youngjusticefo…
2014-07-14 00:32 UTC–5
Hi greg. I have a few questions.
1. What do you think would be the names of some Makuta Viruses?
2. IF bionicle were to return, would it be possible, for Tuma, or Tuyet, to somehow steal the mask of life, and recreate themself(themselves) as Makuta, then bring back the Makuta?
3. If it were up to you, would you bring back BIONICLE?
acidicus24
2014-07-14 08:01 UTC–5

greg you see ninjago 2015 sets?

acidicus24
2014-07-14 08:01 UTC–5

greg you write book 12 in ninjago

MataNuiIsTheGr…
2014-07-14 08:07 UTC–5

Some questions regarding Bionicle:

 

1. Was Tren Krom based on Glatorian/agori DNA?

2. Could Mata Nui return if he wanted to?

3. What are the Turaga's roles in the new Agori/Matoran civilization?

4. Why are beings of shadow inadvertantly evil?

5. Has Malum ever beaten a Skrall in the arena?

6. Is Marendar sentient?

And finally,

7. Is it possible for one to use whatever technology still works in the GSR to "remake" the island of Mata Nui?

 

Not too many this time, but nonetheless answers would satisfy my curiousity Angel

ScribeGT6817
2014-07-14 14:44 UTC–5

acidicus24 wrote:

greg you write book 12 in ninjago


I have not been asked to do a book 12 yet. I don't know if there will be books in 2015 or not.

ScribeGT6817
2014-07-14 14:44 UTC–5

acidicus24 wrote:

greg you see ninjago 2015 sets?


Of course.

ScribeGT6817
2014-07-14 14:46 UTC–5

youngjusticeforever wrote:
Hi greg. I have a few questions.
1. What do you think would be the names of some Makuta Viruses?
2. IF bionicle were to return, would it be possible, for Tuma, or Tuyet, to somehow steal the mask of life, and recreate themself(themselves) as Makuta, then bring back the Makuta?
3. If it were up to you, would you bring back BIONICLE?

1) No idea. I no longer have any approved BIONICLE names I can use, so I can't assign names to anything.

2) You are assuming that if it came back, it would pick up where it left off. Don't assume that, because it might not be the best way for LEGO to go if they wanted to bring it back. It would force new kids to catch up on nine years of story to figure out what is going on.

3) Yes, if I felt it would sell.

ScribeGT6817
2014-07-14 14:49 UTC–5

 
I just read through all the Bionicle Adventures and noticed something that I found interesting. The best example is early in Web of Shadows, where Rahi are running loose on Metru Nui, and Onewa asks Whenua what the Onu-Matoran had in the (recently destroyed) Archives, to which Whenua replies "Everything." Now, in the book, you wrote that Onewa already knew that, and only asked because of the habit among Po-Matoran to pretend that the Archives don't exist.  ... My question is this: Is this scene the result of you "working around" a story error in the movie script, or was it always planned for Onewa to ask a question that he already knew the answer to? Or let me put the question this way: Were the movies written with the novelizations in mind? Did the screenwriters know that Onewa already knew about the Archives, in which case they relied on you to clarify his motivation behind asking the question, or did they simply make an error, in which case you added that motivation yourself because you felt it was the only to have it make sense? And in that case, did you have to do this often when writing the novelizations?

Sorry about this being such a mess!

No, you don't write a movie with a novelization in mind. Your job is just to write a screenplay, which then gets revised and revised and revised. As for what the screenwriters had in mind, I can't answer that, I had no contact with them. I worked from a script to write the novelizations of the films, and sometimes the scripts changed between when I handed the book in and when the movie came out. And, yes, sometimes you had to use the books to expand on motivations and such, as I did a lot in Web of Shadows.

goldeaglefire
2014-07-14 14:50 UTC–5

Hello, Greg. I have a question...

 

If a makuta were hit with the staff of fusion, would it be possible that the said makuta could be stripped of all the makuta powers, and that said powers are made into an entirely seperate being as a result?

Fippe_
2014-07-14 15:14 UTC–5

Happy Birthday!

youngjusticefo…
2014-07-14 17:51 UTC–5

ScribeGT6817 wrote:

youngjusticeforever wrote:
Hi greg. I have a few questions.
1. What do you think would be the names of some Makuta Viruses?
2. IF bionicle were to return, would it be possible, for Tuma, or Tuyet, to somehow steal the mask of life, and recreate themself(themselves) as Makuta, then bring back the Makuta?
3. If it were up to you, would you bring back BIONICLE?

1) No idea. I no longer have any approved BIONICLE names I can use, so I can't assign names to anything.

2) You are assuming that if it came back, it would pick up where it left off. Don't assume that, because it might not be the best way for LEGO to go if they wanted to bring it back. It would force new kids to catch up on nine years of story to figure out what is going on.

3) Yes, if I felt it would sell.


1. Oh okay.

2. IF it came back. And okay

3. Yay

Macedonia
2014-07-14 22:48 UTC–5
I just got through listening to your interview with TTV (for the second timeJoking) and these questions popped into my head.
1. If the HF books were to come back, would you continue from where the last one left off or just wrap it up?
2. What was your favorite Bionicle location to write about?
3. If you could write a crossover story for anything, what would it be?
cryptor34
2014-07-15 05:03 UTC–5

greg tell something about sets ninjago 2015

ScribeGT6817
2014-07-15 08:22 UTC–5

cryptor34 wrote:

greg tell something about sets ninjago 2015


I am not allowed to discuss 2015 products. You know that already.

ScribeGT6817
2014-07-15 10:45 UTC–5

Macedonia wrote:
I just got through listening to your interview with TTV (for the second timeJoking) and these questions popped into my head.
1. If the HF books were to come back, would you continue from where the last one left off or just wrap it up?
2. What was your favorite Bionicle location to write about?
3. If you could write a crossover story for anything, what would it be?

1) If they came back, they would need to reflect current story/sets

2) Usually the alternate dimensions

 

3) No idea offhand