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Postby MurdER_weapOn '78 (?) » Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:05 pm

Hopefully the 2nd half will live up to the 1st half, the only real misstep for me so far was Appleoosa's Most Wanted and to a lesser extent Princess Spike, everything else pretty much was :ponydrugs:


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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:10 pm

I think it will, it's got a lot of good momentum and seems like they're setting up the season finale for something really big. :)
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:53 pm

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:58 pm

Well, if it's on the 13th, then it's actually four weeks away. :v:
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Postby Applepie (?) » Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:13 am

We are only few weeks away. How time flies.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:32 pm

The best hiatus is a nice, short hiatus.
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:39 pm

Enough time to catch our breath, but not enough to go batshit, usually. :-P
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:11 am

By season 6 we'll have more episodes with alicorn Twilight than not.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:41 am

If you go by the time between the show's premiere and MMC, and betwee MMC and now, she's already been an alicorn for longer than she hasn't.
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Postby MurdER_weapOn '78 (?) » Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:02 am

Another week down, 3 more to go (2 weeks and 6 days) :crack:
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Postby Geomancing (?) » Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:56 pm

I'm catching up on the episodes I never saw, just saw Princess Spike today. It had some fun bits, because sleepy Twilight is the best Twilight. Spike should never be given responsibilities beyond 'take a note' or 'clean that up', though.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:27 am

Yeah the ep had some fun bits, but it's the weakest of S5 by a good margin.

Anyways, for those outside the spoiler forum, a new pony ep will ALSO air on 9/26. My guess is ep at 11:30a as usual, then EqG3 right at noon. Prepare for a long day of pony/Dougworld!
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:38 am

I thought the EqG movie was being aired that evening.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Aug 24, 2015 3:29 am

I didn't realize a time had been announced, source?
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:17 am

Wayoshi wrote:I didn't realize a time had been announced, source?

Discovery put out a press release, apparently. Also, Sethisto managed to misquote the time (and never corrected the EqD headline). :thumbsup:

WorldScreen wrote:The Discovery Family channel has the new original series From Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni premiering this August. The show brings viewers into the world of theatrical animal trainer Bill Berloni, who transforms shelter dogs into stars. It will debut as part of the network's month-long dog-themed programming event Pawgust. Animal advocate and actress Betty White is hosting the Pawgust event, which will kick off on August 1 with the broadcast of 101 Dalmations. The channel has lined up a slew of new family movies for its fall roster as well, including Robots, Annie, The Beverly Hillbillies and the Back to the Future trilogy. Discovery Family will be the exclusive home for the world premiere of My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games on September 26 at 8 p.m. Also coming to the channel this fall is Lost and Found (working title). The new series, debuting in November, reunites grateful owners with meaningful mementos.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:25 am

That's interesting they're trying primetime, movies like this on TV often premiere on weekend early afternoons.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:55 am

September 26 a night to remember.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:41 pm

Here's some news that doesn't deserve to be buried in ATG: Equestria LA just announced that Lauren Faust herself will be there this year.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:51 pm

Wow. When was the last time Lauren Faust made a public appearance at a Pony convention?
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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:57 pm

Bakertoons wrote:Wow. When was the last time Lauren Faust made a public appearance at a Pony convention?


I think she just went to the one Bronycon in 2011?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:58 pm

The thing I linked says that her last con appearance was at EQLA in 2012.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Aug 26, 2015 9:12 pm

And she was at Bronycon '12 also. Then she had left the show by then
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 2:20 am

I'm always dying to know what she's thinking about this sort of thing... what's her relationship with the show and the fans, like, mentally and emotionally? Is this a struggle for her still, or does she genuinely enjoy parts of it? Is she making peace with how things are going?
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:14 am

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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:02 am

Headless Horse wrote:Is she making peace with how things are going?



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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:13 am

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:Wait, didn't she have a kid?
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She has nephew.

But... REALLY DARK
I heard that she was pregnant several years ago but there were complications and so there was a miscarriage :sweetiefrown:

I heard this from a friend who recalled her being pregnant, even seeing an ultrasound picture on Facebook(?). And then I recall somewhere on a forum where the posters stated the same thing and said she probably had a miscarriage.

