The critics are crazy.

@Background Pony #9552  
So there is someone that Tempest can talk.

@Background Pony #9552  
When Michael Peña wants to be in your movie, you make room for Michael Peña.

I blame Grubber. Why was he even a thing?

@Ledvi
 
My comment or TTG?
 
No but seriously. In every single media franchise, all of them, the majority of people will give their time to a particular media, decide whether they like it or dislike it, and then easily move on with their day.
 
As a personal example my parents have always and continue to hate all animation across-the-board. However it’s only when I provoke a conversation that they ever express these opinions.
 
It’s a trick of perspective, fandoms like to think that the communities that they form are the final say on if something is received in good way or bad way. But the reality is is that there are just as many people, if not more, who also view the same media but are not ever present on any website where these fandom’s gather.

@Paradox_Brony  
Slight majority? This is bad comedy.

@Jarkes
 

@Derpy Whooves
 
I did, I only saw it again because it was linked in another thread.

@Jarkes  
Unsubscribe from the image.

@Ledvi
 
Oh come on Ledvi you know very well that there’s a silent majority that don’t like TTG and don’t even care to talk about it.

@Ledvi
 
the movie is okay but the show is still balls

@NLTLF  
Finally someone that doesn’t have a massive hate boner for TTG can see the truth.

teen titans go to the movies actually did something unique, going for simple, self aware humor and just that, as opposed to the mlp movie with is the most stereotypical animated movie of all time.

@Scrounge  
Well, you’re not wrong.

@Hollowfox the Stallion  

 
 
I’m not doubting you (though a deeper explanation might be helpful, especially since I’m not quite sure what that third one is referring to), but I think the main focus of the conversation was on critical, rather than financial, reception. I only brought up the possibility of executive meddling because it’s a notoriously common source of problems, particularly when a toy company is involved.

@Hollowfox the Stallion  

 
Hmm…  
I tried looking for something about this and I couldn’t find anything…
 
(Edit: nevermind…  
I found it)

I must admit this is actually impressive. Only in pony memes surrounding politics have I seen these kinds of numbers, and even in those cases the mods usually shut the images down before they could reach their peak.
 
Seriously, all who are involved, pat yourselves on the back. From my experience it’s rare that an image hits 300+ comments.
 
Amazing work everybody.  

@Pudding Pone  
Can I have some?

@Scrounge  
Blame Lionsgate for bad marketing, ignorant knowledge of animation and rejecting some pricey gimmick that leads films like Wreck-it-Ralph and the second SpongeBob movie to be as successful as Avengers Infinity War than Power Rangers and Robin Hood.
 
I think that’s three factors that made MLP underperform at the box office leading to go downhill in box office ranks from fourth to ninth place.
 
And people still call it a success, when Hasbro just cancelled the sequel for a Rainbow Roadtrip special using the concept for a cancelled sequel.
 
If it was a success, then we could have gotten a sequel instead of pulling the plug on FiM after nine seasons.
 
And, talking to someone else not you, don’t force me for sources and citations for MLP sequels or anything, look for it yourself.

@Background Human  
Also plausible. Could be either, both, or something else entirely. But like I said, I don’t think there’s much chance of anyone telling us anything in this regard.
 
 
@Hollowfox the Stallion  
Agreed. I feel like the sequel could easily be a pretty great movie if they built on what they’d established during the first one and learned from the original’s mistakes (you know, kinda like what happened with Rainbow Rocks after the first Equestria Girls movie), and it’s kind of a shame they won’t get the chance.

@Scrounge  
I’m just chalking it up to the fact that there was a new writer. It takes a little bit for people to find their legs with this series, and this guy only had one shot.

@Hollowfox the Stallion  
It’s not a terrible movie or, anything it’s just not up to the standards of the series. Part of the problem is that I feel like it has so much unrealized potential. For example, Kludgetown feels like it could have been Applejack’s chance to shine; not only would it be more natural for her to be the one who distrusts Capper, but a lawless desert town full of crooks would have been the PERFECT place for a Wild West style action sequence. But AJ doesn;t get to do anything there, or indeed much of anything at all. While there’s no way of knowing, I can’t help but suspect focus groups and marketing might have hurt this movie a lot behind the scenes, like it was all they could do to even keep Applejack around after someone in a suit decided “nobody wants toys of the hick, ditch her” or something like that. I know it sounds paranoid, but that’s the kind of story you hear all the time.

@Aharon L’anglais  
It’s like they got the Scripts mixed up with Justice League.