was utterly bizarre. Yet, it kind of worked.

I thought it was a nice wee nod to Bernie Mac.

Rodimus Knight wrote:Honestly I like this design for Bee much more then his micheal bay version.

As do I. I always liked Bumblebee as the scout, rather than the Warrior. It was his primary role in the old days after all.

BeastProwl wrote:Worse case scenario, the movie is actually good, and does well, then what? Do they go back on the reboot? Decide to make more? It's a can of worms from where i'm sitting.

I'm simply hoping this can lead into a soft reboot itself. Assuming it's any good that is.

Big Grim wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:The use of the car salesman quote from the 1st movie as the inspirational narration was utterly bizarre. Yet, it kind of worked.

I thought it was a nice wee nod to Bernie Mac.

Rodimus Knight wrote:Honestly I like this design for Bee much more then his micheal bay version.

As do I. I always liked Bumblebee as the scout, rather than the Warrior. It was his primary role in the old days after all.

BeastProwl wrote:Worse case scenario, the movie is actually good, and does well, then what? Do they go back on the reboot? Decide to make more? It's a can of worms from where i'm sitting.

I'm simply hoping this can lead into a soft reboot itself. Assuming it's any good that is.

I think the soft reboot sounds pretty reasonable if this does well. Retcon the previous movies and move on from here.

On the subject of Starscream, it’s funny what a little dash of color can do.

If it was just grey, you’d think it was a generic seeker or MAYBE a movie Thundercracker. But a little red on the intakes/shoulders tells you “This is Starscream.” And with designs as busy as the movieverse can get, quick visual cues and shorthands are important.

Even as someone who loves the other five Transformers movies, problematic as they are, I think this will be the best one. I appreciate how this reminds me of Amblin Entertainment movies, as I am a big fan of that production studio. Got my fingers crossed.

andrewthebulbabot wrote:Even as someone who loves the other five Transformers movies, problematic as they are, I think this will be the best one. I appreciate how this reminds me of Amblin Entertainment movies, as I am a big fan of that production studio. Got my fingers crossed.

Agreed!

This looks great. I've literally not been this excited for a live action TF film.

Even going back to 2007 when I was most excited about it all, there was an uncertainty around the designs that tempered it all. This Bumblebee movie looks really solid.

I move that we refer to this as "The Sweet Boy Movie" in accordance with Yoke-san's wishes.

He's cute! Loving the callbacks to the first movie.