My Little Pony - The Complete First Season
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Artist: Danny DeVitoBrand: RHV
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 500 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-09
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Rhino Theatrical
DVD Reviews of My Little Pony - The Complete First Season
DVD Review: Not how I remember it...
Summary: 2 Stars
I have been a 'My Little Pony' fan since the first series of toys. I am 26 now, so I grew up in the 80's with all the cool toys, cartoons, and games. I *still* collect MLPs today and have been buying many of the newest series of toys and DVDs.
So, naturally, I was thrilled with the release of the original MLP cartoons on a DVD set. I did not remember the cartoon series much, except for the 2 specials which I always loved and still have on recorded VHS, so those were fresh in my mind.
When buying the DVD set, I assumed that the whole series was similar to the 2 specials episodes. Boy was I wrong!
The 2 specials, "Rescue at Midnight Castle" (the pilot episode) and "Escape from Katrina" had great storylines with alot of Adventure and enemies without being overly violent for kids, yet still dark enough for even boys to be able to enjoy watching. The animation was well done, the characters were well drawn, the voices fit the characters perfectly, and even the songs were good (thats coming from someone who hates singing in cartoons)!
The rest of the series had a different, more 'overly-cutesy' art style, some of the voices got on my nerves, and the songs in each episode were horrid. The storylines were very uncreative and enemies were just dumb and annoying (ugh those irritating witches in End of Flutter Valley, and that annoying pig in glass princess.... The enemy characters were awesome in the 2 specials)
Now the worst part is... the only 2 good episodes (the specials of course) were edited versions!!! Scenes and cute songs were cut out of these great episodes yet the rest of the series seems to be intact.
So I can't even make use of the DVD set to enjoy my 2 favorite, genuinely good, episodes of MLP. Thnakfully I still have the recorded-from-TV VHS tape to watch those in their full glory!
And what were they thinking with the box-art? Those aren't even true MLPs on the box. Those are crummy cartoon-drawings of that horrible series of MLP toys released sometime in the late-90's I think it was... wasn't even by Hasbro. Just some cheap looking, scrawny excuses for MLPs. Thankfully Hasbro makes the new series again.
I gave as many as 2 stars mainly for the fond memories. I still love MLP, and the DVD set is a worthy addition to serious fans/collectors of MLP who want to at least have that box of memories on their shelf.
There was *some* cute parts here and there, but overall it wasn't very good at all. They really should have made the whole series with the same art-style, voices, and interesting storylines as the 2 specials.
There are plenty of DVD sets of old cartoons I have been buying (Thundercats, Ducktales, Mario, Zelda, etc.) and I still enjoy them as much as I remember as a kid.
I wish I could say the same about My Little Pony. Ah well. MLP is still my favorite 80's toy at least :)
They are getting better with the newer cartoons actually... the first few were corny, but the newest movie (Princess Promenade) is actually quite good so far (just bought it today and watching it now. My only problem is that they ruined 'Spike' the dragon...). Minty Christmas was also pretty cute. But they are getting increasingly better it seems.
Description of My Little Pony - The Complete First Season
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 11/09/04
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
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