This Was a Great Start! | My Little Pony A New Generation

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The new generation of My Little Pony is here, and now with the new Netflix movie we get to see what's been hinted for months now. And I'm excited to show all of you just what this movie has to offer.
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[@NegativeLegend]

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[@kristal6658]

Cool

[@ashtonkamien8542]

Did you read my letter let me know please I hope you have a awesome day

[@the-nighttimes]

Ya missed the post credits scene, that foreshadowed earth ponies having some kind of magic.

[@therubyminecart5291]

Zipp is my favourite character!

[@kiwithekiller2492]

2:00 Keep the hair looks great on you! 😎 👍

[@nataliahassan1920]

I want to know more about Sunny's dad. Seriously, who *is* this pony: Why does his journal have Twilight's cutie mark on the cover? Why is he the only pony who believed in the gen4 history and that the different races could get along? How does he have the Earth Pony Crystal? Why is there a secret how symbol that shows how to put the crystals together in his house? How does he know about *any* of this crystal/magic stuff? How did he die? *Who is this man???*

[@heavenonearth3316]

*pony T-T sorry

[@buebunny]

Seconded.

[@SilverShinepony]

he's an og brony for sure

[@Mooms]

There is a theory that he’s Twilight’s descendant

[@AcarleRed]

@@Mooms He has to be tbh, he looks like a blue version of Twilight

[@tomsparrow1823]

"earth ponies get nothing" actually in the final scene we see an earth pony walking along and their hooves glow, which to me seems to imply that either Earth ponies have new magic now or Earth ponies have always had a form of magic that was unknown until this point and is now returning. I just hope that they actually address this in the show following this

[@intergalacdab9191]

it might be a reference to how in gen 4/fim it was stated that the earth ponies magic was their strength in the s4 finale

[@tomsparrow1823]

@@intergalacdab9191 maybe, but there was emphasis on that moment and we've never seen anything like it from earth ponies so hopefully they will follow through on that and we'll see what it means. Because if it's just Earth Pony strength that's a very strange thing to focus on like it's special

[@sugarkitty2008]

I'd like to note that in Gen 4, the world didn't work on it's own. The earth didn't orbit the sun and the moon didn't orbit the earth. The princesses moved them (cartoon logic I guess). The pegasi controlled the weather. It didn't just happen. The earth ponies grew the plants, cared for animals, cooked, mined and such. (fluttershy being like an exception here). Places that worked by themselves like the everfree forest, were seen as weird. In Gen 5, the world is actually working just fine by itself. It doesn't need pony magic. So what we've seen so far is that pegasi will just have fun flying, high up jobs will be made easier. But they wouldn't need to alter the weather. Unicorns can levitate and learn other magic tricks, but wouldn't need to do anything vital like the sun and moon. Things seem to grow just fine without earth pony magic, but perhaps they will now find they are generally stronger and the land they touch becomes more fertile and luscious. Better quality food and that.

[@Nekoszowa]

@@sugarkitty2008 Rather than cartoon logic it's a reference/callback to various myths. Like for example the god Khepri who each day rolls the sun back on the sky and how in Norse mythology there are two(one?) wolves that chase the sun(Sol) and the Moon(Mani) through out the day and that's why we have day-night cycle. And all the Greek myths about how it was the gods getting pissed off at humanity and that's why Zeus would rain down lighting and Poseidon brought about the floods.

[@lindsaythemorallygay4586]

Earth ponies have a deep connection to the earth and their physical strength. So it kind of makes sense that their hooves glow because that touches the earth. I always saw the ponies kind of like being in charge of different layers of the world so I’ve never really seen them as being unequal. I know not a lot of us think that though.

[@hallowseve5072]

I cried when they hinted that Sunny's dad died. They had this nice and cute moment when she was a kid with her dad and then it cuts to her talking to the picture of her father. Sis had the audacity to sing "it's gonna be my day" as I'm crying. 😭😭

[@cenasparks3402]

It had me tearing cause this movie came out on my dad's (rip) birthday and then they go do *THAT* to me.

[@_gremlinboy]

Same, I was just enjoying the intro and loving the underrated trope we got with him (social justice dads ftw) and then suddenly the cut and it's just quietly indicated that he's been gone for a long time now. I was so upset lol

[@hallowseve5072]

@@cenasparks3402 I'm sorry for your loss.

[@hallowseve5072]

@Rach they really didn't😭😭

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

@@cenasparks3402 Yowch.

[@frickinfrick8488]

I love Izzy. She’s a great balance of being comic relief while not being obnoxious or annoying, I like that her humour is more quiet and goofy rather than just yelling random stuff and doing physical gags all the time as a lot of comic relief characters in kids cartoons do. She’s a joy to watch

[@modalglue]

while we shouldnt compare these ponies to the gen 4 i feel like shes a mix of pinkie pie and rarity in the best way possible

[@pinkykitty3170]

@@modalglue I agree

[@sundalosketch4769]

@@modalglue Then i feel Hitch is mysteriously related to Fluttershy with how even the aggressive dog seems to love him at first glance. Sprout was theorized to be related to Applejack's family mainly from looking an awful lot like Big Mack while his mother gives me Diamond Tiara vibes.

