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#122076 Santos L Halper Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:21:10 PM from The KuK

I remember once downloading that Ponyville map for Minecraft and arbitrarily renaming everything in French.

edited 11th Mar '12 8:21:21 PM by SantosLHalper

It’s highly probable that Satan has chosen [Lauren] Faust to be his modern-day emissary of evil. The signs are clear.

#122077 Fallen Legend Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:21:58 PM from Mexico City!

@Jt

I have heard that paying all the VA for ensemble episodes would be expensive. But that kind of episodes are among my favorites :)

edited 11th Mar '12 8:23:43 PM by FallenLegend

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C. S. Lewis

#122078 Japanese Teeth Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:22:20 PM from Meinong's jungle

Just a Face and a Caption.

@Psi: Oh, I'm well aware that the episode has potential to be awesome, and that they totally could develop Spike's relationships with the other characters (the summaries have never been a good indicator of quality, I thought "Sweet and Elite" was going to suck based on the summary), it's just that it's hard to get hyped about it when it'll probably more world building. Which is okay, but I prefer character interaction.

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#122079 Psi 001 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:25:34 PM

Maybe I'm not too bothered since Spike isn't low on depth in character interaction at this point anyway (though I agree there could be more). Actually one of the things I would like to see more Spike playing a more physical part in the story like this episode suggests. Heck maybe give him an actionized role (his surprisingly badass fighting against the Diamond Dogs seemed like a cruel tease).

Alternatively I'd like to see him don his Dastardly Whiplash persona again, though maybe that's for a later story.

edited 11th Mar '12 8:28:02 PM by Psi001

#122080 gingerninja 666 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:25:49 PM from Aboard The Damocles

I'm wondering what Spike's reason for leaving will be, what the trigger for it is, and how it'll be presented in the ep

That's what's interesting me the most

edited 11th Mar '12 8:27:59 PM by gingerninja666

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#122081 Fallen Legend Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:27:59 PM from Mexico City!

Sometimes I wish the episodes were longer.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C. S. Lewis

#122082 Psi 001 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:28:34 PM

And they were already expanded from the intended Two Shorts formula planned early on.

#122083 storyyeller Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:29:45 PM from Appleloosa

Wait, what two shorts formula?

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#122084 Japanese Teeth Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:30:57 PM from Meinong's jungle

Two Shorts. Common format for kids shows. Rather than one 22 minute episode you have have two shorter self-contained episodes per time slot.

edited 11th Mar '12 8:31:23 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#122085 Psi 001 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:31:16 PM

I thought the original plan was for the show to be a two mini episode formula before Executive Meddling said otherwise.

edited 11th Mar '12 8:31:33 PM by Psi001

#122086 storyyeller Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:31:46 PM from Appleloosa

It's a good thing they didn't do that.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#122087 Mio Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:31:55 PM

I remember one of the G1 cartoons was done as a two shorts formula. It included some other hasbro product based shows.

I didn't know that. I'm glad for Executive Meddling there.

edited 11th Mar '12 8:33:00 PM by Mio

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#122088 crowlover Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:32:03 PM

@storyyeller In the planning stage, the original idea was to have each episode divided into 2 11-minute shorts rather than a single 22-minute segment.

EDIT: Heavily Ninja'd...

edited 11th Mar '12 8:33:05 PM by crowlover

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#122089 gingerninja 666 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:32:25 PM from Aboard The Damocles

so... good Executive Meddling?

edited 11th Mar '12 8:32:55 PM by gingerninja666

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#122090 Mio Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:33:58 PM

It does happen.

In fact it has happened quite a bit on this show.

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#122091 Psi 001 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:34:07 PM

Good Executive Meddling isn't as rare as people believe it is. Many believe cartoons like The Ren & Stimpy Show and Family Guy were better when executives had a tighter grip of what could and couldn't do. In some cases, like Thomas the Tank Engine it actually helps establish an entire universe.

edited 11th Mar '12 8:35:40 PM by Psi001

#122092 crowlover Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:34:37 PM

More examples?

Oh yeah...

edited 11th Mar '12 8:37:56 PM by crowlover

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#122093 Japanese Teeth Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:35:00 PM from Meinong's jungle

The anti-trope here: Protection From Editors. The real trick is finding the balance.

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#122094 Mio Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:36:28 PM

Editors exist for a reason.

Whoa, ninja'd

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#122095 storyyeller Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:36:54 PM from Appleloosa

Well I think changing Applebuck Season to bucking was a good move.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#122096 gingerninja 666 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:37:46 PM from Aboard The Damocles

I didn't mean to say that like I was surprised at the existence of good Executive Meddling (I'm one of the few people who actually see these massive corperations as being run by human beings)

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#122097 storyyeller Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:39:35 PM from Appleloosa

Anyway, I guess it's time for the usual nightly slowdown of the thread. Hopefully it won't just fall off a cliff like last time.

Do not go gently into the good night!

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#122098 Psi 001 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:40:06 PM

Applebuck Season's original story didn't bug me that much, the idea of her being concussed seemed to make more sense given some of the side effects she had. Not to mention the whole point of the story was to show butting a tree with your head was dangerous anyway, so why should they fear kids immitating it?

That's not to say the final story sucked at all, I liked the episode a lot, I'm just meh either way.

#122099 storyyeller Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:41:08 PM from Appleloosa

But if it were dangerous, why would she do it every year?

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#122100 Mio Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:41:15 PM

Well to get on a new topic. Do you guys think that "Tartarus" will have any significance later, or is it just a throw away reference?

And if she did it every year, why does it cause a problem now?

edited 11th Mar '12 8:42:10 PM by Mio

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