Official Bumblebee Themed Café Opening in Japan

Transformers executive to the marketing department: "Let's really go HAM on Bumblebee this time!"

The icing on the cake would be if they had a toy section and it was nothing but Bumblebee toys on the pegs

I need to go there. That's awesome.

Question is, do the waitresses/waiters dress as Bumblebee and take your order via clips from songs?

Black Hat wrote:I need to go there. That's awesome.

Question is, do the waitresses/waiters dress as Bumblebee and take your order via clips from songs?

Sounds like something you would find at a convention

CharlesBMoore01 wrote:I bumped into this film on Popcorntime which i got from top1apk.com. And, i only could finish the first part. In my opinion, the comics are better than live action films.

I dont think anyone would disagree with that last part. The comics could explore aspects of the lore and fiction a 2 hour film could never dream of conveying.

Bumblebee is out today for digital purchase. So you can get it on Google Play, or Itunes or wherever you pay for digital films. We get to see the special features which includes more from the Cybertron scene. We get all that footage at once and full body character shots. Below you will see the full CG models for Wheeljack, Blitzwing Starscream, Cliffjumper, Brawn, Shockwave, Soundwave, Arcee, Ironhide and Ratchet. The alt modes listed are all well researched easter eggs for fans. This is all part of the feature called Bee Vision: The Transformers robots of Cybertron, which is part of the bonus features on the Digital, 4K Ultra HD Combo and Blu-ray Combo releases of BUMBLEBEE. You can see those shots below, coming from both Jon 3.0 and Paramount enjoy!

Thiccformers! More than meets dem hips!

william-james88 wrote:The alt modes listed are all well researched easter eggs for fans.

Or, just, copy-pasted from Wikipedia infoboxes.


(Not TFWiki, Wikipedia)

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:The alt modes listed are all well researched easter eggs for fans.

Or, just, copy-pasted from Wikipedia infoboxes.


(Not TFWiki, Wikipedia)

It could happen, but I like that they listed the alt modes of multiple storylines, like how Cliffjumper has a reference to Alternity, Arcee has a reference to Beast Wars, and Shockwave has a reference to the Marvel comics

References!

I know they list the alt modes, and pretty much all the alt modes the characters had, but It would be cool if they had images of what the alt modes would have been in the movie.

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:The alt modes listed are all well researched easter eggs for fans.

Or, just, copy-pasted from Wikipedia infoboxes.


(Not TFWiki, Wikipedia)

It could happen, but I like that they listed the alt modes of multiple storylines, like how Cliffjumper has a reference to Alternity, Arcee has a reference to Beast Wars, and Shockwave has a reference to the Marvel comics

References!

Rodimus Knight wrote:I know they list the alt modes, and pretty much all the alt modes the characters had, but It would be cool if they had images of what the alt modes would have been in the movie.

Like I said, they pretty much just took the altmodes given in the following articles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brawn_(Transformers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffjumper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironhide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_(Transformers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockwave_(Transformers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starscream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeljack

That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.

how weird, Arcee has the thinnest hips of all of them and shockwave has the thickest ones, normally it would be reversed

Sabrblade wrote:That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.

It's better than doing zero research, like with the Bay movies.

Sabrblade wrote:That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.

Especially when it's missing actual movie alt modes like Shockwave's tank mode from DotM.

Emerje

DeadCaL wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.

It's better than doing zero research, like with Bay movies.

*takes deep breath*

Those movies, as bad as most of them are, clearly wouldn't be what they are if there was truly no research done for any of them, otherwise there would no information in any of these reference sections.

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.

Especially when it's missing actual movie alt modes like Shockwave's tank mode from DotM.

Emerje

Would you guys rather the wrote nothing?

Sabrblade wrote:sections.

There was someone called Trench in TLK?! I watched the film and this is no joke the first time I ever see that bot.

Oooooh my god. They look amazing. I'm so in love with Arcee (sorry pregnant fiance).
Brawn is soooooo cute in the movie. They all look so amazingly cool, I love the style!

I would love to see toys of them. And to see their return in Bumblebee 2.
I would love to see Bumblebee 2. Man I hope they find a good and invested director like Travis Knight for the sequel and the (rumored or anounced) Optimus Prime solo movie.

Just keep doing that, I don't mind if they keep a little Bay designs in them (detailed joints etc.) but continue from Bumblebee onward.

For the Bayhem fans and Bumblebee dislikers. You people have 5 movies, don't be selfish and want the next one to be a Bayformers again. At least break try to break even with 5 decent to good Bumblebee like movies before you Bayform again.

Loving the designs, SO happy they have Optimus Prime from the Bumblebee movie as a toy, can't wait to get him at the coming Comic Con Holland!

noctorro wrote: Man I hope they find a good and invested director like Travis Knight for the sequel and the (rumored or anounced) Optimus Prime solo movie.

There will be no Prime solo film. Prime will be with Bee in the Bee sequel.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:sections.

There was someone called Trench in TLK?! I watched the film and this is no joke the first time I ever see that bot.

He wasn't named onscreen.

*In 2017, not long after the release of ''The Last Knight'', Caterpillar ran a company-wide vote to give a name to the "Excavator Autobot" seen in the movie, with "Trench" being the winner.

Wow,those look nice

Does this bonus bit confirms if Blitzwing body type is the same as the seekers?

noctorro wrote:
For the Bayhem fans and Bumblebee dislikers. You people have 5 movies, don't be selfish and want the next one to be a Bayformers again. At least break try to break even with 5 decent to good Bumblebee like movies before you Bayform again.

You talk like people can't enjoy both the films that came before and this one.

TulioDude wrote:Wow,those look nice

Does this bonus bit confirms if Blitzwing body type is the same as the seekers?

Why would it have to when that's already visually apparent just from looking at them?

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Wow,those look nice

Does this bonus bit confirms if Blitzwing body type is the same as the seekers?

Why would it have to when that's already visually apparent just from looking at them?

Blitzwing is clearly G1 seeker inspired,but since he has an earth mode and we didnt get to see much of the other seekers,thereas a chance that both G1 inspired but still different ways.

All I wanted to know its if they all share the same body-type or not.

TulioDude wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Wow,those look nice

Does this bonus bit confirms if Blitzwing body type is the same as the seekers?

Why would it have to when that's already visually apparent just from looking at them?

Blitzwing is clearly G1 seeker inspired,but since he has an earth mode and we didnt get to see much of the other seekers,thereas a chance that both G1 inspired but still different ways.

All I wanted to know its if they all share the same body-type or not.

Looks like the same body type with different alt-mode bits to me. Same general body part shaping, same arrangement of alt mode bits, and even some of the same details, like the joint things on the side of the abdomen, or the plate on the thigh, or the little inset bit on the wrist.

Interesting

His head seens slight diffrent from the final version

TulioDude wrote:Interesting

His head seens slight diffrent from the final version

It does look a little like the special feature render he has a visor instead of two eyes like in the final movie, but I'm willing to bet it's just the low resolution and lighting making it look like that.

why is there two news stories on this?

TrypticonCarne wrote:why is there two news stories on this?

A glitch on my end where the original story was not showing so I front paged it again by mistake, the duplicate is being disabled

I found this while surfing YouTube

Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian ig89ninja, we have word that the SyFy Wire Youtube Channel has published a brand new exclusive deleted scene from the Bumblebee movie.

The new scene, which is approximately 1 minute long, takes play when Charlie and Memo are discussing Bumblebee's origins and where he came from. Charlie mentions a "deep voice" coming from Bumblebee's chest in a hologram, talking about war and such, and it sets up a hilarious moment where Memo decides that Bumblebee is, in fact, a Gobot! Charlie thinks that's about as much rubbish as we all do.

This isn't even the first Gobots mention in the movie! Memo is known to have and read the Gobots comics in the movie, so a joke like this showing up comes as almost no surprise.

You can check out the clip below, and let us know what you think of this first Deleted Scene reveal below!

It says the video is not available.

Without a doubt that intro was one of the highlights of this last movie..... I Loved it, and so much inspiration from the War for Cybertron games in those opening seconds!

That's a good ribbing and call-out to the GoBots

If GoBots exist as a work of fiction within the Bumblebee movie universe then does it mean Transformers doesn't and if so: did something else (which is similar) replace it or did GoBots go unchallenge? Does that mean in their universe that Michaeal Bay made GoBots movies?

AGH META FICTION HURTS MY HEAD!

Skritz wrote:If GoBots exist as a work of fiction within the Bumblebee movie universe then does it mean Transformers doesn't and if so: did something else (which is similar) replace it or did GoBots go unchallenge? Does that mean in their universe that Michaeal Bay made GoBots movies?

AGH META FICTION HURTS MY HEAD!

Okay, I've got it:

Animax got its full first wave of toys produced in 1987, then wave 2 introduced a vehicle to animal transformation gimmick, making it dead last to jump on the transforming robot bandwagon, but it became regarded as the only true competition to GoBots, with a lasting cult following.

