TheSkeletonMan939

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Deadline did a great job at screwing up their "exclusive scoop", since Carey is voicing Gotham's mayor.

And there were day/night variations, weren't there? I love little touches like that.

The Golden Mode theme or whatever it's called is great. Ian Livingstone did a marvelous job; I wonder what other work he's done. I should check out his other stuff one day.

If anyone has worries it should be Vakama, since he has visions of doom all the time.

Know what I would have loved to see? I would have wanted Teridax, in the end, to see that he had utterly failed to stop Mata Nui and the Toa, to see that that he was going to lose, and realize that perhaps he was not so smart as he made himself think. He feels complete despair, complete disappointment in himself, and knows that he has to die. Then, of course, he gets smashed in the head by Bota Magna.

Not at this stage. The line is too young to have the fans make up stuff. Once this series gets itself in full swing and establishes itself strongly, then maybe Lego can think about turning certain things over to the fans. But that was all Greg the first time around. Who knows if there's someone like him on the new story team, who is just as interested in the fans as the fans are of the toy line? That's where creativity comes in. Go to Deviantart or wherever and you'll find countless "reimagined" drawings of characters from all sorts of franchises. People do that here on BZPower. These contests never stifled creativity. Did people stop writing fanfics once more blanks were filled in by official storyline?

Last I heard he's forgotten what it was entirely. I guess all the negativity he associated it with has suppressed his memory.

That's a little different. That's the result of an evolution in camera technology. It's gotten so good that color has become the standard. That's not the way it is with 3D. There are methods for shooting live-action 3D, but it's so much easier to just slap the final cut into a converter. If something is shot natively in 3D then I think it ought to be given more attention. I imagine most directors shoot with the intention of letting third-party companies decide how the film will look in 3D, when they're paid to do the conversion process. It's not really the director's work. Getting back to color film - do you or do you not approve of black-and-white films being "colorized" (you mentioned Citizen Kane wouldn't be a good fit)? Or how about "tints"? If you take a look at Raiders of the Lost Ark, you'll see it looks very yellow. Go back to your DVD and you'll see there are far more colors in the film that the Blu-ray would lead you to believe. Is it right to change a film for the sole sake of making it "look better" to today's audiences? That's the dilemma with 3D. I like seeing the film the way the director wanted me to, or at least try my best. Which means that I'm only interested in 3D if the director or someone in a similar position had some input into how it can help the appearance of the film. I'm a bit of a film geek, as you can see. Okay, Hugo I saw in 3D and I agree, it looked pretty good. But that's the exception and not the norm.

There is 5.1 available via the DVDs, it's just poorly done in my opinion. Dialogue is shamelessly scattered to the rear channels for even the most mundane of scenes. (The 5.1 mix is where I got the audio for my Bionicle film soundtracks). Even if they were to remix, one of the issues is that Furst lost at least one of the film scores in a hard drive crash (LoMN). I suppose someone has a copy somewhere from when the films were being produced, but I'm always very scared that those scores will never see the light of day again. As for your 4K comments... no one has a 4K TV right now. Even if they had $25,000 to spare on a 4K TV, there's very little content being distributed to the public in 4K, with none of the methods being terribly effective. Not even theaters display at that high a resolution. Sony has "Mastered in 4K" Blu-rays that they're trying to promote, but all that means is the bitrate is a little higher than usual. Nothing to get excited about. There are places where you can get movie trailers in ProRes format (220 MBPS) and I'm sure those would look fine on a 4K TV... but 4K is overkill in my opinion. People watch movies on their tiny, awful phones and with terrible earbuds; only the film geeks care for these sorts of technological advances. Companies tend to pander to the common man, not the geeks. The scenes that could look good in quality 3D would be the Kohlii match and Vakama's visions. The latter could be made to look exceptionally weird in terms of depth, and I love weird in my films.

