Re: MLP Movie - 2017, Hasbro Allspark, Joe Ballarini Writing
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Fizzbuzz wrote:(one email from a Sony exec literally had her pushing the soulless and asstacular "let's take [group of established cartoon characters] and put them on Earth" concept so as to make ponies more instantly understandable by audiences)
Ruflux wrote:e: Wait, the import feature is for Flash CS5 onwards only. I'm pretty certain they use an older version of Flash, since all their customizations were built around it and thus it wouldn't make any sense to upgrade and redo all the work.
Orange Fluffy Sheep wrote:i am not ready for the transhumanist revolution to begin with my butt
Pocket wrote:I do hope they'll be redoing the backgrounds, though. Ever since season 2, they've been gradually updating some of the backgrounds with a more painterly look, but so many locations were never redone and it's starting to stand out pretty badly.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Assuming S6 ends up being the last season, I doubt DHX will switch to Harmony just for the last season. G5's cartoon will almost certainly be animated in it, though.
Pocket wrote:I've already gone on record as saying this could still have been serviceable if they'd had decent writers behind it and had been willing to do the animation as proper Roger Rabbit style medium blending instead of CGI. It wouldn't surprise me if Hasbro's only reason for rejecting the ponies-in-the-human-world pitch was "Uh, we kind of already did that."
(Note that Sony is the exact same studio responsible for The Smurfs, which pretty much explains everything.)
Fizzbuzz wrote:Yeah, I really doubt that the movie will change the visual style of the characters in any significant fashion. Maybe they'll use actual shading throughout the entire movie, as the show does in occasional shots, but I don't think any of the basic designs will change from what we have now. In G5, sure, but not quite yet.
ShieldedDiamond wrote:I'm still not believing it is something exactly connected to FiM the series, even if it is still G4.
Wayoshi wrote:Comments on the initial draft of the script from Sony show it's absolutely FiM
Wayoshi wrote:Comments on the initial draft of the script from Sony show it's absolutely FiM
Ruflux wrote:Meghan did tweet #BigScreenManeSix or something to that effect once the movie was announced, so there's no doubt it's FiM. Also, Joe Ballarini was (according to the leaked emails) brought on to re-work the script with Meghan, but not outright rewrite it. Combined with Hasbro's comments, it seems like they're mostly happy with it, but to appease Sony and help over with the distribution deal, they're reworking it some with a "real" writer.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Now I understand why bringing in a fresh writer is important. Considering how long FiM's been around and how Meghan and the gang have gotten (rightfully) buried in its story and lore, having the perspective of someone relatively new to the series is definitely a good way to make sure that the movie remains accessible.
Bremen wrote:According to EQD, Hasbro has filed for a trademark on "Guardians of Harmony." Given the leaked e-mails were talking about an adventure style film, I wonder if this wont end up being the title.
Edit: Though the site notes the trademark was filed for toys. Still, even if this just means some more action-figurish toys that still seems pretty cool.
Ruflux wrote:Well I mean, this is going into leaks territory again, but you haven't seen what was leaked. It absolutely confirms that at least the first version was FiM, through and through. Hasbro execs stated they were very happy with it, meaning that yes, they aren't interested in doing a non-FiM, general G4 movie with the same characters. I don't even know why they would do that. It's like the worst possible thing to do since they'd immediately alienate their existing fanbase too.
e: Also IIRC, Sony wasn't very happy that the movie was focusing on the whole cast, they wanted more focus on Twilight and Celestia. This isn't spoilers because suggestions like these is why Hasbro decided to only do a distribution deal with Sony.
Ruflux wrote:e: Also IIRC, Sony wasn't very happy that the movie was focusing on the whole cast, they wanted more focus on Twilight and Celestia. This isn't spoilers because suggestions like these is why Hasbro decided to only do a distribution deal with Sony.