EPTAlso, Pinky Pie is the best. She reminds me of Gir from Invader Zim, who is also an amazingly funny character.
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Scorch[DeltA]
Mexico41 Posts
Also, Pinky Pie is the best. She reminds me of Gir from Invader Zim, who is also an amazingly funny character. | ||
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aka_star
United Kingdom1546 Posts
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
I've never seen anything like it (well I watch Spongebob a bit when I'm stoned), but I have an open mind and lots of time. So.. I will watch Season 1 within 48 hours and report back. Episode 1: Just watched the first episode. First thoughts? It reminds me of stuff like Neopets and Powerpuff Girls. I had a good chuckle at some moments and the depth of the show is actually well done. There's a ton of characters that were introduced easily and the simple, yet wildly contrasting, personalities makes for easy to relate characters. It seems to me that a big reason why this show might be popular is because of Twilight Sparkle's personality with the whole gamers being seclusive (it's a stereotype but it's there for a reason). That also explains why Fluttershy is the favourite, although these are just first glance remarks. The artwork is really good for a cartoon and everything in the show is cute. This show actually overloads my cuteness sensory receptors but that's okay. As for humour, it's alright in a very innocent sense but it's not anything too special yet. 5/10 Episode 2: Second episode. Not gonna lie, I was confused at how fast the story was going. I thought the Nightmare Moon arc was going to last the entire season or something but instead it acts as the series opener. Episode was fairly plain, a bunch of trivial challenges (like in Percy Jackson except without the fluff) for character development further highlighting their traits; something they made essential to the plot (smart move). I was a little put off by some of the cheap bait and switch, mostly in the challenges, but I'm still going to keep watching since I heard the first few episodes aren't that great compared. Also, LOL at the random song, this episode gave me about the same number of chuckles as ep 1. 4/10 Episode 3: If I didn't make it clear (sorry) I don't actually enjoy the show that much yet. The 'number of chuckles' I had in both episodes were minimal, I'm just observing and giving an unbiased opinion of the episodes and what I liked/didn't like. There is humour and the show has its merits but I'm not enjoying it very much. I didn't enjoy episode 3. They gave me even less laughs than the first two episodes (which as I said, was actually quite low) because of the simplistic story/nature, it was just a staple 'filler' episode that you see in most anime. Again, everything about the show is so amazingly cute but that only goes so far. As for characters, I'm already drawing Fluttershy and Pinkie to be my favourites which seems to be parallel among common consensus so either the other characters suck or I'm on the same boat as all you guys. 2/10 Episode 4: Episode was better than the last. I'm guessing the show is going to go focus on each character one by one to further develop their characters. AJ as a character is kind of bland to me (she reminds me of this drunken Texan guildmate I had on WoW once who drank all the time and let her kids run wild, might be affecting my opinion). The show seems like The Simpsons for young girls and with ponies. Also, I'm confused why they made Spike a non-character. 4/10 Episode 5: Liked it a lot, the best episode so far. Good setup, good antagonist, every single person can relate to the story and all the youngins that watch get a nice life lesson. Maybe I liked it because the protagonist is one of my favourites, either way I think I'm warming up to the show. 7/10 Episode 6: This show is so simple. It's TOO simple. I think that's some of the appeal, and I kind of understand it. Episode 6 wasn't great, pretty narrow story but oh well. Seriously nothing special in this episode except that Spike makes more of an appearance than normal. 5/10 Episode 7: Good shit. 7/10 Episode 8: Episode 8 was kind of okay. I'm pretty sure that if this was one of the first few episodes I watched, I'd be like "what the fuck is this shit" and give it a 2/10 but I dunno, I've become acquainted with the show now so I enjoyed it more than I should have. It's such a nonsense show about nonsense that it makes it alright, if that makes sense? 5.5/10 Episode 9: LOL 8/10 Episode 10: Pretty funny how they used a deus ex machina for their moral message in this episode, worked pretty well. I enjoyed this as much as you can enjoy watching a show about something completely random. I honestly can't tell whether it's because I just like watching the show and the episode's actually bad or if the episode is decent in itself. I can't see myself watching this show at a random episode and going from there, this is a series that should to be watched from episode 1 because of all the character development. That said, there are some episodes at the start which really put me off. Good stuff in general though, they've got a cast with really strong personalities with a main protagonist who's the middle ground/normal one. Still, I like how each character isn't specifically binded to their character role, like they do in most shows. 