The My Little Pony Movie

The movie will debut next Thursday in my country, but it barely received any advertisement at all.  
For the record, Dragon Ball’s recent animated movies were advertised to kingdom come and I had to struggle to get any tickets at all.

@EotD  
Oh yeah. Right. X3
 
Oh, that’s right! They had that mcnugget dipping sauce when they were promoting Disney’s MULAN with their happy meals. I actually had one of their toys when I was a kid.

@gg666  
Saw the leak too
 
Also gonna watch it in the theater if I can

Shame on those who don’t intend to pay for the movie at all…

So the movie’s plot is pretty straightforward and nothing groundbreaking happens?

@RIG  
It’s a textbook example of a “safe” movie.

I just hope the sea ponies are cool

@Copper  
I’m sure some will buy it when it comes out digitally and on DVD/Bluray.

I do have to admit I pity the parents that are gonna watch the movie with their children. More than an hour and a half of MLP is a lot for someone that, yknow, doesn’t care much about it. Ain’t much they could’ve done to alleviate that.
 
Then again, the same pretty much applies to all children movies. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it doesn’t give the IP the same “spark” which surged the fandom, and it certainly won’t break any records. It’s there. That’s it.
 
(Would sure be nice if it would at least recoup it’s budget, pretty please)

@RIG  
Generic with a few small twists and a few forced moments.
 
But it looks nice. A good effort was made.

@Poison Trail  

 
And you know that how…?

Nice job at dropping the ball Lionsgate (at least the community is working to contain it).
 
As for the movie: I don’t want to be a single middle aged man in a sea of kids and parents (and the chance I’ll run into someone who knows me), so I’ll watch it at home at some point. I would consider going as part of a brony group, but the nearest meetup is going to be 90 miles from me in KC (heck the nearest theater is 30 miles away) and I’m not driving that far for a movie (especially since I’ll be going up there at the end of October for CanterlotKC).

Personally, I don’t care if I am surrounded by parents and children. If anyone asks, I will make an excuse if I need to or simply say I like the show mattering who is asking or their tone. The consideration that someone who might know me will recognize me won’t be a bother as most already know I like the show. Chuckles
 
I’m not ashamed of being a fan, so I won’t let what others think bother me.

@EquestrianScholar  
Same tbh

I mean, I won the posters from Twitter and I got a free ticket.
 
I’d be a fool not to see it. Dignity be damned.

@EquestrianScholar  
@Mike  
I’m gay so I can get away with all kinds of shit like this.

@EquestrianScholar
 
Right on.
 
For me, it also helps that my college has a four day weekend this week, so there’s not gonna be anything in the way of seeing this movie on opening day! Or later in the weekend either, if I like it enough to warrant going to theater for it a second time.

@EquestrianScholar  
I don’t get this.
 
Nobody seemed to care when I was in line next to some little kids and their parents to buy Rainbow Rocks tickets. Same when my friend saw it. Maybe just anecdotal and circumstantial but I don’t see why anyone can and should care about what you watch in this case.

I really hope this movie does ok..it doesn’t deserve to fail

@Josh103  
I’m pretty sure most of us are gonna mind our own business anyway.
 
We don’t go to the movies to socialize and talk to the other people during the movie.
 
At least, I hope you people don’t.

I always go to see kids movies on my own. Hell, I wear pony t-shirts around town.
 
No one gives a damn. Most I’ve got is a few ‘I like your shirt’ from shopkeepers and ‘Applejack!’ from six year olds, which I generally respond to with a sagely nod.

I will be watching the movie on theaters, even though I’m generally known as a pirate.
 
I have standards.

Most of you live in large cities where it’s easy to blend in. I live in a small town where news spreads fast and some already think there’s something wrong with me (hence why someone I know might see me, because going to one of the 2 nearby cities for entertainment is what everyone does around here. Plus most of my coworkers are from those cities).  
As of now only 3 people (outside of other bronies I met at cons and know on Facebook) know about me being a fan: My sister (lives in Missouri, certified pegasister along with her 2 kids), my uncle (lives with me), and one of my railfan friends (lives in one of those cities, but he doesn’t know how into pony I am). I dread the day someone we know pops in for a visit. XD