G2 fans may not like the portrayal of G2.
I did not watch it but I think the G1 collector they featured said they looked like bugs? This is secondhand from hearing people on Discord complain.G2 fans may not like the portrayal of G2.
Can you spoil it for me and tell me what exactly we might not like? I haven't watched it yet.
Is it something along the lines of "this crap failed in the US so whatever!" ?
yes they literally said they didn't look good and looked like "insects"Ugh, I hate that implication. I'm so sick of the "G1 was great and then got infected with goo goo icky juice until Faust made it manly again" thing that gets spewed out by so many.
to me I got the vibe they were saying G2 ruined MLP (or threw it off track), and it wasnt until Lauren came in with FiM and saved it
G2 fans may not like the portrayal of G2.
Can you spoil it for me and tell me what exactly we might not like? I haven't watched it yet.
Is it something along the lines of "this crap failed in the US so whatever!" ?
yes they literally said they didn't look good and looked like "insects"Ugh, I hate that implication. I'm so sick of the "G1 was great and then got infected with goo goo icky juice until Faust made it manly again" thing that gets spewed out by so many.
to me I got the vibe they were saying G2 ruined MLP (or threw it off track), and it wasnt until Lauren came in with FiM and saved it
Valerie I'm glad your collection got featured! I enjoyed seeing the collections in the end credits!
Thanks for weighing in Sunset! I wasnt sure if I was reading too much into it because I felt a little sad that G2 got dunked on. Great point about the hub piece of it
Time ago I sent them pictures of my collection, and then I forgot it.Absolute congrats!
Today I received a text saying that one of my pics appears in the final credits :lol:
I haven´t Netflix so I couldn´t see the episode (hope to find it in another website soon), but I´m happy to see my picture. The person that sent me the screenshots said its is the only collection from Argentina they showed ^.^
Absolute congrats!
:lovey: :hug:Absolute congrats!
Thank you!!! :lovey:
It was a good watch! I was not disappointed (only wish it could've been longer). Didn't know the origin of MPP/MLP was quite that convoluted, so that was interesting to hear. Glad G2 at least got a a mention, which was more than I had expected really.
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It was a good watch! I was not disappointed (only wish it could've been longer). Didn't know the origin of MPP/MLP was quite that convoluted, so that was interesting to hear. Glad G2 at least got a a mention, which was more than I had expected really.
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What are those adorable bunnies and that yellow moose/deer?!?!?!?!
Yes that's what that is: a Bunnyhop prototype. it's a prototype Kirk has. He brought it to Pony Fair last year
One thing I thought was funny way how they took all that time showing how dark and scary RaMC (was it really a misstep? did it do poorly?) was then had Lauren Faust later saying "They live in cupcake houses" haha I guess they live in cupcakes in between battling centaur monsters with demonic powers haha
Time ago I sent them pictures of my collection, and then I forgot it.
Today I received a text saying that one of my pics appears in the final credits :lol:
I haven´t Netflix so I couldn´t see the episode (hope to find it in another website soon), but I´m happy to see my picture. The person that sent me the screenshots said its is the only collection from Argentina they showed ^.^
Time ago I sent them pictures of my collection, and then I forgot it.
Today I received a text saying that one of my pics appears in the final credits :lol:
I'm also a little sad that the UK comics weren't mentioned since some of the people they interviewed said that they "needed a story" to along with the toys.
I wonder if the Rainbow pony special was cancelled or scrapped after RAMC due to it being too scary as well and they went for something softer like escape from Catrina instead?
Some interesting stuff I noticed in the background:Does that Snuzzle-looking pony have closed eyes? It looks like it, but her hair is in the way.
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I wonder if the Rainbow pony special was cancelled or scrapped after RAMC due to it being too scary as well and they went for something softer like escape from Catrina instead?
wasn't that animation actually from the TV advert for the rainbow ponies...? I've always assumed there WAS no "rainbow pony special", they just knew they'd be making another MLP cartoon in the future (or thought it was a safe enough bet that they would, lol) and used that animation because it was new/handy/whatever.
Also a little more explanation about exactly what "old MLP cartoons" Faust watched where ponies "didn't go on adventures and lived in cupcake houses in a meadow" as G1 MLP ponies went on many adventures. The episode showed clips from Tales during that segment but that was probably done because it fit with what Faust was saying.
