#bionicle 2

[knightofthenewrepublic]

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[short-wooloo]

Happy 20th

"And so it was, as it is. Matoran into Toa, Toa into Turaga, Turaga into legend... Remembering deeds past...  and bringing hope to the future. United in Duty. Bound in Destiny. This is the way...of the Bionicle."

[eeveelynx3]

oh by Gali have a Hahli jolly christmas

[makutaservaela]

A Remake of a comic I made a long time ago.

For context, in the Mata Nui Online Game 2, you can buy Kolhii balls from the Po-Koro Shop for 1 widget each, and sell them to the Ta-Koro Shop for 2 widgets. It becomes a pretty quick Widget hack.

Vohon hates every one of you who did this to him.

[sun-singer]

[bagea]

helllllllllryyyyyyyyyyyxxx

[boxturret]

Bionicle 2: Mysteries of Metru Nui

There are many, many parts of B2 that don't really stand up to scrutiny, but one of the most odd was Vakama's reaction to one of his earlier visions. Its at 14 minutes in if this video also at some point gets scrubbed from the internet in the ongoing censorship campaign.

UPDATE: The youtube upload of TLOMN that was referenced here has seemingly been removed since this post was written.

Vakama says that "[He] saw it, Metru-Nui was destroyed!" but even as a child I was confused by this statement, as the images shown in the vison the city looked fine, just a bit....purple.

There have long been rumors that this was a hasty, last minute edit, that originally the destruction was more explicitly depicted.

Someone that claims to have in their possession the movie contacted me recently about their experience trying to release it.

I don't know how I got my hands on the DVD, its just been something I had around all my childhood. I don't know if someone my family knew were affiliated with Bionicle, or Creative Capers, if I had known I would have bragged about it constantly LOL. So for my childhood this WAS Legends of Metru Nui for me, it wasn't until adulthood, and me getting back in to the Bionicle fan communities during COVID that I came across the version uploaded youtube and Biomedia Project. [...] So when I had the chance to go back to my parents a few months later I was able to dig out the old DVD I watched back then and ripped it. So as a joke, last BIO Day I thought I'd upload the movie in full to see if anyone would notice the change. [...] Then a few months ago I get an email from youtube that the video was copyright claimed by Lego and it had been taken down, I was really shocked.

He was kind enough to send me a copy of the email, and its genuine.

His youtube account was heavily penalised, and as the account has a lot of important things uploaded to it he didn't wish to risk it by trying again.

He sent me a phone video of the scene in question as proof.

As you can see, instead of simply being covered in a purple fog, the coliseum itself is exploding and collapsing.

The quality is poor, and the audio nearly impossible to make out, but if you compare it to the released version, the explosion might even still be in the final sound mix, just obfuscated to be the sound of a thunder clap.

Now, why was this hasty edit made? Most theories point to 9/11.

The September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade center in 2001 was very shocking and traumatised much of the united states of america. Some things released closer to the time were hastily edited to remove any imagery that might call back to it, for one Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty had a whole sequence from the ending where the giant Arsenal Gear crashed though much of Manhattan stopping just short of the Twin Towers cut at the last moment.

Now you may ask, "MGS2 came out in 2001, but B2 was 2004 why was it still censored" but that's simple, 9/11 left deep scars in the us psyche, even 2002's Lord of the Rings the Two Towers was heavily criticised in some circles for the sensational name trying to cash in on the tragedy, even though the book it was based on was nearly 60 years old. So its not outside of the realm of possibility that even in 2004 a piece of children's media featuring such a scene would be deemed in bad taste.

Even today, the long dead Bionicle fan site Bionicle Zone Power reactivates once a year to pay respects to the tragedy.

Now as to why TLG or someone at least posing as them would be so fanatical and judicious about this version of the film being released to the public, that's anyone's guess.

So that is the story of the weird scene in Bionicle 2: The Legend of Metru Nui. If only all of the nonsensical scenes in that film could be so thoroughly explained.

[ilovebigjuicyman]

random meme bios! 💥

apaga man, geral achou paia

simanca e semata

mesmo cego, ele vê

identifique o codigo a seguir Bu Ce To Na

suy e cidio

leptospilove

machismo :/

metaforango

vse atingiu o nivel gado supremo gold, parabens!

resposte se voce ama peitos ou tem um odio profundo pelo EUA e sua cultura

pastor eh pecado usar iphone ?? tem uma maça mordida atras

na falta de amor e carinho q tal um baseadinho?

[windydrawallday]

WHAT?! Is the anniversary of Bionicle?

And here I am, without much to share visually AAAAAA BUT HEY! I decided to compile my fav bunch of art I did during those years of the Reboot/G2 that made me rediscover such a cool franchise (and the last artworks are two of the most modern ones).

Plus, I can really say that without these art experimentations, I wouldn't have developed so many of my modern rendering techniques!

So, cheers to it and everyone that keeps enjoying it and/or found a muse in it like I did x)

This brand too has the privilege of being my true first robot hell bahaha

[jujucomet]

#C Tier

Happy 810nicle day!

[drunk-on-starlight]

I don't think a hypothetical bionicle reboot would inherently need to drop any Polynesian elements, but I do think it should/would need to do some genuine collaboration and a willingness to listen and accept no for an answer.

[toa-kohutti]

i'm working on a BIONICLE mod for DOOM 2!

it's in the early stages still, but i already have enemy replacements, custom weapons, and custom music by the talented KDNX!

and with your help, we could achieve even more! if you're interested in playtesting or contributing to the mod, fill out this form and i'll gladly have you aboard and send you the alphas when they're ready!

[wyat-ttt]

about a month ago I asked a podcast I listen to (the Chill Issue Podcast) their picks for the cast in a hypothetical Poker Night at the Inventory 3, I got a lot of answers, some that keep me awake at night.. horrified! but a lot of them were really cool and since the podcast did ask someone to draw some of these, It was only fair since I did ask the question.

Sam & Max

Scout - Team Fortress 2

Kratos - God of War

Ethan Ryan MacManus - CRTL + ALT + DEL

Wheatley - Portal

Globox (specifically voiced by John Leguizamo) - Rayman 3

Solid Snake - Metal Gear Solid

Dave - Homestuck

REDCAT

Pac-Man

Tahu - Bionicle

Cuphead

Dutch van der Linde - Red Dead Redemption

Dr. Eggman - Sonic

Captian Quark - Ratchet & Clank

Dr. Nefarious - Ratchet & Clank

Thank you to Mark @rambleprism, Heayn @heayn & Kayne from the Chill Issue Podcast for such interesting answers and a fun podcast, keep up the great work!

[beesgav]

metru nui's favorite idiot

[makutaservaela]

Girl, you better open this door.

[short-wooloo]

This stuff is all 20 this year

and of course the biggies