7 years for this film. Time sure flies by.
If it wasn’t for this movie, I probably wouldn’t have gone back to watch what was left of Friendship is Magic, since most of the creative decisions in season 6 were confusing, irrational and infuriating. But thanks to the film I got interested in My Little Pony again, even though I went back much later to watch the last seasons I haven’t watched at the time.
I kinda wish the film was released in 2013 instead of 2017 because at the time, people quickly lost interest in the show, and for good reasons. It stopped being a show about friendship and turned into a show were hostile toxic behavior is rewarded, which kinda affected the entertainment industry last decade, with meaningless redemptions but are there because “empathy”, and it’s very unfortunate because it doesn’t make any sense. Why should I trust a character who says “I’ve changed” when their actions don’t match with their words and ideas, especially in a kids show? It’s like the writers didn’t want their character to improve.
As a matter of fact, there’s a song in Fame and Misfortune that basically says “we have flaws, stop expecting us to improve as people”. But… wasn’t that the entire point of Friendship is Magic? It’s a kids show about friendship. You are supposed to teach friendship so that kids can catch things up and get better.
But I’m glad that this irritating approach didn’t affect the MLP movie.