toa kopaka4372 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Yeah, so this is the opposite of the other topic. It's nice to to focus on positive things, isn't it? So, what do you think is the most elegant part of the story? Quote Credit goes to Linus Van Pelt (Formerly known as Cherixon) and Spectral Avohkii EnterprisesMy Memoirs of the Dead entry, Reflectons:http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=7351 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfWolf Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Although I wasn't around during this time, I'd have to say '01-'03. It did have its flaws, but it was full of mystery and adventure. Anything could happen, at any place, at anytime, which also created a little suspense. The Matoran also played a huge part during this time which I really, really liked because they weren't just there playing their sports and used for redshirts .(redshirt is the name of any fictional character in a story who's only purpose is to basically die) Quote It was all a lie. There's nothing wrong with you.Nice of you to say. But you of all people should know: there's plenty wrong with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just A Dot Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 The Metru Nui 2004 saga, especially the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I must profess a fondness for the first few years' simple premise. Some heroes, on an island largely mysterious, fighting some good old fashioned evil. And MLOG was great with its atmosphere and sense of adventure. Sometimes things don't have to be complicated to be enjoyable. Quote Hey: I'm not very active around BZP right now. However, you can always contact me through PM (I have email notifications set up) and I will reply as soon as I can. Useful Topics: The Q&A Compendium | The Official RPG Planning Topic Stories: Fractures | An Aftermath | Three Stories | LSO 2012 Epics: Team Three | The Shadow and the Sea | The Days They Were Needed | Glitches | Transformations | Echoes | The Kaita and the Storyteller | Nui BZPRPG: Komae · Soraya · Bohrei Blog: Defendant Lobby no. 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopaka - Toa Nuva of Ice Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Most of it was very well-written, though I'd say '03 was a little more elegant than the rest. Quote The power is in me. The sword is but the focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touko Fukawa Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) This may be at odds to the majority of you, but I personaly thought '08 was very elegant, what with all the interlocking yet seperate plotlines, so much being explained, more mysteries, seeing makuta in action, and th plot twist. Complicated, but elegant. Edited October 20, 2011 by Last of the Time Lords Quote "Only the insane equate pain with success. Only the savage regard endurance of pain as a measure of worth.Only the foolish consider pain to be just wages for being different".- The Cheshire Cat (American McGee's Alice/Alice:Madness Returns) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehlekdude Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I'd say 2004. The story was rather elegant then, I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULiK Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 MNOLG'01tohunga, no matoran. mcdonalds happy meals that were worth something.kahusgearsgood storyeven thought i dont remember it, i was awesome Quote Visit www.BZPRPG.com to view my project of archiving BZPower's RPGs, and also access the BZPower Roleplaying Wiki BZPRPG Profiles - Ghosts Of Bara Magna Profiles Exo-Force RPG Profiles - Six Kingdoms: Apocalypse (Knichou, Berys, Arnex, The Taku, Exuze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Mallins Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Actually I feel the latter years and the ending were the most elegant. 2001-2003 seem like really simple stories; it starts to get complex in 2004, but it's not as complex as 2008 yet. I guess what I really like are all the story serials, even if the Olmak is way overpowered and too convenient. Now I did mention that I liked the ending, but I still think the golden armor was dumb - it just came out of nowhere and seemed to have had little to no explanation, other than everyone needed to fight over it, because...well, it was shiny, I guess. But everything with the moons reuniting and the Matoran living with the Agori and everything post-Stars, story-wise, I did like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvali Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 2001 to 2003 had good memories. Not only did we get six villagers, six Toa, random creatures, and six Turaga in the first year as sets; we got the glorious Bohrok in the next. The Matoran back then had armies and were self reliant, and there were Bohrok. We had the Chronicler's company, and Bohrok. And then Jaller sacrificed himself to save your Takua(he got better). Not to mention that time that Lewa was on the team with "personality." I hated Mask of Light though, I refuse to pair Jaller with that...water sucker. Quote "Danger is the anvil on which trust is forged"-Jaller(Jala) "We're on our own here-like we've always been-and we'll stand or fall on our own"-Tanma "He may seem slow and strange to you, but his simple words often carry a hidden wisdom"-Turaga Vakama on Kapura Kanohi: Stories of a Matoran Vigilante The Impact of a Rebirth: a Kanohi Fanfic The Willing Exiles: a Kanohi Fanfic SKA PC Profiles: Kanohi, Collector, Mahrika Kardaka BZPRPG Profiles Avatar by @Harvali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarohum Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 2001 and 2002, when everything was all mysterious and there was little science involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erebus Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 2007 was done well. I always wanted a main character to die, and Matoro did just that. Also the serials was pretty good during that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneyRaptor Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 For me it is Matoro's death in 2007 i though that was incredibly well done and very dramatic for a toyline aimed at kids Quote This Account Is Only Temporary until i have enough posts to PM Black Six and get my Original Account fixed: Stoney The Raptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelsheen Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Although I wasn't around during this time, I'd have to say '01-'03. It did have its flaws, but it was full of mystery and adventure. Anything could happen, at any place, at anytime, which also created a little suspense. The Matoran also played a huge part during this time which I really, really liked because they weren't just there playing their sports and used for redshirts .