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Post by Belchic on Apr 10, 2016 20:10:01 GMT -5
To be honest I kinda stopped caring about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic as I just kinda moved on and found something better to watch. I may prefer this series, the new Alvin and the Chipmunks and the new Ninja Turtles series. Also looking forward to seeing what Disney plans on doing with Zootopia. *sigh* No offense, Trey, but I just don't understand you anymore. I've known you for ten years, and the first couple years we've known each other, you and I were really close buddies, but you've changed a lot since those days. I thought at first that you and I had similar interests, but now it seems like our interests are very far apart. Unfortunately, this is just something you and I are going to have to learn to accept. I may not like "Transformers" or "The Simpsons" as much as you do, and you may not like "Pound Puppies" or "The Powerpuff Girls" as much as I do. You may not understand my liking towards totem pole trenches, and I may not understand your liking towards revamps of 80's cartoons. In the end, we're all different. Though it really shocks me to hear you don't like FIM anymore. I wonder what it is about LPS that catches your attention more than MLP? Though if your curious to know why I don't like LPS as much as MLP, here's a review I wrote about it: Littlest Pet Shop (2012):
Here is another Hub Network exclusive series, which a lot of people from "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" worked on as well. "Littlest Pet Shop", like "MLP" is based on a girl-targeted toy line by Hasbro but has a formula that attracts a lot of males to it. I will say that I too am entertained by this show, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's particularly good. While "MLP" has a complex plot with very in-depth characters, "LPS" is basically the same thing over and over again with very predictable characters. It's about a teenage girl named Blythe who works at a pet shop with pets who regularly attend the day care and somehow has the ability to understand what they are saying and talk to them. The plot of every episode is basically Blythe dealing with an everyday life problem while the pets deal with a similar problem; that's about it. Another problem with the show is unlike "MLP", which is set in a fantasy environment giving it endless plot possibilities, "LPS" is set in a modern-day, real-life environment giving it very limited plot possibilities. Not to mention considering the usage of modern technology and some of the characters having the personalities of teenagers of today puts the show at risk of dating itself. While we are supposed to care about Blythe, she's not extremely interesting, and the supporting cast doesn't help too much: Blythe's friends are okay, Blythe's dad is uninteresting, Mrs. Twombly is useless, and the Biskit Twins are probably the worst villains I've ever seen in an animated series. The only characters who make the show worthwhile are the pets themselves; with their mixed personalities, talents and chemistry, the pets save the show from feeling boring and shallow. Even though they are all simply-built, their moments are very entertaining to watch. In the roster, we've got Zoe the dog (pop singer, selfish, diva attitude), Pepper the skunk (comedic, regretful, stinky), Vinnie the gecko (comic relief, dancing fool, obsessive, heart of gold), Russell the hedgehog (smart, practical, organized, uptight), Minka the monkey (crazy, artistic), Sunil the mongoose (magical, insecure, wimpy) and Penny Ling the panda (cute, sensitive, strong, rather gluttonous). There's another semi-recurring pet: a rabbit named Buttercream. She was introduced as a new character in the middle of the first season, and I just can't stand her; I find her to be at least ten times more annoying than SpongeBob SquarePants and Scrappy-Doo combined, which is odd because for some reason, everybody else I know who watches this show loves her! Though I've noticed as the series progressed, Buttercream started appearing less often, which is good because I think one can only take so much of her randomness. Another problem this show has is they seem to be trying too hard to keep it running just so it could compete with MLP's popularity. It is currently in the middle of its fourth season and has already gone way past the 65 episode limit that most cartoons should have and has already exhausted every cartoon cliche in the book; Hasbro announced this would be its last season, but fans are petitioning to keep the show running as we speak. Another similarity this show has to "MLP" is the fact that it has songs; some are entertaining and parody other musical genres (also like "MLP"), but most of them feel unnecessary and uninspiring. Overall, "Littlest Pet Shop" does have a lot of good aspects, but it's very problematic. If the creators of this show think it can be the next "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic", then they are trying too hard! I know I sound like I'm ratting on this show a lot, but it has plenty of good aspects...at least during its early production, because I feel the show kind of wore out its welcome for me during the last half of the third season.
Score: 7/10And there you have it. Again, this is nothing against you, Trey. I just wanted to express my honest opinion here.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Apr 11, 2016 0:41:25 GMT -5
Maybe I needed to say more...
I will admit I haven't really tuned in to the Hub since it became Discovery Family. I haven't watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic since 2014 so I kinda moved on.
That doesn't mean I hate the show now. But I will add that since then I bought three Littlest Pet Shop DVDs thanks to a $10 off coupon I got from Amazon so it was like I got fifteen episodes on iTunes for only a buck each.
