Moonxtal wrote:Wow ok saw the new trailer and HAD to come back to this message board I haunted a long while back ^^;
Nice to see you again :D I had a feeling this big reveal would bring some lurkers out of hiding
It's animated WAYYYYYY better that that reboot a few years back, and she looks more kiddy than teeny bopper (i.e. she doesn't have boobs or an hourglass figure) that's a plus!
it looks high energy and fun!
Her outfit/look is more or less the same with minor differences similar hair style, similar dress/boots etc.
I actually like the style of character animation, easier for a more ranged emotion. the first reboot looked very stilted and 'cut and paste'. here, she has a range of emotions that are very 'animated' (sorry for the pun)
the line where she was asking for something cute and starlight said that there was nothing cuter than two sea otters holding hands actually made me LOL!
her powers look awesome!
possible princess/murky/lurky/the pits etc. the 'villain' looks legit like a threat
rainbowland looks the same or similar as does Brian, and the key
All very good points
*sigh* the animation is still that 'moving construction paper' style that i'm not a huge fan of. with MLP they used flash but they at least TRIED to make it look like hand drawn cels... this... eh... this looks kind of lazy >3>
Rainbows personality.... ooohhh... where to begin... now, to be fair we only see like 20 seconds of it and the few things they highlight is the VERY teenager 'Vally girl' slang and 'tude. her first words are "Oh mah bows, I ~totally~ forgot to introduce myself...~ruuuude~" and I cringed...hard. now on another character that personality would be fine but it's one we've seen sooooooo many times =_=
I'm all for giving rainbow a stronger personality, because the original was a little...flat (ducks things thrown at her by other members of the forum). sure she had a stubborn 'never say die' side, but her main characterization was 'little girl' which by today's standards is flavorless, but they kind of went full steam in the opposite direction by giving her a trite over used teenager personality with the slang to boot.
but I won't let it deter me, they may have just highlighted the worst and the actual show may only have that sprinkled in. who knows.
starlight... his personality is some what intact but again they kind of spun it a little. instead of the more...hmmm... dainty, vain, somewhat over confident, yet noble steed, he's more of the dudebro variety of, vain, somewhat over confident steed... (I've yet to see noble but hey, the trailer was only a min long!)
also not keen on his 'look.' the bridge of his nose curves out which I think looks a little weird and his proportions look...off... like he looks thick and chunky in weird areas...yet his knees are knobby i dunno nitpick-y things...
i dunno I kind of would liked rainbows voice to be higher pitched...younger sounding like an actual little girl.
over all the pros out weigh the cons for me... I'm gonna give it a shot and hopefully I'll like it ^^ only time will tell. if not I'll pan it off like the last reboot. *shudders thinking about the last reboot*
Your concerns are the ones I've seen voiced the most so far. So you're not alone
But I'm SO glad that you're staying hopeful and are willing to give it a shot! I'm really interested in seeing more depth to the characters/plots/etc in the full episodes. And like you said, if you watch it and it's still not your cup of tea, you can close that folder in your brain and re-open the one that contains the original RB and all your love for her
That will never go away. And yeah, the last reboot was baaaaad. I tried to get behind it, but it was such a struggle. So far, I'm having no trouble supporting the new show, because I truly think it's going to be fantastic