I don't consider myself easily distracted... but I find popouts very distracting, and not what 3D should be used for. If 3D is to be utilized, it should be used minimally but effectively to give a greater sense of visual depth to the film. Not for popouts. Trust me, the lack of a 3D release is not the reason no one saw FF. I wonder if LEGO - or Miramax - still has the original 3D animation files for the films, as well as the version of the program they are compatible with. They could just re-render, no remaster required. Easy! There was one LoMN image BZPower received back in the day that seemed to have been taken straight from the editing room: an HD screencap. But these were low-profile DTVs for a toyline. I have to wonder if the proper archival steps were taken for the trilogy, and if the final cut of the film is all that remains. Would they even still have the audio stems? Regarding the sound mix - interestingly enough, when the films were put up on Netflix, they were provided with a stereo mix only. No 5.1 surround. I doubt that really means anything, but it's possible Miramax isn't totally aware of the specs of the content they own. And TLR already is in HD, it doesn't need a remaster of any sort. It just never hit Blu-ray. iTunes, Netflix, etc. have it in high definition. Looks pretty crisp.

By the way, there are programs that can do this for you. Convert 2D to 3D. Of course, the studios use more high-end programs and techniques, but if you had a burning curiosity of what it could hypothetically look like (and a pair of 3D glasses you steal from a theater), you could grab a free trial of some run-of-the-mill software and see what the result is. Know what I want to see in a Bionicle film re-release (or rather, hear)? A better surround sound mix. The sound design was good, but the way things were spread across the channels...

3D is nothing more than an expensive gimmick. It's essentially a laughing stock at this point. That's why movie ticket prices are going higher and higher... they're trying to match 2D and 3D ticket prices little by little to cover the costs. 3D is in theory a pretty good idea, but like so many things Hollywood felt compelled to cash in on it to the point of oversaturation. As usual, it's about the $$$ rather than the art or experimentation. The one thing Fox did right with Fantastic Four (2015) was not giving it a 3D release. In short, no. 3D would add nothing to the films.

Dignified? They're toys! As awesome as Bionicle is, to try and make it seem like more than a juvenile interest is kind of silly. There are zillions of billions of stars in the galaxy, and if there's going to be one that looks just like the UDD symbol I think it'd be more prudent to refer to it as the Bionicle Nebula. Or something along those lines. That's what they want you to think, you'll need to access the deep web to learn anything about them.

Ditto. Quiz every Bionicle fan and only a very small amount would know what the Bionicle solar system is called. Most would probably say "Spherus Magna" if they wanted to guess. If this name-change were to truly happen, I'd want it to be called the Bionicle Nebula rather than a relatively obscure name that popped up near the end of the line's initial lifecycle.

I was drawn in by the great artwork and dialogue of the first issue of the 2005 story arc. Things started going downhill in 2006 in terms of the comics... I learned to appreciate the vast world created in such a short timeframe, and all to promote a toyline. The story serials in 2008 in particular helped boost my interest in Bionicle to extreme levels.

This is so amazing. Can we get Greg to confirm that this is indeed where the Bionicle universe is?

I hope they include unreleased music from the films this time. Winter Soldier especially.

Farshtey was a fine writer. The books were not meant to be works of great literature, they were supposed to be fun reading. Beach books. Even if you argue that he wasn't a very talented writer, you have to concede that at least he's an inventive and clever storyteller. I think we really lucked out in getting a man like him to write for us. He clearly loved the line. He's spent years answering whiny fan questions on multiple mediums. He wrote extra material for not a penny more than he was already being paid - even after the line ended. How many other authors go to such lengths to entertain their fans?

Looks great! It'd fit right in with one of the old Templar games. The edges are a bit fuzzy though.

I believe both Mask of Light and Legends won sound-related awards. Maybe Web too, I don't remember.

It would have been awesome to have the Great Spirit Robot in the form of a Knight Kingdom-style set. Knight Kingdom? Anyone remember that?

Nathan Furst as the composer.

Roy Braverman embedded them in his website. It's cool, you guys should take a look around.

Oh noooo You revived the topic! Uhhh..... quick! I need to make an update so it's not locked forever! Uhhhh here's a 60fps version! Watch it in HD to see the added frames.