That's magnificent! Also, here's another thing I'm surprised it's taken me so long to discover: the Italians had their own different opening for season 1 which was, in my opinion, vastly superior to the normal version.
i rekon some one should make a shot for shot remake of the first 2 episodes of MLP using anime characters and rewriting the plot slightly, then show that to non bronies and when they enjoy it tell them that its a remake of MLP and there jaw drops
Let's face it, for a simple-level illustration, using the computer is a faster and dumbed out (undo command) method, but provided you have a tablet, it's the same, and you still need to work with proportions, wrist and hand control, play with pressure, etc.
I mean, I Wish I could do the stuff on paper that one can do with a computer, but I can't really bring my desktop to work, and I do all of my drawing while I'm at work.
One of the mane things I don't like about paper is that some times there gets to be wight spots that you missed when you color your picture in, and even worse when using a camera rather then a scanner some color gets lost. lol thats why I would love a digital medium, even if its just for touch ups.
I wish I could draw as good as you guys, then I might actually be able to draw my OC correctly. I tried a preliminary sketch of him a couple of days ago, but I honestly think it sucks.
great to see discord back and even better to see that he's in the story to stay seeing as this can only mean they're gearing up to an even bigger threat or that he will turn again and t'll make for a great final episode. someting tells me though that celestia is getting ready for something big, first the ending scene with luna and her book in the first episode and now freeing discord....I like where this is going ^.^
great to see discord back and even better to see that he's in the story to stay seeing as this can only mean they're gearing up to an even bigger threat or that he will turn again and t'll make for a great final episode. someting tells me though that celestia is getting ready for something big, first the ending scene with luna and her book in the first episode and now freeing discord....I like where this is going ^.^
They are indeed building up to something ...
But i do hope it isn't to this season, because that would be far too soon ....
I do think there will be something at the end of this season, though, but it probably won't be very big ....
I know a bit of what's coming at the end of the season because some people can't keep their mouths shut when they hear spoilers and have to ruin it for everyone else. Not talking about anyone on these forums.
No offense intended at all, I just don't fething get it. A few questions...
1) Are you furries?
2) Are you normal? Please answer that from the perspective of someone who doesn't watch My Little Pony...
3) Is there some kind of ulterior motive for watching the show? I remember guys in college would smoke and watch ATHF...is it like, "Oh wow this show is so amazing when you're ______!", or do you seriously watch it?
1) No more of us are Furries than any other arbitrary division of society (i.e. if you took a poll of, say, sports fans, and they were honest, there'd probably be a percentage that watches sports for the Mascots as much as the Cheerleaders)
2) Yes. Or, well... Sorta. We're normal for the segment of the population that we tend to come from- Nerds, Geeks; the sort of people who'll pay $50 for a vintage Transformers t-shirt because they still enjoy watching the shows, or who'll start quoting "The Princess Bride" and "Spaceballs" at each other.
3) Not really., and yet also a 'kinda'. Mostly we watch the show because it's a good show. As mentioned above, we already tend to be the sort of people who'll take animation as a serious medium for storytelling, and MLP:FiM has a good story to tell, and tells it well. The animation is cleaner than you'd see in most modern animated shows, done by masters of their craft. The person who spearheaded the creative team also worked on gems like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (another very good animated series). And the series isn't targeted at a specific age group, and so doesn't have the condescending tone most 'children's' animated series have- plus there's plenty of "Parental Bonus Material", like you'd find in Looney Tunes or Animaniacs- jokes and gags that kids wouldn't get, but are added in just for adult audiences.
But at the same time, the incredibly upbeat and optimistic nature of the show and the fandom makes it something of a haven from the negatives that abound in the world and in media these days. Where most modern 'comedies' would have someone slip on a banana peel and be laughed at because "What a dweeb, they couldn't even keep their balance", MLP:FiM would have someone slip on a banana peel and it would be funny because slipping on banana peels is comedic.
In short: We'd watch it if it wasn't Ponies, and we watch it despite it being Ponies, and we watch it because it is Ponies. And pretty much everyone agrees that all the other MLP stuff is utter bunk and drivel.
In short: We'd watch it if it wasn't Ponies, and we watch it despite it being Ponies, and we watch it because it is Ponies. And pretty much everyone agrees that all the other MLP stuff is utter bunk and drivel.
Thanks for the response...I guess that clears it up. When I hear "bronies", I think "BROnies", i.e., frat boys who do _____s and watch MLP.
2. I'm a United States Marine, so I'm a hell of a lot better then some candy arse normal. I am completely out of my mind however.
3. Not really, it's cheerful and completely unjaded, it's positive in a world that's starting to make 40k look upbeat. Works better then my anti-depressants that's for sure.
2. I'm a United States Marine, so I'm a hell of a lot better then some candy arse normal. I am completely out of my mind however.
3. Not really, it's cheerful and completely unjaded, it's positive in a world that's starting to make 40k look upbeat. Works better then my anti-depressants that's for sure.
Isn't that a cat human in your avatar? Just saying...
2) Yes. Or, well... Sorta. We're normal for the segment of the population that we tend to come from- Nerds, Geeks; the sort of people who'll pay $50 for a vintage Transformers t-shirt because they still enjoy watching the shows, or who'll start quoting "The Princess Bride" and "Spaceballs" at each other.
Inconceivable! Also the thought of ANYONE on this website not being a nerd or geek is highly amusing to me.
In short: We'd watch it if it wasn't Ponies, and we watch it despite it being Ponies, and we watch it because it is Ponies. And pretty much everyone agrees that all the other MLP stuff is utter bunk and drivel.
Exactly.
Nuggz if you click the link above I just wrote a massive blog post about being manly and watching ponies. So there's that if you're curious about a long winded explanation.
1: nah, I can see why people become furries but it isn't something I could ever get into. it's not that I find it wrong it's just not my cup of tea
2: yeah I'm normal, I don't walk around muttering to my self if that's what you mean. I just watch a cartoon show about ponies
3: nah though I imagine some people do. I just watch it as it has a great plot, relateable characters and it's a nice change from the usual crap that I watch
No offense intended at all, I just don't fething get it. A few questions...
