Okay, I see a lot of people commenting about the movie order of this video being wrong. When I put "IN ORDER" in the title, I meant chronologically in terms of story. So technically, BIONICLE begins with Legends of Metru Nui, and then Web of Shadows before ending with Mask of Light because that is where the story officially ends chronologically. Legends and Web are both prequels and thus start first. Mask of Light was current. Hope that clears things up. Also I'm astonished by the amount of views this is getting suddenly. Thanks everyone! I love bringing fans together! EDIT: People have also told me that the movie is de-synced during Mask of Light but that is not true. I'm not sure what happened, likely either during the initial streaming premiere or during the export process before I uploaded to UA-cam but about 10 minutes at around the attack on Ta-Koro is de-synced but fixes itself. Hopefully that doesn't pull people out of the experience too much. I apologize. - TSO1
I used to have so much Bionicle stuff. Books, toys, etc. Glad to see a video about it and I prefer it chronologically in order myself so I know what's actually going on.
I still can’t get over the fact that; in a team of people with invisibility, body control, shapeshifting, telekinesis, and the ability to speak to Rahi; Whenua gets a fucking flashlight mask.
Watching the segment where the Toa hunt for the Great Disks made me remember the books, and how challenging these tasks actually were. All the memories of their toils came rushing back. What a series. and SUCH LORE. love this
I always wished they'd have shown more of the Great Disk saga in the movie than the brief minute-flashback they have of it. Don't even get to see Ahkmou and his iffiness with the other Matoran.
These movies will never get old for me, Bionicle was the pinnacle of my childhood and watching these make me relive it with the nostalgia, although I’ve never forgotten this franchise and even as an adult I’ve been to collecting the toys again Also I still can never get over Lhikan’s death, still hits in the feels after all this time
Amen brother, our childhood had some of the best times ever, todays kids can never understand, even tho i always rooted for makuta and other villains, Lhikan's death even hit me too, hits in the feels every time
The Metru Nui (but everyone really)'s prelude and then introduction with Lhikan, followed by Krekka and Nhidiki's attack, will never stop being impactful and iconic. Bionicle's films always had a certain weight on the viewer.
Used to own mask of light on vhs watched so many times the film burned out, I now I know the entire story by heart. This brings back so great many memories. Thanks my guy, I appreciate it.
It’s crazy how much I saved for the bionicles. 7$ at the Walmart and wanted takanuva and his vehicle so bad it seemed so out of reach for like a 7 year old. There was so much lore that’s not in the movies used to remember their scripts translate everything, was so excited for the Lego club magazines. Preciate this trip down memory lane.! Makes me weirded out on how much time has passed
Wish I still had all mine I’m super sad my parents didn’t keep more of my toys that I had as a kid I’m definitely saving as many of my kids toys as I can
It took me from 2001 till 2017 to finally find a decent manas in the netherlands europe, and the block were the eyes go in is the only kind of block ever made from any excisting lego, that block is worth costs the whole set here that collector said to me... But since 2017 got finally all bionicle set from 2001 till 2009 so from toa till the gladiators.
The Ignition trilogy should’ve been made. I really hope someone takes the time to animate them in full like Noah and those he worked with did except in this style.
There's a guy in youtube that made 2 short videos showing fragmemts of 2006 and 2007 stories in the style of the movies, they look really good, like actually taken from the movies
I would’ve been the visual effects artist for ignition 3, but the guy in charge (not Noah, someone else) kicked me off the project for no reason despite having liked what I showed him. He’s a cunt.
Even though I'm a Ninjago fan who never grew up with Bionicle, but I kinda liked learning about the entire Bionicle lore out of curiosity. At my first watch of the trilogy, I was kinda confused about the ordering of major scenes. Also, thanks for ordering the slightly confusing parts of the trilogy. Kinda helps me with understanding the Bionicle movies even further...
Man I’m the same I grew up with ninjago and not bionicle like I grew up with ninjago and hero factory but mostly watching ninjago but bionicle rlly interests me and even building bionicle Mocs are more to my liking and I’m even thinking of buying a bulk lot of bionicle parts
@@Thunder_Bricks1 bro same I grew up with Ninjago and Hero Factory too, until an ex of mine introduced me to Bionicle with The Legend Reborn when we were still dating, only good thing that came from the relationship tbh
I think the brotherhood was referenced in one of the books in like late 2004 so yeah that and the miramax script should have been made st the same time ish and miramax already had history clues for forward story points Makuta outright tells the audience that he has to keep mata nui asleep for its own good, and the infamous he's a giant robot someone yells at the kininnui just before takanuva goes looking for Makuta's lair
Greetings from Mexico. I always wondered how it would be to watch the Bionicle trilogy in chronological order the way you did, it's been part of my childhood and so it has been for thousands of fans and it's great community. Thank you so much TheShadowedOne1, may we never forget the legend of the Bionicle and it shall be kept alive in our hearts and souls.
I had a Gameboy Slim game of Bionicle 4, Maze of Shadows. It takes place directly after they defeat Makuta in Legends of Metru Nui, they crash land on a strange island and have to try and find a way back to Metru Nui to save the matoran. And that's why in the strat of 3, they're on a ship that's being tossed and turned in the waves.
Does anyone remember the 4th bionicle movie featuring the mask of life? I got it as a Christmas gift. I personally didn't mind it although the original trilogy was way better. I don't know how the fandom reacted to it or their thoughts on it so please don't crucify me.
2:14:53 hit me hard as a kid. Watching them give up both their power and youth for everyone was very heartfelt and awesome/awe-inspiring. The same can be said when Jaller reviewed the mask and it transformed as well.😊
I've never had a chance to watch all the movies, but I grew up seeing the first one. I am 29 now and I can say that I am happy I got to see all three films now. Thank you for uploading this.
