BIONICLE Vahki Online Animations - 4K (Restored Audio)

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  • Опубліковано 6 тра 2024
  • I couldn't find a super high res upload of this and the original audio was so compressed so I separated the stems of Killing Machines and chopped together an edit that sounds as close as possible to the original (It seems they used an alternate variation that was never released since some parts don't exist in the original mix.) Enjoy!
    I'm working on three new videos currently for the channel so don't worry I've got more content coming :)
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  • @Chokun-Gaming
    @Chokun-Gaming 2 місяці тому +213

    Ah yes, the time Bionicle decided to be literally 1984, now in glorious HD!

    • @Raidmasterprod
      @Raidmasterprod 2 місяці тому +16

      AND, as a movie buff 1:47 is straight out of the opening scene of the 1927 silent masterpiece Metropolis! Even the moving pistons are ripped off that iconic masterpiece!

    • @ToaGatanuva
      @ToaGatanuva 25 днів тому

      Not just 1984, but The Gulag Archipelago, as well

  • @Matau228
    @Matau228 2 місяці тому +140

    There are no Dark Hunters in Metru Nui. Here we are safe. Here we are free.

  • @toa_zohaku6
    @toa_zohaku6 2 місяці тому +46

    Ah yes, that time Bionicle decided to showcase the horrors of an oppressive police state

  • @cyanimation1605
    @cyanimation1605 2 місяці тому +44

    Lego: Hey so we just need some 30-second commercials for robot cops
    Templar: Make kids distrust the government. Got it.
    Lego: No just some fun little cartoons to promote a loyalty program on our website
    Templar: Loyalty you say? Loyalty to capitalism. captions from 1984. Simple enough. on it.
    Lego: No we're just selling boxes of these discs with codes on them
    Templar: Codes like 1312. Understood.

    • @cyanimation1605
      @cyanimation1605 2 місяці тому +9

      seriously though I have scoffed at "To Protect and Serve" every time I've heard it because of this.

    •  Місяць тому +2

      What is 1312?

  • @TheKrzysiek
    @TheKrzysiek 2 місяці тому +112

    Imagine an alternate timeline where we kept getting more of these

    • @essengerbionicle
      @essengerbionicle  2 місяці тому +56

      they should have kept templar studios fr

    • @embelished_meister500
      @embelished_meister500 2 місяці тому +3

      That's a better timeline.

    • @possiblyzslot838
      @possiblyzslot838 2 місяці тому +2

      Imagine even just one more Templar Bionicle game, one set in Metru Nui would've been sick!

  • @Makutros
    @Makutros 2 місяці тому +60

    When you know that the bird is a spy for the government you're officially in too deep.

  • @ch48_
    @ch48_ 2 місяці тому +63

    Every time I watch these animations I get an incredibly strong urge to host a TTRPG session set in Metru Nui

    • @TheRealFrambo
      @TheRealFrambo 2 місяці тому +9

      IDK if you've heard about it but there's a pretty cool fanmade TTRPG set largely in Metru Nui made by Red Star Games :}

    • @ryanthefilmmaker2574
      @ryanthefilmmaker2574 2 місяці тому

      You should check out Red Star Games, they're developing a TTRPG based around Bionicle called Doronai Nui

    • @NickRight
      @NickRight 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@TheRealFrambo Big thanks man, I'm going to digest it NOW

  • @maksymilianziele28
    @maksymilianziele28 2 місяці тому +45

    "Obedience is happiness"
    Words of every oppressor in history.

  • @Thungoid
    @Thungoid 2 місяці тому +26

    I wish the government agent profiling me were a cool spider with jaw-mounted disk-launching play feature.

    • @LieutenantAlaki
      @LieutenantAlaki 23 години тому

      You really want your brain scrombled?

  • @Chronicler177
    @Chronicler177 2 місяці тому +18

    Imma be honest the Vahki are a really underrated villain. Fuckin secret police in Bionicle.

  • @-kl2vx
    @-kl2vx 2 місяці тому +31

    The song is still peak and fire

    • @krispy_kornflake
      @krispy_kornflake 2 місяці тому +3

      fr it goes sooo hard for no reason at all and it's so good

  • @mdccxcii6340
    @mdccxcii6340 2 місяці тому +18

    Vahki: Surrender or run!

    • @Makutros
      @Makutros 2 місяці тому +1

      Vahki in 2005: Surrender or perish!

