My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Page 9

*Cure* · 03-12-2013, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JakeSully

in fact if i was an animated anthropomorphic horse i would go out with Rarity.

As if you couldn't get any more f*cking gross or sick.

*sdp* · 03-19-2013, 10:34 PM

IIRC /co/ was interested in this new "the hub" channel and we watched the block when it first aired and the MLP:FiM impressed us, of course it was written by a veteran we enjoyed but it was still MLP. We found it amusing and ironic that the best show on the block was the MLP show, the show also provided tons of reaction images which go over very well on image boards. We posted them all over /b/ and other places for fun, because it was a fun show and people only saw awesome reaction images of a MLP show. /b/ loved it and started watching the show as well and soon enough MLP craze was all over the internet. The more the show grew and the self proclaimed /b/ronies which started as something fun became something serious and the fandom grew to what it has become today. Now I am ashamed of what the MLP fandom has become to even associate that I enjoyed the show for what it was and not what the fandom has made out to believe.

I found the show to be a cutesy fun show to watch, nothing amazing but not something you'd expect from MLP. I loved Rainbow Dash and Flutter Shy and even wanted some figures of those two at one point. I found the first season quite enjoyable and fun, but it really wasn't much more than that not to the way the fandom grew it wasn't a new animated classic but I thought it was worthy of watching. The second season without Lauren Faust did feel different and wasn't as enjoyable, it still had some fun episodes but for the most part it was forgettable even though they did try to change up the formula which I give them props to. Season 2 had already been somewhat of a chore to watch but S3 was the same and actually worse than S2 since any Lauren Faust influence she had in S2 there was just none in S3. I think by this point I only watched to finish off the show I started like I often do with shows I no longer enjoy that much, I don't know why I do this. Anyway there's a few things I would've liked the show to have done like giving the stupid cutey mark crusade their cutey mark in their first episode but overall I enjoyed the last episode of S3, it works as a finale of the show and didn't leave me thining I wasted my time watching anything after S2. Now with S4 supposedly announced, I'm kind of ticked because I will feel to watch it just so I can finish off the show I started even though not only do I feel it's no longer as good and it never was a great show to begin with and what made the show fun for me which was posting random images or talking about how weird it was that MLP show was actually good were all but ruined by the fandom who actually took it all to heart.

*ZariusTwo* · 03-20-2013, 08:21 AM

Interesting story sdp, I've seen similar sentiments from others online...how a combination of things like executive meddling, change of creative direction, oversaturisation of the product, and fans going mental about the characters contributed to the show not being as fun anymore.

On top of that, I think it's another one of those cases where the fanon for the show is actually a heck of a lot more interesting than what is put on screen. I wish parody stuff like Doctor Whooves could turn a profit, or the Spike and Rarity thing had an actual pay-off.

*Raph's Girl* · 04-01-2013, 08:52 PM

MLP FIM has begun airing in Japan. Here's the theme song (very upbeat compared to the American theme):

And if you're curious. Here's the awesome Italian theme:

*Allio* · 04-02-2013, 06:36 AM

some cool fan art of Nightmare Rarity from the idw comics has appeared

*Raph's Girl* · 04-02-2013, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Allio

some cool fan art of Nightmare Rarity from the idw comics has appeared

Spoiler:

SW33T!! Im glad they're doing the origin of how Nightmare came to be. Even if it's in comic format.

JoshDA7X · 04-08-2013, 04:49 AM

My girlfriend is into MLP and I've only watched a few but I don't think it's too bad! Heck, she puts up with my TMNT obsession, so it's only fair for me to sit through this!

*Sage Ninja* · 04-10-2013, 11:58 AM

the Italian one is great I liked the whole song.

I just saw the episode where Twilight sparkle becomes an alicorn and honestly I felt it was a bit forced.

*ZariusTwo* · 04-10-2013, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

the Italian one is great I liked the whole song.

I just saw the episode where Twilight sparkle becomes an alicorn and honestly I felt it was a bit forced.

Toyetic episodes of any show normally are.

*Raph's Girl* · 05-13-2013, 09:12 AM

The trailer for Equestria Girls (out on DVD in the fall and will be soon in theatres for a limited run) is out.

In the film Twilight loses her princess crown so Celestia sends her on a quest to an alternate universe (where it was lost at). There she encounters various human versions of all her friends and family (even DJ Pony!!) and enemies. I just have to say Spike is a cute puppy!!

*Wildcat* · 05-14-2013, 04:50 AM

^ What the hell?! THAT is gonna be the MLP movie? I always thought Equestria Girls would just be a quick spinoff before the 4th season.

Ugh, it also seems like it'll stay pretty tied to to the show even though they said it wont interfere. Why not just do a special or something? This is really the movie they thought fans wanted?

*Zulithe* · 05-14-2013, 06:34 AM

Of course they would turn them into humans... tons of new merch possibilities :/ It's cool to see them expanding into theatrical films but I wish it focused on their world and not this.

