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Xanfor
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Frisco17
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So, I took a look at this pony thing, and it's basically your generic program for little kids, aimed mainly at girls - but I can see small boys watching it. It's nothign special, the animation isn't scintillating, and the voice acting is of strictly average quality. There's no reason to think that this is some kind of awesome, subversive, amazingly cool program for adults to be watching.
In short, I just. Don't. Get it.
I have no idea why this is so popular..
Hipsters.
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i_c_weiner
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A hipster doesn't have to be a "hipster". The hipster culture is based around doing things that normally wouldn't be considered cool just to be ironic. This seems to be a pretty good example of that.
And, in all seriousness, I love Rick Astley and Never Gonna Give You Up. It is said that you can never truly be rickrolled if you actually like the song.
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DannyJC13
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I think it's cool how the creator knows how popular it is with Adults and how big it has become on the web, she also talks to the fans on her DeviantArt page.
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Bend-err
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Neither, as far as I can tell are David A, RS2Thou, or Kryten "hipsters". I don't even know what one is.
The hipster culture is based around doing things that normally wouldn't be considered cool just to be ironic. This seems to be a pretty good example of that.
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Xanfor
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Not to mention the realistic and believable characterization. Calling this show a generic program for little kids is tantamount to calling Animaniacs a generic slapstick cartoon. Also, friendship is magic.
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winna
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« Reply #70 on: 08-07-2011 13:53 »
« Last Edit on: 08-07-2011 17:03 by Tweek »
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RS 2thou
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« Reply #71 on: 08-07-2011 16:33 »
« Last Edit on: 08-07-2011 17:00 by Tweek »
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Xanfor
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Definitely start with the pilot two-parter. It gets even better as the series progresses, though, and has a very subtle thread of continuity that pays off if you watch it through from the very beginning.
Next season we're supposedly getting some villains, and moving a little closer to Lauren Faust's original vision, which was Sailor Moon with ponies. No word on when it will begin, unfortunately.
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Xanfor
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« Reply #76 on: 08-08-2011 05:55 »
« Last Edit on: 08-08-2011 06:00 »
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And Twilight Sparkle's ability to teleport seems to have been forgotten as well. In an unrelated theory, I think that Princess Celestia lost the ability to use the Elements of Harmony after using them to forcibly banish and imprison Nightmare Moon. As necessary as it may have been, it seems very contrary to the spirit of the Elements. In addition, it also appears that she wasn't even able to use them completely as intended, seeing as how she was unable to cure Princess Luna like Twilight did. All this, in addition to having spent the next thousand years as the immortal ruler of Equestria (presumably with no consistent personal companionship whatsoever), leads me to believe that Celestia wants Twilight to learn about friendship and continue sending back her findings so that she herself can fully master the Elements and gain absolute control over their power. Whether she eventually intends to imprison her sister forever in order to permanently rule supreme remains to be seen.
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