I don't really notice a lot of negative press, but don't really look for it either. Thankfully because most of the FiM fandom seems to be intelligent, polite and overall cool people, when I've seen negative press (usually badly strung together by some arrogant traditionalist who hates the idea of males enjoying something previously reserved for females) it's usually been followed up by a higher-quality rebuttal that puts us back in a positive light with interest.

Quote Originally Posted by MJN SEIFER View Post
Well yes... The first episode of of FIM was based on a fanfiction of the G1 TV Series that Lauren (creator of FIM) did when she was a child.
Oh interesting, I didn't know that.

Indeed, it's neat that they've kept older fans in mind, even if it was originally meant as just keeping fans of the older gen series in mind. Now Hasbro just needs to realise a little more than they do already that we're the ones with the money If there still aren't any blu-rays and other things the older crowd would be interested in buying, there should be!
(There's almost nothing in the UK, and if the series was on iTunes I'd buy it in 10 seconds flat)