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    Describe The Avatar Of The Member Before You!

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    It's Kyoryu...wanna say Navy. Navy. Totes defs.
     

    Red and green character from the series that was knock offed by the series knock offed by Power Rangers.


    That wasn't really the case, Kamen Rider did precede Super Sentai (especially the iteration actually labeled as such) by a few years, but they were both the brain children of the same guy. And as a franchise it's almost completely different. It's more little brother than knock off.

    The Journey to One: First Episodes Discussion

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    For those who did not like it, do you feel that an hour of your most precious time on the planet Earth was wasted on a stupid show for kids that is only there to shut up the most annoying of brats and should be considered a sin against humanity? Or did you find at the very least something enjoyable about it?

     

    There are a few things I liked about it, but the one that stands out the most (the character models) is something I would not have had to actually spend my time watching it to enjoy. So to some degree I'd say yeah, that was an hour wasted. Not to that hyperbolic level, because I see it as not so much bad as aggressively unremarkable. But it was sort of a waste of my time. Not that I say that with any particularly strong emotion behind it, I watch a lot of shows, several of which are also pretty wasteful uses of my time, and sometimes considerably worse than JtO. So my response to this question is more of a resounding shrug.

     

    You also bring up Bionicle having an odd concept behind it that maybe couldn't be taken too seriously by a writer, but I don't really agree with that perception. The show that the character in my avatar is from is a essentially a toy commercial itself, aimed at kids, about street dancers who turn into samurais and knights who use fruit armor to fight. The guy in my avatar is wearing mango armor and wielding a mango mace. If it sounds ridiculous, it's because it is, and it's ridiculous beyond what Bionicle could hope to be. It's a pretty great show. Now, this is a pretty awful comparison, because Gaim (the other show in question) is Japanese, had 47 episodes, and was pretty dark and complex in its execution--none of which are things JtO is, could, or should be. But my point I guess is, having to market toys and being kind of bizarre in concept aren't really barriers to having a show be something more, you just need capable people behind a show to make it happen. And it's not like the people behind JtO are demonstrably incapable or anything, but I do think they aimed too low and produced a very generic and unremarkable product in the end. It's not without redeeming qualities, but then very few things are.

     

    There's things I'd like to know about the production of JtO too, before really blaming anyone about it. Maybe Lego dictated that the story should be kept as simple as possible, maybe production for these began before the animations or whatever were finalized and as such they weren't able to match the personalities too well, I don't know. Resounding shrugs again.

    The Journey to One: First Episodes Discussion

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    I feel that the negativity this show is getting in this thread is unfounded, or at least that's how I look at it. Sure, JtO's not the greatest thing I've ever seen, but it's certainly not the worst, and I have seen much worse than this. 

    It does have pacing issues, but does that bring down the show on the whole? No.

    I couldn't care less what the characters act and sound like. They're new, meaning that I did not grow up with them. I guess that's why I'm not emotionally scarred like many others.  :confused: It's not even that bad. It's not as in your face as, say, any of Sonic Boom.

    And why is everyone complaining about the story and writing? It's a TV show made specifically to sell toys! The amount of hatred this is getting is almost as much here as compared to any new show from, say, Transformers, as most people in that community complain about any cartoon that's not from G1 (and the G1 cartoon wasn't even that good to begin with). In fact, I thought the writing for Bionicle G1 was a little lackluster compared to other works because the story was designed for the same thing that G2's story is designed to do: Sell. Toys.

    It might be me, but I am able to channel my inner-10-year-old and actually enjoy this piece of media as 20-year-old. I don't care if the characters have the "wrong" personalities (in fact, who are you to judge what personality traits that a character not created by you can or can't have?). I don't care if the story isn't all that complex or "supa edgy bro" (because I hate that kind of pretentious stuff). It's a show for kids to get them to buy things. That's all it is. That's all it's ever been, G1 included.

    And please, save the arguments that "G1 had a rich story; G2 isn't following that trend and that's why it sucks". Please just don't hit me with that excuse, because I'm tired of hearing it pretty much everywhere.

    What I like about G2 is the fact that it is simple. It's just a story about good vs. evil, plain and simple. Since its debut, I longed for a simple story of that nature, as I was growing tired of the blurred lines, antiheroes, and whatever else they've done with superhero and toy-based movies nowadays. It's simple, fun, and gets the job done for kids, and that's why I love it. Same goes for JtO.

     

    So, sorry it doesn't live up to the hype of jaded 13+ year olds who expect way too much from toy commercials.  :annoyed:

    Dude, you sound way angrier and confrontational about this than pretty much anyone else who's actually posted negative opinions. Heck, most opinions aren't even particularly negative (definitely very little hatred being thrown around), just mixed. Throwing shade at people you disagree with isn't going to persuade them that you're the voice of reason here.

     

    "It's a toy commercial" is a poor excuse to justify lower standards, anyway. Journey to One is a commercial product, everyone knows that. It's not a secret. But most kinds of media, especially that aimed at children, is similar to some degree: It's all trying to market something. Just because it's a commercial doesn't excuse anything. Not all commercials are made equal, and if people think it could have been better, it's because it has been done better before. It has nothing to do with whether the old Bionicle did it better. (Personally, I think even compared to other Lego shows (also all nothing but commercials, and most not being particularly deep or complex) Journey to One is overwhelmingly mediocre).

     

    If it's something that fits your expectations and that you can enjoy, hey, cool. Enjoy it. No one's saying you can't. Don't act like other people's views on it aren't valid just because their expectations were different, though.

    Interview With the Team Behind Journey to One!

    in Bionicle Discussion

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    Wow, neat that you're getting the chance to do this, and so soon after it came out. Pretty cool.

     

    What I'd like to know is:

     

    When did Lego order The Journey to One/when did it start being made/how did it come to be on Netflix...which is I guess three different questions, but like. Where did it come from? How far back did they start working on it? Was it before the 2015 animations were completed, or...?

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