Show notes
We are back, and boy the first episode of 2019 is a doosy. grab a drink and strap into that favorite chair of yours as we cover holiday news and re cap BumbleBee.Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, bringing you transformers news from around the world. This is episode 177, we are recording live on January 11th, 2019 In this episode we’ll be talking aboutOn tonight's show we have a couple of quick news stories before we go head long into a round table discussion of attacks Knights Bumble Bee.All that and more coming up after this.
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What have you been up to this week?
NEWSIt's the 80s all over again with Bumblebee in cinemas now, so it seems fitting that a lot of this week's news is 80s reissues! G1 Soundwave Reissue Revealedhttp://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/02/g1-soundwave-reissue-revealed-380038 http://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/07/g1-optimus-prime-reissue-spotted-at-walmart-380513 http://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/07/new-g1-gears-and-warparth-reissues-revealed-380523 Other Newshttp://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/06/bumblebee-movie-studio-series-shatter-in-hand-images-380463 http://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/01/studio-series-bumblebee-movie-optimus-prime-additional-in-hand-image-380032 News In Brief00:29:07 3A DLX Blitzwing Official New Images And Description http://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/10/3a-dlx-blitzwing-from-the-bumblebee-movie-official-new-images-and-description-380587 00:32:49 Generations Selects Swoop First Packaging Images http://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/06/generations-selects-swoop-first-packaging-images-380439 00:33:50 All Components of Studio Series Devastator Combiner Revealed with Release Schedule http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/all-components-of-studio-series-devastator-combiner-revealed-with-release-schedule/42684/ 00:35:33 Zeta Toys Reveals Zeta Bar, Where Everyone Knows Your Third Party Toys' Names https://tformers.com/zeta-toys-reveals-zeta-bar-where-everyone-knows-your-third-party-toys-names/34584/news.html(I WANT THIS - JASON) Bumblebee Overall thoughts to start withDid you like it?How many times have you seen it?Ratings/scores?Brad 2/5Max 4.5/5Jason - 3.5/5
CharactersHumansCharlieBurnsMemoOthers
TransformersBumblebeeShatter & DropkickOthers (lead into discussion of Cybertron scenes)
Best thingsCybertron scenesHouse egging sceneCreative deathsNarrow focusVisceral, coherent actionLack of military worshipBumblebee served two rolesAlways comes back to robotsLove of transformation
Worst thingsCharlie's family is terribleDiving stuffPadding despite short run timeCharacters aren’t namedBlitzwing
MetaSequel - Is there a future?Box office performancehttps://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers6.htmParamount Pictures Declare Transformers: Bumblebee Is Solidly Profitable http://news.tfw2005.com/2019/01/10/paramount-pictures-declare-transformers-bumblebee-is-solidly-profitable-380662Animated film on CybertronOptimus Prime
Critical success93% Fresh https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bumblebee/
Franchise
Is it a reboot?Jason thinks so - “remix” - but still based on the films that have come beforeNo WW2Producer says no!
What was changed?Cena's characterG1 Megatron
Geewunners will never be happy
Introducing brad’s “how is this different to the previous films” game round (cancelled)
Max: nadaJason: mighty mug Star ScreamBrad: nil
-thank you to everyone that donated for the Xmas drive, prizes have been sent out.-keep a eye out for local Australia Day meet ups.
OUTROThank you for listening! And if you’re watching along with the live record, thanks for checking us out.
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