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Re: MLP Movie - airing October 6, 2017

Postby Bumble-B (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:36 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:The animation is definitely nice, but the quality of the Facebook-to-YouTube rips is not doing any favors. :nngh:


It's the same quality on FB actually :v:

Very low res and pixelated
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Postby Bremen (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:36 pm

Highbrow Dash wrote:And I wonder if the season finale will tie into the movie in any way :ponder:


Bumble-B wrote:

TEASER TRAILER :flail:


The S7 finale will end in a huge magical explosion that makes all the ponies look more fancily animated.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:39 pm

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Postby Dexanth (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:48 pm

The animation looks different yet familiar in a really cool way. Looking forward to this more now!
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:59 pm

Bremen wrote:


The S7 finale will end in a huge magical explosion that makes all the ponies look more fancily animated.


It wouldn't be the first time :pinkieshrug:

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Postby Dexanth (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 5:05 pm

Also, one of those pegasus ponies in the trailer looks a lot like a potentially G4-ified Firefly, and super psyched if that's the case.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 5:55 pm

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Hopefully this explains the weird colors and why Dash looks like she hasn't slept in three days.
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Postby Ruflux (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:36 pm

Oh boy


It's the first teaser for the big movie they probably spent a decent amount of money on and they can't even get the video file converted right


Come on Hasbro. It should really not be this hard
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:27 pm

I didn't need Rebecca Dart to tell me that this trailer sucked, but some reassurance was nice.

Come on Hasbro, step it up, it's the movie.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:38 pm

Well, that explains it. Who made this video? I presume it was someone at Hasbro Studios, but I'd think that even the lowliest intern there would know when something like that got screwed up.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:40 pm

It's my understanding teasers and trailers are often done by entirely separate entities. Like a marketing firm or a marketing department within the studio.

Either some intern did this or Hasbro paid someone to make this, and both are equally hilarious.
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Postby Stone Cold Jane Austen (?) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:21 pm

Hasbro aren't releasing the movie, Lionsgate are. Unfortunately, Lionsgate are having a really shit year. Outside of La La Land, everything they've released or distributed has underperformed or outright bombed. La La Land is actually their only high profile success since The Hunger Games movies ended. They also manage to botch every feature marketing campaign, whether the film is actually decent (like Shaun the Sheep, which was an Aardman production) or complete trash (Norm of the North).

Hasbro made a really poor choice of distribution partner with the MLP film.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:04 am

I think if I were not already interested in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, this teaser would not make me change my mind. :maud: That's a problem because a teaser is supposed to do exactly that!

It's as if this wasn't a show that's been around for six seasons and has a deep bench of cool locations and recognizable characters to showcase. Like, if you were to imagine a trailer that shows off all of the strengths of the cartoon, ponies saying "Whee!" while zipping at high speeds over a white background is pretty much the opposite of that.

Come on, fellas, this is a movie about a cartoon about a toy line, I expect the commercials to be good at least. :rainbert:

E: Oh, it's not actually a white background, I just remembered it that way
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:30 am

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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:42 am

Colors and shading aside, I'm not sure I'm a fan of the ears. They look too detailed without adding that much cuteness, I prefer the older more stylized design. The eyes are pretty weird too, like they landed square in the middle of the adorableness uncanny valley.

I may or may not get used to these 5 minutes into the movie.
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Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:54 am

:party:

Though I'm never a fan when animated commercials/trailers use voices that obviously don't match the animation they chose. It's way too distracting
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:11 am

Rainbow Crash wrote::party:

Though I'm never a fan when animated commercials/trailers use voices that obviously don't match the animation they chose. It's way too distracting

I assumed at first that the crappy lipsync was due to the way the video was uploaded, but after it came out that the shading was handled incompetently, I'm wondering if maybe the same don't-give-a-fuck intern was in charge of syncing the audio as well.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:11 am

Mechanical Ape wrote:I think if I were not already interested in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, this teaser would not make me change my mind. :maud: That's a problem because a teaser is supposed to do exactly that!