[@grosebud4721]

I love Izzy so much because I love himiko glenn lol

[@ma.2089]

@@modalglue honestly the fact that the mane 5 feel like blends of the previous mane 6 makes them far more interesting. While gen 4’s characters were great, they were incredibly extreme in their personalities Gen 5’s characters are less out there and therefore because they’re more grounded. And the ponies who kinda are reminiscent of some of The mane 6 will have a closer connection to those who are also a mix of the mane 6 and share a pony in common. Gen 4’s friendship does seem a bit fast and slightly forced from Twilight’s end. The rest get away with the extreme differences simply cuz they have known each other for a long time cuz small town.

[@reviathan3524]

To be honest, I'm so used with the previous gen's ponies because of how big of a cultural impact it has brought to the Internet. Seeing this new one at first glance is hard to accept that there's a new generation

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

I love how Izzy is if Pinke pie was a Unicorn

[@marsmellow_5958]

For me it's the complete opposite! I had a vcr with gen1 episodes when I was a kid that I absolutely loved! I had a few G1 and G2 toys. G2 were my favourite. When my little sister was old enough to watch movies she fell in love with G3. So did I. When G4 came out I was a teenager so I didn't pay much attention to it until last year. I became a mlp fan once again. 😁 Friendship is Magic is my comfort show. All of the generations played an important part in my life so I am super curious about the lore, characters and adventures from this new generation 🥰🥰🥰

[@PercydeRoloFangirl]

Same

[@amirulamani1487]

@@marsmellow_5958 that is, kinda cool, like living through each iterations and generation of a show, it's like living through every TMNT iterations.

[@galaxyfrostrose2925]

@@marsmellow_5958 agreed!

[@MewDenise]

Earth ponies have magic. They are stronger than the other races and have a deeper connection to nature. Faust explained it herself that the pony world would not function without them

[@electricheartpony]

Unfortunately, Faust's words aren't necessarily canon. And as the beginning of the movie shows, the world can still function without any of the other races. Just it isn't as harmonious.

[@tigerialily]

There is an end credits scene that even shows how earth ponies have magic, though

[@Starwolfs]

Wow thanks! This hrlp me sooo much!

[@DrMecha]

Plus, this movie established that Earth Ponies have Magic Hooves.

[@bessieburnet9816]

@@electricheartpony The creator's words aren't canon? HAHAHAHA!!!

[@Ari-6]

I got big 'The Force Awakens" vibes, with "The old heroes being famous but nobody knows where they are", and "The world changing dramatically on the heroes watch but it's never explained how" but I thought this was a good starting point, and since it's going to be a series, there's going to be plenty of time to explain things. They better explain things.

[@johannesseyfried7933]

Well, in the Movie's Defense: It has been probably hundreds of years since FiM ended. I can buy Ponies thinking of Twilight Sparkle as a Legende. Rey thinking of Luke Skywalker as a Legende however, and even Finn, doesn't make Sense.

[@nonexplicitname]

I mean the movie takes place probably thousands of years after gen 4 so twilight might be dead

[@Ari-6]

@@nonexplicitname I mean it would have to be thousands of years for an Alicorn to die naturally. But the technology isn't thousands of years ahead, I don't get the impression that the stories are 'ancient' in their world

[@eddie-roo]

The movie is set in the future, it’s not that nobody know where they are, they are dead, deader than the dinosaurs

[@Ari-6]

@@eddie-roo How far in the future? Alicorns can live over 1000 years. This doesn't look 1000 years later.

[@AdventureHusky]

Nitpicks: -I'm still confused as to why they didn't explain how the segregation happened in the movie that is meant to introduce the new generation -What happened to the alicorns (Immortality or just unnaturally long life spans) -Are the others still locked in Tartarus? -Aside from walking on clouds and being immune to the high altitudes of the sky, plus changing weather I guess why do Pegasus need magic to fly? -They can glide and flex/flap their wings, but they can't fly? Pegasus are basically chickens. -What about the wendigos? Does Heartswarming Eve just not exist anymore or has it been written out of cannon? -How does Equestria still exist? Wouldn't the different tribes have made their own countries by now considering the separation and the fact that Equestria was built on the foundation of uniting the three tribes together? (Basing this off the multiple times the U.S has tried to break off from itself) -What happened to the other non-pony species or are we basically re-doing season 9? -It was implied in the original show that magic and flight needed to be learned before it could be properly practiced so how in the world do all the pegasus just start immediately knowing how to fly and the unicorns immediately knowing how to use a levitation spell? -The magic mirror and other artifacts or seals like the stonified Chrysalis, Tryrek and coseyglow? (I bet the human world is like in some sci-fi era now) -Like what was said in the video, did nobody document Twilight or Celestia's teachings? How did friendship get lost to time? -If there's no magic, how in the world do these ponies find their special talents? Because if I remember correctly magic was Twilight's special talent Things I liked: -G3 inspiration for the different colored horn designs for the ponies -The voice acting was way better than I thought it was going to be -I love the animation and style -Izzy is best girl and her mane is absolutely gorgeous! -I thought I was going to hate Hitch and Izzy, but I was pleasantly surprised because they're my favorite -The world is also gorgeous an I can't wait for the Tv show to explore it more -The royals faking being able to fly and Pip's turn around from fame and saving face to an actually sincere person -The change in social class between the tribes (really refreshing) -I like to headcanon that the unicorns live in the everfree forest -The fact that the unicorns live in the forest period because I am a sucker for old fashioned unicorn lore -The golden alicorn wing anssamble -Sunny having cardboard attachments because that's adorable

