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I can't bring myself to watch it. I'm not a big g4 fan, plus the idea of bronies is a bad thing in my head from seeing them on Tumblr and watching the MLP tags being taken over by p0rn. I used to love Rarity and would check that tag a lot but it quickly flooded with p0rn images so I never check the tag anymore. I understand they're not all like that but still, I'd like to stay far from them. [content edit ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]
I don't mind it. I don't consider myself a brony and I don't really care for the fandom, but since the documentary is ABOUT bronies, not ALL MLP fans, I don't know why some folks are getting so huffy that other gens weren't included. Yes, it was annoying how in the beginning the previous gens were picked on, but that's pretty much it and otherwise the video stuck to FiM and the events surrounding this particular show.The video showed how there were definitely some parents who didn't "get" it, and even though there were a lot of males featured I certainly saw some girls too, including the one who was interviewed. Given that the brony fandom IS mostly males, I don't see how there being more of them in the video was weird (plus I like how in the little cartoon the girls still stuck up for themselves to make a point that they were just as much a part of the fandom as boys were, even if there's less of them who consider themselves bronies). I like how the video showed how creative many bronies are, I thought the guy who worked with lasers was pretty interesting since I've never seen anything like that before, and the music it features was pretty neat as well.Was it sensationalized? Maybe a little, but pretty much every documentary under the sun is. Big surprise. Overall, I liked how a common theme seemed to generally be that the fandom has given a place for people to go to where they feel accepted. That's what it all boils down to. And that's never a bad thing.
It was alright, and actually increased my respect for bronies. I wish there was a documentary about the REAL ponyfans( aka collectors) who dont hate on previous generations of mlp and the fans of these older generations.
Quote from: ponycake on January 22, 2014, 10:50:35 AMI can't bring myself to watch it. I'm not a big g4 fan, plus the idea of bronies is a bad thing in my head from seeing them on Tumblr and watching the MLP tags being taken over by p0rn. I used to love Rarity and would check that tag a lot but it quickly flooded with p0rn images so I never check the tag anymore. I understand they're not all like that but still, I'd like to stay far from them. [content edit ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]I'm a little scared to ask this, but I guess I shouldn't be since you stated that "Not all of them are like that", but if you found out someone was a brony would you automatically hate/want to stay away from him or her, even if he or she wasn't only "not like that", but also hated the fact that there were those that were "like that"?If this question offends anyone I will delete it straight away, or PM someone to delete it... however it's done here.
I don't like the term much because it does have that negative connotation for me, but I do not mind guys liking MLP or calling themselves bronies if they want to at all! I just don't like the ones who constantly draw/post p0rn of it or knock g1, those are the only types I'd stay away from. lol. And that's just personal preference. Still, the idea of the movie is a bit of a turn off for me for some reason.
I saw it, it's not perfect (some parts were a bit too drawn out and lost the energy) but worth a watch. Female pony fans (pegasisters or collectors) were under represented. Based on the fact the movie was about "Bronies" and not the ladder, I was okay with it. I (obviously) resonate more with MustBeJewel's awesome documentary "My Little Pony Obsession" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Wd0caSZiE )I do have one thing to say: now that it is on Netflix, more people I know are watching it... and there are a few more people who used to be closed minded about how "weird" it was for adult males to like ponies, and no longer feel that way. So I must say mission accomplished.
I watched it last night and quite enjoyed it. It wasn't great in terms of being a documentary but it was nice to see people being so happy and to see the nicer side of the fandom when all I usually see is the negative side.
I don't know if this was mentioned already, but why do so many bronies get the G2s wrong? Is it because of this doc? I had to enlighten one just today- and I still don't think he believed me, even though I told him to look up the ponies in toy form.
That's one thing that bugged me when I looked it up on Netflix. People were complaining that it DIDN'T show the negative side of bronies. I'm wondering what they would have wanted-- some kind of hard-hitting expose that would view more like a 60 Minutes segment or reality show? This might be exaggerating a little, but it made me sad that people WANTED to see negative things. Did they want to see their opinions reinforced? I know the whole fandom isn't perfectly angelic, but I think we all already know that.