G1 'ole timer has questions about G4...

[cleverLC]

I can only answer #3: Yes. Friendship is Magic, the show, is completely family-friendly.

I do have to correct Galactica: the show's creator isn't the same as Powerpuff Girls. That was Craig McCracken, a guy. The creator of FiM is the guy's wife, Lauren Faust.

Actually, Craig McCracken and Lauren Faust co-created PPG.  So Galactica's partially right.

[spottedslug]

Just set aside a couple hours an go watch it. From one old timer to another. Just DOOOOO it! Really entertaining cartoons in themselves.

[MJNSEIFER]

I think FiM is like a lot of shows and films aimed at kids now, in that it has nods to the adult audience, it has jokes that the kids wont get etc.

Yeah... I don't really agree to that.  No offense.

Sorry, it's just a massive pet peeve of mine; assuming kids won't get the jokes because they're kids, yet we did when we were kids, right?  I certainly did (I didn't get everything, but I got a lot more than todays kids are being given credit for).

Also, while I know that some children's writers really do try to be clever and put in things they think kids won't understand - I haven't seen any evidence of this in FIM, I can't really see any jokes that kids won't get.  And if you mean references to classic things, yeah, kids can know about them too.

Sorry for my rant, like I say - it kind of gets to me.

[reanna-mator]

I think FiM is like a lot of shows and films aimed at kids now, in that it has nods to the adult audience, it has jokes that the kids wont get etc.

Yeah... I don't really agree to that.  No offense.

Sorry, it's just a massive pet peeve of mine; assuming kids won't get the jokes because they're kids, yet we did when we were kids, right?  I certainly did (I didn't get everything, but I got a lot more than todays kids are being given credit for).

Also, while I know that some children's writers really do try to be clever and put in things they think kids won't understand - I haven't seen any evidence of this in FIM, I can't really see any jokes that kids won't get.  And if you mean references to classic things, yeah, kids can know about them too.

Sorry for my rant, like I say - it kind of gets to me.

I dunno. I think very young kids probably won't get the Benny Hill, Blazing Saddles and 2001 A Space Odyssey references. Maybe that's the kind of stuff GothMummy means?

[Sunset]

I think FiM is like a lot of shows and films aimed at kids now, in that it has nods to the adult audience, it has jokes that the kids wont get etc.

Yeah... I don't really agree to that.  No offense.

Sorry, it's just a massive pet peeve of mine; assuming kids won't get the jokes because they're kids, yet we did when we were kids, right?  I certainly did (I didn't get everything, but I got a lot more than todays kids are being given credit for).

Also, while I know that some children's writers really do try to be clever and put in things they think kids won't understand - I haven't seen any evidence of this in FIM, I can't really see any jokes that kids won't get.  And if you mean references to classic things, yeah, kids can know about them too.

Sorry for my rant, like I say - it kind of gets to me.

I dunno. I think very young kids probably won't get the Benny Hill, Blazing Saddles and 2001 A Space Odyssey references. Maybe that's the kind of stuff GothMummy means?

To be honest,  I am 33 and I wouldn't get any of those references.

[Domingo]

When did the "a few jokes for the adults = entire show not for kids" thing start anyway? Cartoons have been doing jokes for adults since their very beginning (look at the Looney Tunes or early Betty Boop) and that's never stopped kids from enjoying them.

[reanna-mator]

I think FiM is like a lot of shows and films aimed at kids now, in that it has nods to the adult audience, it has jokes that the kids wont get etc.

Yeah... I don't really agree to that.  No offense.

Sorry, it's just a massive pet peeve of mine; assuming kids won't get the jokes because they're kids, yet we did when we were kids, right?  I certainly did (I didn't get everything, but I got a lot more than todays kids are being given credit for).

Also, while I know that some children's writers really do try to be clever and put in things they think kids won't understand - I haven't seen any evidence of this in FIM, I can't really see any jokes that kids won't get.  And if you mean references to classic things, yeah, kids can know about them too.

Sorry for my rant, like I say - it kind of gets to me.

I dunno. I think very young kids probably won't get the Benny Hill, Blazing Saddles and 2001 A Space Odyssey references. Maybe that's the kind of stuff GothMummy means?

To be honest,  I am 33 and I wouldn't get any of those references.

I'd say that that makes me feel old, but I'm 30.

Edit: Ooh, husband also reminded me of the Big Lebowski reference.

[Foxtale]

Serial number, isn't it:

the first number represents the year (ie 3 = 2013)
the next three are the day of the year (ie 001 = first of january, there are websites that list these numbers for you)
and the last number may well be factory, but currently is always the same.

So my starswirl is:

20831 = 23rd March 2012 manufacture date

I am going to try hard to remember the answer to this, I always forget

Most people have covered the answers.

Just another quick Tao Bao note... it's basically Chinese Ebay. "Prototypes" are still not confirmed to be from factories but seeing as a lot come out right before a real release we can only assume they were taken out of the factory or subpar in quality and then re-sold.

[MJNSEIFER]

I think FiM is like a lot of shows and films aimed at kids now, in that it has nods to the adult audience, it has jokes that the kids wont get etc.

Yeah... I don't really agree to that.  No offense.

Sorry, it's just a massive pet peeve of mine; assuming kids won't get the jokes because they're kids, yet we did when we were kids, right?  I certainly did (I didn't get everything, but I got a lot more than todays kids are being given credit for).

Also, while I know that some children's writers really do try to be clever and put in things they think kids won't understand - I haven't seen any evidence of this in FIM, I can't really see any jokes that kids won't get.  And if you mean references to classic things, yeah, kids can know about them too.

Sorry for my rant, like I say - it kind of gets to me.

I dunno. I think very young kids probably won't get the Benny Hill, Blazing Saddles and 2001 A Space Odyssey references. Maybe that's the kind of stuff GothMummy means?

To be honest,  I am 33 and I wouldn't get any of those references.

Some might.  It depends if they know them or not.  One of you kind of prooved this by admiting they were 33, and not knowing them.

It is possible to know things from before your time, just as it is possible to not know things from your time.  So when someone refferences a song or a movie or whatever, it is not aimed at an age - it is aimed at whoever gets it.  I know this because I got a lot of "old" movie references when I was a child, and they were the same kind of of jokes that people say kids wouldn't get these days.