@@TheShadowedOne1 I'm 23. Also hello from the U.S. aka political dumpster fire. Honestly it's a miracle I'm still alive and haven't gunned down or beat to death by rioters for something as simple as being white. But hey I'm still alive and kicking. Anyways I hope your country is a bit better and your doing well and staying healthy. Have a nice night.
@@dabi8742 your the reason racism is still alive, what does race have to with why your still alive, that is honestly the stupidest thing I heard all day😭
@@Jerry-il8pe you do realize that nearly all the people murdered by rioters during these quote on quote protests are Caucasian. At least 85%. As for the part about being gunned down, I wasn't attributing that to color. I was referring to how the crime rate is so high that law enforcement is completely overwhelmed and it isn't even safe to leave your house half the time. Literally businesses are being looted before being burned to the ground by Molotov cocktails meanwhile our own government is turning a blind eye to the whole thing and instead is more focused on furthering their own political agenda. On top of that we can't even defend ourselves because the instant we fight back in self defense we end up in front of a judge because because somehow defending yourself all of the sudden makes you the bad guy. We are literally at Each others throats just to survive all the while our own government, the very same people tasked with ensuring our safety just watches us as if we're nothing more than entertainment for them. Our safety is compromised and there's nothing we can do about it. Also we can't expect help from other countries due to the global disinformation campaign put forth by none other than our own government. I wasn't trying to sound racist infact I have nothing against anyone of any color. I was merely trying to give insight into the current state of the USA. As I'm not a racist person but im instead a person who treats everyone equally and accepts anyone for who they are. You don't know me, so please don't be so quick to judge and ostracize me for one misinterpreted comment. I merely explained the current situation the u.s. is in. I try to be unbiased and see things from both sides and I've noticed the U.S. is on a path to self destruction. Good night my friend and I hope my comment helps you understand things a bit more clearly.
@@Jerry-il8pe everyone has gone insane with the word racism these days, people say having children is racist, eating meat is racist or being healthy is racist ETC. I hope all of these were not intended to be taken seriously but WHY WRITING IT IN THE INTERNET IF IT ISN'T APRIL FOOLS?????!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!?
Agreed. People used to trash on the animation of these films and were saying that The Legend Reborn looked a lot better. Uh... Not really? More detailed characters, yes, but the overall designs, backgrounds, animation, colors, and camera work was considerably better in the OG Trilogy. Mask of Light was a little rough around the edges and stiff at times, but that's it.
@@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker the o ly thing I hated about the old films was the fact their idea of slow motion was simply slowing the frame rate and blurring everything. Other than that the animation really held up for quite a while. Bionicle 3 possibly has the best of everything in all the movies out together, including Legend Reborn
@@drag0nemper0r97 Ah yes, the "laggy slow motion". I feel that the animators were just cutting corners with those scenes and didn't want to animate them properly. lol
It’s a case of good lighting, effects, and art direction making up for technical limitations. I can only imagine what this team could do with today’s technology.
Honestly seeing nidhiki and krekka being joined with makuta was chilling and then they became part of his body which is why we see that in mask of light
This brings back memories of better times of back in the day… wish we got more of these types of great movies, and not the dumbed down stuff of these days
The cgi isn't that good like amazingly, on its own but the thing that helps it a lot is the art style and the metallic / textures on surfaces A good art style and not trying to make photo realistic flash makes old cgi stand the pass of time really good
Thank you so much for bringing these back to us. Bionicle was my obsession as a kid and I watched all three of these movies so many times over. I even had Mask of Light on VHS.
It was always strange to me that Nidhiki (the second main antagonist of 2004) didn't have his name said until halfway through Legends of Metru Nui. His partner, Krekka, had his name said within the first few minutes, so people watching would have been wondering what "the spider guy's" name was throughout the film.
@@dmitribrutus5543 It’s more so how nobody said his name until the end of the film, so new viewers watching wouldn’t have known what to call him until, well, the end. lol
watching this if only because i am still a long loyal fan, but also in grieving as i had to move out of my old home and leave my bionicles behind that eventually got stolen from my home. now left with either rebuilding my collection (which would take a large sum to rebuild) or look back and remember. regardless thank you
I remember where I heard Whenua’s voice from. Transformers Cybertron! Landmine! That was driving me crazy. I’m also curious about Toa Lhikan. I guess he’s the Toa of Fire but the gold mask really throws you off. As a kid I thought he was the first Toa of Light as a sort of forerunner to Takanuva. Given his golden mask and that it eventually becomes Jaller’s mask, Takanuva’s best friend. I also want to know what happened to his fellow Toa. It seems to imply those 2 minions of the Makuta were once his brothers (presumably ice and air), who must have forsaken their Toa status and betrayed him. I wish we got some backstory about him.
Lhikans brothers were sent on deadly missions by the fake Dume. Most of them were killed by a third Dark Hunter, codename Eliminator, who was never mentioned in the movie or the comics that came out during that time. The Dark Hunters are not really Makuta's minions. He rent them from a crime lord (The Shadowed One). Him eating the two later caused a war between their respective armies. Lhikans team had eleven members. Tuyet, Toa of water, stole an object that allowed her god level elemental powers and wanted to take over the world. The Dark Hunters found out and followed her. To make authorities aware of the Hunters that were on her tracks she killed several citizens and placed evidence that blamed the DH. When she continued to do that after the Hunters were arrested, she was stopped by Lhikan and Nidhiki. (In the multiverse there is a dimension where she succeeded, a lot of characters were killed there and even their Makuta is afraid of Toa) Nidhiki later allied with the Dark Hunters, who had declared war on the city, because Dume didn't allow them to build a fortress on Metru Nui. He was supposed to guide the other Toa into a trap, but Lhikan witnessed his betrayal and planned an ambush on the ambushers, ending the war. Nidhiki was sent alongside the other Dark Hunters to the Shadowed One. The Shadowed One didn't like Toa, or people who betray their allies, even moreso if their betrayal was unsuccessful. Nidhiki was allowed to stay and trained Dark Hunters on the island. His most frustrating student was a creature from the island of Stelt, who lost one eye in a fight with Makuta's sister Gorast, purely because of stupidity. When Nidhiki asked The Shadowed One whether he could get a partner for missions, the Shadowed One assigned him with Krekka, knowing well that it would be agony for Nidhiki. Nidhiki soon had enough and planned to leave the island. At this time Roodaka made her visit. She wanted to ask the Shadowed One for training. But he refused, knowing that she didn't had the intention to join him. Nidhiki made a deal with Roodaka. Together they were supposed to leave the base. But when he waited for her to show up, he was struck by a projectile and transformed into the giant crablike creature he is today. Roodaka had made a deal with the Shadowed One, she would punish Nidhiki with her mutation spinner and he would allow her training.