[@jamjamg4898]

All those things will probably be mentioned in the tv show. Won't make sense revealing those details now because it a hour and half movie and their won't really be a purpose for making the show if they use up all their storylines now.

[@prisle]

What do you mean by "Discord in Tartatus"? Didn't he got, like, married or something to Fluttershy according to the last g4 episode? Or is marriage the new Tartarus now? O.o

[@legsbeonpoint1795]

@@prisle they actually didn’t get married it was confirmed they just stayed friends, but most people headcanon that when Fluttershy died he willingly froze himself into stone because he couldn’t deal with living without her.

[@AdventureHusky]

@@prisle That was an accident. I I meant to say it as Discord AND the other monsters who are trapped in Tartarus, not that discord was also in Tartarus with them.

[@AdventureHusky]

@@jamjamg4898 I know, but you'd think they'd explain why everyone was separated in the movie at least. Not go into any real depth until the show of course, but an explanation would have been nice. Cuz in the end they all kinda just have one conversation and they're all together again, not taking much to reunite them. And it seems it didn't take much to separate them either so.

[@aracelyd7523]

Just would like to say, that it was foreshadowed for sunny to be a alicorn. When she was a filly she had the cardboard cutouts of the wings and horns. And then during the canterlogic presentation she had them again.

[@anahiapcay9042]

it was a smart foreshadowing tho, i only thought she had those because she was an activist, towards the end of the movie i was thinking "it would be awesome if she was an alicorn" but it didn't feel "obvious", if that makes sense

[@bobcharlie2337]

It looks like the faaaaaaar future. And the theme of MLP gen 4 Harths- warmth Eve holiday thing, just played out again. I like it. It's fine. And Earth ponies definitely have magic. Oh yeah, even the crystals needing a spark plays out here too.

[@vitraartist2622]

Noooo. You put the super catchy hearths warming eve song stuck in my head again. Cures uuuu.

[@bobcharlie2337]

@@vitraartist2622 MUhhh hahah ha ha HAaaaa....My work here is done.

[@nikki4803]

Pretty far. They have phones and big screens.

[@Linnzy]

@@nikki4803 right. If we look at some FiM episodes it looks like they live almost as an equivalent to real life 1800-hundreds ish, only more...progressed in equality for genders and stuff. Let's pretend that their timeline follows ours to an extent, that is a couple of hundred years, but for the Maine 6 to become myths, you'd think it would be like thousands of years. Like hownit is for us to think back about...oh let's say, Egypt and the Faraos for example. And since Twi became an Alicorn, she along with Flurryheart would live.....very very very long after the others. Just like Luna and Celestia.... .....aaaand technically...I don't think Discord can die.

[@watergirl929]

Lol right I was like wait just how far into the future is this exactly like thousands of years?

[@t.p.3456]

I'm relieved the Pegasus and their smartphones didn't sink to shallow cringe level illumination writing/ world-building (trollz, Emoji Movie)

[@reethelemon]

Yeah, pipp was a typical influencer but wasn't cringey. I like her character, she's like rarity if she had a phone.

[@vintagegoose8868]

the whole influencer thing could be a really good plot point in the future! like when she learns her life is more than how much likes she has on her post

[@KawaiiKlau]

And nothing happens... Again. My favourite part lmao

[@AshleyTheFighter]

Yes, I was waiting for someone to say this critic 💞

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

i know they claim it's the future of gen 4 but....it doesn't look that way

[@doodlesketchgirl158]

Oh god I never thought flashy klau would be here wtf

[@starringintheskies]

Oh hello

[@Moon-Goddess]

Negative: "Earth ponies don't get magic" Me: "So you didn't watch the mid credits scene where they hinted at earth ponies also having magic?"

[@TYCOIX]

@@serenitysubs933 the hoofprints shone so I personally dont think so

[@guacamollie2460]

They always had magic btw since G4

[@kspoo10_]

@@guacamollie2460 Yeah, it's just that in G4 it really wasn't as clear.

