Bionicle: Mask of Light

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

I know it's an old movie (2003) but still...I use the term "old movie" because most movies are known of for about a year or so, then disappear...thus after that amount of time, very few people know about it...but oh well...It's a good movie to me.

 

Makuta was once a protector of the Matoran people under the Great Spirit Mata Nui, and the two were so close that they were considered brothers. However, Makuta and the rest of his Brotherhood eventually became corrupted and began oppressing Matoran. The reasons for this are not completely clear; though it is said that the Brotherhood was jealous of the high regard that Mata Nui was given by the Matoran, and it is also possible that the Brotherhood sincerely believed that they could protect the Matoran best by ruling them with an iron fist. In any case, Makuta and the Brotherhood's betrayal was not widely known and they were still considered by many to be guardians.

 

The Great Shadow

 

Eventually, Makuta set into motion a plan to put Mata Nui to sleep, intending to take his place in the minds of the Matoran as their savior. He was probably not aware that doing so could lead to the Great Spirit's death - and with it, the death of the universe - but if he was, he saw some sort of advantage in the possibility.[4] In any case, Makuta attacked and left Mata Nui to slowly succumb to his injures for three hundred years.

 

When Mata Nui was about a year and a half from lapsing into unconsciousness, Makuta kidnapped Turaga Dume, the leader of the city of Metru Nui, and posing as Dume began sending the Toa that guarded the city to close the sea gates from which they never returned. To aid in this, he hired three Dark Hunters: Nidhiki and Krekka would help inside the city, while the Hunter codenamed "Eliminator" would stay outside and kill the Toa sent out to close the gates. He also brought in a predatory pet bird named Nivawk to act as a spy. Eventually, only Toa Lhikan was left. "Dume" also requested that the city's best maskmaker, Vakama, try to make a Vahi Mask of Time that would help in his plans.

 

After the Morbuzakh plant was unleashed to drive the Matoran to the city's center, Lhikan began to get suspicious and decided it was time to choose Matoran to become new Toa. Makuta tried to subtly influence this decision so that Lhikan would choose Toa who would not be able to stop him; but Mata Nui, knowing the danger, influenced Makuta so the Toa chosen were the ones destined to succeed.

 

While these new Toa Metru - which included Vakama - were able to destroy the Morbuzakh, Makuta went forward and had the city's Vahki enforcers continue the job that the Morbuzakh had started: kidnapping Matoran and putting them into spheres that would erase their memory, allowing Makuta to "save" them from their imprisonment. By the time the Toa Metru discovered his plot, it was too late and the entire population of Metru Nui had been put into the spheres. Even worse, Mata Nui had finally fallen into a coma, bringing on the Great Cataclysm.

 

The Toa tried to escape the city with a few spheres, intending to return for the rest, but Makuta gave chase; boosting his power by absorbing Nidhiki, Krekka, and Nivawk into his body (killing them in the process). Vakama went to face him alone and tried to use the Vahi that he had made against him; Makuta was impressed that he was able to make a Vahi and offered him a position with his Brotherhood and as part of his essence, but Vakama refused. Unfortunately, Vakama's inexperience led to both of them getting caught in the mask's slow-motion effect. Makuta had fired an inescapable, deadly blast when Lhikan, now a Turaga, jumped in the way and took the brunt of the blast for Vakama, and he soon died from the wound. Inspired by Lhikan's sacrifice, Vakama began to truly challenge Makuta, and with the help of the other Toa Metru sealed Makuta in a prison of solid protodermis.

 

The Thousand Years of Darkness

 

But even imprisoned, Makuta was not helpless. He telepathically summoned two of the Brotherhood's lieutenants, Sidorak and Roodaka, to bring their Visorak armies to Metru Nui. Once there, Roodaka painfully cut away a small shard of the prison, intending to absorb the Toa's elemental powers and use them to break the seal. However, things did not go as planned and Roodaka was instead attacked with blasts of elemental power, but the effect was the same: the seal was broken and Makuta was free again. The prison shard was claimed by the Toa Metru, who later used it to represent Makuta when telling their tales.

 

A short time later, Makuta began searching for the Vahi, which fell into the sea during his fight with Vakama. But Vakama was also looking for the mask, as was a mutant named Voporak who searched on behalf of the Dark Hunters. Makuta found Vakama and trapped him in an illusion, hoping to trick Vakama into giving him the Vahi - but Vakama broke free of the illusion, and Makuta was furious to learn that Voporak had taken the mask. He offered Vakama a truce until they got the Vahi back, and he kept his word - until the Dark Hunter leader, the Shadowed One showed up, hunting the Toa that he was sure was responsible for Nidhiki and Krekka's deaths. Makuta started bartering with the Shadowed One over the Vahi, but Vakama cut negotiations short when he pointed out that it was Makuta who had killed Nidhiki and Krekka. Enraged, the two Hunters attacked Makuta, breaching his armor; but Makuta was able to knock Voporak out and make the Shadowed One age prematurely in Voporak's defensive field; because of this incident, the Shadowed One declared war on the Brotherhood of Makuta. In the confusion, Vakama snatched the Vahi and began flying away.

