3/4/2023 0 Comments Mlp the smooze![]() In order to do this, Sunny the earth pony and her diverse group of friends must find and unite three magical macguffins (crystals), each representing one of the three types of pony. The central plot is that earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns all live separately and have for a long time, and one plucky little pony, Sunny, wants them all to desegregate and be friends again. Knowing this, I went in expecting a simplistic, childish plot. This one’s for the kids,” it neighs emphatically. Released to Netflix as My Little Pony: A New Generation, even the title is unambiguous for this franchise’s target audience. ![]() This article is about G5: the reboot that follows on the heels (hoofs?) of G4 and has a lot to live up to. This generation exploded in popularity, particularly among adult men, spawning conventions and fan creations of such fabulous quality that it boggles the mind.īut the popularity of G4 is a different conversation entirely, and for that, I’ll point you to Jenny Nicholson’s “fandom autopsy”. This probably helped lead to G4, which is the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic series, which was done in 2D flash animation and had a very crisp, simple visual design. The less said about generation 3, the better in the early naughts, My Little Pony was rebooted with a terrible CGI version that looked like a Lisa Frank fever dream. G1 and G2 were beloved classics and did well enough. (My favorite My Little Pony series, from the early ‘90s, My Little Pony Tales, had a run of 26 episodes and introduced 77 different ponies.) After all, the parent company is Hasbro, a toy company, and certainly, the first and second generations (those that brought us My Little Pony movie of 1986) featured so many ponies that I struggle to name them. I don’t think it’s disingenuous to say that My Little Pony has almost always existed to sell toys. And like many 1980s babies, I’m now a parent myself, meaning that the newest reboot can capitalize on my nostalgia while selling their toy lines to the newest crop of consumers: my children. This struck me as a surprising question because, as a person born in the 1980s, of course I have a certain fond nostalgia for the brightly colored, animated ponies. ![]() When I mentioned to my mother-in-law that I was writing a review of My Little Pony, her first, knee-jerk reaction was, “Why?” ![]()
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