Most Elegant Part Of The Story

[toa kopaka4372]

Yeah, so this is the opposite of the other topic. It's nice to to focus on positive things, isn't it? So, what do you think is the most elegant part of the story?

[HalfWolf]

Although I wasn't around during this time, I'd have to say '01-'03. It did have its flaws, but it was full of mystery and adventure. Anything could happen, at any place, at anytime, which also created a little suspense. The Matoran also played a huge part during this time which I really, really liked because they weren't just there playing their sports and used for redshirts .(redshirt is the name of any fictional character in a story who's only purpose is to basically die)

[Just A Dot]

The Metru Nui 2004 saga, especially the second half.

[GSR]

I must profess a fondness for the first few years' simple premise. Some heroes, on an island largely mysterious, fighting some good old fashioned evil. And MLOG was great with its atmosphere and sense of adventure. Sometimes things don't have to be complicated to be enjoyable.

[Kopaka - Toa Nuva of Ice]

Most of it was very well-written, though I'd say '03 was a little more elegant than the rest.

[Touko Fukawa]

This may be at odds to the majority of you, but I personaly thought '08 was very elegant, what with all the interlocking yet seperate plotlines, so much being explained, more mysteries, seeing makuta in action, and th plot twist. Complicated, but elegant.

Edited October 20, 2011 by Last of the Time Lords

[Ehlekdude]

I'd say 2004. The story was rather elegant then, I found.

[BULiK]

MNOLG'01tohunga, no matoran. mcdonalds happy meals that were worth something.kahusgearsgood storyeven thought i dont remember it, i was awesome

[Freddy Mallins]

Actually I feel the latter years and the ending were the most elegant. 2001-2003 seem like really simple stories; it starts to get complex in 2004, but it's not as complex as 2008 yet. I guess what I really like are all the story serials, even if the Olmak is way overpowered and too convenient. Now I did mention that I liked the ending, but I still think the golden armor was dumb - it just came out of nowhere and seemed to have had little to no explanation, other than everyone needed to fight over it, because...well, it was shiny, I guess. But everything with the moons reuniting and the Matoran living with the Agori and everything post-Stars, story-wise, I did like.

[Harvali]

2001 to 2003 had good memories. Not only did we get six villagers, six Toa, random creatures, and six Turaga in the first year as sets; we got the glorious Bohrok in the next. The Matoran back then had armies and were self reliant, and there were Bohrok. We had the Chronicler's company, and Bohrok. And then Jaller sacrificed himself to save your Takua(he got better). Not to mention that time that Lewa was on the team with "personality." I hated Mask of Light though, I refuse to pair Jaller with that...water sucker.

[Zarohum]

2001 and 2002, when everything was all mysterious and there was little science involved.

[Erebus]

2007 was done well. I always wanted a main character to die, and Matoro did just that. Also the serials was pretty good during that time.

[StoneyRaptor]

For me it is Matoro's death in 2007 i though that was incredibly well done and very dramatic for a toyline aimed at kids

[Steelsheen]

Although I wasn't around during this time, I'd have to say '01-'03. It did have its flaws, but it was full of mystery and adventure. Anything could happen, at any place, at anytime, which also created a little suspense. The Matoran also played a huge part during this time which I really, really liked because they weren't just there playing their sports and used for redshirts .(redshirt is the name of any fictional character in a story who's only purpose is to basically die)

I agree! All the death and massive "robot battles" in the last gasps of BIONICLE made me remember all the more the sweet nostalga that was years 1-3. I was around for that, and one of my favorite childhood memories is my brother and sister and me playing with our new Toa Mata action figures. Ahh.... Toa Mata rule.

[Eeko]

I would have to say the Bohrok invasion. Pretty well done.

[Taipu1]

Matanui being the Matoran Universe. When it came to be revealed, most people had made their conclusions on it already, but somehow it was still well done. The fact that it had been planned from the beginning, and we only really got an incling after 6-7 years, was probably the most elegant thing about it.

[Jiayi]

Although I wasn't around during this time, I'd have to say '01-'03. It did have its flaws, but it was full of mystery and adventure. Anything could happen, at any place, at anytime, which also created a little suspense. The Matoran also played a huge part during this time which I really, really liked because they weren't just there playing their sports and used for redshirts .(redshirt is the name of any fictional character in a story who's only purpose is to basically die)

^this. I loved how the Matoran were incorporated into the story. (Especially through MNOG and the Lunchable comics!) All my fave Matoran characters are from those story years because of that. I think 2001-2003 were wonderful (Minus the Bohrok-kal saga) Another thing which I absolutely adored was finding out that Lhii the surfer was based on Lhikan. It was so sweet and touching, and I remember feeling so awestruck when I read that as well! Although I didn't feel nearly as giddy when it was announced that Lake Naho and Mt. Ihu were named after people the Turaga knew. The idea lost it's luster the second, third time around I think. Edited October 22, 2011 by Jiayi

[Takatu]

For the year's otherwise fairly run-of-the-mill story, the ending of 2007 was handled beautifully. The whole of Downfall was great, but the climax was what really shone.

[Akuna Toa of Sonics]

The first 4 years of Bionicle.

