ernesth100
The Traveler, The Genius, The Scholar
Has anyone seen this?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiBohDujLPs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiBohDujLPs
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
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Hey guys, check out this review of Pinkie Apple Pie:
This review brings up an interesting point that I never thought of... Pinkie seems to know all about what makes a good family... yet has never been seen talking about her family, or even mentioning it with other ponies. What happened with her family? Why did she leave the rock farm? Considering that we're supposedly meeting Pinkie's two sisters this season, maybe we'll get an answer to that...
This review brings up an interesting point that I never thought of... Pinkie seems to know all about what makes a good family... yet has never been seen talking about her family, or even mentioning it with other ponies. What happened with her family? Why did she leave the rock farm? Considering that we're supposedly meeting Pinkie's two sisters this season, maybe we'll get an answer to that...
GUYS, GUYS, GUYSGUYSGUYS!!!! SNEAK PEEK CLIP WITH WEIRD AL!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/01/15/weird-al-my-little-pony/4490001/
THIS REALLY IS GOING TO BE THE BEST EPISODE EVER!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/01/15/weird-al-my-little-pony/4490001/
THIS REALLY IS GOING TO BE THE BEST EPISODE EVER!!!
...Also, why would Rainbow Dash move to Ponyville on her birthday? Well, whatever.
I really don't know who Weird Al is.
Time to familiarize yourself (with some of my personal favorite songs of his):Anna said:
White & Nerdy (parody of Chamillionaire's "Ridin'")
Fat (parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad")
Amish Paradise (parody of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise")
The Saga Begins (parody of Don McLean's "American Pie")
Perform This Way (parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way")
And before you go thinking he only writes parodies, here are some original songs of his.
Hardware Store
Pancreas
Polkamon (yep, he wrote a song about Pokémon, specifically it was part of the soundtrack for Pokémon: The Movie 2000)
ernesth100
The Traveler, The Genius, The Scholar
All about the Pentiums
Hrm... Well, not to sure what I thought of this episode. I definitely remember getting excited in the middle of it, then actually laughing at one point, yet there's something in the back of my mind, telling me to look deeper into this and be more introspective or whatever. There were moments I wasn't quite sure what to think of, but I can safely say, for the most part, this was a great episode, like most of the episodes this season. I still feel the need to post my initial thoughts of some things, maybe thrown in a rant here or there, so anyone who's interested, hang on, 'cause you're in for a ride.
...I should also note my dad was there. He wasn't really paying attention, thought he did occasionally look up at what was going on from what he was doing. One thing I specifically pointed out to him, and another thing he legitimately laughed at. I'll get to those when I come to them.
...I should also note my dad was there. He wasn't really paying attention, thought he did occasionally look up at what was going on from what he was doing. One thing I specifically pointed out to him, and another thing he legitimately laughed at. I'll get to those when I come to them.
So, I guess I'll start with Bulk Biceps... I like how they say this guy's name numerous times, as if to tell the fandom: "THIS IS HIS NAME, REMEMBER HIS NAME, WE'RE SAYING IT MULTIPLE TIMES TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MISHEAR IT!!!" Quite frankly, I love this name WAY more then "Snowflake", I thought that name was stupid and not fitting in the slightest (yes, I get that it's supposed to be ironic, I don't care, ponies usually have names that relate to who they are and what they do). As for Bulk himself... Eh, I kind of liked him. I was kind of annoyed with the idea of having him get more screen time, especially if this was the supposed "background pony" that will be getting tons of screentime, but he's actually pretty funny. Hard to explain, but just the way he talks kind of cracked me up. Incidentally, this is definitely not the original voice of the guy, not that I care that much. Also, here he's shown to have a lot of trouble flying, whereas he was shown not such trouble previously. That MIGHT be something I'd complain about but I really don't care all that much. Yeah, I'm really not into it right now... Some of you might say to just do this when I AM motivated to do this, but knowing my, I'd procrastinate to the point where I'd NEVER get to it, so I might as well do it now.
