I had a longer response that got eaten by Yahoo!mail. But, suffice to say, you are right and I didn't think beyond the superficial when I made my comment.
Unfortunately, I can see the PTB considering the beeping to be the cheaper option in terms of animation and never mind that it doesn't make *sense* that Bumblebee should have to beep when there are other non-ASL options that would make as much sense and allow the character to be understood by others. Hell, even if the beeping was something stupid like Morse code it'd make sense that a human would be the only one to understand (though creatures who can teach themselves languages on the Internet could learn Morse code or ASL or use freakin' text messages to talk to each other).
But even sticking with the beeping, why don't they use subtitles for that? I can understand that nobody in the episode can understand him but why can't the audience be clued in?
Though, on the whole, man I would like them to use ASL. It'd give Bee a chance to display some emotion and get some more characterisation and it would introduce kids to the idea that some people communicate differently. And it'd maybe be a nice Easter egg for kids (and adults) who use ASL themselves.
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Date: 2012-02-16 12:45 am (UTC)Unfortunately, I can see the PTB considering the beeping to be the cheaper option in terms of animation and never mind that it doesn't make *sense* that Bumblebee should have to beep when there are other non-ASL options that would make as much sense and allow the character to be understood by others. Hell, even if the beeping was something stupid like Morse code it'd make sense that a human would be the only one to understand (though creatures who can teach themselves languages on the Internet could learn Morse code or ASL or use freakin' text messages to talk to each other).
But even sticking with the beeping, why don't they use subtitles for that? I can understand that nobody in the episode can understand him but why can't the audience be clued in?
Though, on the whole, man I would like them to use ASL. It'd give Bee a chance to display some emotion and get some more characterisation and it would introduce kids to the idea that some people communicate differently. And it'd maybe be a nice Easter egg for kids (and adults) who use ASL themselves.