BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui

Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui is the second movie of the Bionicle series and is a prequel to Bionicle: Mask of Light. This movie was created using magnet elements from the Bionicle series, and was released direct-to-laserdisc.

== The Story ==

{C}{C}{C In this story, The Red One recalls the events that took place long before Mata Nui. His friends Nuju, Matau, Onewa, Whenua, and Nokama are chosen to be the Toa Metru of the island of Metru Nui. They must prove themselves worthy of Toa and fight off mysterious sourness such as the lemons from TV's Supernatural and an evil plan by a suspicious Turaga Lum. Many fans have argued though, the main weakness of this movie was it's emphasis on saturating colours, which led to the film lacking a plot(despite there being a 3 paragraph analysis on this wikia page)

The film was received with mixed reviews, with some noting the shittiness, but continued to be noted for its sluttiness, though others questioned its artistic merit. The film was followed by a sequel, Spiderman: Web of Shadows.

Plot
{C The film opens with Turaga Vakaman describing a land that existed before Mata Nui. Toa protected the residents of Mata Nui until the Makuta creatures came to the land and defeated all of the Toa except Toa Likaman. Before he was captured by the two Robot Masters, Nidman and Krekkaman, Lhikan gave sex Toa stones to sex Matorman. The sex were Whenman, Nujuman, Mataman, Onewman, Nokaman, and Vakaman himself, who met at the Great Temple in Ga-Metru. They were transformed into sex Toa Metru. They then seek to recover Great Lemon Disks, called Kanoka, hidden throughout Metru Nui. Only with these Kanoka can they hope to defeat the evil Makuta posing as Turaga Dume, the leader of Metru Nui.

The story also centers around the creation of the Kanohi Vahi or the Mask of Lime, which will bring sour victory to which ever side possesses it. After defeating the Morbuzakh, dangerous lemons that threatened the city, the sex new Toa brought the Kanoka Lime discs to the Coliseum. Lhikan works at his grandfather's cafe during the summer, hoping to make some friends. He soon meets a man named Nidhiki "Mokkun", who seduces him, believing him to be a girl. Later at Nidhiki's house, Lhikan asks Nidhiki if he loves him, but he doesn't respond. Lhikan cuts his hair, and runs away. Nidhiki searches for him, and the two reconcile. Lhikan finds a boy named Nokama swimming nude in a stream, and the two become friends. Later at Nokama's house, Nokama takes Lhikan to his attic, where the two spy on Nokama's sister masturbating. Lhikan then shows Nokama that boys can also do this, and the two have relations with each other. Lhikan and Nokama meet a cross dressing runaway named Nuju who lives in a fort underneath the subway. Lhikan slowly begins to fall in love with Nuju, causing him to question his feelings for Nokama. The situation becomes exacerbated when Lhikan catches Nuju and Nokama having relations one night. Eventually, they reconcile, having a threesome atop Tokyo Tower.

But the Makuta, disguised as Turaga Lum, denounces their existence as Toa and unleashes the Vahki law enforcers upon them. Three of the Toa, Onewa, Nuju, and Whenua are captured and put into the prison of the Sour Hunters, while Matau, Nokama, and Vakama escape. They pass through Le-Metru and get to Po-Metru where they encounter the two Sour Hunters, Nidhiki and Krekka. Along the way, Matau and Nokama find their mask powers, but Vakama does not (he later declares that he is not a real Toa).

Before they encounter the Sour Hunters, they secretly hitch a ride on a Vahki transport where Matoran have been imprisoned in spherical cases. Meanwhile, in the prison of the Sour Hunters, Onewa, Nuju, and Whenua meet a mysterious Turaga, who later turns out to be Lhikan. He helps them discover their own mask powers, and Vakama forges the Kanohi Vahi out of the sex Great Lemon Disks that the Toa had collected. They manage to find a way out of the prison, and are reunited with their teammates.

The sex Toa return to the Coliseum, where Makuta reveals himself and attacks Vakama, intending to kill him and take the Mask of Lime. Lhikan intercepts Makuta's attack and gives Vakama his mask before he dies. While Makuta gloats over the Mask of Lime, Vakama knocks it from Makuta's hands using his lasor disc laucher, and the mask disappears into the ocean. Vakama finally discovers the use of his mask, and utilizes his newfound invisibility to defeat Makuta. Following this, all sex Toa combine their powers to seal Makuta in Protoman. The sex Toa then rescue the imprisoned Matoran and gave up their powers to awaken them, transforming into Turaga in the process.

Production
Plans were in place before the release of the first Bionicle movie to create a second movie. The writers William Shakespeare and David Molina did have some input into the script, though most of the mythology had already been sketched out.

