It is time for overly angsty sad-fic speculation. Brace yourselves, you sweet summer children.

In the first three films, Bumblebee proves quite intent on helping Sam with wooing the love interests. He's quite the robot-wingman, driving couples to scenic spots, nobly fending off adulterous temptresses, even providing rings to the happy couple. And, you know, saving them from death-by-angry-robot. But it seems a bit odd. A human-liking robro he may bee, but Bee's an alien war robot. Why so invested in the romantic endeavours of an odd fleshy species, even if one is his newfound buddy?

The answer; beecause he's haunted by the romance he never had.

A notion passed around these forums is a potential for a lil' love story between a girl and her car. Maybee, just maybee, there's some merit to that, and Bumblebee and Charlie do indeed start developing a bit of a spark for each other. Perhaps he might even wish to just leave the war and the carnage and stay with her, abandon his bloodied (energonied?) past in favour of a loving future. But alas, we know it's not to bee; Bumblebee will eventually have to leave her beehind to ensure she isn't targeted by Sector 7 or the Decepticons. Whatever love might have developed, it will have to bee abandoned. So he leaves, but the enormity of his loss, the pain of leaving Charlie, remains with him. His chance for love has been taken from him, simply beecause no matter where or how far he runs, the war will always follow.

Now, seeing how this new human friend is trying to find love himself, some part of the Autobot that still clings to Charlie and the love he could have had flares up, and Bumblebee is driven to do what he can to help Sam out. Maybee it's beecause he doesn't want to see someone miss out on a chance for romance like he did. Maybee he wants to help develop love between those who aren't stalked by ruthless warmongers. Maybee he helps him simply beecause he doesn't want him to end up alone.

Alone like Bee...



I shed a single tear.

 

And here I thought you discounted the romance theory as a bunch of malarkey!  

 

I like this and want to see it on screen. It'll probably be implied in the movie itself, but it works.

 

It never hurts to cover one's bets  

The fun thing about prequels is musing how they may have influenced the actions of the character in the present. Like that Overwatch short where we find out Reinhardt's insistence on being his team's protector is actually fuelled by a desire to uphold his fallen mentor's mantra. Good times, y'know?

 

I think that's the whole point of prequels, if they're done right.

 

Today is exactly six months until Bumblebee is released!

 

An interesting take on Bumblebee's Christmas release by Forbes.

'Aquaman' Has One Advantage Over 'Bumblebee' And 'Mary Poppins' This Christmas

 

I think I said it before, but I don't think Aquaman will do nearly as well as a lot of people seem to think it will. People don't seem overly thrilled with the current DC universe, nor this interpretation of Aquaman. People gave Wonder Woman a chance because she's a more beloved character, but Aquaman has kind of been a joke for a while. Unless the movie is really good and ends up being some kind of weird sensation (sort of like Guardians of the Galaxy), I don't think it's going to do very well at all. At the same time, Bumblebee has always been something of a beloved character, even in the movieverse.

 

The argument doesn't hold up anyway, because Charlie isn't the main protagonist. Bumblebee is.

 

I think that the success of Wonder Woman (like Black Panther this year) relied heavily on good timing. WW had that first woman-focused superhero film promotion tagline and it was the year where woman-led movies were gaining momentum. Same thing happened with BP. It was supposed to be revolutionary because it was big-budgeted and almost completely African-American led. The same thing happened with Avatar. It promised a revolutionary 3D experience in days when 3D was a novelty. I think that Aquaman does have an advantage with certain demographics, but because of the things you mentioned I don't see him as a breakaway hit.

I think this point of view highlight very well the difference between a TF fan and a casual moviegoer. Some people are really into TF movies, because of human characters. Heck, one of the complaints against movies were about focusing to much on TF characters and not the human element  

It's one of the reasons why I don't have high hopes for any TF live-action movies to be to my liking. It will always be made for the common denominator and that will be the casual audience. Most adults don't take TF robots too seriously and delegate them to children brand of entertainment.

My wish fulfilment would be a series of direct-to-DVD TF movies like ones WB/DC is putting out  

 

Honestly? I wouldn't even be mad.

Put some flames on it and it's fucking perfect.

 

Well, in 5 days it's going to be a month since the teaser (two days if you go by weeks). I wonder if we'll see anything new this week, or if we'll have to wait until Comic-Con?

It's funny how before the teaser hit, time seemed to crawl by super slowly. We were just waiting for any reveal we could possibly get. Now it's hard to believe that it's been almost a month. The teaser was definitely satisfying!

 

Might see a little teaser for the trailer before Comic-Con, might even get released the day before, but I do hope we see something soon.

 

i'm hoping there is some new scenes in the trailer.

 

I see Hook in the background.  

 

Honestly, I don't even want the Comic Con revelations. I don't want to see another trailer. Don't even want the movie to come out.

Everyone is so happy right now. A majority of TFW users are mutually excited for a movie surrounding a character that was once mutually hated. The trailer has received an unprecedented amount of gleeful feedback. Former enemies are shaking hands on the very battlefield atop which blood was once shed. The bayformers are happy. The gee wunners are happy. We're all getting along. I want for it to remain this way forever. Let's just quit while we're ahead.

 

But if we're happy forever, we'll never know when we're happy again...

 

Ok

 

can you explain to me what is the gold bug in this?