I would have also liked a little balance on RAMC as even though everyone was saying that wasn't what they had in mind. Couldn't they find at least one person who said it might not have been what thy expected but they enjoyed or that it was more popular than they thought it would be?
The rainbow pony animation is from the TV ad for rainbow Ponies. I always find it interesting that it shows 2 rainbow ponies sliding down the rainbow and rainbow ponies jumping off the cliff. Maybe they used some of the animation from RAMC for inspiration for the ad.
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Also a little more explanation about exactly what "old MLP cartoons" Faust watched where ponies "didn't go on adventures and lived in cupcake houses in a meadow" as G1 MLP ponies went on many adventures. The episode showed clips from Tales during that segment but that was probably done because it fit with what Faust was saying.
I would have also liked a little balance on RAMC as even though everyone was saying that wasn't what they had in mind. Couldn't they find at least one person who said it might not have been what thy expected but they enjoyed or that it was more popular than they thought it would be?
I think they broke up that part of the interview with Faust and showed it out of order. She said she was given cartoons to review but it would make sense if they were 3.5 cartoons as that was the show she was suppose to be improving on. Because some point she’s also talking about how she sees Firefly as a ”bad ass” and that’s exactly how Firefly is portrayed on RAMC. Plus, all the dragon fighting, mountain climbing and basic adventures makes it hard to understand how she’s criticizing RAMC as having cupcake houses.
Prince_Sunbeam: :cheer: Is your pic in the show? wich one is yours?
And thanks for the congratulations ;) ^.^
The more I hear about these interviews, the less I like them. It really sounds like they were edited to push a certain narrative, like others have said... I'm still not sure if I want to watch this or not. All that stuff about them bashing G2 (insects?!?!?) doesn't exactly thrill me, either. :huh:
Overall I'm really happy that they chose MLP to include for an episode. They could have picked so many other toys instead.
They didn't seem to focus as much on design details etc as some other episodes, things about prototypes etc. I haven't seen the rest of season 3 yet though so maybe that's just how they're doing this season. More entertainment factor than being informative. The other seasons had a bit more documentary feel but with a bit of humour here and there.
Also a little more explanation about exactly what "old MLP cartoons" Faust watched where ponies "didn't go on adventures and lived in cupcake houses in a meadow" as G1 MLP ponies went on many adventures. The episode showed clips from Tales during that segment but that was probably done because it fit with what Faust was saying.
I would have also liked a little balance on RAMC as even though everyone was saying that wasn't what they had in mind. Couldn't they find at least one person who said it might not have been what thy expected but they enjoyed or that it was more popular than they thought it would be?
I think they broke up that part of the interview with Faust and showed it out of order. She said she was given cartoons to review but it would make sense if they were 3.5 cartoons as that was the show she was suppose to be improving on. Because some point she’s also talking about how she sees Firefly as a ”bad ass” and that’s exactly how Firefly is portrayed on RAMC. Plus, all the dragon fighting, mountain climbing and basic adventures makes it hard to understand how she’s criticizing RAMC as having cupcake houses.
I agree with this. It doesn’t make any sense that Hasbro would have given her any G1 animation to watch but whatever they had been investing in most recently. The show did clip in a picture of the retro DVD set implying that it was G1. But then, to be generous, that may have been the closest DVD they had on hand to film that clip. (I bet they did have to track that down to get clips of early animation for the show) Would they have gone to the trouble of tracking down a DVD of the G3.5? I don’t know, did DVDs of that even exist outside of coming with a toy?
But I agree, it would be nice to have these details spelled out. But when they do release a dvd of season 3 I will buy it and let y’all know what extras there are. I’m willing to make that sacrifice 😉
Yes, the very first image in the credits. White bookcases lined with colored lights. I also recognized the photo of your collection and knew it had to be an arena member! :biggrin:
Congrats both of you for the pics at the end! It was fun seeing your collections like that.
Congrats both of you for the pics at the end! It was fun seeing your collections like that.