7/10 Episode 11: Who doesn't like a good song? 7.5/10 (I feel as if this should be higher just for the awesome song) Episode 12: Okay so, I love AB and I think she's adorable and the episode was great and all but.. I was weirded out the ENTIRE episode because I kept thinking about how the cutiemark was a metaphor for something else involving girls and puberty. Just one of the flaws of the show being targeted towards young girls. I dunno, I felt like a creep watching it, and even more of a creep because I was enjoying the show otherwise. Not the best episode for those that already question themselves about watching this girly show. 5.5/10 Episode 13: Pretty sure I'm hooked into the show now. Also, do seasons go really fast in Ponyville or what? 7/10 Episode 14: "It needs to be about 20% cooler" "Now what do we do?" "Uhh.. Panic?" "That's your answer to everything!" Episode was great, I loved it, especially how instead of just having a show about dresses and fashion and all that jazz, they tuned the concept of "don't please everyone" into it. Seriously, if kids these days are watching this kind of show, they're getting some really good moral lessons that I sure missed out on. 8.5/10 Episode 15: Episode 15 had a clear anti-science feel to it. I know that the message behind it is to lead kids to decide for themselves but I can't support the way the message was presented. It was a clear religion vs atheist type argument where religion wins. Other than that, episode was okay I guess, I hate that message but I love Pinkie. 6/10 Episode 16: Fuck yeah, best episode ever. 9/10 Episode 17: This is an episode where if you hate kids, I think you'll hate this episode. Thankfully I like kids somewhat so it was good. Also, I can't get over how awesome this show is for kids, the way they tried to teach the "bite off more than you can chew" idiom throughout the episode is great. 7.5/10 Episode 18: Same vein as the last episode. 7.5/10 This is where my review ends. If you were enjoying reading this, I'm sorry. I decided to get high and watch the rest. If you're a stoner, you must watch this show, every episode was 11/10. Hope you enjoyed my episode by episode review. In the end, I think that as great as the show is, it wouldn't have amassed such a large following if it weren't for the "show for little girls" title. There are many shows out there just as good but we chose to watch this show because of how weird it is, and how there are so many people already watching the show. This keeps going, kind of like a growing, self perpetuated cycle. Just my thoughts. So yeah, I enjoyed the show a lot. Great show, would recommend. Call me a fan. | ||
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DisneylandSC
Netherlands435 Posts
On August 20 2011 01:17 youngminii wrote: It seems to me that a big reason why this show might be popular is because of Twilight Sparkle's personality with the whole gamers being seclusive (it's a stereotype but it's there for a reason). That also explains why Fluttershy is the favourite. lolwhat? | ||
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viralintruder
Jamaica140 Posts
On August 20 2011 01:17 youngminii wrote: It seems to me that a big reason why this show might be popular is because of Twilight Sparkle's personality with the whole gamers being seclusive (it's a stereotype but it's there for a reason). That also explains why Fluttershy is the favourite, although these are just first glance remarks. Gamers identify with Twilight Sparkle? I don't think MLP season 1 was geared towards appealing to gamers. | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
first thoughts usually wrong | ||
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Lynda
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Soap
Brazil1546 Posts
On August 20 2011 02:12 viralintruder wrote: Gamers identify with Twilight Sparkle? I don't think MLP season 1 was geared towards appealing to gamers. And look how that ended up. I agree completely with him. Another enticing element is the ponies often go the extra mile on whatever they do, while most shows and real life itself usually are about looking good and convenience. Think how often you find people with the work ethic of AJ on Applebuck Season, or Rarity on Suited for Success. | ||
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3574 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.ponychan.net/chan/pic/src/131338629548.gif) So sads T.T | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
On August 20 2011 02:19 Squarewalker wrote: youngminii I think you're going to like this show quite a lot if you already had a decent/pretty good impression about the first two eps; I didn't really like them at all when I started with those two, and only got convinced by ep 9 onwards when the series gets really excellent (strongest episodes imo are 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26) honestly if i wasn't forcing myself to continue i wouldn't, i'm just pointing out what i've observed in the first eps and while they're OKAY i would never actually continue watching unless i was high the first few eps has its merits and its downfalls but its biggest downfall is obviously that its a children's show geared towards girls and obviously you can see a lot ep 3 was pretty terrible, typical filler | ||
