The Bionicle Movies: Toy Liberties and story problems

The Bionicle Movies: Toy Liberties and Story Problems

As you all know; there were four Bionicle movies over the course of it's original run, these were:

• Mask of Light
• Legends of Metru Nui
• Web of Shadows
• And last, but certainly not least, The Legend Reborn

I like these movies for what they are, big screen versions of the Bionicle storyline seen in the toys, that's until I notice their two very BIG flaws:

The characters look NOTHING like they're original designs; "But Eoin, didn't the characters in the Fourth Movie not resemble the toys?" I hear you ask; well, yes they did; but this movie came out in 2009, ages after the first three movies did. What do I mean by "They looked nothing like they're original designs"; well, stick around to find out... 

Let's start with the first movie; "Bionicle: Mask of Light" from 2003, this was a overview of the later part of this year's storyline. Now, let's look at some of the characters and compare them to their toys.

First is Makuta, this is his toy form:

And this is his movie form: