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This is a reminder that Fresh Pone is almost here. September 26th.

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It better be good!

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I hope the 3d animation is as good as it was in the movie that came out back in May.

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>>36833361
I suggest you lower those expectations.

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>>36833361
>>36833362
Yeah, I don't think it will quite up to those standards.

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So, new pony is here, what do you guys think?I've only watched the first episode so far, I'll go with one a day.

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>>36833365
It, uhm, sucks? That's what we were expecting, right? Everything still looks kind of janky, like the ponies aren't part of the world, as if they're all being blue screened in. That dragon is as bad as I thought it would be, just gobbering all over the place. The music is almost non-existent. Pipp pops of 15 second songs. How am I supposed to sing along with that? It's no Winter Wrap Up or Art of the Dress, that's for sure. Not even Glowin' Up of Fit Right In.

Uhm, let's be positive. What did I like. I liked Izzy. She was fun. And I like the new pone Misty. Silly little enslaved blank flank. It made me chuckle once of twice with lines like "I made that for Sunny. It was a bracelet but she put it in her mane, so it's that now!"

I have to go eat dinner or I'd write more. I'll come back and reply to peoples later.

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My 74 year old mother adds she doesn’t like their toothy mouths and plastic hairdos.

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Some of the dialogue is pretty clever, which is exactly what you’d expect from Berrow. The plots of the episodes are all just so vapid and simple, though. Yes, I see the story arc with welfare Rita Repulsa, and I don’t care. One thing I do really like is how they confirmed my exact headcanon, which is that Equestria was essentially quarantined from the rest of the world, so we could very well meet all the other races, and even ponies who live outside the cloak. I’m only 5 episodes in, so maybe some of that even gets addressed in 6-8 and my point is completely moot. Also the cocomelon dragon needs to die.

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>>36833368
Oh, I'm going one at a time too, like Clarity. I'll watch another tomorrow. Just mentioning I can only comment on episode one. Or episode two, if that other episode counts. I don't even know anymore.

I hope the music gets better.

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>>36833368
>The plots of the episodes are all just so vapid and simple

That pretty much sums the first episode up for me... But I want to see the others first to give better judgement.

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Done with all 8. It’s disappointing to say this, but this isn’t even remotely a FiM. If FiM was a 10, this would be a 2 or a 3. Maybe when we start seeing some development and climaxes to the story arc it can be a 4 or 5, but no way will it ever be better than that. But, I mean, honestly, MLP always was a toy show for literal toddlers. FiM rose above that and gave us a masterclass in animation. MYM benefits from that in some meager ways the 10% of the time it’s trying to tell and advance the overall story, but it’s surrounded by basically cocomelon level trash.

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So according to my research, there is only one more Mym show on order from Netflix, a 45 minute special in November. After that the contract has been fulfilled. We’ll have to see if any more get made. I’ll be interested to see if Netflix is happy with the results.

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Episode 2:Hooray! Sprout is still alive!Sunny's eyeshadow doesn't look good. Somepony should tell her.This episode actually looks better to me.You have a jail cell. Put the dragon in there.I thought Hitch was supposed to be the sane one. He's Sprouting out. Magic is danger danger. Oh, he saned up just now.Holy Shit!! Gen 4! 10/10!When did dragons start breathing balloons? I thought they breathed scrolls.Okay, dang, shit. I'm getting into it now. Uhm, I watched a little Cocomelon so I could understand the reference, and I think it made me notice that the quality of this show is there. Or maybe episode two just looked a lot better to me.

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Watched the second episode now, and I really don't have much positive to say, nor negative. It's just too bland really.What really annoys me is the voice of the little dragon. Also, Hitch was right with being wary of the disproportionally powerful Earth pony magic, not fond of the story twisting it around to make him look bad.Anyway, they literally could have just stepped outside of town to practice their magic. Good thing that Sprout is back, and Twilight's cameo was nice as well.

