What?

edited 10th Feb '13 2:36:09 PM by TheFreeman

Welp, that was an interesting reveal.

Oh, you missed the commotion? ... heh...

edited 10th Feb '13 2:36:42 PM by Shota

@ dark

AJ could be a baseball player/top rate shop student. Maybe.

I'm aware about the movie and the new IP. You posted something vague, so I asked.

edited 10th Feb '13 2:38:24 PM by TheFreeman

As long it's non canon it will be easy to ignore.

Hey, I'm still cautiously optimistic about the whole thing. Being ponies isn't what makes me like the characters. Even if I find the setting fascinating.

Oh, I didn't say anything about the episode. Mostly becase I generally agree with everyone else. Though Twilight's neuroticism is part of what I like about her. She's coming dangerously close to switching with Fluttershy for best pony for me.

... Seriously? Long distance transport is still nescessary for the same reason that it was despite the fact that a third of the population can fly and the fact that teleportation has been canon since episode 2. Even if the number of teleporters was large (which I don't think it is), that still wouldn't cover everypony, still wouldn't guarantee they can take anything with them and still wouldn't guarantee that they can go anywhere they want anytime they want. Just restricting it to routes you know personally guarantees that teleportors need transport.

I do agree that if its real and Hasbro is serious about this, why associate My Little Pony with an IP that...does not have ponies? Is it some weird form of Wolverine Publicity? Why not make an entirely new franchise to market the young teen girl crowd?

Hasbro wants more people to get into My Little Pony, and they do so by removing the Pony? Its really bizarre, which is why I do have my doubts about that "screenshot".

They are probably going by traditional market logic that older girls are actually not big on fantasy and similar stuff. So the logical thing would in fact be to take out the ponies and the other fantastical elements and give them something more familiar, like High School.

Yeah, this makes no logical sense. but does make perfect sense when it comes to Corporate Logic.

The sad thing is it actually does make sense from a corporate point of view, and My Little Pony Tales wasn't really a success despite it basically being the original MLP High School AU. Where's that comic meme of an employee being thrown out of a window when ya need it?

edited 10th Feb '13 3:09:31 PM by Calnos

If the only way they can attract the target demographic is by removing all mentions of MLP from the show and title, why bother even making it a spinoff? Just call it a different show entirely.

Again, it's not a show. Just a one off movie, leading to a toy line. basically an excuse to sell humanized Mane 6 dolls.

Given that the quality of the writing is the #1 thing that I like about the show, I'm just rolling with this. It's made by the same people, so it's entirely possible that it'll be fine.

Hey folks, what's up?

You don't want to know

Arg. I like how, in the show we have now, it's implied that the characters are all adults. Rarity runs her own business, Twilight's a grad student, and etc.

Turning the dial back to high-school age really changes the dynamics, and I don't think it's necessarily in a good way.

Like, how much of Rarity would really survive the change? Worst-case scenario is that her passion for making clothes would turn into a fascination for buying clothes, like the Fashionista archetytpe that Faust was intentionally trying to avoid with Rarity's character.

@ Seraph: Actually, I am genuinely curious. I took another step away from the fandom for awhile due to some family troubles, but I hope to be around a bit more. I have heard about the C&D against Fighting is Magic, but haven't been up to date on much else fandom-wise lately.

edited 10th Feb '13 3:44:01 PM by Drenius

@Drenius: It hasn't been confirmed, but it's quite possible the tv movie is a High School AU featuring the cast as humans. I'd explain why that might cause a stir, but I don't think it's necessary.

That's actually my primary worry. One of the things I really liked about the original show is that it avoided talking down to the audience by giving the cast a maturity level that allowed them to be relatable for viewers of any age. Putting them in high school narrows that scope quite a bit. If you're in high school it could work, but as somebody who's been out of it for quite a few years it's hard, because my main memories of high school are basically "holy crap was I an idiot".

edited 10th Feb '13 3:49:40 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@ Drenius: A guy who knows a few guys claims the Equestria Girls IP is a High School AU.

Hm.. Yeah, I could see why some folk might be a bit concerned with a high school AU with the cast recast as humans. Personally, while I''m not thrilled with the directions the possible movie could take, I'm going to try to withhold judgement for now.

Hi!

Did people here like this last episode?

As my personal policy, I'll avoid to criticize it. Let me just say I liked they did two simultaneous episodes, something I only saw before in comic books! :)

Haven't caught the last two episodes of the show for various reasons, but I find the concept of parallel episodes pretty interesting, so I'll have to catch up.

edited 10th Feb '13 3:57:37 PM by Drenius

It was predictable but enjoyable. I preferred the JFS side of the story.

I personally think that both episodes are more effective you watch "Games Ponies Play" first.