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Post by Belchic on Nov 16, 2013 14:16:14 GMT -5
SPOILER ALERT! Okay, so after seeing this season finale...I guess babclayman was right! Things did turn out alright in the end! Although, I could say, after watching this episode, they could end the series here, but they could also do more with it, because there are still some loose ends that still need to be tied: 1. We still haven't seen Niblet's or Strudel's owners. 2. The Super Secret Pup Club still need to become official Pound Puppies. 3. Lucky and Cookie still haven't gotten a chance to confess their love for each other! I'm not sure if the Hub is planning on ordering another season. They should because it's a really good show, and because of the reasons I mentioned above. But then again, they have reached 65 episodes and seemed to have ended with a bang (I guess), and the show's popularity and ratings are much lower than MLP and LPS. Well, like bab would say: "only time will tell".
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Post by Belchic on Nov 17, 2013 21:52:28 GMT -5
Hate to tell you this guys, but I'm afraid the show has officially ended its production. According to Wikipedia, nothing has been said about a new season planned. I know Wikipedia is not the most reliable source, but if you'll look at the show's "Original Run", it's sited as October 10, 2010 - November 16, 2013, while My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is sited as October 10, 2010 - Present. Seeing that could very well mean that the Pound Puppies are through, finished, and done for. Sad to see an end to a show that was just getting really good, and I'm sure the Hub will continue to air reruns for historical purposes...but not for long.
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Post by Stirfry on Nov 17, 2013 22:12:20 GMT -5
Yeah this wasn't much of a surprise. At least it ended while it was good instead of continuing until it crashed into the ground as an unrecognizably mangled eldritch abomination to entertainment like a few other shows.
Though since the hub doesn't even have many original shows that I know of, I don't think re runs will be going anywhere any time soon. It's not like other stations where they're constantly pushing old garbage out to make room for new garbage of course I could totally wrong but I really have only heard of 3 shows on that channel.
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Post by Belchic on Nov 18, 2013 11:46:49 GMT -5
Though since the hub doesn't even have many original shows that I know of, I don't think re runs will be going anywhere any time soon. It's not like other stations where they're constantly pushing old garbage out to make room for new garbage of course I could totally wrong but I really have only heard of 3 shows on that channel. The Hub has plenty of other original shows. I might have to agree with you on them keeping it on the network for a while. I mean, look at how long Dexter's Lab stayed on Cartoon Network after it's cancelation. Granted, they did try to reboot the series in the early 2000's, but a lot of us hard core fans like to pretend those don't exist. As for the network turning into crap...I hate to say it, but I'm sure in a few years time, the network will become that...just like all the other networks I grew up watching!
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Post by Belchic on Nov 18, 2013 23:07:15 GMT -5
Even though the series is over, I am going to try to wipe away my depression by watching all the episodes on Netflix from beginning to end regardless of how much of a letdown it was for me. I've already begun with the first episode: "The Yipper Caper", and I gotta agree with bab on the animation. It looks all choppy and jerky, and the characters all sound like they've got braces or something. Well, this is only the beginning, so I'll get to see how the series progressed and the characters evolved as the show went on.
I was going to post the dream I had today, but I decided to wait until another time. Watch for it, though.
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Post by babclayman on Nov 19, 2013 10:41:06 GMT -5
Strangely, Pound Puppies has yet to show itself on the UK Netflix. Neither does FIM or LPS. Which is odd, since it's showing Equestria Girls...
Wonder where it can be for the UK?
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Post by Belchic on Nov 19, 2013 14:54:24 GMT -5
Strangely, Pound Puppies has yet to show itself on the UK Netflix. Neither does FIM or LPS. Which is odd, since it's showing Equestria Girls... Wonder where it can be for the UK? Like I said. The US and Canada seem to favor the HubToons a lot more than the UK does. Much like how the UK favors the Dalmatians more than the US.
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Post by Belchic on Nov 20, 2013 0:05:28 GMT -5
I'm thinking the only way we'd see more out of this series would be if they decided to make a Pound Puppies movie. If they do, I hope it doesn't turn out to be a major bust like The Legend of Big Paw. Though I'm willing to bet Hasbro was planning to make a movie, but it got canceled due to the mixed reactions Equestria Girls got. Oh, btw, I noticed that the NC's review of LOBP was released just a couple weeks before the Hub's series premiered. I wonder if that was intended to be a promotion for it...
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Post by babclayman on Nov 20, 2013 11:58:50 GMT -5
I guess there's also Fan Productions too.
Pound Puppies, like FIM, is made on Flash or some similar program, so anyone could try to make an episode, if they got very determined. Right?
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Post by RaceFanX on Nov 20, 2013 12:10:29 GMT -5
All of Hasbro's movies ever except perhaps the first live-action Transformers have gotten mixed receptions. But EqG, while I wasn't a fan, did good business in limited release during a summer when many more expensive films flopped. I doubt Hasbro would cancel any venture they thought they could make money on but I highly doubt a Pound Puppies movie was ever in development. Pound Puppies (and Martha Speaks) do both get a shoutout in EqG (the avatars on the CMCs "not YouTube" video) because the same animation crew does it.
Nobody would be paying the Nostalgia Critic to promote anything film related, the guy is caustic because that's the character.
