Helloo

[quackers]

Hey everyone, just another pony fan here, finally had the guts to create an account. I'm 21 years old, from northern Europe. I LOVE old my little pony cartoons and stuff, so I'm excited to share this feeling with other fans! 

[yoshi89]

Welcome! Nice to have you here!

[StarSwirl05]

Hi. I see you have Firefly as your avatar. Is she your favorite?

[acehoneycomb]

Another new member! Nice!
You'll mostly see me, Starswirl and Yoshi around me (the place has been pretty quiet since Notes left) but Bobdude does show up occasionally.
So you're a fan of G1 in addition to Tales judging by your avatar? Pretty neat, because I am similar in that regard.

[quackers]

Thanks guys, I'm glad to be here! Firefly is one of my favorites and yes I like G1 and Tales equally much I've also watched the newer ones, they are nice but there's just something about the old ones that I really love. Nostalgia and the way they are drawn are big factors to me.

[StarSwirl05]

I've watched G1 only recently and find it better than G4 nowadays.

[Bob Dude]

Hey quackers, sorry I've taken so long to reply to your thread. Very busy with life and other fandoms at the moment, but congrats on popping in here anyways!

[acehoneycomb]

Glad to see you hanging around, Bobdude!
Yeah, I understand what you mean about G1 feeling all around 'nostalgic'. Even as someone who was not alive during the 1980's, the G1 cartoon is, as TV Tropes has mentioned before, a very '80's show. The voices, writing, character designs (such as Sting in 'The End of Flutter Valley' and the Rooties/Ruties in 'Bright Lights), the animation style and the overall aesthetic make even myself feel nostalgic for such a ghostly, lost time period.

Tales is a similar breed of 'nostalgic'. Similar to the G1 cartoon, Tales is a wholeheartedly unapologetic product of its time and I fully appreciate it for just that. Stating it straight, the show made the 90's look cool (at least that was my impression upon first viewing it way back in 2012). The aesthetic, some of the clothing (Bright Eyes and Lancer's wild attire in 'Roll Around the Clock' is a complete riot), the voice acting, Teddy's hairdo (and his sunglasses), many of the plotlines (typical 90's stuff made magical by that distinctive Tales charm), some of the 90's slang that occasionally crops up and the background score (I point especially to the rock music heard during the rollerskating competition in the aforementioned episode (I like to call it the 'action/adrenaline music judging by the occasions in which it is played) and most of the score of 'And the Winner Is...' (I may have already voiced my opinions on the score, but I also appreciate the score heard at the end of 'The Choice' for having that 90's rock twang to it)).

So, overall, both shows are ones I appreciate for being time capsules to lost eras, and a reminder that it is not just the contemporary and present-day we must embrace, but the past (and the future) as well. This seems to be the problem with a sizeable quantity of bronies, who automatically label everything before FiM as 'dated' and 'girly' rather than making any variety of attempt to appreciate what came before on its own terms and as what it is rather than how it measures in quality against FiM. Comparing G1, Tales, G3 and FiM is similar to comparing vanilla ice cream to chocolate, and strawberry ice cream to pistachio. Each has its own set of personal strengths and weaknesses, and it's only natural to find one (or two) more enjoyable than the other(s).

[StarSwirl05]

One thing Bronies don't realize is that G1 is a lot darker than it initially appears as certain episodes have references to slavery.

[Bob dude]

Dang, honeycomb. You pretty much summed up why I was drawn to Tales in the first place. Strange a comparison as it might sound, Dream ValleyG1, Tales, G3, and yes, FIM, all remind of Star Wars in the sense that both franchises have a sense of earnestness about them. Plus like you said, Tales is earnestly 1992 and wears such on its metaphorical sleeve, which is another factor in its charm.

You know, if threads like these keep popping up, this will probably fire up my reviewing drive once more.