After the new year's Day holiday, the much anticipated "Bumblebee" was released on January 4, 2019. Although it was not released in time for the holiday, the box office and attendance of "Bumblebee" remained rising. As fans, it is self-evident that they love bumblebees. As the first independent film of transformers, "Bumblebee" can be regarded as a good start. In this film, bumblebee has changed its previous style of crazy drag and cool hanging and frying the sky, and incarnated the most cute transformer in the history, which makes people want to have such a lovely bumblebee. In this film, there are as many as 15 colored eggs that people who are not familiar with transformers comics can't understand. The small editor of this article will explain them one by one.
The film is directed by Travis & middot, the director of magic string legend, which has nominated for the Oscar for the best animated feature film; Directed by Knight, post-95 star Haley & middot; Starring Stanfield, Spielberg continued to be a producer.
Different from the true story series of transformers, the story background of bumblebee is set in 1987. It tells the prequel story of 'he' when he first came to earth.
Travis, a director who has been a fan of transformers since childhood & middot; Knight has brought a different look to this series. The restoration of the original animation image, the retro style of the 1980s and the delicate emotion between girls and robots have become the highlights of this external part.
This year is exactly the 35th anniversary of the birth of the first generation animation of transformers, so the hornet at this node is of great significance.
Here are the eggs of the Bumblebee movie, which Xiao Bian checked for you. Let's have a look!
Note: there are minor spoilers below.
1. Beetle vs COMERO
12 years ago, Michael & middot; When Bei took over the live action film transformers, he firmly said, "I will never use the Volkswagen Beetle as a bumblebee. It reminds me of the universal golden turtle.".
"Universal golden turtle" is a 1968 film. The protagonist of the film is a small and lovely Volkswagen Beetle. This model has become popular since then. The first generation of "Transformers" animation in 1984 set the Bumblebee as this model.
So Michael & middot; When bein chose the cool Chevrolet Camaro instead of the beetle, a large number of iron powder pointed at him 'destroying his childhood'.
But "Transformers 1" still made a speech (tone) to this classic model.
Unlike bombshell, director Travis & middot; Knight has been a transformer fan since childhood. His youth was the time when the first generation of animation was broadcast, so he faithfully let the Bumblebee return to the Volkswagen Beetle shape, which is enough for the fans of the original work to cheer.
In addition, before the Bumblebee came to the earth officially became a beetle, it actually first became a jeep, that is, the form when he avoided the pursuit of the human army shortly after the beginning.
2. Wasp nest and wasp car accessories
Bumblebee's original name was B127. Bumblebee was named for him by the heroine Charlie after he came to earth.
When Charlie found him in the garage, there was a picture of a honeycomb to hint at the origin of the name.
In fact, in the first part of transformers, the Camaro also has a car decoration printed with a wasp pattern, which can form a small correspondence.
3. Restore the original Optimus Prime
Although "Bumblebee" is a single role independent film, the background of the fight between Autobots and Decepticons is inseparable, and the liberal parent Optimus Prime cannot be absent.
Like the Bumblebee, Optimus Prime's robot shape will be closer to the original animation modeling than the authentic series, the highly complex mechanical style will be appropriately simplified, the red of the upper body will be more bright, and the overall line tends to be smooth.
4. Autobot female warrior ALCI
In the opening Cybertron war, it was not Optimus Prime or Bumblebee that first came into everyone's attention, but the Autobot of female image - ALCI.
Arcy is the most famous female boxer in the transformers world. She first appeared in the transformers movie in 1986.
In the fierce battle in Shanghai at the beginning of Transformers 2 in 2009, ALCI transformed into a motorcycle to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Decepticons in the form of the combination of ALCI's three sisters (the other two are Rita and Claudia).
Unfortunately, whether it's hornet or transformers 2, alcie is still only a guest role.
5. Sound wave and robot dog
In the early animation of 1984, sonic, the intelligence officer in the Decepticon legion, was a very recognizable character.
Because his chest is like a cassette tape, he can release the robot dog after opening it.
Bumblebee perfectly reproduces the design in the original animation and simulates the unique sound of sound waves.
Earlier in Transformers 2, sonic and his robot dog also appeared, but explosive Bay designed the robot dog like this & hellip& hellip; Heavy taste!
6. Shock wave
In the Cybertron war, which is still the beginning, there is a familiar madman role - shockwave.
In the first season of the 1984 animation, when Megatron decided to chase Optimus Prime and the Autobots, he specifically asked shockwave to stay in Cybertron as the commander of the Decepticons, which shows his high status.
In bumblebee, the shock wave with a short face appears almost at the same time as the sound wave, and the purple upper body is also consistent with that in the animation.
In Transformers 3, the shock wave and his' pet 'diamond magic layer appear as a villain with super destructive power, and the huge metal tentacles directly cut off the waist of a whole high-rise building.