  • @docterzero1503
    @docterzero1503 2 місяці тому +38

    Always loved how the Vahki looked. Those big duel weapons always made them seem so badass

    • @TheGreenRa
      @TheGreenRa 2 місяці тому +9

      For real, vahki designs were solidly built and looked awesome!
      They’re too underrated.

  • @YasaiTsume
    @YasaiTsume 2 місяці тому +36

    I half expected you to sneak the Ahkmou meme version in somehow lol

  • @Idkwhattoputhere535
    @Idkwhattoputhere535 2 місяці тому +16

    I love the overall art direction of metru nui
    There's something really unique about it that can't just be replicated easily

    • @parkeryancey7512
      @parkeryancey7512 2 місяці тому +7

      I love how its a mix of cyberpunk but also somehow of early history's heavy stone and monumental aesthetic, making it seem a meld of future and past at the same time (something I always loved about Bionicle generally)

    • @lukestarkiller1470
      @lukestarkiller1470 2 місяці тому +2

      @@parkeryancey7512one of the earliest Bionicle commercials says the story takes place in “the future past” so that’s definitely the aesthetic they were going for and they pulled it off very well

  • @Jormyyy
    @Jormyyy 2 місяці тому +35

    Interesting they made the Vahki "breath" when standing idle, even exherting frozen particles when in the cold. I wonder why that is when they're purely mechanical automotas? I'd argue that removing that aspect and having them forbiddingly stand completely still like a gargoyle watchman would be more imposing!

    • @Makuta_Dionis
      @Makuta_Dionis 2 місяці тому +13

      Considering the way the scene was done, just standing there quietly like a statue, Vahki might have looked like the animators were just too lazy to animate him. Although such a scene, in other respects, is more consistent with the lore than the one that ultimately appears in the animation.

    • @Baloo106
      @Baloo106 2 місяці тому +7

      Maybe it's their disk launcher's ventilation port?

    • @cideofsacae
      @cideofsacae 2 місяці тому +4

      even machines "breathe", could be their exhaust fans

    • @lukestarkiller1470
      @lukestarkiller1470 2 місяці тому +2

      I think they just wanted to show that it was really cold in that location and that’s the easiest way without having it literally snow. It’s probably some sort of machine exhaust

    •  Місяць тому +1

      It reminded me of a lurking predator.

  • @Tulf42
    @Tulf42 2 місяці тому +27

    Turaga Dume to the Vahki: "Execute Order 66."

    • @GRD-OVCSP24
      @GRD-OVCSP24 2 місяці тому +4

      Vakhi: “It will be done, my lord.”

  • @DragonaxFilms
    @DragonaxFilms 2 місяці тому +13

    Shoutout to Bionicle for teaching me to recognize oppressive government practices 😤👌

  • @aamr7434
    @aamr7434 2 місяці тому +8

    It's even crazier bc when you think about it, the Vahki really did _need_ to be this unforgiving, since the Matoran's work was keeping Mata Nui running

    • @LeBonkJordan
      @LeBonkJordan 2 місяці тому

      implying Dume Teridax was letting them do the Mata Nui work anyway

  • @bioniclecollective
    @bioniclecollective 2 місяці тому +7

    And here i thought the "restored audio" was another AI audio meme. But no. Genuine beauty regardless. Nice work my guy!

  • @krisstasko
    @krisstasko 2 місяці тому +15

    I absolutely LOVE these animations! They're a big inspiration for my work on Metru Nui over at Red Star Games, and I'm so thankful that you cleaned them up!

  • @EungsuLee
    @EungsuLee 2 місяці тому +6

    I like how Keerakh... Does literally nothing.
    Just like the cops in my town!

    • @Galvatron102
      @Galvatron102 2 місяці тому +4

      He does something. He looks _cool_

    • @EungsuLee
      @EungsuLee 2 місяці тому +3

      @@Galvatron102
      "He's just standing there... MENACINGLY!"

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 2 місяці тому +9

    That's weird, I don't think you restored the audio in its entirety. I didn't hear "'Surrender or run' my ASS" once in this.

  • @jameswalker199
    @jameswalker199 16 днів тому +1

    I know Greg hated the Vahki, but these animations made me absolutely love them. Not sure if my brain could process the 1984 vibes back then, but damn do they send chills down my spine now.
    TRUST IN TURAGA DUME

  • @jankleinpferd
    @jankleinpferd 2 місяці тому +11

    God i love the vahkis so much. Thanks for this!

