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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

KingKix Typing the internet since '90 from Dante City Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#80776: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:02:48 PM

[up]Damn, that sucks. I seriously don't understand why no one is trying to find out more about 7d and The new T&J.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#80777: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:06:32 PM

What working? Sucks less than the alternative, I suppose.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#80778: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:13:28 PM

I saw the first Hobbit movie. I never saw the second one.

I mean, it seemed to me that they're trying too hard to turn The Hobbit into The Lord of the Rings, when they're actually quite different stories. LOTR is an epic adventure. Hobbit has more of a storybook feel to it.

I mean, it was an okay movie. It just didn't feel like The Hobbit to me. (Also, the Rankin-Bass adaptation of the story was one of my favorite childhood movies, so perhaps I'm biased.)

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#80779: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:27:59 PM

I think the main issue is that they padded it out too much. And some of that is due to the source material. Stuff like having a cast of 13 dwarves, half of whom are only for comic relief, just doesn't work as part of a semi-serious epic fantasy. And then they went and added a bunch of subplots that are only tangentially related to the main plotline. Basically, they wanted three movies, and stretched what content they have to get away with it.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#80780: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:29:16 PM

The animation crew would later form Ghibly, so it looks great, especially for the time.

The new films are just not the Hobbit. It takes the skeleton of the plot and stretches it over 80% of original material full of Hollywood epic fantasy cliche and melodrama. The sequel just took this further with a canon foreigner elf Mary Sue love interest to establish a triangle. Bleh, it's not the Hobbit.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#80781: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:31:38 PM

That's exactly the problem. They want to make Lord of the Rings II: Ring Harder, but The Hobbit is nowhere near that epic in scope, and it simply doesn't have enough content to fill three movies without adding a ton of stuff.

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#80782: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:36:54 PM

I mean, it seemed to me that they're trying too hard to turn The Hobbit into The Lord of the Rings, when they're actually quite different stories. LOTR is an epic adventure. Hobbit has more of a storybook feel to it.

The problem with the Hobbit trilogy is that it seems to consist entirely of padding, CGI, padding, gratuitous LOTR references, and padding.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#80783: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:37:53 PM

[up]You forgot to mention all the padding.

edited 15th Jul '14 8:38:42 PM by IrishZombie

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#80784: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:40:31 PM

What working? Sucks less than the alternative, I suppose.

Early retirement?

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#80785: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:43:47 PM

Also, Legolas showing up was just ridiculous.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#80786: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:47:34 PM

You can basically describe it as LOTR Film Fanservice, the Movie Trilogy.

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#80787: Jul 15th 2014 at 8:49:38 PM

I wouldn't describe it like that at all. It's more like Padding: The Movie Trilogy With Occasional LOTR Elements.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#80788: Jul 15th 2014 at 9:02:30 PM

Yeah, they would've been better off just having the one movie.

And now I sleep.

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#80790: Jul 15th 2014 at 9:25:01 PM

Maybe after all three are finished, someone can take everything that was filmed and edit it down to one movie that's closer to the original book.

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#80791: Jul 15th 2014 at 9:30:17 PM

They probably will, though the copyright police will make it hard to find.

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
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#80792: Jul 16th 2014 at 4:26:57 AM

50 hour marathon. I don't even.

Also, I decided to hang that Derpy keychain decoration thing on my backpack. Just to see if anyone notices.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#80793: Jul 16th 2014 at 4:36:13 AM

Saw the first, not the second, but nearly all the added stuff was things from the actual lore. Only bit that came right out of nowhere was the running battle before they reached Rivendale, and them needing to sneak out of it. Yeah that bit made no sense. Overall, I liked the added stuff for the most part.

Still need to see the second one.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#80794: Jul 16th 2014 at 5:32:11 AM

Yay I can catch some of the marathon!

MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#80795: Jul 16th 2014 at 5:59:40 AM

Well, last night I finally got around to watchingThe LEGO Movie. After hearing nothing but good things about it from practically everyone... it actually lived up to the hype.

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#80796: Jul 16th 2014 at 6:40:20 AM

Build A Bear Singapore has been bringing in more pony plushies lately.

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#80797: Jul 16th 2014 at 7:08:59 AM

Sorry, been busy with other stuff.

Re: The hobbit: Everything that happens in Lake Town beyond meeting Bard is pointless and draggy. The orc stuff feels like it goes on far too long and the romance stuff is ill-advised.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#80798: Jul 16th 2014 at 7:25:20 AM

Not pony related, but:

Cheese Sandwich gives his thoughts on the state of grammar, punctuation and general English on the Internet.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#80799: Jul 16th 2014 at 7:31:05 AM

Yeah, I saw that yesterday. I can see it's going to get a lot of use. tongue

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
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#80800: Jul 16th 2014 at 7:35:47 AM

I'm usually good about following the rules of grammar, but to this day, I still get who and whom mixed up.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

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