Fluttershy is sweet and cute as always. The fact that she's willing to compete in the Equestria Games is either breaking character (she HATES performances) or character growth. I feel like it's one or the other and I know people will be debating on that, but I just like how incredible sweet she was in this episode. I didn't like that Bulk Biceps was basically squishing her on the train ride to Rainbow Falls (speaking of which, why is this the title of the episode? Eh, not that we never had generic titles before, but thinking of all the punny titles we have in general, seeing more generic ones like this sticks out more), though for some reason, I didn't mind when Bulk slapped into her while practicing. Probably because that was an accident...
The rest of the mane 6, sans Twilight later on, don't have much of a purpose, other then to support and cheer on the relay team. I guess it's nice, and it would make sense that the mane 6 would support their friends, but since everyone's been sensitive to the idea of the mane 6 being in too many episodes this season, I almost feel the need to comment on their role in every episode they're included it. I really don't have much to say on Applejack's Brown Betties or Rarity's really frilly dresses (I would think the writes would grow out of this joke; Rarity is able to make more practical and functional outfits, you know?). Pinkie, I guess, was fun; the funniest bit was when Rainbow Dash pretended to be injured and mumbled what supposedly caused her injury, and Pinkie angrily swore vengeance against the mumbles, repeating ewhat Rainbow Dash supposedly said. That, no joke, made me "laugh out loud" more then anything this show has done. ...Ugh, I wanted to get through this cronologically, but I ended up mentioning something out of order, I am so OUT OF IT at the moment. Maybe it's because it's later then I'm used to with these kinds of things, I want to watch it immediately, talk about it, then take a nap (since I wake up early for work), but my dad and sister keep using the only TV several hours after I'm done, to the point where I watch the episode and I'm too tired to want to talk about it, but like I said, I'm bound to procrastinate on this and eventually never get around to doing it!
...And now my mom just asked me to shovel the driveway... Fan-fucking-tastic.
Ugh, I wish I could go through this faster, but my mind doesn't want to work at the moment. But I want to get this done!
So, on the train, I'm glad they explain what all the other pony pegasi are doing... I'm assuming there are more events other then sprinting, as I know there are more pegasi other then Thunderland and... whoever that other pegasus was... Ugh, just keep this up man...
OH, this is something I wanted to comment on the most as soon as I saw it in the episode: GRIFFINS! Griffins are competing int he Equestria Games! Like, oh my gosh, I knew there were griffins living in Equestria, but who do you think these griffins represent? Is there a Griffin Kingdom or something WITHIN the rule of Equestria? Or are they part of a town where only Griffins live? Like, seriously, I'm desperate to know more about griffin culture, so these little hints really stole the show for me!
So Spitfire and Soarin' are back, and Fleetfoot (shouldn't it be Fleethoof, now that I think about it?) gets a speaking role. The Wonderbolts are all familiar with Rainbow Dash by now, as they probably should be by this point, and it really is cool to see Soarin' again. As for their role in the episode... Eh, I'll bring that up momentarily.