Awww thank you! :lovey:
i saw that too! congrats!! <3
I was also a little surprised at the multiple dissing of Rescue at Midnight Castle.... us 80's kids were boom baby with the dark fantasy! Well... I was, and I loved RAMC. Though, after being enlightened as to the creators etc (and the switching between transformers and more masculine cartoons) I can kind of understand it I guess - but I don't see it as reason to criticise - it didn't exactly dent their sales or popularity of mlp now, did it?! And (just personally) I'd watch RAMC and Escape from Catrina any day over FIM.
I found it entertaining. Didn't realise there were such discrepancies re the 'ownership' of the original design of the ponies (I did think that back and forth editing was funny - though goodness knows how much of the expressions/reactions were staged/edited for entertainment value).
I was also a little surprised at the multiple dissing of Rescue at Midnight Castle.... us 80's kids were boom baby with the dark fantasy! Well... I was, and I loved RAMC. Though, after being enlightened as to the creators etc (and the switching between transformers and more masculine cartoons) I can kind of understand it I guess - but I don't see it as reason to criticise - it didn't exactly dent their sales or popularity of mlp now, did it?! And (just personally) I'd watch RAMC and Escape from Catrina any day over FIM.
I've been trying to sort out my feelings after watching it and I am honestly dissapointed. The overall feeling is that I would have wanted a little more indept, but I don't know of what. But the bickering about who the original creator was and the tail-washer-thing got tiresome real fast. They could have saved some minutes there and focused on other stuff.. Like, all the other mlp-themed stuff they did, cups, cloths, clocks, the works. Many other episodes showed suff like that, just show there were more than just the dolls made. And the talk about Rescue at Midnight Castle made me shake my head. That was the first mlp-show I watched and I loved it! It's still my favorite!
Time ago I sent them pictures of my collection, and then I forgot it.
Today I received a text saying that one of my pics appears in the final credits :lol:
I haven´t Netflix so I couldn´t see the episode (hope to find it in another website soon), but I´m happy to see my picture. The person that sent me the screenshots said its is the only collection from Argentina they showed ^.^
It was a good watch! I was not disappointed (only wish it could've been longer). Didn't know the origin of MPP/MLP was quite that convoluted, so that was interesting to hear. Glad G2 at least got a a mention, which was more than I had expected really.
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I was also a little surprised at the multiple dissing of Rescue at Midnight Castle.... us 80's kids were boom baby with the dark fantasy! Well... I was, and I loved RAMC. Though, after being enlightened as to the creators etc (and the switching between transformers and more masculine cartoons) I can kind of understand it I guess - but I don't see it as reason to criticise - it didn't exactly dent their sales or popularity of mlp now, did it?! And (just personally) I'd watch RAMC and Escape from Catrina any day over FIM.
I am still weirded out by the RaMC remarks... like, so much stuff was like that in the 80s. I always assumed that's just what kids were into back then.
Last Unicorn is a girlhood CULT movie and it's much darker than RaMC. Little Mermaid was scary and violent (especially that final Boss Fight with Ursula), there was the Rainbow Brite pilot which was similar to RaMC, we had two Care Bears movies where they fought actual demons (a possessed book and a shapeshifter in all-red who makes deals with humans... sounds familiar). She-Ra fought monsters on the reg, the Fright Zone was literally the FRIGHT zone.
As a kid I was obsessed with Land Before Time and afaik, that movie was not made for boys only. It had female characters that were sold as plushies to little girls. It was gruesome as heck and somehow I not only survived watching it, I became a big fan and we played Sharptooth attack in Kindergarten :lookround:
I've been trying to sort out my feelings after watching it and I am honestly dissapointed. The overall feeling is that I would have wanted a little more indept, but I don't know of what. But the bickering about who the original creator was and the tail-washer-thing got tiresome real fast. They could have saved some minutes there and focused on other stuff.. Like, all the other mlp-themed stuff they did, cups, cloths, clocks, the works. Many other episodes showed suff like that, just show there were more than just the dolls made. And the talk about Rescue at Midnight Castle made me shake my head. That was the first mlp-show I watched and I loved it! It's still my favorite!
Honestly, I think they could make an entire series on My Little Pony alone. It would be awesome if they did more than one episode for each toy... because there is a lot to cover.
It is very North America centric, which is not surprising as they’re focused a lot on the original development of the toys (and it was the same for the other episodes) but it would have been interesting to see some nirvana ponies or mention that G2 lasted way longer in Europe.