[@quinneveritt4528]

There’s a bit after the credits where ponies are playing and when the earth pony runs, the hoofsteps they leave behind light up. That gave me so many questions

[@Grimeygrotto]

They most likely have magic now

[@l1zziebear]

I feel like people sometimes forget _just_ how many things in g4 depended on magic, aside from the entire weather system, the nature system, and the animal ecosystem. 1. *_The wendigoes are/were beings made by the_** magic **_of ponies against one another, that’s why they don’t appear in g5._* 2. It takes magic to become an alicorn, so without that, no new alicorns are made, and possibly all of them are killed off either due to that magic being needed for immortality, or because the ponies believed they needed new rulers from their own races 3. Pegasi’s wings are far too small for their bodies, there’s a reason they needed magic to fly and stand on clouds 4. Without alicorns, it’s way too easy to seperate all the tribes. You saw how easy it was in that season 9 finale. But twilight and the young six fixed it. But without alicorns(basically a combination of all the tribes), they will easy turn on each other, especially if someone decided to assassinate Twilight. They could easily blame it on a tribe, then those tribes go to war, and then separation ensues. And then the crystals get taken with the new rulers of each tribe and so magic disappears, either slowly or at once, everyone loses magic and voila. Or, more likely, memory stone shenanigans ensued. (there was a memory stone poster in Izzy’s house.) And every tribe took their Crystal and dipped 5.The reason the history that Twilight wrote/made isn’t there? It’s way too easy to erase history from books, or change it entirely. Check out an American history book and you’ll probably find a lot of false history 6. -Hitch is totally gay. Zipp is lesbian, and Izzy is my favorite.- 7. There’s gonna be a show later on, it’ll tie up loose ends. Hopefully- 8.Idk what’s happening with cutie marks but okay ig.

[@MdSolehin]

My theory is that the mane six died and Equestria was left without a leader!!! The three tribes fought over who get to rule the kingdom which lead to a war that separated the three tribes!!!! Thousands of years later, the three tribes remained separated from each other , friendships from the past are now gone and the stories of the main six were thought to be legends!!!! At least that what I think is what happened!! Still there's so much we don't know about the lore of this "new generation"!! Why did magic disappear? What really happened to the mane six?Where's the crystal empire? Exactly how long has it been? What happened to discord after Fluttershy died?? So many questions!!! I hope they continue this story with a new series !!!! But hey that's just a theory! A film theory!

[@MsSumoon]

I felt it was a good start, I do hope they do explain in the show what happened for the 3 species of ponies to hate each other. The voice acting was good, their face design could be a little bit better in my opinion. But I'm glad they kept it simple than trying to overwork the previous generation. That is what Lauren did when Hasbro asked her to reboot the franchise, she kept it simple.

[@AkaNovaChan]

Actually when you watch the after-half-credits scene, you will notice that only the earth pony filly left magical hoove prints, implying that earth ponies have magic of somekind too.

[@hhs_leviathan]

I am pretty sure Hasbro doesn't want to distance themselves from the fandom they just know if you don't refresh the franchise it WILL become crap...

[@ashethewitch1156]

I cant point it exactly cuz I didn’t see it myself only heard of it but there was an Easter egg that is kind of a hint to how the ponies went against eachother for context: there was an equestria girls special called forgotten friendship where a lonely girl in canterlot high uses a magical stone that can erase memories to make all the mane 6 forget sunset shimmer (cuz she’s jealous of her friends n stuff) and there was a picture of the same stone in one of zipp/sunny’s dad science boards so there is a chance someone used that stone (accidentally or not accidentally) to make the ponies forget about eachother and they all started fearing eachother

[@_gremlinboy]

That's very neat, I hope they do something like that because that sounds like a good framework for a cool new villain when they do a tv series. I've been wondering where exactly they're gonna go from here, and figuring out exactly what happened and why sounds like it would be a lot of fun

[@moonbowcraze1632]

But it was destroyed

[@star8979]

oh yeahh Wallflower Blush... forgot about her

[@Valentineatelier]

@@moonbowcraze1632 maybe this happened before? Or someone found a way to put it back together?

[@UltimateVegetaLover]

@@moonbowcraze1632 the equestria girls version but not the pony world version

[@EscapismAddict]

I honestly don't remember much about mlp except that I was obsessed with the equastria or whatever it's called mobile game . Anyone else remember that?

[@Frostyblustar]

I still have it!things are cheaper now but they put more microtransations and events

[@Little_lovely_bunny]

@@Frostyblustar really I had to leave that game cus they took away free things they had given previously and made everything cost gems to the point where I barely had any

[@misha2152]

I REMEMBER TOO, YOU BUILD YOUR KINGDOM!

[@Demonic_Culture_Nut]

I think the pegasi have a Constitutional Monarchy. If that is the case, then the Constitution would be holding the Royals to a higher standard than the average citizen, making less be enough to arrest them.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

It would be very strong constitutional monarchy however. Even in UK the Queen can’t be arrested for even murder. Although the monarchy would be quickly abolished then…the laws usually only protect the monarch really even in feudal societies so the princesses being wanted makes more sense (although in feudal monarchies the monarch would have needed to order then and there would have need a law to be broken in modern ones, I don’t know if lying is law breaking…)

[@cienmcqueen2999]

Earth ponies have magic; Tirek would confirm that. Though I think their magic lies in physical strength or earthly knowledge. For example, look at the 2 earth ponies in the Pillars. Oo, add on theory! So Hitch has animals fans 24/7. He seems to communicate with them too. What if once magic is restored, he can talk to animals fluently much like Fluttershy could?

