No, Bumblebee's Opening Is NOT Transformers Done Right

Comments · 684

• BE

  @bella.mushrooms · 12 days ago

  “G1 nostalgia is holding Transformers back since the franchise seems the need to limit itself constantly.” THANK YOUUUUUU !!

  15

• AP

  @apollyon24789 · 2 years ago

  transformers fans try to enjoy anything challenge: impossible

  362

• SP

  @spongeboymebob1 · 2 years ago

  The reason why the military and battle scenes in the movies actually felt like real military scenes and the soldiers felt and acted like soldiers is, because all of them except the main actors (Duhamel, Gibson, Morshower, etc.) were. Bay&apos;s only real direction for the military extras was to &quot;react to this attack as how you would in real life&quot;, and being actual soldiers, airmen, sailors, marines, whatever, I think they did a pretty good job of that. The Transformers movies are <i>military</i> sci-fi action/disaster movies, so it&apos;s gonna actually feel like an actual, real war is happening, opposed to G1 and BBM being mostly &quot;robot superhero&quot; entries.

  325

• LI

  @LibraKai · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsmWO0YRVL0&amp;t=822">13:42</a> honestly the fact you mention the oddness of where the 3 flyers went and why they weren&apos;t doing anything to the escaping pods around them is made even more hilarious when you rewatch the scene and realize that Starscream is one of the flyers.

  119

• TH

  @TheEmperorReuploadInc · 1 year ago (edited)

  The Cybertron battle was tacked on very late in production for the sole reason of differentiating the movie from The Last Knight, and it shows.

  20

• OG

  @OG.Trippster · 2 years ago

  I think the only reason it was 2 minutes was because the budget couldn’t afford a 5-10 minute full cgi sequence

  118

• MA

  @matthewwriter9539 · 2 years ago

  Drinking game: Everytime Steve Rogers/Captain America says &quot;I understood that refrence.&quot; Take a drink.<br><b>Dies.</b>

  124

• AG

  @agilles-117 · 2 years ago

  This video is criminally underviewed

  24

• SU

  @supercanadaeh9483 · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsmWO0YRVL0&amp;t=432">7:12</a> another example that instantly came to mind was the bonecrusher fight and the decepticon encroachment on the highway from 2007. The only lines of dialogue in that scene are from the human characters, and yet we see the autobots respond and counter the looming threat behind them. Bumblebee stays in front of the convoy, given that he has such precious cargo, while ratchet and ironhide shift in front of optimus, who sets himself up to tank any potential confrontation from behind the group. Fast forward later, prime goes out his way to send his opponent off the main Freeway, instead fighting him down below where there is less in the line of fire. The decepticon is dispatched cleanly and efficiently, and prime checks his surroundings in the event any other decepticons were tailing him. It&apos;s very subtle stuff but makes that fight so much more interesting to watch, and makes the characters look much more competent as warriors than the BB opening or even the later bay movies themselves.

  148

• UN

  @Unova-Zoroark · 2 years ago (edited)

  In my opinion, the Bey verse&apos;s main issue was how it treated the plot. The designs were pretty okay (except TLK Prime, fuck that thing, and Blackout kicks ass) and the characters were interesting takes but the plot was just a mess. Every movie resets when the Autobots and Decepticons arrived. If you disagree, you are probably right cause I&apos;m just some idiot on the internet.

  287

• SQ

  @Squiddlewheel · 2 years ago

  It’s kind of funny how many TF references the 2007 film has when you go back to it. You can tell that fans enjoyed working on it and adding little nods. It’s more subtle and digestible than the entire opening scene of Bumblebee because they kept a general audience in mind and don’t throw it in your face, which is something that this scene does to a fault.

  89

• RH

  @rhashad_carter · 1 year ago

  limiting itself is the best way to describe transformers 😂😂😂 it’s unnecessarily limiting itself

  19