Why does bumblebee not speak

He's been working for Collider for over a decade, and in addition to managing content also runs point on crafts interviews, awards coverage, and co-hosts The Collider Podcast with Matt Goldberg which has been running since This is a pretty bold decision, but in speaking to IGN, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura explained the reasoning behind giving Bumblebee a voice: "Since we were approaching this as an origin story, we felt that it was appropriate that you got to hear his voice," di Bonaventura said of the character who thus far has only been able to communicate using existing media.

Image via Paramount Pictures. Share Share Tweet Email. Bumblebee should sound warm and familiar but with a slight edge. Though, there was one thing that everyone agreed on: He had to sound different from Optimus Prime voiced by Peter Cullen.

He's a little out of control, but he's really warm and emotional, so trying to find that voice was not simple. We went through a lot of ideas. In this movie he steps up, [and] he should sound like a badass. As it turned out, the voice of Bumblebee had been right under their noses. It's a testament to his bravery, made even more tragic because we know that, decades later, the Autobot will still not be able to speak. Thankfully, his human friend, Charlie Watson Hailee Steinfeld , helps Bumblebee by introducing him to music, enabling the Autobot to find a new means of communication.

Ian Cardona has written for CBR since He is a Feature, Comic Breakouts and News writer. He's been in love with comics for a very long time, and believes there is some good to be found even in the industry's more difficult times.

His favorite Avenger is Captain America, and that was long before the character starred in a very successful film franchise. So how can Bumblebee speak perfect English? Bumblebee demonstrates a capacity to use radio signals in order to re-learn English when his vocal unit is damaged by Decepticon fire and subsequently replaced. Note that this would also strongly suggest that he's not speaking English, but rather his vocal unit is translating spoken Cybertronian into English. Charlie and Memo stared at the radio, then looked at each other.

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