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I've posted parts of this elsewhere on other sites, and while I certainly believe that the set designers put their heart and soul into Bionicle, I would say that the reboot on the whole was just weak. I saw someone compare it to some of the recent Hollywood reboots of movies where you have familiar themes and names that came back from G1 like Tahu, Mata Nui, and Makuta, but they're just a shell of what the original was. The names may have been familiar, but the personalities of the Toa were changed ("I didn't slip!"), Mata Nui goes from a mysterious god-like being to a mask maker, and the narration of the comics results in Gali having a male voice. This alienates older fans of G1, and then you combine that with Lego's poor storytelling, which fails to draw in newer fans to G2, and you get a theme that's dead in the water. 

 

For example, does anyone remember those original Toa Mata movies that came on CDs packaged in the sets themselves? As a 12 year old, I was beyond amazed at these videos. The island of Mata Nui was a place I wanted to visit so bad, and that was created with early 2000s technology! Compared to what we got with generation 2, and G2 doesn't hold a candle anywhere near to G1. Lego had such a rich story to work with, but they simplified it down to nothing and then decided to make ... a Netflix exclusive TV show? I know Netflix is popular, but there's no guarantee that every 8-12 year old, or whatever the specific target age Lego was going after even has a Netflix account to use. And I haven't even touched on how great and influential the comics were. A 12 year old is going to share a comic with their friends and get others interested in. This is actually how I first became aware of Bionicle. A friend of mine got his Lego magazine about a month before my came and he brought the very first Bionicle comic to school. Even a good Youtube video would have been way easier to share than a Netflix series.

 

In addition, let's face it, Lego didn't bring back Bionicle to make fans happy again, it's 100% a business decision. They specifically state this on their Twitter account in regards to the cancellation .The theme sold well in the past and they were counting on it to sell well again. I think that someone high up in the Lego company thought that they could ride the wave of nostalgia and put minimal effort into the advertisement and story side of Bionicle and wait for fans to come flocking back. That obviously didn't happen.

That pretty much sums up how I felt. When the reboot was looming ahead back in 2014, I was excited because of what I hoped Lego could do now with much more resources at their disposal. What actually came out was something that felt half baked in terms of atmosphere, lore and general presentation. The map of Mata-nui back in 2001 gave you the sense that this could be a real place that you could explore and it actually looked like a realistic landmass. I could see what they were trying to do with Okoto but you never got the sense that there was a history behind it. Mata-nui's setting had character as shown through CG images, the online game and trailers. Okoto was just another island with different elemental zones jammed into one place.

Cool stuff. I'm sure the premise so far seems quite familiar to us all sans the involvement of the mask of creation. I still wonder if it's a continuation or not.

Wow, talk about a blast from the past. Kinda sad especially since the official site is now gone too.

The whole Morbuzakh plot could have been its own movie, really.

The most excited I have been in a long time for a movie. Can't wait until July 12th. I hope the movie does well both financially and critically.

Toa Zaz's points are pretty much spot on for me. The characters may have adopted the set style that a number of fans wanted since the first movie, but at the expense of everything else. My biggest peeves were the aforementioned awful cinematography. The first 3 movies at least tried to have dynamic shots and a certain degree of cinematicness to them. Not so here. Case in point, the Glatorian battles, worst of which is Tarix against Vastus. The two just run at each other, with a rather static camera panning from both sides. A "highlight" is when Tarix shoots a thornax at Vastus, who simply hops over the explosion like a skipping rope. It's not even done in a cool way. It's just...there, which is how I would basically describe the entirety of Legend Reborn.

Too bad he didn't score Legend Reborn. The music in that movie was very forgetteable and I find it funny how the composer of that movie actually looked to Furst's pieces as inspiration. I would never have guessed.

So does this mean people like Lhikan and Sidorak can now be alive again? Lol.

Somehow, I don't think this movie is going to do very well critically. Would be neat if there were a Bionicle cameo though.

This is hilarious. I always knew there was something up with that character...