Eh, you know what, I guess i should talk about the main conflict: Rainbow Dash's loyalties. I have to admit, I expected this to be a bit different, though the way the episode presented it was still top-notch. See, I was kind of assuming that both sides would be presented evenly, like Rainbow Dash would have a really hard time choosing which side to go with, between her birth home and her current home. Instead, the Ponyville team, the team that clearly wouldn't have a chance without Rainbow Dash, is presented as the team she should obviously stay with, while Cloudsdale is the one who will clearly qualify no matter what, and the fact that Rainbow Dash was born in Cloudsdale is only mentioned in passing, as a means to justify her joining the Cloudsdale team. Yeah, Soarin' gets injured (and Rainbow Dash saves him... yeah, that's twice she's done a goof for Soarin', I like where this is going!), and now they SUPPOSEDLY need a new teammate, and decide to tempt Rainbow Dash to join their team... and this is where I'm conflicted... Like, the Wonderbolts are supposed to be Rainbow Dash's idols, right? And Spitfire, the captain of the Wonderbolts, was previously been established as a reasonable (if a tad oblivious) leader, right? Well not here; here they both take get Rainbow Dash to ditch the team that needs her and join their team of "winners"... Like, I'm okay with Fleetfoot doing this, since she didn't have an established personality until now, but Spitfire? Really? These are Rainbow Dash's heroes? And not only that, they LIE about Soarin's condition, saying he's still injured when really he can fly just fine, JUST so they can get Rainbow Dash to be on their team! What the Hell?! Soarin's been part of the Wonderbolts for a for a while, you'd think Spitfire, who no doubt would know him for that long, would be more willing to let himself heal or at the very least not be so quick to ditch him! Seriously, BOTH of them dump Soarin' just like that, and even though they're BOTH awesome flyers who could easily qualify for the Equestria Games on their own skill, regardless of who they got to "replace" him, they still go with Rainbow Dash... Hell, they didn't even really need to replace him, he could fly just fine, maybe not at his 100%, but come on, they already have TWO other teammates that could pick up the slack for him! And at the end of this all, Rainbow Dash calls them out on this, they're all like "oh yeah, you're right, we're sorry", like it's not big deal, like we're still supposed to expect that they're still somehow good ponies. Honestly, if I were Rainbow Dash, a situation like this would have caused a broken pedestal situation, I wouldn't want to be part of the Wonderbolts if THIS is how they treat their teammates... Speaking of which, what the Hell happened after Wonderbolts Acadmeny, did Rainbow Dash progress? How close is she to becoming a Wonderbolt now? Will we get any actual answers to this?! Either way, I CERTAINLY wouldn't accept Spitfire's badge, like it's supposed to be an honor or some shit (I'll get into that bad later, hint hint).
Ugh, wait, I said they presented the conflict in a good way, this isn't doing that justice... Okay, aside from, you know, the Wonderbolts being revealed to be assholes, the actual conflict IS great, because it's about Rainbow Dash's loyalties versus what she wants. She wants to win, AND she wants to fly with her "supposed" heroes, but her team really needs her. I've been in situations where I'm "needed", but my personal desires get in the way of what I need to do. Twilight comes in and calls her on this, and what's awesome about this, is that I expected her to chew Rainbow Dash out for even attempting to ditch her friends, but then I realized, this is not only in character for Twilight (she didn't mind when Rarity did the same thing in Sweet and Elite), but it also helps solidify her as a supposed princess of friendship. See, THIS is what she should have done in Bats!, instead of choosing a side and joining them in ganging up on somepony, she instead is more of a mediator, or at the very least, neutral. She doesn't outright tell Rainbow Dash what to do (unlike The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well), and tells her this is something she needs to figure out for herself. You can tell Rainbow Dash REALLY wants to be with the Wonderbolts and on the winning team (not to mention, the episode seems to go out of it's way to make the Wonderbolts the unquestionable bad choice here), but she ALSO doesn't want to let down her friends. She, instead, fakes injuring herself so that basically she doesn't have to make a choice (which Twilight sees through, and claims that this isn't choosing to Rainbow Dash), but it's here that we see just how nice Rainbow Dash's friends are, and how much they care about her, and Rainbow Dash feels guilty about almost ditching them. Of course we also find out here that Spitfire and Fleetfoot never bothered to visit Soarin' even ONCE, once again, making them look like assholes. Hell, even if they were competitive, you'd think they'd show at least SOME consideration for their teammate!
