1. The Beetle VS Camaro
Twelve years ago, when Michael Bay took over the "Transformers" live-action movie, he firmly stated that "I will never use the Volkswagen Beetle to be a Hornet. It reminds me of "The Magnum ".
"The Magnum" is a movie in 1968. The protagonist of the film is a small and cute Volkswagen Beetle. This model.
So when Michael Bein personally preferred to abandon the Beetle and chose the cool Chevrolet Camaro, a large number of hardcore fans pointedly pointed him at "destroying his childhood".
However, "Transformers 1" still pays tribute to this classic model.
Unlike Bombshell, director Travis Knight has been a fan of Transformers since he was a child. His boyhood was when the first generation of animation was broadcast, so he faithfully returned the Hornet to the Volkswagen Beetle shape. This alone is enough. The original fans cheered.
Let me add that, before the Hornet that came to Earth officially turned into a Beetle, it actually turned into a jeep first , which is the form when he evaded the pursuit of human troops shortly after the beginning of the article.
2. Yellow Honeycomb and Wasp Car Decoration
The original name of Bumblebee was B127 . The name Bumblebee was given to him by the heroine Charlie after he came to Earth.
When Charlie found him in the garage, there was a picture of a honeycomb, which hinted at the origin of the name.
In fact, in the first part of "Transformers", the Camaro also has a car decoration with a wasp pattern, which can form a small correspondence.
3. Restore the original Optimus Prime
Although "Bumblebee" is a single-character independent film, the background of the Autobots and the Decepticons is inseparable, and of course the Autobot parent Optimus Prime cannot be absent.
Like the Bumblebee, Optimus Prime’s robot form will be closer to the original animation than the original series. The highly complex mechanical style is appropriately simplified, the upper body is more vivid red, and the overall lines tend to be smooth.
Four, the Autobot female warrior Arce
In the opening Cybertron war, it was not Optimus Prime or Bumblebee that first entered everyone's attention, but the ambulance and the female-looking Autobot-Arce.
Arcie is the most famous female warrior in the Transformers world. She debuted in the 1986 "Transformers Movie". In the fierce battle in Shanghai at the opening of "Transformers 2" in 2009, Arcie transformed into a motorcycle to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Decepticons in the form of a combination of the three Arce sisters (the other two are called Alita and Claulia).
Unfortunately, whether it is "Bumblebee" or "Transformers 2", Arcie is still only a guest role.
5. Sonic and Robot Dog
In the first-generation animation in 1984, Sonic , the intelligence officer in the Decepticon legion, was a very recognizable character.
Because his chest is in the shape of a cassette, the robot dog can be released after opening it. The design in this original animation is perfectly reproduced in "Bumblebee", and the unique sound of sound waves is also simulated.
Sonic and his robot dog appeared in the earlier "Transformers 2", but Bombshell designed the robot dog to look like this...heavy taste!
Six, shock wave
In the opening Cybertron war, there is also a familiar Decepticon character-Sasser.
In the first season of the animation in 1984, when Megatron decided to pursue Optimus Prime and the Autobots, he specifically asked Sasser to stay in Cybertron as the commander of the Decepticons, which shows his high status.
In "Bumblebee", the short-lived shockwave and sound waves appear at the same time, and the purple upper body is also consistent with the animation.
In "Transformers 3", Sasser and his "pet" diamond magic layer appear as super destructive villains, and huge metal tentacles directly cut off an entire tall building.
Seven or three changes to King Kong
In the film, there are two "Three Changed King Kong" that can be transformed into cars and airplanes at will, called smashing and bouncing balls.
The so-called three changes are different from the one-way setting of auto transformation into a car and deceptive transformation into an airplane. They can realize any conversion between the three forms of automobile, airplane and robot.
The Japanese samurai " drift " in "Transformers 4" is a three-change King Kong, and the only three-change warrior in the series.
In addition, Drift is also the King Kong who likes to fight with Bumblebee the most. In "Change 4", Bumblebee once complained like a child.
8. Girl and car
After talking about King Kong, let's look at the story again. The emotional connection between the girl and the Hornet is the main feature of the film, and the 18-year-old Charlie’s strong desire to get a car as an adult led to her encounter with the Hornet.
It has to be said that this kind of story power is closely related to the unique automobile culture of American society , and it is not so typical in China or other countries.
The 2007 version of "Transformers" is also a story of a boy and a car. You can compare the two teenage characters, Sam and Charlie.
