I think the big question everyone's asking is when do we finally get a Derpy episode?

osais: I think it's more the fact they made her competent in a method of striping her of some of her flaws and bumbling moments that were meant to keep her an equal to the other two, not to mention they downgraded another equally popular character to befit it.

For example the Positive Discrimination page discusses a instance in the first book where she saves Ron, in the book she has something of an Establishing Character Moment and has a panic attack before he calms her down so she can perform the spell. In the movie she just nonchalently does the whole thing with ease while Ron makes an ass of himself. Both have her act heroic, but in the book she is more sympathetic and fallible in execution.

edited 14th Mar '12 7:42:45 PM by Psi001

NEVER!

according to "last roundup" writer, not in the 3rd season

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday.....

edited 14th Mar '12 7:40:39 PM by TheFreeman

Never, she doesn't need one, she's fine as a cameo pony.

The day Derpy gets an episode is the day I stop watching. Why? It means the writers are more than likely grasping at straws the fandom laid out :/

Yes, the Simpsons should play themselves on My Little Pony! Or Bart could just play a whole lot of ponies.

The POA movie was missing a good part of Snape's character development, in my opinion. Unless Im getting books mixed up Harry's father and his friends lured Snape near Lupin when he was a werewolf and almost got him killed, one of the many reasons Snape is hard on Harry.

Snape is painted as such a jerk, and Harry's dad a paragon... yet Harry's father was a real jerk to Snape. Sure it was wrong for Snape to take it out on the guy's kid... but I can see why.

edited 14th Mar '12 7:44:04 PM by Emidawg

Well she wouldn't be the first dopey character fans prefer in cameo form.

I wouldn't say that the book is always better, The Godfather and Jaws come to mind. And I think Lord of the Rings just about broke even; it lost a lot of the detail, but also got rid of a lot of padding and Purple Prose stuff.

And given how much crap happened last time they gave Derpy the spotlight, I can't see them trying it again. They'll probably leave her in as a cameo, but I don't think she'll ever get a focus episode.

edited 14th Mar '12 7:45:28 PM by JapaneseTeeth

But Big's personality wasn't conceived as a fan idea...

edited 14th Mar '12 7:47:26 PM by crowlover

@story Yeah, that ain't a goddamn answer!

Even if you ignore the fact that they mangled the plot beyond comprehension to anyone who hasn't read the books, and you ignore the stupid stuff like the talking heads and Mexican Hairless Werewolf, as well as shortcuts taken due to dramatic conventions, there are still tons of contradictions that scream They Just Didn't Care.

Here are a couple off the top of my head

• Invisible Harry doesn't leave footprints during the attack on Malfoy, but he does in every other scene.
• They added human footprints on the Maruders map even though it doesn't make any sense, since one of the characters is a rat.
• The werewolf looks more like something out of Neopets than an actual wolf, which contradicts the scene where Snape asks Hermoine how to tell wolves and werewolves apart, implying it's not something any two year old could do.

Surely not everything about Derpy is fan made. They at least shown they can make funny and endearing moments with her (when parental guardians aren't on their ass anyway).

My apologies for bringing up bad blood again, I just got the funny idea a Derpy episode would make a hilarious Big Lipped Alligator Moment for the series, in theory anyway (sorta like the Terrance and Phillip or Towelie episodes of South Park).

edited 14th Mar '12 7:50:04 PM by Psi001

I do think the third one was the best, and it was what made me want to read the series, but the issue was WHY it made me want to, it was the first film where I could just tell without even having heard a book synopsis or anything that they left out a lot of details from the book.

as to film v book, the issue is they are completely different media and trying to turn something made for one to fit another always alters it enough that some will hate it.

I like Derpy a fair bit, but I wouldn't make her a main character or anything - maybe a gag episode about a day in the life of Derpy, but to be honest - I think the fuss kicked up about the one time she got to talk killed any chance of Derpy getting a starring role any time soon. She's better off as a mostly-fanon pony with random cameos

I mean I won't say no to an episode like that, but I think I'ld be worried about the whole "disability" argument starting up again, and I'd hate to lose Derpy completely, simply because people can't handle her being more than a once-per-episode gag :/

edited 14th Mar '12 7:52:30 PM by jennytablina

Watchmen the movie: do people with no knowledge of the original work recognize it as a deconstruction of superhero genre? I mean, without us telling that?

nope

Heaven forbid they just enjoy the story and the charcters...

Midnight. Time to turn back into pumpkin. Good night everyone!

Night!

Night osais! ...again!

'fraid I must be sleeping now too.

Goodnight guys!

Night Light!

Yes, it would appear my time is up as well. Goodnight.

Wow, so much hate thrown around today. The weirdest thing is that I just saw one person denounce the Watchmen movie for "slavishly following the comic" and then another for changing it too much from the comic within the span of five minutes.

Book adaptations are almost always different, simply because of medium restrictions. The best ones are the ones that aren't afraid to go ahead and change the plot where necessary while keeping the characters and themes consistent, because what makes a good book is not what makes a good movie.

edited 14th Mar '12 8:04:55 PM by PerpetualLurker

@Ginger, says the man who can't enjoy his story unless his villain is juuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssst right.