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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:49 am

I think G5 is going to end up being a show by committee, trying to replicate the success of G4.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:53 am

The Doctor wrote:I think G5 is going to end up being a show by committee, trying to replicate the success of G4.

Not really, Hasbro's never done that before, they probably won't try to just make it a carbon copy, because then why bother making a new gen? That's not the point of a new gen.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:45 am

It'd be cool if G5 was an extension of G4 in a way, but I think it'd be best if they just did their own thing.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:13 am

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Nice thought, same old vectors. :-/


As though all six of them would have been rooting for the same horse :smirk: Isn't this like those things where the winning sports team thanks God for the victory? Like he's a Cowboys fan or whatever
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:37 am

Wouldn't they think the race is an extension of Running of The Leaves? :-P
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:03 am

Something i'd be interested in seeing with G5 is if it starts without a beginning :amazing: . At least, not a proper one in the traditional sense.

Kinda like 'in media res'. The story starts more or less right in the 'middle' and over the course of the book, movie, game, or series, we learn more about the characters and overall plot. Their personality, past, goals, strengths, weaknesses.

A handful of my favorite shows and games begin in media res without properly introducing the characters. Like in Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2. Your character wakes up from a coma and you know nothing about the character initially but gradually thanks to people prodding you about your past, we learn that your character has a past they're trying to keep secret for a reason. And it's rather compelling.

'What is our character trying to hide? What's so troubling that they would feel apprehensive to responding to our companion's questions?' :ponder:

Now, should that happen in G5 where our main protagonist keeps to herself about her weighty past, afraid of making herself feel naked to her friends? Probably not :-P But there's less dark/serious ways to write characters in in media res stories.

Though given the success of G4, I wouldn't be surprised if they just did more or less the same thing in G5 like G4. Plus I would assume it's easier to write a traditional story structure as opposed to an in media res.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:51 pm

Well, we know it worked for a show like Steven Universe. Question is whether Hasbro gets the same bug about their audience's attention span and predilections that CN did.

E: given SU's TV-PG rating, it probably has a lot more leeway in the assumptions it can make about the audience.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:02 pm

AppleCobbler44 wrote:Something i'd be interested in seeing with G5 is if it starts without a beginning :amazing: . At least, not a proper one in the traditional sense.

Kinda like 'in media res'. The story starts more or less right in the 'middle' and over the course of the book, movie, game, or series, we learn more about the characters and overall plot. Their personality, past, goals, strengths, weaknesses.
This'd mainly rely on G5's cartoon having some big, epic story to tell in the first place. Considering how successful FiM's way of storytelling has been, I doubt that'll really get changed much in G5. In fact, something that held S4 back a bit was the fact that Meghan and the gang could not be assured that all 26 episodes would air in the order that they wanted, so unless Hasbro can wring that concession out of whatever network airs G5's cartoon, I doubt the people making that show will want to take the risk of having it ruined by pointless schedule changes.

ShieldedDiamond wrote:Not really, Hasbro's never done that before, they probably won't try to just make it a carbon copy, because then why bother making a new gen? That's not the point of a new gen.

EqG isn't a whole generation of its own, but it always did feel to me like it was kind of designed by committee. After all, it started being developed after Lauren Faust left but before Meghan McCarthy really began taking charge of stuff. I've never really seen any one specific name attached to it as the "leader" of EqG in the same way that Lauren Faust was for FiM.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:45 pm

Personally, it'd be interesting if G5 was a sequel to G4...maybe focus on the CMC more?
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Postby Bremen (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:01 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Personally, it'd be interesting if G5 was a sequel to G4...maybe focus on the CMC more?


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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:07 pm

That would be the best thing ever. :-D
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Postby Pocket (?) » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:20 pm

She'd probably sell, too, since she's lost interest in working on it anymore.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:50 pm

Well, it still holds the title for best pony fanmade thing ever. :yay:
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Postby Thaddeus (?) » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:13 pm

IT RETURNS



Is this what JoJo is like? :gotcha:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:46 pm

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Is this what JoJo is like? :gotcha:


:wink: You could just come to today's stream to find out.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:44 pm

While I was in Memphis Comic Expo, I picked up this card:

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So yeah, apparently deLancie is going to be in Memphis this November.