[Triggons]

Since I wasn't really around during the early years, I'd have to say my favorite parts were the '06 era and the ending of '08. I really liked the Piraka as characters, and 2006 was when the plot started thickening, but wasn't so convoluted that it was hard to follow. The ending of 2008 was good because it was a complete shock that after all was said and done, evil actually won (if only for a short time).

[Maganar]

Personally, I find a complicated plotine invigorating and exciting to follow. If a complicated storyline can still find a way to provide us with emotional moments, there is an elegance in that. On the other hand, I find a story that manages to be elegant despite simplicity just because of the way in which it presents deep messages or touching emotions to be highly impressive as well. The early years of '01-'03 fell into the latter category of elegant simplicity. The later years of '06-'10 fall into the first group of complicated elegance. I have difficualties viewing the middle years as elegant ('04 was my least favorite, but I view it as a necessary installment to understand further installments; '05 was great, but macabre/horror/mutants is hardly what one would call elegant, right?). It is due to this that I am going to make a very strange call indeed. I am going to say: 2010 - the last year. It hardly explored plot material connected to those inelegant middle years while tying together the simple elegance of the early years and the complicated elegance of the later years. In the same time it told the story of the now-humbled Mata Nui, which I will venture to say was at least somewhat elegant. So ya...my winner for most elegant year is 2010. I know - I can be a bit weird at times. As a side note, most elegant is not equal to best. I've never actually tried to decide a favorite year. If I did, though, I don't think it would be 2010 - not that I didn't like it. As I just said, I found it to be the most elegant. It's just there were so many other epic, touching, and awesome installments along the way.

[Lewa0111 Nuva]

I'd say either 2004 or 2009. And yes, I've been a fan since 2001 and I'm not screaming "OMG 2001 WUZ TA BEST MERTU NUI RUINED BIONIKEL FOREVUH!11!1." I'm just weird like that. (That was just a joke by the way, I don't mean to insult any fans of 2001. Prior to '09 I would have put '01 as my second favorite story year myself). 2004: Something about the idea of Metru Nui, which featured an entirely different kind of mystery, really appealed to me. During the first half, the story was almost as open-ended as '01's was, and allowed room for a lot of imagination. The second half showed what was probably the greatest character development in the entire storyline, with the Toa Metru struggling to deal with each other as well as the loss of everything they knew as Metru Nui was abandoned and destroyed by Dumekuta. Add that to the fact that LoMN was easily the best of the original trilogy, the Matoran sets you didn't have to get from McDonalds, and the awesomeness that was the Adventures series, and it was easily one of the most well-developed story arcs in the entire series in my opinion. 2009: Take the refreshing and mysterious feel of 2001 and add it to the better-articulated sets of later years, and round it off with a movie that may have been cringeworthy but featured some actual HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT! for the first time in the series since the 5-second duel in WoS, and you got a recipe for an awesome storyline year. The only downside to 2009 was Tuma's ridiculous decay from villainous mastermind to brute with an IQ comparable to Krekka's, as well as the incredibly short arc Bara Magna ended up getting thanks to the series getting cancelled. And third has to be 2001, but I think you all know what the good things were about that year. Lewa0111 Nuva

[Protodite Karzahni]

I really liked quite a few elements running through the 2006-2008 storyline. The sense of mystery from Voya Nui was really interesting in my opinion, and I like how Zaktan tricked the other Piraka into getting the Matoran to drain the volcano, while he searched for the real location of the mask of life, which ingeniously turned out to be the section of Voya Nui with the most life. Then there was also the Mahri Nui storyline, which had a great atmosphere, up until the Toa Mahri came in and ruined it.

[HalfWolf]

heehee. I was quoted twice.

[renaldohoek]

Not to sound like a hipster, but I feel that 2001-'04 was the golden age. There wasn't as much commercialism back then, and the story really just carried this immersive richness that the story team was never able to replicate. I also want to say 2009, but I see more of a potential elegance there than what they followed through with. It's one of those what-could-have-been years, which isn't really a bad thing, considering it gives people like me an opportunity to try and re-imagine the story in a way we find more satisfying.

[Mr. Anon1]

The last part of downfall (Matoro's sacrifice) was Greg Farshtey's writing at its hands down best. Mask of Light, Time Trap, and the whole 2008-2009 period are close seconds, but nothing for me can beat Matoro's sacrifice.

[iPenguin]

The 2004 plot. I found it to be the right mix of complexity/easiness to grasp. I understood it even when I was a kid. the newer plots are kind of confusing to understand. But BS01 does a really good job of explaining it.

[The First Speaker]

The early years were elegant, but since I wasn't around until Mask of Light, I won't comment them.I think that the three ignition years were pretty good. 2006 was just downright awesome, and the whole part with the Piraka claiming to be Toa and using their trust to enslave them was well done. 2007 was good (especially the first half of the year and the end of it), and 2008 ending with Mata Nui being a giant robot and Teridax winning were probably among the best BIONICLE revelations we've ever had.

[CroMagnonMan]

Well, I could say 2001 just for the MNOLG and all of the lore-building that went on at that time, but for the sake of being a bit different I would say 2006. That arc really revitalized the story for me. Just the concept of a new island being taken over by shadowy evildoers, requiring Matoran from the original days to turn into Toa and take care of the problem, and the little things that went along with the story like their brief time in Karzahni, all of it seemed to come together really nicely. It wasn't perfect, but it was effective and enjoyable.~QMark