Comments on: The Smooze: Anatomy of a My Little Pony Villain

By: 10+ Min Mile

10+ Min Mile — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:38:18 +0000

Can you do one on Gem and the Holograms?

By: Gab

Gab — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:12:41 +0000

Fairportfan: So would that also be why they never bought _Gettysburg_ for me, too? I mean, I had them rent it so often that the video store gave it to us because the tapes got so worn down…

Yeah, I was/am *that* nerdy and at *that* early of an age.

By: 80sDorkGal

80sDorkGal — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:06:37 +0000

Oh, you are too hard on it. And you seem to be of the male persuasion as well. Being born in 1980, I was on this like jam on bread. I had no idea though that it was ever in a theater, so I’d assume the marketing for it was not good. Once it was on VHS though, it was worn out by me. I even remember the Flutter Ponies sequel – and Flutter Ponies were a gold standard in our Kindergarden class. Sure, part of my love is nostalgia, and it definitely didn’t have a well thought out plot or characters, but you had to be a little girl in the ’80s to understand. That said, I’d still watch that any day over the modern animated movies coming out that are geared toward girls.

By: Fairportfan

Fairportfan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:39:58 +0000

“…how often I made my parents and grandparents rent it for me. But they never hunkered down an bought it. Why not, I have no idea.”

Likely because they knew that if you had to nag them into renting it, it would be around for a couple days and then it would be weeks again before you got annoying enough that they’d do it again to Shut You The Hell Up.

But if they *bought* it for you – three (or more) times a day, seven days a week, till they killed either the VCR, you, or themselves…

By: fenzel

fenzel — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:06:02 +0000

@john

Yes, my apologies. I confused John Von Neumann with Werner Von Braun. That’s entirely unacceptable, and I apologize to Von Neumann and his family.

By: John Clarke

John Clarke — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:51:04 +0000

Calling John von Neumann “An Evil Nazi Scientist” is pretty much defamation of character and detracts from an otherwise interesting article. He was a Hungarian Jew born in Budapest and his family moved to the United States in 1930, three years before the Nazis came to power in Germany. During WWII he was one of the major players in the development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos New Mexico.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:53:04 +0000

Imagine having this on your resume as a writer, director or animator. Low mumble: “yeah, and I worked on My Little Pony…” All those bright colors must eventually drive an animator insane.

By: Kopakka el Incrópito

Kopakka el Incrópito — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:55:17 +0000

Great heroes are often defined by their villains. Luke Skywalker had Darth Vader. He-Man had Skeletor. U.S. Grant had Robert E. Lee.
and G. W. B. had O. B. L.

By: Ponyology

Ponyology — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:56:38 +0000

Oh I LOVE this movie! I believe they DID re-release it recently on dvd, along with a lot of the episodes from the tv series. The artwork on the covers is different, not the original style ponies, but the actual videos are the same as the 80’s. Fabulous stuff to watch when you need to be cheered up!

By: whenclamsattack

whenclamsattack — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:36:33 +0000

perfect. so perfect it was copied over to another great moment of my childhood

1995’s MIGHTY MORPHIN’ POWER RANGERS THE MOVIE

the grundle king did some experimenting in college and came back alive and kicking as Ivan ooze.

dont even pretend like its not possible