Eh, I'd argue that it's more the trailer's job to do that. Teasers are often more about awareness; "Hey you, this thing exists! Watch this space!" That seems to be the route this teaser is taking.

Fizzbuzz wrote:I assumed at first that the crappy lipsync was due to the way the video was uploaded, but after it came out that the shading was handled incompetently, I'm wondering if maybe the same don't-give-a-fuck intern was in charge of syncing the audio as well.


I'm going to suggest that a package of sound and animation assets were sent by the production team to whichever department/marketing organisation/room full of literal chimps is handling the promotion of the movie and they just did their own thing.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:10 am

For new IP, the teaser is more about "look at this cool new world we've created" (see the Zootopia teaser), while for existing IP, yeah it can just be about "this thing exists" (like the Wreck It Ralph 2 teaser - this is going to do absolutely nothing for you if you aren't familiar with the first film, because it's literally just the logo. Though I think this one is online only rather than going in cinemas) - but you need the brand recognition there in the first place for that to work, and given Discovery Family's status... eh.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:57 am

Venusy wrote:For new IP, the teaser is more about "look at this cool new world we've created" (see the Zootopia teaser), while for existing IP, yeah it can just be about "this thing exists" (like the Wreck It Ralph 2 teaser - this is going to do absolutely nothing for you if you aren't familiar with the first film, because it's literally just the logo. Though I think this one is online only rather than going in cinemas) - but you need the brand recognition there in the first place for that to work, and given Discovery Family's status... eh.


Even if Discovery Family or FiM specifically aren't massively well-known, I think the MLP brand is probably still strong and recognisable enough on its own to get the job done.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat Apr 08, 2017 3:29 am

Rainbow Crash wrote::party:

Though I'm never a fan when animated commercials/trailers use voices that obviously don't match the animation they chose. It's way too distracting

Oh good, I thought I was the only one to notice that but I didn't want to be the first to say it.
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Postby Lapis Infinitas (?) » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:12 am

Oh my god that trailer is just so bad.

This looks bad enough to get someone fired. :-/
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 09, 2017 5:09 am

Lapis Infinitas wrote:Oh my god that trailer is just so bad.

This looks bad enough to get someone fired. :-/


I'm not sure I'd go that far... a stern talking to (and a firm promise to release a corrected version immediately) would probably do.

Also geez, I just noticed that they looped the shot of Pinkie at the very beginning and failed to remove a stray frame at the middle of the loop. There's an animation "blip" there now that I can't unsee.

It's certainly sloppy considering the size of the project.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Apr 09, 2017 5:21 am

PaulloDEC wrote:
I'm not sure I'd go that far... a stern talking to would probably do.

Also geez, I just noticed that they looped the shot of Pinkie at the very beginning and failed to remove a stray frame at the middle of the loop. There's an animation "blip" there now that I can't unsee.

It's certainly sloppy considering the size of the project.


Well, we don't really know how big of a project this is. While it is the first MLP movie, we still don't know what the budget was. We don't know what they expect from this, other than to sell toys.

The Celebrity cast is mostly b-list celebrities, and the marketing department kicks of with this trailer...

...in front of Smurfs.


I know it's comparing a high school team to a pro-team, but seriously contrast this to the first teaser for Zootopia from just a marketing perspective. It didn't feature any shots from the movie, or really any clue about what the movie's plot would be, but it got you interested in the project with a clever teaser.


6 months out and Hasbro just shows a teaser with a few animation assets, aimed only at fans of the show, and without any clips to get them excited about.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Apr 09, 2017 5:33 am

The Doctor wrote:
Well, we don't really know how big of a project this is. While it is the first MLP movie, we still don't know what the budget was. We don't know what they expect from this, other than to sell toys.


Well, let me put it this way. My job is making local TV commercials in the fairly small town in which I live. Most of them are made very quickly and very cheaply.

