[Cartoon] My Little Pony Talkback Thread

[big_j_ny]

........I told you this was gonna turn into a "flame bait" thread

The irony is.................you're flaming Blue Saint for something completely different than what I originally thought

 

[Pixelphile]

This is all Twilight Sparkle's fault.

 

[Kaji Motomiya]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0aVCuFHt88"]YouTube - Dramatic Twilight Sparkle[/ame]

 

[Blue Saint]

I apologize for any trouble I caused, but this is just how I think about things I like. For me just talking about how this or that is awesome is boring. I like to think about what works and what doesn't. I enjoy the show, the characters and the action compliment each with pleasant and interesting results. The problem I have is that stories at time feel like they are just set-up for Twilight Sparkle's summation and the lesson she learned.

 

[KouAidou]

I'm all for a serious discussion. I just have no idea how to respond to someone coming into a thread and "reminding" everyone that their show is just Not All That Good because it uses morally-based storytelling.

It's like coming into a Kuuga thread and declaring that it's Not All That Good because it's a merch-driven show. It's a valid thing to discuss, and there are ways that you can have that conversation. I just don't know why you'd choose the particular way you did.

 

[Blue Saint]

I'm all for a serious discussion. I just have no idea how to respond to someone coming into a thread and "reminding" everyone that their show is just Not All That Good because it uses morally-based storytelling.

It's like coming into a Kuuga thread and declaring that it's Not All That Good because it's a merch-driven show. It's a valid thing to discuss, and there are ways that you can have that conversation. I just don't know why you'd choose the particular way you did.

I admit I was at fault there I just get uneasy when people say something is good or bad but they don't give reasons, personal issue I realize. Also I fear that some people, not saying anyone here, may have just latched onto the show due it's recent popularity boom and will drift away when it is no longer in vogue. So I was probably more critical than I needed to be. It is just we have a new wave of smart, well written animation upon us and I just don't want to see that ruined.

 

[jai009]

My question is: If Friendship is Magic was more like the clip below [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOt_J0IkRM0&feature=related"]YouTube - Mlp midnight castle 3/3b[/ame]

would you still enjoy it?

 

[Pixelphile]

I saw that for the first time a week ago and I did enjoy it, but not for the same reasons I enjoy the current show. That up there reminds me of my younger days parked in front of Care Bears.

It's like coming into a Kuuga thread and declaring that it's Not All That Good because it's a merch-driven show. It's a valid thing to discuss, and there are ways that you can have that conversation. I just don't know why you'd choose the particular way you did.

Wait, Kuuga's a merch-driven kids' show? But everyone told me it was high art!

Anyway--yeah, Saint, I think you just threw folks for a loop before you provided the specifics. It's totally cool, though, I don't think anyone in this thread is here for having wanky arguments about ponies. In fact, if that happens, I am going to go nuts. I just want to have fun here. Like almost every other show we talk about here, it's made for the teeny tinies, and keeping that in mind is probably the healthiest thing to do.

The problem I have is that stories at time feel like they are just set-up for Twilight Sparkle's summation and the lesson she learned.

The reason you feel that way is because they are. :laugh: Like, all of them are. FiM seems to have finally found a niche in twisting the moral-driven episode formula, though, and it's something I highly respect as it simultaneously makes me yell at the screen. It's actually really fun to think about what it's teaching youngsters now in comparison to what was being taught in such shows when we were kids.

 

[big_j_ny]

I admit I was at fault there I just get uneasy when people say something is good or bad but they don't give reasons, personal issue I realize. Also I fear that some people, not saying anyone here, may have just latched onto the show due it's recent popularity boom and will drift away when it is no longer in vogue. So I was probably more critical than I needed to be. It is just we have a new wave of smart, well written animation upon us and I just don't want to see that ruined.

Recent Popularity Boom = Keith and Vangelus

I wouldn't exactly call that a Popularity BOOM :laugh::loltongue:

 

[Lynxara]

Wait, Kuuga's a merch-driven kids' show? But everyone told me it was high art!

You got your kiddie merchandise in my high-concept superhero drama!

You got your drama bullshit in my action show for kids!

Could these two great tastes taste great together?

It's actually really fun to think about what it's teaching youngsters now in comparison to what was being taught in such shows when we were kids.

The morals in Friendship is Magic are so much thoughtful and less... horrible than the morals in what passed for girls' cartoons when I was growing up. I mean, the "blank flank" episode is happening, right now, in every sixth grade classroom in the country.