@@williamkim9861 there is a multiverse. It was established a year after the third movie came out and there was a small side arc where the Toa of Light gets launched into the multiverse because Brutaka, a guy who can summon dimensional gates with his mask, wanted him to quicktravel but his mask was broken and he had a small odyssey in which he found a dimension where Makuta accidentally killed the Great Spirit (told in the online released short story The Kingdom) and one where said Toa had her regime (short story Dark Mirror). There is also a universe where there is no Great Spirit but Makuta is a being of light and one where their roles are reversed. Lhikans story was told in the book Legacy of Evil as it intertwined with the origin story of the Piraka. Tuyet first showed up as a corpse in the underwater arc in the short story Into the Darkness and was then expanded upon with her origin story the many deaths of Toa Tuyet. Nidhiki's origin story is told in the short story Birth of a Dark Hunter and was then retold in Legacy of Evil from the Piraka's perspective. And Eliminator was established in the official Dark Hunter guide book.
I actually got into watching Transformers Cybertron back then because I recognized Whenua's voice as Landmine, and became a huge Transformers fan because of it XD
Our *Unity* makes us strong as the Toa. Honoring the BIONICLE Legends is our *Duty* Remembering the BIONICLE Legends is our *Destiny!* It shall forever pass on.
Couple takeaways: Wow, the animation still holds up today. Great visuals and some pretty good sound effects. The music goes hard, way harder than it has any right to. Really emotional and it helps make the story compelling. The lore in this franchise is so under appreciated. This story spans so much time and different territories and yet every story has an insane amount of tension. I like the attack of the clones style intro to the visorak horde when Sidorak introduces them to Vakama. I expected “magnificent, aren’t they” lmao Vakama’s struggle as a leader from being unsure, to then being cocky and bitter, to finally being a wise and accepting leader is something everyone can learn from.
Man they really need to do a reboot of this franchise. These movies were great, and could you imagine how it could be expanded upon now? I remember the very basic mmo-ish type pc game they came out with and I just wish they would have made full on one where we could have explored the world. That would be so sick.
They rebooted six years ago with online shorts and a 4 episode Netflix show. Didn't go well. But if they can pull it of properly I would absolutely be on board.
I loved this when I was a small kid and I can’t believe someone video ed the trilogy on UA-cam thank you I will treasure this moment right now for ever June 19th 2022 at 3:51 in the morning
Oh man, I must thank you, you made me remember one of my happiest memories of my childhood, they helped me to get fhrew the tough times, even now, I wish I could do something related to bionicle with you as a thanks, like voice acting
This... This is my Bionicle... My Spark of Imagination. The spark of Monsters. Every had the Rahi Beast book? I remember going to every book fair at my school to find any Bionicle books of any kind.. gosh better days.
It's hard to think that Vakama had to walk beside Teridax in "Time Trap," listening to all the foot stomping the entire way and the ground shaking with every step lol.
Gotta give them props for keeping these stories somewhat coherent and straight forward. Im not across alot of the lore but wow theres so much they skip over or neglect to mention and it still works
I grew up with Lego Hero Factory and it's series, then came the remastered Bionicle short cartoon series. These original movies are SO different from the renewed version, but it's so good! Makes me nostalgic somehow. Thank you!
i have no idea why this constantly pops up in my recommended but i am not complaining, these together with all the rest of Lego-Tech etc were such a big part of my childhood
Souldborne would actually work perfectly for a Bionicle game. The Toa are not exaggerated when it comes to power like Final Fantasy characters, nor are they cartoony like in Super Mario and Sonic games. They are much more grounded while still having unique abilities, so the slower and more limited options from the Soulsborne genre would work out really well. Imagine Toa facing off against huge and overpowered bosses like Rahi, Makuta, Dark Hunters, etc. For the sake of this particular gameplay style, let's just forget how the Toa Nuva in Mask of Light can so causally jump hundreds of feet into the air... XD
Still love these movies legend reborn just doesn’t have the same magic besides the one shot of Av-Matoran having the eyes and mouth peg showing when they open their mouths the first 3’depictions of the sets is brilliant could you imagine a toy accurate Sidorak would be mega freaky
Yeah. Part of it is that most recent movie just....looked like the toys, but animated. And the Glatorian are MEANT TO BE ORGANIC WITH ROBOT PARTS IN THE LORE. But they're full on flipping robots in the movie! So stupid. They should have kept the style of the first three movies (or, well, I guess the last two since improved animation, lol)
It’s a shame because the Miramax designs are so good just look at the Gukko Pewku and the Kilanalo when it came to the Rahi Skopio was literally the toy with the rider for the replica on his back despite the Skopio they fight being the actual Rahi
@@WelshGiraffa The only reason for Skopio including the rider is because they couldn't figure out how to make it work without including the rider. ...Because they just literally copied the toys for *all* of it instead of following the goddamn lore that was already established. *ugh* drives me nuts. The plot of the movie was fine, even if it did end on a cliff hanger that deserved a proper movie instead of a series of comics or whatever on the main website, but the animation appearance just. grrr. Could have been so much better.
