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Apparently, there's this show called Filly Funtasia coming out, and here's what i know.
There are five main races in the show, and each main character will represent one of them.
Willow (far left) is a Fairy Filly. Yes, even males are called fillies. Anyways, all I know is that they can fly, and that all of them have green wings.
Bella (left) is an Elf Filly. Nobody really know anything about them except they have pointer ears than the other races (duh), and they wear winged crowns.
Rose (center) is obviously a Unicorn Filly. They have horns and live on floating crystals. 'Nuff said.
Cedric (right) is a Princess Filly. Well, actually he's a prince, but Princess is what the race is called in general. They wear those crowns (the circular ones).
Lynn (far right) is a Witchy Filly. Witchy Fillies wear capes that give them their magic. All five races have magic, but Witches are the ones I know most about. Each one of them has one of five different capes, and their powers are determined by that cape. The cape types are love, flower, light, air, and water.
Anyways, do you think the show will be another G3? Or do you think it has potential.?
I'm going to sound like a jerk...But I'm sorry, this just looks like somepony is trying to rip off of MLP.
Willow looks like a bad OC, I mean dark colors, a Prince, Creepy wings...yeah...
And having the main character a UNICORN even? yeeaahh they're seriously ripping off of MLP here...
Whoever these people are....they need to think of their own idea's and not rip off of other ones...
I'm sorry if I sound harsh or mean...but But I just really reeeaaalllyyy hate rip offs...
I'mma be "that guy" and say: You just learned of this now?
Derpibooru was all up on it with uploads for a while and we decided to forget sometime a week or two after to before Season 4. This isn't old news, I think even Equestria Daily reported on it. So, not exactly "timely" in any case. This was a thing before Season 4.
/"That guy" routine
But, on the topic:
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And if the DB comment box is an example, I predict this will be the thread:
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Quote from: MrEmu on 2014 May 30, 20:51:36
I'm going to sound like a jerk...But I'm sorry, this just looks like somepony is trying to rip off of MLP.
Willow looks like a bad OC, I mean dark colors, a Prince, Creepy wings...yeah...
And having the main character a UNICORN even? yeeaahh they're seriously ripping off of MLP here...
Whoever these people are....they need to think of their own idea's and not rip off of other ones...
I'm sorry if I sound harsh or mean...but But I just really reeeaaalllyyy hate rip offs...
I'm going to to sound like a jerk...but you're being a fanboy, here. Ideas cannot be copyrighted. If no one ever followed suit on a successful idea the world would be pretty lackluster in terms of creative content.
If ideas could be copyrighted the people would be able to claim ownership of an entire genre of entertainment. Could you imagine a world with only one rock band, one rapper, and one country singer? How about one sci-fi author, one action author, and one romance author?
How is it bad for consumers for people to "copy" a good thing? Doesn't that mean more good things from more people?
They look sorta kinda cute in their own way, I guess.
The main thing I don't like is that all of the ponies are referred to with female nouns. I'm not sure this is going to be very progressive a show at all. Not saying it has to be progressive to be good, but... it's just weird to call them all fillies and call an entire race a princess race. This is definitely aimed at little girls so much that they've gone and girlified it, possibly to sickening extremes. I wouldn't be surprised if this show will have... *Dramatic zoom-in* G3-itis.
Regardless, I'll probably check the show out if I can. I thought MLP:FiM would be stupidly girly before I watched it, after all. We all did. :P
Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2014 May 31, 11:26:07
The main thing I don't like is that all of the ponies are referred to with female nouns.
Not that big of a deal. In the real world titles are often defaulted to masculine nouns and pronouns. I'd imagine and matriarchal world would do the opposite.
Two of the main characters are male, that's a good sign!
And here's a trailer:
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I think the hand mirrors act like cell phones, and at 0:50, Rose took a selfie with Lynn, so I guess they double as cameras.
Er... what in Equestria is this? First time i'm seen this, and my reaction: "What the hay?"
Quote from: MrSpyro on 2014 May 31, 11:42:13
Two of the main characters are male, that's a good sign!
And here's a trailer:
I think the hand mirrors act like cell phones, and at 0:50, Rose took a selfie with Lynn, so I guess they double as cameras.
It looks cuter in action. O:
I actually kinda giggled a little during that video. But I can't really judge yet just based on that video. I need to hear some voice acting and see what kind of stories it'll have. Buuuut based on that video, I'm likely going to check out the pilot when it comes out.
Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2014 May 31, 10:00:26
I'm going to to sound like a jerk...
Nah, You're not being a jerk, I understand people insulting something they don't know to much about is kinda derpish to do! ;)
Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2014 May 31, 10:00:26
Ideas cannot be copyrighted. If no one ever followed suit on a successful idea the world would be pretty lackluster in terms of creative content.
If ideas could be copyrighted the people would be able to claim ownership of an entire genre of entertainment. Could you imagine a world with only one rock band, one rapper, and one country singer? How about one sci-fi author, one action author, and one romance author?
How is it bad for consumers for people to "copy" a good thing? Doesn't that mean more good things from more people?
there's a difference between saying "Hey, The Lord of the Rings is popular, I'll make a Midevil (Shh, I can't spell midevil the right way) fantasy book!", that is something totally different from what I'm seeing here though, I mean using ponies was a unique twist that Hasbo did. Most cartoons uses cats or dogs or bunnies, you know...but I have NEVER seen one based around ponies or horses before besides MLP...that was quite unique of them!
I'll still give it a chance but I'm sorry it REALLY looks like they are just trying to ride off of MLP's popularity...and not to be mean...but I'v never seen a single cartoon come even close to MLP for characterization, and emotional depth in my book...(Not insulting other cartoons, complementing MLP)
I understand though I relate to the characters of MLP so much more then almost any other show out there...so it's going to hit me a lot more emotionally deeper then others...
Anycase...I'm done rambling! :]
Quote from: MrEmu on 2014 May 31, 20:51:42
...and not to be mean...but I'v never seen a single cartoon come even close to MLP for characterization, and emotional depth in my book...
You never watched As Told By Ginger!?
Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2014 May 31, 20:55:06
Quote from: MrEmu on 2014 May 31, 20:51:42
...and not to be mean...but I'v never seen a single cartoon come even close to MLP for characterization, and emotional depth in my book...
You never watched As Told By Ginger!?
That is the first time I'v heard of it actually... But as I said, there are just some personal elements that made MLP all the more special to me...
I've heard about the show for a while now. If I am not mistaken the Funtasia toys are more or less European in origin (Germany?) in comparison to My Little Pony.
I would probably watch it in the sense of seeing something new.
I have seen this toy in Germany and now it's sold in my country too.
I don't know why I didn't see this sort of thing coming, but here's my reaction:
I feel like Filly Funtasia will appeal to kids specifically. I imagine that young kids today have become accustomed to CGI cartoons, much in the way that the older demographic (teens to college kids) grew up with fluid 2D animation stuff. So the little ones might get a kick out of it. :nod: Older bronies? I'd rather doubt it. :s But you truly never know. Nonetheless, imma check it out. After all, it's doing something right over in Germany.
Oh jeez, I forgot all about this.
Those times were glorious.
Everyone was so mad.
I was never a fan of CGI. Then again, never really liked vector graphics either X3
I guess what i'm trying to say is the visual presentation is important, for me it's not nearly as important as the stroy, character chemistry and stuff. Will i check it? Yeah, eventually, i mean to MLP i got before S4 started. (watched g1 when i was little though)
As much as I'm sick of "princess franchise for little girls", the 3D production seems quality, the design is sturdy, and not all.. anorexic bratz-like, which I like.
I'm not going to watch it. And I'm still going to force Adventure Time and MLF Friendship is Magic on my future children. Each to their own, I suppose! :nod:
So, Princess is a race now? Wow, that's new...and weird) XD
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Quote from: MrSpyro on 2014 May 30, 17:39:44
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Apparently, there's this show called Filly Funtasia coming out, and here's what i know.
There are five main races in the show, and each main character will represent one of them.
Willow (far left) is a Fairy Filly. Yes, even males are called fillies. Anyways, all I know is that they can fly, and that all of them have green wings.
Bella (left) is an Elf Filly. Nobody really know anything about them except they have pointer ears than the other races (duh), and they wear winged crowns.
Rose (center) is obviously a Unicorn Filly. They have horns and live on floating crystals. 'Nuff said.
Cedric (right) is a Princess Filly. Well, actually he's a prince, but Princess is what the race is called in general. They wear those crowns (the circular ones).
