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Re: MLP Movie - airing October 6, 2017

Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:14 pm

marshmallow wrote:People pirates have parrots on their shoulder, so parrot pirates should have monkeys on their shoulder.

I don't know if plugging your own stuff is frowned upon here, but I made a short joke video about the movie trailer:


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Shameless self plugging!?
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:22 pm

It was funny and this thread was getting sad. I approve.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:58 am

:speakest: The fun has been doubled!
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:57 pm

Capper still looks like something that was designed for an entirely different movie...
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:43 pm

So Hasbro put out part of the new chapter book detailing Tempest's backstory

She lost her horn to an Ursa Minor, apparently when she was planning on enrolling to Celestia's School.

The weird part of the whole thing is that this all took place when Cadance was already ruling the Crystal Empire but before Twilight became a princess. So this is either a timeline flub, or Tempest is pretty young.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Aug 01, 2017 6:07 pm

DerFurShur wrote:The weird part of the whole thing is that this all took place when Cadance was already ruling the Crystal Empire but before Twilight became a princess. So this is either a timeline flub, or Tempest is pretty young.

Makes sense given she's an edgy teen OC.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:12 pm

DerFurShur wrote:So Hasbro put out part of the new chapter book detailing Tempest's backstory

She lost her horn to an Ursa Minor, apparently when she was planning on enrolling to Celestia's School.

The weird part of the whole thing is that this all took place when Cadance was already ruling the Crystal Empire but before Twilight became a princess. So this is either a timeline flub, or Tempest is pretty young.


Well, it depends a lot on How long you consider the timeline to be. Like I like to assume the show has taken place over 5+ years at this point, so that's plenty a while ago.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:20 pm

Well assuming only children enroll into school then yeah for her to go from a "young unicorn" to the grizzled no-nonsense combat veteran we see in the trailers during the time it took Twilight to become a princess and for Starlight to stop being evil (since Starlight is shown in the trailer) seems a bit much
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:07 pm

Something something Nightmare Moon

Looking at those new screenshots, I can't shake the feeling that it's a little weird how new characters like Capper still look like more normal 2D animation, while all the ponies are these odd, glossy, Gen3-ish designs.
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Postby Bremen (?) » Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:20 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Well assuming only children enroll into school then yeah for her to go from a "young unicorn" to the grizzled no-nonsense combat veteran we see in the trailers during the time it took Twilight to become a princess and for Starlight to stop being evil (since Starlight is shown in the trailer) seems a bit much


Maybe the movie is set ten years after the show! Dun dun DUUUUUN :twonk:
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:30 pm

Yeah... except Apple Bloom looks the same so doubt there's a huge timeskip

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BTW there's a new clip on Facebook, and already it's on YouTube

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:36 pm

Huh. It doesn't seem like Pinkie Pie would miss out on a song like that.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:38 pm

At the end as Twilight is holding her note you can see the party cannon rolling up behind her.

Most have guessed what happens immediately next is the scene where Pinkie fires the cake on top of Twilight right before meeting Songbird Serenade.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:57 pm

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Tempest Shadow and Kevin Owens confirmed to be the same person.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:15 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Yeah... except Apple Bloom looks the same so doubt there's a huge timeskip


I mean they've looked the same since Season 1 but S7 CMCs are way different than S1 are. To me it's a style thing. Or ponies just age much more slowly :-P
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:20 pm

Except Tempest it seems.

But I guess working for a pirate dictator ages you quickly.
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Postby Kronos (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 11:19 pm

Coco is with Rarity during the song, as is Sassy Saddles and Photo Finish.

And of course, Derpy gets front and center attention.

At this point I'm guessing all the focus secondary characters that the fandom loves show up early on during this. Wondering when Cheese Sandwich and Lyra/Bon Bon appear.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 11:34 pm

Lyra can be seen in the shot of Twilight flying over some ponies. And there's a background pony that looks like Bon Bon with Lyra's color scheme.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 02, 2017 11:35 pm

Kronos wrote:Wondering when Cheese Sandwich and Lyra/Bon Bon appear.

Worry not, for Lyra and Bon Bon are appearing... together! :gotcha:
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Seriously though, this one is an earth pony and has Bon Bon's hairstyle, but also has Lyra's colors and cutie mark. This seems slightly too intentional to be a mere animation error.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:51 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Worry not, for Lyra and Bon Bon are appearing... together! :gotcha:
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Seriously though, this one is an earth pony and has Bon Bon's hairstyle, but also has Lyra's colors and cutie mark. This seems slightly too intentional to be a mere animation error.