  • @alexanderstrahorn5417
    @alexanderstrahorn5417 2 місяці тому +10

    The movie does not do a good job at showing how much of a dystopia metru nui really is

  • @lukeframpton277
    @lukeframpton277 2 місяці тому +2

    Always liked the subtle remixes of "Killing Machines" that the 6 videos would introduce
    Nuurakh's and Vorzakh's being my personal favs

  • @danielgrizzlus3950
    @danielgrizzlus3950 2 місяці тому +3

    thank you for remastering my favorite piece of bionicle website media

  • @andreisechi7871
    @andreisechi7871 6 днів тому

    The sound design was awesome .the animation reminds me a lot of the artist from Samurai Jack ,the style . Bit of lore error : the Vahki are artifical robot with no organics ,so they can't breathe . This is not your fault bro ,but of the producers of the animation long then .Never the less its a pleasure to see this again after all this years ,thanks for the restoration .I remember that the green vahki( Vorzakh or something ) was my FIRST bionigle toy . I fell in love . Just fresh from your "web of kongu "ytp ,i already watched three times today hahahha beautiful . You have such respect and passion for bionicle lore ,still you are a fantastic meme and poop creator...this things combined could draw the attenction of Turaga Duma ....be careful 😂😂

  • @Durgemann
    @Durgemann 2 місяці тому +2

    Ah, Orwellian nightmares. My favorite kids toy subject.
    If someone you knew disappeared, no they didn't. There was never anyone named Mavrah.

  • @lucashurbin5067
    @lucashurbin5067 2 місяці тому +3

    wait, WAIT, that sound that was in my head since the early 2000 was this one ??!!!
    So glad to ear that !

  • @zf1_boi46
    @zf1_boi46 2 місяці тому +2

    Keerakh breath fog goes so hard ngl

  • @IntoGamesLP
    @IntoGamesLP 2 місяці тому +2

    bro ngl- hearing all the tracks in high-res feels way to nice haha. awesome job on the remasters dude!

  • @user-qg1mw5tz1q
    @user-qg1mw5tz1q 2 місяці тому +3

    i always thought the vahki were underrated despite how cool they are.
    really great to see a restored audio version!

    • @cyanimation1605
      @cyanimation1605 2 місяці тому +1

      It's a number of factors. Only the weapons were different from set to set, the lower legs and heads were the only new pieces, the gear function was exactly the same as the rahkshi and matoran only a year prior, the collectibles weren't even new, arms had no articulation, barely even shown in the movie, and individually they weren't much of a threat to a Toa the way the Rahi, Kal, Rahkshi, Piraka, Barraki, Makuta, and Skrall were. Or even the Bohrok. Lewa had lasting mental damage from the Krana. The Vahki's staff effects just wore off in a couple hours.

    • @cyanimation1605
      @cyanimation1605 2 місяці тому

      And their secondary color was grey. More of it than the Metru had.

    • @misterbadguy7325
      @misterbadguy7325 2 місяці тому +1

      @@cyanimation1605 Also, Greg Farshtey hated them. He didn't like any "horde"-type characters, but the Vahki seem to have particularly gotten his goat for some reason. It's why they ultimately end up going out like chumps and don't play a role in the story at all, even after getting a clear plot hook in the first Hordika-era book.

  • @binary1045
    @binary1045 2 місяці тому +3

    Finally somebody decided to fix the audio, these animations were the shit

  • @misterbadguy7325
    @misterbadguy7325 2 місяці тому +2

    Funny how most of the shorts get some kind of showcase of the Vahki personalities or specializations.
    Bordakh - Gets to show off the Staff of Loyalty by brainwashing that Matoran. Also, Bordakh love the chase, so we get to see them lying in ambush.
    Keerakh - Said to be "phantom" Vahki due to rarely appearing to their victims before they strike. We barely get to see the Keerakh and it's clear the victim only saw it out of the corner of his eye.
    Nuurakh - Guards highly valuable sites, and has to sit still for long periods and play cautiously as a result, which often results in outbursts due to their programmed aggressiveness. We get to see one such outburst, and that definitely looks like a fire pit.
    Rorzakh - Said to be the most determined and loyal of Vahki, to the point of pursuing outright suicidal objectives. Most of the short is propaganda slogans playing through the Vahki's head.
    Vorzakh - Said to be the most destructive of all Vahki, and known for causing more damage than any fleeing perpetrator could. We get to see one such rampage.
    Zadakh - The strongest and most physical of the Vahki--this one gets a big ol' MIGHT MAKES RIGHT slogan, and opens its appearance by smashing through a wall.

