My TV Show Review/Extreme Rant on My Little Pony: Pony Life · 11:31pm Aug 31st, 2020
Aloha, my friends.
This is your top-of-the-line film, TV Show, and episode reporter here with another review.
And today...well, for my 24th TV show analysis, I'm gonna give you guys my take on "My Little Pony: Pony Life".
In regards to what it's about, I hardly think that I need to explain much other than that it's a spin-off of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" with a different animation style and tone, only the comedic side of it is much more wild than its predecessor.
In the past, I gave negative reviews on the trailers for this show, but that was before I actually saw it for myself. Watching Pony Life and making a TV show review of it became something that I found myself wanting to do and unable to avoid doing, so...I decided to do just that. And believe me, I've watched plenty of episodes to be absolutely certain about what I think of the show as a whole.
So, what do I think of Pony Life?
Honestly, this was pretty much one of the worst television programs I've ever watched. Coming from a guy who watched it, there are tons of reasons for why I openly hate it.
For instance, the animation was hardly what I would call adequate. Everything about it looked like it was done by preschoolers instead of professional animators. In contrast to FiM, the settings looked flat, unfinished, and cheaply done for a modern animated television program, like the animators either weren't putting in enough dedication into their work or were too lazy to do their jobs. The character animation wasn't very appealing either. As a matter of fact, the expressions that the characters gave off were awfully over-the-top, and their designs for this series appeared to be the result of animators doing everything mainly for the money instead of not just that.
The overall storytelling and direction for this series wasn't very pleasurable either. Despite giving the stories morals to live by the series hardly had much in the ways of emotion, heart, and meaning; the morals that were incorporated were forgettable, and I'm saying this because I can't at all recall what those morals were to begin with. Likewise, the jokes that the series had were childish, cringy, and irritating, and the execution of them felt uninspired and flat compared to that of Friendship is Magic.
Finally, the voice acting, characters, and character development were extremely lacking.
Despite the majority of FiM's cast reprising their roles (with the exceptions of Cathy Weseluck and John de Lancie, whose characters of Spike and Discord are instead voiced by Tabitha St. Germain and Peter New), their performances were overly exaggerated and annoying. The biggest description that came to my mind when hearing the voices was that the performers made their characters sound like drunks coming home from a party, and not the kind Pinkie would throw either. Having seen at least one episode featuring a new character and cast member, I can't remember off the bat who the person and his character was.
The characters themselves also lacked the heart that made them so special in Friendship is Magic, not just due to the show team changing their personalities too much but because they went awfully overboard with putting the characters's negative aspects at the forefront. A prime example being Rarity fainting a lot more than most would likely tolerate. Every step of the way, I've taken note of the show team's attempts to help the characters develop and grow. In the long run, though, the characters were pretty much hopelessly one-dimensional. And even when they learn something, it would feel like they haven't learned anything at all.
In the end, "My Little Pony: Pony Life" is nothing but an absolute hunk of junk that was obviously made by Allspark to make some quick cash. Even today, I find the very existence of it questionable and can't help but wonder why Allspark made it in the first place, because it's not only an insult to the fanbase generated by "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" but its targeted audience too.
So (unsurprisingly), I rate "My Little Pony: Pony Life" zero out of five stars.
I thought it was fun. I kinda like how the show doesn't take itself too seriously. You are right about the characters lacking depth, and the stories are WAY too rapidly paced. However, I'm just happy that the humor doesn't hinge on the characters being massive jerks to each other. Also, the theme song and the food-centric episodes made me hungry.
It's not Friendship is Magic, but it is good for a laugh and an extra dose of sweetness and cuteness.
yeah, not my total favorite either.
Flanderization, thy name is Pony Life, probably the Teen Titans Go of MLP
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Oh, please. Having watched both shows, Pony Life is significantly better. Granted, that's more of a testament to how bad Teen Titans Go! is as opposed how good Pony Life is.
Hence why I didn't watch it on account that it was basically a Teen Titans GO version of Friendship is Magic. It's as if EVERYONE is trending toward that these days,
I haven't seen Pony Life, and I highly agree, but to be honest, I've seen a lot worse (Teen Titans Go). However, not all spin-offs from the original series are terrible, since I enjoyed RWBY Chibi.
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I share the same feeling as you. I watched the first 2 episodes and it's just not my cup of tea.
Honestly though.... I wish Pony Life never existed in Hasbro's planning department. :/
Who's with me on that? :P
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I am.
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Besides.... I would want the Young Six to get their spin-off. :/
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Me.
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Okie =3
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Teen Titans Go is rather endemic of problems in modern TV, an issue that has also manifested itself in stuff like the Powerpuff Girls reboot and Big Hero Six: the Series.