MLP Rumor: Humanized Spin-off Show Coming

[Little Woodsman]

And this has exactly what to do with gaming?

Please post this on sites that actually discuss this sort of content, this is just shoving things into people's faces.

I afraid that you're mistaken, the gaming forum is over here.

This is off topic forum, where discussing a TV show is definitely allowed. Also, you opened this thread, I didn't force you to.

I'm with you Dangit, and I was going to reply to this person's post as well, buuuuttt....
In my relatively short time on the Escapist I've learned a little lesson (alliteration! Yay!)
If someone makes a reply in one of your threads, or to one of your posts and it seems like that
person is being overly confrontational, rude, misguided, etc......
Take a moment to click on that person's avatar, and check out their profile. Then take a look
at that person's post count, and their health meter.
Using this method helps me gauge my response to the person.
And in many cases, it has led me to say "Ok, I'm just going to ignore this person".
It has yet to lead me to say, "Ok, going to flag this post." but I can easily see it
doing so.
Maybe you will find this method helpful as well, maybe not, just thought I'd share.
There is a reason that profiles and health meters are publicly accessible.
OT: I'll wait and see if the rumor is true, and if it is give it a chance. Most important
factor for me will be whether or not my daughter likes it.
Might actually be kinda cool if it's just an alternate universe with these friends in it,
not the ponies traveling to a human universe. "Equestria girls" could just mean that
'Equestria' is the name of their school.

 

[Creator002]

So... this would make MLP's rule 34 a lot less creepy or just plain worse?

*shudders*

Is it bad that this was my first thought when I heard about this?

OT: My cousin and I are approaching this with an open mind. We're going to try and have no bias when we watch it and take it for what it is. We're hoping it'll be, at least, good. No point freaking out before experience it ourselves, right, Alicorn Twilight?

 

[Reeve]

Perhaps Hasbro is attempting to get boys to watch the cartoon - with ponies being considered too "girly."

Captcha says "which one is yummiest?"

...

[O]-[O]

Anyway, I don't understand why people would think "no ponies; no watch" (Don't you watch it for the plot? ) Does it lose the irony, otherwise?

 

[NightmareExpress]

At first I was wondering why they opted to use the "Pastel coloured pony pallet" for their skin rather than generic flesh tones...but then I realized that it might be a way to get out of giving each character an actual ethnic background (thus avoiding the silent rage of secret racists and letting viewers decide for themselves).

Anyway, I'm indifferent to the idea. It could be good, but I'm sensing a major cash-in vibe that could affect the show's quality. Guess we'll see what becomes of it, if the rumor turns to reality.

 

[BenzSmoke]

Perhaps Hasbro is attempting to get boys to watch the cartoon - with ponies being considered "girly."

Captcha says "which one is yummiest?"

...

[O]-[O]

Anyway, I don't understand why people would think "no ponies; no watch" (Don't you watch it for the plot? ) Does it lose the irony, otherwise?

Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

My problem is that they're exchanging settings in the hope to relate more to an older audience. Things like Discord the Lord of Chaos and the Changlings can't exist in a "real world" show so, ultimately, interesting things get lost in translation.
Now I'll give the show a shot if the characters in this human show retain the strong personalities of their pony counterparts, the writing is just as strong, and the animation stays wonderful.

 

[surg3n]

We watch it because we enjoy the show. It's as simple as that: it makes us smile, so we watch it. It boggles my mind that so many people get their panties in a twist because adults like a show primarily aimed at a younger audience.

Let me try and frame it from another point of view. You tell someone you really like this thing--say, a video game. It's engaging with an awesome story. Instead of taking your unironic enjoyment at face value, this person tells you that no, you can't just like it because you like it--it's a video game, therefore it's for kids! Clearly you have ulterior motivations, such as wanting to lure little kids into your windowless van. Now imagine that person multiplied by god only knows how many, telling you at every turn you're either a pathetic man-child or a pedophile. You and your fellow fans are the butt of the joke, with even 'professional' news and websites you go to for entertainment getting a few laughs in at your expense.

