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You Never Go Full Furry: MLP Equestrian Girls
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So, essentially this is the X-Men Evolution of My Little Pony?
Kinda, though it's looking like Equestria Girls is doing more of a "parallel universe" thing rather than a "this was them in high-school" thing. Either way, no thanks.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
this looks like something made to appeal to bronies intentionally rather than incidentally.
i dont get the half-pony half human thing at all, though. they just look like badly colored humans with tails
i dont get the half-pony half human thing at all, though. they just look like badly colored humans with tails
DragonGirl
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Kinda' defeats the purpose of My Little Pony.
Now it's My Little Highschool Drama. Never saw one of those before.....
Now it's My Little Highschool Drama. Never saw one of those before.....
It's weird to me that so many people think this.
If they were trying to appeal to Bronies, they failed miserably. The percentage of the fanbase who'd actually put up their hands for a tween-oriented high-school soap featuring poorly-designed humanised characters from FiM would be negligibly small.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
are you surprised that a company doesn't understand how to market to its fan base? this wouldn't be the first time.
Femmeworth
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HollovVpo1nt
Banned
Wait, didn't bronies like MLP because it's supposedly a good show that teaches about friendship and shit like that? What does it matter how the characters look then, it's still MLP right? All this proves is that bronies that are upset about this have been fapping to ponies after all.
The Technomancer
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It doesn't prove anything of the sort, but I do find this hilarious on some level. Mostly because my position after watching a few episodes when the show first took off was "its pretty mediocre" and now people are complaining about something else that looks mediocre.
HollovVpo1nt
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It proves everything. The show looks girly to them and they're judging it without have seen it. Well that sounds familiar.
Crimsonclaw111
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The irony in their response is almost overpowering.
Lionel Mandrake
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The Fan Art thread is going to die.
While true, I think some concern is based in the notion that resources that could make more of what they'd rather watch were allocated to this instead.
Dark Phoenix
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I await the glorious explosion.
Chet Rippo
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Shush, you will ruin the ending!!
Lauren Faust left after season 1, after overseeing the scripts for season 2. This movie spinoff takes place after season 3, a season that Faust had zero involvement with.
Officially, she left because she was unsatisfied with her reduced level of creative control over season 2. It's not clear exactly what that means, and Faust's too professional to elaborate.
Faust has expressed 100% support for Meghan McCarthy, her friend and creative replacement. She gets upset when people suggest that McCarthy is doing a bad job.
It's not clear how much of this show is coming from Hasbro, and how much is coming from McCarthy.
Pop-O-Matic
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The purpose of the show is to sell toys to little girls, and I don't see how this is impeding that goal in any way. Hell, all it really does is allow for Hasbro to sell people new toys of the same damn characters they probably already own 5 figures of, but as humans/anthro ponies this time around.
nhlducks35
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CriterionDog
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how much we talkin?
Pop-O-Matic
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There will be multiple cases upon premiere.
Choppasmith
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When you put it like that, it's certainly funny albeit a twisted and misinformed perspective.
Think of it like this. Kirby's Epic Yarn was criticized by many people, even here on GAF, for being a little overly cutesy and very shallow difficulty/gameplay compared to other flagship Nintendo titles. Now imagine some dudebro Halo fanboy coming along going "Nintendo fans complaining about a game being too kiddy? Fucking LOL." Feel free to argue that isn't the same case.
I do genuinely care about them but I don't expect non-fans to. I pointed it out initially because someone in this thread asked why the characters in the promotion art art different to the one seen in the trailers.
Like any other pony threads in OT this has turned into a brony-bashing thread (even though in this case it both fans and non-fans are supposed to be on the same side, i.e. agreeing this looks bad). I'm out.
Choppasmith
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"Ah, so you do want to fuck ponies. You're just like the crazy guy in that one video. I'm so much better than you. Lolololol "
Wait, you do care that the pony art on a box of fruit snacks is worse than in the show? Well this is awkward. I was just taking the piss with my Nintendo Cereal System post.
Trent Strong
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They're in high school, so yeah, go ahead.
The look of MLP is a huge part of the show's appeal. The moral core of the show is a part of it too, but it isn't a dominant part.
Who said that? Bronies are worried that a show they love is being twisted into a shallow high-school soap that falls into the very same gender-based traps that Friendship is Magic became notable for avoiding.
Here's the thing though: Hasbro know exactly what Bronies like. They like My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. If they were interested in making a film for Bronies (which they aren't) they wouldn't take a risk with an entirely new spin-off. It'd be insanity.
That's a good analogy.
This doesn't look mediocre. This looks like the cynical toy-selling garbage that Faust's MLP was notable for not being.
If it were just mediocre, you might have a point... But this looks downright terrible.
Lord British
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Because the advertising team for ponies at Hasbro are idiots and have a reputation of making bad art / vectors.
Promotional
Actual show
Seriously can't stop laughing at this whole sequence. It's incredible.
Well fucking said.
To be fair, there is something very wrong with that top one. The nose is too pointy and too low, giving the impression of a massive forehead, and the pupil/iris in her eye are a fair bit bigger than they ought to be.
It's not a big deal, but you'd think it'd be hard to get this stuff wrong at all when you're dealing with entirely digital designs that never need to be redrawn.
Triple Da G.O.D!
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Thank You! Couldn't have said it better myself.
WrenchNinja
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Cant stop laughing.
peaceiscloser
Member
Well at the very least, I found that the character designs in the actual show/movie were better than the concept art.
But something inside me just wants to cause a brain hemorrhage after seeing the words "In Theaters"
Are they seriously releasing low FPS janky animation with the same budget at the show IN THEATERS
Gosh damn someone is going to love this though, probably my little sister. I'm happy for her.
But something inside me just wants to cause a brain hemorrhage after seeing the words "In Theaters"
Are they seriously releasing low FPS janky animation with the same budget at the show IN THEATERS
Gosh damn someone is going to love this though, probably my little sister. I'm happy for her.
SquiddyCracker
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Trojita
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But Kirby's Epic Yarn is good.
Trent Strong
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But Nintendo games are too kiddy.
Femmeworth
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For scrubs. /you know who
Razgriz-Specter
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The best thing about this picture is the Captain America phone lol.I'm surprised they didn't go live-action:
Pinko Marx
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SmokyDave you're one of my favorite posters I just want to let you know that bro.
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