VGAddict Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 John de Lancie posted an interesting Tweet: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/11/john-de-lancie-hints-that-next-hiatus.html#idc-coverWhat do you think? What if the hiatus really is a year-long? Will you even still be into the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickLime Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Meh, that's how long the last one between this season and last was so yeah probably? But like he's not an authority of the show at all..so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedCedar Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I believe people are misinterpreting DeLancie's post. I saw a panel with Jason Thiessen at the last pony convention I was at and he said that from start to finish an episode takes approximately a year to produce. They run it like an assembly line, going from writing to voicing, storyboarding, design, animating, scoring and editing before it ends up in the can, about eight weeks before it airs. Since voicing is one of the first steps, I think DeLancie was commenting on the fact that what he has recently recorded isn't going to air for approximately a year. I don't think it has to do with the length of the hiatus between seasons. At least I hope not. The last one was almost a year and that was hard enough. Then they put another one in in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGAddict Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I think they put themselves into a corner with the mid-season hiatus.If they air S6 during spring/summer, they’ll get low ratings again, and if they air it in fall, it’ll be almost a year-long hiatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSanity Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Yeah... this is ridiculous. Also it's BS.There seems to be a contradiction.During some Hasbro "conference call" Equestria Daily reported that Hasbro knew it was bad to have the one-year hiatus and that it wouldn't happen again.Then we get this.So I guess Hasbro didn't learn their lesson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickLime Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Yeah... this is ridiculous. Also it's BS.There seems to be a contradiction.During some Hasbro "conference call" Equestria Daily reported that Hasbro knew it was bad to have the one-year hiatus and that it wouldn't happen again.Then we get this.So I guess Hasbro didn't learn their lesson? As said, DeLancy isn't an authority, perhaps He just got done recording voice work, and to got told making the episode takes a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starswirlthebearded Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Look, not that it actually matters... But it was probably a year from when he did the episode to when THAT EPISODE would air.That said, are long hiatuses that bad? I mean really... The only reason why it was bad last time was the time it came back and the lack of advertisement. I personally don't care about waiting. If I'm keeping up with a show, a hiatus only means I have that time to watch other shows, or read books, or study or play video games from my immense backlog or do any number of other things. We live in a time of entertainment overload, and honestly, I only have so much time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZephyrBurst Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 It doesn't really matter if it airs in the spring or the fall. We're all going to be here for it no matter what. There's a year long hiatus with many shows and people stick with them. More time means more time to make better quality stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lux Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 I have a feeling that it will be another year before we see Discord again, not a year-long hiatus between episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSanity Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Then why is Hasbro contradicting themselves by stating that they learned their lesson with the previous one-year hiatus during that conference call and now we have this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starswirlthebearded Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Then why is Hasbro contradicting themselves by stating that they learned their lesson with the previous one-year hiatus during that conference call and now we have this? Unless DeLancie suddenly became a show runner or a Hasbro Exec, they really didn't contradict themselves. Everyone who seems to post this with "year long hiatus" (or similar) is blowing it way out of proportion. We really don't know if that is accurate, that is what he was told after finishing a Discord episode. That doesn't mean much, at all. He could have misunderstood. Chances are S6 episodes are mostly ready anyway. And there is a high possibility that they meant that it will be a year for his episode to air.My recommendation is to sit back, kick your legs up and enjoy pony. Don't worry when more pony will come out, especially when you are getting your info from a guest VA and not someone constantly involved with the show or even remotely involved with airing or scheduling. We'll find out soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Let's be honest, no one knows when season 6 will air. Even though members of DHX wouldn't be allowed to tell us anything, I'm pretty sure they don't even know how long the season gap will be. So why do we assume De Lancie knows better? Of all the people that work on the show, the voice talent is often left in the dark much more than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 We'll find out soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewind Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 I personally don't mind, I think the fandom has reached a gentle simmer and we're in a "so it goes" period. I was an ardent pony fan for a few years, but I've found other things to get interested in with my limited time. FiM will return, plus there's that movie coming out. Meanwhile we have a large number of episodes to rewatch, a strong community here, and a rich fan culture to indulge in at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSanity Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 I never said I wouldn't wait. I'm more concerned about Hasbro stating one thing and then going back on their word and doing the exact opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 I never said I wouldn't wait. I'm more concerned about Hasbro stating one thing and then going back on their word and doing the exact opposite. To put it more accurately, the person who runs the twitter account, the overlords at Hasbro's toy division, the Hasbro media CEOs, Meghan McCarthy, Jim Miller, Discovery Family's director of programming, and Hasbro's PR person, are all different people. To think they will all say and think the same information is naive. Don't look at this as "Hasbro's dishonest". Think of it more as a large corporation that has much bigger fish to fry that to tell an insignificant fandom when their favorite show will have a season premiere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starswirlthebearded Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 To put it more accurately, the person who runs the twitter account, the overlords at Hasbro's toy division, the Hasbro media CEOs, Meghan McCarthy, Jim Miller, Discovery Family's director of programming, and Hasbro's PR person, are all different people. To think they will all say and think the same information is naive. Don't look at this as "Hasbro's dishonest". Think of it more as a large corporation that has much bigger fish to fry that to tell an insignificant fandom when their favorite show will have a season premiere. Even more accurately than that, none of those people actually made the tweet. It was hearsay from John DeLancie. Nothing more. There was no lying involved, they never actually said anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSanity Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 Except during the Conference Call that was reported on Equestria Daily where they stated that they had "learned their lesson" from the previous year-long hiatus for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGAddict Posted November 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 We might get S6 sooner than we think. https://twitter.com/crazythalia I'm busy with #MLP6 finale during culture crawl, but my studio at #AcmeStudios will be open for Gab's showcase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickLime Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 Except during the Conference Call that was reported on Equestria Daily where they stated that they had "learned their lesson" from the previous year-long hiatus for the show. You're just dead set on calling them out for telling lies due to hearsay aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noedig Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Whoa, let's not get too fired up... I'm sure they've learned that delaying a show for a whole year is a bad idea... besides, we can only say they're lying until it happens.Come on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSanity Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 All I'm doing is pointing out what I saw being reported on Equestria Daily. That's all. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. That better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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