We try and shrug it off, but it does hurt. Being told we're pathetic/disgusting for finding enjoyment in something aimed at a different age group starts to wear on you after a while. It taints our enjoyment of something entirely innocent, even though we're doing nothing wrong nor hurting anyone.

I do get a little more wiggle room because I'm a girl. But my open, supportive family (my little bro came out of the closet and revealed himself as a furry and we were all just fine with it) still makes fun of my liking this show.

The problem isn't even the show, it's content, characters etc - the problem is Bronies... and I mean no disrespect to any Bronie reading this, but you can't deny that some Bronies take it too far. The fan fiction and art for example, or those irritating Bronies who try and bring up MLP anywhere they can. Bronies made it a thing - liking a cartoon, something as simple and innocent as that now has a label, and the label is tainted by the small percentage of Bronies who get under our skin. I guess the same goes for Furries as well, a handful of nut-cases tarnish peoples view.

 

[Leemaster777]

Hmm...


I can't say that I'm particularly enthused about this... but considering that FiM shattered my expectations when I first watched it, I at least owe this spin-off the benefit of the doubt.

Personally, though, I just hope those character designs aren't the final versions. I'm not really fond of how they look.

But yeah, I'll give it a shot before I declare this crap.

 

[Reeve]

Perhaps Hasbro is attempting to get boys to watch the cartoon - with ponies being considered "girly."

Captcha says "which one is yummiest?"

...

[O]-[O]

Anyway, I don't understand why people would think "no ponies; no watch" (Don't you watch it for the plot? ) Does it lose the irony, otherwise?

Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

How do you know that there won't be dragons and magic etc. in the alleged spin-off? There's plenty of cartoons with human characters in that contain elements of fantasy.

 

[BenzSmoke]

-Snip-

Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

How do you know that there won't be dragons and magic etc. in the alleged spin-off? There's plenty of cartoons with human characters in that contain elements of fantasy.

Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing. What they're doing with Equestria Girls is creating a "spin-off franchise" in order to sell a new product line, and this would require distancing from the source material. They're targeting teenaged girls, according to promo material: so it would make more sense to establish a setting that teen girls themselves are in, real life school. They wouldn't go through the trouble of emphasizing that this takes place in an "alternate universe" if the settings were exactly the same.

 

[Reeve]

-Snip-

Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

How do you know that there won't be dragons and magic etc. in the alleged spin-off? There's plenty of cartoons with human characters in that contain elements of fantasy.

Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing.

Spoiler: Are you sure about that?

Making more of the same can be profitable, if that's what people want. And you just said that you do.

 

[Nieroshai]

And this has exactly what to do with gaming?

Please post this on sites that actually discuss this sort of content, this is just shoving things into people's faces.

It has nothing to do with gaming. That's why it's not in the gaming FORUM. The Escapist is a site for fans of all kinds of entertainment. Please let your avatar be ironic from this point on, this is a dark path you follow. First this, then you're telling kids to get off your lawn; next thing you know, you'll be tellinng kids "back in MY day..." stories.

 

[BenzSmoke]

-Snip-

Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

-Snip-

Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing.

Spoiler: Are you sure about that?

Making more of the same can be profitable, if that's what people want. And you just said that you do.

Well played sir, well played.
But like I said in my previous post's edit: They're creating a new "spin-off franchise" rather than a tradition spin-off (separate story but in the same universe). They wouldn't go through the trouble of emphasizing the "alternate universe" school setting in promo material if the worlds were basically the same. But I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Lucky Godzilla]

Seems too pointless to be true. What new possibilities could the the writers explore that they couldn't already?

Allegedly the target age group of this show is going to be higher than that of My Little Pony. What that will lead to is anybody's guess, granted this actually turns out to be true.

 

[Reeve]

-Snip-

Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

How do you know that there won't be dragons and magic etc. in the alleged spin-off? There's plenty of cartoons with human characters in that contain elements of fantasy.

Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing. What they're doing with Equestria Girls is creating a "spin-off franchise" in order to sell a new product line, and this would require distancing from the source material. They're targeting teenaged girls, according to promo material, so it would make more sense to establish a setting that teen girls themselves are in, real life school.

-Snip-

Think of it like this: One takes place at a school. The other in a world of magic, dragons and stuff like that. Which setting seems more interesting?

-Snip-

Because they're distancing themselves from regular MLP. If they made it they same but with humans then... well actually I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

But from a business perspective it wouldn't make sense to fund two shows that are the same thing.

Spoiler: Are you sure about that?

Making more of the same can be profitable, if that's what people want. And you just said that you do.

Well played sir, well played.

Thank you. The pleasure was all mine.

 

[TJC]

First thought to this news was:

"Apparently ponies aren't girly enough so they decided to market MLP to the internet mid-20s nerds and suck the money out of girls' pockets by creating another set of must-have barbies upcoming Christmas season."

I know I'm supposed to give it a fair fighting chance but there's no way that this spin-off will even in the slightest convey the important life lessons via charming animation, incredibly relateable and female characters that are actually decent role models to some extent for girls and fun and great writing.

I can't shake this feeling that it'll inevitably lead to some stereotypical "girl problems" that not even girls find relateable in any meaningful way (more like first world problems :/ ).

But let's give it the benefit of doubt that it is not a blatant cash-in which abuses its brand to sell more merchandising to impressionable children (and probably lolis)

 

[Reeve]

I know I'm supposed to give it a fair fighting chance but there's no way that this spin-off will even in the slightest convey the important life lessons via charming animation, incredibly relateable and female characters that are actually decent role models to some extent for girls and fun and great writing.

What important life lessons does MLP:FiM teach? Does it teach kids how unfair and unjust the world is? Does it prepare them for all the misery that there is to suffer; that most people won't care about them; how tough life is going to be? Does it teach them to think for themselves, be independent, be critical, inquisitive, hard working and passionate?!

Or is it just cute ponies and rainbows?

Well?...WELL?!

 

[Proeliator]

3 possible reactions:

Spoiler: uh, no

Spoiler: Outstanding approval

Spoiler: indifference

Or even possibly:

Spoiler: naivete

Choose Your own!

 

[TJC]

I know I'm supposed to give it a fair fighting chance but there's no way that this spin-off will even in the slightest convey the important life lessons via charming animation, incredibly relateable and female characters that are actually decent role models to some extent for girls and fun and great writing.

What important life lessons does MLP:FiM teach? Does it teach kids how unfair and unjust the world is? Does it prepare them for all the misery that there is to suffer; that most people won't care about them; how tough life is going to be? Does it teach them to think for themselves, be independent, be critical, inquisitive, hard working and passionate?!

Or is it just cute ponies and rainbows?

Well?...WELL?!

Let's break this down piece by piece

Quite a few; No; No; No; sortakinda; yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, aaand yes.

Definitely but not exclusively.

Some lessons are spelt out at the end of an episode, other are taught by proxy considering that each of the main characters are actually independent, hard-working and in regards to their profession passionate. and yeah, they're ponies. also, there are quite a few rainbows... hard to deny that one.

 

[Redingold]

Man, why didn't they get Joeseco or Slugbox to do the art? I've seen better humanized ponies on the first recently submitted page of Deviant-art.

...Slugbox?

The guy who draws the massively sexualised humanisations and who hasn't actually drawn anything pony related in months?

Why on earth would you pick him?

If you ask me, this guy [http://trinityinyang.deviantart.com/gallery/41439450] has basically made the perfect style of humanisation.

 

[RatRace123]

Why are they still multicolored?
I mean, I'm pretty OK with this, or indifferent, either one... but why are they still colored like they are in their pony forms? Are they going to a world where everyone is a weird color, like Doug? Because if not, if they're meant to blend in better in a human form... well they kinda fail at that.

I have no real thoughts on this besides that. If it carries the same crew and team as the original show, it has a pretty solid chance of being good. And if it's not, oh well.