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Episode 3:-Cell phone stand in bedroom. I knew she had an Onlyfans.-They're continuing the overarching plot through Zipp. Makes the episodes feel connected.-A little weird that all the Pipsqueaks aren't Pegasusesuses. Pipp sure builds a following fast.-Zipp is kind of a meanie.-Oh, a song. Not a great one, but a song. At least they're trying.-They just got out of the cave and they look like they were rolling in used bandaids.-What was the purpose of this flower again?-Is Ovaltine a changling? She kind of stole their who deal at the end there.I'm okay with this. So far #1 was the weakest one. Ovaltine made a mention of something interesting, but I won't spoil it for anyone. More tomorrow.

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I watched episode three today; again it did nothing to me. The plots are just too simple, and the characters aren't really fun to watch or see interact with each other. They have no quirks or any other interesting facets.At least there was a song, but that too was barely worth mentioning.

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Hooray! Time for some random remarks from the only pony enjoying the show, me!Episode 4:-Shut up, Sunny. Donuts are tasty. New Ponyville agrees.-Alicorn mind enslavement-Pipp is funny-Who's this Jazz pony who keeps showing up?-No. No Pipp. Not the Dragon...-Alicorn powers hate popularity-Eww. Dragon literally goobered.-Man, this episode is a stinker.-When? When did they build a garden? Pipp was babysitting, Hitch was relaxing, Izzy was breaking mugs. I guess Zipp did it all.Eee. I don't want to try to defend that one. I need a rock to crawl under now. They were telling two stories about popularity, made the points that people only care about how you look and self deprecation leads to likes and then didn't resolve anything. I think Misty is still part of a, what do you call these... Influencer Group? I wonder if that will just go away tomorrow.Well, guess I'll see then what Ovaltine is cooking in her cauldron. Smooze, maybe?

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>>36833382
I wish I could enjoy it, especially after how good the movie was.

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Watched episode four... I enjoyed Pip's antics in trying to get popular again, there were even a few funny quips in there.So for me it was the best episode so far, especially the first half.

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And we're back! Lets forget about last episode. Nothing happened. Everything is still great. Let's ride this high!Episode 5:-Garden. Continuity.-Four ponies came. One might have been bribed with a smoothie. (Five ponies in another shot)-Float Flight and Flora-Now there's seven ponies-Earth ponies like to stomp needlessly. They are Yaks now.-Lol, Get out of the way, us!-Have I mentioned I don't like the weird color of Ovaltine's snoot?-Oh, it's one of these episodes. Freaky Friday.-Sunny looks good with that hat-Pipp has a Spike plushie-The number of animals who need homes/live in the brand new garden fluctuates wildly.That was okay. Non-offensive. Ovaltine is getting a bit overly abusive to Misty. Do you think she's evil? I think she might be evil. Now she's on about some Prisbean magic or something. Three episodes left until cancellation. See you tomorrow!

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Watching Ch. 2, Ep. 1. Got to the line "It's better than awesome; it's izzytastic!" and had to stop and go out and stand in the rain for a few minutes until I felt able to go on.

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>>36833387
Watch Cocomelon first. It helps.

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>>36833388
Thanks. I'll try it.

Where is Bingo?
Where is Bingo?
Ruff ruff ruff
Ruff ruff ruff
Drink some water
Splishy splashy water

Whew. All right. Now I think I can go on.

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So far, this resembles what little I've seen of G2 and G3 in being consumer wish-fulfillment fantasies for six- to eight-year-old girls: being a pop singer that everybody adores and wants to hear, and making little beaded trinkets that all your friends think are terribly cool and want to buy, and eating sweets and talking all the livelong day on your izzytastic cell phone that you incessantly whip in and out of hammerspace with your weirdly sticky hooves.You say it gets better, so I'll stick it out for at least a couple of episodes. But it ain't no Friendship Is Magic.

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>>36833390
No. It doesn't get better. It goes from like a 2.0 to a 2.1. I'm just a slave to horses. Just keep interlacing Cocomelon to see what the bottom of the barrel truly looks like.

