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"While boy-centric properties like Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles, and G.I. Joe got $125 million+ budgets to work with, Jem and
the Holograms, a girl-centric action/musical cartoon got a $5m budget
and a feature film adaptation that went out of its way to basically
discard the action/adventure/excitement elements from the original show."
Yes, yes, yes. They completely blew this, and it's a real shame. And
the strangest thing is that they utterly failed to apply any of the
lessons from Hasbro's very own My Little Pony property: Lauren Faust
legendarily made the recent reboot a success by demanding that shows for
girls could also have action and excitement and agency, and thus made a
show that appeals to everyone. Via Muse.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