Ahhhh the music of the "second" movie hits me right in the nostalgia. It was the first of the movies for me and i watched it around the age of 10 or even younger. Being 25 and missing those times sitting in front of the tv building new bionicles i got from my mom. Funnily enough many from my family thought i would become a mechanist or engineer because of the time i spend building bionicle😅
Thank you I loved these movies and bionical growing up and the movies got lost/destroyed during moves. I honestly forgotten about replacing them with how my life was going.
can we just talk about how this man ( I think, sorry if I got that wrong) is legendary for posting this, I really wanted to watch the movies but didn't want to buy them, thank you.
I always liked the style of the characters in this film. They were able to stay pretty true to the actual figures, but they took liberties with the designs to really sell that these weren't just robots, but these bio-mechanical beings that were alive, and felt emotions. The liberties taken in their designs made portraying emotions visually feel more organic. Bionicle also had a pretty deep lore to dive into, and it was awesome. Digging into this world of bio-mechanical creatures was fun as a kid. Hell, it got me to actually start reading books. A 13 year old kid at the time who had ADHD, was reading books. I miss the imagination in these movies, despite their weaknesses, they made up for it by telling an actual story. There's a plot, urgency, character arcs, and they were just plain fun. It was a fun trilogy. I miss when we had fun.
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Okay, I see a lot of people commenting about the movie order of this video being wrong. When I put "IN ORDER" in the title, I meant chronologically in terms of story. So technically, BIONICLE begins with Legends of Metru Nui, and then Web of Shadows before ending with Mask of Light because that is where the story officially ends chronologically. Legends and Web are both prequels and thus start first. Mask of Light was current. Hope that clears things up.
Also I'm astonished by the amount of views this is getting suddenly. Thanks everyone! I love bringing fans together!
EDIT: People have also told me that the movie is de-synced during Mask of Light but that is not true. I'm not sure what happened, likely either during the initial streaming premiere or during the export process before I uploaded to UA-cam but about 10 minutes at around the attack on Ta-Koro is de-synced but fixes itself. Hopefully that doesn't pull people out of the experience too much. I apologize.
- TSO1
Actually so glad this video got recommended. I had been thinking about this recently for some reason
I actually understood what the title meant and I wanted it that way. It made watching the video better
I used to have so much Bionicle stuff. Books, toys, etc. Glad to see a video about it and I prefer it chronologically in order myself so I know what's actually going on.
The only major desync I noticed was when the rakshi punched a hole through that wall.
The The Daily 😅
I still can’t get over the fact that; in a team of people with invisibility, body control, shapeshifting, telekinesis, and the ability to speak to Rahi; Whenua gets a fucking flashlight mask.
LOL! You made me laugh so hard when I first read this.
night vision at best
At least Whenua used it to burn Onewa with one of my favorite jokes in these movies. It's at 44:50.
Tbf it can see through walls too
And Whenua got made into an awesome toy !
Watching the segment where the Toa hunt for the Great Disks made me remember the books, and how challenging these tasks actually were. All the memories of their toils came rushing back. What a series. and SUCH LORE.
love this
I always wished they'd have shown more of the Great Disk saga in the movie than the brief minute-flashback they have of it. Don't even get to see Ahkmou and his iffiness with the other Matoran.
There were books?
@@atheist2025 There was EVERYTHING for Bionicle XD ua-cam.com/video/slpHB4OLWTA/v-deo.html
I forgot about those books sometimes I'd find a couple in my school library
(unrelated to the toa) what always gets me is the matoran struggling against the bohrok and building the boxor in the flash animations ❤
These movies will never get old for me, Bionicle was the pinnacle of my childhood and watching these make me relive it with the nostalgia, although I’ve never forgotten this franchise and even as an adult I’ve been to collecting the toys again
Also I still can never get over Lhikan’s death, still hits in the feels after all this time
Amen brother, our childhood had some of the best times ever, todays kids can never understand, even tho i always rooted for makuta and other villains, Lhikan's death even hit me too, hits in the feels every time
Man, my childhood was amazing watching the Bionicle trilogy over and over again.
The Metru Nui (but everyone really)'s prelude and then introduction with Lhikan, followed by Krekka and Nhidiki's attack, will never stop being impactful and iconic.
Bionicle's films always had a certain weight on the viewer.
Used to own mask of light on vhs watched so many times the film burned out, I now I know the entire story by heart. This brings back so great many memories. Thanks my guy, I appreciate it.
Man, I wish I could watch the Bionicle movies on VHS. I only owned them on DVD.
I had Legends of Metro Nut on VHS. Web of the Shadows was on DVD.
"know the entire story"
Well a third of the main story really but yeah it is a great kids feanchise
It’s crazy how much I saved for the bionicles. 7$ at the Walmart and wanted takanuva and his vehicle so bad it seemed so out of reach for like a 7 year old. There was so much lore that’s not in the movies used to remember their scripts translate everything, was so excited for the Lego club magazines. Preciate this trip down memory lane.! Makes me weirded out on how much time has passed
Wish I still had all mine I’m super sad my parents didn’t keep more of my toys that I had as a kid I’m definitely saving as many of my kids toys as I can
Seven bucks for one of those fresh early bionicles sounds like an absolute steal in this economy
oh god I think I sound old now
It took me from 2001 till 2017 to finally find a decent manas in the netherlands europe, and the block were the eyes go in is the only kind of block ever made from any excisting lego, that block is worth costs the whole set here that collector said to me...
But since 2017 got finally all bionicle set from 2001 till 2009 so from toa till the gladiators.
I'm 26 now, These toys and movies and the videogame on PC! All so awesome. I had takanuva and makuta, so cool 😎
Yeah now new lego sets are like what, 15€ minimum ? lego are expansive as heck
The Ignition trilogy should’ve been made. I really hope someone takes the time to animate them in full like Noah and those he worked with did except in this style.
