Yeah it's this thing. Some of you might've heard about it going around the internet.
Basically it's made by Lauren Faust - one of the people who worked on powerpuff girls and foster's home of imaginary friends. She's also the wife of Craig McCraken, who created both of those shows and also worked on stuff like dexter's lab.
Lauren Faust's position: "I was extremely skeptical at first about taking the job. Shows based on girls' toys always left a bad taste in my mouth, even when I was a child. They did not reflect the way I played with my toys. I assigned my ponies and my Strawberry Shortcake dolls distinctive personalities and sent them on epic adventures to save the world. On TV, though, I couldn't tell one girl character from another and they just had endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying–which miraculously inspired the villain to turn nice. Even to my 7-year-old self, these shows made no sense and couldn't keep my interest. No wonder the boys at school laughed at my Rainbow Unicorn Trapper Keeper.
From what I've seen since I've grown up, little has changed. To look at the quality of most girls' cartoons, it would seem that not one artist really cared about them. Not one designer, not one background painter, not one animator. Some of the more well-meaning, more expensive animated productions for girl audiences may look better, but the female characters have been so homogenized with old-fashioned “niceness” that they have no flaws and are unrelatable. They are so pretty, polite and perfect; there is no legitimate conflict and nothing exciting ever happens. In short, animated shows for little girls come across as boring. Stupid. Lame.
This perception, more than anything, is what I am trying to change with My Little Pony."
Anyway, have some pony - the show that is making many older males wonder why they like this stuff. :D
(if you don't believe me just look at this survey!)
If you want to try a bit, I'd suggest you start with episode 4 and continue from there - 1 and 2 aren't a very good representation of the series but they fill in a few minor plot holes
Here are some good "intro" episodes if you're not sure:
ep 5 part 1:
ep 5 part 2:
ep 4 part 1:
ep 4 part 2:
(See the video descriptions for more)
If it means anything, I've already got a significant portion of the Hive Workshop into this - their pony thread has gotten 1200+ posts in under 2 months!
It's strange but you may find yourself like it when you watched a few episodes, as that is what have happend to me. I'm not saying everyone will, but somehow.. :P
I never liked MLP before, but this new generation is sure alot better.
I'm going to go ahead and assume he meant the American meaning :P.
And also, at all the newcomers: Hope you stay a while! Even if you have never heard of SC2, and have no interest in map-making, we have a great community with very active moderators! I'm sure you would find good topics to post about in Off-topic :D
This thread in specific was linked to The Hive Workshop, a wc3 and sc2 modding website, so yeah most people are pretty versed in the implications of sc2 already even if they don't own it (I don't, but I have plenty of friends on this site anyway - I had actually made an account here already a few months ago but I had lost the password and the password to the email to retrieve so I was a bit out of luck on that).
Yeah it's this thing. Some of you might've heard about it going around the internet.
Basically it's made by Lauren Faust - one of the people who worked on powerpuff girls and foster's home of imaginary friends. She's also the wife of Craig McCraken, who created both of those shows and also worked on stuff like dexter's lab.
Lauren Faust's position:
"I was extremely skeptical at first about taking the job. Shows based on girls' toys always left a bad taste in my mouth, even when I was a child. They did not reflect the way I played with my toys. I assigned my ponies and my Strawberry Shortcake dolls distinctive personalities and sent them on epic adventures to save the world. On TV, though, I couldn't tell one girl character from another and they just had endless tea parties, giggled over nothing and defeated villains by either sharing with them or crying–which miraculously inspired the villain to turn nice. Even to my 7-year-old self, these shows made no sense and couldn't keep my interest. No wonder the boys at school laughed at my Rainbow Unicorn Trapper Keeper.
From what I've seen since I've grown up, little has changed. To look at the quality of most girls' cartoons, it would seem that not one artist really cared about them. Not one designer, not one background painter, not one animator. Some of the more well-meaning, more expensive animated productions for girl audiences may look better, but the female characters have been so homogenized with old-fashioned “niceness” that they have no flaws and are unrelatable. They are so pretty, polite and perfect; there is no legitimate conflict and nothing exciting ever happens. In short, animated shows for little girls come across as boring. Stupid. Lame.
This perception, more than anything, is what I am trying to change with My Little Pony."
Anyway, have some pony - the show that is making many older males wonder why they like this stuff. :D
(if you don't believe me just look at this survey!)
If you want to try a bit, I'd suggest you start with episode 4 and continue from there - 1 and 2 aren't a very good representation of the series but they fill in a few minor plot holes
Here are some good "intro" episodes if you're not sure:
ep 5 part 1:
ep 5 part 2:
ep 4 part 1:
ep 4 part 2:
(See the video descriptions for more)
If it means anything, I've already got a significant portion of the Hive Workshop into this - their pony thread has gotten 1200+ posts in under 2 months!
........................wa?
I'll just say what everyone is thinking deep inside...where is the map for this?
@Pyritie: Go
Stupid and gay. I hate ponies. Especially little ones.
@Zantai We're going to need the models for that to happen
It's strange but you may find yourself like it when you watched a few episodes, as that is what have happend to me. I'm not saying everyone will, but somehow.. :P
I never liked MLP before, but this new generation is sure alot better.
But nope, it's not really gay.
Hey hey hey, don't knock it until you try it!
@EternalWraith: Go
You like it really :P
URGE TO WATCH... yes really, just do it
I don't get it......
@Noiremun: Go
Ok, has someone linked an MLP fansite here?
Oh god... Please no... Don't link this on 4Chan D:
Actually, /co/ is kinda where this whole G4 MLP fandom started, believe it or not
it's got a pretty big following on /b/ too
There's better places than 4chan to find these stuff. All imageboards are shit though.
Well it's not like anonymous posting lends itself to fully intelligent conversation, though it does seem to work well enough for some sites.
@Pyritie: Go
Thats why I said 4Chan :P.
As much as for me...one friend linked me here with the words "You fags are growing" :D!
@Noiremun: Go
I'm going to go ahead and assume he meant the American meaning :P.
And also, at all the newcomers: Hope you stay a while! Even if you have never heard of SC2, and have no interest in map-making, we have a great community with very active moderators! I'm sure you would find good topics to post about in Off-topic :D
This thread in specific was linked to The Hive Workshop, a wc3 and sc2 modding website, so yeah most people are pretty versed in the implications of sc2 already even if they don't own it (I don't, but I have plenty of friends on this site anyway - I had actually made an account here already a few months ago but I had lost the password and the password to the email to retrieve so I was a bit out of luck on that).
@WhenwolfThenwolf: Go
Thats nice :D. SC2Mapster is the biggest and best SC2 modding site there is! Hive is the biggest WC3 one I think.
You've probably already seen this but in case you haven't......