Master Inika Posted June 25 Posted June 25 Review topic for EXO-WARS: an EXO-FORCE fanfic 1 Quote EXO-WARS: an EXO-FORCE fanfic "You are an absolute in these uncertain times. Your past is forgotten, and your future is an empty book. You must find your own destiny, my brave adventurer." -- Turaga Nokama Click here to visit my library!
Nato G Posted July 5 Posted July 5 Exo-Force was one of those Lego themes that looked cool, but never committed to the darkness and maturity implied by its setting. Setting aside the colourful, anime-inspired motif, the theme was basically inhabiting the same kind of existential-war-against-machines setting seen in Terminator or The Matrix. And right off the bat you’ve captured what I think was missing – the weight and weariness of war. The characters feel stressed and traumatised, with a real sense of fatigue and irritation at their circumstances. I vaguely remember enough of the names to recognise that you’re working with canon characters and mechs, but I admittedly don’t know much about whatever lore Exo-Force had. Was there any actual story and characterisation that you used for inspiration with this, or did you basically have the freedom to make up whatever you wanted? Quote Stars Apart - My Debut Novel - Out Now! Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Ballads Of The Bionicle - Lore/Character Songs BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash, The Outsiders Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar
Master Inika Posted July 6 Author Posted July 6 15 hours ago, Nato G said: Exo-Force was one of those Lego themes that looked cool, but never committed to the darkness and maturity implied by its setting. Setting aside the colourful, anime-inspired motif, the theme was basically inhabiting the same kind of existential-war-against-machines setting seen in Terminator or The Matrix. And right off the bat you’ve captured what I think was missing – the weight and weariness of war. The characters feel stressed and traumatised, with a real sense of fatigue and irritation at their circumstances. I vaguely remember enough of the names to recognise that you’re working with canon characters and mechs, but I admittedly don’t know much about whatever lore Exo-Force had. Was there any actual story and characterisation that you used for inspiration with this, or did you basically have the freedom to make up whatever you wanted? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QM5sC8y2S0 Basically just this mini-movie. I spent a lot of time on the Exo-Force website back in 2006 reading the character bios. I never got too into the comics or books, I just knew the basics and this is the sort of stuff I thought about. Later on I might experiment with making my own characters and battle machines. 1 Quote EXO-WARS: an EXO-FORCE fanfic "You are an absolute in these uncertain times. Your past is forgotten, and your future is an empty book. You must find your own destiny, my brave adventurer." -- Turaga Nokama Click here to visit my library!
TERIDAX941 Posted July 7 Posted July 7 On 7/5/2026 at 11:23 PM, Master Inika said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QM5sC8y2S0 Basically just this mini-movie. I spent a lot of time on the Exo-Force website back in 2006 reading the character bios. I never got too into the comics or books, I just knew the basics and this is the sort of stuff I thought about. Later on I might experiment with making my own characters and battle machines. As someone who has read and re-read the books and comics (thanks to my son who is a huge EXO-FORCE fan), I would 100% recommend them. They are an incredible resource for knowing who these characters are and their motivations and backstories. The comics are all available online, and I found all the books at my local library, so hopefully they're not too hard to come by. I'm eager to see where this story goes! 1 Quote Formerly Iron_Man5
Master Inika Posted July 8 Author Posted July 8 12 hours ago, TERIDAX941 said: As someone who has read and re-read the books and comics (thanks to my son who is a huge EXO-FORCE fan), I would 100% recommend them. They are an incredible resource for knowing who these characters are and their motivations and backstories. The comics are all available online, and I found all the books at my local library, so hopefully they're not too hard to come by. I'm eager to see where this story goes! I plan on it, I was always just so into BIONICLE at the time. I also want to explore Knights' Kingdom II more because I know there's story content I haven't looked at for that. Still, I do want this to be an exploration of what Exo-Force looked like from the perspective of a random kid with just the toys and a cursory knowledge of the story. I know about the Golden City and the jungle even less (there was a Golden City with Keiken's granddaughter, and then a jungle basically) and I am not sure but I hope to get this story to that point. 2 Quote EXO-WARS: an EXO-FORCE fanfic "You are an absolute in these uncertain times. Your past is forgotten, and your future is an empty book. You must find your own destiny, my brave adventurer." -- Turaga Nokama Click here to visit my library!
Nato G Posted July 12 Posted July 12 (edited) I enjoyed Chapter 3's foray into showing the robot's side of things. Meca 1 already feels like a much more interesting character than the generic "humans suck and I hate my creator" motivation the original theme gave him and the other robots. Edited July 12 by Nato G Quote Stars Apart - My Debut Novel - Out Now! Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Ballads Of The Bionicle - Lore/Character Songs BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash, The Outsiders Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar
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