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*pulls pin on grenade, throws* 1. One of the many ways in which I found 2009 disappointing was the lack of focus for the first part of the year. Malum was positioned as the main character until Mata Nui descended to the world. Meanwhile, does anyone even know what's the deal with Malum? He had a great storyline, great potential for character development--all of which has been wasted, IMO. 2. I find Michael Dorn's voice acting for both BTLR and Bionicle.com horrid. It's hopelessly generic. Hopelessly. Picture a dialogue between the two titans, Makuta and Mata Nui. Makuta, in his rich, deep, growling voice: "Join me in my rebellion. Worship me, and we will walk the path of gods." Mata Nui: "My name is Mata Nui. I was a robot. I don't want to fight." Which sounds cooler? xD *hides in foxhole*
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Someone tell the art department at Lego that the Matoran Universe is 7,576 miles tall. Not two.Cee > you
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*achem* YAY COMIC SCANS Couple thoughts-- 0. It would've been cool if the scene with Mata Nui removing the Ignika had been more played up, sorta mirroring the scene where the body was formed. Him embracing his destiny, etc. Ah well. Overall, it was a very fun comic to read. 1. What part of 7,500+ miles tall do the artists not get? These are not giant robots standing on a landscape. They are the landscape. They are heavenly bodies of their own. Cosmic entities in the phsycial sense. For the Glatorian to be watching safely from the ground would be like watching safely from your backyard as two asteroids collide a few feet above your head. This should look more like a clip out of 2012 than Normandy. 2. Funny to see how ridiculously rushed the story is now that Bionicle is coming to an end. 3. I do have to admit that the face of the Prototype Robot is rather sleek and attractive. It's a pity we won't ever see it in set form. 4. Notice the panel with the Matoran--they are in a small enclosure obviously made of technic pieces. This has been an ongoing theme since 2008's revelation of the MU's true nature--just look at the Matoran scene at the beginning of TLR. Up until 2008, the MU was so huge, you couldn't tell its interior apart from the natural world outside. Now, suddenly, it's like one crammed mecha with Matoran at the controls. There is no sky--there's a ceiling about 20 feet overhead. Hardly grand enough to be considered a "universe." 5. The hatch at Teridax's foot was laughable. First, let's make no joke--Gresh shouldn't have even been able to get within a few miles of Teridax's feet. Teridax's landing should be causing massive worldwide earthquakes. His weight should penetrate Bara Magna's crust--he should be knee-high in magma. Frankly, the planet wouldn't even be able to survive Teridax's landing--it's the equivalent of the Moon crashing into the Earth. But back to the hatch. Forgetting what's written above, there's no way for the MU residents to simply emerge from the foot. Takanuva, the Rahkshi, and whatever other misfits will be making their way onto the surface of Bara Magna in the next comic would have to travel to the southernmost island, sail to the edge of the dome, and climb up the dome wall. Don't forget, gravity in the MU isn't pulling to the feet; it's pulling to the back. Having Takanuva just wander out like he was getting off a spaceship isn't close to accurate. I mean, look at the Great Barrier. The Mangaia. Kiddies, it isn't an easy task leaving the Matoran Universe. 6. 2001-2008 is worthless now. Just so you know. The MU residents shouldn't care less about whether the planets are reunited. It doesn't make a difference to them. But for thousands of years, they've been fighting the Makuta guy... for what purpose? To honor Mata Nui? The current storyline would have us believe Mata Nui was an impotent wretch who just happened to be sitting in the control room of the MU. So was it the divine plan all along for Teridax to win and take over the body to reunite the worlds? How does that benefit all the MU residents who died fighting for Mata Nui? How do they benefit from any of this? Has all this bloodsheed been for the sake of the couple dozen Glatorian living on some desert planet we were only introduced to last year? Heh, one reading this might think I have more emotional stock in this than I do. I have none. It's a toy line, nothing more. But I accept Janus' position: I'm so tired of this current continuity that I've taken to writing my own. Amazingly, it gives purpose to the 01-08 years while preserving much of the recent canon, giving it a whole new significance. It's fun to take those old plots and give them new meaning--after all, isn't imagination the whole point of Lego? Ah, the lulz of writing out one huge list of what's wrong with everything. No, but seriously, it was a fun comic to read. I'm looking forward to the conclusion of the storyline. And I do plan on getting the Stars for sheer nostalgic value--they, along with Mata Nui, will be the last sets I ever see myself purchasing.
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<-- New category! One of my least favorite of the newest storyline revelations is the idea that Matoran are drones. They have no purpose other than work. They're cells in a body that keep the Matoran Universe running. They weren't meant to have culture. They aren't capable of certain emotions. Now, don't take me out of context, I know they have some emotions. I'm not denying that, and I'm not being overly dramatic (but the point stands). As some of you know, I have massive amounts of fanfiction storyline planned out based on the Bionicle storyline. It's quite good, and while I won't reveal any details of it in public (as someday I may remove the Bionicle aspect and do something serious with these plots), those of you who know what I'm talking about will be able to follow this. And as part of this, I have to pick and choose what I will personally accept as Bionicle canon in my own mind. And I've decided that I'm not going to accept anything storyline-related in 2009 or beyond in my own mind. And the aforementioned problem with the Matoran is one of many reasons why I've come to this point. Crazy thought... instead of making Bionicle some bizarre thing, why can't the Matoran be like... I dunno, like people? Like characters? Like characters in any other storyline--i.e., having a full range of emotions, feelings, and free will. The target audience for the toyline is humans--so make them relatable. Does everything have to be undermined and become a gray area? Seriously. One of the main reasons I like MNOLG1 so much is not just because it's 2001, but because it's relatable. None of this nonsense about Matoran being drones or cells in a body, no mention of the idea that they're all standing on top of the face of a giant "synthezoid." The water is water, not protodermis. There's no ceiling above the sky; it's a sky. The sun is a sun, not a hole in the ceiling. Matoran had feelings, emotions... they acted like people. It was relatable. And I think the more relatable Bionicle is, the better it will do as a line (why do you think people like Bara Magna so much? Certainly part of the excitement must be about the Earthlike setting, or the possibility for biological reproduction, or the actual eating of food). I think back to Greg's comment about Matoran blushing recently (i.e. the scene in the Bohrok episodes where Macku and Hewkii almost kiss). People say, "That's ridiculous! They can't kiss, they're wearing masks!" "They can't blush, they're biomechanical!" Don't overthink it... the scene was humorous, but also relatable. Must we truly outlaw almost every Matoran expression of emotion? A final thought--keep in mind, the storyline is a way of selling the sets, not the other way around. This is still technically Lego's first attempt at a completely original storyline (which has gone quite well). But detach the set aspect and just look at the storyline. If this was only a line of books or a series of movies, would it be doing as well as it is now? Or wouldn't the idea of having the Matoran Universe housed inside a giant robot have turned off much of the audience? Remember why the creators of Mask of Light had to redesign the sets with mouths, fingers, and so forth? To make them more relatable. Otherwise, the movies would have probably been wildly unpopular. My opinion is that Lego should keep this in mind in its planning of the storyline as a whole.
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I rest my case.