Gorgeous collection photo and congratulations!
The things that irked me - Lauren Faust, just generally. I don't care what she wrote in a letter when she was 10, but it does sound like the "mane six" mentality is reflected in that letter a little bit. But I don't like her particularly so that's not a surprise. Obviously she did need to be in it.
The things that irked me - Lauren Faust, just generally. I don't care what she wrote in a letter when she was 10, but it does sound like the "mane six" mentality is reflected in that letter a little bit. But I don't like her particularly so that's not a surprise. Obviously she did need to be in it.
FIM has always been hit or miss for me so I was a little annoyed by the way Faust was focused on so much but that's probably me personally. It seemed to me that they were implying that Faust "saved" MLP by creating this completely different series.
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If anyone ever has a Kickstarter for a documentary on MLP I'll be more than happy to fork over money!
My top take-away is RUMP DESIGNS!!! I've always called them cutie marks, and those who argue that is not at all what those are called can kiss it as it was called cutie marks in the show! Although Taffeta did give me a lesson that they were pretty much dubbed rump designs in the UK and were even on marketing material. I did not know this.
:silly: :devious:
I was annoyed also at that they touched on how G2 don't look like ponies but completely ignored the fact that the current ponies ARE NOT PONIES EITHER.
My top take-away is RUMP DESIGNS!!! I've always called them cutie marks, and those who argue that is not at all what those are called can kiss it as it was called cutie marks in the show! Although Taffeta did give me a lesson that they were pretty much dubbed rump designs in the UK and were even on marketing material. I did not know this.
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Re: cutie marks - the term never existed until G3. Therefore, it only canonically applies to G3 and G4 ponies.
I was annoyed also at that they touched on how G2 don't look like ponies but completely ignored the fact that the current ponies ARE NOT PONIES EITHER.
Preach. Their disdain of G2 merely comes from the fact they flopped in the US and probably because they were made by Kenner peeps.
The first version of G4 looked like G2 babies, downwards turned snout and all.
What is the white and pink pony with the clear wings?
After all, she did have a g2 right there in her hands. Would she have one if she hated them that much?
Oh, I wasn't trying to say Summer wasn't allowed to dislike G2. It's just that she was holding one in her hand when she was talking about G2. It just made me think that some editing happened that didn't give her complete thoughts on the subject. I also think that a lot more interviews would have to happen for them to convey the full story of G2.
An A&E Documentary might be more nuanced and intriguing. :)
Or as suggested before, we could do our own.
I do personally (and I emphasise "personally") think bronies should get at least a small section, because it was a big and nostalgic aspect of the fandom for some people (though I may be the only one of those people here), but not treat them as the main focus. I respect your opinion, though.
I've never felt that bronies and non-bronies should be separated really. Ultimately the only thing that separates them is whether or not they view themselves as "bronies" - the whole "you don't have to be a brony to like ponies" thing. Basically, we can be bronies or not, it's our choice personally. That's how I think it should go (this is not arguing, mostly agreeing and explaining view on it - just in case it comes out wrong.)
Personally, I am just so bored of the MLP fandom getting split into "oldhead, pink-loving pony mommies" and bronies. As if new fans can't like G1-3 and old fans can't like G4. Blah. I wish we could move on.
So yeah. Enough already with the brony rubbish.Ouch! Right in the nostalgia... :silly: That aside, I do get what you're saying. (Please let me know if I am going out of hand with this - I don't want to get another thread closed.)
It's as though there's a belief that the first ever male pony fans happened in G4 - well, they didn't. It's as though MLP didn't have adult fans until G4. Well, they did. It's as though G4 created a MLP following - well, it both did and it didn't, depending on your angle, but it didn't invent the idea of a MLP fan community.
For those confused, I deleted my question about storylines, because misremembered the topic as having Arena memebers saying "We didn't need a storyline back in the day!" as it were, but the closest I found were people in the documentary saying that pre-G4 had no story. So I got that wrong, sorry about that.
I do personally (and I emphasise "personally") think bronies should get at least a small section, because it was a big and nostalgic aspect of the fandom for some people (though I may be the only one of those people here), but not treat them as the main focus. I respect your opinion, though.
I guess it would be a nice change to focus on the actual toyline/franchise and not the fans though.
