I hate raining on parades but that was a flat, stock kids' show episode to me. Most of the wordplay and intentional jokes were very bland and rote. The action scenes got repetitive and there wasn't much character development. It felt like we were moving through plot points rather than watching organic developments in a world and the moral was forced. Maybe I was just expecting too much out of the premise. Oh well, it was a new writer and there's always next week.
The plot was a stock kids' show episode about learning humility, yeah. And it played up Rainbow Dash's boastfulness a lot for the sake of the moral. But the episode still had its moments. I thought Mare-Do-Well's design was pretty cool, and seeing Scootaloo leading a Rainbow Dash fan club was a fun moment. We got to see a few more locales around Ponyville, including a dam. And Pinkie's Pinkie Sense was finally referenced again.
The plot was a stock kids' show episode about learning humility, yeah. And it played up Rainbow Dash's boastfulness a lot for the sake of the moral. But the episode still had its moments. I thought Mare-Do-Well's design was pretty cool, and seeing Scootaloo leading a Rainbow Dash fan club was a fun moment. We got to see a few more locales around Ponyville, including a dam. And Pinkie's Pinkie Sense was finally referenced again.
Oh finally..a MLP episode i disliked. The overall jokes and plot fell flat on their face for me. Also, why is a hydroelectric dam and a construction yard doing around ponyville, it could just be me being a sucker for the medieval/magic atmosphere but they felt extremely jarring. A standard episode for the kids.
Oh finally..a MLP episode i disliked. The overall jokes and plot fell flat on their face for me. Also, why is a hydroelectric dam and a construction yard doing around ponyville, it could just be me being a sucker for the medieval/magic atmosphere but they felt extremely jarring. A standard episode for the kids.
Oh, you mean the medieval atmosphere with record players, electric fans, fog machines, and complex lighting rigs for stages?
Nah, I liked all of the other episodes this season. There haven't been any new top 3 home run episodes for me, but most have been better than S1 average. This was a new writer and on this show individual writers do their scripts more or less in isolation. The problem could be either the "new" or just the "writer."
I think you were a lot more bothered by the addition of a handful of more clearly adult-targeted jokes and visual fan callout gags to each episode than the rest of us. I don't think they add much but I don't think they detract much either.
Nah, I liked all of the other episodes this season. There haven't been any new top 3 home run episodes for me, but most have been better than S1 average. This was a new writer and on this show individual writers do their scripts more or less in isolation. The problem could be either the "new" or just the "writer."
I think you were a lot more bothered by the addition of a handful of more clearly adult-targeted jokes and visual fan callout gags to each episode than the rest of us. I don't think they add much but I don't think they detract much either.
I concur, i personally loved the last episode with the pet, and all the other episodes were solidly written. Shaoworc has just somehow turned into a rather pessimistic pony :P While i disliked this episode, it was just a step above other episodes in S1 i was rather neutral about, like Feeling Pinkie Keen.
The way I felt about this episode was kind of mine with the last one. I was liking it a lot at first, then it started to fall down, and then the ending picked it up for me again. I see Rainbow Dash not only getting a big ego from the heroic praise she gets, but probably because she realized she had HER OWN FANCLUB. And it wasn't like the turn against her was as sudden, as the (some) of the townsponies were getting tired of her stuff. I think it could have been wrapped up better with the ending, but I did like how a lot of things were explained and PINKIE SENSE IS CANON.
I thought the Animation was fun on the episode too. You had all the set pieces with the dam, collapsing building, the cliffs, and Rainbow's movements. And I'd even say some of the jokes worked too. It's average by MLP standards for me.
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Yeah, that just happened.
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It was amusing, but RD seems like just a one trick pony with being obnoxious and overzealous.
I did laugh when RD did the worm.
I think you were a lot more bothered by the addition of a handful of more clearly adult-targeted jokes and visual fan callout gags to each episode than the rest of us. I don't think they add much but I don't think they detract much either.
While i disliked this episode, it was just a step above other episodes in S1 i was rather neutral about, like Feeling Pinkie Keen.
I thought the Animation was fun on the episode too. You had all the set pieces with the dam, collapsing building, the cliffs, and Rainbow's movements. And I'd even say some of the jokes worked too. It's average by MLP standards for me.