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[android654]

Only if you;re interested in jokes about middle aged men watching cartoons while chatting on Familywatchdog.us, I doubt we'd have much to talk about.

[Clover Rider]

Logan Cloud wrote...

Some Geth wrote...

Logan Cloud wrote...

android654 wrote...

That's the impression I got when I think of men in their 30's watching a cartoon targeted at 6 year old girls.

Just sayin'.

MLP is hardly targetted towards little girls anymore. The creators know that bronies are their main fanbase, and they make the shows for the bronies.

As for the OP, it's just a good show. I dunno what you want me to tell you. Why do adults watch any cartoons really? Because they enjoy them. Well written, good characters, good animations... I don't understand why so many people need an explanation for this really.

They know about the bronies yes, but the show is still targetted to little girls. Always has been always will.

I disagree. From a business standpoint, would you go with the larger group making you money, or the smaller group? The bronies are obviously the bigger group. So that's who the show is directed at. They know who's paying their bills. Only a complete ****** would ignore it.

And yet they don't try to sell it to them, because they know the bronies already are going to watch it, buy the toys and stuff anyway, just like how pa and ma(they also pay the bills) will buy the stuff for their kids.

Watch the Hub sometime, the show, ads and the toys are only ever targetted at little girls.

Modifié par Some Geth, 09 juillet 2012 - 10:59 .

[HulkSmashU]

Most of these Bronies Hulk always figured.they are Lesbians trapted in a mans body.nothing wrong with that,but it makes us Avengers a little caught off guard.specially when we save a punny human from a burning home.and come to find his remains where nothing but MLP products as a werid sex toy.
*Hulk feels sick*

[Clover Rider]

HulkSmashU wrote...

Most of these Bronies Hulk always figured.they are Lesbians trapted in a mans body.nothing wrong with that,but it makes us Avengers a little caught off guard.specially when we save a punny human from a burning home.and come to find his remains where nothing but MLP products as a werid sex toy.
*Hulk feels sick*

[HulkSmashU]

@some geth you make fun of hulk being sick
this is what Hulk sees when MLP comes on

[Arcadian Legend]

 We've been getting more positive unbiased media coverage than negative lately. There are a fair amount of well known folks who are bronies too (or at least "semi bronies" in a few cases) like Gabe Newell, Notch, John De Lancie(Q in Star Trek TNG), Tara Strong, Andrew W.K, and more who I can't think of right now. Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale have hinted a like for FiM too. Oh, yeah, Stanley Woo/Ninja Stan is a brony.

Sure, there's the oddballs and weird people in the fandom who are into stuff that I really don't want to discuss, but they are in most every fandom that contains its fair share of geeks and nerds. Remember the Talimancers of yore? Besides, why focus on the minority group like that? One of the main problems of the fandom though is they tend to shove pony down others throats in unrelated places. I facepalm when those threads/spammy posts are made when there already is a FiM thread. I think this more likely happens with younger fans though, and can't really be helped much.

If you want to look up some info on bronies look the below link up. These studies are still ongoing however. If unique visitors to Equestria Daily are taken into account it's estimated that there are around to over 2,000,000 bronies worldwide. EQD itself with normal page views has had over 200,000,000 visits so far.

We're a very creative fanbase, be it making amazing art, music from a wide variety of genres (listen http://bit.ly/NfAwIY), fanimations (including the very first fan episode in production) to even well made games made by indie devs. (Fighting is Magic was showcased at EVO a couple days ago)

http://www.bronystudy.com/

Modifié par Arcadian Legend, 09 juillet 2012 - 11:14 .

[Clover Rider]

Logan Cloud wrote...

Some Geth wrote...

Logan Cloud wrote...

Some Geth wrote...

Logan Cloud wrote...

android654 wrote...

That's the impression I got when I think of men in their 30's watching a cartoon targeted at 6 year old girls.

Just sayin'.

MLP is hardly targetted towards little girls anymore. The creators know that bronies are their main fanbase, and they make the shows for the bronies.

As for the OP, it's just a good show. I dunno what you want me to tell you. Why do adults watch any cartoons really? Because they enjoy them. Well written, good characters, good animations... I don't understand why so many people need an explanation for this really.

They know about the bronies yes, but the show is still targetted to little girls. Always has been always will.

I disagree. From a business standpoint, would you go with the larger group making you money, or the smaller group? The bronies are obviously the bigger group. So that's who the show is directed at. They know who's paying their bills. Only a complete ****** would ignore it.

And yet they don't try to sell it to them, because they know the bronies already are going to watch it, buy the toys and stuff anyway, just like how pa and ma(they also pay the bills) will buy the stuff for their kids.