(redshirt is the name of any fictional character in a story who's only purpose is to basically die)I agree! All the death and massive "robot battles" in the last gasps of BIONICLE made me remember all the more the sweet nostalga that was years 1-3. I was around for that, and one of my favorite childhood memories is my brother and sister and me playing with our new Toa Mata action figures. Ahh.... Toa Mata rule. Quote Current Epic: Life is a Blank - last post Jan. 22 My Library: The Esoteric Athenaeum Member of the Epic Critics' Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eeko Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I would have to say the Bohrok invasion. Pretty well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipu1 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Matanui being the Matoran Universe. When it came to be revealed, most people had made their conclusions on it already, but somehow it was still well done. The fact that it had been planned from the beginning, and we only really got an incling after 6-7 years, was probably the most elegant thing about it. Quote - Taipu1.HighFly MatoranShowdownBZPRPG ProfilesHave you seen my Blog? I understand if you haven't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiayi Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) Although I wasn't around during this time, I'd have to say '01-'03. It did have its flaws, but it was full of mystery and adventure. Anything could happen, at any place, at anytime, which also created a little suspense. The Matoran also played a huge part during this time which I really, really liked because they weren't just there playing their sports and used for redshirts .(redshirt is the name of any fictional character in a story who's only purpose is to basically die) ^this. I loved how the Matoran were incorporated into the story. (Especially through MNOG and the Lunchable comics!) All my fave Matoran characters are from those story years because of that. I think 2001-2003 were wonderful (Minus the Bohrok-kal saga) Another thing which I absolutely adored was finding out that Lhii the surfer was based on Lhikan. It was so sweet and touching, and I remember feeling so awestruck when I read that as well! Although I didn't feel nearly as giddy when it was announced that Lake Naho and Mt. Ihu were named after people the Turaga knew. The idea lost it's luster the second, third time around I think. Edited October 22, 2011 by Jiayi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takatu Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 For the year's otherwise fairly run-of-the-mill story, the ending of 2007 was handled beautifully. The whole of Downfall was great, but the climax was what really shone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuna Toa of Sonics Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 The first 4 years of Bionicle. Quote Does anyone want to play the Master Chief Collection with me? I'm trying to get a team going for ranked. PM for GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triggons Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Since I wasn't really around during the early years, I'd have to say my favorite parts were the '06 era and the ending of '08. I really liked the Piraka as characters, and 2006 was when the plot started thickening, but wasn't so convoluted that it was hard to follow. The ending of 2008 was good because it was a complete shock that after all was said and done, evil actually won (if only for a short time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maganar Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Personally, I find a complicated plotine invigorating and exciting to follow. If a complicated storyline can still find a way to provide us with emotional moments, there is an elegance in that. On the other hand, I find a story that manages to be elegant despite simplicity just because of the way in which it presents deep messages or touching emotions to be highly impressive as well. The early years of '01-'03 fell into the latter category of elegant simplicity. The later years of '06-'10 fall into the first group of complicated elegance. I have difficualties viewing the middle years as elegant ('04 was my least favorite, but I view it as a necessary installment to understand further installments; '05 was great, but macabre/horror/mutants is hardly what one would call elegant, right?). It is due to this that I am going to make a very strange call indeed. I am going to say: 2010 - the last year. It hardly explored plot material connected to those inelegant middle years while tying together the simple elegance of the early years and the complicated elegance of the later years. In the same time it told the story of the now-humbled Mata Nui, which I will venture to say was at least somewhat elegant. So ya...my winner for most elegant year is 2010. I know - I can be a bit weird at times. As a side note, most elegant is not equal to best. I've never actually tried to decide a favorite year. If I did, though, I don't think it would be 2010 - not that I didn't like it. As I just said, I found it to be the most elegant. It's just there were so many other epic, touching, and awesome installments along the way. Quote Review Topic I AM OFFICIALLY BACK! After 18 months on hiatus, I have returned, but I have spent that time well. If you want to see how it was spent, click on the banner to start reading the result or click on the linky-link below to get further information off of the review topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewa0111 Nuva Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I'd say either 2004 or 2009. And yes, I've been a fan since 2001 and I'm not screaming "OMG 2001 WUZ TA BEST MERTU NUI RUINED BIONIKEL FOREVUH!11!1." I'm just weird like that. (That was just a joke by the way, I don't mean to insult any fans of 2001. Prior to '09 I would have put '01 as my second favorite story year myself). 