1) Are you furries?
2) Are you normal? Please answer that from the perspective of someone who doesn't watch My Little Pony...
3) Is there some kind of ulterior motive for watching the show? I remember guys in college would smoke and watch ATHF...is it like, "Oh wow this show is so amazing when you're ______!", or do you seriously watch it?
Thanks...
1.) If by "furries" you mean "someone who derives sexual pleasure from animals/anthropomorphic characters" then nope. If by "furries" you mean "someone who just enjoys watching cartoons/movies featuring talking animals/anthropomorphic characters" then yes. I also enjoy watching Biker Mice from Mars, the Mighty Ducks cartoons, a lot of the classic Disney cartoons and movies, the TMNT cartoons and movies, and other stuff like that. Because they're entertaining and amusing and, occasionally, heart-wrenching.
2.) Before I can answer this properly... define "normal" in this context for me, please. Because what I consider normal and what you consider normal (and what anyone else considers normal) may be very different things, and yet still all be entirely legitimate. For example, we may consider assembling and painting little plastic man-dollies and pushing them around on a table while rolling dice and telling stories about them completely normal, but other people unfamiliar with 40k may think we're gorram fething nutbags.
3.) The only "ulterior motives" I may have for watching this show is to make me happy. To enjoy the story-telling, the character development, the art style and animation (animation is a career I'm considering, since I've recently graduated with a bachelor's of animation), the voice acting, the music. And no, I do not do drugs, or drink alcohol, or sniff paint, or anything else like that. I enjoy it simply for what it is - a well-written, well-made cartoon about a group of friends and their adventures. It doesn't matter that they're ponies.
2) Are you normal? Please answer that from the perspective of someone who doesn't watch My Little Pony...
3) Is there some kind of ulterior motive for watching the show? I remember guys in college would smoke and watch ATHF...is it like, "Oh wow this show is so amazing when you're ______!", or do you seriously watch it?
Thanks...
I'm afraid your questions can't be answered that strictly because they seem to be going on the assumption that Bronyism is uniform. It is not, we're all different. So I can answer all three with: maybe, maybe not, depends where you look.
EDIT: And as KalashnikovMarine points out that he's a Marine, perhaps you'd like to talk to these guys about it:
I wonder why Rainbow Dash is so popular with the military.
2. I'm a United States Marine, so I'm a hell of a lot better then some candy arse normal. I am completely out of my mind however.
3. Not really, it's cheerful and completely unjaded, it's positive in a world that's starting to make 40k look upbeat. Works better then my anti-depressants that's for sure.
Isn't that a cat human in your avatar? Just saying...
I don't come with this gak from nowhere, I swear.
Yeah as stated by another poster that's a Sister of Battle wearing a decapitated GK helm as a fancy hat, a reasoned response to the whole "khornate knights" thing.
Yes. My girls have "Preferred Enemy: Grey Knights" depending on who I'm playing with.
I'm planning to build a humanized Royal Guard army using Curious Constructs and Victoria Miniatures as a base. However, I'm kind of having trouble about how to convert Shining Armour: I'm going to convert this army using Gravis's Life Guard heads, but I kind of feel that they're "too old" (I always imagined Shining Armour as being in his late 20s or early 30s; Colonel Gravis's heads depict men in their late 30s or early 40s) and I kind of feel that none of Vicky's heads 'fit' his character. I was originally going to use Captain Caine, but he doesn't really have the right hair-style, and Caine would be more of Shining Armour in his wedding uniform than it would be SA as a Royal Guard.
So spike got rid of his phoenix, lest he be charged with kidnapping. And I loved his cake song <3
Seems all of season 3 is filled with continuity nods.
Ehem anyway, probably the one thing that would put me off the series would be this, it seems so stupid and forced, i'm sure it was meant to be from the start.
Anyway i'll see what the next few episodes bring but for now there is a nice shitstorm to enjoy.
okay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TedkQP_hM thats from a G1 pilot called Rescue at Midnight Castle (also known as Firefly's Adventure)
ironically had a villain that wanted to bring eternal night... and threatened to decapitate Spike
in this we see the human Megan, and Applejack being rescued and sung to by the Sea Ponies
and if you read/hear most any interview with Lauren Faust she will tell of her original idea and sketches of a redone G1, (and using the G1 concept of villains and grand adventures, different then the current running G3.5 which...well was much less focused on adventure and more on things being pink, they did have one adventure but wussed out very quickly)
Hasbro didn't own any of the old names (save Applejack and Spike) so had to use G3 names (Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rariy and Fluttershy) Twilight (G1) was supposed to be Twilight Twinkle but I don't think they owned the rights for that one either so she became Twilight Sparkle.
She did reuse a lot of the old designs for the new mane 6 (Fluttershy looks like Posey but with wings, Pinke Pie uses Surprise's cutie mark instead of the g3 Pinkie Pie, Rarity's colour is more akin to Sparkler, they did however want a Rainbow Dash, though g3 Rainbow Dash's character was given to Rarity, and G4 Rainbow Dash was originally supposed to be Firefly.
Lauren's original drawings were on her deviant art page until she got the job for MLP, but they are all over the net.
Though a lot of the toys still are done in g3 style, which is odd
Y'know with the initial rage gone. I know very few bronies who are genuinely upset. Most want to know where it is ending up and whther it is Temp(my guess is no)
My random guess, which includes other possible spoilers as well;
Spoiler:
Dream sequence. Before season three started there was a bunch of spoiler stuff that the makers talked about in a con panel. One of the things they said was happening in S3 was Fluttershy turning into a dragon, which hasn't happened yet. If that doesn't happen in next weeks episode, the only one before the finale, then I'm guessing there's some kind of dream state/hallucination which includes Fluttershy being a dragon and Twilight as an Alicorn.