[@magicwitch7942]

Right at the end after the credits there’s actually a slight hint that Earth ponies might have magic. It’s not really a huge one but it’s there

[@delnadavid2589]

I really hope they explain the plot holes lol- well apparently this movie is good according to people who’ve watched it so I think I’ll give gen 5 a shot... it won’t hold the same nostalgia for me that gen 4 did, but it could still be a good show!

[@BARALover96]

Still has the gen 4 vibes tho. So nostolgia could hit you pretty strong

[@unknownbystander8145]

t's good if you think of it as a reboot/soft reboot of mlp, but as a sequel it definitely doesn't hold up

[@amalajames5116]

@@unknownbystander8145 Yeah 100% accurate. But what about Twillight and others?..are they even mentioned in the movie?? Curious, cause I didn't watch the movie

[@Pepstep_07]

The movie is going to have a series so they'll probably explain a lot of the things that happened in the series!

[@BARALover96]

Yeah the movie felt like a pilot and the unaswered stuff will probabaly be answered some time in the show

[@KAAAAAAAAGH]

"Celebrity voice actors" Why am i imagining Jack Black voice acting one of the characters

[@-K_J-]

I'm really excited to see if and how they explore what was set up during the movie in the series. Also I am NOT going to forget the fact that Izzy said Sunny's aura was lavender. Not to mention she calls aura a "sparkle". Also James Marsden playing a guy that's an animal magnet is hilariously fitting given his role in the Sonic movie

[@LandonTheDM]

One of the items in the background where Sunny's dad is shown shows the memory stone from the Equestria girls special Forgotten Friendship. It definitely is possible for someone to have used it to make ponies forget enough of the lessons of friendship to begin to distrust each other.

[@frogonkeeper]

I am interested to see how the show turns out especially with the male characters. If FIM had any flaws it would definitely be the poor writing of the male characters. But with the movie I was pleasantly surprised by Hitch. My main worry is that Hitch might devolve into the new Spike.

[@purple-glitch6827]

Ive watched the movie and it was really good ! Full with MLP references it was nice trying to spot them

[@moonlightwing9229]

You missed the important part towards the end of the movie there's a scene where Young ponies playing. in a field leaving glowing horseshoes print in the grass which supposedly is a teaser and what's to become of the Earth ponies

[@jenetikitty]

I loved it so much! I din't think you can quite recapture that charm G4 had, because no one was really *expecting* it. --but I think they did a great job and I am HYPED for the show!

[@howtheworldworks3]

Well said. Finally someone who knows what they are talking about besides Saberspark and a few others...very few unfortunately. I loved the movie way more than I thought I would. Looking forward to the show following this movie to be just as good.

[@sylvanwhatcott3280]

There's an after credits scene! 3 fillies playing together, and the earth pony leaves glowing tracks. I'd bet it's hinting earth ponies DO truly have magic :>

[@Earthenfist]

Honestly, this movie was just _perfectly_ constructed. No dead spots, no over-complicated bits. Everything flowed and balanced wonderfully. And the ANIMATION! Just, *chef's kiss*.

[@lynxk9372]

10:22 that burn omg that burn, godly

[@ANGRYYYYYYYYY]

i think it would be cool if earth ponies got more advanced strength by magic, so they have more stamina, strength, and so on

[@noeysnowy14]

I hope they show off how the earth ponies have magic, like there super strong or really fast or something. That mid-credit scene really has me thinking.

[@sterthester736]

I do believe they sort of implied in Gen 4 that earth pony magic is internal and seems to enhance their physical strengths and such, which explains why nearly every farmer, vet, and construction worker outside Cloudsdale in G4 is an Earth Pony. I really hope that G5 goes more into that finally.

[@pcdeltalink036]

The only real gripe I had with the movie was Sunny’s depression after the failure in Bridlewood while I’m basically yelling at my screen going “Earth ponies have magic, there’s a third crystal! How do you not know this?” I find it either incredibly dumb or a massive oversight that Sunny’s dad either didn’t explain that earth ponies have magic too or for some reason that he had the crystal and never told her about it.

[@GoddoDoggo]

Why would he know Earth ponies have magic? He was studying magic, that doesn't mean he knew everything about it or exactly what the crystal was. And there's nothing about Earth ponies that would suggest they also have magic. They don't have wings or horns, so you wouldn't assume they would.

[@pcdeltalink036]

@@GoddoDoggo For how knowledgeable he is regarding the history of Equestria (including introducing Sunny to who the Mane Six were) I find it hard to believe he also didn't realize or learn that Earth ponies had magic. Simple as that. And, thinking more about it, I would find it very hard to believe if he didn't know earth ponies had magic that he "just happened" to own the crystal for earth pony magic.

[@DrSmart20]

"the mission goes off without a hitch, until hitch shows up" there I fixed your pun for you.

