With my shoddy internet it is going to take awhile to get all my thoughts down on this.
It is the only official MLP release this summer, with nothing new until Holiday 2013 and the release of Season 4 of Friendship is Magic (not counting the official IDW comic series of course). Equestrian Girls couldn't disappoint the fandom more even if they tried, but to me it's not just the fact it's humanized ponies that riled so many tempers... though sadly no doubt that is just it, at the most shallow end of the reasoning pool.
It would have been just fine any other year, a Friendship is Magic spinoff to promote a new Bratz style storyline, but not this year... didn't you know? It's the 30th Anniversary of My Little Pony this year!
As Anniversaries go? If nothing else you do have to admit Equestria Girls is at least original... not that we wanted original, including Hasbro since Equestria Girls one point is marketing to the Bratz canvases, and here I thought the Bratz fanbase died off after the attempt at a live action movie. No, we probably would have been happier with a cross generational movie combining past generations and Friendship is Magic, much like how Doctor Who fans wanted classic Doctors in their 50th Anniversary Special... yeah, too bad. We ain't getting a generational crossover and they ain't getting classic Doctors. Get over it.
But if that was all it might, heaven forbid, be forgivable. But it's an Anniversary year and the first ever Friendship is Magic movie. A movie with a poor Spirited Away in Disney`s hands limited theatrical release, basically born and raised to promote a spinoff storyline marketed to the worst storyline ever, with a seemingly mindless plot that makes Twilight Sparkle a human... and a horribly colored weird human at that... oh, and they turned Spike into a dog.
I don't know, but if this was different maybe everypony wouldn't have had a full on meltdown over it. If it featured a crossover with humans from past generation pony series it might be forgiven. If the story involves reforming the movie`s villain Sunset Shimmer, Princess Celestia`s former student, it might be forgiven. If the sum of the movie was more anniversary celebration and less marketing gimmick it might be forgiven. Thing is what Hasbro wanted out of this, and ultimately what everypony wanted was two entirely different beasts. Fans wanted an excellent first movie, celebrating Friendship is Magic and My Little Pony at 30 years old.... Hasbro wanted a 80 minute commercial promoting pony Hunan toys and sets and blind bags and comics and whatever. Clear opposites.
But still maybe we might get a few surprises.
Maybe we will get a 15 or so minute short before the movie in the spirit of Pikachu shorts before Pokemon movies full of pony as we want it to be.
Maybe we will yet get human cameos from past generations to oooh over... or at the very least Vice Principal Luna, human Big Mac, and special appearances by John de Lancie aka Discord.
Thing is it will end eventually, and you just have to watch it once. Just once. Watch it, shoe your support get it over with, go back to pony. That is what I am going to do. Plunk down my money, watch the movie, show my support and review it. No more, no less. Sure, sure, maybe I will change my mind after I see it, kinda doubt it but... stay tuned.
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