Lynn (far right) is a Witchy Filly. Witchy Fillies wear capes that give them their magic. All five races have magic, but Witches are the ones I know most about. Each one of them has one of five different capes, and their powers are determined by that cape. The cape types are love, flower, light, air, and water.
Anyways, do you think the show will be another G3? Or do you think it has potential.?
I think It'll be in the middle. It might have potential, yet again it sort of has that G3 feeling. I do enjoy G3 though, so my opinion is probably different from other bronies! X3
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Quote from: -ReiMar- on 2014 Jun 17, 13:47:41
So, Princess is a race now? Wow, that's new...and weird) XD
ovO
Nothing new. It's a different series of fillies from Filly. There is Fairy, Unicorn, Princess, Wedding, and I think also Witches as well. These are the toy categories for Filly. It's more popular in Germany though.
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Quote from: Mumble on 2014 Jun 17, 13:00:38
As much as I'm sick of "princess franchise for little girls", the 3D production seems quality, the design is sturdy, and not all.. anorexic bratz-like, which I like.
I'm not going to watch it. And I'm still going to force Adventure Time and MLF Friendship is Magic on my future children. Each to their own, I suppose! :nod:
Well that's a shame. Not giving a show that might actually have potential a chance is like not giving MLP FIM a chance. Also, your children might choose not to watch your cartoon shows. And what do you mean by "Each to their own, I suppose!"?
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Quote from: Blitz Freeman on 2014 Jun 01, 13:43:20
I don't know why I didn't see this sort of thing coming, but here's my reaction:
I feel like Filly Funtasia will appeal to kids specifically. I imagine that young kids today have become accustomed to CGI cartoons, much in the way that the older demographic (teens to college kids) grew up with fluid 2D animation stuff. So the little ones might get a kick out of it. :nod: Older bronies? I'd rather doubt it. :s But you truly never know. Nonetheless, imma check it out. After all, it's doing something right over in Germany.
I'm sure that someday that these little kids will grow up being like us complaining about animation then. It's just nature. Don't judge a book by it's cover, it's one of the lessons that MLP FIM taught us or at least Rainbow Dash learned that lesson herself by claiming that reading is for "eggheads" lol Yeah, it's the #1 Girls toy in Germany.
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Quote from: Griffon on 2014 Jun 01, 13:16:07
I have seen this toy in Germany and now it's sold in my country too.
Makes you wonder if Filly will eventually reach the states as well and compete with MLP. Dracco doesn't sell it's merchandise for some reason in the US though. I wonder why?
Quote from: Bro1997 on 2014 Aug 03, 23:25:34
Quote from: Griffon on 2014 Jun 01, 13:16:07
I have seen this toy in Germany and now it's sold in my country too.
Makes you wonder if Filly will eventually reach the states as well and compete with MLP. Dracco doesn't sell it's merchandise for some reason in the US though. I wonder why?
I would assume it's because selling Filly toys over here would be competition for MLP, and Hasbro can be a force to be reckoned with. However, I think the first thing a lot of people will think is "What is this, an MLP ripoff?" while children may take an interest in it.
Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2014 Aug 04, 09:21:30
Quote from: Bro1997 on 2014 Aug 03, 23:25:34
Quote from: Griffon on 2014 Jun 01, 13:16:07
I have seen this toy in Germany and now it's sold in my country too.
Makes you wonder if Filly will eventually reach the states as well and compete with MLP. Dracco doesn't sell it's merchandise for some reason in the US though. I wonder why?
I would assume it's because selling Filly toys over here would be competition for MLP, and Hasbro can be a force to be reckoned with. However, I think the first thing a lot of people will think is "What is this, an MLP ripoff?" while children may take an interest in it.
I have seen a ton of MLP rip-off's before so I know what your saying. Dracco would need to market other franchises and also compete with Mattel as well. That means that there would be three major toy companies trying to obtain the best sales. I don't believe though that Dracco would do well over in the states only because Hasbro and Mattel would force them to bite the dust and leave. Then again, Dracco could always sell the right to Filly over to Mattel so it could be sold in the states. Then, people would think a little differently about it. Mattel needs a pony franchise anyway. Or does it? Besides, Hasbro does sell some merchandise over in Germany and I do think there's even a German dub of MLP FIM. Not to mention that GalaCon takes place in Ludwigsburg, Germany!
