My Trailer Review for Pony Life · 12:42am Jun 19th, 2020
Aloha, my friends.
This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another post.
Today, at the request of JimmyHook19, as well as after seeing it more than once, I've decided to share with you guys my thoughts on the upcoming MLP series: "Pony Life".
First thing's first, click on the video below and you'll see exactly what I'm making this post for:
So, wanna know what I think of it?
😒Yay, I'd like to be honest, I wasn't impressed with it at all. I wouldn't say it's as bad as the last trailer promoting this series, but...it didn't get me interested in checking it out either.
I mean, seriously. The animation looked like it was done by pre-schoolers instead of professional artists. The designs of the ponies were hideous and appeared to be disturbingly small, and I'm saying that because the ponies look small in an unbelievable sort of way. Also, the settings were flat like they were made to be part of a board game, and not in the best way either. But, I will admit that Spike certainly looked good despite the fact I was only able to see him briefly, as his design was both faithful to his characterization in FiM and very appealing.
The humor that was shown throughout was flatly executed, if I may add. Yes, the jokes were amusing in some ways, but they weren't great enough to make me laugh or feel like I'm having a good time. Along with that, Allspark's decision to take everything in an off-the-wall kind of approach was too unusual for a show based on the My Little Pony brand, and the fact that they're unnecessarily focusing on the Main Six, Spike, and the princesses all over again instead of trying something new made everything feel like a cash grab.
If I said it once, I'll say it again.
Friendship is Magic has several characters outside of the Main Six that have the potential to be given their own series, and the Main Six, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Celestia, and Luna were given a satisfying conclusion that ended everything on a high note. So why can't Allspark make creatively-inspired stories for characters outside of the Main Six and CMC instead of pointlessly creating stuff through the money-talks style?
For instance, the Student Six are characters that I believe are absolutely worthy of having their own sequel spin-off, as they were introduced so late in the series that it's starting to feel like they were wasted in the long run because of Allspark always making future content focusing on the Main Six. The Pillars of Old are also characters that, in my opinion, hold strong potential to be the stars of their own series. The same with Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, and the characters from the 2017 movie. Heck, even Spike seems to hold a lot of potential for more stories to be made about him, and the Equestria Girls series hardly came to the sort of conclusion FiM ended with. Plus, there are even characters from previous MLP brands that haven't been updated and used yet, like Catrina the Cat Sorceress and Megan Williams.
All in all...the trailer did little to interest me in ever seeing this upcoming series, and it's become apparent to me that Allspark is wasting the potential of the MLP brand by making uninspired stuff like this to make some cash here and there. It makes me wonder how the cast from before agreed at all to reprise their roles for this, because this doesn't seem like the kind of thing they'd want to be a part of.
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Agreed on everything. :)
Honestly, who knows, this may be another unexpected pleasant surprise like FIM was when it first premiered.
At least FIM had a ending unlike teen titans
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Applejack; "Do you miss this? Ah miss this."
Applejack, I think all fans of the show miss it.
I liked the trailer for what it was and I am going to give this show a chance before any final judgement. But yeah, this is obviously something for Allspark and Hasbro to make cash here and there instead of focusing on those characters like you mentioned.
It was interesting. I'm looking forward to it.
This series is a Teen Titans Go version of MLP.
I'm getting generation 3 vibes from this promotion...
...this is probably gonna be worse.
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Blocked?
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No worries. I found another one.
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Thanks.
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Perhaps give it a watch before coming to conclusions?
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Not giving it a chance regardless. :/
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How immature.
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It's just... it's just the way how I view it. :/
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Right.
I'm not into it, but I don't hate it. You're not alone, pal.