AduroT wrote: My random guess, which includes other possible spoilers as well;
Spoiler:
Dream sequence. Before season three started there was a bunch of spoiler stuff that the makers talked about in a con panel. One of the things they said was happening in S3 was Fluttershy turning into a dragon, which hasn't happened yet. If that doesn't happen in next weeks episode, the only one before the finale, then I'm guessing there's some kind of dream state/hallucination which includes Fluttershy being a dragon and Twilight as an Alicorn.
Sounds plausible. Never watched the show myself, as my parents wouldn't be too pleased if they found out, but that does seem possible. If it ever happens, hilarity will definitely ensue.
If your parents are displeased over a TV show you enjoy, they need to think about their priorities. My dad is more worried about my degree and job prospects than the fact I like ponies.
I could care less what my parents think
one day I hope Megan, Danny and...that other girl who's name I don't remember, return to Ponyland...er Ponyville...
I never delved much into Pony OCs, other then using toy-only ponies as characters in a little spin off story of a weird g 3.5 fanfic (where they go on a real adventure to release this weird wish granting star so it doesn't suffer for eternity after their Ponyville was demolished to make way for a new one...people liked it though, should finish it)
Automatically Appended Next Post: named them Sprinkles and Applewisp
sigh everyone has an oc and im just sitting here playing tf2..... i wouldnt mind making one though... perhaps a cross between the engineer and the medic.... hmmmm
i have an OC pony, currently dabbling a little in RP on the EQD pony chats, the community is realy fun there and i have been doing little more than lurking for the past few weeks but its still alot of fun
Meanwhile, official release from the documentary team:
Production Shut-Down
You may have heard that we are shutting down production. For clarification, this refers to canceling plans to invest more time and money into releasing a disc with additional material and segments that have already been shot but didn't make it into the film. We have many great stories that just didn't fit into the flow of what we were creating with the film but thought the Brony community would really enjoy seeing. Because the piracy within the Brony community is rampant and pervasive we've come to the conclusion that investing any more time and energy would be not be worthwhile.
Unlike those of you who actually contributed to the creation of the film, there are those who feel the tremendous support we received was simply a financial bonanza and don't understand that we used the money to create the best possible film. They clearly don't understand, appreciate or respect the work and feel that since in their view, you the supporters paid for it, they are entitled to get it for free.
Lesson learned, we are moving on and focusing on distribution to the mainstream public.
Production Shut-Down
You may have heard that we are shutting down production. For clarification, this refers to canceling plans to invest more time and money into releasing a disc with additional material and segments that have already been shot but didn't make it into the film. We have many great stories that just didn't fit into the flow of what we were creating with the film but thought the Brony community would really enjoy seeing. Because the piracy within the Brony community is rampant and pervasive we've come to the conclusion that investing any more time and energy would be not be worthwhile.
Unlike those of you who actually contributed to the creation of the film, there are those who feel the tremendous support we received was simply a financial bonanza and don't understand that we used the money to create the best possible film. They clearly don't understand, appreciate or respect the work and feel that since in their view, you the supporters paid for it, they are entitled to get it for free.
Lesson learned, we are moving on and focusing on distribution to the mainstream public.
Production Shut-Down
You may have heard that we are shutting down production. For clarification, this refers to canceling plans to invest more time and money into releasing a disc with additional material and segments that have already been shot but didn't make it into the film. We have many great stories that just didn't fit into the flow of what we were creating with the film but thought the Brony community would really enjoy seeing. Because the piracy within the Brony community is rampant and pervasive we've come to the conclusion that investing any more time and energy would be not be worthwhile.
Unlike those of you who actually contributed to the creation of the film, there are those who feel the tremendous support we received was simply a financial bonanza and don't understand that we used the money to create the best possible film. They clearly don't understand, appreciate or respect the work and feel that since in their view, you the supporters paid for it, they are entitled to get it for free.
Lesson learned, we are moving on and focusing on distribution to the mainstream public.
Nope, doesn't sound bitter at all.
o.O the hell was that all about?
A release to the KS backers from the BronyDoc team, they were using all the funding generated by the brony masses to continue to add content, then release a DVD with a bunch of extra features targeted towards The Public At Large. Piracy however has been rampant enough that it's shut down the team just on lack of funding. Pretty sad to see in general especially with bronies posting stuff like this (from FB)
So the Bronies Documentary has been finally neutralized
Production of the extra stuff has been pretty much halted, although im not sure what will be of the extended Faust interview, but anyway
Really, it deserved it, the film shouldn't even be called a documentary since all it did was follow around a few people and said the community was SO AWESOME over watching FiM and other crap, not a single bit of history on the origins of the people THEY WERE FOLLOWING AROUND
Also I resent the blame on pirates due to the simple fact that people who weren't going to buy this anyway are the people who pirated and a vast majority of people who WERE going to buy this backed the project in the first place, I don't know how they expected major profits out of a film designed to just stroke Bronyism's ego
This is a clear example of a film failing due to how stupid and how mismanaged it was in its production and release
I also applaud /mlp/'s efforts to distribute this film
Besides having this individual being a smug git with his head up his arse, who has a significant issue with what the word "documentary means"
I had an idea for an Pathfinder campaign. Th players get transported to equestria by an evil cleric, But they have to make it out. They would fight dragons, manticores and basilisks.
They got Kickstarted for over several hundred thousand dollars to make the documentary, and were then charging $13 to download the doc once it came out. The general response is where the hell did they sink all that money?
It felt so odd ... and it continues to feel odd, obviously:
I mean, i thought the whole documentary would be released on Youtube once done, and then it has to be bought?
Where is the point in that?
... An added cd with extra material ....?
"Just walking around and stroking one's ego" ....
It sounds very much like they got overwhelmed, similarly like some bronies .... too bad they (at least temporarily) lost some professionality in the process ....
Well, bronies do tend to see more to the effort than to result .... but also isn't as forgiving towards things one has to actually buy ...
The interesting thing, is that some things that a bigger production takes more money to do, could just as well have been done by a smaller pruduction, for less money.
The piracy hadn't been rampant if they just had released it on youtube ....
Did they really expect income from that documentary?
It seems they did ....