Karzahni would've been awesome to see. A chance to witness the Bionicle equivalent of Hell.
There's a guy in youtube that made 2 short videos showing fragmemts of 2006 and 2007 stories in the style of the movies, they look really good, like actually taken from the movies
@@nezaniatoimya Which is why I say they should be full length movies; we know it can be done and very well at that.
I would’ve been the visual effects artist for ignition 3, but the guy in charge (not Noah, someone else) kicked me off the project for no reason despite having liked what I showed him. He’s a cunt.
@@nezaniatoimya who was it then?
All this time later; the man is still a gigachad for doing this for us. Rip the man, you are missed and you are remembered.
Even though I'm a Ninjago fan who never grew up with Bionicle, but I kinda liked learning about the entire Bionicle lore out of curiosity. At my first watch of the trilogy, I was kinda confused about the ordering of major scenes. Also, thanks for ordering the slightly confusing parts of the trilogy. Kinda helps me with understanding the Bionicle movies even further...
Man I’m the same I grew up with ninjago and not bionicle like I grew up with ninjago and hero factory but mostly watching ninjago but bionicle rlly interests me and even building bionicle Mocs are more to my liking and I’m even thinking of buying a bulk lot of bionicle parts
Watch the Bionicle Retold series too
As someone who's always enjoyed both, I approve
@@Thunder_Bricks1 bro same I grew up with Ninjago and Hero Factory too, until an ex of mine introduced me to Bionicle with The Legend Reborn when we were still dating, only good thing that came from the relationship tbh
Alot of plotpoints and characters for early ninjago were bionicle references
Man, even back when Legends of Metru Nui came out, Teridax references the Brotherhood of Makuta
“Join my brothers and me.”
Yeah, I always thought that was a really cool part of the movie. I used to not know what he was talking about until later stories.
I think the brotherhood was referenced in one of the books in like late 2004 so yeah that and the miramax script should have been made st the same time ish and miramax already had history clues for forward story points
Makuta outright tells the audience that he has to keep mata nui asleep for its own good, and the infamous he's a giant robot someone yells at the kininnui just before takanuva goes looking for Makuta's lair
2:23:48 Jaller's hand clips through Tahu's sword. I have never seen something like that, so interesting.
WHAT?! I never noticed that either! Good catch!
You will see many clippings and such in the snow area as well. They needed to practice for the other two films I guess. lol
Greetings from Mexico. I always wondered how it would be to watch the Bionicle trilogy in chronological order the way you did, it's been part of my childhood and so it has been for thousands of fans and it's great community. Thank you so much TheShadowedOne1, may we never forget the legend of the Bionicle and it shall be kept alive in our hearts and souls.
Yes, I am also from latam
Glad you enjoyed it!
I had a Gameboy Slim game of Bionicle 4, Maze of Shadows. It takes place directly after they defeat Makuta in Legends of Metru Nui, they crash land on a strange island and have to try and find a way back to Metru Nui to save the matoran. And that's why in the strat of 3, they're on a ship that's being tossed and turned in the waves.
Que chido encontrarse a otro fan de Bionicle de México por aquí c: saludos bro. Viva Mata Nui.
Does anyone remember the 4th bionicle movie featuring the mask of life? I got it as a Christmas gift. I personally didn't mind it although the original trilogy was way better. I don't know how the fandom reacted to it or their thoughts on it so please don't crucify me.
2:14:53 hit me hard as a kid. Watching them give up both their power and youth for everyone was very heartfelt and awesome/awe-inspiring. The same can be said when Jaller reviewed the mask and it transformed as well.😊
Absolutely impactful and in line with their world (and Lhikan example)'s duty.
The Toa Metru truly gave it their all throughout their history.
kinda reminds me of when parents have children, all of their focus and love must go to the child
I've never had a chance to watch all the movies, but I grew up seeing the first one. I am 29 now and I can say that I am happy I got to see all three films now. Thank you for uploading this.
Haha! I'll be turning 29 myself in July! Fellow 29ther!
@@TheShadowedOne1 I'm 23. Also hello from the U.S. aka political dumpster fire. Honestly it's a miracle I'm still alive and haven't gunned down or beat to death by rioters for something as simple as being white. But hey I'm still alive and kicking. Anyways I hope your country is a bit better and your doing well and staying healthy. Have a nice night.
@@dabi8742 your the reason racism is still alive, what does race have to with why your still alive, that is honestly the stupidest thing I heard all day😭
@@Jerry-il8pe you do realize that nearly all the people murdered by rioters during these quote on quote protests are Caucasian. At least 85%. As for the part about being gunned down, I wasn't attributing that to color. I was referring to how the crime rate is so high that law enforcement is completely overwhelmed and it isn't even safe to leave your house half the time. Literally businesses are being looted before being burned to the ground by Molotov cocktails meanwhile our own government is turning a blind eye to the whole thing and instead is more focused on furthering their own political agenda. On top of that we can't even defend ourselves because the instant we fight back in self defense we end up in front of a judge because because somehow defending yourself all of the sudden makes you the bad guy. We are literally at Each others throats just to survive all the while our own government, the very same people tasked with ensuring our safety just watches us as if we're nothing more than entertainment for them. Our safety is compromised and there's nothing we can do about it. Also we can't expect help from other countries due to the global disinformation campaign put forth by none other than our own government. I wasn't trying to sound racist infact I have nothing against anyone of any color. I was merely trying to give insight into the current state of the USA. As I'm not a racist person but im instead a person who treats everyone equally and accepts anyone for who they are. You don't know me, so please don't be so quick to judge and ostracize me for one misinterpreted comment. I merely explained the current situation the u.s. is in. I try to be unbiased and see things from both sides and I've noticed the U.S. is on a path to self destruction. Good night my friend and I hope my comment helps you understand things a bit more clearly.
