What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thread)

[CannonFodder]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Huh. There's an article on Cracked that says the same thing, except with 7 seasons.

My bits are on Lyra and Bon-Bon.

It really depends on the quality control for the show. Most shows try the hit or miss approach with episodes and plots. The difference is they actually look at the potential plots before giving the go ahead.
I think season 3 will be as good if not better. Season 4 will plateau, but still be good. Season 5 won't be as good, but we'll still watch it. If they make season 6 it won't be good anymore.

I'm hoping that they know when to call it quits with the current series. What I would like to see is them after the show begins to decline to call it quits on the current series and then make another series that is either a sequel or directly connected to friendship is magic. A example of that would be like the cutie mark crusaders as adults with their cutie marks, with pip and other fillies as adults and main characters, but the mane6 as reoccuring background characters that every so often get their own episodes.

Tl:dr; they could make another series after friendship is magic by switching out the main characters and background characters, but keep the mane6 still important and occuring on a regular basis.

 

[Hakar Kerarmor]

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I just hope they don't do the stereotypical "The main characters all have kids who happen to become friends while growing up so now you can basically watch the same show again but with slightly different characters that look a lot like the old ones" thing.
Or TMCAHKWHTBFWGUSNYCBWTSSABWSDCTLALLTOO(tm) for short.

 

[Corto]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

I don't particularly give a fuck about who's fucking who in ponyworld but I do have an almost irrational hatred to having stuff spoiled in forums. CF stuff like the wedding stuff (particularly the latest detail regarding family ties and whatnot) are leaks that maybe some users don't want to know about before watching the episode itself.
When discussing a future episode, even if the "leak" was widely known within the particular fandom, always use spoiler tags. Just because you click every link sent to equestria daily it doesn't mean that every forum user posting here is eager to be informed of all leaks. This applies to all threads regarding media such as games, tv series and ponies.
As a rule of thumb, if something has not been released, was released very recently (say, a week), or is a particular twist within the story, always spoiler tag it. Always.

I'm too lazy to retroactively edit your posts so do it yourself. And be glad I don't like this series otherwise I'd be mad.

 

[CrazyLee]

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Everyone knows a series starts to trail off after season 3.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeasonalRot

Not for many sci-fi series, that often didn't start to trail off until the 7th season, like Star Trek. Or SG1, which didn't really trail off until season 8-9, especially when they replaced O'neill and put in those guys from Farscape. And then introduced the Ori, which I would have hated more if they weren't basically Cathoics in Spaaaaaaaaaccceeee.

 

[CannonFodder]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT31ZeCNdBw
I just saw this on youtube, this is AWESOME!

I just hope they don't do the stereotypical "The main characters all have kids who happen to become friends while growing up so now you can basically watch the same show again but with slightly different characters that look a lot like the old ones" thing.
Or TMCAHKWHTBFWGUSNYCBWTSSABWSDCTLALLTOO(tm) for short.

They already did that with twilight sparkle.
Her mom Twilight is a pony from a previous generation.

Not for many sci-fi series, that often didn't start to trail off until the 7th season, like Star Trek. Or SG1, which didn't really trail off until season 8-9, especially when they replaced O'neill and put in those guys from Farscape. And then introduced the Ori, which I would have hated more if they weren't basically Cathoics in Spaaaaaaaaaccceeee.

Don't kill me, but I kinda liked the new guy more than O'neill cause he damn tried to give it his all. Fill in Richard Dean Anderson's shoes is a tough order to fill and he tried his best to fill them.

Oh dear, the Ori were terrible.

But getting back on topic, I think season 3 will be just as good. Then season 4 will be okay, and season 5 will be bad. I don't season 5 would be terrible terrible, just not a good season.
It really depends on the writers really. If the writers know what they are doing they could keep the show going for years to come and just as good. Some tv shows actually get better with age. We won't know until then.

 

[Corto]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

I thought only 3 seasons were ordered

 

[CannonFodder]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

I thought only 3 seasons were ordered

Only three so far, in all likelihood hasbro is going to squeeze every last cent they possibly can out of the series. Meaning they are probably going to order more later on.

This is hasbro after all.

I just found whatdoestheinternetthink.net
http://www.whatdoestheinternetthink.net/?s=my little pony friendship is magic
Jeez! 97.9% positive! That's insane.

 

[Commiecomrade]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Huh. There's an article on Cracked that says the same thing, except with 7 seasons.

I knew about that but forgot where it came from so I tried to emulate it from memory.

 

[CannonFodder]

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Spoiler: well not really just a expanded synopsis

It's been confirmed the next episode is a time travel episode.

This is going to be awesome!

 

[TechnoGypsy]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Spoiler: well not really just a expanded synopsis

It's been confirmed the next episode is a time travel episode.

This is going to be awesome!

TIME TRAVEL MADNESS!
Hopefully we'll see some more crazy Twilight

But then again, I've got a lot of catching up to do before I can watch it. 10 episodes to be precise.

 

[Hakar Kerarmor]

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They already did that with twilight sparkle.
Her mom Twilight is a pony from a previous generation.

I know, but that's just one character.

 

[Cain]

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Last time I actually looked at this thread, it had around 50 pages (100 posts per page for me) with around 25,000 views.

Now, it's over 100 THOUSAND.