"Having potential" is far different than achieving that potential. I think somepony could make it work if they did it right. And the idea of magical talking ponies, while it was widely popularized by Hasbro, is not something copyrighted or that could or should be copyrighted.
HOWEVER... I have my worries. I am a conspiracy theorist, and so I do tend to assume the worst at times, (trying to work on that,) but while I don't deny that the show could have potential, I sadly fear that it was created solely because some corporation saw that MLP was becoming popular and decided to ride on that popularity. Now, if someone fun and artistic who wanted to make something good and unique got in charge of the show, then even with the creepy OC prince it could be good. (And since it's not MLP, even Prince OC Boy wouldn't be considered out of show character, so I guess I shouldn't tease him.) And I like the idea of trying to incorporate male characters. (Even if my cynical side tells me that it's just a ploy to lure in bronies and get more money.) But what I fear is likely to happen is that a big corporation who is interested in money more than quality will be the ones behind this, and only jumped on the pony boat because of all the money they saw in it. (Sadly, this is highly likely.)
The balance that Lauren created between keeping the feminine appeal for young girls while still designing a show everypony could like was a very fragile one. I'm not saying it can't be replicated. I'm just saying I'm not getting my hopes up.
Still... you never know.... :/
Quote from: Dream Bolt on 2014 Aug 14, 16:54:33
"Having potential" is far different than achieving that potential. I think somepony could make it work if they did it right. And the idea of magical talking ponies, while it was widely popularized by Hasbro, is not something copyrighted or that could or should be copyrighted.
HOWEVER... I have my worries. I am a conspiracy theorist, and so I do tend to assume the worst at times, (trying to work on that,) but while I don't deny that the show could have potential, I sadly fear that it was created solely because some corporation saw that MLP was becoming popular and decided to ride on that popularity. Now, if someone fun and artistic who wanted to make something good and unique got in charge of the show, then even with the creepy OC prince it could be good. (And since it's not MLP, even Prince OC Boy wouldn't be considered out of show character, so I guess I shouldn't tease him.) And I like the idea of trying to incorporate male characters. (Even if my cynical side tells me that it's just a ploy to lure in bronies and get more money.) But what I fear is likely to happen is that a big corporation who is interested in money more than quality will be the ones behind this, and only jumped on the pony boat because of all the money they saw in it. (Sadly, this is highly likely.)
The balance that Lauren created between keeping the feminine appeal for young girls while still designing a show everypony could like was a very fragile one. I'm not saying it can't be replicated. I'm just saying I'm not getting my hopes up.
Still... you never know.... :/
Apparently, the Filly Funtasia toys have been around since, about, 2006 in Germany, which would explain why none of us Americans have heard of it.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic didn't start until 2010.
Quote from: Dream Bolt on 2014 Aug 14, 16:54:33
"Having potential" is far different than achieving that potential. I think somepony could make it work if they did it right. And the idea of magical talking ponies, while it was widely popularized by Hasbro, is not something copyrighted or that could or should be copyrighted.
HOWEVER... I have my worries. I am a conspiracy theorist, and so I do tend to assume the worst at times, (trying to work on that,) but while I don't deny that the show could have potential, I sadly fear that it was created solely because some corporation saw that MLP was becoming popular and decided to ride on that popularity. Now, if someone fun and artistic who wanted to make something good and unique got in charge of the show, then even with the creepy OC prince it could be good. (And since it's not MLP, even Prince OC Boy wouldn't be considered out of show character, so I guess I shouldn't tease him.) And I like the idea of trying to incorporate male characters. (Even if my cynical side tells me that it's just a ploy to lure in bronies and get more money.) But what I fear is likely to happen is that a big corporation who is interested in money more than quality will be the ones behind this, and only jumped on the pony boat because of all the money they saw in it. (Sadly, this is highly likely.)
The balance that Lauren created between keeping the feminine appeal for young girls while still designing a show everypony could like was a very fragile one. I'm not saying it can't be replicated. I'm just saying I'm not getting my hopes up.
