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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

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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

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#72951: May 18th 2014 at 2:06:46 PM

Currently I'm binging on Adventure Time, by the way I saw I remember you very good episode mind, started up Beast Wars again, Dragons Riders of Berk and I'm thinking of watching Hetalia just to see what the dealio is with that show.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#72952: May 18th 2014 at 2:21:35 PM

@Wryte: Venture Bros is on the list, it's just not one of the shows that I actually have directly available at the moment.

As for Avatar, I'm literally one episode away from the end of the first season. It's been good, but I feel like there's a lot of fillerish content that doesn't have enough character content to make up for the lack of plot relevance. That said, the episodes that do have plot relevance tend to be very good; it's just that they only make up like half the content at this point. I think the main issue is that the main Aang/Katara/Sokka dynamic isn't quite strong enough to generate interesting content on it's own. At points I almost wish the show would've just straight-up focused on Zuko and Iroh, because I feel like he's consistently gotten more characterization and backstory than the Gaang does. I really wish the two groups would cross paths more, because it would be a lot more interesting than all the Wacky Wayside Tribe type episodes. (Yes, I know a lot of them become relevant later, but that means nothing at the moment).

I'm really enjoying Kill La Kill so far (I'm currently on episode 22); it's unabashedly goofy at points, but given the ridiculousness of the plot, it makes sense, and still manages to have plenty of dramatic moments. My only real complaint is the pacing; the Myth Arc kicks in too late, so certain plot points that ought to be really major and get some focus Senketsu getting shredded and Ryuko getting brainwashed by Ragyo get resolved too quickly. Like with Senketsu getting cut up, I was expecting a few episodes of her running around recovering the pieces, not putting him back together before the end of the next episode. But other than that it's really interesting.

edited 18th May '14 2:22:10 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#72953: May 18th 2014 at 2:22:13 PM

Yaoi with a little history jokes thrown in, more or less.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#72954: May 18th 2014 at 2:26:14 PM

@Dark I take it you've seen Hetalia?

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#72955: May 18th 2014 at 2:36:06 PM

Bits, yeah. Some history bits provide some nice jokes here and there, but it's mostly a boys love series full of really bishonan guys for those sort of fans.

And it's fandom can be rather, disturbing if the sheer quantities of grimdarkfics and creepy rape art/fics are any indication.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#72956: May 18th 2014 at 2:38:06 PM

@Dark Yeaaaah so I've heard. Anyways I heard so much about this show so I thought I'd get some info and whatnot before I try it out I guess.

edited 18th May '14 2:38:30 PM by Starscream759

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#72957: May 18th 2014 at 2:46:14 PM

Yeah, I can vaguely see the appeal of that sort of thing, but it's not for me. I'll stick to Azumanga Daioh and Seto No Hanayome, thank you.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#72959: May 18th 2014 at 2:56:49 PM

For any of you who are Sailor Moon fans there's something for you to do until season 5 starts.

edited 18th May '14 3:02:16 PM by WillKeaton

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#72960: May 18th 2014 at 2:59:00 PM

@Marcen: I watched the first few episodes, and they were great.

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#72961: May 18th 2014 at 3:02:19 PM

Here's to hoping it gets a dub. And a decent one by today's standards.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#72962: May 18th 2014 at 3:06:32 PM

Sailor Moon's still relevant? I thought it died out in the 90s.

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#72963: May 18th 2014 at 3:08:26 PM

[up] Its getting reboot last I heard. Like Star Trek, Star Wars and other thing that get reboots/continuations after being irrelevant/falling to niches.

edited 18th May '14 3:09:04 PM by MorningStar1337

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#72964: May 18th 2014 at 3:09:07 PM

@Teeth The 1st 2 seasons are good but it really gets good at the 3rd.

Sailor Moon. -sigh- Wow, I used to watch that when I was in the 1 and 2nd grade. I had a crush on Sailor Mercury.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#72965: May 18th 2014 at 3:09:29 PM

@Morning Star Huh. I have heard of Sailor Moon but...a reboot?

edited 18th May '14 3:09:57 PM by Starscream759

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#72966: May 18th 2014 at 3:13:31 PM

Well why not? Reboots seem to be doing well these days.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#72967: May 18th 2014 at 3:16:29 PM

@Dark Well....it's a grey area with reboots. I'll admit there have been some good ones but not all of them have been great so....eh.

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#72968: May 18th 2014 at 3:20:43 PM

I even heard that old cartoon about ponies, hmm think it was called Your Precious Pegasus or something like that is getting one as well. Eh, It Will Never Catch On.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#72969: May 18th 2014 at 3:21:46 PM

@Dark I see what ya did there...

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#72970: May 18th 2014 at 3:29:18 PM

@JT re: Avatar, well, you're in for a treat come Season 2 then.

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#72971: May 18th 2014 at 3:31:17 PM

Sailor Moon's still relevant? I thought it died out in the 90s.

Don't let Gwen hear you say that.

@JT: I agree on Avatar, the first season had some real pacing issues, and Zuko was a lot more interesting that Aang's group most of the time. Season 2 is where it really starts to pick up, though, so if you're still on board with the show at this point, you're probably not gonna be disappointed very often in the future (I will say that I thought "Appa's Lost Days" and "Tales of Ba Sing Se" were wastes of episodes, aside from Iroh's part in the latter, but I seem to be a minority opinion on that one).

As for KLK, I'd say being unabashedly goofy is half the charm/point, and I actually appreciated the quick resolutions to events like those, rather than dragging them out over several repetitive episodes. Maybe that's just the old Dragonball Z fan in me talking, though. :P

IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#72972: May 18th 2014 at 3:36:45 PM

I remember watching (one of?) the sailor moon movie when I was younger. It was cool. I'll watch the reboot, and I'm hoping they put the uncut/recut version of the original on crunchyroll.

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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
Ooh, sparkly!
#72973: May 18th 2014 at 3:42:32 PM

You nerds are so lucky I'm not at my laptop, or I'd be ranting up a storm. :P

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#72974: May 18th 2014 at 3:42:38 PM

Sailor Moon was pretty cool at points, though I could never take it seriously. It does deserve props for both basically founding an entire genre of anime as well as being one of the first major anime shows to hit it big in the States.

Apparently, the reboot is going to try and hew closer to the source manga, which could be neat. Sailor Moon was much more badass in the manga than she was in the show.

Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#72975: May 18th 2014 at 3:49:19 PM

Well, Excuse Me, Princess! but I'm an egghead, not a nerd. Sheesh, have some standards why don't ya. tongue


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