Talkback: Mask of Light Trailer: The Review, Discuss BZPower story Options

[Bionicle Rex]

The Mask of Light trailer is now viewable by all. After viewing the trailer several times and talking to the people who created the movie, I have my thoughts.

Please post your comments, questions, or feedback about this story here.

[R2-D2]

That was a pretty good review rexy.
But vakama looks funky!
And the hand and the eyes i can understand about them.
But vakama eye brows and robs make him look weird.
But the trailer makes the movie good looking.
Just hope it doesn't turn out corny like those kid movie that come out on video.

[MBH582 Nuva]

Good review and i agree they did do a really really good job everything looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Binkmeister]

Too much action for it to be corny. It looks great to me, and I really like Vakama's eyebrows. They make him easily distinguishable.

And the robes for the Turaga - how else are you going to be able to tell Matoran and Turaga apart? It makes sense.

Good job, LEGO, Creative Capers, etc.!

- Bink

[Da Mista Mike]

I have two words to describe the interview,simply amazing.Great Job B-Rex

This post has been edited by Proto Nuva: Feb 19 2003, 07:45 PM

[whynot22]

The Turaga and Matoran are PERFECT. I really like them. MY only gripe is the whole thing looks... a bit kiddy. The Toa don't look... gritty enough...

[-X-]

I agree 100% with BR! The movie is just going to be-to put it bluntly-SWEET! Th characters look AMAZING! I LOVE what they did with the Matoran! The vest/robes the Turaga have are handy, and Vakama looks so awesomely cool! Vakama reminds me of a jedi-like character. "Use the mask as your guide, anakin-erm I mean Takua."

Congrats to all those at Lego who made this movie! Well done! Even my mum wants to see it

[R2-D2]

Yeah i guess your right binky.
After all it is an action thriller.
But vakama eye brows is going to take a while for convincing.

This post has been edited by r2d2137: Feb 19 2003, 08:09 PM

[OctopusV]

I love the trailer! I expected Vakama's voice to be deeper, and Makuta's higher, but deeper than Vakama's. I think that it's interesting how the masks now have articulating jaws and mouths. Vakama's eyebrows are good, but they are a tiny bit too wide. Gali's mouth appears to have pink lips on them The mouth details make it look like the masks are their faces, I think the masks just have moveable jaws that move as the wearer's mouth moves. Someone said that Nokama has hair! I whatched the trailer and looked at the slideshow and didn't see anything. Gali meditating looked very cool, kinda Buddhist-like, as if she actually did achive enlightenment. The Kratta in the tube looks kind of elongated, it might be a larva Rakshi. The robes that the Turaga wear are a good idea, it sort of shows their role and position, it shows that they are keepers of the legends. The hands are cool to, but I'm not the kind of person that won't go along with what's there. I'm an independent thinker at everything but Bionicle, I go along with what they say. The eyebrows on Vakama show age and wisdom (Vakama's two most important traits). I hope that Makuta isn't just plain evil, I would like him to be evil, and intelligent. If he's just evil than he's not a well-written character. I want him to have a powerful mind and be smart, calcuating, and able to be the bad guy along with it. I don't want him to be just "I am evil and stuff, grrrrr." I want; "Hello, Toa, so you have sought myself out, I apologize for dissapointing you, but this encounter with me shall end in your permanent expiration, I will see to it." I know what kind of villans I like, and what kind I don't.

[VileTahu]

I have to say i love it!! I think it was awsome. You have to respect the changes they had to make because this is a movie, and it's purpose is to tell a story and get people involved in it. my only gripe is pohatu looks funny

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[<NeVerMoRe...]

first off b-rex i like the review you did very well.
but still i do not see any reason for them to have changed the whole charecters look.
i mean if they could make barbie show expression they sure as heck can make these toys show expression.
there was nothing holding them back from creating the actual toy as the character.
in the MNOLG the toa never shun thier eyebrows but instead they deepin the eyes and even though you dont know it you fell it that tahu is angry. or pohatu is happy.
i still se no reason why they had to make such big alterations.
it looks as if they just have armor over thier legs.
they could have just gave them mouths and hands. those are the keypoints of the characters expression. they should have left the body design alone.
but i must say thier cgi work is incredible but looking at the trailer i cannot tell what is what cause of the huge changes.
and if you look at onewa in the slideshow youll notice he looks like some dumb guy with buckteeth.
but i will buy the movie but the fact that i will enjoy it is not to be known yet.

[Israeli Toa]

Great article, BR!

Yeah, I agree, they really did an excellent job with the characters. I thought that maybe they would look too "human", but, thankfully, they don't. The hands are definitely needed, and the eyebrows look ok, I guess. And, I'm glad they have mouths, so we can tell their facial expressions.

Lego/Miramax really did a fantastic job with the movie and movie characters! I hope the rest of the movie is as good as the trailer would suggest!

-IT

[<NeVerMoRe...]

durn it my brother was logged into my account so anything i said above is his opinion not mine my opinion is that the movie is gonna kick buttox.
the characters looks okay but the movie and elements look awsome this is definatly a keeper for me ohhhhhh i cant wait to get it.




BTW if i havent made it clear enough the person who posted above is my brother not me.

[Tawa]

That was terrific, I'm definately buting the Movie now, I was going to anyway, but now I have an even better reason to, Vakama looks terrific, but the Matoran look... strange, it looks like Jala's Hau is a Hau Nuva, and Takua's mouth is weird, but still great, no terrific, no Amazing! Well I'm definately buying the movie now, I better start saving up.