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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:25 am

DerFurShur wrote:So Hasbro put out part of the new chapter book detailing Tempest's backstory

Where can I find, and purchase, this chapter book?
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Postby Kronos (?) » Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:36 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Worry not, for Lyra and Bon Bon are appearing... together! :gotcha:
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Seriously though, this one is an earth pony and has Bon Bon's hairstyle, but also has Lyra's colors and cutie mark. This seems slightly too intentional to be a mere animation error.


:crack: Bon Bon, we have finally become...ONE.

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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:44 pm

http://www.mylittlepony.movie/home

So the movie's website got a facelift, most of it is stuff we already know, but I personally liked the expanded map

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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:35 pm

DerFurShur wrote:So the movie's website got a facelift, most of it is stuff we already know, but I personally liked the expanded map

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Nice horn. :v:
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Postby Kronos (?) » Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:37 pm

The desert towers kinda remind me of the Sand Sea from LoZ:Skyward Sword.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:49 pm

If there aren't any narwhals in the movie, then it'll be a 0/10 for me.
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Postby adiwan (?) » Fri Aug 04, 2017 4:04 pm

Still no Gelding Grotto on the main map :ohrarity:
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Postby Kronos (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:59 am

Info on the film got leaked on 4chan - budget ($65 million), run time (1:44), and the titles for all the songs both on the soundtrack and the score.

http://boards.4chan.org/mlp/thread/30661326
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:18 am

That budget and runtime both sound unrealistic....
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:18 am

That's a surpringly high budget, and I thought a site put it's runtime at 99 mins which is close to that.

Also an activity book has some spoilers, specifically what happens to all the non-mane 6 ponies, and the climax of the movie.

Also Tempest's real name......Fizzlepop Berrytwist
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:28 am

DerFurShur wrote:Also an activity book has some spoilers, specifically what happens to all the non-mane 6 ponies



Not surprising, but for fucks sake.... :-/
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:35 am

Kronos wrote:Info on the film got leaked on 4chan - budget ($65 million), run time (1:44), and the titles for all the songs both on the soundtrack and the score.

http://boards.4chan.org/mlp/thread/30661326

Allegedly leaked.

$65 million would be a shocking budget for an aging Hasbro property, although if they did spend that much, they'd almost certainly see it as an investment to boost toy sales. From last year's investor presentation:
In 2016, 2015 and 2014, Hasbro generated $774.9 million, $552.4 million and $454.4 million of cash from its operating activities, respectively. Operating cash flows in 2016, 2015 and 2014 included $48.7 million, $42.5 million and $31.4 million, respectively, of cash used for television program and film production.

If the movie has been in production for about three years (when Vogel, et al. joined the production staff), that would mean about 53% of their whole content spending for that period went to this one movie. Not impossible, but unlikely, unless that's including a massive marketing budget for a campaign we haven't seen much evidence of.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:49 am

If that budget's real then that means this movie cost $15 million more than the Emoji Movie. :shepspike:
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 4:07 am

I do have to wonder what is considered low budget in an animated movie nowadays.

The 2002 "Hey Arnold" theatrical movie had a budget of $3 million, to give a random comparison (would be over $4 million now in 2017 money)
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 4:41 am

DerFurShur wrote:That's a surpringly high budget, and I thought a site put it's runtime at 99 mins which is close to that.

Also an activity book has some spoilers, specifically what happens to all the non-mane 6 ponies, and the climax of the movie.

Also Tempest's real name......Fizzlepop Berrytwist


Having looked it up I am completely unsurprised by anything in there because of who the writer is. It's just them falling back on their exact same everything :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:22 am

Let's continue discussion of the activity book in the spoiler board. :)
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:07 am

The leaked run time seems longer then the estimated run time from before. They also spent the budget of nearly 3 seasons on this movie if that number is accurate. I think they are less concerned with ticket sales and more so about how this movie will effect toy sales. I imagine anything past the budget cost would be a bonus to them.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:28 am

The runtime difference might be 5 minutes of credits.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Aug 12, 2017 7:06 pm

The movie's rating is out. It's PG for "mild action"

Granted, PG doesn't mean much anymore, but who could've guessed we were going to get a PG-rated My Little Pony movie? :v:
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:14 am

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Nice horn. :v:

He must be popular with the lady narwhals.
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