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Or maybe they just cut the corner there... again.

That still leaves a whole lot of things not even mentioned and not-too-well-fitting. So its that kind of canon that fits into the rest of the story jigsaw with a bit of mashing and squeezing (kinda like what the x-men movie series is now). Then they should have left it at comics and put all the effort and budget of the movie into that instead. Then focus on movies later.

Oh! I didn't spot that yet, though multiple beings have already been using electric powers without crashing! Ah darn. Pretty much knew that was the reason. I mean, cripes! My laptop can't even play a game of 2005 on full settings!

Ok, late reply, but internet was out for most of the day ^^; Gotta hand it to the Great Beings, that's some advanced biochemistry! I think its a placeholder. Besides, anything that moves or distributes a liquid can be called a pump. I don't think the way the heartlights are in the movies are canon. Granted I'd preferre them not to blink/pulsate, but it has been mentioned before that they actually blink. Example: When Krakua is sent to recrute Axon he jumps on him "in a blink of a heartlight" (I think that was Destiny War?)

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I'm not considering the movies none canon because I don't like them. Its because they simply aren't. They have canon elements... but they are in no way the story of that year. Because he preferres explosions? XD They could've stayed with flash animations, but instead put as much effort and budget into the flash animation series as they would've into the movie. The first season would obviously be not so great, but the next one.... and after that......

Well... I know that, but,... the entire torso is filled with a battery? What if there are "organs" to filter the system? I'm sure not all sources give the exact same kind of energy, so what if there are some mechanical based organs that filter and/or convert the energy? The battery would then be situated more near the chest then (perhaps I'm bringing to much "logical"anatomy into to this, with the heart-like thing being in the chest... but then why would the heartlight not be somewher else than either?)

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If that were so, what about the Morbuzak (that wasn't even mentioned)? Or the actual first encounter with the Rahkshi the Nuva had in the comics? Hmm... yeah, too many explosion I suppose... Wich is why I generally think Bionicle movies would've been a lot better off if they made a series from it. And then made a movie.

I do. Its not "the Bionicle story" without it. And whoever said they'd have to turn all the story of 2004 into just one movie? Or one really short movie? Lord of the Rings managed to do it. Game of Thrones is doing it even better. I didn't watch the movie now, I watched it when it came out. I was 10 years old then, and found the story very shallow and the characters quite unrelatable. A good screenplay writer, director and producer would've been able to turn the disk hun and the Morbuzak, and perhaps the entire event of 2004, into a very exciting and story driven movie that leaves out or changes certain parts but manages to tell the entire story anyway. None of the movies are that.

I'm.... honestly kinda happy that game got cancelled. I mean, sure, back in the day, I was kind of upset, but hey, we still had the Mata Nui Online Game. Looking at the Onua stage that someone managed to piece together and upload new footage of to youtube, I'm not sure we were missing much. The music is underwhelming, the environments range from decent to downright hard to look at, and the controls looks as sluggish and clunky as can be. Anything that was wrong with the 2003 console release was wrong with this, maybe even moreso. I don't want a game just because it has the Bionicle name attached to it if it's ultimately a poorly put together game by technical standards. As for the movies... I admit, most of them aren't that great. However, I do think Legends of Metru Nui is a legitimately good film. Not just a good kid's flick or toy commercial, but a truly good... film, in general. Not great, but competent. "Not enough action" isn't really an issue for me because, well, I just love the story. I didn't care for it much back in the day, but when I watch it now, as an adult, I have so much more respect for it. I mean... it's about a culture dying. Not actual LIVES being lost, but something almost as tragic. This thriving civilization crumbling away, its people losing their livelihood, forgetting their values and regressing to a tribal state, the heroes giving up their youth and powers just to wake them up and preserve whatever shred of their culture they can, 'cause they're just that committed to saving anyone they can as their world falls apart around them. That's a REALLY good story, and for the most part, it plays out really well. Well, of course, I know the game isn't good, but they shold've just given a year or more of developement and it would've been better than Bionicle The Game for the simple fact of it containing the Kanohi hunt and actually usable powers. And I truely don't like the movies at all. The most impressive thing about Bionicle 2 is the CGI. Yes, story is good, but that's one of the big things missing in B2!

I have two ideas, one is used by Toa Mariki Nubai I posted a little while ago; Mask of Bonding: Can sense somebody's location (if bonded to the person beforehand) anywhere within the user's universe/dimension (not see, but sense, meanng that she would know in what direction she'd have to go in when finding said person. The user willknow specifically where the other person is if the user was there before) Also, can instantly sense if the bonded person(s) are in danger. The other is the Mask of Lifeforms/lifesignes: Can detect, identify and analyze lifeforms (both organic and inorganic, as long as its just alive) This Kanohi has very strong medical uses.

Oof... I got quite a few... First of The Legend of Mata Nui, it had the full range of mask powers and a whole bunch of levels to play through... but got cancelled. The movies, none of them can be considered canon! They're all palefractions of the actualstory. With the exception of the fourth one, none of them actually follow the story in the comics and books and the "action" is terrible. (Zack Snyder or Micheal Bay should've directedand produced the movies... :C ) The Legend of Metru Nui (game), it would have been a serious upgrade over the cancelled LoMN and Bionicle: The Game. It would contained mallee combat (finally!) mask powers and advanced mobility. But no, they cancelled it and went FPS on Voya Nui!! D8< The sudden, abrupt and inconclusive ending of Bionicle, I don't mind something ending, after all, all good things will eventually end. But give it the ending it deserves!! It was a decade of epicness and should go out with a bang that leaves everybody numb-struck and wanting to do it all over again from the beginning....... not this.... whimper....

