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On My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
13 years ago
Ok so, watched all of season 1 and 2 via Netflix. Here's what I think:
Intro got cheesy fast, but it's thankfully short and remastered in the second season.
Characters are put together well and show proper canonical development over time. See: Rainbowdash reading, Twilight teleporting more and more often, Princess Luna updating her mannerisms, etc.
First season 'morals' seem pretty tacked-on and almost an afterthought. A few are just, well, so blunt I'm sure the actual target audience could tell something was wrong. These did improve, though, and through the second season the morality teachings are more fluid in the episodes as well as more real, ie Applejack already knowing the correct values and beating out the Flim Flam Brothers (a representation of faceless manufacturers imo) with those already in place values.
The animation and characters, well, I'm glad they used flash object manipulation to save some time and money on this so they could focus more on writing. Granted, they had some errors either by accident or otherwise in the animation, but stuff happens.
On that note, lol Derpyhooves. I'm surprised but glad they gave her some lines and a voice actor, but thankful she's only in the intro to one of the episodes and background for a few others. A little is good, too much and she's annoying. I'm looking at you, Pinkie Pie. Though, Pinkie did learn that lesson, too, so I guess never mind.
This show, like most others of it's type, was definitely written so that parents could bear watching it with their kids and to that point there are some more socially mature themes occasionally. Sometimes they mess that up, but I think they got it with this one. Would I go through and watch it all again? Maybe. Do I find a lot of it cheesy? Yes, undoubtedly. Does it have its undeniably awesome moments in or out of context? Most definitely.
Would I go around and openly admit that I watch the show in public? No.
Overall, I think it's a good show. Characters, animation, plot, and writing all score high enough for me to say "Yeah, I like this show, and I think you might too."
Intro got cheesy fast, but it's thankfully short and remastered in the second season.
Characters are put together well and show proper canonical development over time. See: Rainbowdash reading, Twilight teleporting more and more often, Princess Luna updating her mannerisms, etc.
First season 'morals' seem pretty tacked-on and almost an afterthought. A few are just, well, so blunt I'm sure the actual target audience could tell something was wrong. These did improve, though, and through the second season the morality teachings are more fluid in the episodes as well as more real, ie Applejack already knowing the correct values and beating out the Flim Flam Brothers (a representation of faceless manufacturers imo) with those already in place values.
The animation and characters, well, I'm glad they used flash object manipulation to save some time and money on this so they could focus more on writing. Granted, they had some errors either by accident or otherwise in the animation, but stuff happens.
On that note, lol Derpyhooves. I'm surprised but glad they gave her some lines and a voice actor, but thankful she's only in the intro to one of the episodes and background for a few others. A little is good, too much and she's annoying. I'm looking at you, Pinkie Pie. Though, Pinkie did learn that lesson, too, so I guess never mind.
This show, like most others of it's type, was definitely written so that parents could bear watching it with their kids and to that point there are some more socially mature themes occasionally. Sometimes they mess that up, but I think they got it with this one. Would I go through and watch it all again? Maybe. Do I find a lot of it cheesy? Yes, undoubtedly. Does it have its undeniably awesome moments in or out of context? Most definitely.
Would I go around and openly admit that I watch the show in public? No.
Overall, I think it's a good show. Characters, animation, plot, and writing all score high enough for me to say "Yeah, I like this show, and I think you might too."
