>>8567939There's a reason people like 01 and 02 more than the later years. The scope was relatively small, and it had a LOT of time to grow smoothly. Everyone can understand that most of the island is wilderness so there's not as many questions, and it's more about the adventures the characters have therein. And they had 3 years to do so. The expanded media was arguably at it's peak here, with the MNOG game, DC comics, even collectible trading cards.
03 had MNOG 2 which was just... Not as good as the first MNOG. Bohrok Kal animations were good. The 3D movie was goofy as hell and totally misrepresentative of the established setting.
04 was better although it suffered from a a lack of depth. Such a massive and complicated setting like metru Nui deserves more exploration. Those cgi teaser trailers are a frustratingly small glimpse into the world, because they show so much potential.
05 was Metru Nui but shallower. Now there's nothing going on in the city except spiders.
06 was pure edge, I think this is when the comics changed art style as well, the writing got way more comic booky and cartoonishly evil (vezon is the joker). And we really get to know nothing about this Huge Voya Nui island.
07 had toned down the edge and brought a lot more nuance to the characters. And the scope was smaller - Mahri nui was just a village and trench. But even this was underdeveloped. Same for 08.
I don't know enough to comment on 09, but I imagine it's an expansive and complex new setting that didn't get time to breathe, just like Metru Nui. and 10 was just a rushed mess.