Years later, Animax becomes the basis for Beast Wars, the big difference being that once they realized they'd traveled back to prehistoric Earth, the AniMaximals realized they had to change history to prevent the disaster that created Animax's post-apocalyptic setting, even if it meant neither they nor the AniMotor-Mutants ever existed!

But the new timeline leads to the present day being Lionel's Power Masters cartoon, which went on for 10 seasons because the lack of any TF Powermasters meant is didn't seem like a lame rip-off, and the hellscape brought about by the evil aliens' use of Death Gold leads to the cataclysm that produced Animax in the first place! See, Bob Forward would be working on the still-running New Adventures of He-Man in 1996, so the late Larry DiTillio's partner on Beast Wars would be Karl Macek, who'd taken to editing western cartoons together after Robotech: Odyssey left him burnt out on doing it to anime, and...

...and even if no one would have gotten it, I'd have laughed harder if Memo was a fan of Convertors.

Which could have served as yet another continuation of Robotech if Macek had added in stuff from Orguss, and then --

GO! MAKE THEM!
NOW!!!

please?

Quantum Surge wrote:Thiccformers! More than meets dem hips!

they never mention the other side of an Energon based diet.

15ngcs1 wrote:It says the video is not available.

I don't know how we survived the early days of the internet before they introduced geo-blocking.

Burn wrote:

15ngcs1 wrote:It says the video is not available.

I don't know how we survived the early days of the internet before they introduced geo-blocking.

"This video is not available".

Could someone fix this with the correct link please?

Z3ROhour wrote::HASBRO:
GO! MAKE THEM!
NOW!!!

please?

The Machine Robo stuff that Action Toys has been putting out is super nice. Officially licensed too, at least in Japan!

ScottyP wrote:

Z3ROhour wrote::HASBRO:
GO! MAKE THEM!
NOW!!!

please?

The Machine Robo stuff that Action Toys has been putting out is super nice. Officially licensed too, at least in Japan!

I think he was referring to figures of the g1 style characters in Bumblebee we got full images of.

Though, I agree the Machine Robo stuff is nice.

If this has been geo-blocked for you, simply go here:

- https://video.genyoutube.net/9LIB-QEHJvA

(You might need to download one of the links if it won't stream).

​You're welcome.

william-james88 wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

Z3ROhour wrote::HASBRO:
GO! MAKE THEM!
NOW!!!

please?

The Machine Robo stuff that Action Toys has been putting out is super nice. Officially licensed too, at least in Japan!

I think he was referring to figures of the g1 style characters in Bumblebee we got full images of.

Though, I agree the Machine Robo stuff is nice.

Thanks, conceptually awful megathreads (I know, I know, I lost that battle)

Z3ROhour wrote:

Quantum Surge wrote:Thiccformers! More than meets dem hips!

they never mention the other side of an Energon based diet.

Thank you to Paramount Home Media, Seibertron.com received a copy yesterday of the Bumblebee movie. Here's a full rundown plus descriptions from yours truly of all of the special features and bonus material included on the Bumblebee 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray set.

BONUS FEATURES ON 4K ULTRA HD COMBO, BLU-RAY COMBO & DIGITAL

• Sector 7 Archive
  
  • Agent Burns: Welcome to Sector 7 - brief "recruit deployment" scene with Agent Burns (John Cena) who introduces us to Sector 7 at the Hoover Dam and teases introducing us to NBE-01.
  • Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome - motion comic of the comic book included with this set. Also has a couple extra scenes at the end where we are introduced to NBE-01 Megatron. I'm not a big fan of motion comics so take this for what you will. The level of acting seems similiar to video storybooks intended for young children. My copy included the actual comic as well, which was printed on nice glossy paper, with the cover feeling like it was printed on a nicer card stock (similar to postcards or business cards). Surprisingly, the comic was made by Avalanche Comics Entertainment instead of IDW.
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
  
