| mrcqm |
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
mrcqm wrote:
RocketRacer7235 wrote:
mrcqm wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
HannibalChou2 wrote:
How long do the Toa, Matoran, and Turaga live and if I'm correct, is there three more Ninjago graphic novels coming this summer and is it called the Epic Trilogy?
1) Well, we know they have really long lifespans, by human standards, but there is no figure on how long they are. 2) Yes, I saw that announcement on one of the fan sites. I don't know what the official title is, but there is a trilogy coming out. The story is by LEGO Company and Little Brown, and I wrote the scripts and the extra material in the books. I am actually finishing some of that stuff off in the next few weeks.
This is an old question, but I must say: I'd imagine they're immortal. 1. Matoran were in charge of maintenance on the GSR, wether they knew it or not. 2. The Matoran were online for thousands of years by the time Spherus Magna was fixed. 3. They couldn't reproduce. One would imagine that not being able to reproduce would mean they'd have to live forever in order to keep the GSR running.
@3) No, but they can build more of themselves/eachother.
It would be disgusting work, and they probably wouldn't be able to stomach it. Besides, why make more when you can easily rebuild them? In fact, that was literally Karzahni's job.
It's already been established that Turaga can order the production of more Matoran as needed, especially if there is a project that requires more than are on hand.
So... not immortal, but very long lifespans, and they can always build more. Got it.
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| EddyGould |
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EddyGould wrote:
1) Personal question: who is your favorite writer? What is your favorite genre of stories?
2) Can the Makuta once again "separate" the shadow Toa from Toa Nuva? 3) What will happen if the Makuta absorbs Toa Ignika? 4) Can you split the Gold-skinned being via the spear of fusion? Can the spear of fusion affect the Spherus Magna inhabitants? 5) What happened to Vultraz in the Melding alternate universe? 6) Can the Klakk affect the SM inhabitants? Can it stun them? 7) Does the color of the GSR's eyes depends of being that controlling it? I mean when Teridax took over the MU, GSR's eyes color was red. If the blue-eyed being took over the GSR, its eyes would be the same color? 8) Can you teleport to another planets via Spirit's wish? 9) How liquid protodermis interacts with the water? Is it toxic for Great Beings? 10) Is unreleased set "Kraatu" canon? You suggested that the Kraatu could possibly be a puppet that the Matoran used for recreation, do you remember? 11) Can you confirm that all known items(like scroll of preparation for example) were moved to Spherus Magna as wealth of the Matoran society? 12) Will Matoran reconstruct Great Temple on the Spherus Magna? 13) Is it possible to recreate chutes on the Spherus Magna? Can Agori or Glatorian use them? 14) Is there any other tribes on the Spherus Magna? Tribe of Air for example? 15) Is there any high-radiation places on the Spherus Magna? 16) Is there oil on the Spherus Magna? 17) Was the Mountain of Xia the Rahi or the elemental being? 18) What was the currency of the Spherus Magna? And what will happen with widgets after all? Will Matorans abandon them? 19) Who created the Fire Drones? What happened with them after the Great Cataclysm and so on? Are they functioning? 20) What happened to Telluris' Skopio XV-1? 21) Are there more Tuma's species members in the Bota Magna region? 22) Will Tuma come to The Shadowed One's army of criminals? And Strakk, will he?
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| ankas |
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
voporak1 wrote:
Hi Mr Greg 1. Now that the Great Being cursed fled the tower that he was a prisone. What he intends to do? He intends to do evil?, good? or he goes into exile in wild lands or elsewhere? 2. This question is similar to the second question, but this time, I would like to know what Miserix intends to do now that Teridax is defeated and Spherus Magna is reformed? 3. When Karzahni has shown to Teridax what would have happened if he failed his plan and the final punishment that awaited him. What was this final punishment? 4. In the book: shadow in the sky, Mutran had tried to create a giant explosion of shadow that was the equivalent of a nova blast but the Toa has prevented Mutran to unleash his attack. So theoretically, The Makuta can make an attack just as powerful as the Nova Blast with their shadow powers. My question is whether they can make a Nova Blast attack like, but this time with their other elemental powers like lightning, magnetism, gravity and plants 5. According BS01, Other than their elemental powers of shadow, their others elemental powers such as gravity and plants of the Makuta are limited. I would like to know what is limited in their elemental powers. Is that the raw power that is limited? Or it's the extent of their powers that is limited? For example, A Toa has a very large extent of its elemental power and can do many things with it. Thank you very much!