    • @cideofsacae
      @cideofsacae 2 місяці тому

      one might wonder what the hell was wrong with Nuparu for programming personalities into these things, but if you interpret it as a similar artificial intelligence defect like the one that led to the MU’s inhabitants developing personalities and wills of their own we get a neat george lucas poetry moment

  • @AngryGoats555
    @AngryGoats555 2 місяці тому +1

    BABE, WAKE UP!! Essenger (Bionicle) JUST POSTED

  • @anemptyshell
    @anemptyshell 2 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for singlehandedly keeping this part of our childhoods alive

  • @deadsettle
    @deadsettle 2 місяці тому

    Hell yes, you don't ever disappoint🤘

  • @Blu3Jao
    @Blu3Jao 10 днів тому

    I can't believe Nuparu landed that job at Lockheed Martin

  • @parkwoojin1875
    @parkwoojin1875 Місяць тому

    31 minutes into your half hour lunch break nuurahk shows up to break your legs

  • @ironhide615
    @ironhide615 2 місяці тому

    IVE BEEN HOPING YOU’D DO THIS ONE DAY THANK YOU!

  • @VictorIV0310
    @VictorIV0310 2 місяці тому +2

    Terminators but designed to be CRAB PEOPLE

  • @RedBonkleMan8534
    @RedBonkleMan8534 2 місяці тому

    Finally a version with clean audio!

  • @lance2580
    @lance2580 2 місяці тому +1

    Bionicle but it came out in 1984

  • @Galvatron102
    @Galvatron102 2 місяці тому

    The Vahki are so freakin cool

  • @courage8151
    @courage8151 2 місяці тому

    PEAK

  • @johnrohr6907
    @johnrohr6907 Місяць тому

    Bionicle’s “fuck cops” arc

  • @FermiusDelta
    @FermiusDelta 2 місяці тому

    Metru nui is just the world according to scandroid and circle of dust

  • @RainbowDash-sn7ji
    @RainbowDash-sn7ji 2 місяці тому

    jeez this is some George Orwell shit right here and i love it

  • @Aviem00n
    @Aviem00n 2 місяці тому +1

    1984 in high res lets go

  • @radicool21
    @radicool21 2 місяці тому

    THATS WHY HES THE GOAT
    THE GOAATTTTT

  • @duartevilelas9688
    @duartevilelas9688 2 місяці тому

    Anyone else noticed that Metronui has a lot of "Metropolis" (the movie/book) references?

  • @simonurbacka4345
    @simonurbacka4345 2 місяці тому

    these go so incredibly hard how did I never see them??

    • @cyanimation1605
      @cyanimation1605 2 місяці тому

      You had to earn points by buying kanoka discs to unlock them

  • @portalpuppy31
    @portalpuppy31 2 місяці тому

    WE GETTING OUT OF METRU NUI WITH THIS ONE!!!!

  • @Legomicroman
    @Legomicroman 2 місяці тому

    i still think, the actual Turaga Dume should've been a villain. if not the main villain for 2004.

  • @VortexKiller2
    @VortexKiller2 Місяць тому

    Vahki Police Brutality

  • @BRICKOMEDIA
    @BRICKOMEDIA 2 місяці тому

    Pride in the Elite. Serve and protect Turaga Dume.

    • @essengerbionicle
      @essengerbionicle  2 місяці тому +2

      ever noticed it never says they were meant to protect the matoran

  • @thesupershinymegagengar2034
    @thesupershinymegagengar2034 2 місяці тому

    It's disturbing how Metru Nui suffers every form of the so-called philosophies of an oppressive government.
    ....But then I remembered the guy who was in charge of the city at the time wasn't even the real deal.

    • @thomaszinser8714
      @thomaszinser8714 2 місяці тому +2

      Oh no, it's worse, actually. Teridax replaced Dume well after the creation of the Rahi, Dume was just genuinely like that. Which probably made it a whole lot easier for Matoran to believe that the imposter version was real.

  • @NathanIsYappin
    @NathanIsYappin 2 місяці тому +1

    Hey Essenger. Some random trivia out of left field for you.
    "Operation Room" from the Armored Core V soundtrack sounds almost identical to the final movement of Wall of History--the big marching-beat section. If you ever wanted to remake the latter, sampling the former might be of help. Hope my brainrot proves useful to you.

  • @ontocron
    @ontocron 2 місяці тому

    This is excellent work and sorely needed! Have those background JPGs been cleaned up? They seem less chunky than I remember.

    • @essengerbionicle
      @essengerbionicle  2 місяці тому +1

      i redid a couple of the ones that appeared in the movies

    • @ontocron
      @ontocron 2 місяці тому

      Nice!

