Girl Show Ghetto

[Captain Jack Harkness]

By the way...

Ugh, I'm so sick of people dismissing a work and being totally ignorant about it at the same time,

I reject the "Brony" label (and again, I haven't gotten into the show yet)

Ironic.  You're rejecting/dismissing a fandom and label while being ignorant of it.  Sure, you know a little, but you can't really be part of the fandom if you DON'T EVEN WATCH THE SHOW.

[nickiknack]

The Powepuff Girls were awesome.

I don't know, I thought The Powerpuff Girls was pretty good.

*sings* Fighting crime, trying to save the woooorld...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mJVND1lqM0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mJVND1lqM0</a>

What immediately came to my mind was the above mentioned She-Ra and also Jem.   

I freaking loved Jem as a kid. Still do, Eric(the bad CEO guy) was dick.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

To me, a Brony is a racist, sexist, homophobic (if it doesn't involve lesbianism, but still a double-standard), transphobic, etc. sack of shit who self-worth themselves over a fucking show for girls and slams anyone who isn't into the show.

I say we judge fans of something strictly by its worst elements! Also all otakus are into hentai of underage schoolgirls and tentacle monsters.

[Auggziliary]

Most writers are men?  I dunno about that assertion.  I see plenty of credits roll for plenty of shows, and I see a good share of women in the names.  Unless you have some statistics, I'm calling bullshit on that one.

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/tv-writing-remains-white-mans-world-writers-guild-study-finds-82556
http://www.thewrap.com/music/article/sexist-hollywood-women-still-struggle-find-film-jobs-study-finds-74076
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/11/26/the_dan_harmon_theory_of_how_to_get_more_women_writing_television_convince.html

The general findings are that only about 15-25% of TV and film writers are women, and 68% of TV shows have no women writing for them at all.  Women still work in TV and film, but they're not the ones calling the shots most of the time.

Well, I wanted stats and I got them.  I want to debunk the conclusions made by them, but that's gonna take some research.  Also I have yet to read them.

Thanks for following through with stats.  That's really cool.

Alehksu Kihdo:  Gonna be another one of these people eh?  How about you not judge people by the name of the groups they wish to associate with?  That'd be great, okay?  What you're doing is no different from what fundies do to atheists.  Seriously dude.  Not cool.

I don't really see how that article is related to what Alehksu Kihdo said... She wasn't saying that MLP was bad, but the "bronies" are.

I agree with both of you though. Bronies tend to be dicks just like Alehksu said, but it isn't cool to shame everyone who calls themselves bronies.

[Sour Grapes]

What immediately came to my mind was the above mentioned She-Ra and also Jem.

Mind you, Jem did have some of the stereotypical girls show shit.  But only SOME.  But then have a show about a girl band, and that sort of thing is going to come up.  However it ALSO had relationship issues, drama, action, romance, cat fights, kissing, and real world issues.  They covered illiteracy, being an orphan, being abandoned by a parent, parental death, parental issues, and the list goes on. 

What Jem happened to be was an animated dramatic musical.  And the music was surprisingly good, in some instances.

[nickiknack]

What immediately came to my mind was the above mentioned She-Ra and also Jem.

Mind you, Jem did have some of the stereotypical girls show shit.  But only SOME.  But then have a show about a girl band, and that sort of thing is going to come up.  However it ALSO had relationship issues, drama, action, romance, cat fights, kissing, and real world issues.  They covered illiteracy, being an orphan, being abandoned by a parent, parental death, parental issues, and the list goes on. 

What Jem happened to be was an animated dramatic musical.  And the music was surprisingly good, in some instances.

Is wrong that I enjoyed the rival band's(The Misfits) music more than Jem and the Holograms music??

[Material Defender]

I think the key is that the issue generally is that a girl show is generally, well, made to appeal to a niche. Most boys shows... aren't called so. I mean, GI Joe is probably one of the few shows I would say were marketed to boyhood, but that division of boy/girl is more General shows versus the niche/genre that is targeted at girls. I don't tend to consider PPG a girls show since it didn't really focus on appealing to that audience in any discernible fashion other than female leads, but female leads a girls show does not make. MLP is definitely more targeting that demographic and has the clear pieces for it, but it's layered with all the aspects a good show has as well. It's in the girl show genre, but it doesn't believe it can just copy paste the genre and get success.

Sorta like Legend of Korra is definitely not a girls show, despite the female lead, I suppose. Though the whole love triangle thing annoyed the crap out of me because Korra and the older brother had like zero chemistry other than him being the mystery loner.

[Witchyjoshy]

On a side note, I really hated G.I. Joe.  It was a show that, even if it was the only thing on, I wouldn't watch.  I probably would've just turned it off to go read a book.

[Auggziliary]

Off topic, but I don't understand the title of this thread.

[Captain Jack Harkness]

Off topic, but I don't understand the title of this thread.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlShowGhetto

[nickiknack]

On a side note, I really hated G.I. Joe.  It was a show that, even if it was the only thing on, I wouldn't watch.  I probably would've just turned it off to go read a book.

And on that note, I've just been reminded of how much I enjoy those altered G.I.Joe PSAs that are on youtube

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ-ckU_D1fg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ-ckU_D1fg</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8lHGXWMzo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8lHGXWMzo</a>

[SpaceProg]

Pork chop sandwiches!

[Material Defender]

On a side note, I really hated G.I. Joe.  It was a show that, even if it was the only thing on, I wouldn't watch.  I probably would've just turned it off to go read a book.

I mostly was just like "Just shoot somebody!" The main issue with me is that it's a show about war where NOBODY DIES.

[Zygarde]

On a side note, I really hated G.I. Joe.  It was a show that, even if it was the only thing on, I wouldn't watch.  I probably would've just turned it off to go read a book.

I mostly was just like "Just shoot somebody!" The main issue with me is that it's a show about war where NOBODY DIES.

I think in the comics people died a lot I cannot remember I have not read the m in a long ass time.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

On a side note, I really hated G.I. Joe.  It was a show that, even if it was the only thing on, I wouldn't watch.  I probably would've just turned it off to go read a book.

I mostly was just like "Just shoot somebody!" The main issue with me is that it's a show about war where NOBODY DIES.

And now you know.