I was extremely skeptical at first about taking the job. Shows based on girls' toys always left a bad taste in my mouth, even when I was a child. They did not reflect the way I played with my toys. I assigned my ponies and my Strawberry Shortcake dolls distinctive personalities and sent them on epic adventures to save the world. On TV, though, I couldn't tell one girl character from another and they just had endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying–which miraculously inspired the villain to turn nice. Even to my 7-year-old self, these shows made no sense and couldn't keep my interest. No wonder the boys at school laughed at my Rainbow Unicorn Trapper Keeper.
From what I've seen since I've grown up, little has changed. To look at the quality of most girls' cartoons, it would seem that not one artist really cared about them. Not one designer, not one background painter, not one animator. Some of the more well-meaning, more expensive animated productions for girl audiences may look better, but the female characters have been so homogenized with old-fashioned “niceness” that they have no flaws and are unrelatable. They are so pretty, polite and perfect; there is no legitimate conflict and nothing exciting ever happens. In short, animated shows for little girls come across as boring. Stupid. Lame.
This perception, more than anything, is what I am trying to change with My Little Pony.
Hey Sabre, do you have a link or source for this quote?
I started off mildly disliking Pinkie Pie for some reason but she has catapulted upwards in my rankings with each episode.
Best animations and dialogue for everything.
I liked her from the moment it was established that suddenly breaking out into song was not normal in this world, but that sure as hell wasn't going to stop pinkie pie
I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
The show has a [strike]gay[/strike] fabulous dragon.
I don't even
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I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
This show is going to become my dirty little secret.
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Really? MLP? The designs are cute but I couldn't really get through the pilot. It wasn't bad but I didn't find it very interesting or funny. Is there another episode worth watching?
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I love it too.
Spike is the best.
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what is this thread doing here, I thought I was the only one faggy (furry) enough to like this show
I think it has a good chance of being spiffy, if it's handled well.
Both the 2000s He-Man and Ninja Turtles cartoons were leagues beyond the quality of their predecessors.
A revamped Thundercats could be awesome.
it looks like generic amerime, esp. lion-o's hair
Hey Sabre, do you have a link or source for this quote?
It's from here.
omgggggg
She seems like a pretty rad lady, from reading that.
trying to figure out which pony is me
Might want a new av/sig for a bit...
anyone ever see that?
I'm right here, wh- oh snap, MLP thread. Awesome.
stupid grin on my face for a solid 22 minutes
Best animations and dialogue for everything.
But if you eat too much fudge, then you get a pudge, and you can't budge!
So...no fudge?
I love this show.
I liked her from the moment it was established that suddenly breaking out into song was not normal in this world, but that sure as hell wasn't going to stop pinkie pie
I wouldn't have been able to tell if you hadn't stated.
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Are you crazy?
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
Satans..... hints.....
Secret Satan
I don't even
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.