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@Background Pony #1C23
It sounded like you were saying the G5 would last 10 years which I don’t think is a very realistic expectation.

@TheQuietMan
…You don’t need to do it personally, just write something simple on here like, “Sorry I had my facts wrong about Hawk, I’ll be less presumptuous in future.”. I’m not asking you to bend over backwards. O_O

@CloudMistDragon
Oh I can, they need to prove it. Want to send him my apology? I don’t want to create my 100th account just to do that.

@GoodVibesGorgeous
Basically no change.

@Background Pony #1C23
G1 lasted from 1982 to 1995, while G2 lasted from 1997 to 2003. 1992 may be the year MLP Tales was released and the final year for USA distribution, but G1 continued until 1995 because the toys were still released internationally, especially in Europe. For G2, the USA distribution ended in 1999 due to low sales (and criticism from G1 collectors). However, G2 was more successful in Europe and continued to run until 2003, the same year G3 began.

@GoodVibesGorgeous
Well, i wouldn’t be surprised if they used The Kitchen.

Something tells me that, if/when Hasbro overcomes their financial debt, they still will use the (mostly) cheaper dubbing studios for the non-English versions of TYT. I said mostly, because Centauro Comunicaciones’ Brazilian branch technically is less cheap than Dubbing Company, the previous studio in charge of the Brazilian Portuguese dub for G5. Companies love to cut costs! Globoplay, a Brazilian streaming service belonging to Grupo Globo, released earlier today a documentary whose dub was entirely made with AI. They didn’t need to do that as Grupo Globo is one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, but they still did it to cut costs.

@TheQuietMan
Addy’s own audience has questioned if they (Addy’s been called “he” and “she”) even enjoy MLP and they explained the reason for why they always come off as negative in reviews in the collab with Hawk. Regardless…what does it matter? You were rude in the way you spoke and it turned out to be over something that wasn’t even true…how does you not knowing Hawk make you exempt from apologizing or at least admitting that you were wrong? Hawk readily makes concessions when he turns out to be wrong, why can’t you?

G5 was supposed to last 5 years, according to leaked emails from December, 2017. If it goes past that, it’s fine. If not, it’s fine too.

@Background Pony #A781
Maybe as a last resort?
IIRC Tales was only made to kick up interest in G1 in its latter years. It was also unpopular in its time for being so different from the original Midnight Castle - Friends continuity.

(Though I actually like it better; Tales doesn’t get its credit for what it added to the franchise)

@Background Pony #1C23
Mlp tales is from G1 and is still a reboot would it be possible to do something similar

G1: 1982-1992.
G2: 1997-1999.
G3: 2003-2009.
G4: 2010-2019.
G5: 2021-

A “tradition” has been established of having one generation per decade and everything suggests that Hasbro will stick to this because it is resource-intensive every time a generation starts. It didn’t matter if G5 ends today or in 2029, Hasbro can wait until 2030 - and as explained, Cocks has neither the time nor the energy to start all over again. The G5 is not a failure, but not a success either. It is in the middle.

@river mines
I think that’s a fair assessment. I never expected G5 to last quite as long as G4 even under optimal circumstances.

@Dragonpone
my mistake,
but the idea is that I don’t think we should have high expectations of the G5 lasting 10 years, nor is it a question of whether the G5 is a failure or not, but it’s a question that generations of franchises like MLP, typically They don’t last that long, normal is between 3-6 years.

Well, 5 years and 6 years, though that does come with the caveat that G2 only lasted those 3 extra years in Europe.

@Background Pony #1C23
only the first and fourth generations lasted a decade

the others lasted 2 years and 4 years.

@TheQuietMan
what happened? I stayed out because I thought I wouldn’t have anything important to comment on until the next episode of TYT, but it seems I was wrong, because apparently there were some discussions that I don’t understand

I feel they’ve yet to experience the harsh reality if they have such idealism. It’s for kids after all. We’re not negative because we can.

@CloudMistDragon
To be fair, he isn’t famous to begin with. Unfortunately, bad publicity is still publicity.

@Roseluck
The hell? That’s stupid. Not even Toph?

@DerpyFast
I hope they’re happy because it’s not gonna last long.