Man HF is getting all the attention that Bionicle never got. I can't see this live action thing turning out too well though, lol.

TTGL was also heavily influenced by the likes of Gunbuster and especially Diebuster, of which it borrowed a number of visual and thematic elements from.

Ah, so like Rebuild of Evangelion, rather than, say, the Fullmetal Alchemist movies? NOW I MUST SEE THEM!

Sort of and no. Rebuild actually reanimates everything and the second movie veers off from how events in the series would go. The Gurren Lagann movies reuse footage from the show while modifying or adding in new parts in particular the ending battles. The biggest differences can be found in the second GL movie where none of the Team Gurren members (except for Kittan) die.

i will admit i like the possibility of your second option. my only thing is that there would have to be a lot of chutes all through out the matoran universe and i just don't think it would be efficient. and safe. heck the dark hunters could just take somebody and throw them into the chute. although that could be a way of recycling.

Hmm... Good point, though this is a universe where people shoot energy from their fingertips, travel to other dimensions and transform, so it doesn't necessarily have to be so generic in design.The chutes may not even be physical. We saw Botar transport prisoners to the pit by opening up a portal. Maybe it's a similar concept? There could be a sort of timing device in their bodies that, when it goes off, it transports the body away to a "scrap yard," or it could be another design entirely, like after the bodies are buried, the ground absorbs the body (assuming, of course, bodies are indeed buried)? Of course, I could be totally wrong on this. XP

Lol, that sounds a little too far-fetched. I am pretty sure that they just die and unless someone buries them, the organic material decomposes while the mechanical parts are left behind. I guess the 'other' Toa Tuyet who died in the Pit can be an example.

The TTTGL movies are basically a condensed version of the episodes with some new scenes or alternate takes thrown in. It's worth a watch if you're a fan but I would not recommend for people to watch them before the actual series.

Fordo. Was. Beast. One of the-if not the- best Clones out there. And, I agree that the scene with Mace Windu was awesome; although I find it insanely over powered. It was a 2D thing anyway; so it's not supposed to be some super realistic film or something.-Mef

Just because it's in 2D doesn't mean it can't be on a believable level.Though I'd like to think that the 2d clone wars series could be like a sort of passed down tale over generations which explains why some events and characters seem so exaggerated. The CG series meanwhile is what actually happened.

Hmm...Someone from Genji series?

As stated above, we don't even know if a Bionicle tv series would be any good. The Legend Reborn sucked mainly because of Mark Baldo and the Hero Factory episodes while fit for the target audience seemed pretty dumbed down as well. I guess the problem lies with whether whoever is producing a Bionicle series would even take it seriously at all.

Lol, Voltix looks terrible. I'm sure many have said this but he honestly looks like some kid's MOC. The colour clash is hard on the eyes.

I like pretty much all the Pixar movies except for the Cars ones and Up which I felt was too outrageous even by Pixar standards. As for the upcoming Brave, I'm not really feeling too impressed after watching the second trailer. But I won't properly judge it yet until I've seen it. I hope it's not just a simple story of girl gives cubs back to mother and problem solved, lol.

If you're at the part where you have to cross that small bunch of bone platforms on the lava, here's a hint: bowling.

Apparently, there were only 1000 issues with this cover released. If you picked it up at CC 2006, you were one of the lucky ones.

As much as I love Expanded Universe, I really dislike Clone Wars. I dislike what they did to General Grievous, and I wish they had kept the Tartakovsky style cartoon. I also wish Ashoka had never been introduced. I hate her, and when she dies I will grin.

Lol, as other have said it doesn't sound like you've watched past season 1. I do think that Girevous has been pretty pathetic so far though. Hopefully his big victory will be killing Adi Gallia. Ahsoka's character has vastly improved since the movie.

Character possibilities are endless for the next game. I can certianly foresee them taking advantage of DLC characters in the future.

This week's Clone Wars episode was awesome. Looking forward to how the rest of this arc plays out.