It looks to me like they are clearly drawing some inspiration from Monster High here... only instead of monster-themed teens they have their pony thing going on.

And Spike is way cooler as a dragon!

*AT-Man* · 05-14-2013, 07:30 AM

Oh my lord, that's so much horsesh!t. I regret visiting this thread.

EDIT: I was talking about the MLP movie.

*BubblyShell22* · 05-30-2013, 10:53 AM

Well, I've finally been able to see this show thanks to finally being able to get The Hub on my DirecTV. Don't ask me why we suddenly get the channel after not having it for years, but we do now. I have to say, I love this show. It's so cute and has some good lessons. I love Twilight Sparkle the best, though the other ponies are cool, too. I always thought Applejack was a boy because of the voice. It just sounds like AJ is a boy even though many have said AJ is a girl.

I'm just so glad I'm able to watch this show now. It's so awesome. I saw the eps "Owls Well That Ends Well" and "Party of One." Both eps were great. Can't wait to see more.

*ObiWanFan4life* · 06-11-2013, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

The trailer for Equestria Girls (out on DVD in the fall and will be soon in theatres for a limited run) is out.

In the film Twilight loses her princess crown so Celestia sends her on a quest to an alternate universe (where it was lost at). There she encounters various human versions of all her friends and family (even DJ Pony!!) and enemies. I just have to say Spike is a cute puppy!!

Ok, I have to admit that there's an abundance of terrible decisions made here. But the dumbest decision Hasbro made was to release it on the same weekend as Man of Steel.

*BubblyShell22* · 06-11-2013, 03:45 PM

Well, sadly, I don't get The Hub anymore. I think it was just a free trial thing that they had going and then they took it away again. Up yours, DirecTV. You tricked me by thinking I had that channel back.

*Sage Ninja* · 06-14-2013, 10:55 AM

wow, this is serious? I thought at first this was some fan project animation trailer. But this is real. This looks like fan fiction. I wonder what the creative consultant Lauren Faust would have to say about this if she was still involved in the MLP project...why did she leave any way?

*Allio* · 06-14-2013, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

wow, this is serious? I thought at first this was some fan project animation trailer. But this is real. This looks like fan fiction. I wonder what the creative consultant Lauren Faust would have to say about this if she was still involved in the MLP project...why did she leave any way?

From what I've gathered, she wanted to concentrate on her own franchise, Galaxy Girls, where she had 100 percent control over...haven't seen anything since a little trailer

*Raph's Girl* · 02-13-2014, 03:25 PM

They've made a sequel to Equestria Girls. It... looks more like a rip off of Jem and the Holograms now.

*BubblyShell22* · 02-13-2014, 04:13 PM

Ugh, as if the first one wasn't bad enough, they had to go and make a sequel? Granted, I never saw Equestria Girls, but I saw trailers for it, and it looked horrendous.

03-19-2013, 10:34 PM	#162
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,222	IIRC /co/ was interested in this new "the hub" channel and we watched the block when it first aired and the MLP:FiM impressed us, of course it was written by a veteran we enjoyed but it was still MLP. We found it amusing and ironic that the best show on the block was the MLP show, the show also provided tons of reaction images which go over very well on image boards. We posted them all over /b/ and other places for fun, because it was a fun show and people only saw awesome reaction images of a MLP show. /b/ loved it and started watching the show as well and soon enough MLP craze was all over the internet. The more the show grew and the self proclaimed /b/ronies which started as something fun became something serious and the fandom grew to what it has become today. Now I am ashamed of what the MLP fandom has become to even associate that I enjoyed the show for what it was and not what the fandom has made out to believe. I found the show to be a cutesy fun show to watch, nothing amazing but not something you'd expect from MLP. I loved Rainbow Dash and Flutter Shy and even wanted some figures of those two at one point. I found the first season quite enjoyable and fun, but it really wasn't much more than that not to the way the fandom grew it wasn't a new animated classic but I thought it was worthy of watching. The second season without Lauren Faust did feel different and wasn't as enjoyable, it still had some fun episodes but for the most part it was forgettable even though they did try to change up the formula which I give them props to. Season 2 had already been somewhat of a chore to watch but S3 was the same and actually worse than S2 since any Lauren Faust influence she had in S2 there was just none in S3. I think by this point I only watched to finish off the show I started like I often do with shows I no longer enjoy that much, I don't know why I do this. Anyway there's a few things I would've liked the show to have done like giving the stupid cutey mark crusade their cutey mark in their first episode but overall I enjoyed the last episode of S3, it works as a finale of the show and didn't leave me thining I wasted my time watching anything after S2. Now with S4 supposedly announced, I'm kind of ticked because I will feel to watch it just so I can finish off the show I started even though not only do I feel it's no longer as good and it never was a great show to begin with and what made the show fun for me which was posting random images or talking about how weird it was that MLP show was actually good were all but ruined by the fandom who actually took it all to heart. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

03-20-2013, 08:21 AM	#163
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,501	Interesting story sdp, I've seen similar sentiments from others online...how a combination of things like executive meddling, change of creative direction, oversaturisation of the product, and fans going mental about the characters contributed to the show not being as fun anymore. On top of that, I think it's another one of those cases where the fanon for the show is actually a heck of a lot more interesting than what is put on screen. I wish parody stuff like Doctor Whooves could turn a profit, or the Spike and Rarity thing had an actual pay-off. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks Last edited by ZariusTwo; 03-20-2013 at 08:31 AM.

