Why does Gen 3.5 suck?

[Stone Cold Applejack 381]

I've never seen Gen 3.5 of MLP. Can anyone tell me why it sucks.

[(MARVEL) Blue Blood 991]

Two words: Newborn Cuties. *Shudders*
Just saying the name alone gives me horrible flashbacks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98uqzRPrHXk

 

Excuse me while I have to go vomit. 

[Megas 27,629]

I've never seen Gen 3.5 of MLP. Can anyone tell me why it sucks.

Newborn cuties which was ugly as sin

 

and probably some other stuff

Edited August 4, 2014 by Megas75

[archiver 18]

because to me it looks like the worst kind of made to sell toys crap like they dont even hide it in that gen

[Scootaloodle 1,622]

Because it's not meant for anyone whose male or old enough to fall outside of the target demography that bronys neatly fit into.

[RainbowMau 291]

Maybe because plots are very poor and conflicts are no more serious than trying to fit 7 ponies in a 5-seat ferris wheel, or Pinkie Pie worrying for not doing a diasasterous party and everything gets solved with an "It's OK!" and some cups of tea.

 

BTW this applies to G3 too.

Edited August 4, 2014 by RainbowMau

[Jammo 986]

No thought, no effort. Tons of padding and dead air. It existed for Hasbro to have something pony related to keep the franchise on life support till they could find a way to revive it. I don't even think the people who made this had any faith in their products. They threw it together out if obligation and didn't treat it like a project.

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

It doesn't suck, it was just made solely for it's target demographic of 3-11 year olds!

[BastementSparkle 20,326]

It doesn't suck, it was just made solely for it's target demographic of 3-11 year olds!

It still sucks. Have you even seen it? Absolutely no effort was put in, just the bare minimum. The animation is incredibly poor, to the point where their mouths don't even move in some of it, the art is just pink, pink, and more pink. The stories and characters are basically not even there at all. The entire thing is just...awful.

 

 3-11 year olds deserve better than that. Much better.

Edited August 4, 2014 by BasementPrincess

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

It still sucks. Have you even seen it? Absolutely no effort was put in, just the bare minimum. The animation is incredibly poor, to the point where their mouths don't even move in some of it, the art is just pink, pink, and more pink. The stories and characters are basically not even there at all. The entire thing is just...awful.

 

 3-11 year olds deserve better than that. Much better.

Of course I have! You're speaking to someone who prefers the earlier gens to FiM!

[CornBreadGang 514]

Ugh... This show...

I already have a headache, and thinking about this piece of crap show makes my head hurt more.

The plots sucked horribly. It was always some crap that was convoluted, even for a show made for 3-11 year olds. The way it was designed made me want to vomit. The animation was crap, and the mouth animations were in place only for one episode. I kid you not, there was only mouth animations for the first episode.

It was just bad in every aspect that I could see.

[BastementSparkle 20,326]

Of course I have! You're speaking to someone who prefers the earlier gens to FiM!

...Okay. May I ask why? I could maybe understand preferring Gen 1 as it actually has a few interesting things going for it. But why the other gens?

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

...Okay. May I ask why? I could maybe understand preferring Gen 1 as it actually has a few interesting things going for it. But why the other gens?

Because I have three older sisters and I used to get all the hand me down toys! Also my own daughter loves MLP and prefers G3.5 and having to watch it over and over and over again its not that bad!

[BastementSparkle 20,326]

Because I have three older sisters and I used to get all the hand me down toys! Also my own daughter loves MLP and prefers G3.5 and having to watch it over and over and over again its not that bad!

Ah, I suppose that makes sense. Though I still wouldn't want to watch it, just watching it once was enough to give me a headache. Friendship is magic was a massive step-up in my opinion. Though if you grew up with the older toys than I could see why you would enjoy it.

