…oh, wow, that’s way more suggestive than I thought it was going to be
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IMO it’s a typical shadow hunter sound. I’m glad they made this sound for Umarak.
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He sounds kinda…darth vader-ish.
Also, define
Nidiki breathing sounded like that.
Somehow a softer version than that but still threatening
You know, the sound what a living shadow can make. Or probably a very sneaky dark hunter.
Yep, this confirms it. Love is canon again guys. Rejoice, for the twit Greg is no longer here to remove it nonsensically.
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Thanks for bringing up the very reason I began to have a love and hate relationship with G1. At first in its early years it seemed like this magical and mystical fantasy story (regardless of the fact that the GSR was to be revealed the first year). Then about three years after the story just nose dived into trying to have semi-realistic explanations for all of the mystical things that happened on Mata Nui and everywhere else. Everything that made me love G1 was killed in later years (though I still followed the line and the story despite not agreeing with the general direction because the story telling and adventure was still fun to experience).
To me, G2 is everything G1 would have been if it hadn’t strayed from its initial atmosphere and general themes of mysticism and fantasy. 2016 solidifies that and says: “hey, magic is a real thing in this world and the world itself is organic and these mystical animals were born from elements”
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I wonder if the beasts will emerge from the ground like the skull villains did.
It would nice if they did something different, but I can’t think of Lego introducing them any other way.
Like Pacific Rim?
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Lego already did a Pacific Rim style creature series with Hero Factory, will be disappointed if these turn out to be the same sort of thing. Already enough parallels with Hero Factory in terms of the head designs.
[/quote] I meant them rising from the ground like the Kaiju rose from the ocean
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Depends really on context as to whether that could be suggestive
[/quote] I wasn’t saying it’s suggestive, I was showing @Toa_Heatwave what everyone was talking about.
Depends really on context as to whether that could be suggestive
Lego already did a Pacific Rim style creature series with Hero Factory, will be disappointed if these turn out to be the same sort of thing. Already enough parallels with Hero Factory in terms of the head designs.
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Yep, Greg confirmed that there was no magic in Gen 1 everyrhing we saw, was pure technology which is hard to believe after warching the first 3 movies…
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Couldn’t have said it better myself. That is the reason I enjoy Gen 2.
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Now, now…I know this is just joking around, but we shouldn’t place blame solely on Greg. After all, he did a lot of great things for the story, and I can see why he was concerned about including romance–bogging down the story, causing unnecessary conflicts, etc. Now, while that doesn’t necessarily mean he had to decanonize it (it could easily have existed in the background, just not as a main point in the story) I can understand why he thought it was the best option.
He is also trying to preserve the “mysticism” of BIONICLE in his more recent posts. Only a few weeks ago, he avoided giving a scientific/mechanical explanation for how the Toa control their elements, saying that the knowledge would make the phenomenon “less cool” for those immersed in the story. I think the fact that a lot of what we thought of as “magic” was really tech originates from the actual GSR concept itself, and isn’t all based on Greg. He was just the vehicle by which our assumptions were disproved. The story team came up with the GSR and all that stuff.
Oh, I know that…it’s just that I expected something a little more “innocent” and less open to interpretation…
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Dude, for the last time, I am talking about how he removed love in general, which is just a stupid thing to do (specially if you have all kinds of emotional responses and feelings in but, love, pff, cant have that, too complicated for the simple minds of kids, even though love is one the first things they experience right when they are born from their mothers ). This doesnt have to do only about romance. Jeeze people, do you not get it. Love is not just romantic love, love is factored in all aspects of a social life. Even animals show some levels of love towards each other. But Bionicles, nah too complicated to explain to kids so we wont even try and just generalize it as only romantic love and leave it at that.
Is there a quote where he actually says he did that? If so, I agree that it is stupid, but it’s also not true, because love is obviously a part of BIONICLE. The Toa share brotherly and sisterly love, as do the Matoran and many others. I think Greg is misinterpreted as having “removed love” from BIONICLE–it’s all still there, it’s just part of the fabric of the world.
Still, if you have a quote where he says what you claim, I’d like to see it, as I don’t want to discount your opinion–I’m just saying that it doesn’t seem like Greg would do something that obviously silly…
I hope that in this generation they dont make such a big mistake with love in general. Shows like Steven Universe are a great example of how to do love properly and all kinds of love, not just romantic.
The fact that G1 had the nerve to say love wasnt canon just pissed me off, when in fact it constantly shown it on various occasions, even the romantic one with some characters outside of the MNOG thing. You cant retcon something and then dont hold by that decision, thats just inconsistency, which I hate to the base of almost everything when in regards to story.
Toa not showing romantic love, I get that and also agree upon that. They are warriors and all of them are Nakama (friends that been through a lot through battle and are now BLOOD brothers and sisters), they also dont have time for such things which can endanger the mission. But the regular villagers, no, they need to have them showcase even romantic love otherwise the whole race is nothing but just robots, which felt like in G1 when they tried to retcon love.
It also pisses me of how the Matoran are not made, but constructed, adding more to that robotic aspect and being less for the lack of a better term, human.
These are just my gripes with this, and as I said, I hope that G2 doesnt go the G1 rout. Where they sucked out all the mysticism, emotion, and what made the characters human instead of programmed machines with a directive and the whole “its all technology” ho-ha.
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I do agree with everything you’ve said, and I too was annoyed by the inconsistency (I can understand the early years, but later indications of romance after it was decanonized seemed unnecessary and even mocking on some occasions). But what we have is what we have, and as you say, we now have reasonable confirmation that G2 is trying something different and possibly better…
That being said, romance in G1 or G2 is not really the concern of this topic, so we should probably return to the intended discussion:
Is everyone beginning to become certain that JtO will be released in March now? It seems like it has been delayed, or that we just haven’t gotten enough coverage yet for it to be released in February, but I think we can still hold out hope that it will be released this month. It is only the first week of February, after all…
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Me getting new sets in March, JtO possibly being released also in March, TTV getting us good coverage of the Summer wave before the beginning of March. These might be the most interesting months of this year ahead of us for the time being.
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I’m still holding out that it’s going to be in February. Mid to late, most likely, but probably still February.
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It’s been 5 days and you guys are freaking out like it is going to happen next month. just be patient.
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