
| Anonymous #541019 9 months ago |
Come October 15th, I will be either right or pleasantly surprised. |
| HeinousActsZX #541028 9 months ago |
I don't know, anon. That first description of Ep. 3 made it seem like they were movin' away from the Aesop idea. But I could be wrong. |
| -Drifter- #541033 9 months ago |
#541019 So this is just speculation? |
| Anonymous #541046 9 months ago |
So or so, do you really care ?
I mean, season 1 had an aesop every episode and the ei rating, and we love that show, don't we ? I'm fine with season 2 being more of the same. |
| DeeperMadness #541052 9 months ago |
Oh don't. The only thing we can really take as semi-fact is that this is the first proper episode without Faust.
I'm not the only having " post-Genndy-Tartakovsky Dexter's Lab" concerns, am I? I trust the guys, but they say it could have a different feel to it from now on. |
| AdrianBrony #541062 9 months ago |
#541052
don't worry about it. seriously. the more you worry about it the worse it will seem even when it's exactly the same. |
| Anonymous #541073 9 months ago |
Has anybrony checked the most recent reruns of the Discord episodes to see if the "ei" is there now? |
| Anonymous #541075 9 months ago |
Troll troll is trolling troll. |
| HeinousActsZX #541078 9 months ago |
@Adrian You always find these threads, don't you?
It's nice to see a familiar face. |
| Anonymous #541084 9 months ago |
So, what is this "ei" rating-watermak-like thingy in the episodes? |
| Doctor_Whooves #541104 9 months ago |
Oh good; another ugly watermark to intrude on the picture. I'm glad the episodes that air on Treehouse in Canada don't have that crap plastered all over them. |
| DeeperMadness #541105 9 months ago |
@AdrianBrony:
Yeah, you're probably right on the money there. I can't say I'm not looking forward to it though. I just hope it's worth the wait. |
| Anonymous #541155 9 months ago |
^^^IIRC it stands for "educative and informational", and it has presented quite a few obstacles to the writers because of the limiting rules it imposes. |
| Jackarunda #541189 9 months ago |
I'm not looking for things to be educative or informational, I'm just looking for them to be entertaining
But this show has already significantly softened my judgments of people (-_-) so I'll be happy either way (shutup I'm pathetic I know) |
| Kein #541243 9 months ago |
Source of you know who you are. |
| Kein #541245 9 months ago |
*or |
| Kanashi1kage #541296 9 months ago |
Gah. I hope not. Those standards seriously were testy on Rainbow Dash calling Twilight an egghead. Really guys?
I pray that EI stays gone. |
| Anonymous #541565 9 months ago |
"post-Genndy-Tartakovsky Dexter's Lab"
*shiver* ugh. blech. don't even remind me of that nonsense. "Troll troll is trolling troll." Faggot faggot is fagging faggot. |
| Anonymous #542018 9 months ago |
Did you know!
E/I shows are absolutely prohibited from advertising or even hinting at promoting toys or tie-ins, and the shows are reviewed by the FCC with a critical eye for this. It is interesting that Discovery is pushing for a show based on a toy line to be E/I. Are Transformers or the new Pound Puppies E/I? |
| Anonymous #542184 9 months ago |
@541052: Lauren was still working on the show when they began production on season 2. Discord is her own character. |
| DeeperMadness #542289 9 months ago |
^That's very true. I've seen the development sketches that she posted recently and actually, the design process behind Discord was pretty cool.
But from what I understand, she'd already changed her position to "consultant" during the very latter stages of the first series. From there, I believe she stayed on as the work for Season 2 began, with Discord presumably being her last project. I can only glean what I can from what she's posted on her own DA page, Sibsy, Wootie and The Golden Russet himself. That's why I think the gap from the first two Season 2 episodes and the rest of the series exists; because it was the last part of the show she was there for. If I remember correctly, it's been said the 2-parter was made just after the first series ended and was probably a last hurrah at Faust's magical girl story concept (although frankly, I enjoy having both knitted together like they are). She designed most of the characters, including Gilda and the Ursa Major (although funnily enough, I've seen nothing about Trixie, but I might be wrong). Any subsequent protagonists and antagonists (or even villains), as well as the episode stories, would be created by someone else on the team. That said, the storyboard artists are still the same, so that slice of life element shouldn't really change too much. I could be miles off here and all my small worries could be completely misplaced. I'll see soon enough. :) |
| HeartmendSoar #542464 9 months ago |
DeeperMadness, Lauren Faust has had input on all the scripts for Season 2. So she has affected ALL of the episodes. Lauren gave her OK on the scripts, but was not present for the scripts and so on.
By now, though, the production team knows what's up. I have full confidence in the entire team. :) |
| HeartmendSoar #542468 9 months ago |
DERP. Lauren was not present for the STORYBOARDS, I meant. She has in fact given her approval for the scripts.
(Scripts come first, then voice acting, then storyboards.) |
| DeeperMadness #542816 9 months ago |
@HeartmendSoar: Ah, all right I didn't know that. That's pretty interesting to know actually, because I wasn't sure how far into the process she'd gone for the new series. Arguably, the scripts can change considerably during the storyboard stage, as the pacing of the plot as well as the character positions may require minor rewrites.
But knowing that she worked that closely with the staff for that much longer gives me a tremendous amount more faith in them. I would never have written them off at all, but I'd always seen it as Faust writing the show based off of the universe she invented with her toys. It can be a little hard to appreciate the eccentricities of it all, in the same way you would if you went to another country. Anyway, I'm prattling on now. I've seen to many shows, cartoon or live action, come a cropper or cut short due to a shake-up of the creative input. I'm a bit more confident now of what follows in ponydom. And I'll be ready with my stylus to provide more poorly drawn fan art when it comes. :D |