Guess what the second most funded film project in the history of Kickstarter is? It has to do with a certain equine-themed Internet meme! Yup, Bronies have ponied up over 320 thousand dollars via Kickstarter (and another 26k via PayPal) to make BronyCon: The Documentary happen.
The filmmakers have begun casting. These are the specific kind of pony loving guys they’re looking for…
- Military Bronies who are living in Arizona specifically.
- A parent and son in his 20’s who are both fans and have bonded over MLP.
- An adult Brony who has Aspergers, Autism or other syndrome or disorder and has been helped by the show.
- Bronies living in the Southern California area with interesting lives and stories to tell.
I dunno, something feels more than a little off about just outright saying “We’ve already written this documentary’s script and these are the inspirational stories we’re looking for!” Seems a little artificial. Kind of like the whole Brony thing in general.
Hmmm, I wonder where the documentary is for the little girls that make up 90% of My Little Pony’s audience and enjoy the show in a non-ironic way? You know, the non-neckbeards the show was actually made for. Guess that would be boring. Heh heh, guys watching My Little Pony! How endlessly fascinating.
via BleedingCool
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It sounds like a certain columnist needs to sit down with some DVDs and learn a thing or two about the magic of friendship.
I’ve seen the show. It is a good kid’s cartoon.
@daniel
One of the things that irks me about some bronies is that they think the only reason some isn’t a fanatic is because they haven’t seen the show yet. No show has universal appeal and mlp is no exception. It is true thought that you can’t call this show bad. It certainly is a great kids show, but nothing more. It doesnt appeal to me the way korra, adventure time, regular show, and more recently gravity falls do. It doesnt have that extra zing that engages “geeky” adults as well( Atleast not the ones I know). All those shows have large fandoms as well that manage to not annoy the crap out of everybody. The brony fandom, sad to say, is very obnoxious at times. The fact they throw money at kickstarter in order for them to make a “Documentery” showing how awesome you are is kinda dumb. But if that’s what you like, so be it.
uhm.. I don’t know what to say. F***ing BronyCon?!? I’m inclined to believe that’s short for brony complex… the only semi-polite thing I can say is that I feel better about myself. wtf.
Nate,
I used to assume that this was an ironic fandom too (not that I had anything against it). It wasn’t until I became part of said fandom that I realized how passionate and unabashedly honest we all are about it. Believe me when I say that people don’t call themselves “bronies” just so they can think of themselves as “hip” or “ironic”.