Talk:My Little Pony Friendship is Magic/@comment-26973802-20140730042804

MLP is like Batman: Each version has a different style.

MLP:


 * G1 is like an older fantasy movie, the kind that can have dark villains and kill them off while seeming lighthearted when the villain isn't around.


 * G1.5 (My Little Pony Tales) is more realistic, but from what I heard only little kids would like it.


 * G3 is your standard little girl show, at least that's how most see it, set apart from My Little Pony Tales with the return of the fantasy element set in a pony world (although some have argued that's "G3.5")


 * G4, Friendship is Magic, is unique in its own way while appealing to all viewers. Some episodes have villains that can be dark, have epic battles, or be killed, and even when they're not around, it sticks with characters we love (unlike G1, which only kept Spike and Megan around the whole way through) and has the humor, character development, and pop culture references that G1 lacks. All in all, best series.

Batman:


 * TV series is lighthearted and somewhat goofy


 * Animated series has some seriousness to it, I haven't seen a lot of it though but doesn't seem overly dark. Apparently there aren't a whole lot of deaths but the very character who is the namesake of Joker Immunity is killed twice.


 * Tim Burton series is similar, serious enough that characters can be killed (including main villains) but not overly so, pretty straightforward, about on an Avengers scale, and with some language. (though it's not overly dark in nature it is in literal sense, but hey, it's called Gotham City so isn't it supposed to look Gothic?)


 * Dark Knight trilogy, unlike the other three, doesn't follow the comic book style, has more realism, and is more dark and serious than the others. Also of note, unlike the other three, there is no Penguin or Riddler, and they changed the Joker's origin. (this is the fan favorite version but my personal least favorite)

Ironic I dislike G3 and the Dark Knight trilogy for completely opposite reasons - G3 is, to me, too much of a "little kid show", while the Dark Knight trilogy is too dark and realistic for my taste of a Batman series.