1-2) The story is frozen where it is. 3) I would assume destruction. 4-5) I may be wrong, but I can't recall us ever saying Makuta have control over any element besides shadow. They have that plus the 42 kraata powers, but they don't control fire, plant life, etc.
Among the many Kraata powers are ones like Plant Control. BS01 states that Makuta does have limited control over the Green/Jungle, but maybe it ends at controling already existing plants.
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| ankas |
EddyGould wrote:
Buried.
EddyGould wrote:
I can answer at least the first one. Greg's favorite writer is H.P Lovecraft. There may be more though. And I assume his favorite stories are weird science fiction and weird horror like in those stories. I also think he likes Edgar Allen Poe, who I believe inspired Lovecraft a great deal. Greg's own writing is also influenced greatly by Lovecraft.
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| mrcqm |
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
TDYChipBiscuit wrote:
TDYChipBiscuit wrote:
Hi Greg! First off, let me just thank you sincerely for taking the time out of your schedule to talk to us fans, it really means a lot. Now, on to the questions! - We know that MU inhabitants like Matoran, Toa, Skakdi etc. are comprised of approximately 85% mechanical parts and 15% organic, but how exctly are they split up? Do they have organic internal organs, like lungs and brains? What of the 'skin' under their external armour?
- Given that they are predominantly mechanical, could a Matoran hypothetically 'upgrade' his or herself by swapping out old parts for better ones painlessly? Or would body augmentation be more akin to human surgery, where a specialist doctor is required and anesthetics are applied to numb the pain?
- MU inhabitants do not need to eat in the traditional sense, since they absorb energy and/or nutrients on contact with edible items, but do they drink like humans? In one of the books, Nokama 'tastes' the sea water from around Mata Nui, remarking that it tastes different to the purified liquid protodermis from Metru Nui. So do MU inhabitants drink, perhaps to hydrate their organic parts and/or lubricate their mechanical ones?
- Lastly, a fun one: If you could choose any story arc from Bionicle G1 to be made into a videogame, which would it be?
I think this got buried. Sorry for double-posting it, I thought there was a posting error and I forgot to include #3 anyway. Thanks again!
1) I'm not sure where the 85-15 ratio came from (if it was something I said at some point or what?) We do know they have organic lungs and need to breathe air and that they have organic muscle tissue which knits their mechanical parts together. Beyond that, we have not gotten into the details of Matoran anatomy.
1. We also know their brains are electronic.
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| ScribeGT6817 |
ankas wrote:
EddyGould wrote:
Buried.
EddyGould wrote:
I can answer at least the first one. Greg's favorite writer is H.P Lovecraft. There may be more though. And I assume his favorite stories are weird science fiction and weird horror like in those stories. I also think he likes Edgar Allen Poe, who I believe inspired Lovecraft a great deal. Greg's own writing is also influenced greatly by Lovecraft.
Actually, I have read next to no Lovecraft in my life and I don't feel my writing is inspired by Lovecraft at all.
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| ankas |
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
ankas wrote:
EddyGould wrote:
Buried.
EddyGould wrote:
I can answer at least the first one. Greg's favorite writer is H.P Lovecraft. There may be more though. And I assume his favorite stories are weird science fiction and weird horror like in those stories. I also think he likes Edgar Allen Poe, who I believe inspired Lovecraft a great deal. Greg's own writing is also influenced greatly by Lovecraft.
Actually, I have read next to no Lovecraft in my life and I don't feel my writing is inspired by Lovecraft at all.
Huh, I was pretty sure I saw you say once that you loved Lovecraft... Maybe it was Edgar Allen Poe? Is that one of your favorites?
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| DavidM96 |
ankas wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
ankas wrote:
EddyGould wrote:
Buried.
EddyGould wrote:
I can answer at least the first one. Greg's favorite writer is H.P Lovecraft. There may be more though. And I assume his favorite stories are weird science fiction and weird horror like in those stories. I also think he likes Edgar Allen Poe, who I believe inspired Lovecraft a great deal. Greg's own writing is also influenced greatly by Lovecraft.
Actually, I have read next to no Lovecraft in my life and I don't feel my writing is inspired by Lovecraft at all.