2004: Something about the idea of Metru Nui, which featured an entirely different kind of mystery, really appealed to me. During the first half, the story was almost as open-ended as '01's was, and allowed room for a lot of imagination. The second half showed what was probably the greatest character development in the entire storyline, with the Toa Metru struggling to deal with each other as well as the loss of everything they knew as Metru Nui was abandoned and destroyed by Dumekuta. Add that to the fact that LoMN was easily the best of the original trilogy, the Matoran sets you didn't have to get from McDonalds, and the awesomeness that was the Adventures series, and it was easily one of the most well-developed story arcs in the entire series in my opinion. 2009: Take the refreshing and mysterious feel of 2001 and add it to the better-articulated sets of later years, and round it off with a movie that may have been cringeworthy but featured some actual HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT! for the first time in the series since the 5-second duel in WoS, and you got a recipe for an awesome storyline year. The only downside to 2009 was Tuma's ridiculous decay from villainous mastermind to brute with an IQ comparable to Krekka's, as well as the incredibly short arc Bara Magna ended up getting thanks to the series getting cancelled. And third has to be 2001, but I think you all know what the good things were about that year. Lewa0111 Nuva Quote My Script Comedies: | The Nuva Inn Remake | Ask Matau! Remake (ACCEPTING QUESTIONS!) | My Prose Comedies: | The BZ-Nui Hack Wars | Mata Nova | ANNOUNCEMENT: The Nuva Inn is BACK IN BUSINESS!! (See my blog for more info on my writing projects) ANNOUNCEMENT 2: Looking for voice actors and artists/animators for an upcoming video project! PM me if interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protodite Karzahni Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I really liked quite a few elements running through the 2006-2008 storyline. The sense of mystery from Voya Nui was really interesting in my opinion, and I like how Zaktan tricked the other Piraka into getting the Matoran to drain the volcano, while he searched for the real location of the mask of life, which ingeniously turned out to be the section of Voya Nui with the most life. Then there was also the Mahri Nui storyline, which had a great atmosphere, up until the Toa Mahri came in and ruined it. Quote I wrote stories once. They were okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfWolf Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 heehee. I was quoted twice. Quote It was all a lie. There's nothing wrong with you.Nice of you to say. But you of all people should know: there's plenty wrong with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaldohoek Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Not to sound like a hipster, but I feel that 2001-'04 was the golden age. There wasn't as much commercialism back then, and the story really just carried this immersive richness that the story team was never able to replicate. I also want to say 2009, but I see more of a potential elegance there than what they followed through with. It's one of those what-could-have-been years, which isn't really a bad thing, considering it gives people like me an opportunity to try and re-imagine the story in a way we find more satisfying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Anon1 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The last part of downfall (Matoro's sacrifice) was Greg Farshtey's writing at its hands down best. Mask of Light, Time Trap, and the whole 2008-2009 period are close seconds, but nothing for me can beat Matoro's sacrifice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPenguin Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The 2004 plot. I found it to be the right mix of complexity/easiness to grasp. I understood it even when I was a kid. the newer plots are kind of confusing to understand. But BS01 does a really good job of explaining it. Quote Majhost sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The First Speaker Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 The early years were elegant, but since I wasn't around until Mask of Light, I won't comment them.I think that the three ignition years were pretty good. 2006 was just downright awesome, and the whole part with the Piraka claiming to be Toa and using their trust to enslave them was well done. 2007 was good (especially the first half of the year and the end of it), and 2008 ending with Mata Nui being a giant robot and Teridax winning were probably among the best BIONICLE revelations we've ever had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroMagnonMan Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Well, I could say 2001 just for the MNOLG and all of the lore-building that went on at that time, but for the sake of being a bit different I would say 2006. That arc really revitalized the story for me. Just the concept of a new island being taken over by shadowy evildoers, requiring Matoran from the original days to turn into Toa and take care of the problem, and the little things that went along with the story like their brief time in Karzahni, all of it seemed to come together really nicely. It wasn't perfect, but it was effective and enjoyable.~QMark Quote Talking Over an Ocean - Hahli and Amaya are best friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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