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Equestria Daily : Jayson Thiessen Moving To MLP: FIM Movie!

Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:37:50 +0000

Yes. Six years. Lauren Faust drew the first concept sketches for the show in 2008. It was greenlit in 2009, which is when DHX was hired to produce the animation. Episodes take about a year to produce from start to finish. Since the show debuted 10/10/10, well…

Equestria Daily : Jayson Thiessen Moving To MLP: FIM Movie!

Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:30:03 +0000

That's not exactly the point. It's a matter of all the original creatives leaving often results in a significant quality drop. We've seen this happen on The Simpsons, Spongebob, Star Trek (multiple times), Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab… the list goes on. For MLP, Jayson's departure means that none of the original creative team are on the show anymore. Lauren of course left early on, and Rob Renzetti only stayed long enough to finalize S2's scripts. James Wootton left to helm LPS2012, although I have no idea what he's doing now that that's been cancelled. Even a lot of the original storyboard people are gone. On the writing side of things, with Meghan in charge of the movie and Amy getting that plum job at Disney, Larson and Polsky are now the only writers left (assuming Polsky hasn't hung it up too) who did anything for Season One. Even several of the Hasbro execs have left since FIM was greenlit six years ago. Big Jim is still around, and he's moved up in the world quite a bit, but he's pretty much the only one left to have had any significant position in the beginning (he started as lead storyboard guy, then became animation director, then episode director, now chief director in place of Jayson). FYI, musicians and voice actors don't really count in my estimation, since they can and often do work on multiple shows at a time, and rarely influence how the show is made. Yes Ingram, Anderson, or the VAs leaving would affect the show, but not at such a fundamental level as its longtime head director leaving.

Equestria Daily : Jayson Thiessen Moving To MLP: FIM Movie!

Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:50:03 +0000

No real worries there. The only way any of the voice actors would leave is if something awful happened to them… or Tara Strong decided to agitate for more money, but I doubt she'll do that. What's more likely is the CMC's VA's leaving – Maddie's college-age and Michelle and Claire will be there soon enough. Also, Claire comes from a family of actors (well, her dad) known to get into pay disputes and leave shows because of it.

Equestria Daily : Jayson Thiessen Moving To MLP: FIM Movie!

Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:45:38 +0000

Big Jim Miller. He was already series director for S5.

Equestria Daily : Jayson Thiessen Moving To MLP: FIM Movie!

Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:43:27 +0000

No shock here, considering Jayson's title had already changed to "Consulting Director" before this. I'm not really sure how to take this. For years I've felt he, more than anyone else (Lauren included), was really the glue that held the show together. With his departure, all of the original top-level crew is now gone (not counting musicians and voice talent) as have almost all the original writers – Polsky and Larson are the only ones left who wrote for S1. I assume Big Jim is now in charge, which is fine and I don't doubt he'll keep the show afloat for 26 more episodes. I've felt for a while now that Season 6 would be the end – 143 episodes is an amazing run for a kid's cartoon. On the other hand, knowing Jayson is in charge of the movie makes me feel a lot better about that.

Equestria Daily : The Cutie Re-Mark Parts 1 & 2 - Discussion and Streams (1080p Up!)

Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:12:16 +0000

At least you didn't get first post this time. While I am on record as disliking Twilicorn, or rather how they handled the Ascension, it didn't ruin the show. What it did was fade Twily into the background, which is fine by me as she was getting a little insufferable as a protagonist due to her being overpowered in every respect and yet still, as someone else said, "Celestia's ass-kisser". Fortunately, Meghan and the writers seemed to realize that, and Seasons 4 and 5 have both been, for the most part, wonderful. "Twilight Time" was one of the best post-MMC episodes because it put Twilight in a position that worked for her – teacher, not leader. Similarly, the Moondancer episode was excellent because it forced Twilight to realize what I and other critics have been saying all along – she's really not a great friend. I definitely hope Starlight Glimmer can live up to her potential. Despite getting a two-parter already, we know little about her or her motivations. By mucking around with time, what will that DO? I don't get hype, because that leads to disappointment, but I am looking forward to it. The finale is airing right now, so I guess we'll see…

Equestria Daily : Ratings Are In For \"Hooffields and McColts\"

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:50:52 +0000

The numbers seem to be incredibly random. According to what's posted here, the worst-viewed episodes seem to occur in the middle of a run, not immediately after a hiatus like one would expect. Conversely, lately the ratings have been going up for reasons just as unexplained. And yes, ratings have been falling steadily since the beginning of Season 3. MLP never broke a million, but during its original 65-episode order, it did occasionally break 700k and regularly broke 600k (only one ep. this season has done that, and only two others surpassed 500k). However, I don't think Hasbro much cares so long as the toys are still selling. My concern – and I'm certain they're worrying about this at their LA & Rhode Island HQ's – is that by the time the movie comes out in 2017, no one will care anymore.

Equestria Daily : Ratings Are In For \"Hooffields and McColts\"

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:41:12 +0000

It is misleading. The majority (>95%) of viewers for S5E01 also watched S5E02. Rigor is double-counting.

Equestria Daily : Everything Wrong With Friendship Games in 10 Minutes or Less

Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:40:46 +0000

That's pretty in-character for Twilight, regardless of universe. As I have to always tell other fans who like her: Twilight is nowhere near as smart as she thinks she is. She's also not as smart as the writers think she is, which is her crippling narrative flaw.

Equestria Daily : The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows - Discussion / Stream

Sat, 17 Oct 2015 15:53:51 +0000

Seriously. Why won't the admins just ban him already? The fact he nearly always gets the first comment in due to obsessively waiting for post time really sets a negative tone for these threads as a whole, which I'm sure is his purpose. "Waaa! You like what I don't like! Waaa! If I don't like show, NO ONE gets to like show! Waaa!"