@@Jerry-il8pe everyone has gone insane with the word racism these days, people say having children is racist, eating meat is racist or being healthy is racist ETC. I hope all of these were not intended to be taken seriously but WHY WRITING IT IN THE INTERNET IF IT ISN'T APRIL FOOLS?????!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!?
1:11:18 poor vakama, first time he got confident as a toa, only for it to end in 3 minutes
I'm blown away how the animation still somewhat holds up today! They really knew what they were doing with Bionicle 2 and 3
Agreed. People used to trash on the animation of these films and were saying that The Legend Reborn looked a lot better. Uh... Not really? More detailed characters, yes, but the overall designs, backgrounds, animation, colors, and camera work was considerably better in the OG Trilogy. Mask of Light was a little rough around the edges and stiff at times, but that's it.
@@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker the o ly thing I hated about the old films was the fact their idea of slow motion was simply slowing the frame rate and blurring everything. Other than that the animation really held up for quite a while. Bionicle 3 possibly has the best of everything in all the movies out together, including Legend Reborn
@@drag0nemper0r97 Ah yes, the "laggy slow motion". I feel that the animators were just cutting corners with those scenes and didn't want to animate them properly. lol
@@drag0nemper0r97 2: Metru Nui’s fight against Makuta started out in such an anticlimactic way! XD
It’s a case of good lighting, effects, and art direction making up for technical limitations. I can only imagine what this team could do with today’s technology.
Honestly seeing nidhiki and krekka being joined with makuta was chilling and then they became part of his body which is why we see that in mask of light
This brings back memories of better times of back in the day… wish we got more of these types of great movies, and not the dumbed down stuff of these days
The CGI has aged surprisingly well for being what? 20 years old now?
I thought they looked good for the time. Now it has aged but still not bad
The cgi isn't that good like amazingly, on its own but the thing that helps it a lot is the art style and the metallic / textures on surfaces
A good art style and not trying to make photo realistic flash makes old cgi stand the pass of time really good
No shxt.
Only the 3rd one has CGI that aged well
@@zillauniverse7208I beg to different if it wasn't for the first movie we wouldn't have learned
Good lord I haven’t seen these in years
“And you believe Vakama has odd visions” Nokama low-key savage
Thank you so much for bringing these back to us. Bionicle was my obsession as a kid and I watched all three of these movies so many times over. I even had Mask of Light on VHS.
It was always strange to me that Nidhiki (the second main antagonist of 2004) didn't have his name said until halfway through Legends of Metru Nui. His partner, Krekka, had his name said within the first few minutes, so people watching would have been wondering what "the spider guy's" name was throughout the film.
I guessed that Nidhiki could have been new alias for Dark Hunters or maybe a new member to the brotherhood 🤔
@@dmitribrutus5543 It’s more so how nobody said his name until the end of the film, so new viewers watching wouldn’t have known what to call him until, well, the end. lol
@@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker Yeah. Maybe he’s isn’t well known except for Toa Lhikan and Krekka
I haven’t watched these in ages. I’m glad we got to enjoy this little watch party.
29:37 the most magical thing about bionicle are their "backpacks"
"alright who fired the tickle spinner". 15+ years later and I still think thats funny
This was absolutely perfect. My childhood in order. Thank you for making this movie comp.
Movies in order:
0:01
Part 1: Bionicle: Legends of Metru Nui
1:05:59
Part 2: Bionicle: Web of Shadows
2:17:17
Part 3: Bionicle: Mask of Light
Keetongu casually carrying a pod on each shoulder at 2:12:28 will always be a badass moment.
R.I.P TheShadowedOne1
We'll never forget you
what happened
@@Fry09294 he died
@@Michael_Afton40 yes thank you, I gathered that
watching this if only because i am still a long loyal fan, but also in grieving as i had to move out of my old home and leave my bionicles behind that eventually got stolen from my home. now left with either rebuilding my collection (which would take a large sum to rebuild) or look back and remember. regardless thank you
We all apologize for your loss but your figures and memories will always be in your heart and no one can steal those feelings they gave you
I only have gen two and after many years of use the heads are broken
Dude. Thank you so much for posting this. 😢It has been almost 2 decades since I saw this.
Two decades?! You never once watched until now?! Even my nostalgic mind would force me to watch these every now and again.
My God this was great for the on the spot movie night I had thanks for uploading this!
nostalgia hitting so hard rn, reliving my childhood
This takes me back. I remember being a kid and watching these, starting with Mask Of Light. Bionicle was so cool back then.
Can't believe you are gone. Rest in Piece bro
What happened?
@@sleeper9638Shadow died in his sleep back in November 2022
Rip legend. Thank you for this😢
The nostalgia of watching these again after so many years is insane
2:54:45 great exchange
Especially "Even my shadows cannot hide your fear"
I remember where I heard Whenua’s voice from. Transformers Cybertron! Landmine! That was driving me crazy.
I’m also curious about Toa Lhikan. I guess he’s the Toa of Fire but the gold mask really throws you off. As a kid I thought he was the first Toa of Light as a sort of forerunner to Takanuva. Given his golden mask and that it eventually becomes Jaller’s mask, Takanuva’s best friend.
I also want to know what happened to his fellow Toa. It seems to imply those 2 minions of the Makuta were once his brothers (presumably ice and air), who must have forsaken their Toa status and betrayed him. I wish we got some backstory about him.
Lhikans brothers were sent on deadly missions by the fake Dume. Most of them were killed by a third Dark Hunter, codename Eliminator, who was never mentioned in the movie or the comics that came out during that time. The Dark Hunters are not really Makuta's minions. He rent them from a crime lord (The Shadowed One). Him eating the two later caused a war between their respective armies.
