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EandPi233 wrote:

Hello, Greg!  

 

I have some friends who are into Exo-Force, and we were wondering if you could share any quick plot points of the unreleased book 6, Golden Doom?  We're really interested in preserving any information we can about Exo-Force, and we'd love to hear any details that you can recall, if you are willing, like which characters the book was centered around, and what the general villain arc would have been like.  

 

Thank you so much for your time!

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Nothing ever existed of that book but the title. It was cancelled before I ever wrote it.

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iJamesusa wrote:

Who is your favourite Avenger?

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Captain America

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Buggster wrote:

Is there anything in the bionicle storyline you wish you could have gone back and done differently, or changed?

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Yup. I never liked the 2005 story. Neither did the web producer at the time.

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Keilax wrote:

Hi, Mr farchety, I'm back again with some more questions.

 

1) Who decided that there was to be no time travel in BIONICLE?

2) Why was it decided there was to be no time travel in BIONICLE?

3) There's one thing I never can quite understand about the Mask of Elemental Energy. It says it can recharge a Toa's Elemental Energy 'but only once'. Does this mean that it is only good for one charge, period? Or just that Toa? Or does it mean one charge and then a recharge/cooldown period? Because, if the first, then there must be a lot of them...

 

Thank you.

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1) The story team

2) Because time travel makes a mess. If somebody can go back and save Mata Nui from going into a coma, then the whole story is over, just like that. And if they can't change anything in the past, then time travel is largely useless in story.

3) It's a one-use mask, because it was based on a one-use power-up in a video game.

Just another one of those things I spotted on the web and felt I should respond to.

I saw a post today in which someone referred to "the decision not to end BIONICLE with Mask of Light threw a monkey wrench" into the story.

No such decision was ever made, because Mask of Light was never intended to be the end of BIONICLE. That was a rumor on fansites, and the reason I first started interacting with fans online was to correct it. Even if that had been the intent, Rahkshi sales were so strong in '03 that the company never would have cancelled the line.

And yes, '04 was planned out from the beginning. '05 was not -- '05 was a response to the fact that so much time had been invested in creating Metru Nui that it was felt it would be a shame to use the location for only one year.

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Trenzalord11 wrote:

Hey Greg!

 

Although it'll most likely never happen for many reasons, what would you think of a feature-length animated Bionicle film that wasn't in the LEGO universe (in terms of aesthetic design)? All of the characters would be realistic looking (compared to the LEGO figures, at least).

 

If executed well enough, I think it would be a cool take on the universe and would be palpable to average moviegoers. My question is, would you like to see it, or do you think it's best to keep Bionicle in the LEGO-verse?

 

Thank you. :)

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There actually was talk of a feature film a few times during BIONICLE's first run, but the studios always wanted human children/teens inserted into the story and the BIONICLE team said no. Anyway, if BIONICLE becomes a huge hit like it did last time, anything's possible, I guess. Whether or not it would be a good idea would really depend on what the design team for the movie did with it.

As for whether I would see it, I really don't go to the movies much anymore and it wouldn't be aimed at me. So unless I had some hand in its creation (also unlikely), probably not.