Huh, I was pretty sure I saw you say once that you loved Lovecraft... Maybe it was Edgar Allen Poe? Is that one of your favorites?
I believe you may be thinking of Ambrose Bierce. Greg referenced him in an interview with Papercutz for one of their BIONICLE comic compilations.
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| voporak1 |
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
voporak1 wrote:
Hi Mr Greg 4. In the book: shadow in the sky, Mutran had tried to create a giant explosion of shadow that was the equivalent of a nova blast but the Toa has prevented Mutran to unleash his attack. So theoretically, The Makuta can make an attack just as powerful as the Nova Blast with their shadow powers. My question is whether they can make a Nova Blast attack like, but this time with their other elemental powers like lightning, magnetism, gravity and plants 5. According BS01, Other than their elemental powers of shadow, their others elemental powers such as gravity and plants of the Makuta are limited. I would like to know what is limited in their elemental powers. Is that the raw power that is limited? Or it's the extent of their powers that is limited? For example, A Toa has a very large extent of its elemental power and can do many things with it. Thank you very much!
4-5) I may be wrong, but I can't recall us ever saying Makuta have control over any element besides shadow. They have that plus the 42 kraata powers, but they don't control fire, plant life, etc.
4-5 . So their control over plants, gravity and others are non-elemental. So for the second part of this question I guess the answer is the extent of their non-elemental powers that is limited and not the raw force of their powers (Correct me if I'm wrong) For example, A Makuta is blocked by a rock that is twenty times its size would he be able to move it or destroy it with its powers of gravity or plasma? Thank you!
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| ankas |
DavidM96 wrote:
ankas wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
ankas wrote:
EddyGould wrote:
Buried.
EddyGould wrote:
I can answer at least the first one. Greg's favorite writer is H.P Lovecraft. There may be more though. And I assume his favorite stories are weird science fiction and weird horror like in those stories. I also think he likes Edgar Allen Poe, who I believe inspired Lovecraft a great deal. Greg's own writing is also influenced greatly by Lovecraft.
Actually, I have read next to no Lovecraft in my life and I don't feel my writing is inspired by Lovecraft at all.
Huh, I was pretty sure I saw you say once that you loved Lovecraft... Maybe it was Edgar Allen Poe? Is that one of your favorites?
I believe you may be thinking of Ambrose Bierce. Greg referenced him in an interview with Papercutz for one of their BIONICLE comic compilations.
No, I know what happened now. I saw the thing on BS01 that said that Tren Krom was inspired by Cthulu and was Greg's "tip of the hat" to Lovecraft, and I got everything mixed up.
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| ScribeGT6817 |
voporak1 wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
voporak1 wrote:
Hi Mr Greg 4. In the book: shadow in the sky, Mutran had tried to create a giant explosion of shadow that was the equivalent of a nova blast but the Toa has prevented Mutran to unleash his attack. So theoretically, The Makuta can make an attack just as powerful as the Nova Blast with their shadow powers. My question is whether they can make a Nova Blast attack like, but this time with their other elemental powers like lightning, magnetism, gravity and plants 5. According BS01, Other than their elemental powers of shadow, their others elemental powers such as gravity and plants of the Makuta are limited. I would like to know what is limited in their elemental powers. Is that the raw power that is limited? Or it's the extent of their powers that is limited? For example, A Toa has a very large extent of its elemental power and can do many things with it. Thank you very much!
4-5) I may be wrong, but I can't recall us ever saying Makuta have control over any element besides shadow. They have that plus the 42 kraata powers, but they don't control fire, plant life, etc.
4-5 . So their control over plants, gravity and others are non-elemental. So for the second part of this question I guess the answer is the extent of their non-elemental powers that is limited and not the raw force of their powers (Correct me if I'm wrong) For example, A Makuta is blocked by a rock that is twenty times its size would he be able to move it or destroy it with its powers of gravity or plasma? Thank you!
I don't have this information. We didn't set strict power parameters, especially for the Makuta ... their powers worked however we needed them to for story, essentially.
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| ScribeGT6817 |
TDYChipBiscuit wrote:
Hi Greg! First off, let me just thank you sincerely for taking the time out of your schedule to talk to us fans, it really means a lot. Now, on to the questions! - We know that MU inhabitants like Matoran, Toa, Skakdi etc. are comprised of approximately 85% mechanical parts and 15% organic, but how exctly are they split up? Do they have organic internal organs, like lungs and brains? What of the 'skin' under their external armour?