I don't get what the problem is with the muscles. These are races from another universe and their muscles, of theMU inhabitants at least, are made of completely differant materials than us. It wouldn't be so strange to think they work in a totally differant way than ours do (with some characteristics that we're used to). What I'd like to know is what the rest of the body is used for. We have a liver, kindnies, spleen, bladder and intestines filling that whole space up. All Iknow about the Toa/Matoran/etc are the lungs. What is their "heart" by the way? Could it be a largely energy based organ? That would probably give more reason to the heartlight than just being an indicator. Answering this would also determin if their circulatory system is made of energy or something else.

Well, here it is: Movie arena scene the low quality, but you can see Matau having his arms raised the way I explained. Actually, 24. That includes 12 from the Mangai, 6 from the Hagah and of course the Metru. Thats a lot of Toa sharing the same anatomy base.

I got to play the game with minimal problems ^^ The only thing crash I got was with Exo Toa on Karda Nui; I had killed the one inside the Codrex, and other Exo Toa started appearing. When fighting a red one the game started stuttering and then crashed. Also, the game can be very laggy for some reason or other... (specs: AMD Dual Core E1-1200 AMD Radeon HD 7310 Very far from the best at anything, so it could be that caused the lag...)

Yes it does. Perhaps not in this image that much, but for instance when they stretch their arms backwards an L shape is extremely limiting, unlike having that extra ball there: Red is bone, blue is muscle. I can move my shoulder like arm like this, no problem: A Toa Metru/Mangai cannot because there is its shoulder armour in the way. So instead of raising its arm like that ^ it rotates its arm forward to get it up.

I agree -- these clearly have to be just concept art, because the placement of the muscles seems irrelevant to actually moving anything. I remember these from back in the day too, though admittedly I forget if they were presented as "how we did it in the movie" or just early planning. I believe it was just a not-so-good thought of concept for the anatomy, not even a proper movie concept. I've studied the movie concepts in order to improve my way of drawing Bionicles (excluding The Legend Reborn) and it doesn't appear like it has ever been used. The only problem is when they need to raise the arm above their head. But they did it already demonstrated that they don't raise their arms in a "conventianal" way; I couldn't find a youtube referrance to it, but when they enter the coliseum in LoMN they raise their arms above their head by turning their arm up front-ways (like in the set) instead of raising them sideways like we do.

I seriously doubt the canon-authenticity of those pictures... And the only time I've ever seen gear-stuff come into use is in the Toa Hordika. Besides, Toa, Matoran, Skakdi etc are lifefroms, biomechenical or not, no lifeform in my opinion would have gears unless tampered/implanted with.

Well this is just great, you made me want to stab Metus to death all over again! If I get this right, greengreytoran is a Matoran made by the Great Beings... before Matorans? I really like the way you write the story. I'd say much better than the canon serials, but I suppose they tried to make those understandable for 6 year olds... You've managed to add quite a bit of details in very few words.

That's the Agori (and the Glatorians too). Matoran, Toa, Skakdi or anything from the MU have armour as their skin. But you have to expect that they would sometimes put on additional armor. Gatherer is a prime example of a character that does just that. And their "skin" might be tough, but I wouldn't think it is full body armor; some of it must be removable/changeable, Even if it all was part of their "skin," it still shouldn't be that hard, with Matoran and Toa being able to figuratively swaps out limbs. Hm! Yeah! Like Matoran when they need to go to war for instance. Or Toa when they're going to particularly tough missions. Onua Nuva is wearing additional armor compared to his original Toa Mata form, though. Yes... but thats more of an "upgrade" of their original armour when they got themselves dipped in E-Proto. Kinda of a mutation, so to speak. They could very well be wearing extra armour on top of it. No harm in a little extra protection (too bad the movies never had details like that. I always felt like the movies were always extremely bare...)

That's the Agori (and the Glatorians too). Matoran, Toa, Skakdi or anything from the MU have armour as their skin.

Google is very helpful Yes, but unlike us they're so much tougher to permanently damage; organic componants regenerate and mechenical componants can be artificially replaced or even upgraded. And who says their muscles are nice fleshy and soft as ours? I always had the impression that they had a thick rubber texture. Wich means that any incoming blow hitting and penetrating that would lose momentum almost immediatly and not be able to damage any sensitive important metal (huh.... organs?) inside. Also, I know that Matoran or a Toa can in fact move without organic, or at least without all its organic parts. Its ust more difficult (Human example; flesh eating bug surviver lost almost half his muscle mass, but can still walk almosyt unaided). In short, they're a lot tougher and don't need the same protection as us (besides, they're naturally covered in metal! That's more than an armidillo can brag about ) They're sapient beings from another planet! Another galaxy.... universe even! Their anatomy and workings, whilst comparable with us, will obviously have some distinct differances. And I believe they're physically superior in strength than Humans. I blame that on lazy/cheap cgi work. Make note; their weapons also "dissappear" into hammerspace when they put them away. Just being lazy or slightly cutting the budget. Each organ and muscle segment in the Human body does have in fact its own membrane. It could very well be this is the same with Matorans and Toa.

Thank you ^^

Yeah... I would've wanted to have arm-things fold out from it somewhere... but I didn't have enough of the right parts to do it. Overrall this entire thing was made with a very limited amout of stuff.