I'm debating on whether I should go or not.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:13 pm

I think they mean the legendary voice of Discord and Q. :glare:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:54 pm

:smirk: I still want someone at a John de Lancie panel at a MLP convention to ask him when Eugene is coming out of the basement.
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:16 am

Dangit, maybe I will have to go to Memphis.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:14 am

JDL does plenty of conventions, I think. If you can't make this one then don't feel too bad. On the other hand, if that time in November would be a good time for you to travel, then sure, why not.
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:58 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:JDL does plenty of conventions, I think. If you can't make this one then don't feel too bad. On the other hand, if that time in November would be a good time for you to travel, then sure, why not.


He wasn't very active in conventions the last few years (this year is quite a change), and he's not getting any younger, so I always gotta wonder how much longer he's gonna do this.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:09 pm

Well, he also gets invited to tons of Trek and Science Fiction conventions. They can't all be the Pony cons.
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:13 pm

The Doctor wrote:Well, he also gets invited to tons of Trek and Science Fiction conventions. They can't all be the Pony cons.


No? What, next you're gonna tell me he's NOT some almighty god being. :-P
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Postby Throbulator (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:23 pm

Who's Eugene?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:32 pm

Throbulator wrote:Who's Eugene?


Eugene was a character he played on a old US Soap Opera called "Days of Our Lives" for a few years. He just disappeared after going down into a basement in one episode. My Mom told me to ask him it when I got a chance to meet him at a Trek Convention, as she was a fan of the show. I don't remember his answer, but the double take he did was hilarious.
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Postby Thaddeus (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:01 pm

Managing to make John DeLancie Double-Take doesn't seem like it'd be an easy thing to do. :smirk:
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:02 pm

Mic Roe Pony wrote:Managing to make John DeLancie Double-Take doesn't seem like it'd be an easy thing to do. :smirk:


Well, about that ... :-I
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:12 pm

I thought you had some kind of homing device on him. :v:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:17 pm

Perrydotto wrote:
He wasn't very active in conventions the last few years (this year is quite a change), and he's not getting any younger, so I always gotta wonder how much longer he's gonna do this.

I suppose that makes sense. If you went, would this be your first time meeting him? (Somehow I'd assumed that you'd already seen him at least once before. :wat:)
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:35 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I suppose that makes sense. If you went, would this be your first time meeting him? (Somehow I'd assumed that you'd already seen him at least once before. :wat:)


You are correct in that assumption, and if you really want to confirm it, you can read the freaked out blog post I made at Bronycon 2012 about the matter. :modesty: With bonus picture.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:50 pm

deLancie sounds like a hilarious person. If I ever get a cartoon, I'd love for him to guest star as something :allears:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:32 pm

I had the chance to meet him last year at NYCC, really really nice guy. Though I was incredibly nervous not trying to say anything dumb like I am with most actors I meet. :-I
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:38 pm

ShieldedDiamond wrote:I had the chance to meet him last year at NYCC, really really nice guy. Though I was incredibly nervous not trying to say anything dumb like I am with most actors I meet. :-I


You'll never be as dumb as me, so no worries. :v:
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Postby Thaddeus (?) » Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:43 pm

Aw, don't be like that. It sounds like he really liked your gift! :allears: ...Also now I finally get all the jokes about Matjes Herrings that were flying around back then. :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:28 pm

I thought he was going to Galacon this year. Anyway, Perry, I certainly hope that you get to meet him sometime and I'm sure he appreciated that. :allears:
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:53 pm

On a whim, I looked up the credits for the 1980s G1 MLP cartoon.

They had 22 people listed as directors, and at least three worked on "Looney Tunes"; one of the directors was responsible for the incredibly racist Tokio Jokio.

I dunno. I just find that hilarious :-I

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Postby theGECK (?) » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:56 pm

Bakertoons wrote:They had 22 people listed as directors


I think that's a perfect example of the definition for "made by committee".
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:45 pm

WOW, Norman McCabe was still working then? That's a name I associate with like, early 30s animation. :starity:
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:50 pm

londonarbuckle wrote:WOW, Norman McCabe was still working then? That's a name I associate with like, early 30s animation. :starity:

Yeah, he was working into the 1990s. He directed on "Tiny Toon" and "Pinky and the Brain" during that period.

He died in 2006.
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:13 am

Applejack and Pinkie Pie just got namedropped on Jeopardy.
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