There is pessimism in the thread because they took Rainbow Brite and turned her into a doofus. They made her horse stupid too. UGHColaWarVeteran said:Sure is a lot of pessimism is this thread. Personally, I'm going to hold my full thoughts until I actually watch the show but the trailer looks promising.
I think you might be thinking of "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer"Worgen said:Meh, I suppose it has potential, but one thing that MLP:FIM had going for it was a staff that actually seemed to care a lot about making something good. This kind of reeks of trying to make that lightning strike twice. I seem to recall there being a good rainbow brite movie but I couldn't tell you anything more beyond that.
Since they appear to be aiming at the same audience, it's more likely an 'also fan of' situation rather than competition. It is possible to like 2 things. Just like Avatar, Gravity Falls, and Adventure Time aren't competitors. This isn't a Star Wars Vs Star Trek type situation.Adam Lester said:The bronies are going to have some competition now.
Whoever wins, we lose.
I think you and I are in the same boat here. MLP: FIM was good cause the staff cared about it and didn't want to take the easy route that a lot of kids shows take these days. This is pretty much trying to get the same response that they got with MLP:FIM.Worgen said:Meh, I suppose it has potential, but one thing that MLP:FIM had going for it was a staff that actually seemed to care a lot about making something good. This kind of reeks of trying to make that lightning strike twice. I seem to recall there being a good rainbow brite movie but I couldn't tell you anything more beyond that.
I remembered this almost immediately, then laughed.Zeterai said:So.. Penny Arcade did that thing with sexy Strawberry Shortcake, and got into a legal thing with the owners of the IP. Thus, they did one for Rainbow Brite, on the premise they figured it would never make a comeback.. this is going to make for an interesting spectacle.
it is just a trailer, I doubt if she is going to be as cleverly written as the MLP cast they'd be able to show case that in a 2 minute teasergeldonyetich said:I wouldn't mind seeing a brony-centric Rainbow Brite, only trouble is that they've got to make her adequately clever to pull it off. Those jokes in the trailer were meh. Could be worse, but needs to be better to capture the MLP:FIM cleverness.
was one of the commercial channels i know that muchjackpipsam said:Did it? Do you remember what channel it was on?small said:oh yeah it did. i grew up watching it .. and i still have the damn theme song stuck in my head 30 years later and it only went for 13 seconds!jackpipsam said:Never ever heard of Rainbow Brite before, mustn't of hit Australia.
As a Brony I can see that the style is clearly along the lines of MLP:FiM.
I will give it a shot I guesss.
Because ABC Kids was pretty much were it was for me.