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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:33 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:He deleted pretty much all of them. :-I

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Postby Ruflux (?) » Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:42 pm

Some ridiculously pedantic Wikipedia editor still remembers him. (his name was removed from the page a while back already but some random editor added it back in anyway because reasons)
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Postby Homeswirl (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:20 am

AppleCobbler44 wrote:(Cross posting)

I wonder if the movie will be a direct continuation of the FiM series or will it be a reboot/reimagining, taking certain moments from the series to create one film.

They're currently in the hiring process for producing another MLP brand bible. I would think that the writing for a movie that included that would be at least a bit later after that. However, they might be rebooting the movie process to include the new material? But I don't think the timeline matches up for that. I think it'll be a FiM send-off, or less likely, a continuation of FiM.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:57 am

I think, judging by the timeline of the series production so far, this movie is more than likely to be the finale.
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:33 am

I just remembered something about Game of Thrones, where when an HBO executive was asked if the series finale will be done in a movie-form, the HBO executive replied:

Michael Lombardo wrote:Certainly there have been conversations where it’s been said, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to do [a theatrical movie]?’ But when you start a series with our subscribers, the promise is that for your HBO fee that we’re going to take you to the end of this. I feel that on some level [a movie would be] changing the rules: Now you have to pay $16 to see how your show ends.


Now, there's going to be a movie for MLP no matter what, but I wonder whether the movie, if it's the big send-off to FiM, will affect how the TV show ends. Like, will the TV show end with a cliffhanger, which leads in to the movie? I could see some people being disappointed that they'll have to spend money (and from what I've heard, movie tickets ain't cheap) and get their butts to the theaters to see the full ending to the overall series.

Again, that is if the show ends with a cliffhanger and will be fully resolved in the movie. :-P
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:43 am

Eh, I think the cliffhanger in the show moving into the movie would confuse a lot of audience members. Don't forget, there's probably a lot of kids who might go to this movie with little to no knowledge of the show, so they have to make it a little more accessable.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:02 am

Yeah, Game of Thrones is a plot-heavy show and you can't really finish it with a movie if it's not a big story extravaganza. With FiM you can just have a self-contained movie no problem.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:50 am

Having the movie be one last grand adventure on its own seems like the most accessible way to do it. Keep in mind that it could easily be 90-100 minutes long, giving it the storytelling equivalent of four episodes, a luxury that FiM has never had before.
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Postby Ruflux (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:57 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Having the movie be one last grand adventure on its own seems like the most accessible way to do it. Keep in mind that it could easily be 90-100 minutes long, giving it the storytelling equivalent of four episodes, a luxury that FiM has never had before.

I'd honestly be surprised if the movie isn't somewhere in the four episode length. Considering they have this one single opportunity to do this, it'd feel like a waste if it ended being barely any longer than the EqG movies. Not sure of 90-100 minutes though, I find 80-90 more likely, since most animated movies tend to be in that range.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:00 pm

I think the best length for the movie would be 90 minutes. Long enough to tell a full story but short enough to where it can keep young children's attention.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:49 pm

The way I figured it, we'd get about 88 minutes (four whole episodes) of actual story and such, plus a few more for the opening titles and credits. Children's movies definitely don't have the luxury of long running times.
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Postby Pocket (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:18 pm

Well, Cars was over 100 minutes, as was The Incredibles. But yeah, generally speaking, the more it's treated as a "kids' movie", the less time they devote to it. I think all of the Disney direct-to-video sequels clocked in at under 80 minutes, for example, and one of them (I wish I could remember which one) barely made it past 60.
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Postby Master_Twig (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:25 pm

I will settle for no less than a 3-hour epic, with a 4.5-hour directors cut.
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Postby Marimo (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:22 pm

You know, 90 minutes is fine. Most movies used to be about that long, if not even slightly less than that, including good animated movies like Lion King and Toy Story.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:34 pm

Pocket wrote:one of them (I wish I could remember which one) barely made it past 60.

Are you talking about the Winnie the Pooh movie from a few years back? It was barely one hour. I know because I saw it.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:47 pm

Master_Twig wrote:I will settle for no less than a 3-hour epic, with a 4.5-hour directors cut.