Then the rainbow thing happens, her eyes glow, and Rainbow Dash tells the truth, she returns to her old team, the Wonderbolts take back Soarin', and they all qualify for the Equestria Games! Yeah, Ponyville's team just barely qualified, like seriously, Rainbow Dash really WAS pulling all the weight there! I've seen some people complain about characters winning against the odds when really they didn't need to win. Since the Equestria Games are going to be a "thing" this season, I think they're building up to something with Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Bulk Biceps qualifying for the games... I just
Fluttershy is sweet and cute as always. The fact that she's willing to compete in the Equestria Games is either breaking character (she HATES performances) or character growth. I feel like it's one or the other and I know people will be debating on that, but I just like how incredible sweet she was in this episode. I didn't like that Bulk Biceps was basically squishing her on the train ride to Rainbow Falls (speaking of which, why is this the title of the episode? Eh, not that we never had generic titles before, but thinking of all the punny titles we have in general, seeing more generic ones like this sticks out more), though for some reason, I didn't mind when Bulk slapped into her while practicing. Probably because that was an accident...
The rest of the mane 6, sans Twilight later on, don't have much of a purpose, other then to support and cheer on the relay team. I guess it's nice, and it would make sense that the mane 6 would support their friends, but since everyone's been sensitive to the idea of the mane 6 being in too many episodes this season, I almost feel the need to comment on their role in every episode they're included it. I really don't have much to say on Applejack's Brown Betties or Rarity's really frilly dresses (I would think the writes would grow out of this joke; Rarity is able to make more practical and functional outfits, you know?). Pinkie, I guess, was fun; the funniest bit was when Rainbow Dash pretended to be injured and mumbled what supposedly caused her injury, and Pinkie angrily swore vengeance against the mumbles, repeating ewhat Rainbow Dash supposedly said. That, no joke, made me "laugh out loud" more then anything this show has done. ...Ugh, I wanted to get through this cronologically, but I ended up mentioning something out of order, I am so OUT OF IT at the moment. Maybe it's because it's later then I'm used to with these kinds of things, I want to watch it immediately, talk about it, then take a nap (since I wake up early for work), but my dad and sister keep using the only TV several hours after I'm done, to the point where I watch the episode and I'm too tired to want to talk about it, but like I said, I'm bound to procrastinate on this and eventually never get around to doing it!
...And now my mom just asked me to shovel the driveway... Fan-fucking-tastic.
Ugh, I wish I could go through this faster, but my mind doesn't want to work at the moment. But I want to get this done!
So, on the train, I'm glad they explain what all the other pony pegasi are doing... I'm assuming there are more events other then sprinting, as I know there are more pegasi other then Thunderland and... whoever that other pegasus was... Ugh, just keep this up man...
OH, this is something I wanted to comment on the most as soon as I saw it in the episode: GRIFFINS! Griffins are competing int he Equestria Games! Like, oh my gosh, I knew there were griffins living in Equestria, but who do you think these griffins represent? Is there a Griffin Kingdom or something WITHIN the rule of Equestria? Or are they part of a town where only Griffins live? Like, seriously, I'm desperate to know more about griffin culture, so these little hints really stole the show for me!
So Spitfire and Soarin' are back, and Fleetfoot (shouldn't it be Fleethoof, now that I think about it?) gets a speaking role. The Wonderbolts are all familiar with Rainbow Dash by now, as they probably should be by this point, and it really is cool to see Soarin' again. As for their role in the episode... Eh, I'll bring that up momentarily.
