movies/tv What do you think of the PPG Reboot?

[Guest]

 I haven't fully watched any episode so maybe I am not one to comment, but from what I HAVE seen, the humor in this reboot is garbage. Having random, out of nowhere references to internet memes isn't exactly funny.

As we sit here on a website for My Little Pony.

 

[ponylaces 1,870]

As we sit here on a website for My Little Pony.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmdO5jpagaA

That's different. MLP started those jokes which is creative. PPG just gets a random outdated internet meme and sticks it right in the episode as a "joke". I like the reboot, don't get me wrong. But the meme thing is something to be concerned about if it's going to keep happening.

[Member Berry 1,217]

What I still wonder is the episode that featured a pony trying to be a unicorn which apparently offended a lot of transgender people, was the message it was going for really aiming at trans gender people? Cause I watched it and honestly didn't see it as about trans gender people, but about a pony wanting to be a unicorn, maybe I'm dumb I don't know.

I looked it up, the executive producer basically confirmed that it was about transgenderism. 

 

“Basically when it starts out, he’s a pony, but he wants to be a unicorn.

“He has to go through a transformation to become a unicorn and so it’s a whole [episode that asks], ‘What are you on the inside? What are you on the outside? How do you identify yourself? How do people see you?’ There’s a lot of subtext in that.”

“I don’t think you can be too young to start talking about those issues and thinking about those things and just presenting an attitude, and a voice that is going to resonate with people.”

 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-powerpuff-girls-20160401-story.html

 

-____- So, let's teach kids that transitioning is bad and makes you a "freak" :/ If the girls had learned their lesson and give a whole "you know, I learned something today" speech at the end about it then it would have been okay but they didn't.

Edited May 8, 2016 by Kayleigh

[Guest]

 

 

That's different. MLP started those jokes which is creative.

 

 

MLP started parodying an entire episode ending from the end of Star Wars? It started Grumpy Cat? It started Metal Gear Solid? It started Indiana Jones parodies? I think you get my point. MLP is loaded with references and memes. Most of which have been done before. Hell the original Powerpuff Girls parodied Star Wars long before MLP, as did Family Guy and virtually every other show under the sun. It's not even an original joke, it's been done to death.

 

 

 

PPG just gets a random outdated internet meme and sticks it right in the episode as a "joke".

 

And MLP doesn't use outdated references and memes as a joke?

 

 

 

I like the reboot, don't get me wrong. But the meme thing is something to be concerned about if it's going to keep happening.

 

I think a lot of people here just don't want to admit that they just want a reason to dislike the show because a lot of the criticisms I am seeing are the same things that MLP does... :\ 

[MLPFanatic34 3,235]

I looked it up, the executive producer basically confirmed that it was about transgenderism. 

 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-powerpuff-girls-20160401-story.html

 

-____- So, let's teach kids that transitioning is bad and makes you a "freak" :/ If the girls had learned their lesson and give a whole "you know, I learned something today" speech at the end about it then it would have been okay but they didn't.

Ah ok, were people offended by the Powerpuff Girls episode about the girls creating a sister that turned out to be well mentally challenged?

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Ah ok, were people offended by the Powerpuff Girls episode about the girls creating a sister that turned out to be well mentally challenged?

I forgotten about that completely. I'm re-watching that episode now. Yeah... that was.... odd. 

Edited May 8, 2016 by Kayleigh

[Leere 8,291]

Is bad, really, REALLY bad.

 

The reboot is basically a cartoon to sell toys, yes, i know that MLP also is, but at least the writers CARE about the quality of the show, they care about the characters and care about the story.

[Franklin3241 13]

I was pretty excited to watch this reboot, and I honestly enjoyed parts of the first few episodes.

 

Then I saw "Painbow." There's a (horrifying) scene in this episode where Blossom and Bubbles twerk with some trippy looking panda. (Yes, you read that correctly)

 

Naturally, I turned off everything immediately after that and vowed to never watch another episode of the reboot again.

 

You simply don't do that to The Powerpuff Girls.

Edited May 9, 2016 by StratAttack

[PinkiePie97 913]

I was pretty excited to watch this reboot, and I honestly enjoyed parts of the first few episodes.

 

Then I saw "Painbow." There's a (horrifying) scene in this episode where Blossom and Bubbles twerk with some trippy looking panda. (Yes, you read that correctly)

 

Naturally, I turned off everything immediately after that and vowed to never watch another episode of the reboot again.

 

You simply don't do that to The Powerpuff Girls.

You know, just because there was something you didn't like in one episode doesn't mean the whole series isn't good. I didn't like the twerking either but I didn't stop watching the show. I still think it's pretty good otherwise.

[Carolina 212]

IDK...I actually think it's pretty funny. Then again, I don't have all that much attachment to the original (I saw a few eps back in the day and liked it, but it was never a huge part of my childhood or anything).

 

I liked this exchange in the first episode ("Man Up?" I think?)

 

Paraphrasing, of course.

 

Buttercup: Is there going to be a test or something?

Yoga Guy: No, there's no test

Blossom: Can there be a test?

Yoga Guy: Uh, sure?

Bubbles: On the test, can I use my sparkly pen?

(Blossom brings out a bunch of pencils)

Blossom: I always carry around spares in case of a test

Yoga Guy: So, you just carry around pencils and go looking for tests?

Blossom: I don't understand the question.

 

I'll be honest, I laughed at that. I don't know why, but I just loved the randomness.

