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My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
pwhodges:
Well, since you ask, I suppose it should really.
knives:
--- Quote from: Blue Kitty on 08 Jul 2011, 18:29 ---I keep hearing that the animation is great, the characterization is wonderful, and the plots are downright brilliant, but I just can't get past the fact that it is a children's show about colorful ponies.
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From the fifteen minutes I've watched the animation is really good and fluid, other two things not so much. The plot is real grating and some kids wanting magical tramp stamps or something and the characters in writing and vocal characterization are such stereotypes that is became grating real quick.
CrowFairy:
--- Quote from: knives on 09 Jul 2011, 00:56 ---
--- Quote from: Blue Kitty on 08 Jul 2011, 18:29 ---I keep hearing that the animation is great, the characterization is wonderful, and the plots are downright brilliant, but I just can't get past the fact that it is a children's show about colorful ponies.
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From the fifteen minutes I've watched the animation is really good and fluid, other two things not so much. The plot is real grating and some kids wanting magical tramp stamps or something and the characters in writing and vocal characterization are such stereotypes that is became grating real quick.
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The little ponies can get pretty annoying. They want to find out what their special talent is, so they make a disaster of everything they touch in order to find it. :/
Even though there are stereotypes, I like how distinctly different the main ponies are. It's easy for kids (and us slightly bigger kids) to keep up with, and it provides enough variety to keep me content.
I've always had an affinity for cartoons and kid's shows, so I guess it seems different to me. To each their own, though! (Although I do recommend trying an episode that doesn't star the brats... "Cutie Mark Crusaders.")
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Also, something wonderful I stumbled across the other day. It really gets at the heart of something I appreciate about the show.
http://strangething.livejournal.com/211870.html
It features the quote "There's more than one way to be a girl." -Lauren Faust (the creator of the show and wife of Craig McCracken)
--- Quote from: The link ---It's a very apt quote, since it points at what makes Rainbow Dash such a breakthrough character: It doesn't matter whether she's gay or not. What's important is that she has the freedom to be what she wants, and her friends accept her. It's a message that kids need to hear more often.
It doesn't make her a one-note character, either. Rainbow clearly loved wearing her Gala dress. She can be a tomboy without being defined by her tomboy-ness.
She's not the only one. Spike bakes cookies. Applejack does the same work as her brother. The show does a lot to challenge gender roles, and is so smooth about it that you hardly notice.
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I agree that this is a good message. ^.^ Rarity is also rather girly, but she's not afraid to stand up for her friends. No pony is looked down upon--their friends love them as they are, and nobody is better than anyone(/anypony) else.
Tiogyr:
Someone also pointed out a clip from the show where one of them shouts "Your resistance only makes my little pony harder!", with a frame comparison with the horrible animation that originally had "penis" instead of "pony" in that line over on the SA forums.
The show is full of meme references and other 4chan nonsense, which is why they love it so much, I guess.
IMMANotListening:
--- Quote from: Blue Kitty on 08 Jul 2011, 18:29 ---I keep hearing that the animation is great, the characterization is wonderful, and the plots are downright brilliant, but I just can't get past the fact that it is a children's show about colorful ponies.
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That's essentially how I feel about it too. I had a friend who loves this show...I just don't see the appeal. Especially the meme references or other 4chan nonsense.
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