[@slyceth]

Oh my god your eyes are so pretty WTFFFF you should do some annoying orange style animations with tehm

[@indecisivewolf5620]

"When I started watching it, generation 4 was more of a comfort show for me for me. And now I don't need it for a comfort show." I honestly didn't expect such a line to hit me the way that one did. Gen 4 was there for me when nothing else in my life was. Over the years I've made new friends, strengthened my best friendships and have tried to just do better as a person in general. Damn. I just never thought about it that way. It makes complete sense why even though I enjoyed the new movie, it didn't resonate with me the way FiM did.

[@pogostick6346]

I haven't watched the full video yet but I'm already getting a pan-ic from your hairstyle

[@arii6273]

As my little pony lover, the generation five were supposed to be the students of twilight whom she thought friendship and a variety of creatures made it so interesting

[@gigiisaweirdo8175]

Sunny’s dad said goodnight my little pony, and I said my little dashie to my screen and had flashback I loved that video, and Izzy is just adorable I love her she is my favorite character and every pony I love them too, I also loved the emo unicorns

[@darknessrising2453]

12:19 To be fair, it is stated that the events of G5 take place many, many, MANY years after the events of G4. Basically the point where any and all events of the previous generation are referred to as "Ancient Equestria". So a lot of info could have been lost in that amount of time.

[@gaiapsyche]

I think they changed to cgi not only to separate from the previous gen even in style, but to make fanart harder. Bronies will most likely go back to the flash style and it will be easy to tell it apart from whats canon and what is not.

[@frickinfrick8488]

I’m excited to see that they’re still doing a new generation every decade. I’ve been a fan of the series since I got the original gen 1 movies on DVD as a kid and I always loved seeing how they updated the brand each gen. I know it’s all a ploy to sell toys but it is a comfort show for me and I like seeing it get a new coat of paint every now and then.

[@TTTups]

i kinda loved the movie it was cute and the characters were fun and likable and the idea is neat bc it's like the fourth generation was a very very long time ago like a 1000 years and the old world and princesses are dead but the civiliation of equestria still lasts, but i want the lore. i wanna know what happened between the last and this generations.

[@tkiesailastname4656]

I can't fully remember the details of how gen4 ended but isn't it necessary for the 3 pony types to be together or the Windegos will come back and freeze everything? Or did everyone, including non ponies, coming together kill the windegos and so when their friendship broke nothing happened?

[@tsartomato]

gen4 (not) ended with everyone being racist and having to learn same lesson as episode 1 and 10 more episodes after that also they death sentenced a preschooler gen 4 still goes in the comics they visited zebras and cats and started some new overacrhing quest with tree of harmony clones

[@tkiesailastname4656]

@@tsartomato there were gen4 comics?:OO

[@tsartomato]

@@tkiesailastname4656 you can DROWN in them the main line that took "season 10" once the cartoon has ended, hundreds of annuals movie prequels evil universes separate adventures, three tomes of "manga"

[@tkiesailastname4656]

@@tsartomato wowzers. I mean, I knew there is a gen4 manga....cuz I randomly stumbled upon it but wow

[@tsartomato]

@@tkiesailastname4656 like prince blueblood being a twilight in parallel universe

[@kriyaoodhrajh6750]

You missed the part about how Izzy found the note in the lantern. That was cool

[@powerist209]

For some reason, part of me imagine Celestia or Twilight Sparkle strapped to a magic throne to keep the world in check while having to see the pony forget about friendship. Probably guarded by a trio of half-dressed immortal guards. Definitely not based on a certain dark fantasy sci fi franchise of a decaying human empire or the now-defunct fan iteration.

[@CreativaArtly]

I loved this so much and just like the G4 movie, I watched it with my fellow Pegasister friend DragonLily and we had an absolute blast! The music, the casting, the story-all of it is fantastic and we love it so much!!! I do hope they keep the movie cast for the tv show because not gonna lie, Pipp’s VA Sophia Carson is one of my absolute favorite actresses of modern media!

[@deadcool3227]

4:45 oh hey Starswirl Side-note: These are the elements the Mane 5 represent Izzy: Generosity Hitch: Kindness Pipp: Loyalty Zipp: Honesty Sprout: Laughter Sunny: Magic

[@waterdragon55]

It was a success and I think they wanted to tell the problems through the series like g5 season 1 and 2 or afterwards

[@CheeseLoverRed]

I am surprised that a Snow Age didn't happen because the three races aren't united.

[@rozenaa.]

Neg, you need to make a video about Mia and Me, it is such a good tv show with such a good plot (season 1 especially) and I think you'll love it. I hope you see this

[@CanIswearinmyhandle]

I recently watched the pilot episode Rescue at Midnight Castle from 1984 that I had on VHS as a child and they should have gone with more of that vibe. An evil centaur monster man kidnaps ponies and turns them into dragons to draw his carriage while he has some hairy flying ape-monster man forced to follow orders or he'll kill Spike who seems to be like a son to monster-man. The ponies look like actual horses and not what ever these things are and the mix of the rainbow ponies and the monster characters that look like they're from a completely diffrent show is fantastic. It's completely bonkers

[@johannesseyfried7933]

Yeah, the original MLP was crazy! We had a Lava Monster, a giant, immortal Squid King that tried to flood the Earth, a Cloud Demon that....basically turned everyone into Zombies....we even had a racist Penguin Emperor that tried to exterminate all other Life Forms with a second Ice Age!