Really starting to dislike Hasbro. First they banned Derpy from the show, then they made Friendship Is Witchcraft take all their videos down from YouTube, and now they've made Fighting Is Magic cancel their game after its been in development this long. Heck, I'm hearing when Faust left the show, it was very reluctantly after being almost forced out.
AduroT wrote: Really starting to dislike Hasbro. First they banned Derpy from the show, then they made Friendship Is Witchcraft take all their videos down from YouTube, and now they've made Fighting Is Magic cancel their game after its been in development this long. Heck, I'm hearing when Faust left the show, it was very reluctantly after being almost forced out.
Bronies deserve a GW as well
a company that ignores its large fanbase in favour of children, destroy everything they love and stick in bland predictable things and stifle all creativity
AduroT wrote: Really starting to dislike Hasbro. First they banned Derpy from the show, then they made Friendship Is Witchcraft take all their videos down from YouTube, and now they've made Fighting Is Magic cancel their game after its been in development this long. Heck, I'm hearing when Faust left the show, it was very reluctantly after being almost forced out.
Bronies deserve a GW as well
a company that ignores its large fanbase in favour of children, destroy everything they love and stick in bland predictable things and stifle all creativity
Though to be fair, children were the original target audience for MLP and Bronies just happened to also like it. Also on the copyright/trademark front, there's really no way you can say Fighting is Magic isn't 100% derivative of MLP. Don't know about Friendship is Witchcraft. With that said, parody is protected speech, so legally Hasboro might be in the wrong, but really, what pasty internet nerd is going to take the risk, both in terms of time and finances, to take friggin' Hasboro to court?
I'm mostly just hoping the Mane6 (a term Bronies coined, so Hasbro has no claim to!) continue doing fighting game development. Heck, re-skins and a different name, and they'd still be able to use Fighting is Magic (though they'd have to re-do most of the animations unfortunately). and it was really shaping up to be a pretty awesome game.
Also, as long as they don't sell it for profit, HB has no leverage and no legal claim (I think). It's just that C&D letters tend to be kinda scary. Thing is, what's Hasbro going to sue for? Lost revenue due to copyright infringement? So, Mane6 must pay Hasbro a total of.... $0.00? If they represent themselves, they'd not have to pay any fees- the most expensive thing would be getting to court dates and long-distance phone calls.
If they represent themselves, they'd not have to pay any fees- the most expensive thing would be getting to court dates and long-distance phone calls.
The issue with representing themselves is most people don't really have any knowledge whatsoever of legal matters, or at least, not sufficient knowledge to adequately represent themselves in court.
There's a saying that goes something along the lines of "He who represents himself in a court of law has a fool for a client".
See though, in this case, it's a fairly simple matter. (I use the term 'simply' very carefully). Either they're protected under Fair Use/Parody, or they aren't. Find the relevant laws (they're publicly available), translate them from Legalese... Double check the clauses concerning For-Profit use of Trademarks and Copyrights...
These guys didn't know anything about making a fighting game, and barely even anything about playing them when they started. They'd probably be able and willing to put the time into learning the relevant case law.
AduroT wrote: Really starting to dislike Hasbro. First they banned Derpy from the show, then they made Friendship Is Witchcraft take all their videos down from YouTube, and now they've made Fighting Is Magic cancel their game after its been in development this long. Heck, I'm hearing when Faust left the show, it was very reluctantly after being almost forced out.
Eh, I never cared about fighting is magic and I don't know if they did what you said with Witchcraft, because it's still there.
But HOW DARE THEY TAKE AWAY MY DERPY!!!! And why did season 3 have to be so short? I'm only now hearing that season 4 is coming and will have 26 episodes, but sheesh, my weekly dose of ponies cut short so soon? How long will I have to wait before I can refill my prescription?
The half season three is a so dictation thing as the 70something episodes is the amount you make before that. Left them free to dump the show if it wasn't doing well, but it is,'so they're making more seasons now.
They're still selling it Hotsauce, still going to release the DVD too.
On a sales note here's the email I just sent hasbro.
A brief survey of a small group of the My Little Pony fans referred to as "Bronies" was undertaken regarding fair pricing of official high quality My Little Pony plush toys from Hasbro.
Would Not Purchase 2
<$25 6
$25-30 10
$40-50 34
$60-70 14
$80-90 0
$100+ 2
With acceptable margin of error and a few small outliers the respondents overwhelmingly favored a $40-50 price point. Which is affordable and extremely attractive to the bulk of the "Brony" fanbase's demographic which is usually young adults in their twenties, costing around the same as a new video game and comparing favorably to similar items from other fandoms many bronies belong to such as various anime series.
All respondents asked about features and expressed a desire for show accuracy, quality eyes, embroidered cutie marks as opposed to screen printing and high quality materials such as minky.
Only one respondent expressed satisfaction or willingness to purchase Hasbro's current line of MLP plush toys.
15 respondents noted willingness to pay even more for "background" ponies such as "Lyra Heartstrings", or the now famous "Derpy Hooves/Ditzy Doo"
A three month lead time is required on high volume orders. This includes ground shipping. Since Binkley is in the US, no tariffs or import taxes are required.
Pricing is based on;
- Medium to High Quality Toy
- A 12" Stuffed or Beanie custom toy
- A Medium volume toy
- Your name printed on a custom sew in label (bum tag)
- Will meet or exceed all International health and safety standards
- Based on the information provided to date
- Price is 'per piece' in US$
Since we're using 1000 pieces/per character as a nice round number, it's worth noting that the individual pricing per toy will be high. in the $7.00 range per the 12" chart from the Canadian manufacturer. This particular manufacturer charges per unit and breaks it up per design, as with all things economy of scale does help push costs down if more units per design are purchased. Going international to manufacturers in China could potentially be cheaper per unit but with shipping and possible tariffs could actually be less desirable then working with a continental manufacturer such as Binkley.
Benefit:
Engaging the brony community directly with targeted limited releases prior to the release of season three and the well spring of activity amongst the brony community created by that release. While the cost per unit might be high, it requires no investment on Hasbro's part past the units themselves and by offering it as an "Online only" item (where the brony demographic is more likely to shop) only requires simple direct shipping.
