Back in 2001, the very first character we met was a quirky Matoran named Takua. He was great. he was adventurous, smart, and a bit goofy. He wasn’t the strongest being, and he wasn’t the wisest. What he was was a Matoran. In fact, he was the most heroic matoran on the island. But then in 2003, they changed that. They turned him into a Toa. Now, while most people were like “oh, that’s so cool!” (including myself, as at the time, I was a kid), this was not ok. It showed that to really be a hero, you have to be a Toa. You can’t be a Matoran. This is really a problem I have with the whole "Way of the Bionicle, but I’ll get to why I have a problem wiht Takanuva specifically later. But back on track, after transforming, Takua changed his name, voice, mask, and behavior. What exactly does this show kids? that you have to change everything about yourself to be a hero. After this, Takanuva goes and defeats Makuta. Now this is what I have a major problem with. For three years at this point, we’d been watching the Toa get steadily stronger, getting ready to fight Makuta and save the island. But their moment never came. it was stolen.
stolen by Takanuva.
the whole final act of MoL is so stupid because of this. instead of the Toa Nuva going down and vanquishing Makuta, they send a rookie Toa to go fight him, while they just sit back and wait. it just makes me angry evry time I see the movie. And to make it even more frustrating, Takanuva never does anything in the main story again.
anyway, that’s my rant. thoughts?