[@solidmario64]

I just noticed, that around the 8:00 that song number had references to G1 MLP! Holy Crap!

[@ladypeachbuns5080]

I have a theory that sunny might be related to Luster dawn hence the name “sunny” and the cutie mark (plus the color palletes) and that’s also why her dad had twilights journal (also Luster dawn could’ve done something to become an alicorn cuz she’s twilights pupil and that explains Sunny’s alicorn magic), we’ve also never seen Sunny’s mom so yeah

[@Janewolfwalker]

Thats a great theory.

[@brooke2539]

I literally just finished watching the movie. What a pleasant surprise.

[@4Angel4cross4eyes]

i imagine the loss of magic caused the distrust perhaps. i think they might explain this in a future series how the loss of magic happened. they seem to hint at earth pony magic at the end, which is exciting

[@jordandwiggins1026]

“It went off without a Hitch.” Mentions Hitch immediately showing up Me: *press F to doubt*

[@ryanbarham8464]

In the last series, Princess Celestia had reigned for over a thousand years, at least. So how far must we be in the future for Twilight Sparkle to not only have presumably died, but faded into distant myth? Girl wrote a BOOK, documenting EVERYTHING she and her friends had ever done! This isn't the sort of thing that can just be forgotten! Do archaeologists not exist or something?

[@psychotophatcat]

Given that Sunny's dad was meant to be something like an archeologist, I'm assuming they're out there but mostly either shunned like him, or just ignored in favor of fear. Not hard to believe given how things work even nowadays lol

[@nuggsgaming2694]

Izzy really is the best character

[@maougha]

Wait so . . . when did the sun and moon start working properly without a unicorn or alicorn moving them?

[@mothmoss118]

"And earth ponies have no magic" everyone talking about that endearing scene hinting that they do have magic- but personally I never saw that- i just thought that that was just a cute ending not hinting anything-

[@CLOV3RZ26]

8:00 HAH!! THATS 2 REFRENCES! ok explanation: the first one is is a gen1 (i think) and the sticker is a refrance to rainbow dashes 20% cooler meme line thing- also im aware he said its a refrance but im gonna say it to and you cant stop me>:) unless you report this comment. and it gets taked down.. and my acc gets banned... please dont do that-

[@thecavalry4]

I love how everything Twilight managed to build during her time as the princess is now gone. Didn't she try to unite all the... creatures? Apparently when her time was over, so were the connections between all species. And what the heck happened to all the alicorns? Man, they really went all the way back to square one.

[@mandysmith5876]

Twilight was friendship, no Twilight no fridship, very sad but that's a good question with the alicorns, knowing it's not a magical gift from Princess Caedence and Shining Armor's baby.

[@noodlepoodle3582]

One of my current roleplay characters is named Sunny and I've learned to respond to the name. This video was an... interesting watch.

[@itsemmallright]

I loved the movie. The animal design is incredible. I want a plushies of the rabbits so much!!! Also Izzy is the best. And she comes off to me as autistic and I'm autistic so shut up.

[@marcus_priavinga1251]

So you know how there are three crystals . For unicorns it a horn and Pegasus it's wings, What about earth pony's? it's a circular gen ,what if the circular gem represents a hoof of earth pony. In the credit scene the show how hoofs have magic . The shape of the gem does not have a clear image on what it is meant to be . Does that show the earth magic is more subtle than the unicorns and Pegasus magic? Any ways those are thoughts, Thank you

[@gabriellejones2200]

Hey did you see the part at the very end with three little ponies( A unicorn,peaguse and earth ponies) run off in the distance a path of heart ❤ shaped hooves behind them appears showing a hint to what's to happen in the series version of the show

[@sofiathefirst8329]

Maybe the glowing hooveprints at the end mean the Earth ponies really DO have magic. And maybe it’s a more recent thing that they got after the events of G4, and could even the reason everypony was divided! Yeah it might not be true, but that would be a super cool twist: the Earth ponies gaining magic causing a huge rift between the tribes, eventually dividing them so much that G5 happens! That’s just a theory though, hopefully we get an actual explanation in the show and they expand on this interesting foreshadowing thing.

[@neutroniumranger9036]

The memory stone is referenced in a picture. It is possible somepony used the stone to remove the memories of them.