Easily the most-seen and commented in thread of FaF?

Jesus.
Well, onwards to 1/4 a million!

 

[CannonFodder]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

TIME TRAVEL MADNESS!
Hopefully we'll see some more crazy Twilight

But then again, I've got a lot of catching up to do before I can watch it. 10 episodes to be precise.

It's already said that it's going to drive her crazy. So yeah, more crazy twilight.

Last time I actually looked at this thread, it had around 50 pages (100 posts per page for me) with around 25,000 views.

Now, it's over 100 THOUSAND.

Easily the most-seen and commented in thread of FaF?

Jesus.
Well, onwards to 1/4 a million!

Actually the most commented thread was the general time wasting thread with 12,706 posts.
By sometime in season three we should be there.

 

[Ariosto]

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Crazy Twilight + Time Travel? Count me in!

I've become a victim of the show's excellent voice acting, meaning I'm one of those who stays all night long watching those videos that contain a single memorable line and looking at the top comments. Before I realise it, I already have more than 30 opened tabs.

On another unrelated note, I still don't get how those background and one-note ponies became so popular, I almost think someone should make a study on why. I myself would like to say Braeburn back for at least a few seconds and I still don't get why, is it his voice? The fact he reminds me of Owen Wilson? The fact his voice is amazingly fitting and the few lines he gets are all strangely quotable? I don't know, it makes no sense, or at least I find it strange: they get almost no development, only a few scenes, and still aren't as complex as the main six (that is, as complex as the main six are allowed to be, with Rarity, Piknie and Twilight faring better in this regard, not to mention Spike).

Makes me wonder how others would react to the main six if they were background characters as well. Granted, some of those ponies have colorful and rather stand-out designs, but still... and the lenghts they go to giving them full backgrounds and personalities...

And on yet another note, this season's songs are far better than the previous's and I actually sing them (no, people, I was never too sold on Winter Wrap Up).

 

[Heimdal]

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I was impressed by the Winter Wrap-up song, but that was before this season's songs! It's still really good, but it's been an uphill thing. That's pretty unreal for any half-hour cartoon singing.

 

[Vukasin]

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On another unrelated note, I still don't get how those background and one-note ponies became so popular, I almost think someone should make a study on why.

Just people having imaginations really. Giving stories to the background characters is fun. Then from there you get fanfics, art, and songs based on those stories. One of my recent songs gave my own interpretation of the fandom Pinkamena, which was fun to make.

And on yet another note, this season's songs are far better than the previous's and I actually sing them (no, people, I was never too sold on Winter Wrap Up).

I can agree with that. "Find a Pet" and "Smile, Smile, Smile" have been my two favourites so far.

 

[CannonFodder]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Just people having imaginations really. Giving stories to the background characters is fun. Then from there you get fanfics, art, and songs based on those stories. One of my recent songs gave my own interpretation of the fandom Pinkamena, which was fun to make.


I can agree with that. "Find a Pet" and "Smile, Smile, Smile" have been my two favourites so far.

I still like winter wrap just as much, mainly because of nostalgia. However the majority of my favorite songs are from season 2.

 

[CrazyLee]

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Anyone remember that JibJab Unnecessary Force video with Pinkie Pie blowing shit up with a tank and nuke someone posted here a while back? Google and other searches come up with nothing, and I don't feel like going through 200 pages....


Unrelated


Edit 2: This is what I get for watching pony shit while in school before class. Got a note tucked under my backpack:

"Thought I saw EQD on your screen. Visit MichiganBronies.org"

XD XD

 

[CannonFodder]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Edit 2: This is what I get for watching pony shit while in school before class. Got a note tucked under my backpack:

"Thought I saw EQD on your screen. Visit MichiganBronies.org"

XD XD

Bronies are everywhere.
"They're coming out of the walls! They're coming out of the goddamn walls!"

 

[veeno]

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Bronies are everywhere.
"They're coming out of the walls! They're coming out of the goddamn walls!"

I love you for posting that.

 

[CannonFodder]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Oh wow.
The trailer for next episode is amazing

Spoiler: time travel

[YT]4igWjESBpsg#![/YT]

Wouldn't that create a time paradox though?

 

[Roose Hurro]

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Bronies are everywhere.
"They're coming out of the walls! They're coming out of the goddamn walls!"

http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b...-from-the-Voodvork-Out/Reginald-Bretnor/?si=0

 

[Conker]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

I realized that the series is missing three characters that would be amazing references. We need a unicorn named Charlie, a donkey named Dapple, and a horse named Rocinante.

If nothing else, someone should write a fanfic where Dapple and Rocinante show up to Ponyville.

 

[AlexInsane]

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Pinkie Pie could annoy Charlie all the time and it would be GREAT.

"CHARLIE! CHAAAAAARLIE! CHAR-LIE!"
"OH MY GOD, LEAVE ME ALONE!"

 

[Conker]

Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Pinkie Pie could annoy Charlie all the time and it would be GREAT.

"CHARLIE! CHAAAAAARLIE! CHAR-LIE!"
"OH MY GOD, LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Rocinante could go up to Rarity and be like "Beautiful maid, could you..." and then Pinkie would break in with "OH SILLY, SHE ISN'T A MAID! trollface.jpg"