Zapper, if you suggest pegasisters I will throw fakies at you. You have been warned. ;)
I had a super long reply but it's just not worth it. I have made my feelings about the entire brony separation thing super obvious in the past.
Zapper, if you suggest pegasisters I will throw fakies at you. You have been warned. ;)
That's what boggles my mind, actually! Female FiM fans feeling excluded from bronies within their own fandom, so they had to split themselves again into male FiM fan/female FiM fan. Instead of just going by "fan" or something more provocative: ORIGINAL TARGET AUDIENCE :lol:
Proof that "bro-ny" merely refers to ones sex and isn't needed because male G1-G3 fans have always existed and will continue to exist. Male G4 fans are not better or cooler than them. Not even by 20% :lol:
I had a super long reply but it's just not worth it. I have made my feelings about the entire brony separation thing super obvious in the past.
Aw, no rant? :( Disappointed...
I had a super long reply but it's just not worth it. I have made my feelings about the entire brony separation thing super obvious in the past.
Aw, no rant? :( Disappointed...
Yeah, I need to be more positive on here. That's why I have become a MLP:PL advocate :lol: Thinking of our fan-name right now... mhh, we need to separate ourselves from the Bronies that hate PL. Maybe pro-lifers? Nah, too dark and political. Lifesavers?
People have different connitations for the term brony, so I am prefacing this post with the disclaimer that when I use it here I am not talking about the integrated people or people who are G4 fans who choose to use the term to identify themselves. I'm talking about the bad bronies.Understandable.
Although there was a pony community long before G4, there is an attitude from the FIM fandom (aspects of it anyway) that MLP was first meaningful when G4 happened. I wouldn't care about that at all if that wasn't the narrative also being fed into documentaries and shows and articles - that this is a "good thing", when for a lot of us it hasn't been that way at all.Agree completely, it was always meaningful. Even as someone who for the most part saw G4 first, I could tell when I saw them that the previous generations have meaning. I definitely don't agree with official places acting like it was a fact that G4 was the one that made it good or meaningful, or whatever - it was always this to different people in different ways, and for me all generations have meaning.
I am fed up with the saccharin back-slapping affirmation type documentary inserts that basically laugh about it all and how brony is a great/random/lol/unexpected phenomenon. All this media attention is like giving sweets to a naughty child to keep them quiet. It makes the behaviour continue, because there is both affirmation and reward - here in the form of media attention.I see what you're getting at about the naughty child metaphor - I also feel that bronies shouldn't really be treated as a phenomenon because we (me and other bronies) aren't really. Going off topic, but I'm cool with being self-mocking about it, but at the same time we don't need to be treated as "stand out" as we seem to be - another reason, in my opinion to see them (or at least the good ones) as part of the fandom, albeit one with its own name, rather than a separate fandom (which is why I'd include them in a fandom-documentary.)
Basically bronies have had too much attention telling them that their convictions are right and their behaviour is acceptable. Older generation fans (especially G3 fans) have seen their favourites denigrated for brony amusement with no chance to put a different perspective out there. G2 has been basically erased from existence for 'not having a tv show.' It's not only had a permanent impact on how people outside view My Little Pony, but also how they view us as fans of MLP.G3 is my favorite generation, and the opinion is shared by my closest friend in the fandom (by his own choice, he is not a brony) so I am very aware of how the bad bronies degrade the early generations, often in very unfair ways (G3 seems to get treated the worst - which makes no sense to me, as the cartoon was ultimately not that different to G4 format wise... oh yeah, they've likely never actually watched G3, based on the things they get wrong.) I agree that they shouldn't be given the idea that this behavior is correct, and an opportunity for the earlier gens to get some deserved praise is something that should definitely happen (something that I am working on in at least two ways.)
Obviously all of the negative reflects on the good G4 fans (guys and girls) as well. So long as media give attention and support to the brony concept without acknowledging that they're not representative of everyone, the whole perception will remain screwed.Very good point! This is pretty much what I was going for in a sense.