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Well, I watched three episodes. And it did get slightly better. There was a little conflict, and some facial expressions other than glee and wonderment, and one or two hints of some flavors a little more bitter than spun sugar and jellybeans. And with all the big falling rocks and giant runaway snozzberries on tap, there is some reason to hope that something will eventually squash Sparkaroonie. That would comfort my soul.

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I started watching Tell Your Tail and, well, I kind of like it. It’s not perfect but it’s quick and focused and has songs and the dragon isn’t alive yet. I wish they didn’t look like Steven Universe but I think 2D is better than 3D, unless they’re going to give me movie quality again.I was trying to answer some questions I had last Mym episode. Does Hitch live with them? No. Which makes sense; he probably already had a home in Mareitime Bay. Second, when did Sunny take ownership of the smoothie stand? She was just the delivery girl in the movie. No answer so far.

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After watching several episodes of [i]Make Your Mark[/i], it seems pretty clear to me that this is conventional boob-tube kiddie fodder, an animated commercial of the traditional Saturday-morning toys-and-breakfast-food sort: Smurfs with hooves, CGI [i]Strawberry Shortcake[/i], with Ovaltine in the Gargamel/Purple Pie Man role. All that needs to be said about it was summed up in the "Purpleberry Pond" sequence of [i]Futurama[/i]'s 2013 "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfD6Xp8PsTE).I am sad.

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I've watched the whole series. It does get somewhat better. The last two episodes have something of a plot, with a little bit of emotional depth and the vestigial beginnings of character development. Izzy emerges as a paler and less mad imitation of Pinkie Pie, right down to the ten-instruments-at-once one-man band. Sunny is Twilight Sparkle with vegetables substituted for books (which tells you a lot about the showmakers). Zipp is the Element of Skepticism. The other characters are conventional tropes with only vague, embryonic hints of personalities. Pipp is a singing cipher, who exists only through social media. (This is not presented as a satirical horror.) Hitch is Dopey Dad. Ovaltine is the generic Evil Queen with a Maniacal Laugh. Misty is the generic Misguided Minion.It's not dreadful. You can watch it without cringing. But it lacks everything that made G4 special— the superb voice acting, the social commentary, the little winks and nudges for adult watchers and for the brony fanbase, the occasional shafts of darkness and jolts of genuine emotion, and the marvelous flights of fancy and distortions of face and form that only 2D animation makes possible. It's not bad. It's just not good.

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Another shortcoming: the streaming format. Having one episode a week generated a continually engaged fanbase, interested in devoting a lot of analysis and discussion to each episode before moving on to the next each Saturday morning. When all the episodes are dumped online, they get binge-watched; and then there's not much to talk about while you wait for the next season to roll around. For some reason I don't understand, Netflix prefers binge-watching. (Rumor has it that [i]The Sandman[/i] will be dropped because its fans wait days between viewing episodes). But it doesn't promote continual interest, week after week, in the show.

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>>36833396
It's cause of parents. They just want to sit their kids in front of the tv for a few hours and let Netflixs run continuously while they go smoke a bowl.

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>>36833395
>It's not dreadful. You can watch it without cringing. But it lacks everything that made G4 special— the superb voice acting, the social commentary, the little winks and nudges for adult watchers and for the brony fanbase, the occasional shafts of darkness and jolts of genuine emotion, and the marvelous flights of fancy and distortions of face and form that only 2D animation makes possible.

That sums it up best.