- Given that they are predominantly mechanical, could a Matoran hypothetically 'upgrade' his or herself by swapping out old parts for better ones painlessly? Or would body augmentation be more akin to human surgery, where a specialist doctor is required and anesthetics are applied to numb the pain?
- MU inhabitants do not need to eat in the traditional sense, since they absorb energy and/or nutrients on contact with edible items, but do they drink like humans? In one of the books, Nokama 'tastes' the sea water from around Mata Nui, remarking that it tastes different to the purified liquid protodermis from Metru Nui. So do MU inhabitants drink, perhaps to hydrate their organic parts and/or lubricate their mechanical ones?
- Lastly, a fun one: If you could choose any story arc from Bionicle G1 to be made into a videogame, which would it be?
I think this got buried. Sorry for double-posting it, I thought there was a posting error and I forgot to include #3 anyway. Thanks again!
1) I'm not sure where the 85-15 ratio came from (if it was something I said at some point or what?) We do know they have organic lungs and need to breathe air and that they have organic muscle tissue which knits their mechanical parts together. Beyond that, we have not gotten into the details of Matoran anatomy.
1. We also know their brains are electronic.
We know they have AI, but I don't recall if we flat-out stated they have fully electronic brains, bio-mechanical brains, or if the AI is somehow in an organic brain.
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| HannibalChou2 |
Are you and the LEGO company considered as the Great Beings?
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| ScribeGT6817 |
EddyGould wrote:
Buried.
EddyGould wrote:
1) Personal question: who is your favorite writer? What is your favorite genre of stories?
2) Can the Makuta once again "separate" the shadow Toa from Toa Nuva? 3) What will happen if the Makuta absorbs Toa Ignika? 4) Can you split the Gold-skinned being via the spear of fusion? Can the spear of fusion affect the Spherus Magna inhabitants? 5) What happened to Vultraz in the Melding alternate universe? 6) Can the Klakk affect the SM inhabitants? Can it stun them?
Just to preface, some of what you are asking I cannot answer, because it deals with story events we never touched on or aspects of the wolrd we did not develop prior to the line's cancellation. 1) I have a lot of favorite authors. Right now, I primarily read mysteries, although that has only been in the last few years. Before that, I was mainly reading history. 2) What Makuta would there be around to do that? 3) See answer to #2. Outside of Miserix, who would have no reason to do this, there are no other Makuta extant. 4) Yes toi the first, no to the second. 5) Unknown, we never told that story 6) Yes
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| ScribeGT6817 |
EddyGould wrote:
Buried.
EddyGould wrote:
7) Does the color of the GSR's eyes depends of being that controlling it? I mean when Teridax took over the MU, GSR's eyes color was red. If the blue-eyed being took over the GSR, its eyes would be the same color? 8) Can you teleport to another planets via Spirit's wish? 9) How liquid protodermis interacts with the water? Is it toxic for Great Beings? 10) Is unreleased set "Kraatu" canon? You suggested that the Kraatu could possibly be a puppet that the Matoran used for recreation, do you remember? 11) Can you confirm that all known items(like scroll of preparation for example) were moved to Spherus Magna as wealth of the Matoran society? 12) Will Matoran reconstruct Great Temple on the Spherus Magna? 13) Is it possible to recreate chutes on the Spherus Magna? Can Agori or Glatorian use them? 14) Is there any other tribes on the Spherus Magna? Tribe of Air for example? 15) Is there any high-radiation places on the Spherus Magna? 16) Is there oil on the Spherus Magna? 17) Was the Mountain of Xia the Rahi or the elemental being? 18) What was the currency of the Spherus Magna? And what will happen with widgets after all? Will Matorans abandon them?
7) The whole "eyes turning red" thing was a graphic way of showing Makuta had turned evil. 8) No, it was not designed for interplanetary travel. That takes a lot more power. 9) I doubt a GB would want to drink liquid proto, nor would anyone else on Spherus Magna. It wouldn't kill them, but it probably wouldn't sit well on their stomachs. 10) No 11) Anything that survived would be, yes 12) I tend to think not. 13) Yes and yes 14, 15, 16, 18) We never had a chance to fully develop the planet and the society before the line was ended.
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