Why I Might Not See the Movie
I have been avoiding all movie spoilers with a meticulous level of dedication. As soon as the first teaser was released, I began avoiding most pony content. I stayed away from the forums for the most part, and I avoided watching anything pony related on youtube except for older things. I was determined to be completely surprised. I didn't want to know anything about the movie. Absolutely nothing. I wanted to walk into the theater completely blind and just be totally surprised. But earlier today, I accidentally saw a thumbnail for a trailer. That was to be expected, since I'm not going to completely avoid the internet. (I mean, without youtube, what would I do all day?) Upon seeing the picture, I was immediately and greatly disturbed. I wouldn't have been bothered by it, because you can't tell anything about the plot from a thumbnail, but it was the animation style that upset me. I had no idea that they were changing the appearance of the characters. I mean, I had heard something about a new animation studio being used, but I just figured that it would improve the quality, not alter the actual character models. I needed to know if this was really how they look in the movie, or if the thumbnail was misleading, so I clicked the trailer, left the sound off, paused it, scrubbed through a bit, and just click a few still frames so I could see what they look like without spoiling the plot. Honestly, I am devastated by this new style. I am shocked and horrified that they would actually change them like this. They don't look right. Not at all. These aren't the characters I know and love. I expected the movie to be upgraded and look fancier. In fact, I wanted that, but I didn't want the basic shapes and models to be altered! I just wanted some fancier lighting and depth. Characters shouldn't be altered this way. Take the Simpsons, for instance. Now, completely disregarding the drop of quality of the content, the show never changed the way the characters looked, not even for the movie, and that was the right call. The movie stepped up the game for lighting and made it look fancier, but the characters were still the same. When you watched the movie, you felt like, "Oh, yeah, this is the Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie that I've always known." But the ponies in this movie trailer look all wrong. I expect franchises to evolve, JUST LIKE MLP DID, but not mid-generation like this. You can't (rather, shouldn't) alter characters that we've come to know and love. These just aren't the same ponies anymore. They're fan art interpretations.
Is this cool?
Yes.
And this?
Again, absolutely.
How about this?
Heh, gotcha! It's Ghostie! (For all you old timers on the forums.) But seriously, again, it's awesome. But I wouldn't want the actual show to look like any of these, because these are NOT THE ACTUAL CHARACTERS. These are fan art interpretations. And that's what this movie is. Just a big fan-made youtube video. And don't get me wrong, I love fan-made youtube videos. But it's not the real characters.
I am actually very sick over this. Upset enough, in fact, that I don't know if I even want to go anymore. And today I was planning on working on my skirt to finish my EG Rainbow cosplay that I was planning on wearing to the movie. Now I don't even know if I want to see it. This animation style change feels like a complete betrayal, a travesty of MLP. Now, I'm still sane enough and rational enough to admit that the only reason I feel this way is because I'm a sick, sick person. And I don't mean sick as in twisted. I mean sick as in ill. I'm autistic and clinically depressed. (Heh, there you go, anti-bronies. Have some ammo. A fucked up person who couldn't fit into real life was drawn to ponies. Surprise, surprise, huh?) Now, I'm not telling you this to try to get attention, or to brag in some sick way about how screwed up I am. I'm simply stating the facts. I realize that I'm such a sick, sick person who is so miserable that I've placed an extremely unhealthy level of importance on this franchise. I've used FIM as a crutch, sometimes to the point of being the only thing to keep me alive. I built walls of ponies around myself to try to shield myself from the pain of my own existence. When one has no self-worth and no confidence, it becomes horrifying easy to let fictional franchises become a tether that you attach your life to, even when you actively try to prevent that from happening. If you let yourself become dangerously attached as I have, then it can come crumbling down at the drop of hat. Escapism is a house of cards.
I am pathetic, and this is my own pathetic problem. I'm sure that my opinion is an incredibly unpopular one. I just wanted to express it. I am probably the only person who is bothered by this at all. I just have to deal with this, and I don't know how.
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