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Post by Belchic on Apr 11, 2016 9:49:25 GMT -5
Maybe I needed to say more... I will admit I haven't really tuned in to the Hub since it became Discovery Family. I haven't watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic since 2014 so I kinda moved on. That doesn't mean I hate the show now. But I will add that since then I bought three Littlest Pet Shop DVDs thanks to a $10 off coupon I got from Amazon so it was like I got fifteen episodes on iTunes for only a buck each. Well, I won't give any spoilers, but I will tell you that MLP has had a lot of major changes since then, but the episodes have been sort of hit and miss. As for you owning the LPS DVD's, good for you (I didn't even know they had any). That shows a sign of a true fan. I bought two Pound Puppies DVD's (one of which I've been watching every Christmas), and I'm just as happy. I won't argue over your interests, but if LPS stands as your favorite HubToon, that's your opinion.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Apr 13, 2016 12:59:07 GMT -5
Do you remember when you said this Belchic? As entertaining as this show is, I really think they need to end it. Like I said, it's repetitive, it's predictable, and it risks dating itself. If Pound Puppies ended after 65 episodes, then what gives them the right to go on with LPS? MLP is excusable because of its popularity and the fact that it's set in an environment with endless possibilities, but LPS is not like that. This show will never be the next MLP:FIM. There's more truth in that than you know. The reason I say this is because fewer people may have really remembered Littlest Pet Shop being a toy line introduced in the 90s, and even if you were a fan of first cartoon from 1995 it would have been okay as nobody held anything against it--it was perfectly fine if you openly said you liked Littlest Pet Shop. With My Little Pony... that's a different beast altogether. Wheter you care to remember it or not, MLP spent 20+ years as a franchise that was originally the butt of everyone's jokes and it's only real audience were little girls who were expected to outgrow it the moment they hit third grade. Like what AniMat says if you were to time travel back to 2008-2009 and you openly said adult men were going to get into My Little Pony, you would have been branded a pedophile. Also because it is still a merchandise-driven show they will have to end My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic sometime, and like it says on TV Tropes it's uncertain how later continuities will fare. They made it work once... but all we can do is wait and see if it will work again.
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Post by Belchic on Apr 13, 2016 14:09:12 GMT -5
Do you remember when you said this Belchic? As entertaining as this show is, I really think they need to end it. Like I said, it's repetitive, it's predictable, and it risks dating itself. If Pound Puppies ended after 65 episodes, then what gives them the right to go on with LPS? MLP is excusable because of its popularity and the fact that it's set in an environment with endless possibilities, but LPS is not like that. This show will never be the next MLP:FIM. There's more truth in that than you know. The reason I say this is because fewer people may have really remembered Littlest Pet Shop being a toy line introduced in the 90s, and even if you were a fan of first cartoon from 1995 it would have been okay as nobody held anything against it--it was perfectly fine if you openly said you liked Littlest Pet Shop. With My Little Pony... that's a different beast altogether. Wheter you care to remember it or not, MLP spent 20+ years as a franchise that was originally the butt of everyone's jokes and it's only real audience were little girls who were expected to outgrow it the moment they hit third grade. Like what AniMat says if you were to time travel back to 2008-2009 and you openly said adult men were going to get into My Little Pony, you would have been branded a pedophile. Also because it is still a merchandise-driven show they will have to end My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic sometime, and like it says on TV Tropes it's uncertain how later continuities will fare. They made it work once... but all we can do is wait and see if it will work again. You are right to some degree. They will have to end MLP at some point, but when they do, are you saying that LPS will still continue after that? Also, you say MLP will have to end at some point, so with that in mind, if I may ask...Why is it that shows like The Simpsons, South Park, Pokemon, SpongeBob SquarePants, Family Guy, Aqua Tern Hunger Force, Robot Chicken and American Dad! are still running? Those shows have been running for over a decade! Yes, I know they're popular shows, but most of them not any more than FIM, and a lot of them have ratings in the hole, yet they're still making episodes! I believe you when you say MLP:FIM will eventually end, and I have a pretty good idea when it will happen. The movie is coming out in late 2017, and usually when TV shows get their own theatrical movies, that's when the show declines and leads to its cancelation. Believe me, movies based on TV shows always bomb! I can't think of a single TV-show-based theatrical movie that was a financial success, so I know it's bound to happen. I'm still planning to go see it on opening night, but I just know it's just a disaster waiting to happen! Anyway, I don't know what else to say about LPS, but it sounds to me like you're trying to tell me it's popularity is surpassing MLP. I wouldn't be surprised if LPS gets a movie too. Hasbro probably already has one planned, but they might be waiting to see how the MLP movie does first, and if it flops, they'll probably cancel their plans for the LPS movie...or not. Eh, who am I kidding? If Hasbro is planning to make an LPS movie, knowing them and how they've been treating the franchise, they'll probably make the movie anyway regardless of how well the MLP movie does! I'm sure both of these movies are being made just to introduce new characters so that Hasbro can sell more toys; that's the way it's always been.