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Episode 6:
-starts with Sparky. 0/10
-drool-gon eats flower instead of gems -1/10
-Disturbing presence? That's just Misty. She's #1 of hooftube or whatever it is.
-Why is Sparky growling? First, he isn't a dog. He's a retarded flower eating baby dragon who goobers everywhere and switched cutie marks with his burps. Second, is he supposed to be sensing evil? Cause I don't think Misty is evil. I'm not exactly sure what her deal is.
-Lotta comments today and I'm a minute in. Want to say this new unicorn friend thing is actually playing into an episode of Tell Your Tail where Izzy was kind of lonely being the only unicorn in Maretime bay. So points for that.
-Misty Brightdawn
-This is fun. I've been waiting for them all to meet like this. Everyone's having a good time.
-Misty eats something and experiences joy for the first time.
-Go away Zipp. You're ruining the fun times. Just be her friend and she'll switch sides. (actually, though suspicious, she's actually pretty nice at times. Ignore me Zipp, you cool.)
-OMG Gen 4 10/10
-Okay, I try to keep my comments relatively spoiler free, but did Twilight Sparkle just create Racism?
-Alright, I know we enjoy pooping on this generation, but this episode is legit really good. It looks beautiful. The nighttime lighting looks so good on everything and I just got to the garden scene.
-Music still needs work.

And we have a winner! I really liked this episode. Nothing made me egregiously angry. It looked super nice. Sparky was hardly in it. I'm really into Misty now. She's totally going to be the sixth Element of Harmony. The lore dump finally happened and it's all Twilight's fault (it seems). There is a thread of continuity flowing through all the episodes and medias. Sparky's weird switch breath looks like it's heading towards being a plot point. The Tree of Harmony has been mentioned. Ponies have consistent feelings and personalities (I was totally like, yep, I remember Izzy feeling she's alone in Maretime Bay.) This episode isn't Gen 4. It's not Winter Wrap Up or the Kirin Episode or any of my other favorites. But it is the highest point I've seen for Gen 5 since the movie. I now have hope.

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>>36833396
didn't Netflix recently announce they're dropping the binge watching format in favor of releasing content weekly?

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>>36833400
On just MLP, or overall?

>>36833398
>>36833399
Same evals, different spin. Sweetie is hopeful; Clarity and I are resigned.

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Glad to see that even if the new show isn’t as good, the fandom artists are still god tier.

https://twitter.com/keevanguy/status/1576614198817173505

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>>36833401
Overall. https://www.google.com/amp/s/comicbook.com/tv-shows/amp/news/netflix-changing-binge-tv-vs-weekly-episodes-release-strategy-model/

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>>36833403
INNN-teresting. The exact opposite of this report:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/sandman-fans-need-to-binge-season-1-to-convince-netflix-to-renew-the-show/ar-AA10YbIT

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>>36833403
I would definitely prefer this kind of release model.

Anyway, watched episode 5. Another Cutie Mark switcheroo story.

I don't get the magic-Cutie Mark connection at all. E.g., why doesn't Misty have a Cutie Mark when everypony in the G5 movie already had one, even without magic?

Also, what's Misty's and Opaline's deal anyway? They have lived together for many years and Opaline still treats her like nothing but a servant; understandable on one hand, but on the other weird cause Misty must have been the only other pony she has interacted with for many years. Opaline is like a bullying mother.

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>>36833409
Their relationship is Misty is new best pony so Ovaltine foalnapped her to serve her and she doesn't have a cutie mark because she hasn't realized her special talent yet, which is likely being best pony.

Also, yeah, I made a note that Ovaltine is a meanie that episode too.

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I took a little break so Clarity could catch up but nuts to that, moving forward! I was real high on episode 6 cause it was pretty and had little Sparky. Let's see if we can ride this wave!Episode 7:-Still nighttime. Still pretty.-6:59 AM and still very dark. Or maybe Zipp's clock is wrong.-If this is a continuation of the Sleepover, this mystery isn't going to last long. Who could have stolen the lantern? Sunny? Izzy? The weird new unicorn we let in the house who's missing?-Sunny unconcerned-Is this Detective Zipp thing from Tell your tale or something?-Not only did you taste dirt, you identified it by taste. You're a dirt licker.-Uh oh, Zipp caught a case of incompetence. She's accusing foals.-What is pony height measured in? Hooves?-Senor Butterscotch. More Tell Your Tail.-Wow, terrible water effects. I want wet mane Zipp.-Misty has some kind of blush on. I didn't think Ovaltine would let her have makeup.-Music STILL needs work-Slap that flank, Ovaltine. Call me a bad pony.-No more stealing artifacts. Steal that baby instead (please do, actually)Back to meh, but not bad. So pony is better when it happens at night and doesn't include infants. Next time is the Chapter Finale. Will it be awesome? Nope. Will it be passable? 50/50. See you then.

