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Re: MLP Movie - 2017, Hasbro Allspark, Joe Ballarini Writing

Postby Wylie (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:57 am

The big difference to me between EqG and Rainbow Rocks was how fluid the animation became. The villains in RR especially were positively -slinky- in parts. If that's a function of familiarity with the medium and getting more time to spend on each frame, then the movie could do some really great stuff with just the tools the show uses.

Basically, the folks working on the show have a year (roughly) to put out what amounts to 4 movies worth of animation. Give a similar team a year or more to put out 90 minutes, and they'll put out a more polished product.
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Postby Dead Leaf (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:00 am

While I know a lot of people are hoping for hand drawn animation I find this version of flash to be more constantly solid and more fluid. Hand draw stuff just allows for more possible errors to occur from frame to frame. Usually nothing major like the outlines might be a different thickness for one frame or the eyes might be a different shape for one scene. Stuff like that happened a lot with older hand drawn animation. I feel with flash you get computer control of portions which makes for a more solid look all around.
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:09 am

Dead Leaf wrote:While I know a lot of people are hoping for hand drawn animation I find this version of flash to be more constantly solid and more fluid. Hand draw stuff just allows for more possible errors to occur from frame to frame. Usually nothing major like the outlines might be a different thickness for one frame or the eyes might be a different shape for one scene. Stuff like that happened a lot with older hand drawn animation. I feel with flash you get computer control of portions which makes for a more solid look all around.


Still doesn't stop these animation errors :amazing:

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Honestly, I have never noticed animations errors in FiM. Well, except for two instances where Twilight disappears for a split second (forgot which ep it was) and when there were two Trixies in the background in Feeling Pinkie Keen

Edit: Oh, this one's great! :gotcha:
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:35 am

Alicorn Rarity, Rainbow Dash missing wings, and of course, the animation error to end all animation errors was in the very first episode.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:37 am

Every show has their animation errors and MLP is no exception. Still funny to look at, though. :-P
What if Alicorn Rarity was foreshadowing... :flutterdear:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:56 am

ROBOT B9 wrote:Every show has their animation errors and MLP is no exception. Still funny to look at, though. :-P
What if Alicorn Rarity was foreshadowing... :flutterdear:


Nah, Alicorn Rarity would be scarier then Nightmarity! XD


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anywho, Joe is asking fans which ponies they wann see in the movie.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:07 pm

Huh...wonder how well that Twitter conversation will go and if they'll take any of the suggestions there. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:22 pm

It's most likely just a stunt to occupy the fans, but we'll see. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:30 pm

Even if it is an advertising stunt, it could draw a lot of publicity...but wouldn't it be too early in production to do that?
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:44 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Even if it is an advertising stunt, it could draw a lot of publicity...but wouldn't it be too early in production to do that?


Probably just getting ideas on which ponies to put into the script as specific cameos.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 3:03 pm

Perrydotto wrote:It's most likely just a stunt to occupy the fans, but we'll see. :pinkieshrug:

That or it's his way of building goodwill with the community. Which is actually pretty nice of him, all told...
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:46 pm

Fans would look up this tweet in 2017 if he doesn't follow through. Just saying.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:28 pm

The Movie has now officially began the script writing phase.

https://twitter.com/joeballarini/status ... 5051566081


Between this movie, FIM & EQG meghan is gonna be one busy gal, although I guess Ishi could take over EQG in full and Larson could help story edit season 6 like he did with part of s5.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:34 pm

Cool, looks like it's officially a thing now. Good for them.:allears:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:52 pm

Fading in is a travesty and does not do justice to this nuanced cast of characters. :rainbert:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Nov 08, 2014 11:18 pm

What's next? Checkerboard transitions?! :rant:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 12:58 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:Fading in is a travesty and does not do justice to this nuanced cast of characters. :rainbert:


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11681639-fade-in :vogue:

ROBOT B9 wrote:What's next? Checkerboard transitions?! :rant:


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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:36 am

Headless Horse wrote:Star wipe :memories:


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Postby ponygals (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:07 am

A few fans I have talked too think that this new movie will END the series, do you think this could be the case? As in end the whole series for good? I heard that the TV show would go up until 9 seasons after then who knows what would happen. But it ending for good who knows?

I am wondering where it will get it's ideas from and where it will take place will be take place in between some of the seasons, or take place in the comic book world or the young adult book series or be it's own story altogether?

What do you think could this movie end it?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:16 am

I doubt they'd make a movie to end the series. Hasbro seems to be putting a lot into this, and with that comes the need for the film to be very accessible to outsiders. With that in mind, I doubt it will tie in much to the show in a continuing narrative sense.
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Postby ponygals (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:18 am

What do you mean by accessible by outsiders?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:20 am

ponygals wrote:What do you mean by accessible by outsiders?


You don't need to see previous episodes to know what's going on. I'd like to think the shows finale will be the culmination of several story arcs.
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Postby ponygals (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:22 am

Ah I get it haha. Well another issue at hand some fans have thrown out there is that the show itself will have been around for so long that what if the shows idea pool runs out and they can't think of anything more to do with the show or this movie?
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Postby Bremen (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:34 am

It's possible, certainly. The idea was even batted around a bit in the movie discussion thread; come to think of it, this might be better handled there. Though personally I suspect as long as MLP is profitable Hasbro will want to keep it going. IIRC the kids toy industry isn't doing too well right now and the success of the pony line is a rare exception.