[@passiveaggresivesquirrel2052]

sunny trying to put the crystals together is litterally one of the first episodes of FiM, but made into entire movie. lul

[@Squiggy8440]

I’m thinking they’ll drip feed lore stuff in the series. Also, until the series releases, i think that izzy is best G5 pony. UwU earth ponies get magic but its only shown at the end credits it’s also not clear but i think its a mix of extreme physical strength and “green thumb” magic if apple jack’s hard hind kicks are anything to go by and zecora’s potions and herb gathering and alot of other earthpony background characters owning farms, produce and floral shops give any indication. But this is just speculation on my part. As for lore, who knows. I’m still sticking with the theory that twilight got overwhelmed with alot of things at once including the notion that she was so busy with ruling equestria and things getting piled up, she didn’t get the chance to mourn the loss of the other main 5 and things just kept bubbling and festering until a breaking point. she made a spell that she regretted but couldn’t resolve and things just got worse and then she vanished or gave up her position and because it’s already been shown that the majority of equestria’s residents are incompetent, things just fell apart even more so until the three pony peoples and the other species fell out and went their separate ways. TL/DR for the point of ramble at bottom if you don’t feel like reading this slightly heavy tangent. Sorry! I doubt that they’ll tackle such heavy topics now a days cuz people think kids are dumb and don’t deserve the right or knowledge of such subject matter but, there’s so many kids that deal with more than that and the nuclear, suburban american family is not the only kind of home children are in. I was born into a family that was just barely staring to climb into lower middleclass and my sister was later given time and luxuries i never got. It’s only a 4 year gap but damn, those 4 years can do so much in such a short amount of time. Don’t even get me started on the foster care system that so many of my highschool group were apart of. So much loss, so much hurt. And yet, we as kids, were never treated the same or when we were, we were talked down to in a condescending manner like we were dumb when even though we didn’t understand some of it, we KNEW things weren’t right and we KNEW that it needed to be talked about but we weren’t allowed to know until we were “older”. But by then we were told it was all in our heads or that it was in the past and we shouldn’t bring it up or XYZ excuse. This “think of the children” mindset is actually really heccin’ damaging cuz its like, “i AM thinking of said children. i WAS one of those children. And i hated every moment of it because i didn’t get answers and was treated and talked to as if i was stupid and a burden and that’s NOT okay.” TL/DR: kids aren’t dumb and the majority hate how they are talked down to and - i - in particular think we need to give kids a bit more credit and respect and give them age appropriate knowledge and answers to these topics and questions they ask.

[@nikki4803]

I SWEAR TO GOD YOUR HAIR GETS BETTER EVERY VIDEO! WTF?!?!?

[@summerproductions7699]

Dude, this going to be made into a show, they're probably going to put the facts about the desased dad in the show

[@cartoonishidealism582]

It’s a classic case of dead parent disease

[@TheMineHackSwe]

You missed the part at the end of the rolling text were they hinted that earth ponies might have sorta evolved a new sorta magical power.

[@_.pearl._0]

I adored the movie really excited for the show soon, hopefully they will explore how this future came to be.

[@kkwilson3900]

"Earth Ponies have no magic" Me: did he watch the after credit scene?

[@lolli_popples]

It went off without a hitch. *Hitch shows up*

[@miavonrandow7080]

THEORY: sunny's dad was a descendant of twilight, did yall see his necklace and colour scheme?

[@josheydubs]

8:33 according to all known laws of aviation, it should be impossible for a horse people to be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat body off of the ground.

[@Mica-kb3pj]

9:24 "The mission goes off without a Hitch..." Until Hitch shows up to the party in disguise

[@imaweeb_1379]

Wait, this is just my theory, but what if the crystals from the pegasus and unicorns were made by twilight since she's an alicorn. what if the crystals are part of twilight? for the pegasus crystal, she sacrificed her wings, and then for the Unicorn crystal, she sacrificed her horn. And since she lost her wings and horn, becoming a regular pony, she passes away since she's been ruling for so long and wouldn't be Immortal anymore

[@madisonellicott4624]

I think that whatever happened to seperate the different types of ponies is why there arent any alicorns are gone. Alicorns cant exist without ponies being united

[@horserider8254]

I was very surprised I really enjoyed this movie too! I had extremely low hopes for it and it really took me by surprise. The only thing I would really change is the animation. Don't get me wrong, the animation in this is gorgeous and has great flow! I just wish it was 2D, simply just because that's extremely rare nowadays. I miss the old 2D animation, and it feels like people keep moving on and improving on 3D when they could really be improving 2D as well. That's really the only thing I'd change in this movie! I genuinely enjoyed it. I grew up watching MLP G4 and I always absolutely loved it, it all has such amazing nostalgia for me, especially seasons 1-3.

[@emilyhanson96]

My favorite part of this move is when Ken Jeong voices a pony who looks like Homelander from “The Boys”

[@Maravillante]

4:36 roll credits

[@slhpproductions6707]

Imagine if the reason the races were separated was because twilight went crazy after having to watch all her friends pass away while she remained immortal like all the fan theories back in the day

[@Jacqueline_Oat]

Why is no one talking about the wendigoes?!?!?! Also the ponies have so little magic that they don’t have cutie marks on both sides its only on one when i watched it.

[@maryr669]

If you watched the end credit scene you can actually see it hints at earth ponies having magic

[@o.o7797]

This was actually a good movie but you you can’t change my mind; 👏FRIENDSHIP👏IS👏MAGIC👏

[@lumosnoct8665]

You could have said “HA that’s a call back!”

[@flowerwaifu]

9:27 missed opportunity to make a pun on Hitch’s name

[@-Theo-]

Not a MLP fan but I thought the movie looked cute so I watched it and it was definitely better than I expected it to be, my favorite is Hitch and I’m glad he’s part of the main cast and not a side character