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Post by Belchic on Apr 16, 2016 15:08:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure where this series is going now, but if I find out it's getting renewed for another series, I am not going to watch it anymore. I've gotten to the point where I have lost interest with this series.
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Post by Belchic on Apr 23, 2016 13:53:50 GMT -5
So it looks like Buttercream has made her long-awaited return this episode.
This was also an episode that mainly featured only the boy pets. The girl pets only made a small cameo, and that was it.
I like how this episode satirized how many people are addicted to their smart phones these days.
Still, the series is growing stale, and having the plot focus on first world problems really doesn't make it more interesting.
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Post by Belchic on Jun 4, 2016 17:23:27 GMT -5
Well, today, the supposed series finale of the show aired. Though I'm sure sometime within the month, Trey is going to tell me they renewed it for another season.
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Post by Belchic on Jun 15, 2016 11:05:03 GMT -5
Okay, so as I said before, this series is supposedly over. Hasbro did say that this was going to be the last season. However, Trey did say that fans are petitioning to keep the show running.
I will say that the season finale did serve as a good finale for the series. Then again, it also opened the door for another season.
Well, TV Tropes has confirmed that the series is officially over, but like I've been told, anyone can edit on TV Tropes. I still have a feeling that within a few days, Trey is going to tell me that the show has been renewed for another season, and they're making a movie.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jun 15, 2016 13:53:28 GMT -5
I'll keep you posted. In the meantime... Also, you say MLP will have to end at some point, so with that in mind, if I may ask...Why is it that shows like The Simpsons, South Park, Pokemon, SpongeBob SquarePants, Family Guy, Aqua Tern Hunger Force, Robot Chicken and American Dad! are still running? Those shows have been running for over a decade! Yes, I know they're popular shows, but most of them not any more than FIM, and a lot of them have ratings in the hole, yet they're still making episodes! Well most of those that you listed are considered mature cartoons, and are not made solely to sell toys. The only one that is merchandise-driven is Pokemon, and the reason why that series continues long after the initial fad was over was because Pikachu is to the Japanese what characters like Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny are to us.
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Post by Belchic on Jun 15, 2016 13:58:06 GMT -5
I'll keep you posted. In the meantime... Also, you say MLP will have to end at some point, so with that in mind, if I may ask...Why is it that shows like The Simpsons, South Park, Pokemon, SpongeBob SquarePants, Family Guy, Aqua Tern Hunger Force, Robot Chicken and American Dad! are still running? Those shows have been running for over a decade! Yes, I know they're popular shows, but most of them not any more than FIM, and a lot of them have ratings in the hole, yet they're still making episodes! Well most of those that you listed are considered mature cartoons, and are not made solely to sell toys. The only one that is merchandise-driven is Pokemon, and the reason why that series continues long after the initial fad was over was because Pikachu is to the Japanese what characters like Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny are to us. Well, other than that, the only other show I listed there that is not a mature show is SpongeBob. Do you consider that show merchandise-driven? Also, you claim that the mature shows are not intended to sell merchandise, so what is it about them that keeps them running?
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jun 16, 2016 14:27:47 GMT -5
I'll keep you posted. In the meantime... Well most of those that you listed are considered mature cartoons, and are not made solely to sell toys. The only one that is merchandise-driven is Pokemon, and the reason why that series continues long after the initial fad was over was because Pikachu is to the Japanese what characters like Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny are to us. Well, other than that, the only other show I listed there that is not a mature show is SpongeBob. Do you consider that show merchandise-driven? Also, you claim that the mature shows are not intended to sell merchandise, so what is it about them that keeps them running? They are very valuable properties for their respective studios. They'd have to be stupid to just get rid of them. Plus you know that if you take Family Guy and ignore the objectionable content, you're pretty much watching SpongeBob right? Just like how if you take MLP:FiM and set it in a modern society, you're watching Littlest Pet Shop. So how you can hate one but not the other?
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Post by Belchic on Nov 3, 2016 12:06:21 GMT -5
Ok. It's officially been confirmed that the series is canceled. According to what I read, Hasbro decided to pull the plug on the show due to a lack of toy sales. They were pushing the series too far already.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Nov 3, 2016 12:22:35 GMT -5
Well this show became popular and it has a fanbase; maybe it doesn't have the cultural significance of G.I. Joe or Transformers and it's not completely down your throat and up your butt about its popularity like My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic but I feel this series is more modest about its popularity, and that may be appropriate for a Slice-of-Life show.
It also ended strong, and the characters stayed true to the end. Besides we did a pet movie this year as well.
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Post by Belchic on Mar 14, 2018 22:04:00 GMT -5
I saw a promo for the new LPS series, which is airing next month. Strangely, it actually looks very interesting. I might check it out.
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