UK based insurance company Direct Line have uploaded a new advert featuring our favorite yellow Autobot Bumblebee.
Bumblebee (from his last live-action movie) is ready to save the day as usual, but sometimes things don’t go as expected. Great CGI and fun on this commercial, we are sure your optics will enjoy it.
Watch the video below and some key screencaps after the jump, then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Tcub
Fun fact: Bumblebee\'s voice(s) for the advert were created by longtime Transformers fan and a Don Murphy Stooge (yes, we\'re still about), Chris Finney.
D15M45
even just a little taste of autobots trying to help people pleases me
SilverOptimus
I can only notice just one reused animation. The rest looks new to me. Out of the three commercials, Bumblebee one was the best and with the best CGI too.
Speaking of which, the commercial did a better job at a CGI TMNT than what the two movies did.
Megastar
They did one for Robocop too.
MrNiceGuy
Not much to say really. That bumblebee model is still great.
Hopefully the last-minute additions will get character models as good as that in the sequels
octobotimus
Imagine being the animator for this.
Boss: ”hey Steve, get ready to animate bee again”
Steve: ”wait we are already working on the next movie? Sweet!!”
Boss: ”oh no, this is for some shitty insurance company ad”
Steve: ”oh…”
LegoLover58
The red car was probably Knockout.
Prowl
I guess to imply that event the smartest and fastest machines or heroes couldn't best their company to the punch.
User_124141
Why not, maybe in Bumblebee 2 we will see blitzwing return rebuilt from Dropkick, Shatter, and himself and that would be a perfect opportunity to add multiple personalities, and Blitzwing sending a signal to the Decepticons, which the large scale Transformers takes place afterwards
harrismonkey
I think it's an insurance company (presumably with name recognition in the UK), but it took me watching BB, TMNT and Robocop to really work that out. All 3 were fun.
harrismonkey
Terrible (like most ads), and yet oh so satisfying watching Bee run around. I've watched it a few times and I'm sure I'll watch it a few more.
User_124141
Very funny , I was meaning what was the advertisement trying to explain
TheSoundwave
Great little commercial. It's cool that they actually sort of tied it into the movie. And the animation looks fantastic, I'm surprised how many transformations were in this.
FAKER II
I really liked Bumblebee. But I don't want to see a "Bumblebee 2" movie. I want a large scale "Transformers" movie that picks up where Bumblebee left off.
Gumblor Gimbles
It’s genuinely nice to see that it all ties into the movie itself, given that he’s at a vintage auto auction in the modern period. It’s great that they’d release this so long after the movie, knowing fully well that the advert is cool all the same.
snokoan
Damn I'll be laughing if someone thought this was a bumblebee 2 trailer cause some of these shots do look like a film than a commercial everytime I see that one shot with bee and the girl I keep thinking charlir has grown cause she looks like a stand in the hair color and all. And who the hell said that these were used movements from the bumblebee movie
cloudballoon
But why trash the red vintage car? Bad Bee! Bad!
Galvatron2000
Seeing this commercial, I want to see bumblebee 2.Waiting for the news.
Music
Considering it's an advertisement, the point is to advertise.
User_124141
It\'s pretty cool, but what\'s the point of this again?