Lhikans team had eleven members. Tuyet, Toa of water, stole an object that allowed her god level elemental powers and wanted to take over the world. The Dark Hunters found out and followed her. To make authorities aware of the Hunters that were on her tracks she killed several citizens and placed evidence that blamed the DH. When she continued to do that after the Hunters were arrested, she was stopped by Lhikan and Nidhiki. (In the multiverse there is a dimension where she succeeded, a lot of characters were killed there and even their Makuta is afraid of Toa)
Nidhiki later allied with the Dark Hunters, who had declared war on the city, because Dume didn't allow them to build a fortress on Metru Nui. He was supposed to guide the other Toa into a trap, but Lhikan witnessed his betrayal and planned an ambush on the ambushers, ending the war. Nidhiki was sent alongside the other Dark Hunters to the Shadowed One. The Shadowed One didn't like Toa, or people who betray their allies, even moreso if their betrayal was unsuccessful. Nidhiki was allowed to stay and trained Dark Hunters on the island. His most frustrating student was a creature from the island of Stelt, who lost one eye in a fight with Makuta's sister Gorast, purely because of stupidity. When Nidhiki asked The Shadowed One whether he could get a partner for missions, the Shadowed One assigned him with Krekka, knowing well that it would be agony for Nidhiki.
Nidhiki soon had enough and planned to leave the island. At this time Roodaka made her visit. She wanted to ask the Shadowed One for training. But he refused, knowing that she didn't had the intention to join him. Nidhiki made a deal with Roodaka. Together they were supposed to leave the base. But when he waited for her to show up, he was struck by a projectile and transformed into the giant crablike creature he is today. Roodaka had made a deal with the Shadowed One, she would punish Nidhiki with her mutation spinner and he would allow her training.
You're frickin' right! I never realized until now that Whenua is Landmine! He even has shovels on his hands!
@@Makutros wait hold up? Where the heck did you find this info? And there's a Multiverse for this series!?
@@williamkim9861 there is a multiverse. It was established a year after the third movie came out and there was a small side arc where the Toa of Light gets launched into the multiverse because Brutaka, a guy who can summon dimensional gates with his mask, wanted him to quicktravel but his mask was broken and he had a small odyssey in which he found a dimension where Makuta accidentally killed the Great Spirit (told in the online released short story The Kingdom) and one where said Toa had her regime (short story Dark Mirror). There is also a universe where there is no Great Spirit but Makuta is a being of light and one where their roles are reversed.
Lhikans story was told in the book Legacy of Evil as it intertwined with the origin story of the Piraka. Tuyet first showed up as a corpse in the underwater arc in the short story Into the Darkness and was then expanded upon with her origin story the many deaths of Toa Tuyet. Nidhiki's origin story is told in the short story Birth of a Dark Hunter and was then retold in Legacy of Evil from the Piraka's perspective. And Eliminator was established in the official Dark Hunter guide book.
I actually got into watching Transformers Cybertron back then because I recognized Whenua's voice as Landmine, and became a huge Transformers fan because of it XD
the first set of Bionicles will always stay my fav set, they were so damn cool
It's nice to take a trip down memory lane every now and again.
I was like “dang, this is one long intro for a retrospective”, then I realized the video is literally a compilation of a three movies. Good stuff.
Our *Unity* makes us strong as the Toa. Honoring the BIONICLE Legends is our *Duty* Remembering the BIONICLE Legends is our *Destiny!* It shall forever pass on.
Thanks for this. I'm a middle aged fan of all things Bionicle. I am grateful.
Couple takeaways:
Wow, the animation still holds up today. Great visuals and some pretty good sound effects.
The music goes hard, way harder than it has any right to. Really emotional and it helps make the story compelling.
The lore in this franchise is so under appreciated. This story spans so much time and different territories and yet every story has an insane amount of tension.
I like the attack of the clones style intro to the visorak horde when Sidorak introduces them to Vakama. I expected “magnificent, aren’t they” lmao
Vakama’s struggle as a leader from being unsure, to then being cocky and bitter, to finally being a wise and accepting leader is something everyone can learn from.
I haven’t seen these movies since I was young and I loved them! This person is my hero
Who needs Snyder cut when you have this
Man they really need to do a reboot of this franchise. These movies were great, and could you imagine how it could be expanded upon now? I remember the very basic mmo-ish type pc game they came out with and I just wish they would have made full on one where we could have explored the world. That would be so sick.
They rebooted six years ago with online shorts and a 4 episode Netflix show. Didn't go well. But if they can pull it of properly I would absolutely be on board.
@@Makutros G2 could have done so well if they had managed it better and didn’t rely on G1 fans carrying it
We miss you man.
I loved this when I was a small kid and I can’t believe someone video ed the trilogy on UA-cam thank you I will treasure this moment right now for ever June 19th 2022 at 3:51 in the morning
That intro theme song will never fail to bring a smile to my face and re-spark my joy for life.
Found this on a scroll and now my inner child is fulfilled. So glad to see them all in better quality
Ya know, I was just quoting the Mask of Light movie the other day. I used to own it and the 2nd one on VHS as a kid. Thank you for uploading these!
2:58:24, greatest line in all of fiction
I'm seeing a desynch during Mask of Light. It starts when Tahu leaps to the stage to insist they prepare for the arrival of the Toa of Light.
It concludes about when Lewa and the two seekers crashland on the mountain.
Oh man, I must thank you, you made me remember one of my happiest memories of my childhood, they helped me to get fhrew the tough times, even now, I wish I could do something related to bionicle with you as a thanks, like voice acting
This... This is my Bionicle... My Spark of Imagination. The spark of Monsters. Every had the Rahi Beast book? I remember going to every book fair at my school to find any Bionicle books of any kind.. gosh better days.
My favorite toys and movies ever. Got the first Gen Toa when I was 7 and collected them together with my younger brother almost until the end.
