In 2007, Michael Bay tackled the stars of the Hasbro catalog. Almost three decades after their arrival in American stores and while many cartoons were devoted to these steel colossi, the director ofArmageddon et Pearl Harbor aims to do it The heroes of a film in real views. He seizes mythology to reinvent her. Autobots and Desticicons are at the epicenter of the story, legendary figurines come to life. This is the case of Optimus Prime, commander of the autobots. Bumblebee, engaging yellow robot, is also there. But its appearance has been changed.
Indeed, in cartoons, Bumblebee is capable of transforming into Volkswagen Yellow Coccinelle To stay under radars. Younger than other autobots and smaller, it is mentioned as “Little brother” by his friends. For Hasbro, it is a way of making him endearing and immortalizing his mind more rebellious. During his visit to the big screen, the hero nevertheless experienced a major change. Exit the round and compact appearance of the ladybug, Bumblebee becomes a 1976 Chevrolet Camaro. Michael Bay did not have a tooth against Volkswagen, several factors motivated this decision.
Michael Bay wanted his robots to have an appearance less cute than in cartoons. With this film, he hopes to address to adolescents And is aware that large retro displacements will be more successful than a compact and round vehicle. He will add that the ladybug reminded him too much of a saga of the 60s, which also features a vehicle with intelligence. He explains in the bonuses of the film. “She reminded me too much Choupette”, heroine of films of Robert Stevenson. Add to that that a saga film was released two years earlier and you understand why the director took a direction.
Chevrolet made a charming campaign
To finance his film, up to 150 million dollarsMichael Bay had to build partnerships. The transport coordinator has thus suggested getting closer to car manufacturers. Chevrolet and his mother house General Motors did The most attractive proposal by presenting a concept of Camaro which corresponded to the idea that Bay had a “Cool” car for adolescents. This change has nevertheless deprived Michael Bay of a play of words all found, with the name of the car model and that of the character. In English, “Bumblebee” means Bourdon. You have to know how to make concessions.
She is still in the casting
To thwart the expectations of spectators, Michael Bay will still have a yellow ladybug in the first film. When Sam chooses his car from a dealership, two options are made to him. If he is immediately attracted by a slightly dilapidated camaro, his budget forces him to fall back on a yellow ladybug in an equally lamentable state. But Bumblebee does not hear it from this ear and destroys the ladybug with a door. He found his driver and has the intention of not letting him slip away. What Sam does not know is that this choice will define his future.
The reboot corrects the shot
The appearance of Bumblebee will change according to Michael Bay’s films, Chevrolet taking advantage of the release of each opus to promote its most recent models. It will be necessary to wait for the “soft reboot” of the saga in 2018 for the adaptation of the cartoons placed on The original appearance of the character. In front of Travis Knight’s camera, the film that plunges spectators for several years Before the events of Transformers 1 present Bumblebee in the form of a Yellow ladybug Entrusted to the young Charlie Watson.
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