  • Original Opening - a different opening scene shown from Bumblebee's perspective, narrated by Bumblebee, as he's hunted by Agent Burns and friends in the forest. I'm really glad they did not use this as the opening scene. Bumblebee has a bit of a negative attitude in this scene, which does not seem like his normal personality. Kudos for someone catching this and removing this opening scene.
  • Drive to karate class - scene between Charlie and her brother Otis, who was holding onto Charlie's moped while riding on his skateboard. She arrives to her job at the Hot Dog on a Stick at the boardwalk carnival. Charlie's friends talk to her about her being different since her dad died.
  • Birthday present - Charlie's Mom (Sally) and her mom's boyfriend (Ron) present her with two gifts, of which she's not a fan.
  • Car wash and Beetle breakdown - Charlie and her brother Otis give Bumblebee a bath. Later in this scene, Bumblebee breaks down in the middle of an intersection as cars drive by with horns honking.
  • Charlie drops off Mom and Conan - After dropping them off, head to beach scene with Bumblebee practicing his disguise. In this version, he grabs her by the legs to shake off the sand from when he transformed.
  • Decepticons inspect the armory - near finished animated scene featuring Shatter and Dropkick. Dropkick adapts some new weapons from the military vehicles.
  • Drive to Cliff - Scene between Charlie and Memo where he discusses Bumblebee being a Go-Bot. Apparently Go-Bots are actual toys in this universe. Glad they cut out this scene. Much better ways to reference Go-Bots or the rivalry between the two brands back in the 1980s.
  • Sector 7 - couple of Sector 7 agents discussing who made the first machine and the Transformers god. Shatter and Dropkick discuss closing in on their target with Agent Burns.
  • Appliance War - Energon power surge that happened when Bumblebee connected with electrical socket. Dishwasher monster attacks Charlie and Memo, as well as the Fridge, TV and Alarm Clock monsters which were created by the Energon power surge.
• Outtakes
  
  • Burn meets Bee - John Cena has a bit of fun when he first sees Bumblebee in forest.
  • War room - John Cena has some fun with the other actors after he answers the red phone and "pretends" to talk to the President.
  • There's a door in my way - Agent Burns talks about the Facts of Life to Simmons and that it's OK if he opens up to him. Has secret crush on Natalie. Guy that is supposed to blow up the door has wires tangled. Kind of wish they had left this in, sort of funny watching how long it takes the guy to untangle the wires. LOL.
  • Charlie in trash - scene at the tower toward end of movie. Bumblebee versus Dropkick. Dropkick's missile hits the dumpster Charlie is hiding in and it doesn't go off. She states "well, that didn't work" and then it goes off.
  • Saved the world - Memo and Agent Burns different takes with their conversation at the end after Memo arrives after battle.
• Bee Vision: The Transformers robots of Cybertron - I liked most of the bonus features on this set, but found this one to be disappointing. I get what they were trying to do here by having a profile screen show up as new Transformers characters are shown during the Cybertron battle scenes, but there are some inconsistencies. Not all of the characters get their bio screen, or they get it later instead of when they first show up (such as Soundwave and Shockwave). While I like that the bio screens list the character's alt mode, I don't like that it looks like someone just went to a Wikipedia page and happened to see that Arcee also turned into a spider at one point (courtesy of BotCon) or that Wheeljack turned into a Ford Mustang (courtesy of the Alternators line). Those transformations are small fictional offshots from the main storyline and shouldn't have been listed. It struck me as ill-informed. Some fans might like the inclusion of these one-off alt-modes as a nods to where these characters have been, but it seems really out of place in the movie universe. It's also inconsistent that it doesn't mention other alt forms that Starscream has taken if they are going to go that route. Wish they had just kept it to their current alt forms (and/or their movie universe alt forms).
• Bringing Bumblebee to the Big Screen (featurettes)
  
  • The Story of Bumblebee - featurette about the story direction of Bumblebee, his character, etc, told through various Producers and people who worked on the movie
  • The Stars Align - featurette about casting Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena for lead roles of Charlie Watson and Agent Burns respectively.
  • Bumblebee Goes Back to G1 - artists discussing using G1 as source material or launching point for recreating these characters in the "real" world. Also discuss animating Bumblebee, complexity, expressions, the Decepticons Blitzwing, Shatter, and Dropkick, and so on. There is NO discussion about Blitzwing's similarties to Starscream.
  • Back to the Beetle - behind the scenes look at Bumblebee as a Beetle, total of 8 Volkswagen Beetles available for use in movie including 1 electric Beetle that they custom built. Interesting look at the magic of Hollywood doing its thing with Bumblebee.
  • California Cruisin' Down Memory Lane - featurette with primary focus about recreating that 1980s look with the house, town, sets, cars, making Charlie's look stand out from other characters, location scouting, Santa Cruz boardwalk set, San Francisco bridge, redwood forest, showing off California, etc.

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Does this NBE-01 bonus shows Megatron's design?

TulioDude wrote:Does this NBE-01 bonus shows Megatron's design?

Megatron looks like his movie 1 design in the stop motion comic.

I'm surprised there's no audio commentary listed.

The appliance war scene sounds like a bad throw back to levels of Baynus might be picking this up at some point tho.