The Amazed, ~WES

[Earth Spirit]

I didn't think that the Toa were going to look that good, but they were awesome. I thought that the Matoran were very, very well done and the Turaga are remarkable. The CGI is wonderfully done and I give them an appluse.
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[<NeVerMoRe...]

i really like the way vakama looks but in the backround you can see onewa and he looks like he is dazed and he looks like a doofus.

[Comet Ball Trait...]

Well all I can say is that I couldn't agree more with you're review and can hardly wait for the movie

[Ric Nine]

Well written review, Rex. It convinced me to buy the movie; you should be in sales lol.
To adress some points that have come up, I like Vakama! His eyebrows are cool, and his robes are spiffy! Makuta's voice is cool, and... yeah.
I was disappointed with the trailer in one sense. It put way too much attention on Tahu and Gali, Pohatu got one scene, and the other Toa didnt show up (or if they did, i sure didnt see 'em.)

[Sava]

I liked the way they all looked, but the robes on Vakama look weird.

[Schizo Kaita]

Aha, an 'insider' review... I myself have no critical note about the trailer, for as far as I can see, they did a terrific job. Of course, with so many critical fans here at BZPower, you're bound to have people objecting. You can tell the degree of Bionicle dedication a member has just by the fact that Vakama has eyebrows: in the end, it really doesn't matter whether he has eyebrows or not. He's still Turaga Vakama, who deserves respect from us 'lowly BZ-Koronans'.
Just kidding, folks! I'm just saying: he looks better than his Lego version IMHO. But rest assured, you won't be seeing any 'Galidor Vakamas' coming out soon...

[MATAU METRU OF A...]

wow i love it the only thing i dont like are the masks

[Yuna~Hibiscus]

What's that circle Gali is standing on? The one with the path
leading up to an even bigger circle, they are raised well above
ground level... then there is a scene where she is suprized
about something right after the scene I described above, the
platform was a bit like this:

0====(

Circle Gali was standing on.
Path leading up to big circle.
Part of big circle.

[Trogdor: The Bur...]

all the guys look smooooooth!

[Tahu_Nuva113]

I really like the animation!

[Kohami A.]

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That was a pretty good review rexy. But vakama looks funky! And the hand and the eyes i can understand about them. But vakama eye brows and robs make him look weird.  But the trailer makes the movie good looking. Just hope it doesn't turn out corny like those kid movie that come out on video.

Yeah.

Makuta Rules!

[jack toa of thun...]

it looks awsome! it looks like lego is gonna have to spend a lot of money on rendering alone though and takua's kinda freaky lookin' but the turaga actuually look like elders now

[Sava]

The Turaga look like there old but that is how there supposed to look.takua's mask looks ....wrong , not long enough.

[RedQuark]

I don't want to comment on the trailer, but I do wish to dispel the myth that animated characters need hands to be expressive. Just look at the VeggieTales: no hands, no limbs of any sort!, yet they seem to be doing quite well.

[Bionicle Rex]

QUOTE (Mark of MoD @ Feb 20 2003, 10:39 PM)

I don't want to comment on the trailer, but I do wish to dispel the myth that animated characters need hands to be expressive. Just look at the VeggieTales: no hands, no limbs of any sort!, yet they seem to be doing quite well.

Nothing needs hands, limbs, a face or whatnot. But it does help if you make characters as personable as possible . As the movie creators told me at the party, they wanted to make the characters as human-like as possible yet also stay true to the toys. The Toa Nuva will need to pick up items, fight, etc, and the best way to communicate those actions was to create hands for them.

bionical "the mask of light" looks exalant i can not wait until it comes out

why did bzpowermake the movie like this

I agree with Onua Nuva. that was a pretty awesome trailer!

[Bionicle Rex]

QUOTE (andrew @ Feb 21 2003, 10:56 AM)

why did bzpowermake the movie like this

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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY SHITAKE MUSHROOMS WHAT THE ###### DID THEY DO TO THE TOA AND THE TURAGA AND THE(PPPPPPEEEEEEEPPPP!!!!!!)MATORAN MOVING MASKS EYEBROWS AND CAPES AND WORST OF ALL THE HANDSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you guys even read my review? I explain why the changed occured.

Oh, and BZPower didn't make the movie. Some great people did make it, but it wasn't BZPower.

[the lehvak swarm]

i don't care the bionicle theme isn't about the human look it's about who they are and if you change theyre look you also change their personality

I think you should make a page where you click on a Mask Of Light character and you can see him in a clip from the movie where the character talks.

[Evil Bob]

QUOTE (the lehvakswarm @ Feb 21 2003, 09:21 AM)

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY SHITAKE MUSHROOMS WHAT THE ###### DID THEY DO TO THE TOA AND THE TURAGA AND THE(PPPPPPEEEEEEEPPPP!!!!!!)MATORAN MOVING MASKS EYEBROWS AND CAPES AND WORST OF ALL THE HANDSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lehvak swarm, That is what we call FLAMEING. It is against BZPrules (Trust me, I know.) Dont Do It again.

SWEET!!!! I love this trailer especialy when makuta says"their destiny I must distroy!!!!"

I agree with r2d2137. Vacama does look kind of funky!

[Kopaka Toa of Ic...]

QUOTE (TAHU-FIRE-BOY @ Feb 26 2003, 07:33 PM)

I agree with r2d2137. Vacama does look kind of funky!

I know I'm going to regret this but...

TFB, Welcome to BZP! Try not to double post, it's against the rules. If you have any questions just pm me. (if you are who I think you are) And if not, wait till saturday when you spend the night.


That trailer is awesome! I sorta like the changes that they made. I agree 100% with the review that the news had.

I deffenetly agree with onua nuva!