Of course, there's no official confirmation on that but if it did happen then that's really upsetting :fluttersmith:
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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:53 am

Headless Horse wrote:I'm always dying to know what she's thinking about this sort of thing... what's her relationship with the show and the fans, like, mentally and emotionally? Is this a struggle for her still, or does she genuinely enjoy parts of it? Is she making peace with how things are going?


I've never gotten the impression she's been at odds with the fandom, the only times she's brought up the negative parts of it where when people basically tattled to her as though she were some kind of den mother of the fandom and could get people to stop by paternal veto, and she basically said she'd rather not even hear about it.

As for the show, god that's got to be fraught. There was clearly bad blood with her leaving, but on the other hand a fair amount of the senior staff were cherry-picked by her and stayed on after she left. As far as I know the story editor was the only one who stamped off behind her not long after. There's been a couple of small tiffs since then, but they were almost always very quickly smoothed over.

It's funny because despite all the leaks this is the one thing I've been the most curious about and the one thing that everyone been completely closed mouthed about.
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Postby Pocket (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 7:44 am

I figure whatever happened was probably covered by a non-disclosure agreement.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:30 am

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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:17 am

The Ghost Of Ember wrote:It's funny because despite all the leaks this is the one thing I've been the most curious about and the one thing that everyone been completely closed mouthed about.


Likewise. And what fascinates me is how the show has remained as consistent as it has, even through that kind of upheaval. Other shows have changed unrecognizably over far less. The dynamic this show has followed has got to be unprecedented in that way.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:20 am

The Ghost Of Ember wrote:As for the show, god that's got to be fraught. There was clearly bad blood with her leaving, but on the other hand a fair amount of the senior staff were cherry-picked by her and stayed on after she left. As far as I know the story editor was the only one who stamped off behind her not long after. There's been a couple of small tiffs since then, but they were almost always very quickly smoothed over.

It's funny because despite all the leaks this is the one thing I've been the most curious about and the one thing that everyone been completely closed mouthed about.

I'd certainly like to hear more from her about why she left, too. While I know she said that much of the reason was because it was quite a burden to have to work with people in both LA and Vancouver, I really do have to wonder if there were creative differences as well. Things like EqG and Twilight becoming an alicorn came after she left, as far as I can tell. Unless Hasbro had been pushing those really early on, I doubt corporate meddling alone is what drove her off.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:56 am

I'm this close to sure that it wasn't creative differences but rather a personal or philosophical clash with somebody.
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Postby Pocket (?) » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:38 am

That's what "creative differences" is a euphemism for most of the time anyway, innit?
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:53 am

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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:34 am

"Leaving to spend more time with his family"
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:41 pm

The concept of schedules kept being brought up - i.e. she'd never been asked to work as fast as she did

On the one hand Hasbro brought in an industry veteran and her Rolodex of writers, designers etc to take a old franchise in entirely new directions.
On the other hand, the budget and timetable were probably decided way in advance and are quite rigid. I'm assuming that there are tax incentives around producing a show with an E/I rating.

I'm guessing that organizationally, Hasbro in 2010 wanted to fly but doesn't want to expend the effort flapping their wings.
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Damn. 2011 was a while ago.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:49 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I'd certainly like to hear more from her about why she left, too. While I know she said that much of the reason was because it was quite a burden to have to work with people in both LA and Vancouver, I really do have to wonder if there were creative differences as well. Things like EqG and Twilight becoming an alicorn came after she left, as far as I can tell. Unless Hasbro had been pushing those really early on, I doubt corporate meddling alone is what drove her off.


Given how early we know they've been working on the movie, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that Princess Twilight and EQG were already in the works in 2011.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:44 pm

Given the circumstances of her exit, I would be surprised to find out it -wasn't- due to a clash with someone, especially as Rob left after S2 as well.

If you look at the rest of the team who did stay on, you have the voice actors - who would be walking away from one of their best gigs ever; the animation studio, whose almost certainly contracted for it; and the writers, who are all freelance and very much in the 'If you don't write, you don't eat' category of things.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:06 am

I also wonder if she's come around to watching the show beyond S1.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:30 am

Damn. 2011 was a while ago.


Time flies. September marks 4 years of Return of Harmony. :yay:
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