[ponytheorist 181]

Because I have three older sisters and I used to get all the hand me down toys! Also my own daughter loves MLP and prefers G3.5 and having to watch it over and over and over again its not that bad

 

NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I Don't want to hear it! (puts fingers in ears) LALALALALA

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

It's one of those ventures that equates "show aimed at girls" with "show aimed at lobotomized toddlers." Any individual complaints about sorry excuses for conflicts or ugly animation and design and audio that sounded like it was recorded with a rubber duck become moot in the face of the revelation that clearly no one gave a crap. It's not worth the effort of picking apart and talking about.

 

Which I guess is what just happened. Crap.

[_Kurtis 636]

Ugh, I'm so sick of hearing Bronies bash the older generations! Seriously, you're entitled to your own opinion, but don't go bitching about it! Just don't buy the G3.5 toys, that's it, that's all you gotta do, it's that simple.

Edited August 4, 2014 by Mami Tomoe

[Lighting Star 93]

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But we're not talking about the toys, we're talking about the show. 

[Espurr 449]

I've seen more disturbing things.

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

Ugh... This show...

I already have a headache, and thinking about this piece of crap show makes my head hurt more.

The plots sucked horribly. It was always some crap that was convoluted, even for a show made for 3-11 year olds. The way it was designed made me want to vomit. The animation was crap, and the mouth animations were in place only for one episode. I kid you not, there was only mouth animations for the first episode.

It was just bad in every aspect that I could see.

Maybe because plots are very poor and conflicts are no more serious than trying to fit 7 ponies in a 5-seat ferris wheel, or Pinkie Pie worrying for not doing a diasasterous party and everything gets solved with an "It's OK!" and some cups of tea.

 

BTW this applies to G3 too.

No thought, no effort. Tons of padding and dead air. It existed for Hasbro to have something pony related to keep the franchise on life support till they could find a way to revive it. I don't even think the people who made this had any faith in their products. They threw it together out if obligation and didn't treat it like a project.

If you don't like it, don't watch it! But stop bitching and whining about it! There are those of us with kids and THEY enjoy it, which is all that matters!

[RainbowMau 291]

If you don't like it, don't watch it! But stop bitching and whining about it! There are those of us with kids and THEY enjoy it, which is all that matters!

 

Well, I like the designs, I think they're cute, but I must admit the episode plots lack of more emotion, something more opposite to good (not neccesarily villains, but also antagonists and anti-heroes) and adventure, which G1 had in a bigger proportion. They're fun in some way, but still.

Edited August 4, 2014 by RainbowMau

[_Kurtis 636]

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But we're not talking about the toys, we're talking about the show. 

Okay, let me re-write my comment:

 

"Ugh, I'm so sick of hearing Bronies bash the older generations! Seriously, you're entitled to your own opinion, but don't go bitching about it! Just don't watch the show, that's it, that's all you gotta do, it's that simple."

[Dr. Frasier Crane 319]

It didn't get nearly as much care, time and effort going into it as FiM does. If any at all. All the characters were one-dimensional with the same personality and traits given to each one, the 'plots' were uninspired and boring, the animation was limited and stiff. It helped cement the common idea that the show was a 10+ minute long advert focusing only on selling toys.

 

It basically only existed to make sure girls knew those ponies' names and could recognize them as dolls in a store. No depth, no story, nothing. Oh, how times have changed.

[yeet 2,027]

If you don't like it, don't watch it! But stop bitching and whining about it! There are those of us with kids and THEY enjoy it, which is all that matters!

. It isn't all about kids though. If they like it, then its good, but it isn't all that matters. And I'm technically still classed as a child being under 16, I don't like generation 3.5. So not all of us enjoy it. But I feel like there is too much hate for 3.5

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

 

 

If you don't like it, don't watch it! But stop bitching and whining about it!

 

The thread asked us if why many say that Gen 3.5 sucked. We are providing answers based on the opinions the thread asked us to recall. It's not shoving our "bitching and whining" into a conversation if the conversation is asking for an explanation for that reaction specifically.

 

And I'm getting tired of this "You don't have to watch it if you don't like it!" statement in general. Of course this is true, and many of us are not watching it. It isn't like we view it every time we want to complain about it. I've personally only seen it once, and that's all people need for this uncanny horror to be burned into their minds.