Watch the Hub sometime, the show, ads and the toys are only ever targetted at little girls.

I'm not talking about advertising. Hub is a kid's channel, so most adults aren't watching it. The advertising material has to be targeted towards children. They assume that the bronies are already watching it. Have you seen Brony Con? Adults go there, so the material is directed at adults. Not children.

The shows themselves are written with the bronies in mind, because that's the main fanbase. You have to please the main fanbase, if you want to make money. It's really not that difficult to understand.

A con has nothing to do with who the show is targeted at.

The show is writted for little girls in mind and that's why bronies like it to begin with. So yeah you are not really making a point here.

[Rockworm503]

Yes yes yes and Wierd Al dedicated a whole music video to it...... That just cements that these people lost their minds.

[Clover Rider]

HulkSmashU wrote...

@some geth you make fun of hulk being sick
this is what Hulk sees when MLP comes on

[Arcadian Legend]

*looks at past page*

Holy hell that's a large amount of anime and manga merch!

[Rockworm503]

Some Geth wrote...

HulkSmashU wrote...

@some geth you make fun of hulk being sick
this is what Hulk sees when MLP comes on

Funny you should post this.
Thats what it looks like to me.

[BatmanPWNS]

This thread just reminded me of this.

https://forums.playf...3683f234b0233f6

No offence to the pony fans, of course.

[Arcadian Legend]

Not the dreaded derped image! AVGGJYBJGGVUFCCUTJGFVFHDCGRXSCHTVHGBKHGB... *dies*

[android654]

Logan Cloud wrote...

android654 wrote...

Only if you;re interested in jokes about middle aged men watching cartoons while chatting on Familywatchdog.us, I doubt we'd have much to talk about.

Question; what bronies have you been talking to?

I'm not doing an expose on your fandom, I'm merely discussing the hilarious optics of this. Hell, I'd like to see more of it, like in an episode of Law & Order: SVU.

[Clover Rider]

Logan Cloud wrote...

A con has nothing to do with who the show is targeted at? So, it didn't have the actual creators and voice actors involved? Those people I just mentioned weren't meeting bronies, talking with bronies, offering products to bronies, showcasing MLP related videos to bronies?

A con has EVERYTHING to do with who the show is targeted at. There's even a brony-made pony in the show.

You're the one who isn't making a point. Have you actually watched more than 1 episode of the show? I'll be damned if little kids can even understand half of it. It's directed at bronies, because that's where the money is.

Again, it's not that hard to understand.

Yeah a con has nothing to do with who the show is targeted at. The con however can be targeted at anyone it wants to target.

A brony-made pony in the show is kind of cool, still has nothing to do with who the show aims itself at.

Your are talking to a guy who watched the show before you even knew about it. And yes kids will understand the show, I have a niece(age 6) and a nephew(age 4) who understand it just well, maybe my niece a bit more since she is a bit older.

It's directed at kids because that's where it's directed at, also they want their money too.

Modifié par Some Geth, 09 juillet 2012 - 11:31 .

[HulkSmashU]

now if MLP was this...

i would watch

[Dominus]

So, could someone please explain the lure of it to me. I'd really like to know.

-Visually Colorful, Simplistic, Vibrant
-Strong Writing and Character Work
-Great Sense of Humor
-The MLP Franchise is an old one, and older franchises always have an easier time to lure people in. Would as many people have jumped on the bandwagon if it was My Little Toucan? Should we start performing a BroClaw in place of a BroHoof?

If you're looking for key episodes that show why it's a great show, I'll throw in a few examples.

For a good laugh, Party of One and Lesson Zero are good starting points. If you're looking for narrative-heavy episodes, The Two-Parters of Return of Harmony and Canterlot Wedding are the way to go. Also an honorable mention for Sonic Rainboom.

I hope that helps. For future reference, this should've been made as a post inside MLP's official thread, and doesn't really require a new topic. I've seen the question pop up now and again, and you'll get the most accurate answer my directly asking the fans themselves. Thank you.

Modifié par DominusVita, 09 juillet 2012 - 11:45 .

[android654]

[quote]HulkSmashU wrote...

now if MLP was this...

i would watch[/quote]

Too bad that a lot of their fans are like this[/quote]

[Arcadian Legend]

There are some references that adults may get, but kids wouldn't, such as the song the Flim-Flam brothesr sings that's a nod to the Music Man, and by extension, the Monorail song from the Simpsons, This Day Aria, sung by the character Cadance, or rather two Cadance's. The parts sung by real Cadance is named an Authentic Cadence in musical literature while the parts sung the imposter are called a Deceptive Cadance. There's a pony that has a likeness very similar to The Big Lebowski in one episode. There's a bunch more but my brain is tired and can't think straight right now.