I'm out with my lack of easy communication once again... I was mainly referring to what I noticed in the comparison photos within the article.
What I mean is that I feel the variation in detail varies quite a bit: In Bayverse, there is consistency in the complexity of the parts throughout the characters, with BB for instance - there's an equal amount of car shell pieces as with the "mechanical bells and whistles". With Knightverse, I think that there's inconsistency of this. Look at BB here, he has a much simpler and rounder shaping in the 'shell' parts of the car. The parts that make up the yellow are fewer and larger. This doesn't match with the unchanged amout of detail that makes up the (again) "mechanical bells and whistles".

Granted this is just a design nitpick of mine, I just think it's ill-fitting with such a simplified design to have so much drastically more complex details. (also sorry if I was coming off aggressive initially..)

 

Agressive? You? Have you seen the "Stop Pretending Bayformers Optimus is a Good Character" thread? Compared to that you are kindness incarnated

 

Very interesting article. I found Bumblebee among the more expressive characters in the Bay films, and I do think the redesign for the new movie is almost the perfection of it. I do slightly miss the door-wings which helped the Bayverse Bumblebee come across as more expressive than, say, Sideswipe or Starscream, but given we now have a Bumblebee who is treated like a thinking, feeling character, I'd say it's a fair trade-off. I'd love to see more characters of this standard - both written and designed as emotive and expressive.

I didn't have a problem with mute/radio-talking Bumblebee to begin with. It was certainly among the least offensive elements Bay introduced in his movies, and when utilized to further the character and his development, mute Bumblebee can work. The problem before was that Michael Bay was not interested in exploring how Bumblebee working around a severe, irreparable injury impacted the character.

 

Do you get my point though?

 

Yes I understand.