Still... you never know.... :/
The idea of magical ponies that talk didn't start with Hasbro though. It started because of "Pony Books" which stared horses/ponies that actually talked. Many started to be released in the 1920s, but started with Anna Sewell's Black Beauty which was written around 1877. We don't exactly know if Filly Funtasia will be a good show. I do myself believe it has potential, but in order to have that it will need to do things differently then MLP. And it does, don't give me wrong. Filly is different from the Chinese companies who make MLP rip offs and sell them in typical dollar stores in the US. They have their own series of ponies like witches, angels, fairies, unicorns, and I think they also have a wedding series. So it's definitely possible for Filly Funtasia to do good, it just depends on our opinions and the theorists if the show is actually popular. Yeah, it's possible for Dracco to be doing this TV show just because MLP has done well because of the 2010 cartoon. But no one is going to do ponies the way Lauren Faust did it. She did it in a special way because she wanted to teach actual morals and friendship lessons instead of being all girly too-shoes and not really understanding the full aspect of having a good friendship with others. Just the fun the comes with it is what G3 did. Not that it's bad, but still. Believe me, I do think of the worst sometimes too. I still believe MLP FIM is going to end next year.
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Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2014 Aug 14, 18:54:57
Quote from: Dream Bolt on 2014 Aug 14, 16:54:33
"Having potential" is far different than achieving that potential. I think somepony could make it work if they did it right. And the idea of magical talking ponies, while it was widely popularized by Hasbro, is not something copyrighted or that could or should be copyrighted.
HOWEVER... I have my worries. I am a conspiracy theorist, and so I do tend to assume the worst at times, (trying to work on that,) but while I don't deny that the show could have potential, I sadly fear that it was created solely because some corporation saw that MLP was becoming popular and decided to ride on that popularity. Now, if someone fun and artistic who wanted to make something good and unique got in charge of the show, then even with the creepy OC prince it could be good. (And since it's not MLP, even Prince OC Boy wouldn't be considered out of show character, so I guess I shouldn't tease him.) And I like the idea of trying to incorporate male characters. (Even if my cynical side tells me that it's just a ploy to lure in bronies and get more money.) But what I fear is likely to happen is that a big corporation who is interested in money more than quality will be the ones behind this, and only jumped on the pony boat because of all the money they saw in it. (Sadly, this is highly likely.)
The balance that Lauren created between keeping the feminine appeal for young girls while still designing a show everypony could like was a very fragile one. I'm not saying it can't be replicated. I'm just saying I'm not getting my hopes up.
Still... you never know.... :/
Apparently, the Filly Funtasia toys have been around since, about, 2006 in Germany, which would explain why none of us Americans have heard of it.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic didn't start until 2010.
Actually it's just called Filly and yes it started in 2006. However, it only exists in Germany, Central European Countries like the Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia. It never has been around in the United States because I'm guessing due to too much competition against the big names, Hasbro and Mattel. My Little Pony itself started in 1983 (1982 as My Pretty Pony) and it started in the United States by toy designer Bonnie Zacherle. We know it very well because we live in the country MLP was founded upon. MLP is 23 years older then Filly so I'm guessing that prior to 2006 MLP was doing good in the European market. I've heard the only reason we have G4 is solely because of Filly and I think it's to try to retain the European audience that it lost 4 years prior to MLP FIM's launch. So Dracco probably responded by creating Filly Funtasia and will begin it's air time in 2015 because of it.
There are also Butterfly, Angel, and Mer-filly toylines, but I'm not sure that they will be in the show. At least the Butterflies and Mer-fillies. There was a character in the trailer who looks like an Alicorn from MLP, and he may be a Unicorn/Angel hybrid.
Quote from: MrSpyro on 2014 Aug 15, 21:05:30
There are also Butterfly, Angel, and Mer-filly toylines, but I'm not sure that they will be in the show. At least the Butterflies and Mer-fillies. There was a character in the trailer who looks like an Alicorn from MLP, and he may be a Unicorn/Angel hybrid.
Yeah you are right. Sothesti, the user on Equestria Daily who created Funtasia Daily told in the comments that his theory is that Al (Alicorn) is the Angles leader or something like that. I think that the Alicorn is an Angel Filly who just happens to also have a horn. He should have an important role however in the show since he appears in Twilight's (The teacher, not the hot looking purple alicorn) classroom and goes on some mission with some of the students. It's hard to tell what the actual plots to the show will be, but definitely more towards MLP FIM then the G3 movies. I do think the show will be good, it's just needs to do things that FIM doesn't do. And I believe that Filly Funtasia should be able to pull that off. It does look very impressive and the show has developed very well from the first trailer. I really hope I'm correct on all this. I still wonder what channel Filly Funtasia will be on in the United States, though!