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Post by Belchic on Nov 20, 2013 15:22:42 GMT -5
All of Hasbro's movies ever except perhaps the first live-action Transformers have gotten mixed receptions. But EqG, while I wasn't a fan, did good business in limited release during a summer when many more expensive films flopped. I doubt Hasbro would cancel any venture they thought they could make money on but I highly doubt a Pound Puppies movie was ever in development. Pound Puppies (and Martha Speaks) do both get a shoutout in EqG (the avatars on the CMCs "not YouTube" video) because the same animation crew does it. Nobody would be paying the Nostalgia Critic to promote anything film related, the guy is caustic because that's the character. When did I say anything about NC getting payed to promote anything? People can promote stuff just for fun, can't they?
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Post by RaceFanX on Nov 21, 2013 17:38:50 GMT -5
I never posted my thoughts on the finale. Well no time like the present...
Going in knowing this was probably the final episode didn't hurt. This felt like a series finale in a good way and there were some great little roundings off to these characters...
1. McLeish telling Catcher to give it up, get a hobby, and stop bringing them dogs was deliciously meta. Odd that McLeish and Olaf just vanish after that scene but they served their purpose. Overall all of them were much better characters then the previous Pound Puppies pound owners.
2. Dot finally because tolerable, after that scene of her making breakfast she finally felt less annoying.
3. The PPs were at their best throughout the episode placing more pups than in any of the other ones except that early 67-pup General one. It was good to see them go out on top. When the FKD started smoking near the end I legitimately thought it was about to break down in a way that couldn't be fixed but it held up.
4. The end was about as good as an episodic cartoon like this was going to get. Lucky's decomissioning scene, complete with a tag change off the Pound Puppies one, was great and I honestly thought he was done. The setup for the ending I sort of expected but that ending did feel like a bit of a twist in a good way.
Would have been nice to see a few more of the characters one last time (the SSPC, the Kennel Kittens, some of the adopted pups/dogs) but with only so much time in a 22-minute episode I think it was well-used.
If that's the end well that's a pretty good point to leave on. There's nothing wrong with ending a show while it's still good and the fact the show sort of feels like it could continue is a compliment to its writers and staff (compare to say 101 which felt a bit tired at the end). These is still the only Hub show to date to win an award for writing and overall it was fun. Given PP's close connection to MLP and LPS I have a feeling it will be in reruns for at least another year or two (no other Hub series can really fill the gap, Strawberry Shortcake's too girly and Care Bears apparently got cancelled after just one season).
And how about the milage on this thread, it's been going for over 3 years! From the initial announcements to the finale this show always had our interest. It was a really fun ride and the show's production staff did a great job.
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Post by Belchic on Nov 21, 2013 18:07:12 GMT -5
From the way you put it there, Race, it sounds to me, this series might very well get a DVD release. I know a lot of the episodes have been released to DVD, but not whole seasons, plus they're impossible to find nowadays. Still kinda begs the question why 101 Dalmatians isn't getting one, but I think I have a theory why:
101D never was a popular show partially because many people didn't know it existed. Part of that reason might be because the episodes all aired rather quickly (they literally released all 65 episodes in only 6 months). With Pound Puppies, they actually took their time and spread the episodes out for a three-year period. This gave viewers a chance to actually see the series in its entirety and give them a chance to enjoy it, even though it was still in the shadows of MLP:FIM. I'm sure if they did the same with 101D, it would have gained a much better cult following, and possibly some home media releases and spin-off merchandise, and it's nice to see that Pound Puppies payed a lot of homages to the series itself.
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Post by Belchic on Nov 24, 2013 19:32:27 GMT -5
I'm having a really hard time finding the Pound Puppies plushies. At Toys R Us, I only see like one plush of Lucky and one Patches. Cookie, I can't find anywhere, not even on Amazon.
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Post by Belchic on Nov 26, 2013 20:00:05 GMT -5
This is something I decided to bring up about the series. I wanted to talk about the main 5 and how their central focus episodes play out from my perspective.
Lucky: Much like how Lucky is to 101 Dalmatians or Twilight Sparkle is to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Lucky is the leader of the main crew and is the most well-balanced character, so he deserved the most central focus episodes, which I'm pretty sure he did have.
Niblet: Niblet is definitely funny and lovable, but his central focus episodes tend to go a tad overboard.
Strudel: The thing about Strudel's central focus episodes is that her personality seems to drastically change in those episodes. She gets all cocky and arrogant and somewhat of a glory hog. I think Strudel belongs in the background as the brain of the group, because in her central focus episodes, she becomes very unlikable.
Squirt: I don't think Squirt had too many central focus episodes, and to be honest, I really don't know what to make out of them. I suppose they're interesting, but as long as the other dogs get spotlight as well, it shouldn't be too much like overkill.
Cookie: To me, I think Cookie gets ignored way too much in this series. From what I've seen, she only got like three central focus episodes in the entire series! Heck, she was even totally out of commission in one episode! Cookie's central focus episodes show a prime example of her softer side, but I don't understand why she got so little of them or that the writers shoved her aside so much. I think Cookie is just as well-balanced as Lucky, and those two have great chemistry together. That really pisses me off. Did I mention she's my favorite of the main 5?
I leave this open for other thoughts.
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