04-01-2013, 08:52 PM	#164
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	MLP FIM has begun airing in Japan. Here's the theme song (very upbeat compared to the American theme): And if you're curious. Here's the awesome Italian theme: __________________ Last edited by Raph's Girl; 04-01-2013 at 09:06 PM.

04-02-2013, 06:36 AM	#165
Allio Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 4,208	some cool fan art of Nightmare Rarity from the idw comics has appeared __________________

04-08-2013, 04:49 AM	#167
JoshDA7X Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: UK Posts: 261	My girlfriend is into MLP and I've only watched a few but I don't think it's too bad! Heck, she puts up with my TMNT obsession, so it's only fair for me to sit through this! __________________ Donatello: You're a claustrophobic. Casey Jones: You want a fist in the mouth? I've never even looked at another guy.

04-10-2013, 11:58 AM	#168
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,927	the Italian one is great I liked the whole song. I just saw the episode where Twilight sparkle becomes an alicorn and honestly I felt it was a bit forced. __________________ Cassandra: You won't fight me, but will you fight--for him! Cassandra's Revenge ~Tangled the Series ________________________________ http://frankviola.org/2012/01/30/godsviewofawoman/ _______________________________ http://nox-artemis.tumblr.com/post/4...k-and-feminism

05-13-2013, 09:12 AM	#170
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	The trailer for Equestria Girls (out on DVD in the fall and will be soon in theatres for a limited run) is out. In the film Twilight loses her princess crown so Celestia sends her on a quest to an alternate universe (where it was lost at). There she encounters various human versions of all her friends and family (even DJ Pony!!) and enemies. I just have to say Spike is a cute puppy!! __________________

05-14-2013, 04:50 AM	#171
Wildcat Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 3,516	^ What the hell?! THAT is gonna be the MLP movie? I always thought Equestria Girls would just be a quick spinoff before the 4th season. Ugh, it also seems like it'll stay pretty tied to to the show even though they said it wont interfere. Why not just do a special or something? This is really the movie they thought fans wanted? __________________ Nothing can survive the will to stay alive, cause if you try, you can do anything.

05-14-2013, 06:34 AM	#172
Zulithe Ninjutsu Master Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 6,418	Of course they would turn them into humans... tons of new merch possibilities :/ It's cool to see them expanding into theatrical films but I wish it focused on their world and not this. It looks to me like they are clearly drawing some inspiration from Monster High here... only instead of monster-themed teens they have their pony thing going on. And Spike is way cooler as a dragon!

05-14-2013, 07:30 AM	#173
AT-Man I SEEN IT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: FIN Posts: 2,206	Oh my lord, that's so much horsesh!t. I regret visiting this thread. EDIT: I was talking about the MLP movie. __________________ Through the Golden Door Last edited by AT-Man; 05-14-2013 at 07:46 AM.

05-30-2013, 10:53 AM	#174
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Well, I've finally been able to see this show thanks to finally being able to get The Hub on my DirecTV. Don't ask me why we suddenly get the channel after not having it for years, but we do now. I have to say, I love this show. It's so cute and has some good lessons. I love Twilight Sparkle the best, though the other ponies are cool, too. I always thought Applejack was a boy because of the voice. It just sounds like AJ is a boy even though many have said AJ is a girl. I'm just so glad I'm able to watch this show now. It's so awesome. I saw the eps "Owls Well That Ends Well" and "Party of One." Both eps were great. Can't wait to see more. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

06-11-2013, 03:45 PM	#176
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Well, sadly, I don't get The Hub anymore. I think it was just a free trial thing that they had going and then they took it away again. Up yours, DirecTV. You tricked me by thinking I had that channel back. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

06-14-2013, 10:55 AM	#177
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,927	wow, this is serious? I thought at first this was some fan project animation trailer. But this is real. This looks like fan fiction. I wonder what the creative consultant Lauren Faust would have to say about this if she was still involved in the MLP project...why did she leave any way? __________________ Cassandra: You won't fight me, but will you fight--for him! Cassandra's Revenge ~Tangled the Series ________________________________ http://frankviola.org/2012/01/30/godsviewofawoman/ _______________________________ http://nox-artemis.tumblr.com/post/4...k-and-feminism

02-13-2014, 03:25 PM	#179
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	They've made a sequel to Equestria Girls. It... looks more like a rip off of Jem and the Holograms now. __________________

02-13-2014, 04:13 PM	#180
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Ugh, as if the first one wasn't bad enough, they had to go and make a sequel? Granted, I never saw Equestria Girls, but I saw trailers for it, and it looked horrendous. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.