Okay, so they don't look particularly like horses anymore. But the simplicity makes for more effective animation. There's a saying in typography: A good typeface is not a set of beautiful letters, it is a beautiful set of letters. Similarly, animation is not a sequence of beautiful pictures. Drawing all those contours in the old shows may have made for better-looking stills, but the way they moved suffered as a result. The motion was super-awkward. The new show is probably the first MLP show to animate a full-on gallop properly.
Anyway, the real substance of this show, and the reason for its popularity, is in the writing, characterization, and acting. I can tell the characters apart, and I can listen to the voices for extended periods of time without wanting to go deaf or commit genocide. I love ponies and I have always wanted to enjoy the shows but this is the first one I actually can.
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Date: 2011-02-20 05:29 am (UTC)Anyway, the real substance of this show, and the reason for its popularity, is in the writing, characterization, and acting. I can tell the characters apart, and I can listen to the voices for extended periods of time without wanting to go deaf or commit genocide. I love ponies and I have always wanted to enjoy the shows but this is the first one I actually can.