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31 minutes ago, Skytower said:

  still un-known of course is if Human Twilight will become an alicorn or a unicorn when she steps through the portal.  I don't think either Rarity or Rainbow would have trouble adjusting to the fame, but neither would have the abilities of their counterparts.  It takes a lifetime to learn to fly like Rainbow and human Rarity is far more used to hands than unicorn magic to thread a needle.

She gets wings after she "ponies up" so I would assume yes

43 minutes ago, Nightmare Muffin said:

@cmarston1

art style or quality has nothing to do whether its an anime or not. Crayon Shinshan and Doereamon are anime, yet they are a completely different art style from, say DBZ or Sailor Moon. "Anime" is a shortened term for "animation", and animation has a wide variety of art styles under it. So Equestria Girls- being an animated show/ movie, is in face an "anime"

If you want to use anime as a synonym for cartoon then sure.

But people would probably find it weird if you started calling the Simpsons an anime.

Just now, heavens-champion said:

I fail to see how teenage girls growing wings and pony ears and gaining magical powers is mundane.

It isn't, but neither are self-driving cars, holograms, or personal robot assistants  I find those things equally facinating as the magic from that series.

10 hours ago, heavens-champion said:

More mundane than our world? That would explain why Canterlot High has a motocross during the Friendship Games. Seriously, I think it's the other way around. In other words, our world is more mundane than their world, because there is absolutely no one in our world whose from another dimension where there are talking magical ponies. And for the sake of their health, it's for the best they don't exist, because if they do, then scientists will want to know how that is even remotely possible, and the next thing you know, Derpy/Ditzy/Muffins/what's-her-face is getting spliced up in a lab! Plus, how is anyone supposed to turn into a demon and tear apart the fabric of space and time? That's just it. In real life, they can't turn into demons with the power to destroy the universe. Then again, why would we want that to happen? 

It is more mundane or equally mundane, but I believe you are comparing apples to oranges here.

What could be seen as fantastical from our world is different and subjective.

12 hours ago, Shimmering Sparkler said:

That sounds nice. For another series. See, that sounds absolutely nothing like what MLP is or what it should be. Equestria Girls has the regular formula down packed and it actually feels like it belongs in the MLP universe, which it does. Equestria Girls becoming a sci fi thing just doesn't work at all. MLP at it's core is a show about 6 (in this case 7) friends working together to build friendships and fix them with the occasional giant monster fight. The whole sci fi shebang doesn't fit that narrative and would feel like an entirely different franchise. Equestria Girls is fine where it is and hey: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Should Equrstria Girls be a superhero series?

If not why have them constantly fighting monsters?

3 hours ago, Shimmering Sparkler said:

What's the fun in that? What kind of story potential would that initiate if they did that besides a possible series finale? I guess now that the portal is gone, we have to see the girls day to day life. I'm so excited to hear about what happened when Rainbow Dash got an F on a math test 

Robots, space aliens, mutants, ghosts, time travelers they can all exist in their world.

Hell the EqG world could coexist in the Doctor Who world.

Why haven't the girls shut the portal already? Know the magic is coming from Equestria, so if the portal is closed then no more magic. It is essentially pollution.

6 minutes ago, Ganondorf8 said:

Given that the wisps are Equestrian Magic running wild, there is no telling what they will end up doing until its too late. I do suspect that the magic takes advantage of people's deepest desires and manifests itself as a means of allowing them to fulfill their desires with the victim being corrupted in the process.

You just contradicted yourself by acknowledging that there is evidence of magic working in predictable ways.

You know what would mix things up? Have a reason for the girls to leave the magic flowing into their world you know like have threats from their world that they are illequipped to take care of without magic.

I am surprised that this board has so many EqG haters.

Miraculous Ladybug tried that, it got REALLY repetitive after just one season. It is already repetitive in EqG, so I would rather they move away from that plotline for a good long while.

For a force that Sunset Shimmer doesn't understand it is surprising how predictable it works.

25 minutes ago, Steve Piranha said:

That may be true. I have a hard time rewatching the first EG, as the magic is absent in most of the movie. sure, Twi's objective is get the element of magic from the beginning, but to do so, she had to go through all the cliche high school plot. One of the reasons I enjoy the other EGs is that magic plays a more constant and bigger role overall  

If the EQG world was more interesting, then you wouldn't have that problem.

If EQG is going to do these high tension conflicts, I would rather they don't ALL revolve around magic. In this scenario sci-fi provides a nice contrast to magic, and gives the girls a greater purpose than stopping fantastical pollution.

If you want the series to be more realistic and tone down the magical conflicts, then sci-fi just gets in the way.