- No retooling of current Hasbro production lines
- Limited runs drums up interest and minimizes risk
- Sounds the Brony fanbase out for more "official releases" from Hasbro
- Partnering with established Brony community websites such as Equestria Daily makes reaching the entire fanbase as simple as an email. Little to no official marketing required.
- Given the fast selling of the limited run "Derpy Hooves" limited edition figurine at San Diego Comic Con and it's secondary market pricing in the $120-$200 range we can extrapolate that the Bronie community is a viable market.
-We can further extrapolate the market potential from the Brony community's own plush sales, a decent quality plush toy from one of the well known craft sewers is usually in the $100+ range, and many thousands of these plush toys have been made and sold.
Cost/Gain.
six thousand plushies (one thousand each of the "mane six" - $37,260.00
Pricing plushies at: $40
-Total: $240,000.00
-Net: $202,740.00
Pricing plushies at: $50
-Total: $300,000.00
-Net: $262,740.00
Conclusion:
The brony market should be carefully considered and watched but small risk high gain potential maneuvers like the above to make sense as sounding tests.
Here is hoping they actually read it. Yes, we are a fanbase for high quality "Merch"
Again, I wont buy it(Anything over 25$ that I cant build or use for years to come is beyond my wish)
But I have bought MLP for my niecee.
People always buy MLP for little girls, mu aunt bought her grandaughters and here nieces MLP toys, Why? Because its girl stuff.
i agree though the plot of that episode felt a little (really) rushed IMHO..... they couldve made that two seperate episodes and really twicorn just felt shoehorned in there instead of the fandom apocalypse i was fearing
Most of the episodes this season felt too rushed, the the rushed finale was no surprise. No Discord was a little surprising, not even a cameo/token appearance. I would love it if season 4 was 13 two-part episodes to make their 26 total.
Oh, and season four? It starts in October... Of Next Year!
AduroT wrote: Most of the episodes this season felt too rushed, the the rushed finale was no surprise. No Discord was a little surprising, not even a cameo/token appearance. I would love it if season 4 was 13 two-part episodes to make their 26 total.
Oh, and season four? It starts in October... Of Next Year!
My 4 year-old daughter is on a big MLP kick and we started playing the MLP game on our Kindle Fire a few weeks ago. We don't have any friends that play the game, so the whole social aspect of getting stuff is cut off for us, but then I remembered the massive MLP thread on Dakka. So is there anyone on here who plays the MLP tablet video game and wants to be our friend? (I seriously cannot believe it has come to this...)
AduroT wrote: Most of the episodes this season felt too rushed, the the rushed finale was no surprise. No Discord was a little surprising, not even a cameo/token appearance. I would love it if season 4 was 13 two-part episodes to make their 26 total.
Oh, and season four? It starts in October... Of Next Year!
2014? I doupt that.
Ok, yeah, apparently that date being announced by Hasbro was stated by someone on Tumblr as a joke, and then quickly got passed around as truth. Sorry.
My 4 year-old daughter is on a big MLP kick and we started playing the MLP game on our Kindle Fire a few weeks ago. We don't have any friends that play the game, so the whole social aspect of getting stuff is cut off for us, but then I remembered the massive MLP thread on Dakka. So is there anyone on here who plays the MLP tablet video game and wants to be our friend? (I seriously cannot believe it has come to this...)
Gameloft ID: nelbat1026
I'm pretty sure my Gameloft ID is exactly the same as my Dakka ID. Add me if you like! Also you could try going to the gameloft website and adding people on there.
Hah..... exterminatus doesnt affect me! My dexterity is lvl99 so you missed! BTW has anyone released any actual season 4 info or is it all speculation at this point
Just started Hordes recently. Picked Legion of Everblight. Decided to theme it as "My Little Legion" Here is the first piece (Spike!). One of the guys from work painted him for me.The rest I will paint on my own. I was going to make Thagrosh colored like Twilight, and when the Archangel arrives I will paint it like Celestia. That is about as far as I have gotten on the paint scheme.
Somedude593 wrote: Hah..... exterminatus doesnt affect me! My dexterity is lvl99 so you missed! BTW has anyone released any actual season 4 info or is it all speculation at this point
Only official is that it is a full season.
Which will get use to 91 episodes.
Then we will have 9 more good episodes in season 5 until it is crud.
Some was good, some was bad. Several times they tried to tell bigger stories than what fit in a single episode and that led stories feeling rushed and contributed to a lot of the bad. Multiple episodes also had a fan fiction feel to them which led to other complaints, but I never terribly minded them. The only episode's story that I thought was bad (that I can remember) as opposed to merely rushed was the Spike episode where he was AJ's servent, as so much of that one was just out of character and wtf moments to me.
bloodaxegit wrote: So, for those of you who haven't seen it, I present SWAG.MOV, the epic conclusion to one of the weirdest creations this fandom has spawned.
bloodaxegit wrote: So, for those of you who haven't seen it, I present SWAG.MOV, the epic conclusion to one of the weirdest creations this fandom has spawned.
I'm honestly shocked that Hot Diggity Demon's stuff survived considering other less... controversial material's been targeted and removed by Hasbro.
That is because you, and several other in the fandom seems to have no idea how Hasbro or IP work, or even who did what:
* One:
Hasbro really seem to not bother, as long as their ownership of the MLP: FiM IP is not threatened.
* Two:
. MOV can easily be defined as Parody/Satire, it is WAAAAAAAYYYYY too different from the show, and is truly defended by "fair use". It do not threaten Hasbro's IP.
* Three:
Fighting is Magic was/is neither made for commenting, nor for parody or satire(it is too well and alike done), and was becoming really famous, and proved to have money-raising ability ... a charity to get selected as one of the main games on ... was it EVO? wich really could make it competitive with actual Hasbro-licenced games ....
Hasbro let it be as long as they could, but that was too much.
* Four:
Friendship is Witchcraft. From what i have heard, it was taken down by YOUTUBE, not Hasbro.
Thing is, if i tremember correctly: They used the whole "My little Pony - Friendship is Magic" - intro.
