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Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) makes a mature journey when she gets a transforming robotic car for her 18th birthday in Transformers' prequel "Bumblebee". [19659005] (Photo: JAIMIE TRUEBLOOD)

SAN DIEGO – Comic-Con gave fans a look at two consecutive December movies on Fridays – "Bumblebee" and "Spider-Man: In the Spider" -Verse "- with friendships that outright target a child-friendly audience. And, coincidentally, they both starred Hailee Steinfeld

Those who get tired of the nonsense of Michael Bay's rock-em-sock-em robot in the "Transformers" movies can return to the franchise with the retro preamble "Bumblebee" (in theaters Dec. 21), a mature journey about a teenage girl and her transformative car. There will still be a lot of action and explosions, but with a lot more heart thanks to director Travis Knight.

"Whenever you have giant pieces of metal that rattle together, you have to be very, very careful about how you approach it," said Knight, the studio's director. Laika who directed 2016 "Kubo and the two strings."

"At one point, it can be inconsistent when you look at it.It moves from two giant robots fighting up to two radio. Shacks restoring the Kama Sutra. "

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"Bumblebee" will undoubtedly seduce children of the 1980s who grew up with the show and the original toys "Transformers". (The band's comic-con, starring singer Stan Bush, plays with "The Touch," a 1986 pop-pop anthem "Transformers: The Movie".)

The story however has a touch of freshness Even with the setting of the '80s: Charlie Watson (Steinfeld) is a misunderstood teenager who has experienced a significant loss in her life and who wants to fill that void with love, friendship or just somebody. One who gets it. of Comic-Con today: Stan Bush doing "The Touch" for #Bumblebee #SDCC pic.twitter.com/o8Q5nUXJOG

– Brian Truitt (@briantruitt) ] July 21, 2018