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>  but it was so annoying that I did not finish it
Some episodes are stronger than others but yeah, that is completely understandable. I didn't f8nd it annoying but certainly weaker. It was a big downgrade from the movie, which had some promise.

>  Unfortunately, the formula they went with to do so is a painfully familiar one that was obviously developed by a marketing department. There is no myth to it and, like the premise itself, no magic.
Yeah, I think that is exactly it's weakness. About halfway through. I tried to give it a chance in the context of a show aimed at a slightly younger audience and may still finish it. Some stuff I liked but it is far from G4, even Season 1 CMC feel.. IDK, more alive? This situation reminds me of Bionicle with both Hero Factory and G2, neither were bad per see, and the former might have been overly hated, but it was missing the myth and sense of wonder as the original.

> The killer is that I could have gotten into the universe otherwise. The world has an interesting premise, enough that I could have even gotten beyond my distaste for 3DCG.
Yeah, the background is kind of post-apocalyptic. Someone decribed it as a diet Fallout Equestira and that almost fits if you squint. Not that it had to be horribly dark, just that it had to something to it and more advanced ponies atop an old civilization trying to rediscover magic ain't a bad setting unto itself.

My biggest personal problem with G5 though probably was related to that almost darkness/attempt at depth when you put background lore together, it turns Twilight Sparkle's story into a tragedy with some choices that were questionable in universe.