![]() ![]() Things get complicated when we remember that there’s a direct sequel to ‘The Dark Knight’ which is in active development. TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED CAST MOVIENow ‘Bumblebee’ was a sort of prequel/ spin-off movie but more or less in continuum with the same timeline. The success of ‘Bumblebee’ opens up so many possibilities for the future. The star power seemed less, or it may also be because ‘Transformers: The Dark Knight’ left a bad aftertaste for the audience. It could be because it was a separate spin-off, or the movie didn’t have recall value for the general audience. The box office collection of the movie was quite solid however, it was nowhere close to original Transformers. After Michael Bay’s bloated killing robots, ‘Bumblebee’ was almost a pleasant catharsis. ![]() The grounded narrative also showcases that these enormous robots can have human connections too. Putting character development before blowing things up in a ‘ Transformers‘ movie was a welcome change. As a coming-of-age tale, it manages to make the audience care for both Charlie and Bumblebee’s plight. Bumblebee sets on his way to meet Prime and other Autobots while Charlie returns to her home and finishes the car she had been working on with her father. They finally part with each other after an emotional goodbye at the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED CAST FREEBurns lets bygones be bygones and Charlie and Bumblebee move on.Ĭharlie realizes the smallness of humans in the war of automatons and decides to set Bumblebee free for his mission. Bumblebee first stops Dropkick with a chain that rips him apart and then breaks a dam wall on Shatter in high octane action scenes. ![]() Before Dropkick and Shatter can send radio signals to Deceptions and call them on Earth, Charlie and Bumblebee, with the help of Burns, try to stop them. Bumblebee is then captured and tortured by them as Charlie and her friends realize the intrigues and lies. The emotional crisis of Charlie with her mother deepens following which she sets out with Bumblebee.Īnother two deceptions named Shatter and Dropkick trace Bumblebee and manipulate the agency into finding it for them. Charlie starts calling him Bumblebee as she gets to know about the bigger worlds of Autobots and deceptions and the threats they possess to the Earth. She accidentally awakens B-127 and intercepts Optimus Prime’s message for him. She finds the Volkswagen Beetle in a junkyard and starts working on it. Her father’s death, her mother’s apparent nonchalance about the whole thing and moving with her new boyfriend have left the teenage Charlie emotionally insecure and devastated. On the other hand, our girl Charlie, played by an excellent Hailee Steinfeld, is going through emotional turmoil. He quickly scans a yellow 1967 Volkswagen Beetle in order to escape from the government agency. But a deception named Blitzwing tracks B-127 and destroys his audio box and memory core after B-127 declines to divulge details about Optimus Prime. B-127 is confronted by agent Jack Burns ( John Cena) and retreats in the wild. B-127 crashes on Earth and is noticed by Sector 7, a secret government agency on the lookout for extraterrestrial beings. Realizing that they need to retreat, Prime sends B-127 to Earth after being ambushed by Shockwave and Soundwave. ‘Bumblebee’ starts with the defeat of Optimus Prime led Autobots at the hands of Decepticons in the battle on Cybertron. But, if we are going to talk about ‘Bumblebee 2’, then we need to know what happened in ‘Bumblebee’ before anything else. It collected more than $450 million in the box office and even though it’s lesser than other Bay movies, the widespread critical accolades have made the makers consider a sequel. Instead of the ‘explosive’ tone of Michael Bay, Travis Knight’s deft handling of the characters’ emotions made ‘Bumblebee’ the best live-action ‘Transformers’ movie. Travis Knight of ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ fame stepped up to direct Bumblebee’s solo outing in a standalone film and the result is refreshingly pleasing. It’s not just a coincidence that the first movie in the ‘ Transformers‘ universe not directed by Michael Bay is also by far its best-reviewed movie in the universe. The story of Optimus Prime has been hammered into the audience’s mind so much in these movies that the makers did well to show Bumblebee’s journey in a more grounded tone. After the bland ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ in 2017, the studio was compelled to look at different directions for the progression of the franchise. But judging by the movies, we can safely infer that Bumblebee deserves better. So far we have had 5 movies in Michael Bay-verse and all of them featured our favorite Bumblebee. ![]()
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