Nine, timeline combing
The box office failure of "Transformers 5" last year caused the planned "Change 6" to be stopped, which also meant that part of the timeline previously set by the original series was invalidated.
For example, in "Change 5" it is assumed that Bumblebee had been helping the Allied forces fight the Nazis as early as World War II , but in "Bumblebee" it was said that he only came to the earth in 1987, and the mad scientists in District 7 also said this. This is their first contact with higher alien life.
But at the end of the film, the Hornet changed from a Beetle to a Chevrolet Camaro, which also hinted that this stand-alone article can be connected with "Transformers 1" (about twenty years away).
How to arrange the timeline from now on, I'm afraid I will have to wait for "Bumblebee 2" or other independent movies such as Optimus Prime to make supplementary explanations.
X. District 7
In the human scene of "Bumblebee", the "Seventh District" is a very important component. This is a secret base specializing in the study of extraterrestrial life. The prototype should be Area 51 of the United States .
In the movie, this base is fictitiously placed inside the Hoover Dam (built in the 1930s). Audiences who have watched "Transformers 1" will not be unfamiliar. That is where the frozen Megatron and the energy cube research are conducted.
The sound of the bumblebee
"Bumblebee" officially explains the reason why Bumblebee can't make a sound in the original series.
Because in the decisive battle with Lightning, Bumblebee damaged the sound system, so later he could only communicate with the heroine by constantly performing radio frequency modulation .
What makes Rhubarb naughty is that he often uses the radio to find the lyrics in songs to express himself.
In "Bumblebee", he used the episode "The touch" from the initial animation of "Transformers" to encourage Charlie to go diving. The lyrics are exactly "You got the touch, you got the power" (You got the touch, you got the power).
Tribute to pop music in the 12th and 80th
Travis Knight, who grew up in the 1980s, not only restored the Hornet to a Beetle, but the music throughout the film was also full of the atmosphere of the 1980s.
For example, Charlie is wearing a T-shirt from the British Motorhead Band . The American Pretenders and the British Smith Band have appeared. These music is mainly rock and punk style , which fits Charlie's age and personality.
In the garage, Charlie told Bumblebee "Never gonna give you up", but because he didn't like it, the cassette was suddenly ejected. The tune that Bumblebee is obsessed with in the film is "Unchained Melody", which is the golden theme song of "Human Ghosts Are Unexpected".
Tribute to popular film and television dramas in the thirteenth and eighties
After being taken home by Charlie, Bumblebee once watched a movie on TV intently and imitated the protagonist raising his arms.
This action comes from "Breakfast Club" in 1985 , directed by John Hughes, the leader of American campus youth films in the 1980s.
"Breakfast Club" should be the 80s movie that has been paid tribute most frequently by Hollywood blockbusters in recent years, including "Number One Player", "Spiderman: Homecoming" and so on.
The owner of the car repair shop in "Bumblebee" mentioned that he was watching "A Fu at Home" . This is a series of dramas first broadcast in 1986. It tells the story of a furry alien getting along with a family after coming to Earth. Can it form an intertextuality with "Bumblebee"?
In addition, the 1982 "Strange Shape" appeared in the form of a poster, and the 1984 American drama "Miami Wind and Cloud" also had scenes.
14. Idol Spielberg
When it comes to Travis Knight's most straightforward tribute, it must belong to the great director Spielberg.
Knight really likes Spielberg's innocent science fiction films, and when shooting "Bumblebee", he also tried to get close to his predecessors in style.
So we can see that this Transformers movie is very similar to another version of "ET Alien" , the story and the characters have a high correspondence.
There is another detail that is easy to miss. Charlie once changed to a blue T-shirt with the three letters " BFG " printed on the back , which is the English name of "Dream Giant" .
Are the Kind-eyed Giant and Sophie, Bumblebee and Charlie very close?
15. "Legend of Magic Strings"
Finally, let's "bring on" a little connection. "Bumblebee" is Knight's live-action film debut, and he has only directed one "Legend of Magic Strings" before.
And a director's creation can often find some penetrating marks from the original works.
The father of the heroine in "Bumblebee" died prematurely, which caused her loneliness, sensitivity and independence;
In "Legend of Magic Strings", Kubo also grew up in the absence of his father . In the subsequent adventure, he discovered that the original amnesiad Beetle Warrior was the incarnation of his father.
Bingo, the keyword came across-"Beetle"!
From "Legend of Magic Strings" to "Bumblebee", it is a beautiful coincidence.
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