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>>36833411
Thanks, I didn't have time to watch episodes 6 and 7 - but I did now.

Interesting way they have chosen for Zipp; all investigative, not really as similar to Rainbow Dash as many originally thought at all. Not much fast flying, more pondering.

What this show really misses are some good songs. There's some super short ones by Pip now and then, but that won't do.

Seeing more of Misty was nice.

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Some enterprising brony animator needs to ponify Chuck Berry's "Maybelline," substituting "Opaline." The NSFW version from Ralph Bakshi's film [i]Heavy Traffic [/i](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mveRBRCC0bE) suggests one approach.

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Last episode of Chapter 2 awaits. I read something that said there's more coming in the spring, and I also read something that said the November one was the last one, so who knows at this point? Brace yourself, Sweetie... We're ending with a Sparky one.

Episode 8:
-Bad looking butterfly. Sparky is missing.
-Despite loud speaker, each filly must be awoken individually.
-Maybe Ovaltine will do something that ages Sparky up. I hope so.
-Misty is in the closet.
-Oh yeah, Sparky doesn't like Misty, does he? So, continuity, I guess?
-Literally never seen that blanket before.
-"I see. You somehow rigged this whole place with traps in two seconds. Cool, cool, cool..." Misty is back in the closet and also doing my work for me.
-Izzy is trying to be Pinkie and it's not cute when she does it.
-New Ponyville disagrees and likes it.
-Old Defense Factory? That sounds fun.
-Four ponies can't investigate because they keep colliding with each other.
-Lasers??
-Hitch appropriates Queen Haven's royal guard.
-Blanket blows in wind. Tail doesn't.
-"I completely forgot about music." Pipp speaks for the show creators.
-This music is for literal babies.
-Should have stayed, Misty. Could have gotten credit for finding Sparky.
-Anytime this show attempts liquids looks terrible.
-Misty and her cutie mark remind me of Tempest Shadow and her broken horn. "We'll burn Canterlot to the ground, then you'll give me my horn, right?"
-I want to see the picture on Misty's wall. I guess it's her and Ovaltine. She doesn't have anyone else.
-Izzy starts work on the next playset

Garbage. Nothing redeeming. Get better, show. And I'm on to you now, Atomic Cartoons! That's right, I know you're responsible. Do better. And post a job posting for a fucking music director. And learn to make liquid. Reboot looks better than your shit. You're not making crap for toddlers anymore. You're making a show for man children in their 40s. And we want awesome songs and wet manes! And more stuff at night please. That shit actually looks good. And kill Sparky or age him up or something. Just dragon belch him into Spike age. It's not like you've established any hard rules for dragon fire yet. Just kind of doing whatever the hell you want with it. Put it in a jar and snort it for mystic powers this episode.

Now I have to wait months to see how you fuck it all up next. Thanks a lot.

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That was aight, not much to write home about but at least for me the show has improved slightly over the last few episodes.Opaline isn't really a decent bad guy though, she has nothing truly intimidating about her."No more of this unity and equality stuff..." ....'stuff', that's the best she could come up with. Disappointing.

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Tell Your Tale is stealing all the music. I think the 3D people might not be able to animate songs.

My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale | Nightmare Night Party | Full Episode

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>>36833421It's good to hear a proper song for a change. But they had songs in the G5 movie aplenty. Maybe the rather boring stories simply don't allow for a fitting song.

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>>36833422
The movie was made by Allspark though. They’re clearly a more talented production studio than Atomic Cartoons. I meant I don’t think Atomic can manage it.

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