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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (no, really)
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588688
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Post by
oneforthemoney
I feel somewhat split on the voices and singing of the gender flipped ponies fans have made, but oddly I find I particularly enjoy -- and that they often work very well -- when being sung in
duets
.
Post by
Morec0
One day still Season 3! Let the countdown of days cease and the countdown of hours and minutes begin!
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588688
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Post by
Skreeran
ERMAHGERD
Such a great episode.
Discord is still best villain, but Sombra is by far the darkest. Wow.
Excellent blend of humour and epic mythology in this episode.
Big news for Twilight, too. I think this "next level of her studies" is significant. I'm not saying she's going to become an alicorn princess, but something big is in store for her, I think. Also, it's very interesting seeing her cast some darker magic.
It was neat to see Spike play a bigger role, for once.
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588688
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Post by
Skreeran
I really enjoyed it. What Sombra lacked in motive, he made up for in sheer intimidation factor. Nightmare Moon banished Celestia and set up eternal night, Discord Discorded the main six and and threw Ponyville into chaos, and Chrysalis sapped love from Shining Armor and sent Twlight to the Canterlot caves, but how often were any of them really scary? Wherea Sombra was a menace that we were made aware of the entire episode, and it actually seemed alarming when he broke through. I liked that he hardly even talked. Rather than a vocal character, he seemed more like some dark force of nature.
Think of it this way: What motive or personality did Sauron in The Lord of the Rings have? But can anyone deny he was a great villain?
Post by
ChairmanKaga
Think of it this way: What motive or personality did Sauron in The Lord of the Rings have? But can anyone deny he was a great villain?
Kind of a bad comparison. The LotR books make his motive readily apparent.
Contrast with this episode. We're
told
there's a threat, but I never really
felt
the threat. The whole thing could have been paced better. The first half was almost completely wasted in that regard, and then the whole deal rushed to a conclusion in the final 10 minutes.
Not to say I'm necessarily disappointed. Overall I thought it was good. I just found myself expecting more at the same time.
Post by
Skreeran
Meh, I was satisfied. I felt the threat when Sombra broke through and started tearing the place up. I really liked the way the sky turned orange when he came in.
Also, I really appreciated the lesson about delegation and self-sacrifice (even if Twilight kinda completely missed the point at first... :P).
Post by
Patty
Sorry but not sorry - the S3 opening was probably the weakest double bill to date.
Post by
Gone
Remember this
is
geared at kids, you can't expect the villain to always have some deep motive behind their actions. Sometimes they just do it
because...
Post by
Morec0
It's been uploaded to Youtube.
I did like the villain, though I think it may have been nice to get a little more fleshing out for him - but eh, what do you want from a kid's show? I WAS a little disssapointed with the premire, though, and part of that WAS due to the villain, but I do have to give them props for not having made Candence and Shining Armor perminnantly crystal. I haven't seen any of the preview for next episode (and I'll probably avoid them like I always do) but I am expecting great things for this season.
All in all review: 6/10.
Villain was kinda meh, but has provided a lot of potential for fan work.
Storyline was about the same as any premiere (a new evil emerges and Mane 6 has to stop it)
I LOVED the animation for the Shadow magic. It really stood out compared to the rest of the animation with with bubbling-style effects.
Post by
Skreeran
I liked the villain, myself. He seemed a lot more
Card Carrying Villain
, than the others. Nightmare Moon was somewhat sympathetic and not scary at all, Discord was more Chaotic Neutral
(Type 2)
, and Chrysalis only did what she did to feed her subjects.
Sombra is the first one that is both truly
evil
, and genuinely menacing (imo, at least). Sure he didn't have a lot of character ization or motive, but I don't think it was necessary. Look at Sauron, or Kil'Jaeden, or the host of other big bads used to populate fantasy fiction. A great number of them are just evil, cause... evil. They're just motivated by generic greed, hatred, and thirst for power.
I liked having a villain that wasn't as sympathetic, for once. I liked him being actually menacing and, well, scary. And I liked that he actually got offed at the end.
