JPtheMediaMan

Hm... an interesting post, kinda reminds you of that post I sent to you a few weeks ago-- wait a second!!! Were you referring to me?! I remember PMing you about the Core War fanfic with questions regarding the location of the Great Being's fortress and where Tuma first got the Skrall Tribal Design and bringing up the deal with my requested licensing permissions such as giving Takanuva wings and such for my BIONICLE movie series... Hm, well if this was not me (which is also more likely not me), this still is pretty informative. But like most good directors, I will look to the fans too to see what they would like to see. A director can never really show much creativity if he uses the pre-existing media as the script, basically, if it is word-for-word. So what does the director usually do? Change it around, add his touch to add, give it some of his spice. But what can that also do? Upset the hardcore fans. Examples are how the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian included non-existent scenes and battle that never happened in the book. A second example would be the major complaints for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which was bashed by many of the hardcore book-fans because of how the movie was missing more than half the book. I remember doing a small paper on this in school, about watching the movie To Kill A Mockingbird shortly after we finished reading the book, to which I wrote this same exact information and even used the same two examples above. To please the fans, it seems that it has to be word-for-word. But to show that the director is good at what he does, he can only get even more money perhaps by put his touch to it. So, about those artistic licensing questions I asked in that PM, I have decided to make a topic in the future asking the fans what they think I should do. A good director for a movie based off pre-existing media lines always has a fanbase database to assist in this. But these changes I want to make are only minor, such as that one about the Makuta virus giving Takanuva wings and the complete ignorance of 'Naming Day'. Of course we will take Naming List and shove it down the trash can, it never happened and we will ignore it. But for things like Takanuva's wings, I wanna give the fans the privilege to add their creativity to my project too... ~|K|~

Ah yes, now I see your point of view, Mr. Farshtey. But then again, at least Vakama's great emotions and depressions may have been a contributing factor to this. In the novelization of Web of Shadows (as you may most likely know... ), Vakama believes he could've saved the Matoran with all this new power over the Visorak he would've gained, which shows he still had good in him but had a dislike towards his friends. Now his dislike for his friends may have most likely developed because he was always thought of "cross-wired" and all by his teammates in 2004. In "BIONICLE Adventures #3: The Darkness Below," all the other Toa were discussing who'd be the best leader of the team, and Vakama didn't seem to care so much or maybe was sad. And later on, Matau somewhat blamed Vakama for their mutation. This led to Vakama believing he can only gain leadership by controlling them, also due to the bestial thoughts that overwhelmed his mind. Another thing about this Hordika transformation is that with all of these thoughts Vakama had prior to the Toa's capture, these may have led him to be a little less self-controlled. As a connection, I'll use Star Wars again; the Jedi are "keepers of the peace" and the Sith use their power for destruction. Anyone can easily fall to the Dark Side by losing control and channeling all their hate and arrogant emotion into their dark power. To be a Jedi, constant concentration and mental stability must be maintained. As Star Wars has many biblical references, this may be somewhat true in real life. And with Vakama not only having his mind clouded with all these saddenning thoughts but with the mind of a beast, he was really one to lose control and fall to the Brotherhood. The other Toa had less connection with Lhikan (as Vakama saw him being captured and later killed) and weren't really up to the role of leader. And as I said earlier Vakama still wanted to be a leader but with his mind felled to a beast, he believed he can gain leadership by installing fear into the minds of his followers. And later in Web of Shadows when Matau mentioned the word "Duty," Vakama's Toa-will seemed to return to him and erase the beast inside away. I liked Vakama's turn because with the Toa Metru leader-less, it would've made things even more of a challenge for them. Now, Matau wouldn't have been an exceptionally appropriate decision for a "turning-role" (IMO) because, despite his ego, I thought it was a great addition to have him, the least-expecting of the Toa to do this, return Vakama to the Toa. This better showed Matau's maturity and developement as the story progressed, so he didn't seem like such the bratty Toa we saw in 2004. Another support for his maturity: "We all make mistakes, Vakama. That's what happens when you're brave enough to make decisions. I understand that now." (Matau to Vakama, BIONICLE: Web of Shadows), which happens to be one of BIONICLE's more stronger quotes. Well, besides his later words: "Our strength comes from our Unity, Vakama. Which means... you can't be strong without us." Yep, I'm such the fan-boy to almost cry when hearing that... Aww geez, I've become so off-topic with this... again, sorry to all of you viewers, readers, staff, Mr. Farshtey, etc.! Back on topic: Yeah, I don't have much of a problem with not being able to ask Mr. Farshtey about 2010, I really understand the views behind that... plus, I want 2010 to be a surprise! Then again, BZP ruined the surprise... ~|K|~

Hm... well, I at least thought that 2009 to 2011 will be the Mata Nui's adventures saga and 2012 to 2014 will be something new too. But I love BIONICLE no matter what. I simple end would actually be somehwta fine but only if we ever get all our remaining questions answered. I don't wanna bother you at all Greg, it's just that I really want to put in more foreshadowing once I make the BIONICLE movie series. But I will just wait as planned. And 2010/2011 have been the most thought-of to be BIONICLE's 10th anniversary (woot!), since BIONICLE was released Decmeber 30, 2000 in Europe and sometime in July, 2001. In reference to 2001 being BIONICLE's first year, that means 2010 isn't BIONICLE's 10th anniversary (woot again!) but rather its tenth year, at least... Even though this is off-topic, I just really gotta say this: Greg, really, Vakama's turn to the Visorak in 2005 really WAS a great storyling detail! Vakama was the greatest choice to having done so, IMHO, than Matau, because of all the foreshadowing in the books and movie in 2004. Examples are how Vakama never saw himself as a true leader but later when he took up the role he felt as though he wasn't fit to be so. And he had that whole big connection with Lhikan and thinking it was his fault and all (which it was ). And plus I think Vakama's turn had MUCH batter reason than Anakin's turn in Star Wars, as Anakin simply wished to learn the Dark Side and become powerful enough to stop people from dying, while Vakama's turn wasn't all about supernatural power but rather about true leadership and all. And plus, Vakama/Matau had much stronger dialogue is Web of Shadows rather than Anakin in Revenge of the Sith. Sorry for getting so completely off-topic, sorry staff and all readers/viewers... ~|K|~

I'm the one who pointed this out on the BS01 Talkpage for the Scarab Shield!!! Yes, I'm "Niletia" on BS01... Anywho, the resemblences [sp?] are: - both are hardly recognizable as shields, first off... - both have four prongs in all with one longer than the other for both sides of both shields... - ...what Aanchir said... - for both shields, both sides have the longer prongs in the opposite area than the opposite side... - ...just look at them long enough...? - looking back at my first reason, both are elongated to almost resemble a sword... Sorry for my lack of eloaboration; it's a problem of mine to show others my thoughts on certain subjects... ...that's all I can think of at the moment... --JP