G5 discussion thread

“Everyone” seems to gush over Portrait of a Princess. It’s really not that good. The song only sounds above generic because it sounds more acoustic than electronic. Otherwise it’s still a generic-sounding 4 chord song.

!BANGER ALERT!  
Whatever they ripped to write this song, it was the right stuff to rip off from.  
Where’d It Go? is far superior to Portrait Day. Fight me.

@IvanSatoru  
It’s a rip of Misery Business by Paramore. At least I can listen to it without the juvenile angst and depression. Plus, it’s better than stale acoustic pop.

TYT looks like a lost cause for any worthwhile entertainment. MYM isn’t much better, but at least it looks less aesthetically revolting in some ways (ponies look more like ponies and less like Steven Stupiverse abominations)

@IvanSatoru  
Hard disagree from me. I’ll take the bean mouths and short stories that don’t overstay their welcome over the lifeless and incompetent CGI I’m expected to look at for half an hour at a time or more.

@Anonymous #BF9B  
Good things I can say about TYT is that the pony backsides look better and the times when Misty becomes a target for cartoonish violence are fairly entertaining.

Has any G5 material explained how weather and the day/night cycle continued to happen when the magic was gone?

Honestly, the only thing I like from G5 is the detailed hooves and pegasus wings.

There isn’t a single character from G5 that I unironically find sympathetic.

@Fleur de Lis
What do you dislike about Zipp or Misty?

Also, their hoof hearts are upside-down from the proper orientation of a horse frog.

@πʊßƛįϰ
Nothing. But there is nothing I like about them either.

( I mean, excluding my inherent bias toward liking any pastel-coloured equine. )

I’m not really trying to hate on G5. I do find things to enjoy in it. But those things are rather superficial,
and I’m lamenting that the obsession-inducing nature of early G4 is something that will never happen again.

Also, Izzy can be remarkably good-looking sometimes.

@Fleur de Lis
Is she your G5 waifu?

@πʊßƛįϰ
I suppose, you could say it in that way.

@Fleur de Lis
I presume your account is named after your FiM waifu?

@πʊßƛįϰ
No. There are too many good candidates in G4, so I could never pick one.

Is Chapter 5 the last of Make Your Mark, or will there be more to come later?

Thought I heard that, but it seemed to be somewhat cliffhangeresque.

@Fleur de Lis
There’s whatever this is:

It’s also tagged as MYM chapter six. I don’t know how accurate that is.

@Anonymous #6DA8
Looks like a chapter six.

A 44-minute special plus three 22-minute episodes, possibly at end of november, according to >>3380225.

What exactly is Make Your Mark? Is it four seasons, or are some of the chapters a one-off special?

@ANoobis
“are some of the chapters a one-off special?”

Yes.

@Fleur de Lis
Wow, that seems like a really stupid deal for Hasbro to have agreed to. Knowing next to nothing about how media contracts work, I’m just going to assume that’s standard in the industry, if it’s not then they’re idiots.

That does make me wonder why they bothered making G5 a sequel series in the first place. I’m personally glad G5 hasn’t spent all its time leeching off of G4 for story content, but it’s been used so little they may as well not have made them connected to start with.

@Anonymous #6DA8
I think they should have just made G5 a separate thing. I’ve always had the feeling that they’ve been using G4 as a crutch, as if they think they can leach off its popularity. The Twilight hologram and bringing Spike back have only reinforced this opinion.

It’s not unique to G5, but it’s a trend that the western entertainment industry has fallen victim to a cargo cult mentality, and MLP has sadly fallen for it. Meanwhile, a ‘clean slate’ reboot would not necessarily have had this problem.