I don't like FIM but I don't hate G4 and I even have maybe 80 brushables (mostly not M6). But G4 fandom is also always in terms of the show, which then leads to backdating comparisons to what earlier shows did, which leads to the rubbish about G2 = Tales and so on and so forth, completely ignoring that MLP was made originally in a time when cartoons existed to sell toys, not when franchises centred on a TV show that also had toys (a more recent trend). According to this modern retcon of what a pony fan is, I'm not a pony fan any more. I'm just someone who likes pony toys. For me that's all levels of wrong, because MLP began with toys.I respect your opinion on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and although I'm not an expert on how the whole "made to sell toys"/"happened to have toys" changed and evolved (because I never really knew about the whole "made to sell toys" thing until I was older), but if this idea is what these kind of bronies think, then I agree they are wrong to do so, especially if implies that some fans don't count as fans. Although I tend to think of animations first, I will always respect and love the toyline, as well as respect the fact that that My Little Pony is, first and foremost, a toyline.
On the subject of the divide - that also wasn't made here. When G4 came out, everything was super inclusive. The divide was made on the other side of the wall, when the compulsive need to trash everything and everyone pre-G4 began to happen. None of us ever wanted a divide, but protecting spaces from spammy and abusive trolls became imperative else this community and others would have ceased to exist.Understandable. I do get that most of it was the fault of the bad bronies. I've always just... wanted to repair the divide however it was created. I remember spending a lot of time around 2013 responding to as many hate comments towards the older generations as I could (as well as hate towards G4 from the pre-generation fans, as it did happen) - this was especially the case on G3 videos, as I was really getting into G3 back then, and like we've both said, it was getting a lot of hate. This may or may not sound silly to someone who didn't experience it, but this actually depressed me for a while - it got to me that I was surrounding myself with all this hate directed at things that I love, being directed by fans of them to each other. I know I intentionally put myself in the middle of all that hate, because I really wanted to defend the generations and their fans, but it ended up getting to me.
Though I still maintain fandom and fan opinion is not needed in a documentary about a toy.Understandable. Essentially why I changed my idea to being an actual fandom documentary, rather than about the subject. Respect if you don't like the idea, it was just an idea to show that we can still unite, or something. I still get what was said in Taffeta's post I just responded too.
a documentary should focus on the toys, toons, merch, history, creators and designers, not ANY of the fans.
It'd be just as stupid and nonsensical as a Rock n Roll documentary focusing more on groupies, roadies and super fans instead of the band's history and the music they made.
@MJSNEIFER - if all bronies had your mindset, there would never have been a community separation. And it sucks you had to deal with the hostility as well.
I would like to think if there was a documentary about the 'fandom' of MLP, it would ignore the 'bronies' - both the word and the concept of it being a male revolution - and actually go and talk to people from all different corners of the world who are of all different ages, genders, demographics, races, etc. And instead of labelling them as 'fans of x generation' or 'bronies' or whatever, just talk to them about what THEY like about MLP. NOt what they dislike about OTHER versions of MLP, but just what got THEM into collecting.
So instead of having a single voiced wave of "phenomenon brony woot" publicity, it actually shows the diversity of pony fans from all generations without priveleging any one as being somehow special.
I am generally against fan documentaries, though...I can ask the views of pony fans by posting a thing on here, but things on TV tend to go from being opinion to canonised because they appeared on a TV show. I would rather have the TV shows talking about the creation, production, and promotion, and other stuff like LAW says. We don't need fan voices in everything - fan voices ruined G4 and probably took the TV show in a direction away from the kids, despite them being the target audience.
The difference with G1 is that the target audience wasn't competing with an adult fanbase trying to define what MLP was. The target audience of G1 basically grew up into the adult collectors of G1 that exist now.
The BBC even reported on Ponycon this year. There are pictures of all generations of pony in the photos, but look at who it was they were interviewing, and look at the content of the interview. This is not a negative piece by any means - but it definitely still feeds into that same narrow focus of what MLP fans are.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-50029501
Time to change the whole mindset and remove these labels and start again just with 'fan'.
I’ve always thought that the media featuring Bronies was making fun of them a little? In kind of a “look at this nut” way. Even in this episode, it didn’t make being a Brony look cool. At best, it made some Bronies feel better about themselves but I don’t think it improved the rest of the world’s view of MLP fans. :(
I guess what I’m trying to say is that the reason why the media covers MLP these days is because they want shots of men wearing pony costumes and talking about My Little Pony. I don't think they do it to flatter the fans, they’re just looking for eyeballs.