Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-27812265-20150407072015/@comment-26973802-20150412001818

And as far as I know that kid show doesn't try to appeal to older viewers like MLP does (well, G1 and G4 anyway, G3 not so much) so naturally most of us would dislike it. After having to see the last few minutes of Dora on Treehouse before MLP comes on (even though I had it muted), every time I see anything Dora in the store I want to throw up.

@Animerocks: I didn't actually answer your question. I haven't seen the G1 movie but I've seen all the episodes, and it's pretty good. Well, it's inferior to G4 but it can actually have some heavy storylines that you'd never expect from FiM outside of a villain episode (though of course things always turn out right in the end and only villains ever die in that show). Maybe coz most episodes are villain episodes, though it is lighter when they aren't around. G1 has its own Tirek who is even more menacing and sinister than the one we know from Twilight's Kingdom, and he ends up like King Sombra. Apparently that episode inspired the Nightmare Moon episodes.

However it doesn't have the humor, character development, moral outlook, or pop culture references that G4 has, so if you're looking for those, then maybe G1 isn't for you.