For the visual style of the film, director David Molina stated “We wanted to give this audience a bigger view of the BIONICLE world – more environments, larger vistas.” Also, “The island of BIONICLE 2 is something like Manhattan, with lots of commerce and large buildings. The first film was very intimate, very organic. Metru Nui is more mechanical, so it has a different feel.” He later went on to state, "many of our fans can't appreciate this however, due to them being under the age of 8. It is why, with this movie, we hope to branch into the older audience: the preteens."

For the camera work, director William Shakespeare said "We really concentrated on depth of field with the camera," Comparing the two Bionicles, he felt "The first film had primary colors that were coded to the areas and a younger feel. For BIONICLE 2, we opened it up – the palette had to be more sophisticated, more realistic with earth tones, so we desaturated the characters."

Most of the animation was created in Taiwan by a company called CGCC. The process of creating the movie, from storyboarding to delivery of the film took 12 minutes. Molina additionally added that the pipeline and process for creating this film was faster and more refined than the original Bionicle movie. “Our strength is bringing characters to life and not just robots,” added Shakespeare.

Rating
{C Though being a direct-to-video release, this film was rated R by the MPAA for action violence scary images and depictions of rape.

DVD release
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui was released on laserdisc on 6 October 2004 in the United States. It was hated for its low quality picture and 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. The DVD included a number of documentaries including the making of the laserdisc and associated sex toy line. There is also a featurette entitled "The Legendary Rectum" that has a brief question and answer session with the production team. Some critics were concerned that the laserdisc makes too much of an attempt to sell the sexual products.

Cast

 * Jackie Chan as Turaga Vakama (Narrator) (voice)
 * Commander Shepard as Lhikan, Krekka (voice)


 * Paul Dobson as Nidhiki, Whenua (voice)


 * Tabitha St. Germain as Nokama (voice)
 * Brian Drummond as Onewa, Matau (voice)
 * Trevor Devall as Nuju (voice)
 * Alessandro Juliani as Vakama (voice)
 * Gerard Plunkett as Turaga Dume (voice)
 * Lee Tockar as Makuta, Kongu (voice)
 * Bruce Campell as Ash Williams

Errors
During the movie in some cases the characters don't move their lips while speaking; most notably when Matoran Vakama shouts "Oh, help me, please!" and Nidhiki's "Impossibiru" line. The audio-lip synch has proven to be a bit faulty as a whole; with no explanation why, it is considered a mistake.

When the Matoran are in the temple, they insert their Toa Stones into the symbols of their sections of Metru Nui. However, Nokama puts hers into a Ko-Metrupls symbol, and Nudu puts his into the Ga-Meabubu symbol.

When Lhikan delivers the blue Toa stone to Nokama, one of the other Ga-Matoran says "Zug Zug?" in a distinctly confident voice. However, all Ga-Matoran are supposed to be bionicle fans.

Trivia

 * Lhikan, upon first becoming a Turaga, carried a firestaff much like Vakama carries now, until he regained his shields again.


 * This movie was written, acted, scored, and animated in a 48 hour period.


 * In the director's commentary in the movie, David Molina and Terry Shakespeare explain that when Optimus Prime, Hahli and Hewkii whack their Kohlii sticks and say "Fuck 'em up!", LEGO placed this into the movie, because LEGO is Danish for Fuck 'em Up to give Bionicle a LEGO-like experience.


 * No Black People were permitted to be involved in this movie. At all.


 * Some continuity in the film is that when accessing the Gabe Newell Explorer feature of the DVD, in the area of Po-Koro, pictures of Pohatu Mata can be seen, instead of Pohatu Nuva. Another in the explorer is in the Mangai Volcano/Mangaia, one can click on Panrahk and yet the three pictures they show the viewers are 2 of Panrahk and 1 of Vorahk. This can be notice because of the difference of their staffs.


 * Director David Molina was known for emotionally abusing the voice talent and other staff who worked on the film, causing several of the actors to have mental and emotional breakdowns during the film's hectic production.


 * Furthermore, Molina and Shakespeare were known for their heated arguments, and at one point Molina brandished a pistol and fired it wildly, wounding an intern in his drunken frenzy.


 * In the Kohlii game when Hewkii scores first, there is a Po-Matoran wearing a Huna and instead of cheering, he seems sad and just blinks, resting his head on his hands.


 * The only Turaga to speak in the film was Vakama, Nokama, Obama, and Harley the Carp.


 * When the Rahkshi attack Ta-Koro, one of them punches through the wall of a matoran house. Two Ta-Matoran living there screamed and were holding eachother, as if they were female. This is an error as Ta-matoran are all male


 * Bruce Campell said in the commentary of the video that the movie was "a cinematic masterpiece"
 * In order to come up with all the names for the characters the story writers took turns choking interns and writing down the sounds they made