Fun fact, the guy who voices Tahu voices Piccolo in the most underrated dub of dragon ball
He's also The Overlord in Ninjago
And Dinobot in Beast Wars.
It's hard to think that Vakama had to walk beside Teridax in "Time Trap," listening to all the foot stomping the entire way and the ground shaking with every step lol.
This series could of went a long way
God I wish they kept making these I loved them
Their craft was as fine as the, for example, DBZ's moviemakers.
Such a great set of films
Gotta give them props for keeping these stories somewhat coherent and straight forward. Im not across alot of the lore but wow theres so much they skip over or neglect to mention and it still works
Ho-ly shit!! Its been almost 20 yrs since I've seen these beautiful gems!
This is a big time nostalgia hit for me growing up and remembering almost all of the 2000
Watching this was such a nostalgic moment
I grew up with Lego Hero Factory and it's series, then came the remastered Bionicle short cartoon series. These original movies are SO different from the renewed version, but it's so good! Makes me nostalgic somehow. Thank you!
i have no idea why this constantly pops up in my recommended but i am not complaining, these together with all the rest of Lego-Tech etc were such a big part of my childhood
Thank you so much for this my childhood is re-lived
Imagine a game as a Soul like but in the Bionicle univers how PERFECT this can be !!
Or a big MMO-RPG with massive multiplayer...
Oh, I'd kill for such a thing.
Souldborne would actually work perfectly for a Bionicle game. The Toa are not exaggerated when it comes to power like Final Fantasy characters, nor are they cartoony like in Super Mario and Sonic games. They are much more grounded while still having unique abilities, so the slower and more limited options from the Soulsborne genre would work out really well. Imagine Toa facing off against huge and overpowered bosses like Rahi, Makuta, Dark Hunters, etc.
For the sake of this particular gameplay style, let's just forget how the Toa Nuva in Mask of Light can so causally jump hundreds of feet into the air... XD
You did it, you mad dark hunter!
Does anybody else still have they McDonald's Bionicles, seriously the highest quality plastic they ever battered
Careful Duma, you're Palpatine is showing.
Still love these movies legend reborn just doesn’t have the same magic besides the one shot of Av-Matoran having the eyes and mouth peg showing when they open their mouths the first 3’depictions of the sets is brilliant could you imagine a toy accurate Sidorak would be mega freaky
Yeah. Part of it is that most recent movie just....looked like the toys, but animated. And the Glatorian are MEANT TO BE ORGANIC WITH ROBOT PARTS IN THE LORE. But they're full on flipping robots in the movie! So stupid. They should have kept the style of the first three movies (or, well, I guess the last two since improved animation, lol)
Agreed! One day I'd love to put together a MOC of movie Roodaka.
It’s a shame because the Miramax designs are so good just look at the Gukko Pewku and the Kilanalo when it came to the Rahi Skopio was literally the toy with the rider for the replica on his back despite the Skopio they fight being the actual Rahi
@@WelshGiraffa The only reason for Skopio including the rider is because they couldn't figure out how to make it work without including the rider. ...Because they just literally copied the toys for *all* of it instead of following the goddamn lore that was already established. *ugh* drives me nuts. The plot of the movie was fine, even if it did end on a cliff hanger that deserved a proper movie instead of a series of comics or whatever on the main website, but the animation appearance just. grrr. Could have been so much better.
Ahhhh the music of the "second" movie hits me right in the nostalgia. It was the first of the movies for me and i watched it around the age of 10 or even younger. Being 25 and missing those times sitting in front of the tv building new bionicles i got from my mom. Funnily enough many from my family thought i would become a mechanist or engineer because of the time i spend building bionicle😅
After all these years I finally see that Toa Tahu and Toa Vakama were quite identical.
Ahhh this franchise was my childhood how I missed the days and the world of the bioncle
Ah, Its this Guy
Its a Shame i only discovered them Months after they passed
The videos are so cool
Still enjoying this in 2024.
Thank you I loved these movies and bionical growing up and the movies got lost/destroyed during moves. I honestly forgotten about replacing them with how my life was going.
I love the urgency of *"Don't* archive it"
I can't believe i more or less watched these in the right order
can we just talk about how this man ( I think, sorry if I got that wrong) is legendary for posting this, I really wanted to watch the movies but didn't want to buy them, thank you.
thank you, you have graced my recommended on this fine day
use to watch these over and over as a kid
I always liked the style of the characters in this film. They were able to stay pretty true to the actual figures, but they took liberties with the designs to really sell that these weren't just robots, but these bio-mechanical beings that were alive, and felt emotions. The liberties taken in their designs made portraying emotions visually feel more organic. Bionicle also had a pretty deep lore to dive into, and it was awesome. Digging into this world of bio-mechanical creatures was fun as a kid. Hell, it got me to actually start reading books. A 13 year old kid at the time who had ADHD, was reading books. I miss the imagination in these movies, despite their weaknesses, they made up for it by telling an actual story. There's a plot, urgency, character arcs, and they were just plain fun. It was a fun trilogy. I miss when we had fun.
"You call this alright!"
Techinically, all their left hands are still normal.
I've seen the 3rd 1 when I was 6 or 7. Man time flies.
Have a drinking game for every time they say protodermis.
You killed me.
I did not know how badly I needed to see Vakama trolling Teridax with invisibility. That was awesome
Oh my god, you madlad! This was my life as a child!
I bloody miss bionicle
They was such great films
Ahhh man this is my childhood right here
1:12:00 Pure terror right there
Ah yes my childhood 🙏🙏
The unique world of BIONICLE will never stop being so good.
I remember watching the mask of light over and over again
Thank you, I have never seen the Bionicle movies, always wanted to see them and never understood the Bionicles
Damn, I'm going to be working when this goes live...
Having it premiere live really is just for fun. I also have to work! - TSO1