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Soap
Brazil1546 Posts
Besides, that's just like the rest of TL General. | ||
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Chibithor
Brazil514 Posts
On August 20 2011 02:39 youngminii wrote: honestly if i wasn't forcing myself to continue i wouldn't, i'm just pointing out what i've observed in the first eps and while they're OKAY i would never actually continue watching unless i was high the first few eps has its merits and its downfalls but its biggest downfall is obviously that its a children's show geared towards girls and obviously you can see a lot ep 3 was pretty terrible, typical filler I thought fillers were when the episode has nothing to do with the main plot of the series? The show doesn't really have an overarching storyline...well, ep3 does kind of continue in a later episode but not really. I don't think you can really call any episode in the show filler. I'll be interested to hear your comments on any later episodes in any case! And you should spoiler images, even if they're good.  | ||
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TALegion
United States1187 Posts
Applejack and Rarity are my two favorites, but are seemingly the least favorites by most else. Anyone else? | ||
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Soap
Brazil1546 Posts
On August 20 2011 03:01 TALegion wrote: Just started watching this show. I'm only about 8 episodes, and the Poll in the OP is odd to me. Applejack and Rarity are my two favorites, but are seemingly the least favorites by most else. Anyone else? AJ is my favorite after Twilight, Rarity can be extremely annoying when she is the star but has extremely amusing moments. I literally watch the Rarity's Destiny video every day.  | ||
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Bippzy
United States1466 Posts
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Lynda
649 Posts
On August 20 2011 03:01 TALegion wrote: Just started watching this show. I'm only about 8 episodes, and the Poll in the OP is odd to me. Applejack and Rarity are my two favorites, but are seemingly the least favorites by most else. Anyone else? Applejack, although an awesome character, just isn't getting much focus in the later half of the season and gets outshone by Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy who get progressively better over the later eps, while Twilight Sparkle is an all-around solid character throughout the entire series, and RD is, well, just very cool, so AJ sort of gets overlooked/underrated by many in comparison with the other characters. But like I said, mainly because of the fact that she just isn't shown that often later on, and therefore has less time to have good moments. And Rarity is frankly the girliest of the bunch, as well as the most stereotypical character out of the 6, but is still very likeable, just the other 5 are also very easily likeable and slightly more interesting so yeah. | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
On August 20 2011 02:48 Chibithor wrote: I thought fillers were when the episode has nothing to do with the main plot of the series? The show doesn't really have an overarching storyline...well, ep3 does kind of continue in a later episode but not really. I don't think you can really call any episode in the show filler. I'll be interested to hear your comments on any later episodes in any case! And you should spoiler images, even if they're good. Yeah I realise the show goes episode by episode but I couldn't find a better way to explain myself. If you watch anime and you see a filler episode, no matter how good they try to make it you know it's a filler and you know it because it sucks, the entire episode is made of fluff and they try to extend every scene for more content. My way of describing it. | ||
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GigaFlop
United States1146 Posts
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Barbiero
Brazil5259 Posts
On August 20 2011 03:12 youngminii wrote: Yeah I realise the show goes episode by episode but I couldn't find a better way to explain myself. If you watch anime and you see a filler episode, no matter how good they try to make it you know it's a filler and you know it because it sucks, the entire episode is made of fluff and they try to extend every scene for more content. My way of describing it. Well, there is no REAL plot in it. I mean, sure you have character development and all, but it isn't like an anime where there is a set objective for the main character(ie. Naruto becoming Hokage/stopping the war; Luffy becoming the king of pirates/ Ichigo.. eh nvm); quoting someone from the comments of the second episode, "the ponies are so badass that they beat the main enemy in two episodes just so they can do whatever the hell they want on the next 24". So yeah, don't expect real continuity. | ||
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Thallis
United States314 Posts
I'm not gonna lie, I've always thought this picture was funny. | ||
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