7. Triple change King Kong
There are two 'three transformers' that can be transformed into cars and planes at will, called smashing and bouncing balls respectively.
The so-called three changes are different from the one-way setting of Bo faction changing into automobile and maniac changing into aircraft. They can realize the arbitrary conversion between automobile, aircraft and robot.
The Japanese samurai 'drift' in transformers 4 is a three change King Kong and the only three change warrior in the orthodox series.
To make complaints about it, drifting is also the most favorite King Kong to argue with bumblebees. The love of bumblebee in Zeng tat is like a child in the 4.
8. Girls and cars
After that, King Kong, let's look at the story again.
The emotional connection between the girl and the bumblebee is the main theme of the film, and the strong desire of the 18-year-old girl Charlie to get a car as an adult contributed to her encounter with the bumblebee.
It has to be said that this story power is closely related to the unique automobile culture of American society, but 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 Sam and Charlie.
9. Timeline combing
Last year's box office failure of transformers 5 stopped the planned transformers 6, which also meant that some of the timelines previously set by the orthodox series were invalid.
For example, in "change 5", it is set that Bumblebee has been helping the Allies fight the Nazis as early as World War II, but in "Bumblebee", it is said that he came to earth only in 1987.
But at the end of the film, the Bumblebee changes from the beetle car to Chevrolet Camaro, which implies that this independent article can connect with transformers 1 (about 20 years away).
How to arrange the timeline after that, I'm afraid it will have to be supplemented by hornet 2 or other independent films of characters such as Optimus Prime.
10. Area 7
In the human part of Bumblebee, 'zone 7' is a very important component. This is a secret base dedicated to the study of alien life. The prototype should be zone 51 of the United States.
In the film, the base is fictionally placed inside the Hoover Dam (built in the 1930s).
It will be familiar to the audience who have seen transformers 1. That's where the frozen Megatron and the energy box are studied.
11. The voice of a bumblebee
Bumblebee officially explains the reason why Bumblebee can't speak in the true series.
Because in the decisive battle with lightning, the Bumblebee damaged the sound system, so later it had to constantly tune the radio to communicate with the heroine.
The naughty part of bumblebee is that he often uses the radio to find the lyrics in the song to express himself.
In change 1, the Bumblebee flirts with Sam's sister
In the Bumblebee, he used the episode the touch in the early animation of transformers to encourage Charlie to dive. The lyrics are "you got the touch, you got the power".
12. Pay tribute to the pop music of the 1980s
Travis & middot, who grew up in the 1980s; Knight not only restored the Bumblebee to the beetle model, but also the music of the whole film is full of the atmosphere of the 1980s.
For example, Charlie is wearing the T-shirt of the British motorcycle head band, and the American pretender band and the British Smith band are on the stage. These music are mainly rock and punk, which fits Charlie's age and personality.
NeverGonnaGiveYouUpRickAstley-WheneverYouNeedSomebody
In the garage, Charlie listened to the Bumblebee "never gonna give you up", but because he didn't like it, the cassette was suddenly ejected.
The song that bumblebee is very obsessed with in the film is "Unchained Melody", that is, the golden song with the theme of "human ghost love is not over".
13. Tribute to popular film and television dramas in the 1980s
After being taken home by Charlie, the Bumblebee once watched a movie on TV and imitated the protagonist raising his arms.
This action comes from "Breakfast Club" in 1985. The director is John & middot, the leader of American campus youth films in the 1980s; Hughes.
"Breakfast Club" should be the most frequently paid tribute to by Hollywood blockbusters in the 1980s in recent years, including "number one player" and "spider man: the return of heroes".
In hornet, the owner of the garage mentioned that he was watching Ah Fu at home.
This is a series premiered in 1986. It tells the story of a furry alien getting along with his family after he came to earth. Can it form intertextuality with Bumblebee?
In addition, the 1982 "strange shape" appeared in the form of posters, and the 1984 American drama "Miami wind and cloud" also had a string of scenes.
14. Idol Spielberg
Speaking of Travis & middot; Knight's most straightforward tribute also belongs to the great director Spielberg.
Knight likes Spielberg's childlike science fiction films very much, and tries to get closer to his predecessors in style when shooting bumblebee.
So we can see that this transformers film is very similar to another version of E.T. aliens. The story and characters have high correspondence.
Another easily missed detail is that Charlie changed a blue T-shirt with the three letters' BFG 'printed on the back, which is the English name of the dream giant.
Are the kind-hearted giants and Sophie, the Bumblebee and Charlie very close?
15. Legend of magic string
Finally, let's' force 'a little connection. "Bumblebee" is knight's first live action film. Previously, he had only directed one "Legend of magic string".
A director's creation can often find some penetrating marks from his original works.
The heroine's father died early in the hornet, which caused her loneliness, sensitivity and independence;
In the legend of magic strings, Jiubao also grew up in the absence of his father. In his subsequent adventure, he found that the original amnesic beetle Wu