Ok I posted something similar to this in another topic but I thought it should probably have a topic of its own.
Let's forget about whatever story Equestria Girls has in store for its audience. I'm goona talk strictly about the characters of Equestria Girls. Are they faithful to Lauren Faust's characters? The ones she designed herself. Where they given the same kind of artistic integrity as their pony counterparts. I sure as hey don't. Here's why.
Lauren Faust has made it clear in interviews that she wanted to prove to everypony that a little girls' show can be enjoyed by ponies of all ages. When she created My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, she wanted to create a show where the characters weren't all about tea parties, checking out boys, and just standing around just to look pretty. She didn't want to make a show to teach girls that they had to be that way. That's why in MLP you have female characters who are really girly, sort of girly, and tomboyish but are all still great friends. It teaches girls that they can be themselves and that they don't have to conform to any certain stereotype. Then you have the exciting adventures, and the clever humor to go along with the characters too. That's why we love the show.
Now, here is my criticism for Equestria Girls. The character designs are horrid. I think this is the opposite of what Lauren's intentions for MLP were. The mane 6 ponies have been reduced to 6 pretty faces, each with small midsections, and elongated legs. They all wear their hair long and they have similar clothing too. Notice they all wear short skirts with boots/legwarmers. This just kills a big chunk of their uniqueness, as I'm sure 6 friends with all different personalities wouldn't all choose similar clothes like that. Now pretty much the only way the human mane 6 can express themselves as individuals is through their actions and personality as their bodies and clothes are basically the same shape and look. The human character bodies are so idealized and sexualized that is pretty much takes away that magic MLP FIM has and the vision that Faust intended.
Yeah we all know Hasbro is out there for the money but it still doesn't change the fact that this MLP spinoff was created with the wrong artistic integrity. I wonder what Lauren thinks of to this day what has happen to her characters as they have become pretty much the very thing she wanted to avoid when making the show from the beginning.
What do you ponies think? This is all my opinion. The movie can still be good as I'm sure the writing will be strong as the tv series. I just feel that the heart of the characters design falls short in this one. That's all.