Making MLP Movie Canon Is A Mistake
Or at least I think it might be. Here's why...
The handling of the reveal in the season 8 premiere was very "As You Know Bob", with the Mane 7 gathered around the Cutie Map and marveling at how 'it had changed since they were away'.
The problem is that the episode immediately preceding this was actually kind of a big deal, introducing seven new legendary characters to the series. While I'm sure those loose ends will be explored either in later episodes or in the comics that specifically tie into them, to immediately gloss over and ignore those events in favor of 'oh look the movie just happened off screen' feels naritively dissonant.
It's exactly what I would expect from a bad movie tie in.
"So the handling could have been better, so what?" you might say, and that's fair enough. MLP has bungled other choices that were otherwise popular with fans before now. It's nothing compared to the value gained from introducing the movie characters to the main series.
And I'd agree with you except there are no movie characters being introduced to the main series. Tempest Shadow is mentioned (notably by her assumed name and not her real name) as being on a pilgrimage to spread the magic of friendship, but she doesn't appear in the show. Klugetown and the airpirates are mentioned, but nothing about Capper or Celaeno.
To top it off neither of the Hippogriff/Seapony characters we are introduced to at the Friendship School are characters from the movie. I'm sure plenty of hippogriff/seapony fans are happy to have representatives from those races in the show proper, but that could have been accomplished within the series, separately from the movie.
It seems, at least for now, the only thing making the movie canon does is tentatively open up locations from the movie for future episodes and Cutie Map quests. This is a part that I am actually happy with, as I thought the movie jumped from location to location too quickly for us to really get a chance to appreciate and explore the more exotic locales that obviously had a lot of work put into them.
Even so, it still doesn't sit well with me that the season 8 premiere has nothing to do with the season 7 finale, and I'm not sure a few new map locations and a few name drops of characters from the movie are worth that trade.
Ultimately I just worry that the series will sidetrack itself too much trying to make nods towards the movie instead of moving ahead with its own narrative. That at least is a problem we'll have to wait and see about, and I admit it may not occur at all. But should this season find itself involved with a lot of "As you Know Bob" style story-telling and "Agents of Shield" style 'oh, you just miss Tempest, she was here a moment ago' name dropping, then I fear it may greatly weaken the integrity of the season...
And trying to make the movie canon to the series will be a big part of the problem.
Submitted March 29, 2018 at 07:32AM by TheKnackerman
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