I'm not getting into this show, yet. So far, I kind of want to just kidnap the characters and throw them into other universes to see how they react
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I haven't watched any eps yet but it makes me sad to hear that about poor Bee.
What I liked so much in the first movie (although it all went to crap in the second - but then everything in the 2nd movie went to crap) was how he was young and brave and a bit playful but wasn't stupid. He was a good soldier, a VERY capable soldier in fact, it was just he was much younger than the other 'Bots, so he was a bit more energetic than the rest (with the possible exception of Jazz - not that Jazz was around long enough to show it)
It's why I didn't like Animated!Bee at all. He was cocky without having the experience to back it up.
Prime!Bee isn't talking at all, and they're not giving any explanation for it. And he fights, and holds his own, but it's kind of hard to care because we don't see him enough to find out what his personality is, why he's fighting, what he does or likes to do...
I mean, they might focus more on him later, but I almost wish he hadn't been in the pilot at all considering it just felt really *weird* for him to be tagging along and not really contributing other than as an extra soldier.
I really, really like movie Bee, for the same reasons you give--I like that he's competent, even though he doesn't talk. I don't feel that about this Bee yet.
I'm really not liking the whole "talking in beeps and having the one little smart kid translate" thing they have going on for him. It's actually rubbing me about the same way as R2D2; he's an awesome little robot I guess, but really I feel he's only awesome because the fans want him to be. I want my Bumblebee to have the same kind of expressiveness as and depth of character that, say, Wall-E had.
Pretty much, and they never really explain why the little smart kid understands him just fine but none of the other humans can. He "just does."
Also, as a little genius nine-twelve year old, he can totally fix any and all computer systems that go wrong at the Autobot base even though the human-based software has been extensively modified by alien tech to suit their needs. In like three seconds. With his laptop. All errors fixed.
I think the setup I much rather would have preferred is: age the Asian girl a few years and main character her with Arcee, take the current main character boy drop his age to thirteenish to team up as the wild child with Bumblebee, and up the age on the genius kid to pre-college levels and stick him in the bot-cave with Ratchet. Also give Bumblebee a voice. Maybe have the wild child feed him a SiriusXM radio or something.
For the record, we are amused by the term 'botcave.'
But I agree. Their character choices for the children do not...mesh. And, well, maybe they could if Miko wasn't useless, or Raf had an explanation for why he could do ALL THE THINGS. I'm not particularly bothered by Jack, since he's a voice of reason, but we don't really need a voice of reason considering we have five voices-of-reason called 'Autobots.'
The idea of feeding Bee a radio makes this series seriously better already, and its just a tiny thing.
What I liked so much in the first movie (although it all went to crap in the second - but then everything in the 2nd movie went to crap) was how he was young and brave and a bit playful but wasn't stupid. He was a good soldier, a VERY capable soldier in fact, it was just he was much younger than the other 'Bots, so he was a bit more energetic than the rest (with the possible exception of Jazz - not that Jazz was around long enough to show it)
It's why I didn't like Animated!Bee at all. He was cocky without having the experience to back it up.
I assume this Prime!Bee doesn't talk?
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I mean, they might focus more on him later, but I almost wish he hadn't been in the pilot at all considering it just felt really *weird* for him to be tagging along and not really contributing other than as an extra soldier.
I really, really like movie Bee, for the same reasons you give--I like that he's competent, even though he doesn't talk. I don't feel that about this Bee yet.
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"*gasp* What's the matter Bee? Did one of the squishy kids fall down the well get captured?"
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Also, as a little genius nine-twelve year old, he can totally fix any and all computer systems that go wrong at the Autobot base even though the human-based software has been extensively modified by alien tech to suit their needs. In like three seconds. With his laptop. All errors fixed.
I think the setup I much rather would have preferred is: age the Asian girl a few years and main character her with Arcee, take the current main character boy drop his age to thirteenish to team up as the wild child with Bumblebee, and up the age on the genius kid to pre-college levels and stick him in the bot-cave with Ratchet. Also give Bumblebee a voice. Maybe have the wild child feed him a SiriusXM radio or something.
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But I agree. Their character choices for the children do not...mesh. And, well, maybe they could if Miko wasn't useless, or Raf had an explanation for why he could do ALL THE THINGS. I'm not particularly bothered by Jack, since he's a voice of reason, but we don't really need a voice of reason considering we have five voices-of-reason called 'Autobots.'
The idea of feeding Bee a radio makes this series seriously better already, and its just a tiny thing.
*goes to do my final report*
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