Moved to Elsewhere

Some of these screenshots look borderline Disney/Ghibli esc.

Probably average. It will definitely get praise, especially from those who are fans of the show, but I can definitely see some snobby Rotton Tomatoes or Meracritic posters write this movie off as some dumb kids toy commerical

Well it kinda figures. Movie studios that aren't Disney have to make their movies PG so the general movie goer doesn't think it's a dumb kids movie. Nostalgia Critic explained it best, but that vid was already linked in here

I'm noticing a severe lack of Pinkie in this song....but I'm also noticing her party cannon behind Twilight at the end ready to persumably launch herself as some sort of finale.

...I'm glad I've never run into those. Another thing I've noticed about Human in equestria stories is a lot of them don't really stand out as their descriptions read the same way. "Normal brony gets turned into a pony and gets sent to Equestria where his life changed forever."

Those human in Equestria fics. Most of them star the most lazy self-insert character that the author just expects you to like because reasons, as they lazily pair themselves with their waifu, who is typically written out of character just to fit their "dream date scenario" as the fic is mostly a wish fufillnent story without putting any effort into the writing. Note: I'm sure not all are like this just the ones I've looked at.

So....I heard they showed movie clips at the panel. Is someone gonna post those on YouTube or do they have some rule against filming the panels?

For this kinda discussion, it is very easy to show bias as to say for example, "Character I like represents my side, and character I hate represents the side I think is LITERALLY HITLER!" Sadly though, I'll have to speak somewhat in stereotypes to make determining their political views easier. For Twilight, it's pretty hard to determine if going by American politics. Yes, she values knowledge and science, but in America both political parties tend to only use science when convenient for their narrative, and outright ignore it when it goes against it. But if we stretch to other parties, definitely a monarchist. She is a princess and all. Applejack would be conservative. She values hard work for the reward, which if we go by stereotypes, is what the conservative side tends to prefer. And if we're to take this stereotype farther, there was an episode where she wanted to stop a bunch of bats from mooching off her food, which you could easily replace with say an immigrant. Which leads us to Fluttershy, who was on the opposite end of that thinking in that particular episode, making her liberal. She would also be an animal rights activist if in the real world seeing her love of animals. To top it off, in Equestria Girls, she was seen eating a veggie burger, making her either a vegetarian or vegan, which is what a stereotypical liberal would be. Rainbow Dash and Rarity are both pretty hard to determine. Both don't really show any political bias in any episodes, as they're both more goal oriented with their respected hobbies. I guess both would be independents with Rarity leaning slightly to the left seeing as sometimes the fashion world can be associated with gay stuff. And Pinkie would just create her own political party, with balloons, streamers, and cupcakes

Eh, it's kinda expected. I mean, it's sad that the mane VAs don't get marketed enough but it's all based on popularity. They want to market the movie not just to the intended demographic and the fandom, but also to the general movie goer. The only people who might recognize names like Tara Strong or Andrea Libman are hardcore animation buffs which is a pretty small demographic to aim for. The general movie goer will however, recognize names like Kristen Chenowith and Emily Blunt to to their big relevance on the Broadway scene, which does appeal more to the general movie goer.

I'm okay with this. A slice of life finale would be a nice change of pace. And besides, if you're craving for some action packed ponies, there is a little movie coming out in a few months anyway.

If written well, then I'd be okay with it. If you want an example of a cartoon that included gay/bi characters well without feeling the need to scream, "LOOK AT HOW POLITICALLY CORRECT WE ARE" would be The Loud House. Yes, the show features a character who has two dads and one of the sister's was recently confirmed bi. But what makes those work is that there is more to their characters than just being gay. So basically MLP should follow a similar route to that.

Probably not. Disney is the king of family movies. They have the brand recognition and the longtime audience to have consistent success for years. MLP, while having an audience outside the target demographic, still has a 30 year stigma attached to it (just read some of the comments on the Lionsgate upload of the trailer to prove that). There's also the fact that even in the brony fandom, there are those who are uncomfortable with sporting ponies in public, let alone walking up to a theater and buying a ticket for a movie of it. So some will probably either just wait for the DVD/Blu Ray, or just pirate it like they did with the EQG movies. I predict the movie will at least make back its budget. But who knows, maybe this could a Lego Movie thing where the overwhelmingly positive reviews help it at the box office.

I'll say right now it's better than season 6, which is pretty good since I didn't find that season as bad as some did. Most of the episodes this season have ranged from average to great. The only episode so far I can say I didn't like was Honest Apple. So basically, so far so good.