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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 3:50 pm

I'm with Octavia on that. :twasnothin:
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 3:58 pm

All I know is if I don't get at least one rainbow laser shooting space alicorn then I'm gonna have to automatically declare Rainbow Rocks the superior film on principal.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:03 pm

I think that the odds on that being in the film are very good. :v:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:25 pm

The Derpy Movie! Image

:bluh: Really, sugar cube?

Okay...The Harshwhinny Movie! Image

:-/ Get it out of your system, PonyHag...
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Postby fenster (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:39 pm

Perrydotto wrote:My Little Pony is about so much more than just fighting.


SoundMonkey44 wrote:@Sobana
But pony IS'NT about epic battles, it's about watching the characters learn & grow as both individuals & friends. The epic battles & fun world/lore building are just icing on the cake.


Man I'm going to be personally upset if there isn't a 30 min segment where the ponies powerup to SSJ3. If it doesn't happen by the end of the movie I will just walk out of the theater.
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:43 pm

I've been flailing my arms senselessly about the fact that there's actually literally going to be an MLP Movie for the past day.

I'm not ready yet, but I'll be well past ready when 2017 finally comes around :-I
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:18 pm

fenster wrote:Man I'm going to be personally upset if there isn't a 30 min segment where the ponies powerup to SSJ3. If it doesn't happen by the end of the movie I will just walk out of the theater.

It is truly a tragedy that Ingmar Bergman is no longer available to direct this masterpiece.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:22 pm

No way, John Huston would have done much better. :v:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:23 pm

I'd go with Alfred Hitchcock. Mare Window, Psycolt, The Bats...endless possibilities.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:48 pm

Wait! Kubrick. Kubrick ponies. :amazing:
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Postby Grue (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:08 pm

Don't really see why this was needed, or why the fans were yearning for it so much. I'm already seeing the words "Epic" being thrown around by the people involved in making this movie, and this isn't really a direction where FiM shines the most IMO. And what can it do that a proper 2-parter finale cannot? A really drawn-out battle only for the villain to be defeated by the friendship beam like they always do?
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Postby fenster (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:14 pm

The Outlander wrote:I've been flailing my arms senselessly about the fact that there's actually literally going to be an MLP Movie for the past day.



There has already literally been 2 MLP movies already though. :-I

Grue wrote:Don't really see why this was needed, or why the fans were yearning for it so much. I'm already seeing the words "Epic" being thrown around by the people involved in making this movie, and this isn't really a direction where FiM shines the most IMO. And what can it do that a proper 2-parter finale cannot? A really drawn-out battle only for the villain to be defeated by the friendship beam like they always do?


1. More time to flesh out a story properly? Like a lot of people had issues with the 2 parters and getting more time to branch out different aspects of them (like giving Sombra more characterization, whatever else people had problems with in the other 2 parters idk). It's no surefire way to guarantee it'd be better but there's a chance.

2. On why fans want to see it, because ponies on the big screen is really cool and it'd also be cool to enjoy it without having the mixed feelings that EQG brings.

Of course, the "Epic" comments are worrisome I agree, but in general I think they know what they are doing since even the EQG movies had their good character moments.
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Postby abrony-mouse (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:25 pm

:yay: FIM ponies until 2017

and then probably a huge FIMale :awesomedash: surrounded by pony-fans in a cinema somewhere

this news is great :D
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Postby Seven Seas (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:49 pm

Well, this was a surprise to come back to! I am so very excited right now. :flail: I don't even care if it's a standalone or a series finale-- either would have advantages, and I wouldn't object to FiM going out with a bang.

I'm also relieved, strange to say, about the three-year production period. Like others have mentioned, that'll give them a long, long time to not only bring the movie into line with canon (rather than having a movie like EQG that just peripherally interacts with canon), but to plant seeds throughout the next few seasons out of which a movie can organically grow. They wouldn't bother spending three years on a movie if it were nothing but a throwaway project or another Hasbro toy mandate. It gives me faith that they're really hoping to do this one up right.

And the implied three more seasons of FiM only sweeten the pot for me. :3:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:37 pm

If nothing else, I hope that the movie is the end of FiM since then I have something big to look forward to down the road, vs. having to spend summer after ponyless summer wondering if season 5/6/whatever is going to be the last one. This way it means that we'll have a proper conclusion to the series (unless the movie should end up sucking, or if Hasbro should order more seasons of the show despite the movie being its end).
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:44 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:or if Hasbro should order more seasons of the show despite the movie being its end).