That is waht tagged them for getting taken down.
Haven't you noticed that all uploaded episodes nowadays DO NOT HAVE THAT INTRO?
That is to not make them getting automatically removed by Youtube's new routines .... which probably was what took down FiW.
FiW probably work as Parody, otherwise.
Ok, i may be a bit incorrect on that last thing, but that is the info i picked up here and there, and it do seem to fit.
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Oh, and i really like the Titan and the ALIEN, of course.
d=(^_^)=b
I might be wrong, but besides parody and such, there was word from Hasbro that (within normal boundaries) it was okay to make "new animation" but not use whole chunks of the episodes.
And since I'm here, another drawing I've made for a local brony (will give him a print at PoniCon, this upcoming weekend).
You cannot put that much sexism,chauvinism, and muscles into a small cute pony, it will just become human duke nukem through the powers of dark magic....... however they can hold an extraordinary amount of hatred and democharges which is why i now want Marbo Pony
Bit of an improvement over the last one. They're certainly more Hardcore now what with those face tattoos and all, though clearly racist against unicorns since wings are allowed but not horns.
Also didn't notice at first those aren't actually tails, just REALLY long hair.
There'd be issues with race, then. Do they actually make Rarity black? Twilight indian? Do they whitewash it? Clearly non-human coloration is rather easier, and helps characterization and pallette choices a lot.
Anvildude wrote: There'd be issues with race, then. Do they actually make Rarity black? Twilight indian? ...
That might work too though, emphasizing diversity of race as well as personality. For some reason I find those designs a bit creepy. (Then again, my avatar is a rotting unicorn, so I'm guessing mileage may vary.)
Right my now my issue with design would be if facial tattoo cutie marks are really the right call, and do they all need to be wearing above the knee skirts.
Ok .....
1: it is officcial
2: It is officcial, the design team and/or the one that decided on their general forms are ... thinking too much in "current standard commerce terms".
(I'd like to say that they are ... idiots ... but that would be unfair to all real idiots.)
Have they learned nothing?!!!!
They are way too scrawny!
Ok, Flutter and Rarity could pull it off, Flutter being ... waif-like? and Rarity being fine-limbed.
It might even work for Twi, but she do seem to know enough to at least keep somewhat in shape, and eat healthily ... soo ... perhaps not.
But.
Dash and Jackie .... no.
Nononononononononononononononoooooo!
Both should have more muscles on those bones, especially Jackie.
And Pinkie ....
.... Just no.
* feelings of weeping *
I'll give the series a chance, though, but ....
Facial tattoo-cutiemarks?
Oh, if those are kept .... no.
its not as bad as i thought it would be... which was the original... I would prefer the furry (as boggy calls it) over what they had before... but just as he said thats my opinion
I Don't live in US, so i had no idea what "Johnny Test" is or was.
... Sooo ... i looked at some episodes on youtube.
Positive things:
* They are no strangers to weird ... and wierd ..... things.
* They can handle strong feminine characters.
* They are able to twist stereotypes a bit.
Worries:
* Compared to FiM, the stories seem simpler even though they technically might not be.
* They might twist jokes into becoming not fun .... and/or predictable in a bad way.
And, on other news .....
Lauren Faust has Joined Mane6 !!!!!
They will resume their work, but with a new IP, and a new story, but aiming to keep the mane feel of the C&D'd game.
Check out their own site:
http://www.mane6.com/2013/03/m6v2.html
Dont ask me how this happened. But i just made a Pathfinder RPG race called "Pony(Unicorn)
Pathfinder race Pony(Unicorn)
Unicorn ponies tend to have strange colored coats with oddly colered manes. The oddest part is that they can speak languages on golarion. The most prevalent on golarian is the unicorn
Racial Abilities
+2 Intelligence +2 Constitution -2 dexterity. Ponies are naturally gifted in arcane arts, Have the oddest way to resist damage(they can just shrug of damage quickly) But they lack the finer movements of humanoid races.
Small: Ponies are small creatures. They gain a +1 to AC and a +1 to Attack rolls. A -1 to CMD and CMB. And a +4 on stealth
Ponies have a base speed of 20 ft.
Low-Light Vision: Ponies can see twice as far as a race with normal vision in conditions of dim light.
Racial Traits.
Hardy: Ponies gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison, spells, and spell-like abilities.
Bucking Kick: Ponies can use their powerful legs to make attacks of opportunity with a reach of 5 feet. Thebuck is a natural attack that deals 1d6 points of damage plus the user's Strength.
Arcane Focus: Members of this race gain a +2 racial bonus on concentration checks made to cast arcane spells defensively.
Eternal Hope: Ponies gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against fear and despair effects. Also, once per day, after a natural roll of 1 on a d20 roll, members of this race may reroll and use the second result.
Language: Ponies start with speaking Common, If they have a high intelligence score they may learn
Orcish, Elven, Dwarven and Draconic.
So, I've been reading MyStaria's Little Pony: Adventuring Is Magic on FiMfiction.com- I really, really want to run a D&D adventure in that setting now.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, why does every race and its derivatives always seem to have Low Light or Dark Vision? Why not a race with less Vision, but Scent as a sense?
I thought it was good. My main criticism is that it suffers some pacing problems, i.e. it could be much snappier, we shouldn't be spending too long watching Twilight mixing chemicals or doing those tests on RD.
That was something easy to see. I think it wasn't bad, necessarily- it was certainly different though, and there were a lot of places where it could have been 'shortened'. You could definitely tell it was a student's work instead of something made specifically for television- a lot of those pauses and extended scenes were situations where it was clear they were showcasing certain actions, or the fluidity of the animation or whatever, and I think a lot of it was the director's reluctance to have more than one major action happening at once.
Did anyone see the first episode in Japanese? It was actually pretty good. I enjoyed the Japanese dub of the show and the Opening and Ending were enjoyable too. Its just odd to see MLP be so anime.
Greetings fellow bronies/likers of MLP:FiM. Just recently joined and wanted to pop in to say hi.
