Steve Piranha

2 hours ago, Rafa Stary said:

Yes I like G5, but as I usually like to make gigantic posts (that nobody reads) I'll try to talk about it without being repetitive, and specially because I think it's important to be writing this now.

First, in a simple way, I Like G5, the characters, the world and stories. I love G4, the characters, the world and stories. I don't love G5, I just like it, it still hasn't made the necessary for me to love it, I love certain things from it, like Zipp & Pipp's interactions, Opaline, the mysteries, etc, but in overall, I just like it, and if it wasn't for G4, I probably wouldn't be watching it.

Going in deep, well, I really liked the Movie and Make Your Mark, for me they were good, Tell Your Tale for me is okay, it manages to be pretty good, but also pretty bad very oftenly.

Tell Your Tale falls in the middle because of the short format, I really don't like that, I like longer episodes, when I had to watch TyT for the first time there were already around 50 episodes released, and for me it was really hard to go through all of them, my brain just couldn't process all of that, extremely fast humor and scenes, character here character there, flip flop boom, and some stories they tried to tell sounded so interesting but the short format completely hindered them or made them feel rushed as hell, don't get me wrong, I do think there are really great episodes that used this format perfectly, "Opaline Alone" being a personal favorite, that episode has a fast scenes montage but for me it was really easy to understand and enjoy it due to how simple the concept of the episode is (what Opaline does when she's alone, fin), I think trying to be simple is the key here, for me the best episodes were the ones they tried to make something simple with a very clear objetive, and these are specially the calm episodes, with no fast or rushed stuff, for me that's where Tell Your Tale truly shines, if all episodes were like this, for me it still wouldn't be better than the Movie and MyM because the longer format is superior, but it would be enough for me to consider it a good series.

Unfortunately, I consider it just okay because of the huge amount of "meh" episodes, I mean, I don't exactly dislike or hate it, but most of these episodes actually made me think "they are writing shit for kids", it's a lot of fast nonsense, I can actually remember that in one of these episodes I said to myself "yeah, I give up on trying to understand this, I'm just jumping from episode to episode", there were moments that truly surprised me due to the amount of chaos and nonsense happening all at once, it's okay to be silly for me, but being dumb is a different story, and for me this has to do with them trying to tell a lot of things in a very limited time, it just doesn't work for me, and sometimes, it just makes the episodes forgetable (or skippable). For me these are the bad side of TyT, I think they need to stop doing dumb, chaotic and rushed stuff, and focus on telling simple stories, specially calm ones, like Pony Life did, that's why for me that series worked.

Also, the 20 minutes special, while I liked it, I don't know, it's weird, I somehow still felt the 5 minutes limit watching it and I just can't explain it, for me it almost felt like that they merged multiple 5 minute episodes into a 20 minutes single story arc, Idk idk idk, I honestly was expecting more of it, I did notice a difference, specially when watched it for the first time, but I just couldn't get the same impact from it as other users did, but I think it was at least a good start for a special, it's just 4 but I think I can expect something good from the other 3.

Now, A New Generation and Tell Your Tale, for me they were the closest that G5 came to being as good as G4. I think all the problems I have with TyT don't exist here, for me MyM and the Movie are equal, equally good, no superiority above the other (except for CGI of course) so I'll treat the two as the same here.

The episode length is appropriate for the stories they try to tell, there aren't fast, chaotic or dumb stuff going on (well, there are the Sparky's moments, but I'll let it pass because that's the purpose of his character), the show is actually mature and very calm, easy to understand, that's why for me it was really easy to watch several episodes of it all at once unlike TyT, the stories, characters arcs and mysteries are fun and interesting, but I think they went too far with the "simplicity" here, in the Movie it doesn't happen because it was a introduction, but Make Your Make I found it a bit monotonous in certain parts, making me feel like "this is very limited" or that "they don't have much to show", it has its problems but for me they are more related to my overall problems with this generation and not with the show itself, and here's the finale.

For me, G5 did its homework, that's why it's good, but that's all, it couldn't go further, it couldn't surprise, be impactful like G4, for me G4 was sensational because it tried to break its own rules and do really incredible things, now G5...I do think they really tried to make something amazing in the Movie and during MyM, I don't think the characters, the stories and specially, the world were as thrilling as G4's, but for me they seemed to be excited with the story they were telling, the mysteries, etc, for me they cared. But I think that after the Opaline Arc ended, everything just went downhill, and for me this is important because I used to have hype for G5, despite its problems and not loving it like G4, I was hyped to see what was going to happen in Chapter 6 (and I was spoiled!), I really like that it is a sequel to G4, I was hopeful that the end of Opaline's arc would lead to new stories, more exploration, new characters, more about the past etc, everything was in line and that arc truly felt like a sequel to the Movie... Then they come out with the Secrets of Starlight special, and man...don't get me wrong, I liked it, but it was a letdown, then Make Your Mark is canceled and Tell Your Tale starts its Second Season as the Main and Only series of G5? 

Now, they keep milking on Maretime Bay, the other locations were forgotten, did nothing interesting with the Dragons and Auroricorns anymore, Allura the new villain barely shows up and hasn't been relevant so far, almost or all the mysteries surrounding the past, Twilight etc are now ignored....like...What the fuck are they doing? I can't see the same excitement from the creative team here as in the Opaline arc, I won't say that they aren't trying anymore, but I have a strong feeling that they got discouraged, where is this generation going? They do plant a few good mysteries from time to time, like Misty's Room or Skyros, but everything is just feeling extremely underdeveloped compared to what was saw in ANG and in the Opaline arc, and specially, it feels secondary, a minor production, Tell your Tale just isn't working as the main and only animated production, I try to be positive about it and I do think it improved when compared to Season 1, but for the Generation in a entirety it's just far from enough, I really don't think TyT alone can save G5, not with these 5 minutes shorts and just four 20 minutes specials also won't do it jusitce, that's why I said that hype was important, I just lost the hype for G5, yes, I really want to know more stuff about the past, the world, the images and mysterious voice in Mysty's room and all the other mysteries, but I'm not hyped for it, I'm just curious, I want to know what will happen, but I couldn't feel the feeling of hype anymore since the Opaline arc ended, waiting for Chapter 6 was truly exciting for me, but now Tell Your Tale? I oftenly forget that it will get a new episode in the next week (and now that is bi-weekly just makes it worse), like, I just can't excite myself for a 5 minutes rushed story.