 

Makuta soon tracked down Vakama and demanded the Vahi, but Vakama threatened to destroy the mask - and with it, the entire space-time continuum. Extremely reluctantly, Makuta agreed to give the now-free Matoran a year of peace and to leave Vakama's allies in Metru Nui alone.

 

In that year, Vakama and the other Toa Metru brought the Matoran to the Island of Mata Nui, became Turaga, and led them in constructing villages. Makuta, meanwhile, located a lost Matoran named Ahkmou and used seductive lies to make him an ally.

 

Once the year was up, he began to harass the Matoran by creating Kraata and using them to enslave the local Rahi wildlife; forcing them to attack the villages. His aim was hopefully to intimidate the Matoran into surrendering, but more importantly to keep the Matoran away from Metru Nui. But the Matoran fought back, driving off the Rahi and freeing some from Makuta's control. However, Makuta would keep on enslaving more, and the stalemate would continue for nearly a thousand years...

 

The Coming of the Toa Mata

 

Finally, a wanderer named Takua was able to find six Toa Stones that were scattered around the island, created and hidden back when the Turaga were the Toa Metru. Bringing these together at the Kini-Nui Temple summoned the Toa Mata to Mata Nui. At first, Makuta tested these beings to make sure they were real Toa; including using Ahkmou's help to spread an epidemic among the Po-Matoran. He even went so far as to fight them directly. Once he was convinced, he retreated and awakened the Bohrok swarms for the Toa to deal with. He held no illusions that the Bohrok would be able to defeat the Toa, but they would keep the heroes busy; and once the swarms failed there was the chance that the elite Bohrok-Kal could be a threat to the Toa.

 

But the Toa prevailed against the Bohrok threats, transforming into more powerful Toa Nuva in the process. Whatever schemes Makuta was plotting in this time were abandoned a short while later, when Takua found the legendary Avohkii Mask of Light. Legends stated that the mask's wearer, the Toa of Light, would appear in a time of darkness; and Makuta quickly sent out Rahkshi to keep the prophecy from coming true. He also appeared to Takua, warning him that the consequences could be fatal for his friend Jaller if he didn't give Makuta the mask. But these attempts failed, as Takua realized his destiny to become the Toa of Light, renaming himself "Takanuva" - though Makuta's warning rang true, as Jaller did indeed die in the last battle with the Rahkshi.

 

Shadow versus Light

 

The next day, Takanuva went to challenge Makuta alone; though once he got there he told his friend Hahli (who had stowed away on his vehicle) to go back and bring all the Matoran. While she was doing this, Makuta challenged Takanuva in the Matoran sport of kolhii, and the ensuing "game" damaged much of the lair. When the Matoran arrived, Makuta took out the lair's last remaining pillar, causing a cave-in and cutting off the Matorans' escape route. Takanuva then tried to rip Makuta's Mask of Shadows off of his face, causing the two to fall into a pool of energized protodermis and emerge as a single being, Takutanuva (see Takutanuva section below). Takutanuva opened the way to Metru Nui, and the Makuta side of him even helped bring Jaller back to life; but the energy spent on the resurrection made Takutanuva too weak and the gate he was holding fell and crushed him. Takanuva was quickly restored from his mask, but Makuta is believed by the world to be dead.

 

Despite the apparent victory, Takanuva has some suspicions that Makuta let the Matoran win to further some grander plan. According to series writer Greg Farshtey, "My feeling has always been that Makuta knew that the Toa and Matoran would make it back to Metru Nui eventually -- so he intentionally lost the fight to Takanuva, allowing them to go back there thinking they had won. (Granted, he didn't expect to be crushed by a door, but hey, stuff happens.) This way, they would be a -- occupied with rebuilding for some time and b -- convinced the danger from Makuta was largely over, and thus ignore what he was REALLY up to."

 

Anyway...that's the whole Bionicle history (I guess...I got it off wikipedia so...) and it's basically what the movie is about to...it pretty much tells that entire story...though the most of the above is told in the first 5 minutes (AKA it gives very little info on it, so you have to know the most of the info to understand...)

[RMXPirate 0]

this movie is so awesome!

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

agreed, it's an awesome movie. I used to own it...until someone recorded over my tape of it >< And it was the special edition with 2 minutes of bonus material in it to! Oh well...I'm currently trying to find it with bittorrent...but the only one I found isn't seeded or peered...

[RMXPirate 0]

lol woot! Have u seen the other two movies?

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

nope, I want to, though...now that I know about what exactly occured in the second season of Bionicle...so...I always thought the original second season idea was bad...but after reading what wikipedia said, I realized it wasn't so bad.

[RMXPirate 0]

yeah it sux that they are not making anymore though :unsure:

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

-shrugs- they might make another...just not anytime soon...we'll have to see...

[RMXPirate 0]

maybe but they said the 3rd was the last. And most ppl mean it when its the last one except for kids bop lol(i dont listen to those cd's they just always say its the last on the commericals for it :D )

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

hehe, I always thought they said it was the "latest" for the kids bop cds...god, I wish they WOULD make the last >< I hate those cds...anyway, that's off topic...

[RMXPirate 0]

Yeah lol, but I really do hope a new bionicle comes out!

[EmilyAnnCoons 7]

yeah, that would be cool...but what do you do when you have awakened Mata Nui and healed him up and such? I mean...that's the end basically...how do you go any further once the whole plot of the series is over...?