In a bizarre twist of fate, the My Little Pony movie that came out a few years ago is far more even-hoofed (forgive me) in its presentation of a "girl's property." Despite the show cast being 90% women, there's no real 'woman power' narrative to be seen at all. It's all about responsibility and friendship and regular kid stuff. No bitter cynicism to be found. Barbie could have followed in those same footsteps and been a surprise, but alas, the poison has sunk far too deep.
True. Brannon Braga, who wrote "Threshold," universally considered the single worst episode of Star Trek Voyager, said about it and the many episodes he'd written:
"A hundred-some episodes, you're going to have some stinkers!"
I think at this point everyone on the staff knows that more than half their market is adult men and that they can't try to pull off some feministy switcharoo without tanking themselves.
In a bizarre twist of fate, the My Little Pony movie that came out a few years ago is far more even-hoofed (forgive me) in its presentation of a "girl's property." Despite the show cast being 90% women, there's no real 'woman power' narrative to be seen at all. It's all about responsibility and friendship and regular kid stuff. No bitter cynicism to be found. Barbie could have followed in those same footsteps and been a surprise, but alas, the poison has sunk far too deep.
Former brony here (yes, I admit it).
Friendship is Magic caught on like it did because it deserved it. It was genuinely great.
But it lasted just long enough to go woke in season 10, and then it died.
Granted, how many shows go for that long without dropping in some level of quality.
True. Brannon Braga, who wrote "Threshold," universally considered the single worst episode of Star Trek Voyager, said about it and the many episodes he'd written:
"A hundred-some episodes, you're going to have some stinkers!"
I think at this point everyone on the staff knows that more than half their market is adult men and that they can't try to pull off some feministy switcharoo without tanking themselves.