Old School New Brony

[xlwpos 12]

Currently, watching Gen 1 MLP & loving it! I started w/ the first two "movies" (well they were sort of movies). Anyways, the poniverse was rich with talent from the get go. The voice actors had already done loads of work prior to MLP, like Sandy Duncan, and others like Nancy Cartwright would go on to bigger things (Simpsons) while others were doing their best work while doing MLP  - Peter Cullen otherwise known as Optimus Fricking Prime!

 

The feel is very 80's w/ Gen 1 . . .  almost too much so. Anyone who has ever watched Dungeons & Dragons the series sees a ton of it in Gen 1 MLP. Even voice actress Katie Leigh was in both. The original story (for & from Hasbro mind you) is very true to the heart of the original my little pony concept. A girl who likes and rides real ponies (Megan) is whisked away from this world via a flying horse over the rainbow to a magical land to be part of the adventure. Pretty much most 5-9 year old girl's fantasy during the 20th century. Now every girl in America could have their very own little pony for only 9.95 or whatever they were fetching back in 85. 

 

So yeah any Gen Xer who likes G.I. Joe, Smurfs (lots of pre-pony in that), Transformers, Etc. Etc. could like Gen 1 if only he/she would open up his/her to equine possibilities. If you like Friendship is Magic you never would have had it if it was not for the cootie-filled lameness that was Gen 1. Seriously, most of the original concepts, and to some extent characters, were set back then. So all hail the original Toy Makers for giving us MLP!    

 

BTW. First Post

[Argumedies 1,748]

I think a lot of bronies don't give G1 enough credit and but understandably they base those opinion on current ideologies.

 

G1 was great back in the days of old school animation

[High Step 46]

Personally, if I can find gen 1 DVDs and all the gens for that matter, I would certainly watch them all, to me gen 1-4 are all part of the series and I would enjoy seeing for myself, how the series evolved

[NamelessHorse 59]

I tried to watch Rescue at Midnight Castle, but it couldn't hold my attention for long.

 

I did chuckle at Firefly's "Hello..." when she was hauled out of the well. (That girl is strong. ) 

[Ziltoid the Omniscient 286]

I enjoyed G1 when I went and watched it. g2 and 3/3.5 ruined mlp, and FiM redeemed it 

[Sunny Shimmer 259]

I can't take older generations of MLP seriously as I could the current one. It is hard to watch but more power to you if you can because your brain is able to handle way more than I. That is an achievement that most people don't normally get.

[Shanks 10,811]

Personally, if I can find gen 1 DVDs and all the gens for that matter, I would certainly watch them all, to me gen 1-4 are all part of the series and I would enjoy seeing for myself, how the series evolved

You are luck then because they just released the entire G1 series on DVD not too long ago which as a G1 fan myself reminds me, I need to get that DVD.

 

http://www.amazon.com/My-Little-Pony-Complete-Original/dp/B00KTFJ6DS

 

while I am here I am going to advertise the G1 fanclub on here as well.

 

http://mlpforums.com/topic/99583-g1-fan-club/

[Paleopony 690]

Even though FIM is superior in almost every way, I enjoy G1 for what it is. It’s unexpectedly dark at times; the original Tirek threatened to decapitate spike! There are plenty of awesome villains in there, I wish some of them appeared in FIM. Many ideas were incorporated in G4 too.