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====== Bionicle ====== | ====== Bionicle ====== | ||
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- | **BIONICLE** is a sci-fi toy franchise created by **LEGO**, started in 2001 as a desperate attempt to save the company which, unexpectedly, | + | **BIONICLE** is a sci-fi toy franchise created by **LEGO**, started in 2001 as a desperate attempt to save the company which, unexpectedly, |
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===== Speculah & Analysis ===== | ===== Speculah & Analysis ===== | ||
+ | ==== Matoran Language ==== | ||
+ | A guy online, going by outofgloom, produced resources for a ‘Matoric’ language which I got pretty into. You can find the resources [[https:// | ||
+ | I actually kinda liked what he produced, so I'll (at some point) create an article dedicated to it. But, for now, I'm only noting it here. | ||
==== The Maori Situation ==== | ==== The Maori Situation ==== | ||
- | This used to be a bit longer, but I realized it didn't have to be.\\ | + | This used to be a bit longer, but I realized it didn't have to be. |
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+ | ‘The Maori Situation’ refers to the event where the Maori sued LEGO over the use of names and whatnot from their culture/ | ||
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+ | Now, Bionicle fans are quick to side with the Maori (I wonder why...) so I'm going to be a contrarian because I think the Maori were in the wrong. Don't worry, I'll explain my thinking. | ||
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+ | First, let me get out of the way that I think the Maori had the //right// to // | ||
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+ | I'll re-iterate and elaborate on my ‘right to complain’ thing. It's entirely understandable to me that they'd get miffed about it...but consider a few other things. First of all...this happens to other cultures all the time. Take the Disney film // | ||
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+ | Also, I get it...when I heard ‘Baba Yaga’ translated as ‘boogeyman’ in //John Wick//, I rolled my eyes. Like, yeah, you have an obligation to adapt these things correctly when you're using them. Though, again, what's interesting about the Bionicle situation is that they //did// actually seem to do just that, which is another reason I find the Maori reaction to have been too extreme. They could have also used Bionicle as a method of promoting their own culture and mythology...but they didn' | ||
===== Trivilinks ===== | ===== Trivilinks ===== |
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