
| Anonymous #529960 9 months ago |
a ou |
| Bongo #529977 9 months ago |
Spaceman 1 - "AEIOU"
Spaceman 2 - "AEIOU" Spaceman 3 - "A OU" Spaceman 1 & 2 - "!?!?!?!?!?" |
| Anonymous #529982 9 months ago |
dang... whelp that is mildly dissapointing...and explains a few things. <.< maybe for season three... |
| Jatopian #529985 9 months ago |
So what is the significance of E/I? |
| Anonymous #530024 9 months ago |
Yeah, how dare little girls get a fun educational show. |
| amiscribe #530043 9 months ago |
E/I imposes certain "educational" standards on shows aimed at children younger than a certain age. Generally this means: teaching lessons, reducing violence, discouraging negative behavior in characters, etc. Shows are not legally required to conform to these standards, but when aiming for viewership in this demographic (4-12?) its detrimental to not be approved by the E/I. (Over)protective parents are disinclined to allow their children to watch "noneducational" shows. |
| amiscribe #530053 9 months ago |
There's more: Among Bronies, who are mostly comprised of males 18-32, E/I standards are seen as restrictive on the content of shows like MLP:FiM. Writers like Mrs. Faust herself have commented that they become frustrating to work around when trying to write a compelling story. So many people would like to see them lifted from this show. |
| Bongo #530167 9 months ago |
We'll see if EI comes back in Episode 3. If it doesn't that could be a big score for us Bronies |
| Anonymous #530168 9 months ago |
@bongo brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbr |
| Anonymous #530229 9 months ago |
Hello, I'm the one who actually uploaded that image. I find this discovery to be a very interesting observation because I read from the EDaily interview of Lauren Faust Season 1 retrospective and she mentioned how the show actually has to follow the E/I rules. No one seemed to have a real answer why the E/I mark is gone (people assumed the show had more freedom and edge with that thing removed) so I investigated earlier today. I was kinda worried that no one would notice when I posted this...and 2 hours later, some decent responses were made. o: I was thankfully wrong. :P
I'll definitely make an account in this website if I feel that it would be appropriate to clarify info that fans of the show seem to have made assumptions. The same applies to that other image repository website (which unfortunately I remember the name at the moment). #530043 Yep, some of the ideas got cut out because of the E/I standards - for example, Lauren mentioned that Rainbow Dash was more of a prankster - similar to Pinkie Pie, as duly noted in Season 1, Episode 5 - "Griffon the Brush Off", and she wanted that trait to be shown in other episodes during that very season. Sadly, the E/I consultant wouldn't allow that on the show...so that was cut out. |
| Anonymous #530232 9 months ago |
*which unfortunately I can't remember the name of the website at the moment |
| MudPuppy #536029 9 months ago |
@#530229 However, the first two episodes of season 2 were created BEFORE the hiatus between seasons 1 and 2, making them essentially season 1 episodes (from what I have heard: this is not necessarily true, although Sibsy indicated this, and animated shows do have hiatuses between seasons). It is possible that once the show resumed production, those restrictions were lifted.
However, people are certainly assuming things. Lauren, for some reason, never actually said weather or not the restrictions were lifted, so it remains to be seen. By the time season 2 started production, from what I understand, there wasn't too much knowledge of the brony phenomenon, and the Hub may not have seen the older demographic as big enough to lift the restrictions. Or, maybe they did, but in the middle or end of the season. Either way, I doubt we would see immediate changes, as I think the show is evolving, and the supervisor(s) may become more lenient over time. In any case, I think we can probably expect to see those restrictions lifted in season 3, if not sooner. Hopefully! |
| MudPuppy #537816 9 months ago |
Ok, so I looked into it a bit more, and I think that yes, we can be pretty sure that the E/I standards have been lifted. I think that the logo on the actual episode is MUCH more reliable than what was shown on the website. It's very likely that when they uploaded the video to the website, they just used some preset template, and didn't bother to remove the E/I listing, or didn't notice. I've seen stuff like this happen before on websites like Nick.com, which is a comparably older and bigger website, so I certainly wouldn't be surprised if it was just an oversight.
Shows with E/I rating are REQUIRED to have the E/I bug onscreen for the duration of the broadcast. The fact that episode 1 and 2 of season 2 didn't is pretty much a guarantee that they lifted the E/I standard, at least for those two episodes. We'll see with episode 3, but I'm willing to bet that the trend will continue, and we can say goodbye to the restrictive E/I standard. :) |
| Anonymous #539664 9 months ago |
>Shows with E/I rating are REQUIRED to have the E/I bug onscreen for the duration of the broadcast.
Requirements like that usually only apply to over-the-air stations. I'm not 100% sure though. |
| Anonymous #539667 9 months ago |
^Either way, it seems unlikely thatFlutterbitch would meet E/I standards. |