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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#70251: May 8th 2014 at 7:45:46 PM

they've been pushing Cyborg as a full-fledged member of the justice league since the reboot a few years ago. I'm not sure why. But they're trying to make him one of the major players like the Flash and Green Lantern.

Yeah. I heard they were pushing him in the comics, and he has been making some appearances in recent adaptations, but he's still not nearly as big a name as the Big Three. I'm just not sure a lot of people who don't read the comics will be familiar with him, outside of possibly recognizing him from Teen Titans.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#70252: May 8th 2014 at 7:47:03 PM

It's not impossible to make it work, but it will take a steady hand.

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#70253: May 8th 2014 at 7:47:15 PM

I don't think a lot of non-comic fans will recognize him. They just want us to recognize him. For some reason. I don't really get it.

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#70254: May 8th 2014 at 7:52:26 PM

Cyborg from the Titans? I only know him thanks to the cartoon all those years ago.

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#70256: May 8th 2014 at 7:54:12 PM

I have no idea. I think DC thinks they can mooch off people who fans of the Teen Titans animated series because are older now. That's the only reason I'd be interested. But after what they did to Starfire in the comic reboot... >:I

edited 8th May '14 7:54:40 PM by PrincessGwenevere

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IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#70257: May 8th 2014 at 7:54:43 PM

Yeah, everyone hated that.

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Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
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#70258: May 8th 2014 at 7:56:21 PM

Lynda Carter is the only true Wonder Woman.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#70259: May 8th 2014 at 7:56:29 PM

...Dare I ask what they did to Starfire in the reboot?

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#70260: May 8th 2014 at 7:57:08 PM

@Princess: Because I have to link it.

[up]Click the link.

edited 8th May '14 7:57:44 PM by OrionAurora

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#70261: May 8th 2014 at 7:59:30 PM

[up]Oh. I was under the impression Starfire-as-a-sex-object was pretty much her comic characterization already, which the cartoon changed for the better. You're saying she was different before this?

IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
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#70262: May 8th 2014 at 8:01:05 PM

Before the show, she was sexualized as much as any other comic book woman, but as I understand it, most of her character in the show was in the comics as well.

She was an alien princess, new to earth and its cultures and eager to explore, and tended to be very passionate about most things. Now she has no passion, no emotional connection to anything at all. Now she's just a sex object instead of a sexualized person.

edited 8th May '14 8:03:09 PM by IkeAndMike

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#70263: May 8th 2014 at 8:02:32 PM

In general, I'm just not a huge fan of the "cram ALL the characters into the movie!" mentality that pretty much every superhero movie has fallen into lately. With the exception of The Avengers, the quality of the movies tend to decrease with every additional character added in. I mean, look at say, the Iron Man franchise. I think the first movie was the strongest primarily because it only had Iron Man and Iron Monger; it gave more time to develop those characters. Each subsequent film tried to stuff more things in, and it didn't feel as cohesive. Same deal with the original Spiderman trilogy. Green Goblin? Great. Dr. Octopus? Great. Sandman, Venom, and Green Goblin II? Not so much. I just can't see the JLA thing working out; every new piece of info I get about it makes me more and more skeptical that it'll turn out well.

[up]The way I understand it, the cartoon was basically a case of Adaptation Distillation; the core of the character is the same as the comics, but it trimmed out all the needless "edgy" and "sexy" stuff and made her a bit more innocent. And apparently the new one not only reverted her to the old version, but also changed some of her base characterization. That said, I'm not really very familiar with the comics.

edited 8th May '14 8:05:09 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#70264: May 8th 2014 at 8:03:31 PM

@Irish: I think she slowly slid from being sexy and actually having a personality to just being a sex object.

I think I'll stick with the Justice League Animated series.

edited 8th May '14 8:04:53 PM by PrincessGwenevere

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#70265: May 8th 2014 at 8:06:00 PM

@Irish: I have no knowledge of the Teen Titans that isn't the cartoon or Linkara. If I have to make my two cents, Starfire was sexualized in the past but what makes the reboot so erroneous was the fact that DC missed the point as to why a reader would want to see Starfire post 2000's cartoon.

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#70266: May 8th 2014 at 8:07:56 PM

OMG BIG MAC WAS HERE AND I MISSED HIM OMGOMGOMG

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#70267: May 8th 2014 at 8:08:35 PM

Yeah, by all accounts, most people preferred the cartoon version of the character, which makes the decision to reboot the comic version as not being remotely the same is just baffling.

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#70268: May 8th 2014 at 8:12:20 PM

@Story. I presume you saw the 22 minute version?

That's the full one. For the 80s show, they cut 4 minutes of it to make two episodes, so got cut even further.

What did you think over all?

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More like giant cherries
#70269: May 8th 2014 at 8:12:20 PM

Lemme guess everyone's gone to the spoiler thread?

Not me. I never visit the spoiler thread. I was watching MLP with my mom though. (In addition to Rescue At Midnight Castle, we also watched MMC and Three's A Crowd.)

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Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
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#70270: May 8th 2014 at 8:16:24 PM

Not me. I never visit the spoiler thread.

True. You just post the spoilers here.

Anyway, what did your mom think of the episodes?

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#70271: May 8th 2014 at 8:16:58 PM

And third, it's being released the same day that Captain America 3 is.

They are so doomed.

cram ALL the characters into the movie!

I agree, with the exception of The Lego Movie.

I think the first movie was the strongest primarily because it only had Iron Man and Iron Monger; it gave more time to develop those characters.

Also this

I presume you saw the 22 minute version?

The version I saw was 22 minutes, but it also had the opening and closing credits of both episodes included. Was there a longer original one?

True. You just post the spoilers here

Only if someone else already posted them here.

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#70272: May 8th 2014 at 8:17:27 PM

@dark: That's barely any time to tell a coherent story.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#70273: May 8th 2014 at 8:20:19 PM

@Story: The Lego Movie is a different thing entirely. tongue

Anyway, I have to get to bed now. I am tired. All the talk about butts tired me out.

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#70274: May 8th 2014 at 8:21:39 PM

Wasn't the butts talk yesterday? How are you still tired?

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#70275: May 8th 2014 at 8:24:43 PM

@Story: We weren't even talking about butts that long before moving onto DC comics.

Anyway, about them equines.

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