Eh, you know what, I guess i should talk about the main conflict: Rainbow Dash's loyalties. I have to admit, I expected this to be a bit different, though the way the episode presented it was still top-notch. See, I was kind of assuming that both sides would be presented evenly, like Rainbow Dash would have a really hard time choosing which side to go with, between her birth home and her current home. Instead, the Ponyville team, the team that clearly wouldn't have a chance without Rainbow Dash, is presented as the team she should obviously stay with, while Cloudsdale is the one who will clearly qualify no matter what, and the fact that Rainbow Dash was born in Cloudsdale is only mentioned in passing, as a means to justify her joining the Cloudsdale team. Yeah, Soarin' gets injured (and Rainbow Dash saves him... yeah, that's twice she's done a goof for Soarin', I like where this is going!), and now they SUPPOSEDLY need a new teammate, and decide to tempt Rainbow Dash to join their team... and this is where I'm conflicted... Like, the Wonderbolts are supposed to be Rainbow Dash's idols, right? And Spitfire, the captain of the Wonderbolts, was previously been established as a reasonable (if a tad oblivious) leader, right? Well not here; here they both take get Rainbow Dash to ditch the team that needs her and join their team of "winners"... Like, I'm okay with Fleetfoot doing this, since she didn't have an established personality until now, but Spitfire? Really? These are Rainbow Dash's heroes? And not only that, they LIE about Soarin's condition, saying he's still injured when really he can fly just fine, JUST so they can get Rainbow Dash to be on their team! What the Hell?! Soarin's been part of the Wonderbolts for a for a while, you'd think Spitfire, who no doubt would know him for that long, would be more willing to let himself heal or at the very least not be so quick to ditch him! Seriously, BOTH of them dump Soarin' just like that, and even though they're BOTH awesome flyers who could easily qualify for the Equestria Games on their own skill, regardless of who they got to "replace" him, they still go with Rainbow Dash... Hell, they didn't even really need to replace him, he could fly just fine, maybe not at his 100%, but come on, they already have TWO other teammates that could pick up the slack for him! And at the end of this all, Rainbow Dash calls them out on this, they're all like "oh yeah, you're right, we're sorry", like it's not big deal, like we're still supposed to expect that they're still somehow good ponies. Honestly, if I were Rainbow Dash, a situation like this would have caused a broken pedestal situation, I wouldn't want to be part of the Wonderbolts if THIS is how they treat their teammates... Speaking of which, what the Hell happened after Wonderbolts Acadmeny, did Rainbow Dash progress? How close is she to becoming a Wonderbolt now? Will we get any actual answers to this?! Either way, I CERTAINLY wouldn't accept Spitfire's badge, like it's supposed to be an honor or some shit (I'll get into that bad later, hint hint).
Ugh, wait, I said they presented the conflict in a good way, this isn't doing that justice... Okay, aside from, you know, the Wonderbolts being revealed to be assholes, the actual conflict IS great, because it's about Rainbow Dash's loyalties versus what she wants. She wants to win, AND she wants to fly with her "supposed" heroes, but her team really needs her. I've been in situations where I'm "needed", but my personal desires get in the way of what I need to do. Twilight comes in and calls her on this, and what's awesome about this, is that I expected her to chew Rainbow Dash out for even attempting to ditch her friends, but then I realized, this is not only in character for Twilight (she didn't mind when Rarity did the same thing in Sweet and Elite), but it also helps solidify her as a supposed princess of friendship. See, THIS is what she should have done in Bats!, instead of choosing a side and joining them in ganging up on somepony, she instead is more of a mediator, or at the very least, neutral. She doesn't outright tell Rainbow Dash what to do (unlike The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well), and tells her this is something she needs to figure out for herself. You can tell Rainbow Dash REALLY wants to be with the Wonderbolts and on the winning team (not to mention, the episode seems to go out of it's way to make the Wonderbolts the unquestionable bad choice here), but she ALSO doesn't want to let down her friends. She, instead, fakes injuring herself so that basically she doesn't have to make a choice (which Twilight sees through, and claims that this isn't choosing to Rainbow Dash), but it's here that we see just how nice Rainbow Dash's friends are, and how much they care about her, and Rainbow Dash feels guilty about almost ditching them. Of course we also find out here that Spitfire and Fleetfoot never bothered to visit Soarin' even ONCE, once again, making them look like assholes. Hell, even if they were competitive, you'd think they'd show at least SOME consideration for their teammate!
Then the rainbow thing happens, her eyes glow, and Rainbow Dash tells the truth, she returns to her old team, the Wonderbolts take back Soarin', and they all qualify for the Equestria Games! Yeah, Ponyville's team just barely qualified, like seriously, Rainbow Dash really WAS pulling all the weight there! I've seen some people complain about characters winning against the odds when really they didn't need to win. Since the Equestria Games are going to be a "thing" this season, I think they're building up to something with Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Bulk Biceps qualifying for the games... I just