If they do end it, they end it, and a movie could be a great way to do it. There are worse things that could happen than going out on a high note :-D
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Postby ponygals (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:01 am

Well what worse things could possibly happen?
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:45 am

...They actually used one. I had no idea. :v:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:27 am

Well, on one hand the series will be getting pretty long-in-the-tooth by 2017, so an end to the show (in its current form at least) surely couldn't be far away by that point.

On the other hand, why launch a movie with the intent to cancel the show it's based on? What happens if the movie is wildly popular?

To me, it'd seem nuts to spend a bunch of time and money on something you aren't intending to continue with, but I can't pretend to know what Hasbro have planned. Could go either way at this point.

ponygals wrote:Well what worse things could possibly happen?


The show could continue to limp on long after the idea-well has run dry, becoming a depressing, embarrassing shadow of its former self?
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:41 am

Well, if the movie spells as a sendoff to FiM, maybe it'll also be an introduction to whatever G5 is going to be?


Also, I definitely don't want to see the show go the Spongebob route of slowly losing quality after the movie was released.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:16 pm

End of the series, nah... End of the current phase of FIM, possibly.


I'm still betting on the Marvel Movie approach & the movie will lead to the next phase of the series, what thse would be, who can say, teenage CMC, a new cast under the tutelage of the mane six. Sunset & insert popular supporting & BG ponies taking over, the mane six kids, etc...


But yea, don't think for a second it's the finale. But that's just me.
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Postby Xaradius (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:41 pm

ponygals wrote:A few fans I have talked too think that this new movie will END the series, do you think this could be the case? As in end the whole series for good? I heard that the TV show would go up until 9 seasons after then who knows what would happen. But it ending for good who knows?

I am wondering where it will get it's ideas from and where it will take place will be take place in between some of the seasons, or take place in the comic book world or the young adult book series or be it's own story altogether?

What do you think could this movie end it?


Personally i think that yes, the show at 2017 is going to be enough old to use the move as a great finale. The thing that i ask myself is if in this year is going to remain enough interest in FIM to take people to the cinemas. Highly doubt that much of them remember the ponies then...

And im convinced that the G5 is going to be setted in a 100% new world with a totally different dessigns, wihout any ties with equestria. But doubt that the g5 is going to had the same exit with another public beyond the target age. The sucess of FIM is product, apart of the quality of the show, of a series of casualities that i doubt that repeats for a second times, more in a world that jumps from one fad to another in a flash...
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:44 pm

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Personally i think that yes, the show at 2017 is going to be enough old to use the move as a great finale. The thing that i ask myself is if in this year is going to remain enough interest in FIM to take people to the cinemas. Highly doubt that much of them remember the ponies then...

I think there will be, so long as the show keeps going on. Even if the show should take a sudden nosedive in 2015 and hit sub-Johnny-Test levels of quality by 2016, a movie is still a really huge thing for FiM, so I think it would still get watched.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:44 pm

You never know. MLP is still pretty big right now and if seasons and toys are continued to be made, I can see it lasting in popularity in 2017.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 3:05 pm

I doubt the show will ever severly dip in Quality.... But the quality or lack there of, of any work is a very personal & subjective thing, so I'm sure there will be just as many that percive it as going downhill as their will those that think it's still a solid program... As is tradition with media in general.

But yes, I agree with Robot, the current series length really depends on weather it continues to be successful or not. FIM could end in a couple years or it could be an evergreen like Simpsons, Pokemon, etc.... Just have to wait & see.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:19 pm

Besides, I can't imagine where they could go after a feature length film. I'm pretty sure it'll be the end of FiM, at least as we know it.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:23 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Besides, I can't imagine where they could go after a feature length film. I'm pretty sure it'll be the end of FiM, at least as we know it.



The movie will lead to G4.5 which will actually be about Giraffes! :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:31 pm

I would watch a spinoff show about giraffes in the MLP world...it could be a lot of fun.
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Postby Doctor Zoidberg, Homeowner (?) » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:53 pm

I'm not sure what they'll do. They could do a hard reboot into G5, or they might do a sequel series. Instead of doing a hard reboot with Transformers, for example, the new cartoon is a sequel to Prime. So they might decide to go that route.
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Postby ponygals (?) » Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:23 am

I don't get why all of you keep thinking the show will fail or the movie will end it all, I thought all of the fan base loved the show and the series is very popular right now why would you want it to end?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:29 am

ponygals wrote:I don't get why all of you keep thinking the show will fail or the movie will end it all, I thought all of the fan base loved the show and the series is very popular right now why would you want it to end?

I don't want FiM to get to the point where it's terrible, like what happened with The Simpsons. Six or seven seasons seems like a good point at which to end it.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:53 am

But theres no absolute point a show gets "terrible". And not every show goes down hill, some just change, some people like the show as long as it's on, others loose interest.

But yeah, personally I don't see pony lasting more then 8 seasons myself. But, If it does last forever like Simpsons or pokemon, I'm fine with that too.

I don't think shows have defined expiration dates, and I don't think everything starts "sucking". People loose interst, others stay,nostalgia grows, etc...


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