TheSkeletonMan939

Finally!!

Well that was thoroughly terrible

I don't know about that... I don't even think the Kraahkan existed until 2003.

Those interested can check out a ten-minute suite at this page: http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1556 Nice to hear that homage to Neal Hefti's classic Batman theme. Here's a full suite Balfe wrote for the film. https://www.facebook.com/lornebalfemusic/videos/729050317262563/

>Be me, Wazdakka >Can't remember or fathom a time when Bionicle didn't have a multi-layered plot being thrown at kids >ItMustHaveAlwaysBeenThisWay.jpeg You have to earn a convoluted story; it doesn't work to start off with nineteen story serials.

There are plenty of vehicles in the world of Bionicle. You just don't see them often because a) No one travels b) If they do travel it's across the ocean

It was a different time back then... kids today don't get the "pie" meme.

Yes, we all know the robot was planned from the beginning. I'm confident that the writers of this film didn't know that though. Whether or not Greg was a consultant is irrelevant. If the writers had known this marvelous revelation about who Mata Nui was, don't you think the ending would have been a little less sloppy and confusing? The Matoran et al. go to "awaken Mata Nui" and lift up a rock door and something happens (read: nothing happens), because in reality the writers had no clue who this nebulous "Mata Nui" guy was, and thought that having some bright lights go off was ambiguous enough to hide their ignorance.

Wrong. Faber and Farshety confirmed that the giant robot thing was planned from the very beginning. The writers knew that. A background character even says the line "he's a giant robot" after Hahli makes her speech towards the end. Neither of them were writers for the film. They may have made general contributions to the narrative but the nitty-gritty dialogue was not their own. Unless Greg or Bob Thompson or someone on the actual story team made the "Mata Nui is a giant robot!" thing clear to whoever wrote the screenplay, there's no reason to assume the twist had any real bearing on the film's plot.

Let's tackle this with a heavy dose of over-analyzation and misinterpretation: The Kraahkan is a universal symbol of the Makuta - thus he is in more literal terms saying, "My duty is to accomplish the tasks set forth for the Makuta race by Mata Nui." I wouldn't be surprised if Teridax was aware that Mata Nui was on his way to report back to the Great Beings. Sleep keeps Mata Nui alive, whereas he would be deactivated upon returning to Solis Magna. After all, is the duty of a Makuta not to preserve Mata Nui's place as Great Spirit of the universe? In a twisted way, Teridax is doing just that, and the entire MU likely owes their lives to him. The truth is that the writers had no clue what the 2008 "twist" would be and made up some stuff that would sound deep and sophisticated to the mind of a 10-year-old. If you want to try to make more out of less and give actual credibility to these statements, I think I've done an all-right job.

I'd forgotten how awesome these cards were. They fill in a few blanks about how the Toa gathered all 12 of their masks too.

It's more of a GBA-type sound than it is a MNOG one, but I still listened through the whole thing and was quite impressed! You guys have a bright future in music composition.

Ditto. At least, I don't remember having had to buy it online... Weird... I recall it being a "Shop @ Home" exclusive, and that it sold out after a month or two.

I'd forgotten about Ameet's special deal with Lego. They also published those The Crossing books, didn't they? Where each booklet had a chapter or something? A shame that never was released in English. And Mr. Farshtey has probably lost the text by now. Alas.

You have to be a little bit of an old-timer to remember this, but in 2008 the most-excellent Makuta's Guide to the Universe was released only on the Lego website. It was beautifully designed and written (ignoring the occasional typo), and its importance was magnified by the fact that it was hardcover, baby! The following year, Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna was written but with a bit more limited release: as far as I know it could only be found across the pond (i.e. not in the US of A). Again, it was in thrilling hardcover! Fortunately I secured a copy from overseas and it was just as gorgeous as its predecessor. In 2011 or 2012 when Papercutz still was releasing Bionicle stuff, one of their last hurrahs was re-releasing these two books, albeit in a smaller size and in softcover. But I'm not talking about that - what I'm wondering is how many people here have the hardcover versions of these books. I'd just like to gauge how many people actually were able to grab them when they were initially sold, and if I was lucky - or if there were enough copies to go around.

The music files have been turned to dust for years, sadly.

Just that part? Not, like, the whole thing?

The sets, or the idea from a story perspective? I thought they were pretty cool in-story.

What do you think is just the dumbest thing in Bionicle in general? I don't mean a particular quote or character, just a concept you think is way too outlandish, even for a story about robots who control fire, water etc. For me, I think it's the concept of Kaitas. The Toa did it once and never thought to use that power again. Even worse was the fact that Matoran Kaitas existed - and only used that once too. I mean, good grief, there are so many opportunities to Kaita up and beat the bad guys that way, but they never think to do that. I know it was to service a gimmick which encouraged buying all the sets, but dang it sticks out like a sore thumb in the grand scale of things.

No, it detracts from the butt-kicking action.

Have I been living under a rock? They're making a Bionicle art book?

Considering it's been almost seven years since Bionicle ended, he's actually more or less pretty cool with revealing tidbits here and there. He answered my spoiler questions, at least.

Mata Nui didn't make the code. It's a gentlemen's agreement amongst the Toa of the world at large. And food for thought: if someone hates your guts and everyone else's, it's not necessarily "right" to kill him just for that. Whether anyone would miss such a creature is up for debate, though.

I think presumed euthanasia is against the Toa Code.

That's the definition of a dank meme. A low quality, low effort pairing of text and image, typically in parody of those who misuse the form. So there's a difference between memes and dank memes? Fascinating.