Your opinions on the show's animation after the MLP Movie

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Before MLP:The Movie was even on the drawing board, many bronies have said that one of the reasons they like the show is it’s animation. However, after the movie was released I’ve become curious as to whether or not their opinion on the show’s animation remains the same.
 
Personally speaking, I think FIM’s animation style looks rather bland; its quality just doesn’t hold a candle to that of the movie’s. You’d think that after 7 years, the show’s animators would upgrade the animation a little bit (I.E: Change up the character designs, make movements more fluid, etc.), but the only changes they’ve ever done with the animation was add some fancy shadows and (downright creepy) exaggerated facial expressions.
 
So, what about you? What are your opinions on the show’s animation after seeing the animation of the movie?
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It hasn’t changed..it’s pleasant enough..something seemed a little off about how the characters looked in the movie but at least the animation was fluid.
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The show’s animation has improved over the years, you can see definite improvements if you compare season 1 to later seasons. It just isn’t as drastic as when comparing the movie to the show.
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After seeing the movie, nothing the show’s animation does impresses me anymore, though I can still somewhat admire the bits that stand out.
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It hasn’t changed..it’s pleasant enough..something seemed a little off about how the characters looked in the movie but at least the animation was fluid.
 
Agreed.  
Sometimes they made really weird faces in the movie and I clearly prefer the show’s animation which improves every year.
 
There we’re some cool additions like Celestia was kinda shining/glowing in the movie and that made her somewhat….special, but it’s no big deal.
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You guys say the show’s animation has improved over the years, but from looking at episode gifs on this site it still looks the same to me: same unpolished robotic movement, same character body shapes, hell even the artstyle’s still the same as it was in the beginning!
 
As I’ve stated in my first post, the only thing the animators have done with the show’s animation was add fancy shadows & lighting and exaggerated facial expressions that I still think don’t fit the show’s artstyle at all (They seemed to have stopped doing that recently, though.).
 
Doesn’t help the fact that the animators are still using that outdated program Adobe Flash, or the fact that they’re still using the same character designs, background assets, and vector puppet pieces that they’ve been using since S1 (Which I’m predicting that they’ll be reusing again for S8).
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The movie’s look was cinematic, and that was probably necessary on the big screen, but that was the animation that seemed like nothing special to me. Not bad, but not an improvement. Unless they’re going to go with Zootopia-like realism next, all I see is it’s animated and it’s not exactly the ponies I fell in love with. I love the show. I don’t have a problem with the animation. And I don’t give a rat’s yay that Flash is “outdated.” The age of a medium doesn’t define its quality. Leonardo da Vinci made the Mona Lisa using “that outdated medium Oil Paint” but it’s still one of the finest pieces of art ever made. Flash works, it’s what the show was created in, most importantly it’s what the ponies were created in, and those ponies look as fine to me today as they did in 2010. (Indeed, the worst ponies are generally the ones they deviated from the original model for; Zesty Gourmand for example.) I think they should stick with the ponies’ current look, in the current software, as long as the show lasts. Unless they think they can attempt to shame Pixar and Disney with their next venture.
 
Short of that, when it’s finally time for G5 will be the time to look for a new medium for the new style of ponies.
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As budgeted TV animation goes, the show has always been high quality. As a fan of cartoons in general, I especially enjoy its slapstick elements and wide use of 2-D principles like “squash and stretch” that seem to be lost on many of the animated shows these days.
 
The best part of the animation in the movie was the design updates and the fluidity of the animation that really allowed for the full spectrum of facial expressions. Much improvement in the area of the eyes in particular. I relished the subtle ways their expressions changed.
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Why does it matter, the animation was good in the movie and the show. Albeit, I haven’t seen the show in 2 years nor seen the movie, but does the animation have to matter so much? The quality is good. The only reason why the movie looked better was because it was a multi million dollar film. What should matter is the plot, do you like the show? Good. Don’t throw a fit over the animation, it is fine.
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You act like visuals and story are separate aspects. They are not. Film and Television is a visual medium, meaning that visuals communicate a lot of information. The better the visuals are, the better they are at conveying said information.
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As budgeted TV animation goes, the show has always been high quality. As a fan of cartoons in general, I especially enjoy its slapstick elements and wide use of 2-D principles like “squash and stretch” that seem to be lost on many of the animated shows these days.
The best part of the animation in the movie was the design updates and the fluidity of the animation that really allowed for the full spectrum of facial expressions. Much improvement in the area of the eyes in particular. I relished the subtle ways their expressions changed.
 
And sadly, we’re never going to see such fluid animation in the show anytime soon since the animators choose to recycle the same old boring vectors puppets over and over again.  
Also, if by “Squash and Stretch” you mean “Scale and Rescale” (Which BTW is a reoccurring trick in flash animation due to cost interests and time saving.) then I totally agree with you.  
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After seeing the movie, nothing the show’s animation does impresses me anymore, though I can still somewhat admire the bits that stand out.
 
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It’s like the people on this thread doesn’t know the difference between the budget of a Tv Show and the budget of a movie.
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They have no choice. They are working on a tight schedule with a tight budget. And besides, there are tons of original poses and facial expressions, and they still do the best they can within their limitations.
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It’s like the people on this thread doesn’t know the difference between the budget of a Tv Show and the budget of a movie.
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I actually made this point. I don’t understand the issue. Money is why the animation is different. Period.
 
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They have no choice. They are working on a tight schedule with a tight budget. And besides, there are tons of original poses and facial expressions, and they still do the best they can within their limitations.
 
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Considering that the show is animated in the same software used for Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends & Johnny Test, they’ve done a spectacular job with what they’ve got to work with.
 
Instead of complaining about how the show looks crappy in comparison to the movie, appreciate the fact that they went above and beyond to utilize Toon Boom Harmony [which Disney used for “Princess and the Frog” and “Winnie the Pooh”] and make the movie’s animation look spectacular when they could have saved a lot of money and just do the same animation as the show [like the 1980’s MLP movie & Equestria Girls did].
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To be fair, the first two equestria girls movies only got limited theatrical releases as an afterthought, and like the 3rd and 4th ones after, they were only intended for tv. That is different from a movie being produced for nationwide theatrical release from the very beginning.
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Ugh, Johnny Test. That show was probably good a at first. But now in my mind, it is a giant annoyance. A very big annoyance. Goddamn you Canada that you even made this show.
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Bumping this thread again to ask a related question:
 
Now that we’re into Season 8 of the show, is your opinions on the show’s (recycled and rather repetitive) vector animation still the same, or do you now prefer the fluid, hand-drawn animation of the movie?
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