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Re: Offseason General Show Chat

Postby Sobana (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:53 am

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Pony wouldn't really fit into prime time, I believe it's better off where it is. It's probably better off rating wise where it is, than moving it.

That sounds like heresy. :applejargh:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:25 am

Sobana wrote:I wonder if they will give pony prime time after they see the ratings. It has to get better ratings then red neck reality shows. :pinkieshrug:



Again can't happen cause Discovery. :v:


And yea, pony is better off as a SATAM/ Daytime show.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:51 am

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Are you kidding? Do you know what kind of ratings redneck reality shows get?

Oh right, I forgot about the southern republicans... :amazed:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:28 am

So HASBRO has its 3rd quarter report today. Hope we get some good news! *knock on wood* :party:

http://www.bidnessetc.com/27507-hasbro- ... ign=buffer
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:48 am

I hope that we get good news from them as well! :)
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:52 am

Here's a link to the report. You have to register to listen though. It starts at 8:30/7:30 AM E/C.

http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/ypf2t8 ... 7oc3122915
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Postby Sobana (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:06 am

I'll still be at work when they start. Can someone listen to this and give me all the juicy parts? Let's hope pony is still making hundreds of millions. :allears:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:11 pm

Some Early News before the actual podcast.

My Little Pony/Equestria Girls toy sales are up 5%. The overall Girls toy sales are up 9%

Boy toy sales did a lot better this summer then last it seems as sales for those are up 20%


Entertainment & licensing took a hit despite making about 5 million more this year then Last year though.

Entertainment and Licensing segment net revenues increased 10% to $53.4 million compared to $48.6 million in 2013. The segment benefited from growth in lifestyle licensing. The Entertainment and Licensing segment reported operating profit of $0.5 million compared to $7.6 million in 2013, primarily due to the impact of the acceleration of certain programming amortization costs.


So basically they made more money on media then last year, but they also spent more making more media.

This of course could be considered both a good & bad thing, IMO, they obviusly Wanna keep up a strong media presence, but I fear this might not spend quite as much $$$ on it in the future.
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:31 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:My Little Pony/Equestria Girls toy sales are up 5%. The overall Girls toy sales are up 9%

Actually, the Girls products net revenues increased by 5% on a quarterly basis, and by 9% on a 9-monthly basis.
(Page 8: http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ ... tation.pdf)
There is no information about MLP specifically, it could've easily increased more, considering how the decline of Furby took down the Girls category.

We should probably take this to the Production and Business thread though.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:43 pm

There's Gonn Be An Animated MLP film! There's gonna be a big budget animated MLP film by Hasbro's NEW studio all-spark pictures!!!
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:46 pm

Woah, that I didn't expect! :awesomedash:

Gotta make sure to give that conference a listen later, I want the exact quotes to prevent misunderstandings.
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:52 pm

Apparently, it was already announced 7 hours ago:

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/my-li ... 201334144/

Coming in 2017. :fluttersmith:
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Postby Bumble-B (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:53 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:There's Gonn Be An Animated MLP film! There's gonna be a big budget animated MLP film by Hasbro's NEW studio all-spark pictures!!!


Big budget animated film?

Aren't those usually done in CGI nowadays :v:

Of course, no one knows how much they mean (it might just mean: "More expensive to make than EqG2") but if we go by conventional wisdom then it sounds like it might be in CG... :yikes:
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:55 pm

Joe Ballarini, who wrote Fox’s “Ice Age: Continental Drift” is penning the script for the “Pony” pic, while Megan McCarthy, who produces and has written for the series “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic,” and straight-to-homevideo “My Little Pony: Equestria Girls” films, will serve as co-executive producer on the theatrical movie.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:56 pm

The thing I'm Nervouscited about is the movie is being done by a entirely different studio then the show, and apperantly will have a big name writer with a "history in animation" as opposed to one of the shows writers.

I hope Meghan & Co will still be involved to some degree....