Well, Nick did that with SpongeBob (the first movie was supposed to be the finale, in spite of additional seasons coming after)
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:11 am

SoundMonkey44 wrote:@Sobana
But pony IS'NT about epic battles, it's about watching the characters learn & grow as both individuals & friends. The epic battles & fun world/lore building are just icing on the cake.

You're right, if I had it my way it would be all those things. But I didn't write the movie. It's going to have actions scenes and explosions with ninjas and pirates and cowboys with robots that ride dinosaurs that shoot lasers from their eyes and explode. :awesomedash:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:28 am

Bakertoons wrote:Well, Nick did that with SpongeBob (the first movie was supposed to be the finale, in spite of additional seasons coming after)

Exactly, that's something I hope won't happen. (And I really hope there won't be a second FiM movie where the Mane Six somehow make it into the real world in uncanny 3D animation. :ohgawd:)
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:56 am

fenster wrote:2. On why fans want to see it, because ponies on the big screen is really cool

Make it a 3D movie. Have Rainbow Dash dive off the top of the Crystal Eiffel Tower. Dragon breathing fire right at the screen. Spray water at the audience when Spike catches a cold and sneezes.
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Postby fenster (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:48 am

That's like the opposite of what I want to see in theaters.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:56 am

:pinkieshrug: I just can't get excited about this. The last few seasons have disappointed me when it comes to the action/adventure episodes, which a big movie would almost certainly be. I really hope the opener and finale of S5 can restore my faith in those kind of episodes.
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Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:03 am

Hey, right on. I'm excited for this pony movie
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:07 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:(And I really hope there won't be a second FiM movie where the Mane Six somehow make it into the real world in uncanny 3D animation. :ohgawd:)


If it was a live action movie with real horses I'd be okay with it :v:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:27 am

The live action movie will look like this... :v:



It had to be done.
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Postby Stuff (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:27 am

For real, though, this is going to be a direct-to-DVD, right? :ohrarity:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:06 am

Stuff wrote:For real, though, this is going to be a direct-to-DVD, right? :ohrarity:

They will attempt to get a legit theater release on this, not small-time like EqG1-2. You can take that to the bank.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:37 am

I'm still wondering why it'll take 2 years for this still. Because of that, I don't see it being in FiM's animation style. Because that is evident that it would not take so long to make, as we got a second Equestria Girls in a year. And it's not like it'll be like Transformers.
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Postby doodlesplat (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:20 am

Perhaps the release schedule is more strategic than anything. There's nothing to suggest that Hasbro is trying to rush the movie out as fast as they can.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:32 am

Because it's going to be four hours long. :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:36 am

The reason it might take 3 years is because movies (feature length movies, anyway) go through so many production changes and rewrites, they want to make sure they have the best film out there.
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Postby Bremen (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:38 am

Alternately, it may be the same flash animation as the show, but with more detail and attention lavished on it.

I'm optimistic. :crack: It's clear they're working hard on this, and hard work often (though not always) makes for high quality. Whether it's a side adventure or a finale to the show, I'm really looking forward to it.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:56 am

That'd be neat to see. What was the first entirely flash animated movie to hit theaters?
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Postby Strangest Letter (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:57 am

Bremen wrote:Alternately, it may be the same flash animation as the show, but with more detail and attention lavished on it.


I'm curious about that, how much detail and general spectacle can Flash handle?
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:02 am

Actually, what if it's hand-drawn? :allears:

...not gonna happen. It's likely CGI at most :fluttersmith:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:02 am

I'd love to see 2D handdrawn ponies on the big screen. :allears:
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Postby Applepie (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:25 am

What if this movie is a series finale movie!


This makes me wonder if thios is a series finale movie too.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:19 am

Could be. I have always estimated the series to last 6 seasons, with Princess Twilight the dead center.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:21 am

If the movie's the finale and it comes out in 2017, I think that means we get 7 seasons. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:29 am

Well, typically Hasbro doesn't like TV shows running into the movies. Transformers typically goes on hiatus or ends when a movie is coming up. So I see it as the last season will be 2016 (as this season is 2015) and then my guess is the movie will be as early as possible 2017. Logical, as I doubt MLP could do as well during the summer, with the typical giants that come out then.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:30 am

drunkill wrote:My Little Pony - The Movie:
Two hours of live action footage of six horses in a field, voiced by celebrities.


Sort of like the Adventures of Milo and Otis, but with paper horns and sheets with wings painted on them. :awesomedash:
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