Not likely.  Like with all shows, a low budget totally kills them.  You could tell the budget for LBT 13 was much lower than the budget for previous sequels, and the TV series' budget was like $5 an episode.  

Pretty much ALL films and TV series that are wildly successful had huge budgets.  Some examples include Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Harry Potter, etc.  

You reap what you sow.  If you give a show a dog sh*t budget, you're going to get dog sh*t.  

I'm not saying that all shows that have big budgets will be a guaranteed success, but they're MUCH more likely to become popular.  I hope Universal has realized this and throws a good amount of money at LBT 14.  Otherwise I fear it might be another flop and LBT might be dead forever.  Still, I couldn't stand the fact that it died on the 13th movie.  The 14th would be much better.  Though honestly I'm hoping for as many sequels as they can make.

Sheeeeit, I can't believe 4 years have passed.  It's good to see you again!  So many of the members I used to know and love have left.  But now with LBT 14 on the horizon and some old time members coming back, it'll be just like old times again.  Time to catch up again.  Have anything new planned?  Any new projects?  How about taking some snapshots of your current rig and/or room/house?  I've really missed having you around.

Holy buckets.  I used to watch that show a long time ago when I was little (ages 7-8).  I don't still watch it, but maybe I'll go download it and watch some of it again for old time's sake.  The cartoon looks soooo old nowadays.

Recently I actually started writing an MLP fanfiction. It's the first time in a very long time that I am writing something for the joy of writing rather than something based on formalia and regulations (applications and the like). So far it's 25 pages and I am curious where exactly it is going to get.

Did you post it on FimFiction.net yet?  That's probably where you're going to get the best response.

If this is true it's gonna be so awesome to see LBT return!  They'll probably butcher it like they did LBT 13, but hey we can always hope right?  LBT is a great series and I would be the first in line to buy the Blu-Ray (or whatever digital content comes in the highest quality) right away!  Might give me the chance to get some good desktop backgrounds.  Since my highest quality source is DVD (640x480), I'd welcome a truly high quality screenshot to use as my wallpaper again.  Unfortunatley it's not 2007 anymore and technology has kinda left LBT behind in the dust.  I've haven't used an LBT wallpaper in a long time because of the lack of high resolution images.  I don't want a blurry wallpaper.

Hey, happy Starday there buddy! Hope you have a great day.

I have no idea how I'd even play the thing.  Not to mention the terrible quality it would be.  VHS quality is absolutely TERRIBLE.  DVD is acceptable I guess.  But 35mm film?  That's gotta be like 4x worse than VHS.  

Of course maybe I'm wrong about this because I know you can still develop 35mm film and make a huge picture out of it that looks clear.  I don't know.  My knowledge of this kind of technology is severely limited.

@landbeforetimelower: Well, my opinion of the recent events of the show and the toys isn't quite that negative

Hey, I'm not saying I don't like the show.  I LOVE the show!  But these terrible decisions from the higher ups might end up ruining things.  I wouldn't be a happy camper if they ended up making the show a cheesy excuse to sell toys (which was basically what G1 - G3 was) with new characters popping out of nowhere and crazy stuff happening just so they can make a new toy out of it.  Frankly MLP was only as popular as it was back then because of the criminal lack of girls cartoons back in the 80's and early 90's.  If they released that smoking pile of crap today, it would most certainly fail.  No offense to any fans of the G1 - G3 shows (if there are any), but if you're a fan, you're definitely in the minority.  Not that there's anything wrong with that of course.  I'm just sayin'.

Believe it or not, I'm typing this post from an old Windows XP computer.  For those of you not in the know, support for Windows XP officially ended in April of this year (2014).  This means there will be no more security updates or fixes from Microsoft for Windows XP.  

When I first joined the GOF forums here, it was 2007.  I was using Windows XP Professional computer.  Boy has the world changed since then.  We've got the mess that's Windows 8 (though that should be remedied by the next version of Windows coming out soon, Windows 10 - that's not a typo.  Microsoft is skipping "Windows 9").

Anyway, I'm typing to you from a Compaq Presario V5000 (pictured below).  I originally wanted this laptop very badly back in 2005, but decided against it and waited a year and got a Windows Vista laptop (BIG mistake).  The laptop is loaded with Windows XP Media Center Edition and has an AMD Turion64 1.79Ghz processor, 2GB of DDR Ram (upgraded from 512MB), and an 80GB ATA hard drive.  Honestly it runs pretty darn well.  I'm using Internet Explorer 8 just like I was back when I joined GOF (technically I was still on IE6, but that brower is so old I couldn't even load up most websites unless I upgraded to IE8).  

I got this laptop on eBay.  It looks BRAND NEW and they claimed it was only used for a few hours then put on the shelf and never used again.  SMART tests on the hard drive confirm it only had 8 hours on it when I got it!  Talk about a blast from the past.

I've loaded up some of the old programs I was using back then.  Office 2007, Photoshop CS3, Tradewinds, etc.  Really not a lot has changed and I can still use this computer today.  Of course Windows XP is a terribly insecure Operating System by today's standards.  But so long as you know what you're doing online and know how to avoid malicious sites and ads, you'll do fine.  

Anyway, I'm just reminiscing about the past and how much technology (and society in general) has changed since I joined GOF 7 years ago.  7 years really isn't that long, but a LOT of stuff has changed.  I hope GOF continues to exist decades longer.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate you guys and what this forum as done to affect my life.  I hope we all stay together forever.  It might be a pipe dream, but that's what I wish for.

EDIT:  Fixed image



This next picture is NOT a real photo of my laptop, but it gives you a more realistic idea of what it looks like in real life:

Sounds interesting.  I'd love to see a picture of it!