Just got interviewed by Black Six along with HAZMAT and Takuma Nuva for the next Powercast. It was a great time - both before and during the recording and I'm looking forward to hearing the final thing, even if I already know what's going to be said. xD Don't we all love to hear ourselves talk once in a while?
I went to bed as POBZPC and woke up as Premier Forum Assistant... which means I am staff now... which means you may feel free to bash me now. But only here. In this blog. Elsewhere, I ask you to be nice and to ask me for advice if you need it.
C'mon, do some NtM-bashing - seize the opportunity while it presents itself.
Seriously, guys, what's up with this year? Almost all of my favourite shows/franchises have been cancelled or otherwise ended in 2010.
- BIONICLE cancelled (set-wise)
- Heroes cancelled
- 24 ended
- LOST ended
- Caprica cancelled
- Stargate Universe cancelled
What the heck is going on?
What's shiny is Firefly, which I finally came around to watch in its glorious, short-lived entirety.
What's not shiny is only two BIONICLE serial updates since November 2010, with the last one occuring exactly 5 weeks ago... hopefully, there'll be one this week.
Just some things you might have missed--
1) The Chronicler won't do any contests anymore in 2011. Our last contest will be "Lesovikk's Hiatus", a joint venture with the KanohiJournal.
2) My interest in BIONICLE is fading. I am still eager for each new chapter on BIONICLEStory.com and I still read the OGD, but I feel less excited about BZP and the saga as a whole... I just feel it is dying.
3) Since we still have (stress on "still", as I expect it to be completely gone soon, since the time s
Okay, I contacted Papercutz, told them what I liked about GN8 (and what not) and pretended to be shocked that there was no preview of the next GN at the end of GN9, and asked them if there are any plans for a tenth book. This is their reply:
At least they are pleased so far... keep buying, folks!
Got my final exam results yesterday. We have got a 15 points system for the secondary level here in Germany, with 15 being the best and 0 the worst result. Here's what I got:
German - 10 points (apparently the correctors were very harsh in this subject... some people entered the exams with an average of 13 points and left it with a result of 6 points)
Math - 5 points (oh well, that was to be expected)
English - 15 points (was to be expected, too)
Spanish - 15 points (this really surprised
The BIONICLE Story Squad recently asked members to name their six favourite elements for the new Toa team Greg will introduce in an upcoming serial on BIONICLEStory.com. These are the results - however, note that Greg Farshtey is in no way forced to stick slavishly to these results, but is willing to respect and consider them.
Elements and VotesLightning - 468 Psionics - 453 Gravity - 444 Plasma - 444 Iron - 440 Plant Life/The Green - 425 Sonics - 342 Magnetism - 310 Thanks to all who voted.
I just watched the uncut version of the Mask of Light, not that 4.5 minutes shorter version that was sold here in Germany. (They actually cut the movie for being too violent!!!)
All of a sudden I like MoL... xD
As you know, BSS has asked you for your six favourite irregular elements for the new Toa team. We are still counting, but here is something I have got to say:
If we ask you to do a list in the format--
1. First Element
2. Second Element
...
6. Sixth Element
--don't write texts that come down to: "Psionics is bad, Magnetism is half bad, Plantlife is awkward, Plasma is okay, Sonics isn't half bad either..." Just give us a list of six.
And excuse us if we won't accept the element "Force"
I had my presentation exam for the Abitur (secondary level degree in Germany) today - and got the best mark possible (15) for explaining some theological stuff I don't really believe in (but I apparently managed to be convincing). So...
ABIIIIII!!! (exclamation of people who got Abitur)
Well... those frequent serial updates are annoying me... I wish there was some way for Greg to find more time to write them... sad.gif
The bad part is: without new story, I feel my interest in BIONICLE fading, something (in my eyes) completely undesirable.
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In less than 20 minutes, I am going to watch "Incursion, Part 2" - two days before it airs in the USA. Wanna know why? Because for the first time in Stargate history, a German TV channel gets to air an episode BEFORE the US. I don't like the German voice actors for SGU (or the translations, for that matter), but tonight, I simply won't care about that and enjoy the show, knowing that I am among the first to watch this.
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GN 8 and 9 arrived today.
I stick to what I said before: Sayger sucks. But Zanier is greatness impersonated - the artwork of The Exile's Tale is really epic. Here's hoping we will get so see GN10 and he'll still do it.
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NtM's Nerd Library is about to grow again
- Amazon.de will ship GN8 and GN9 today (can't wait! ._.)
Plus, I will buy the following books/comics this week:
- Star Wars Rebel Force 4
- Star Wars Jedi Quest Volume 3 (re-release containing books 7-9)
- Star Wars #88 (a comic magazine including Clone Wars Hero of the Confederacy 2 and Dark Times Blue Harvest 4)
And I'm looking forward to the following releases during June/July:
- SW Legacy of the Force 9 (Mid-June release,
The BIONICLE Story Squad (BSS) may soon do a topic in S&T where we can announce all our rejected canon submissions, but since the BSS wants you to know about all our decisions, I took the liberty to create this blog entry. So far, you have only seen topics about what has made it past us - here is what has been declined by us or Greg, along with our reasons why.
"Kanohi Amana" - Bioni-Cool Jack
Bioni-Cool Jack suggested to name the Mask of Elemental Energy "Kanohi Amana", based on some