Although a bit late, I would like to state that I thought the Double Rainboom was rather lacking in proper storytelling, several of the references felt forced, and characters that felt out of character to me. Besides that though, for a project made by a group of students and young adults... I felt it was rather impressive. (and Twilight is be*Shot for heresy*)
Heyya fellow bronies and fillies, I have been lurking in the shadows of this thread for bout a month. Just wanted to say hey to everyone. Also did anyone watch Snowdrop by Silly Filly Studios, what are your opinions of the animation.
I think it was well done, with quite a heart touching story line. The animation is very good imho. One of my most favourite fan made episodes out there
Beast Warrior wrote: Heyya fellow bronies and fillies, I have been lurking in the shadows of this thread for bout a month. Just wanted to say hey to everyone. Also did anyone watch Snowdrop by Silly Filly Studios, what are your opinions of the animation.
I think it was well done, with quite a heart touching story line. The animation is very good imho. One of my most favourite fan made episodes out there
Thanks, Joshua
I watched it too and I really enjoyed it. Now that I think about it I find it funny that I found Double Rainboom to be very meh, while Snowdrop was awesome!
Because Snowdrop had a sort of relatable storyline that some can relate to well, where as Double Rainboom was lacking a kind of reality to it e.g. jumping through dimensions. Also, Rainboom was just another thing of Dashie being obnoxious and full of herself. Then you have Snowdrop which is a set of OCs and it had to make me go awwww every minute
Goodness! I adored Snowdrop. It was sorrowful as well as beautiful... although I felt the double rain boom was men, I genuinely enjoyed the Snowdrop video.
Beast Warrior wrote: Because Snowdrop had a sort of relatable storyline that some can relate to well, where as Double Rainboom was lacking a kind of reality to it e.g. jumping through dimensions. Also, Rainboom was just another thing of Dashie being obnoxious and full of herself. Then you have Snowdrop which is a set of OCs and it had to make me go awwww every minute
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RD always goes around making a fool of herself. It honestly got really annoying to see RD on screen IMO. I also feel like Double Rainboom had too much fluff that could be cut.
I think they should add a few more of the sub characters into more main characters, give the old characters a little screen break. I think they should put more characters in like: Vinyl Scratch, Luna(definitely needs more screen time), Cheerilee and the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
You guys have any opinion on background characters that should get more screen time??
To be honest I feel like the CMC already get enough screen time. Luna and Celestia both need more screen time. It'd be nice if Octavia showed up too or maybe an episode with more Derpy?
Supposedly there's a Rarity/Octavia duet. Was talked about in the lead up to season three, but maybe with the short season it was part of season four? There were a few other things they talked about that didn't happen as well.
Red Comet wrote:To be honest I feel like the CMC already get enough screen time. Luna and Celestia both need more screen time. It'd be nice if Octavia showed up too or maybe an episode with more Derpy?
Yeah, CMC did have alot of screen time now I think of it. Agreed with the Luna and Celestia bit, personally, I would like to see an episode where they tell us why Luna was banished to the moon for a thousand years. As for Octavia, she deserves alot more spotlight. I am a huge fan of the fan made music, and I saw one piece which was Octavia vs Vinyl which was awesome, so maybe a music themed episode of all the music ponies or something. Derpy is a bit of a no go on production side of the show, although the fan made 'Doctor Whooves and Assistant' was great.
On a side note, I came up with the theory that Luna went evil because Snowdrop passed away, thats my version and I am keeping to it haha ... Trebec
Somedude593 wrote:I personally want more Big Mac... i hated that CMC episode.. It just made him seem really dumb IMHO
I think the creators wanted that feel to Big Mac as a simple minded caring character.
AduroT wrote:Supposedly there's a Rarity/Octavia duet. Was talked about in the lead up to season three, but maybe with the short season it was part of season four? There were a few other things they talked about that didn't happen as well.
Somedude593 wrote:I personally want more Big Mac... i hated that CMC episode.. It just made him seem really dumb IMHO
I think the creators wanted that feel to Big Mac as a simple minded caring character.
i guess i just feel that he should have been like Chad from bleach, strong with understated intelligence getting his business done, im just not fond of the big dumb lummox characters (unless hilarious like luffy and the crew from one piece)
See, I think he is rather intelligent. Moreso than Applejack- wasn't there a line she had in an early episode about his 'fancy schoolin''?
I have a feeling, though, that we're gonna see a bit more of the Princesses in later episodes, considering Twilight's new status. What I'd like to know is why Celestia and Luna and Cadence are so BIG compared to the rest!
Anvildude wrote: See, I think he is rather intelligent. Moreso than Applejack- wasn't there a line she had in an early episode about his 'fancy schoolin''?
I have a feeling, though, that we're gonna see a bit more of the Princesses in later episodes, considering Twilight's new status. What I'd like to know is why Celestia and Luna and Cadence are so BIG compared to the rest!
Alicorns are just taller like that. Did you notice after Twilight's change she grew a bit taller?
Hrmmm.. did Twilight really grow taller? I thought the wings just made her look like she was taller. On the subject of California height. We know Cadance used to look like a normal mare, Luna for a short while was about the height of an ordinary, and, most perplexing of all, we have a unicorn Fleur that has the same large female figure like the big princesses. So the question is.... why?
I have to make a piece of animation for an art project and I wanted it to be in the style of MLP:FiM because its a simple art and animation style so ... could you, my fellow bronies to give me some ideas for what I should do e.g. Mini storyline, OCs or show characters.
I have to make a piece of animation for an art project and I wanted it to be in the style of MLP:FiM because its a simple art and animation style so ... could you, my fellow bronies to give me some ideas for what I should do e.g. Mini storyline, OCs or show characters.
Thanks for any feedback
I have always wondered what would happen if the mane 6 came across someone like a war vet with radically different ideals who was not willing to change (not villain), sort of an acceptance of differences thing that does not stem from misunderstanding. For example i thought they missed that chance in the discord episode where he "changed", perhaps his evil could have just been him really thinking that chaos was better and not seeing why others didnt realize it/thinking they were dumb for not liking it the way he did. something like that
Hrmmm... Might I be selfish and ask what limitations you have? What I mean is.... we can bring forth ideas but I fear most will be a decent amount of animation and I'd rather not lob a lot of ideas at you that involve things that would take far too long to develop.
