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I don't really understand why anyone would waste the energy hating on something like this, so I can't speak as to why anyone would dislike it. I will say that, as a person who grew up in G1, I can appreciate the hand-drawn animation and better quality product though...no, it wasn't perfect, there are flaws here and there. It was hand crafted, and people aren't perfect, so the cartoon wasn't perfect, and at times even the toyline wasn't. There weren't computers to do all the work of that stuff, I mean, there were, they just weren't as sophisticated yet.I may be a bit biased admittedly, I don't get the appeal of the G4 look, it just looks so lazy, and cheap, and the product isn't much better...lacking imagination and variety. But it sells so *shrugs* whatever, toymakers know something I don't, apathy sells I guess! *lol*I don't hate G4 though, I just generally ignore it much as I can manage.as one person above mentioned, G3 seems to get more dislike...which I don't get either, I pretty much enjoyed that line thoroughly, least until they ended it with the humdrum 'core 7' nonsense :/ but what can you do.
I don't know if I think that their disdain for the older MLP is for very good reason though. To me, it looks like not many if them have given it an honest chance. I think there are many aspects of G1 and G3 alike that bronies would adore!Characters like Wind Whistler, Gusty, Firefly, Fizzy, Shady. Minty in G3 literally did the 'ponies in socks' thing before it was cool. Majesty is a queen and not just 'princess.' There are many dark elements, remember when Tirek threatened to execute Spike?Of course the older cartoons aren't perfect but neither is FiM. But hey, that's just me rambling again...
I dunno but I still can't give the G1 cartoon a pass for it's low quality animation. Yeah it's hand drawn but so was Cinderella. The G1 cartoon was rushed and it shows. Going by quality the G3 cartoon is actually decent, too bad most of the stories weren't as strong. The methods they use now just make the whole process quicker so a quality cartoon can be made faster.For myself all I love about G1 is the toys. Oh and the gorgeous backcard art. If the cartoon looked as good as the backcard art it would be anazing.
The "G1 hate" has died down and isn't around so much as it used to be. As to why it was there to begin with, it has very little to do with G1 itself, and more to do with sexism.Because women and girls are devalued in society, things specifically "for girls" are considered vapid, shallow, and stupid. Whether it's boy bands, make-up, or toy ponies, if it's specifically for girls or mostly liked by girls, you can be sure that a large segment of the population scorns it. Especially boys and men. (Although plenty of girls also buy into the girl-hate.)When G4 debuted it attracted a pretty sizeable male fanbase. Like most guys, they had been trained from an early age to detest all things "girly". So, in order to justify their enjoyment of MLP FIM, they created a false dichotomy, claiming that G4 was not girly and all the previous generations of MLP (which they knew little to nothing about) were girly.Of course, this is laughable. Every generation of MLP has been girly, i.e. aimed at girls and strewn with things that are meant to appeal to girls--rainbows, hearts, and the ponies themselves.But anyway, that's why. As I said, it doesn't really have much to do with G1 itself. It was just a bunch of guys who couldn't handle the thought that they liked something girly, so they pretended it wasn't.
Quote from: LadyMoondancer on May 21, 2016, 01:52:25 AMThe "G1 hate" has died down and isn't around so much as it used to be. As to why it was there to begin with, it has very little to do with G1 itself, and more to do with sexism.Because women and girls are devalued in society, things specifically "for girls" are considered vapid, shallow, and stupid. Whether it's boy bands, make-up, or toy ponies, if it's specifically for girls or mostly liked by girls, you can be sure that a large segment of the population scorns it. Especially boys and men. (Although plenty of girls also buy into the girl-hate.)When G4 debuted it attracted a pretty sizeable male fanbase. Like most guys, they had been trained from an early age to detest all things "girly". So, in order to justify their enjoyment of MLP FIM, they created a false dichotomy, claiming that G4 was not girly and all the previous generations of MLP (which they knew little to nothing about) were girly.Of course, this is laughable. Every generation of MLP has been girly, i.e. aimed at girls and strewn with things that are meant to appeal to girls--rainbows, hearts, and the ponies themselves.But anyway, that's why. As I said, it doesn't really have much to do with G1 itself. It was just a bunch of guys who couldn't handle the thought that they liked something girly, so they pretended it wasn't.I want to kiss this comment.
The methods they use now just make the whole process quicker so a quality cartoon can be made faster.