  • @sparrowfox6943
    @sparrowfox6943 2 місяці тому

    With how much audio you're remastering, im curious. Are you considering doing the audio from the gamecube game? All of those songs are great, especially the main menu theme

  • @2tehnik
    @2tehnik Місяць тому

    Power track I is great but I'm not sure why they never used the other two for promo material.

  • @citrusjuicebox
    @citrusjuicebox 2 місяці тому +2

    That time LEGO decided to tell a story about fascism... Good memories!

    • @Makutros
      @Makutros 2 місяці тому

      They did it actually again last year with Ninjago's villain faction Imperium. I think that's even more on the nose than what they did with the Vahki.

    • @lance2580
      @lance2580 2 місяці тому

      @@Makutros
      My favorite scene from _Ninjago Dragons Rising_ was when Empress Beatrix sent the Ninja to the concentration camp for a shower!

  • @petefcferris
    @petefcferris Місяць тому

    Goddamn Vahki bellends

  • @user-op9ig4df6p
    @user-op9ig4df6p 2 місяці тому +1

    omg... this is fuckin awsome!!!!
    wish we can see bionicle g3 in the 2025!!!!

  • @TheAllAroundMan
    @TheAllAroundMan 2 місяці тому

    S u r r e n d e r O r R u n

  • @VictorSilva-lj4wy
    @VictorSilva-lj4wy 2 місяці тому

    I love the vahki but why do they run like phoebe

  • @p.g.v.k856
    @p.g.v.k856 2 місяці тому

    Bionicle shows how cops work, of course they are not as competent as vahki and way more brutal

  • @MatildyMatilduh666
    @MatildyMatilduh666 2 місяці тому

    Six reasons to never visit Metru Nui.

  • @th3bodark
    @th3bodark 2 місяці тому

    TURAGA DUME IS WATCHING YOU

  • @possiblyzslot838
    @possiblyzslot838 2 місяці тому

    9 years ago someone made a Vahki Mix - which is my favourite version of Killing Machines, it seems to include the missing sections you speak of however the audio isn't AS good as it is here, but it's still fairly clean:
    ua-cam.com/video/Q1IEeU1y-W0/v-deo.html

    • @essengerbionicle
      @essengerbionicle  2 місяці тому

      One of the main difficult edits I had to make was for the bordakh mix when the matoran appears, In the animation it doesn’t include that synth line overtop of it so i had to use a variety of phase removal and manual edits, it’s not perfect but the average listener probably couldn’t tell

  • @Bluemarblecomics
    @Bluemarblecomics 2 місяці тому +2

    Hi

  • @josiahteller7556
    @josiahteller7556 2 місяці тому

    *Turaga Dume 2024*

  • @SmileyFairy47
    @SmileyFairy47 2 місяці тому +3

    Surrender or run my ass. Defend the police.

  • @kitsunepop1077
    @kitsunepop1077 2 місяці тому

    and people wonder why I grew up into a communist lmao

  • @Trevil1337
    @Trevil1337 2 місяці тому

    Defund the police

  • @marcellsz9990
    @marcellsz9990 2 місяці тому +1

    Bionicle communism be like

    • @Bionickpunk
      @Bionickpunk 2 місяці тому +4

      More like Bionicle authoritarianism.

    • @marcellsz9990
      @marcellsz9990 2 місяці тому

      @@Bionickpunk that Ta-Metru part "a busy matoran is a happy matoran" is literally Stahanovism like in the Soviet Union. But you are right thoo

  • @guywithrevolver
    @guywithrevolver 2 місяці тому +1

    All Vahki Are Bad

    • @marcellsz9990
      @marcellsz9990 2 місяці тому +2

      Skakdi's lifes matter!

    • @essengerbionicle
      @essengerbionicle  2 місяці тому +4

      @@marcellsz9990 the skakdi got did real dirty tbh they were a peaceful race and spiriah did horrible experiments on them that turned them all into monsters and then unleashed the visorak on their whole island

    • @marcellsz9990
      @marcellsz9990 2 місяці тому +1

      @@essengerbionicle yes but also they got insanely good powers too. Like Avak prison power or Reidak power of adaptation. No wonder they managed to defeate the Toa Nuva

    • @claudiobizama5603
      @claudiobizama5603 2 місяці тому +1

      I can unironically see this as a PG version of ACAB that could go past the radar lol

  • @parkwoojin1875
    @parkwoojin1875 Місяць тому

    Self proclaimed "free thinkers" when Bordakh hits them with the Baton of Loyalty 🫡🫡🫡🫡