Only if they get Orson Welles to do it. :v:
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Postby Homeswirl (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:53 pm

They can just repurpose the recordings of him from Transformers: The Movie. :sweetiebot:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:17 pm

No, no, I meant for him to direct. Something like The Trial would work well. :v:
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Postby Applepie (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:38 pm

A 4 hour long MLP movie would be epic. :yay:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:55 pm

Bakertoons wrote:Are you talking about the Winnie the Pooh movie from a few years back? It was barely one hour. I know because I saw it.


Probably Dumbo.

But that was specifically intended to be super-low-budget, because Fantasia had basically bankrupted them.
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Postby SpaceHowitzer (?) » Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:40 am

I think there is an actual lower limit for movie theater run times, and it's like 78 min or something odd like that.

I vote for 3 hr and 48 minutes with a 5 minute intermission, Lawrence of Arabia run time
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Postby Wylie (?) » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:27 am

If it's not a never-ending Twilight Sparkle's Wild Ride I won't even buy a ticket
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:45 am

No, silly, Twilight Sparkle's Wild Ride is going to be the Universal Studios ride tie-in. :v:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sun Aug 16, 2015 12:56 am

You've seen the movie - now take the ride!

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:excite: Twilight Sparkle's Wild Ride :excite:

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save some ponies from a villainous unicorn wizard and
something something friendship something.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:08 am

Master_Twig wrote:I will settle for no less than a 3-hour epic, with a 4.5-hour directors cut.


Once Upon a Time in Equestria :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:36 am

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:You've seen the movie - now take the ride!

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:excite: Twilight Sparkle's Wild Ride :excite:

Take a train to nowhere in particular,
save some ponies from a villainous unicorn wizard and
something something friendship something.


Wait, who would be Cecil? I'm pretty sure that the Changelings could be the weasels.

:spoiler: Come, girls, come! We'll go for a jolly ride! I'll show you excitement! I'LL SHOW YOU THE WORLD!
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:19 am



I sure hope the movie's in CG :-I
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Postby Helix (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:52 am

90 minutes is too much, imo; it should be 89 minutes, imo.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:51 pm

This listing has shown up on Box Office Mojo. Do they often have placeholder dates?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:07 am

That seems a strange release date. Nov./DEC. is becoming a bigger release time and this movie isn't going to be appealing to a wide audience. Hope the Jem Movie doesn't have them setting this film up to bomb by putting it then.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:19 am

November 3 is still plenty early in the season, I figure. Besides, that's two years from now, which is more than enough time for Hasbro to reconsider, assuming that's not a placeholder date in the first place.
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Postby MurdER_weapOn '78 (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:46 pm

Gotta be a placeholder
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Postby gluestick (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:30 pm

Not a placeholder. Hasbro officially tweeted that date:

https://twitter.com/HasbroNews/status/6 ... 8891781124
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:41 pm

Looking it up, now I do think they're sending this to die.


This will be going up directly against Thor: Ragnarok on November 3.

In other Superhero news, the first Justice League movie comes out 2 weeks later.

Also coming out 2 weeks later is Illumination Studio's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", and the week after that, Disney/Pixar's new film, Coco.
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Postby MurdER_weapOn '78 (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:43 pm

2 years it is then
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:01 pm

That's disappointing it got moved back already
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Postby Ruflux (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:24 pm

Yeah okay now I don't feel bad at all for thinking this might not end up doing so well. Jeez with the date, Hasbro
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:11 pm

Am I the only one who doesn't think it'll fail horribly? We have yet to see any of the movie itself, after all, nor do we know how it'll be marketed.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:14 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Am I the only one who doesn't think it'll fail horribly? We have yet to see any of the movie itself, after all, nor do we know how it'll be marketed.


I think that date lowers what was already a small chance of non-fans checking it out. I can't imagine Hasbro is dumb enough to expect big numbers from the film, so in relation to it's budget it will probably do fine.
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Postby fenster (?) » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:59 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Am I the only one who doesn't think it'll fail horribly? We have yet to see any of the movie itself, after all, nor do we know how it'll be marketed.


I'm in the same boat as you, though the possibility is very real.

Kind of sad that it has to go against Thor, seeing as those haven't been good yet it's all my friends would want to see anyways. :fluttersmith:
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