 

Plus there was a Hangover based episode! And The Hangover is one of my fave movies ever!

 

I do agree that Buttercup's voice is super annoying, though.

[Kimi Vulpine 219]

 

NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO .NO. NO.

Sorry for bringing this up, but that's just inexcusable.

The unicorn episode was offensive as heck, and i'm not even trans/a crazy SJW.

Just stop. I'm sorry, I tried, but I just can't like it.

Also, the theme song is garbage.

[Franklin3241 13]

 

NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO .NO. NO.

Sorry for bringing this up, but that's just inexcusable.

My point exactly. I just couldn't enjoy the show after seeing this scene.

[Moony the Cat 3,704]

So far i have only seen the animated Music Video Intro Thingy and from that, the Animation seems better and improved over the Original.

And i think, the new Intro is better.

 

But i will never watch the Show, since i have no interest in the Powerpuff Girls. No interest in any of the Powerpuff Girls Versions.

[Harmony Spark 265]

Well In the wise words of John Cleese: I warned you.

 

I knew from the get go this reboot was bad andi wanted to keep an open mind and try to like it and I'll admit I did like some elements here and there. But overall, it's bland, lacks an identity, feminists-pandering, tries to hard to be cute and or funny and the Girls we all know and love are really obnoxious.

[Unikitty 1,212]

For people who are heavily panning this reboot clearly have not seen the anime.

 

It makes the reboot look legendary quality.

 

Imagine watching this every single episode (literally) with virtually no shortened version.

 

 

Now imagine plots that make no sense, stupid repetitive jokes, bad dubbing, terrible story telling, and turning Buttercup into the exact definition of her stereotype. Like everything about PPG Z is dreadful.

 

 

I actually rather enjoyed PPGZ. It wasn't anything special, but I thought it was entertaining enough.

[powerpuff-tsubasa 448]

the monsters and powerups were super cheesy (i liked the PPG appearances. still cute ) i go with the old show

[Guest]

 

 

I knew from the get go this reboot was bad andi wanted to keep an open mind and try to like it and I'll admit I did like some elements here and there. But overall, it's bland, lacks an identity, feminists-pandering, tries to hard to be cute and or funny and the Girls we all know and love are really obnoxious.

 

You realize that saying "I knew it was bad from the get go" and "I wanted to keep an open mind" don't exactly coincide, right? 

[Dark Qiviut 22,457]

There's one word to describe PPG 2016 at this point: below-average. There are several problems with this show, both small and large:

1. The people who run this show removed content from the original show under the claim that it was offensive/sexist/etc. But in trying to "steer clear," they actually publish content they claim to be against. They eliminated Miss Keane's breasts and Miss Bellum altogether because of "inclusion," but in turn, they implicate misandry by using sexist stereotypes as enemies and then publish a scene where Blossom and Bubbles twerked.
   
2. Flanderized characterizations of the Powerpuff Girls. Each of the PPGs were archetypes of the ingredients used to create the girls, but they were characters first, archetypes second. Now they're mostly tied to one traits for some reason I don't know. Bubbles is now either sweet or angry so often that there's no middleground. Of the three, Blossom is the one most out of character; her personality is more or less confined to the "smart person" stereotype.
   
3. Way, way too many animation and design mistakes. The animation is where it suffers the most. Some perspective shots are just horrible, and there are others like Buttercup appearing from the middle of a wall. The original show mad some mistakes before, but it was still very refined and not as noticeable. PPG 2016 is in Flash and often easily seen; you can't mess that up. But then there's the designs of the other characters; they don't compliment the Powerpuff Girls well at all. Instead, they look like designs from other shows. In the original, the designs of the other characters were an excellent balance to the simple drawings of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup.
   
4. Memes…one too many. If you're going to use a meme, then give it some context. As terrible as the twerking was, there was some context: the girls were performing this dance under someone else's control. But they still do way too many and usually have no reason to even make them. "No Me Gusta" is so on the nose with zero purpose.
   
5. Way too many Wingding Eyes. The purpose of the Wingding Eyes is usually to emote someone's actions in a cartoony way, usually to create a joke. The most classic is the dollar signs to implicate a need to get rich quickly. But the staff there abuses the Wingding Eyes to the point of ill effect. Rather than trying to make a joke, they implicate a desire to create emotion with no effort into it.
   
6. The pacing in many of the episodes is completely horrid. Several episodes have no idea how to string their script from Point A to Point B to Point Z coherently. Painbow is one such example, rushing through the middle of the plot to get to the main scene, which lasts half of the 11-minute episode.
   
7. It doesn't know what to do. Unlike Teen Titans Go, the Powerpuff Girls 2016 is a "soft reboot." Some things change, yet it sticks to the original show's continuity. By trying to appease both the old and new (and often, it tries to do it too hard), the show's identity looks really lost. When it attempts to go trendy (i.e., modernizing the world and using memes as jokes for the sake of it), it looks dated very quickly. Stick to one identity and go from there.
   

If comparing the current episode line to Teen Titans Go's at the same points, TTG is better than PPG 2016. However, since the end of season one or beginning of season two, Teen Titans Go's quality degraded awesomely. Still an infant show, Powerpuff Girls has a chance to rebound like FIM following Winter Wrap Up. But to rebound well, it needs some plan to make this show timeless. Don't try to modernize it to pander to the current generation. Put in some effort to bridge the gap with quality storytelling and characters. And please, watch for the implications!