TLC Show

I watched the show just because of the Cabbage Patch episode and I was appauled by the way the show portrayed the Cabbage Patch collectors.


MLPMommy4Life said:
As much as I like the show, the one about the couple with the Cabbage Patch Dolls was enough to have me thinking. This is as about "enthusiastically sharing" as I get with my collection... I don't need people to look at my collection from my childhood and then hear that I've taken to buying the new G4's and shirts and coloring books and make drawings/pointillism pieces and say, "Hey, look at her.... she has no life." But I really do. It's not fair to those of us who legitimately enjoy collecting. It took me 3 years to be open to my fiance that I do collect ponies... his "have you always been this obsessed?" question was one I can deal with because I love him. Hearing it the world over on every website out there (and I do read up on the comments from the shows I watch) would not do me well.

It may seem nice at first, but you watch that Cabbage Patch Kid couple on youtube or TLC.com and think twice.

Amanda
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apanda0622 said:
I watched the show just because of the Cabbage Patch episode and I was appauled by the way the show portrayed the Cabbage Patch collectors.
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I will totally admit, I was dying to see the Cabbage Patch episode simply because I knew it would be mortifying, and even I viewed them as pretty much...well... total freaks. And I have a collection of over 1200 ponies. I understand collecting, but I still saw the Cabbage Patch people as complete oddities.

If TLC wants to convince future subjects for their show that they're changing the light in which those subjects are protrayed, then I think the only thing they can really offer is the right for those subjects to approve or reject the final edit. If it's going to be such a great portrayal of these people, then TLC shouldn't have a problem with that, right? I'll sit here and hold my breath anyway though...
 
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Some of them haven't been portrayed as totally whacko--did you see the one with the guys who collected vintage washer and dryers or the guy with the Pan Am airline stuff?
I thought they seemed like extreme collectors--but not "odd" as much as some of the others.
 
....so anyone who has the desire to collect something, automatically has to have a mental illness or obsessive behavioral issue?

No, more correctly, people out there are too insecure with themselves to accept others' interests and have to exploit them to make themselves feel important about themselves.
 
LightningSilver-Light said:
....so anyone who has the desire to collect something, automatically has to have a mental illness or obsessive behavioral issue?

No, more correctly, people out there are too insecure with themselves to accept others' interests and have to exploit them to make themselves feel important about themselves.
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Excellent point. That and money are probably the main reasons for reality TV.
 
Besides the huge potential for ruining a person's/community's reputation, I also worry about two other things.
One, if the worth of some ponies is mentioned in the show, availability drop significantly. Viewers will get the idea to buy and sell vintage (or even recent) ponies for insane prices, making MLP end up like Monster High.
My second concern is that one of the more odd bronies will go on the show, and end up making the MLP community, collector or brony, get a reputation similar to that of furries. From what I've seen, many of them are totally normal people, but due to the more extreme ones getting public attention they've been labeled as sexual deviants/pedophiles/people who think they're animals.
 
I love how this topic has brought out some of the old members :bliss:

lol /back on topic
 
Angel_Foil said:
Excellent point. That and money are probably the main reasons for reality TV.
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Gaining money off of making fun of others; boosting yourself at someone else's expense.

Evil, yet come to think of it that's how 99% of Hollywood is. You always see all these gossip magazines about celebrities plastered all over stores... is it a wonder why so many celebrities turn to narcotics?

My concern about a interview with this show, is it's a insult to my client-base. My client-base collects my customs by commissioning me to do them, and my customers are very level-headed and are far from what others may try to paint them out to be as "collectors".

Collecting hand-crafted mlp's versus collecting machine-produced mlp's may differ to a certain degree, however, what my customers do is still a form of collecting whether it's hand-crafted or machine-produced.

So what's worse- collecting a crafted plastic/rubber-based item from someone who produces, or producing them your self? Everyone makes something for some reason, and even the creators of Hasbro have a artistic meaningful grasp for their productions even if it was intended for a younger audience.

Creators have a sense of anatomy for ponies, balancing color and design themes; are their creations to be limited as to who they're enjoyed by?

Kids can play with such things, yes, but a creation is a creation. If there's to be a strict age limit of which things can be enjoyed, that's just a flat closed-minded and ignorant way to view things.

Art is portrayed in a wide spectrum of forms, whether it be architectural, representational, fashion, surreal, abstract, literal, and yes, plastic/rubber crafting. MLP's are a form of sculpture and people should not be restricted as to feeling as though they're doing something bad by appreciating a specific art form.

Artists are hired to design and draw mlp's, which is a form of art that has captivated a broad audience.
You have to appreciate something first, to possess the potential of possibly doing it, yourself.
After all, My Little Pony designers have to start, somewhere. And it's their right to produce colorful pony art, if they feel that's an outlet for their creativity.

How does this all tie in with insecurity? Most level-headed and genuine people who are comfortable with themselves, can accept the concept of ponies as a art form.

People who are insecure with themselves, are too focused on the broad aspect of mlp's being intended for a audience of the age of 6 so it's a insult to their egos.
Why need a ego to begin with? Because it's a shield for... insecurity.
They need to just trust in themselves more and move on to bigger better things. :hugegrin:

Television is a pretty big thing, but not when it comes to traumatizing others for your own benefit.
 
This whole thing makes me nauseous. Doesn't TLC stand for The Learning Channel? When did it turn into such a freaking trash-fest? So sad.

Puzzle, props to you, well said.

I'm going to echo those before me and ask people to not be blinded by celebrity. Don't do this. Don't set yourself up to be portrayed as a freak. It's just not worth it.
 
BittieBaby said:
This whole thing makes me nauseous. Doesn't TLC stand for The Learning Channel? When did it turn into such a freaking trash-fest? So sad.

Puzzle, props to you, well said.

I'm going to echo those before me and ask people to not be blinded by celebrity. Don't do this. Don't set yourself up to be portrayed as a freak. It's just not worth it.
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I agree with everything BittieBaby said.
 
BittieBaby said:
Doesn't TLC stand for The Learning Channel? When did it turn into such a freaking trash-fest?
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I thought it stood for The Life Channel. Or maybe it got changed. Needless to say, neither is an accurate name. We're not learning anything, and these so-called "lives" are chopped up or completely fabricated. Ugh.
 
Angel_Foil said:
I thought it stood for The Life Channel. Or maybe it got changed. Needless to say, neither is an accurate name. We're not learning anything, and these so-called "lives" are chopped up or completely fabricated. Ugh.
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At least as far as I am aware, it is The Learning Channel. Not that I believe it for one second.

I am coming out of the woodwork (very rare!) to say that this is just... appalling. Rather sad.

So who ever came up with this idea I shake this monkey bum at you: :394:



(Chibiskittles! I am NINJA!)
 
Puzzle, you, my dear, hit the nail on the head. I really do wonder who else contacted TLC about this with a response, and curiously, I wonder if anyone actually signed up?

Mana, I have to agree with you one hundred percent. I would not want them to insult my customers and clients! To us, and to our clients, ponies can be, and often are, something more than little plastic toys. They are little pieces of artwork, from the simplest repaint to a fully covered resculpt, they are art.

I really hope that who ever agrees to do this show demands that they see ALL editing, down to the last edit before tv release, and if the interviewers try to push that they say or do something that they normally would NOT, that the collector stick to their guns and NOT say or do what they've been told to say or do.
 
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