KalashnikovMarine wrote:After Derpygate she's never gonna be seen with a line or real "Screen time" again. We put the nails in that coffin.
Beast Warrior wrote:
Red Comet wrote:To be honest I feel like the CMC already get enough screen time. Luna and Celestia both need more screen time. It'd be nice if Octavia showed up too or maybe an episode with more Derpy?
Yeah, CMC did have alot of screen time now I think of it. Agreed with the Luna and Celestia bit, personally, I would like to see an episode where they tell us why Luna was banished to the moon for a thousand years. As for Octavia, she deserves alot more spotlight. I am a huge fan of the fan made music, and I saw one piece which was Octavia vs Vinyl which was awesome, so maybe a music themed episode of all the music ponies or something. Derpy is a bit of a no go on production side of the show, although the fan made 'Doctor Whooves and Assistant' was great.
On a side note, I came up with the theory that Luna went evil because Snowdrop passed away, thats my version and I am keeping to it haha ... Trebec
Somedude593 wrote:I personally want more Big Mac... i hated that CMC episode.. It just made him seem really dumb IMHO
I think the creators wanted that feel to Big Mac as a simple minded caring character.
AduroT wrote:Supposedly there's a Rarity/Octavia duet. Was talked about in the lead up to season three, but maybe with the short season it was part of season four? There were a few other things they talked about that didn't happen as well.
I wonder why they skipped that part out :/ mother
Why can't Derpy have any more screen time? I'm a little out of the loop when it comes to the fandom. I tend to just watch it as it airs and ignore the fandom. lol
KalashnikovMarine wrote:After Derpygate she's never gonna be seen with a line or real "Screen time" again. We put the nails in that coffin.
Beast Warrior wrote:
Red Comet wrote:To be honest I feel like the CMC already get enough screen time. Luna and Celestia both need more screen time. It'd be nice if Octavia showed up too or maybe an episode with more Derpy?
Yeah, CMC did have alot of screen time now I think of it. Agreed with the Luna and Celestia bit, personally, I would like to see an episode where they tell us why Luna was banished to the moon for a thousand years. As for Octavia, she deserves alot more spotlight. I am a huge fan of the fan made music, and I saw one piece which was Octavia vs Vinyl which was awesome, so maybe a music themed episode of all the music ponies or something. Derpy is a bit of a no go on production side of the show, although the fan made 'Doctor Whooves and Assistant' was great.
On a side note, I came up with the theory that Luna went evil because Snowdrop passed away, thats my version and I am keeping to it haha ... Trebec
Somedude593 wrote:I personally want more Big Mac... i hated that CMC episode.. It just made him seem really dumb IMHO
I think the creators wanted that feel to Big Mac as a simple minded caring character.
AduroT wrote:Supposedly there's a Rarity/Octavia duet. Was talked about in the lead up to season three, but maybe with the short season it was part of season four? There were a few other things they talked about that didn't happen as well.
I wonder why they skipped that part out :/ mother
Why can't Derpy have any more screen time? I'm a little out of the loop when it comes to the fandom. I tend to just watch it as it airs and ignore the fandom. lol
IIRC, it was something to do with one of the producers and that the eyes of derpy hooves or 'Ditzy Doo' were an animation glitch. That is just scrathing the surface btw
It was the massive outcry and cluster on the fans when they "fixed" Derpy's eyes from her scene in the last round up after some people complained it was offensive to... what's the polite term for mental defect afflicted individuals? Ditto the name "Derpy" it set off a massive gakstorm in the community and I'm sure the backlash put a bit of a sour taste in Hasbro's mouth.
Anvildude? While I concur that it is true that some parents and bronies did such.... I think it didn't help that the backlash was so malignant. I don't remember who, but somebody who supported the removal of Derpy's name (I think she's actually part of hasbro or something along those lines) apparently had death threats sent to her. After the complaints and backlash... let's just say I don't think Hasbro has many fond memories of her...
Happy days! 200 pages of pony goodness has been accomplished may it last for 200 more
Spoiler:
On another note on the previous discussion of Derpy i believe it was public outcry on the eyes and how the character could "alienate" children with lazy eye, Hasbro didnt want any part of it i guess and got rid of the character
Yeah, was an outcry from people who thought they were making fun of disabled children, so they changed it, but handled it in a really poor and secretive manner. This then resulted in an outcry from people who liked Derpy and those who thought the change meant that "non-normal" was not allowed to have a spot on the show. And then it became an argument on the Internet and progressed as arguments on the Internet often do.
Season four has been said to have a episode centered around a disabled pony, so that's probably their response to the above.
I can has muffins? Fluttershy yay.
"This is gonna be SO. AWESOME!" *SQUEEL*.
By the way, has best pony been brought up yet? I don't mean to start any arguments, but if not, I'll put up a poll.
Best pony is one of those immortal philosophical questions that can never really solved by mere mortals, perhaps on the next plane of existence best pony shall be revealed to those who have walked the righteous path of friendship
Meanwhile Sweetie Bell is super cute in this pic, poor little thing.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Best pony is one of those immortal philosophical questions that can never really solved by mere mortals, perhaps on the next plane of existence best pony shall be revealed to those who have walked the righteous path of friendship /quote]
No no no. I am certainly not that good at digital art. It was a random surprise from a friend named Scootabyte. Apologies for not saying so in the text
I like the character you've managed to put in them.
The cool thoughtfulness of Celestia and Luna, the "Who, Me?" Cadence has, the startled realization of Twilight. And of course, Chrysalis' cool demeanor.
Aye, aye, you keep encouraging me xD Now you'll have to suffer my ""art"" a bit more.
This one started as a ballpoint pen doodle while at the train station, and eventually turned into a (more or less) 20 minutes speed paint before sleep last night. Onto speed paints, I'm still learning on my own and still on the "I have no idea 'bout what I'm doing" phase still.