For me we are in the dark era of G5, as said before, I try to be positive about it, I don't love it but I like it and that's enough because I do care about the characters and what will happen to them, I want to keep caring about it and to see the story it's trying to tell, but a fast paced cheap production with 5 minutes just isn't helping it, if I'm saying that it isn't doing any good for this generation it's because I care about it, thehy should've made what I said in a another topic, give more time for this Season's production, make all episodes be 20 minutes long, but nah.

Going back to what I said in the beginning, It's important that I'm writing this now, because if I was writing this in, like, October 2023, my opinion would be completely different, I would've said something like

"G5 isn't amazing like G4 but it's good, the movie was good and is delivering good and interesting stuff with Make Your Mark, the show feels limited but it can still deliver a lot. Tell Your Tale isn't very good, it's okay but it's just a smaller series aimed at the younger audience who can keep up with the fast paced story telling, it's not meant to be relevant but it's a fun extra. The Movie and Make Your Mark are the true flagship of this generation and it's doing a good work, it managed to be exciting."

See the big difference, for me G5, even with its problems, knew how to stay relevant and create hype, I believed it was in good condition, in good hands, but now? The main and only series is the minor cheap production aimed at children? The potential big stories are now limited to this 5 minutes format? Only four 20 minutes episodes in all of 2024 to 2025? Nothing more? No more movies, nothing????? This generation is seriously hospitalized, Hasbro needs to help it but they just doesn't seem to be interested. 

I want more of G5, but not in Tell Your Tale, not in a spin-offish series.

If this situation doesn't change, I don't give more than a Year for this generation 

If they could just announce some actual big G5 content things would be exciting. But it sucks having to settle with the small show. Lack of toys further inspires leas confidence in G5’s future 

Adorable little tomboy 

16 minutes ago, Otaku-sempai said:

Gillian M. Berrow, at least, should be very familiar with Friendship is Magic. She's the same G.M. Berrow who has written numerous MLP books. 

Too bad she’s no longer working in G5 

What does Discovery Family offers for being an increasingly inaccessible channel anyway ?

Looking up at gorgeous lady

The Joker. I’ve watched it with my aunt 

Finished Unicorn Overlord (marrying a pony-voiced elf waifu ), Mario vs DK, and Princess Peach Showtime. No idea what to play next. Maybe I should play my PS4 for the first time in over a year 

1 hour ago, Fluttershutter said:

 

Yeah, major errors here.

And I don't know what the hoof happened. Is she dead? A Goddess? In Skyros? Will they ever expand on this??? 

Who knows? It’s possible she died, or ended up in Skyros. Hell, she could be well be an alicorn who hid her glowing wings and horn. Argyle seemed focused in Ancient Equestria’s history, but she seemed more focused in restoring magic. That definitely won’t be the last time she’ll be relevant. A shame we no longer have 3D episodes 

1 hour ago, The Nth Doctor said:

Guess we can throw Make Your Mark completely out the window at this point, given Sunny's already got her mark despite being fetlock-high

Sunnier Starscout is absolutely living in Skyros isn't she

Makes you wonder if she has been secretly an alicorn all along . Anyway, TYT doing full DERP with filly Sunny’s stripes. She didn’t earn them until after becoming an alicorn 

7 hours ago, Iforgotmybrain said:

Well better late than never I guess. Bi weekly releases just doesn’t do it for me. It’s basically the only G5 content we’re getting except for the game releasing later this month. We barely get any toy releases, no other forms of content. It really isn’t enough coming from what we had last year and with G4.

It sadly does further support the theory that G5 is indeed on it’s last legs 

6 hours ago, Misty Shadow said:

I am a proud G5 fan who is proud to see what I've been reading in this thread. If no one liked the series, a prominent G5 reviewer on YouTube wouldn't have been told off by their own audience not that long ago for their unfair negative bias when they reviewed TYT's first special. 

I hope they kept it civil, as I can picture the comments got heated 

I finally finished Mega Man X8. I’ve wanted to kill Lumine for years . But forgive me, as I’ve killed ponies in the way 

Took them long enough to announce Tell Your Tale was releasing biweekly 

Cute best Shadowbolt

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Best G5 girl .

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Happy dysfunctional family 

On 2024-04-28 at 3:24 PM, Brainstorm said:

I think Skyross sounds like a beautiful place

And I think we should have seen Skyros by now 

I hope real gamers become successful in restoring Stellar Blade from censorship. There’s nothing wrong with gorgeous women 

I got another urge in buying horse merch, but gotta budget 

Girl comforting sad boy

TV shows and video games in another language is a great tool, but shouldn’t completely substitute formal education. You may catch a lot of lexicon structures by instinct, but formal education should give you a better understanding of those. Speaking from experience 

Gee, I wonder why Marvel Studios would cancel a series based on one of their most successful films ever: The Marvels 

Just a cute filly 

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Quite a biatch that girl, but her voice is straight up nerd poneh 

One good thing about DEI is that it’ll do some business natural selection and hopefully leave us with better movies, shows, and games. It also saves us normal folks time and money