Equestria Daily : Equestria Girls 4 Confirmed by Hasbro Studios President, Stephen Davis

Wed, 7 Oct 2015 00:46:44 +0000

I think if any VA is going to leave soon-ish, it'll be Maddy Peters, due to her age (college). I could also see Tara leaving if MLP's budget ever gets cut, because the most popular female voice actor in the English language doesn't come cheap. A budget cut would also mean they could no longer afford DeLancie. There have been rumours circulating for at least a year (probably fake and spread by /mlp/) that Britt McKillip wants to quit. Ashleigh leaving is an outside possibility since she isn't a full-time VA. But voice acting pays the bills that singing for Hey Ocean doesn't, so I doubt she'll quit. But, if there was ever a multi-year break in recording and then a reunion, she probably wouldn't come back. Tabitha and the rest of the older Vancouver crew are longtime pros who aren't going anywhere unless 1)They have to leave for health reasons, or 2)Hasbro fires them in favour of Hollywood voice talent – unlikely because LA actors are much more expensive: see Tara Strong.

Equestria Daily : Made in Manehattan - Streams and Discussion

Sat, 26 Sep 2015 21:52:43 +0000

He's ALWAYS wrong. He writes these dumbass synopses beforehand, obsessively camps EQD when it's about time for this thread to appear so he can copy-paste in his post so his negativity will be the first thing anyone sees. He's trying to set a negative tone for the rest of the thread by sniping the top spot because he's a tool that has nothing better to do with his life.

Equestria Daily : Friendship Games to Hit the Theaters in the UK

Sat, 26 Sep 2015 21:46:43 +0000

They actually did, though. Hasbro gave those movies a limited release and more than made back the money it cost them & Screenwave to rent out the cinemas. I'm betting either Discovery demanded Friendship Games air on TV first, or it didn't test as well as the first two.

Equestria Daily : Season 5 Episode 14 - Canterlot Boutique Promo Trailer

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 17:05:05 +0000

If they do, I'll just revert it. Just because the network calls it a "Season Premier", doesn't make it so. Comedy Central pulls the same crap with South Park and I'm know other networks have done it with other shows. DHX says Season 5 is 26 episodes, so that's the truth, regardless of what Discovery does.

Equestria Daily : Season 5 Episode 14 - Canterlot Boutique Promo Trailer

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 17:01:17 +0000

Because that's how networks always advertise shows that are split into half-seasons. Gets more buzz. Comedy Central has done the same thing with South Park for over a decade now.

Equestria Daily : Zap2it Listing Season 5 Part 2 Start Date for September 12! Episode 14 Revealed!

Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:48:30 +0000

I f-ing DO know what you're talking about. Do you? I'm older than most of the people on this site, so I'm a bit more qualified to talk about this. You are acting either stupidly oversensitive or just stupid. Probably both. People died. It sucked. What sucked worse was everything that happened after. I won't get into the politics of it because I prefer to keep that separate, but I can talk about the horribly racist things I heard from my fellow Southerners at the time, the endless drumbeat by the powers that be to a war we didn't need, the chilling crackdown on people's rights as the NSA illegally logged everyone's phone calls and the FBI infiltrated Quaker meetings and rifled through library records (and then threatened to jail people if they made the searches public) yet left the nutso survivalist militias alone. Guess what? It's been nearly 14 years. MLP's target demographic wasn't even alive. Get over it.

Equestria Daily : Zap2it Listing Season 5 Part 2 Start Date for September 12! Episode 14 Revealed!

Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:35:00 +0000

You suck. Seriously though, the comics are, for the most part, pretty good. There's the occasional clunker of an issue from time to time, but that applies to the show as well.

Equestria Daily : Funko POP! Celestia and Doctor Whoof Keychains Arrive at Hot Topic Both In-Store and Online

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:04:42 +0000

Hot Topic follows the "new-shiny" trends. Arguably, they play a big part in creating those trends as well. I was disappointed to see they're not carrying much Pony stuff anymore (it was a b!tch and a half trying to find the Octavia figurine because of that), but that's what happens. Kids are fickle, especially the little teenybopper girls and weedy boys that HT mostly sells to. I don't know what that set is into nowadays. I really don't care. I'm too old to. Pony was just a fad for most people who only cared about being into the "in" thing. Now that MLP is no longer new and exciting, they've moved on to something else, leaving behind the current "rump" of the fandom. Some, like me, have been here since close to the beginning and are sufficiently jaded (about the fandom; I've always been evenhanded about the show itself). There still a small influx of new blood, which is a good thing. I'm surprised to find how many people don't know about Derpygate, but past drama is probably best forgotten, yes?

Equestria Daily : Funko POP! Celestia and Doctor Whoof Keychains Arrive at Hot Topic Both In-Store and Online

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:55:00 +0000

I'll be honest and blunt: I've never liked the POP figures. So I'll pass on these too. At least they now have more than just Twilight, so there's that going for them.

Equestria Daily : The State of the Pony - How Healthy is the Fandom Right Now? (Part 1)

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:50:36 +0000

KP is a good reviewer, but she's a terrible analyst. Slightly different. She's a very good entertainer. Frankly, there's no point to MLP "Analysis" videos. There's not enough "there" there to warrant it. That's why I'm glad that the first generation of "Analysts" – Digi, Tommy, Antony, etc. – are almost all gone. They got too wrapped up in themselves and too obsessed with trying to find meaning that wasn't there and became overly negative as a result. However, there's plenty of use for review videos, since those are meant to be entertaining first & foremost. Your failure to understand that shows you just don't get it.