Quote from: Tuggernuts on October 04, 2011, 06:23:39 pm
but I am sure you don't complain about them doing it.
Of course I am not complaining about them; I'm not even watching them.
Quote from: Tuggernuts on October 04, 2011, 06:23:39 pm
I am not annoyed, nor am I upset you're not into it. I am just saying, is all.
No problem then. From your earlier post it seemed to me that you would be getting progressively more and more angry. I'm glad that I've had the wrong impression.
Quote from: Tuggernuts on October 04, 2011, 06:23:39 pm
I sound like an ass, just saying now I'm not trying to. I am just saying, the same thing can be said for almost every TV show out there.
But you are right, many shows do take from each other. Sometimes they do stuff in a fresh way so it doesn't seem to much of a copy and it's entertaining. The problem isn't that they take from other shows, but that you can almost predict the whole episode based on that so it becomes boring. It's like you watched the episode already so you're just waiting through the whole episode to finally finish.
Many Hollywood movies in the past years were utter crap. The reason is that people are forcing original stuff, but almost everything good has been done already. If you want to make something good, you can't avoid copying somebody else whether you do it consciously, unconsciously or even accidentally (i.e. you didn't even know this already existed). The trick is not to make something totally original, but take something familiar and good and put it into a new package, in a new and fresh way. This show did manage to do that with some episodes, but they failed with others.
I liked that each pony had their own distinctive personality and everything that goes with it. But I didn't like it that they usually forced a piece of every pony into every episode (e.g. the episode is about one specific pony and then they show how that pony handles itself with its problem interacting with the other 5). It's good that all characters get developed together, but I feel that in 3 minutes you can't show enough. I liked the episodes where there was no such thing a lot more. You can tell it's meant to be a kids' show, there's just some good depth missing. I was also disappointed that the show had episodes with each having a separate storyline instead of continuity. When I watched the first 2 episodes, I really hope that there would be continuity. :/
In any case, it's still an alright show. This is not to prove a point or something, I'm just putting together a bit more what I didn't like about it.
EDIT: Also, it can't be prejudice if I watched the show. Prejudice would mean that I don't like it for some reason, but I haven't watched it. This is an honest opinion formed by watching and trying to enjoy the show. I can't say that I wasted my time, because I enjoyed watching it. I'm just saying that I wish it had been better and maybe more fulfilled my expectations. That's your fault. I expected quite a bit, because you are such big fans. >_>
EDIT: Lol, I didn't expect this much text to come together explaining this.