Or maybe the movie series is going to be its own thing like how the Transformers Movies & TV series are their own things...hmm.


Oh also Rainbow Rocks made a 37% hire revenue in theatres then the first EQG movie did.

No Airdate given for season 5 though. They did say they were still working out the transiston of the HUB to Discovery Family, but they will indeed still be making new content for the network.

Edit: Huhm intersting, Ice Age Eh... I like those well enough, but dunno.. Glad Meghan is on.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:56 pm

:speakest: This needs its own thread.

EDIT: Please discuss this here.
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:03 pm

This sounds like a very ambitious project, but 3 years sure is a long wait. :eep:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:07 pm

Wow...I did not expect that. 3 years does make sense as animation can take a long time to make and they're probably working on the script and such. The project's just been greenlighted but let's hope it doesn't just get stuck in Development Hell.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:50 pm

Davyinatoga wrote:Multiverse theory implies that somewhere, Three Apples is canon, and that is a good thing.


I wish I was in the universe where Three Apples updated. :fluttersmith:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:56 pm

AppleCobbler44 wrote:
Big budget animated film?

Aren't those usually done in CGI nowadays :v:
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How big is big budget?

$50 million is more than the production of all the shows and all the comics put together. :-P
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Mon Oct 20, 2014 4:49 pm

Sobana wrote:That sounds like heresy. :applejargh:


No, heresy sounds like "Death to the false emperor", "Chaos is strong", "Blood for the blood god".
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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:34 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:
No, heresy sounds like "Death to the false emperor", "Chaos is strong", "Blood for the blood god".

Those things and that. Pony deserves the best of every spot.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:40 am

In an unrelated heresy pony pun.

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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:07 am

Lol that is a funny pun :-P
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:26 am

I have no idea what that is but it's still funny. :v:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:49 am

I think it might be from a game of shorts. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:26 pm

Warhammer 40k, friends.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:35 pm

Ah, Warhammer. Never was really into the series, even though they look really awesome. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:40 pm

I doubt it'd be something for you, to be quite honest, because the games are pretty gruesome. Warhammer 40k in particular loves dialing up the violence up to eleven - There is a reason why the term "grimdark" originated in Warhammer 40k. Just about every single aspect of the game is excessively dark.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:46 pm

Yeah, I already knew about the dark themes so that's why I kept away from it in the first place...they look badass but I'm fine with just looking at them and not knowing their history.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:53 pm

Is it about an alien bug race taking over the universe? Because I will play it if it is. I have it on steam but never installed it yet. :-P
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:57 pm

Looks like a medevial conquest type of thing to me. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 2:02 pm

But I thought 40k was that it was 40,000 years in the future from that medieval time. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Bremen (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 3:28 pm

Sobana wrote:Is it about an alien bug race taking over the universe? Because I will play it if it is. I have it on steam but never installed it yet. :-P


It's basically just a future setting where everything is horrible. So yes, there is an alien bug race taking over the universe (among many other bad things taking over the universe), though I'm not sure if Tyranids are really the focus of any of the games.
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Postby drunkill (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:13 pm

Speaking of celebrity voiced MLP movies... as not to derail the actual movie thread: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7404
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:26 pm

Oh, knockoffs, what would the world do without you? Guarentee it's going to bomb. :allears:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:24 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Oh, knockoffs, what would the world do without you?

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Postby Throbulator (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:54 pm

Perrydotto wrote:I doubt it'd be something for you, to be quite honest, because the games are pretty gruesome. Warhammer 40k in particular loves dialing up the violence up to eleven - There is a reason why the term "grimdark" originated in Warhammer 40k. Just about every single aspect of the game is excessively dark.


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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:09 pm

Speaking of skulls, I just noticed the ones in your signature. :v:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:48 pm

MLP Writer Noelle Benventui's mother passed away :fluttersmith: & Meghan has put up a link for a memorial fund if anyone cares to donate.
http://gofund.me/g2klm0?pc=14_fb_2
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