The jokes were funny (Pinkie Pie Splinter Cell, "I just made a hat out of three pieces of hay and a drinking straw," Rarity flipping out over the crystal ponies, etc.), it had its epic moments (Celestia with the crystal, Twilight and Black Magic, anti-gravity spells, Shining Armor in snow gear, Sombra's first defeat, etc.), it sowed important seeds for future events (Cadance's being referred to as the Crystal Princess and her cutie mark glowing when she used the heart, Twilight's destiny, the mysterious dark book Luna conjured up), and I liked that it included Spike in the heroics too, rather than just keeping him out entirely (Season 1 pilot and Season 2 finale) or relegating him to a minor plot point (Season 2 pilot and Season 1 finale).
It had strong humour, a really strong fantasy backbone, strong animation, and good songs. It wasn't my favorite two-parter, but it had it's own charms. It was certainly better than the Season 1 pilot (I still can barely watch that one).
And the rest of Season 3 (Trixie, Discord, Scootaloo, Wonderbolts, Twilight's Destiny) is looking better than ever.
I mean, if you didn't like it, I can't make you enjoy it, but I
did
enjoy it, and wasn't disappointed at all.
TL;DR: GAK GAK GAK GAK GAK GAK
Post by
Patty
What the #$%^ is that gak #$%^ all about, by the way?
I don't know, Sombra was both shallow and he didn't actually
do
anything for the whole double bill. Discord had little motivation to do what he did, but he managed to be engaging and actually take action. Sombra just kind of stood outside a bubble and floated and cackled and... that was it. Out of all the villains introduced so far as well, he started as a normal unicorn and should therefore have had the most motivation to carry out his actions, the most engaging backstory, etc.
I felt like the mane 6 were over exaggerations of themselves considering the events of S2 (like Twilight panicking over nothing again, Rarity was just hammy ad nausea, and Fluttershy... completely forgot her assertiveness?). It was fun, but it wasn't the best start.
I also still don't understand why Celestia or Luna didn't get involved. The Elements aren't an excuse this time.
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138638
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Post by
Patty
When the season premiere aired on the Hubs channel thus putty/play do type of product had ads for just about every commercial slot available, there was something like 12 commercials for "gak" during the commercials for crystal ponies 1 and 2 combined. There was even 1 ocassion in which the same commercial was played 3 times...in a row.
These commercials also said the word gak more often than
rarity says the word pony here
Oh, luckily I didn't have to tolerate that.
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138638
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Post by
Skreeran
I also still don't understand why Celestia or Luna didn't get involved. The Elements aren't an excuse this time.They needed to test Twilight for whatever they have in store later?
Even if Sombra doesn't come back in physical form all he would have to do is have his horn corrupt some unicorn pony in order to come back and wreck havoc. As we saw in this episode any powerful unicorn is able to channel the corrupting dark magic Sombra used, or at least both Twilight and Celestia can. If they were to become corrupted and influenced by Sombra's intact horn he could continue his attempts to take over the Crystal Empire via the corrupted pony.
P.S if there was every any doubt I think this episode confirmed that Twilight is best pony.Dark Wanderer Sombrablo would be the best villain ever.
Or would he be called
Sombrero?
And yes, Twilight is cutest, smartest, all-around best pony, pony.
Post by
Gone
Finally started the episode. Cadence looks like a meth head when we first see her lol
Post by
Morec0
I didn't notice that emphisis was put on the horn after his death! I'm thinking, and hoping the same. A theory I had was that they were going to turn season three into an actual plot season (by which I mean they were going to have an overlapping plot which spanned the whole of the season), which was why they cut back on the number of episode for it. When I first saw Sombra defeated I thought otherwise, but, now that you poin this out, I think you may be right!
I'm hoping to see more of this "dark unicorn" magic, and I'm hoping they give it a definitive Jedi vs. Sith vibe as well (possible with Lightsaberhorn fight?) - that would be cool! The dark side-corruption already sems to be there - explaining why Sombra's horn is curved compared to every other unicorn's being straight.
Also:
First Pinkie was a Pyro.
Then she was a Medic.
Now she is a Spy.
What will Pinkie Pie become NEXT!
EDIT:
Skip to 0:57
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