Just now, Yamet said:

Was it an actual robot dog like the kind with A.I, or was it more like those generic robot dogs you can buy at most toys stores? 

It looked like the latter, but we really didn't see much of it.

2 minutes ago, Yamet said:

No, the closest thing to sci-fi we seen so far is the device that Twilight used to find magic. But that's not even close to things like mechsuits and A.I's.  

Twi also built a robot dog, there isn't a reason necessarily why those things couldn't exist in the EQG world.

1 minute ago, Jeric said:

Right! The last time I came across a Pony Princess it led to an epic Vikings vs Ninjas vs Aliens vs Barbarians battle royale. The Ninjas won because the were sneaky and offered us sentient ice cream that gave armies serious magical gastritis. 

EqG world is crazy mundane. Now if you'll excuse me, I got some Rocky Road to feast on ... I call him Bob. 

And the world still seems boring in comparison to the USAs ridiculous president and all the cool technology we have, like robots.

If the EQG world is less mundane than ours it is ONLY because it has magic, otherwise it is far more mundane than ours.

3 minutes ago, Yamet said:

I agree that the EQG world is a bit boring and mundane, but I don't think that the solution to this is to introduce sci-fi stuff. Instead, they should focus a bit more on how the human world reacts when introduced to something that completely shatters their worldview (in this case, magic).  

It would be more consistent to just go the scifi route. It would fit the tone of the series more and explain why the reactions have been so toned down.

1 hour ago, cmarston1 said:

I actually am okay with the human world being mundane in the series.  It makes the magical elements stand out more. Plus one of the things I like about the franchise is seeing how a world originally devoid of magic reacts to and creates its own form of magic.

It could have its own form of magic, called science. It would be more interesting to see a world that is exciting in its own way react to an exciting element from another world.

If the EQG world was willing to go more of the sci-fi route, then magic would have something to be contrasted too thus being more significant while keeping the universe interesting in its own right.

It seems more mundane than our world. Why does the series feel the need to make one of the most interesting aspects of its world that it has elements from another world, it is pretty much an admittance that the very world this series takes place in has little to offer and is pointless to explore.

Why not throw in sci-fi? Other girls series do it ,even Monster High does it. It would provide something meaningful that Equestria doesn't.

Why does every villain need to be some girl corrupted by magic? Are mechsuits somehow too icky for girls? Is the concept of AI too difficult for kids to understand?

I would rather seem them use their magic to take care of threats from their own world.

Nope, I think it is a lazy way to introduce concepts without being creative while seeming profound.

I think the lack of world building and major character developments are intentional for a series that has to juggle so many writers, is episodic, and isn't continuity heavy. The producers/story editors probably try to keep things vague to keep what is established consistent otherwise it might be very difficult to reconsile everything in the very short timeframe they have to produce a season. 

There are likely major budget constraints as well given how cheaply the show is produced as well, which might lead to the lack of variety in locations and characters we may see in a season.

If MLP had slightly less restrictions on consistency and a slightly longer timeframe for each season, I would imagine it would start to resemble something like this.

http://forums.equestriadaily.comYou do know this exists right?

Eventually I feel BronyCon is going to have to expand. In a few years I don't think we're gonna have many brony-focused conventions left, so organizations have to diversify in some respect. MLP isn't Star Trek or Star Wars in that they seem to have a plethora of generations of fans to live off of, and I think BronyCon recognizes this.

They could shrink down. The Invader Zim fandom had conventions 10 years after its show ended. Sonic still has conventions every year.

Or they can get Hasbro's approval like GIJoe Con or Botcon.

There's really no need for them to go that far just yet. The main focus is still going to be pony-related, and that is, for the time being, going to be the heart and soul of the convention. They aren't going all out just yet; just dipping their toes in the proverbial pond.

But Pokemon fans will go to a convention that is going to cater more towards their needs or go to a convention that covers gaming/anime in general. It is common sense.

It's not necessarily a bad thing. Sure, BronyCon is the biggest of the pony conventions, but it doesn't help to diversify. There was a bit of a drop-off in attendance in 2016 when compared to 2015, and it's hard to tell how long the brony fandom will remain as big as it has been. In the end, when it comes to long-term survival, it can only mean good things in the end. Plus, when I was at BronyCon last year there plenty there in either Pokemon or video-game related cosplay, so the potential is there.

Then stop being Bronycon, and be an all geek culture con.

http://www.horse-news.net/2017/02/bronycon-no-longer-pony-con.html

Really stupid, I don't see who would bother going to this event when there are several larger Pokémon centric events and if not that you'll have your needs met at most major gaming conventions. Also I doubt Pokémon content creators are going to bother going to a pony convention in the first place.