Quote: thedoctor said: The VW Bug is more in tune with Bumblebee's personality. He was the little guy, the least powerful. While everyone else are heavy duty trucks and sports cars, he's the little VW Bug. It's all about him being an underdog. That's something that a muscle car Camero doesn't bring across.
Okay...from that point of view, I kind of understand. Heaven forbid they use that Ford Aspire (or as I call it, 'the car that aspires to be a Ford').
Or a motorcycle. That I could see.
Quote: It also doesn't fit the name 'Bumblebee' as well as a VW BUG does.
Not to be a nerd (in this thread? hard to believe) but this was one aspect of the original cartoon I never got. A beetle is a totally different type of insect from a bumblebee. Bumblebees are related to wasps and ants. (Um...yeah...my roomamte's dad had a PhD in...insectology or whatever...I learned a lot about bugs. So pardon me for being picky.) And 'bug' is considered slang for cicadias and aphids (maybe crickets? I can't remember). So, why is a 'VW Bug' that big of a deal.
And don't get me started on the 'dinobots'. Swoop isn't a dinosaur. You can make allowences for three-fingered T-rexs in those older cartoons, but Swoop's not even a dinosaur. I'm just saying.
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