@CloudMistDragon
Addy isn’t like crazy negative. I’m not gonna list such examples that are as you know them but I’ll like to see him try them. Of course, he obviously won’t. I would apologize but he doesn’t even know who I am or that I exist.

@Dragonpone
Don’t know what to make of this. If they are stalling for a good reason, is it worth the wait?

@river mines
There’s like a fan comic about it. Also I’m surprised during that fiasco you conveniently disappeared.

@Dragonpone
Kind of hilarious that the VAs are so actually terrible we mistaken them for AI. Like, it’s not AI but they’re genuinely this bad.

@CloudMistDragon
It’s either what we see on camera or like I said, he’s not crazy negative. He’s rather chill.

@Background Pony #1C23
Oh I can wait, as long as eternity needed. But given what I’ve experienced during the AI hullabaloo, there is demand for MYM given some creator’s reactions, me included obviously. I don’t think they mind TYT but they sure have ignored it as well. Maren is like an example I can cite. Draws g5, nothing about TYT.

“ - partners reduced the number of movie and television releases (reducing royalty revenues) - “

Is this a hint that Discovery in the hands of Warner had done significant damage to the Hasbro industry related to movies and TV?

In any case, it is known that the contract will expire on March 31, 2025, when G4 rights should be returned to Hasbro, but this seems to be in doubt. Since Warner bought into Discovery, things have gone wrong for Hasbro regarding MLP and others.

Cocks, who took over as CEO, had started a restructuring because it was believed that Hasbro had acquired too much debt - 20% of the workforce had to go. $1 billion gone by 2023 - the worst loss for Hasbro in a very long time. The restructuring work had started before this came. It had then turned out that the investment in the entertainment segment had become too expensive - by happening at the wrong time. Covid and energy inflation knocked everything right down.

Cocks refused to pay for G4 rights because he needs to save money to save Hasbro, since he started “Blueprint 2.0” in October 2022.

So that is why TYT is on the savings budget without knowing if a TYT 3.0 will be ordered, because it is possible that 2.0 could continue well into the next year 2025. And the IDW comics had discontinued the series of G5 comics in favor of only arc series based on TYT design as a consequence. In the worst case, you have to wait until 2026 before a new MYM or a new series will appear, until then you have to have TYT.

An awful lot of mistakes were made regarding the script work on MYM that others now have to work on to bring G5 back on track, and luckily it seems that the current writers associated with TYT and IDW comics are quality conscious that they are working within My Little Pony. They have a lot to hammer out to create a new G5 that can become a world of its own.

The G6 won’t arrive until this decade is over. There is a generation for every decade, so we have five or six years before the G6 will show itself. For Cocks this is excellent as he could just continue with the G5 for many years without having to start over.

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I just watched the Hawk/Addy collab I mentioned earlier and thought it was pretty good. Was definitely worried initially, not gonna lie, but Addy was actually giving a pretty reasonable take for the most part. I also liked how much it suited the theme of the new TYT episode.

I noticed in times when the Mane Six sing together, you can usually pick up Hitch’s voice cause his has a deeper tenure.

@Dragonpone
Yeah, they probably found cheaper, less reputable studios to save some money.

Honestly, it kinda seems like what happened with the Japanese dub of FiM for seasons 3-6, where it was a fairly steep drop off in quality from seasons 1 & 2 (and the EqG stuff and the movie, which used the old cast as it came out before those seasons, for whatever reason)

@Background Pony #A781
Restructuring, huh? Does that mean they’re filing for (or trying to avoid) a Chapter 11 bankruptcy?

@CloudMistDragon
It could be because of Hasbro’s restructuring, for example the Paramount+ series of Dungeons and Dragons stopped being produced and they are going to do a creative reformulation of the series because of this, this could be because there is no longer MYM and also the reason they resolved call cheaper voice actors for some dubbing

@river mines
You bet, that would be a great idea for a fan-animated parody. And about the AI dubbing accusations, even as I wouldn’t take Hasbro’s word at face value, something tells me they’re telling the truth with how sketchy the whole “Cort Lane gets the final say on what happens with MYM!” story sounds and the fact that we can explain the off-sounding dubbing in the international versions of the new TYT episodes as being done by less experienced voice actors after the production switch from eOne to Hasbro Entertainment.