Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-3410511-20150809062629/@comment-3410511-20150809193809

That's because there weren't any big enough villains.

Example: I saw the film 1408, where a selfish writer checks into a hotel room that tries to kill him. It was a living thing that kept frightening him and tormenting him with images and nightmares. Everytime he tries to escape the room, it pulls every trick imaginable to keep him from getting out. His experiences allowed him to rethink his outlook on life.

So I figured the ponies need a much bigger villain, not only to fight them, but to challenge them. A threat so powerful, so clever, to keep trumping the Mane 6 at every turn, and forces them to rethink their approach to defeating him, making themselves better ponies. Sort of the "ultimate evil and growing hero" conflict. A great dramatic struggle that would give the friendship lessons they learn at the end of every episode much more meaning.