Re: MLP Movie - 2017, Hasbro Allspark, Joe Ballarini Writing
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doodlesplat wrote:I don't know the toy side of G4 well, apart from them periodically putting out new sets and stuff; are these sets gaining traction in their market each time? If they're able to continue this and keep up sales, there wouldn't be as much of a reason to reboot for marketshare purposes.
Also the point about age groups feels pretty important. By the time the movie releases, the first season will be 7 years old. That it may now be too old for the kids at that time is irrelevant because there are always new young kids every year. However, these new young kids might have a different set of preferences. New generations' interests may have shifted away. It probably does help the show that, on its release, it was rather fresh and progressive-feeling as a children's show. If FiM never happened when it did, and we're only seeing it premiere today, it would mostly still feel current and fresh, possible technical clunkiness of Flash excepted. But that would be to us non-kids. Anyone know anyone who will be in the FiM age bracket in 2017? Do you think they'd take to ponies as easily as someone their age might have in 2010? Also consider that the availability of alternative shows and entertainment will be different in 2017 than in 2010.
Sobana wrote:Alright then, what changes would you give FiM to make it better then it already is?
Pony Tales tired setting the ponies in modern times and I must admit it does have some appeal but only because I grew up during that time. it probably won't appeal to the current generation.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Thing is, though, FiM isn't edgy and trendy. If you want an example of that then look at EqG and how it's set in the present day with smartphones and computers and shit. FiM and its fantasy setting are always going to have a timeless appeal to them.
Sobana wrote:You could do all that with the current setting, minus the new cast part, you could have the main six go to a new land that is a hundred years advanced or simply have them teleport through time to a hundred years in the future and spend a season trying to get back. You could easily introduce new characters that could team up with the mane six for a few adventures like they did with Sunset. The current setting allows for anything to happen so I don't see how a new generation could change or improve on that.
Sobana wrote:But most of the reboot ideas are just FiM the extended version. If you want to reboot successfully you have to come up with a completely new idea. If it is just going to be a spin-off doesn't mean the main show has to end.
Sobana wrote:If I'm not mistaken didn't the show already have shading like this? In the episodes "putting your down" and "castle-mania"?
Headless Horse wrote:I don't see what's more "detailed" about that style of shading. It's just harder-edged and higher-contrast.
ROBOT B9 wrote:It does have a nice appearance to it though...there's something about it that looks really detailed and attractive. Maybe it would work for the movie.
AppleCobbler44 wrote:And retaining the shading quality like in EqPrevails' artworks for the 90-ish minutes would be longer than any previous scene(s) in FiM.
Sobana wrote:You know most of the animated movies in toon boom rarely have constant shading in every scene. It sets the wrong mood. Plus it would look like the entire movie is happening either at dawn or dusk.
Headless Horse wrote:It's not supposed to be a realistic show. It never was. It's one of the most stylized things on TV that makes even a token attempt at inhabiting a 3D world.
If they wanted to make "realistic" looking candy colored horses in dresses, they could have gone about it in a million better ways than "design a primary-colors world of hearts and candy canes and gigantic eyeballs and then four seasons in change all your software around to RENDER MORE REALISTIC SHADOWS"
Ruflux wrote:And really, that is the most realistic scenario.I'm just doing the "what-if" thing here.
With what was said in the press release, I'd almost be surprised at this point if they did change anything. As much I'd be interested in seeing something different for a change, it's not by any means necessary, and I'll enjoy the movie just the same even if it's not particularly different from the show.
Though with a new writer and a larger cinema release, I'd imagine it might well be fair bit different from the main series.