But if I received assets from a client and they came in looking like these MLP assets, I would immediately be emailing whoever sent them to ask what the heck was going on. If I spotted an animation blip like the one on Pinkie (and I usually do catch that stuff in my own work) I'd correct it. This is for commercials worth well under $1000.
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Postby marshmallow (?) » Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:30 pm

The movie poster's tagline is "Friendship comes in many colors." Maybe the friendship festival at the start has all the different races, like griffons, zebras, dragons (maybe a brief Ember appearance?), breezies, and buffalo.

Given America's media fragmentation and political polarization, if I were an evil advertising executive I would try to gin up a conservative backlash for free advertising, similar to what happened with Fury Road and Zootopia. Get an army on Twitter to post stuff like: "Canada is indoctrinating our children with cultural Marxism and feminism! #BoycottMLPMovie."
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sun Apr 09, 2017 9:21 pm

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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:00 pm

Not to be mean, but the trailer kinda looks like a Youtuber from Deviantart was trying to make their own take on the movie while trying to give it a unique style to it.

I'm wondering if this new movie style will be the new G5 style and this movie is a type of gateway that will connect G4 and G5 while keeping the same cast?
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:59 am

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/04/mlp-movie-clips-shown-at-thailand-pony.html?m=0

So a Thailand Pony convention got to show an extended trailer, as well as two different scenes from the film: one seems to be the opening title sequence and the other is a music video, possibly one of the songs Sia sings but they intentionally leave out who sings in the clips.

Also a fifth Equestria Girls movie was apparently announced.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:21 am

DerFurShur wrote:https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/04/mlp-movie-clips-shown-at-thailand-pony.html?m=0

So a Thailand Pony convention got to show an extended trailer, as well as two different scenes from the film: one seems to be the opening title sequence and the other is a music video, possibly one of the songs Sia sings but the intentionally leave out who sings in the clips.

Also a fifth Equestria Girls movie was apparently announced.


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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 4:12 am

DerFurShur wrote:https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/04/mlp-movie-clips-shown-at-thailand-pony.html?m=0

So a Thailand Pony convention got to show an extended trailer, as well as two different scenes from the film: one seems to be the opening title sequence and the other is a music video, possibly one of the songs Sia sings but they intentionally leave out who sings in the clips.

Also a fifth Equestria Girls movie was apparently announced.


*Thai Pony Convention :idea:

It's like saying "So a Germany Pony Convention..." I mean I guess you couuuuld still say that :-P
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 4:30 am

Link doesn't work... so depressing...
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 4:42 am

Soft Snow wrote:Link doesn't work... so depressing...
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Yeah. I assume Hasbro asked EqD to not reveal spoilers
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:48 am

Yeah the post is completely gone.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:57 am

Bumble-B wrote:
*Thai Pony Convention :idea:

It's like saying "So a Germany Pony Convention..." I mean I guess you couuuuld still say that :-P


The actual name of the con was Thailand Pony Con, so I guess I added the a there on accident.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:38 am

I copied the relevant text in a post on the spoiler boards. Interesting it got removed
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Postby Pocket (?) » Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:53 am

DerFurShur wrote:Image

I guess that means they converted down before flattening the layers instead of after, which of course defeats the purpose of using 16 bits in the first place, although even then the worst that's supposed to happen is some color banding.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat May 13, 2017 3:01 am

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/05/ ... -book.html

Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Age Range: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8"
ISBN-13: 9780316431927

Synopsis:

While Princess Twilight Sparkle is busy with preparations for Equestria's first ever Friendship Festival, a foreign power is planning its attack. The Storm King has sent his most trusted lieutenant, Tempest Shadow-a Unicorn with a broken horn-to scout her former home. But Tempest wasn't always eager to do a villain's bidding...

Find out how a sweet and kind pony became one of the most feared throughout the land and get ready for My Little Pony: The Movie, coming to theaters October 6, 2017! Join Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy on the adventure of their lives!
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat May 13, 2017 4:29 am

This just reminded me I'm 9 issues behind on the comic.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat May 13, 2017 5:15 am

Wayoshi wrote:https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/05/my-little-pony-movie-prequel-book.html



I think I've read this fanfic. It's Celestia's fault because she's secretly evil.
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