Replies to naa, page 231
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@leonkfox LOL XD
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@leonkfox Yep, he did!
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@okidokiloki Well @leonkfox knows already (obviously XD), but... each Friday, as a gesture, you're supposed to recommend people that your followers should also be following. Anyway, one of them was Jayson Thiessen (on Twitter as goldenrusset), who is the director of MLP: FiM. I accidentally called the director. Didn't realize my mistake until he himself corrected me...
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@leonkfox Oh god... XD
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@leonkfox I don't know, previous to Best Wishes Pokemon didn't have tons of personality- aside from Meowth, Pikachu, and the handful of character pokemon like Pikachu, Charizard, Lapras- Comparatively, there are hundreds of other pokemon that barely got any spotlight. The ponies that got spotlight usually had some kind of minute personality (Gingerbread loves baking! Twilight loves books! Ember wants her cutie mark! essentially) and a backstory on their card when you bought them. I'm not saying that it was the best approach because it wasn't. but the toy line wasn't created alongside the cartoon, the cartoon started afterwards after some ponies had been made and the model of recolor + new pose = new pony. I just think it was a different marketing technique versus a failure to write personality into characters. Also if there are many bland characters instead of distinct ones, it's easier to replace them
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@leonkfox Me too. Which is sort of bad because I have to get up early for the next few days, and I did today, and I feel like total crap now.
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@leonkfox Yeah, I think there was a distinctively different approach to G1 than G4. They were sold as a group, not as a personality. The ponies were rather indistinct and there was a bigger focus on the people in ponyland vs. individual ponies which probably makes for a better business model. Instead of saying "I want those 6 ponies I know well" girls might say "I want a horde of ponies like Megan!"- it's almost pokemon-like, in that the show offers little details about each pokemon and focuses more on the interaction with a lot of pokemon, so you want them all. Not that it makes for a better cartoon, of course.
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@leonkfox Yeah, I totally understand. It's outside of the norm and thus, is freaky.
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@leonkfox I see your quote and still assert the facts that most of the main characters have basis in characters in the G1 show. I think Faust's assertion was based mostly on more stereotypical cartoons, but I'm not her and I would have no definitive say in this, just that the similarities between the personalities in the G1 cartoon and G4 align.
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@leonkfox Man, I must be on another planet.
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@leonkfox Lauren Faust based the main six ponies off the G1 characters and the personalities they had. Firefly (Dash) was a dare-devil, Surprise (Pinkie) was a little wacky, etc. Faust watched and played with ponies as a girl, but she didn't like the concept behind most modern-day girls shows. (let's get dressed up and have a tea party) type thing.
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@leonkfox I really don't think the 80s cartoon was that bad Kinda bad? Yeah, terrible? nah. Anyway, we should stll tolerate the kiwi out of earlier gens, because they contributed to the ponies we love now. Lauren Faust herself was inspired by the cartoons of the G1 to make the characters we love.
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@leonkfox There's the StatusNet App. I think it gives you a cool beeping noise.
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@leonkfox Dohohoho you silly.
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@leonkfox Well, you are braver one than I!
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@leonkfox death is the only way.
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@leonkfox I know better than to click that. *shudders at the thought of previous generations of My Little Pony*
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@leonkfox I remember back in the days, when I used WMM. It really gets the adrenaline going.
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@leonkfox Wait- what? Well good luck with that! :)
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@leonkfox The best.
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@leonkfox Just don't edit it on Final Cut X! :P
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@leonkfox It happens! Sometimes misreading things or only half-reading them leads to some pretty interesting things. Let me demonstrate. Somehow.
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@leonkfox I like his theme and am glad to see him doing something. Yes, the feud may not last, but at least it's something he can start with. Rather than the nexus or the corre, who have kinda fizzled out. Anyways, nice to meetcha. Glad to see a fellow wrestling enthusiast on here
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@leonkfox I think you read too quickly! ^^ I said Doctor Michio Kaku. Not The Doctor. Although, I am a big Matt Smith fan myself.
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@leonkfox 1:38 AM here.
