S05E09: Slice of Life

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Re: S05E09: Slice of Life

Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:58 am


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They have the decency not to fight in front of the little boy with those big fake smiles.
But that just makes it so much worse.

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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:02 am

So the $64K question I have is: was the musicmobile an actual Mad Max reference? I was willing to believe it was one if it was just a brief gag shot or something; but in the event it took up an awful lot of screentime and was the catalyst for the entire climax of the plot. I have a hard time believing they even knew about Fury Road at the time this was scripted/boarded.
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:03 am

Headless Horse wrote:So the $64K question I have is: was the musicmobile an actual Mad Max reference? I was willing to believe it was one if it was just a brief gag shot or something; but in the event it took up an awful lot of screentime and was the catalyst for the entire climax of the plot. I have a hard time believing they even knew about Fury Road at the time this was scripted/boarded.

It's most likely a (really) lucky coincidence. :pinkieshrug:

A great one though, since I watched Fury Road today. :lol:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:05 am

Callbacks have become pretty seamless, haven't they? Two things from It's About Time are mentioned pretty quickly, Tartarus (now a mainstay location at this point) and the time travel spell. (Also a Larson ep, notably)
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Postby Corpy (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:05 am

Headless Horse wrote:So the $64K question I have is: was the musicmobile an actual Mad Max reference? I was willing to believe it was one if it was just a brief gag shot or something; but in the event it took up an awful lot of screentime and was the catalyst for the entire climax of the plot. I have a hard time believing they even knew about Fury Road at the time this was scripted/boarded.

Yeah, it's a long shot, unless somebody knew someone who was working on Fury Road.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:06 am

Headless Horse wrote:So the $64K question I have is: was the musicmobile an actual Mad Max reference? I was willing to believe it was one if it was just a brief gag shot or something; but in the event it took up an awful lot of screentime and was the catalyst for the entire climax of the plot. I have a hard time believing they even knew about Fury Road at the time this was scripted/boarded.



I joked about it on Twitter to Jim and Larson, and Jim responded that it was designed before any of them had seen the movie. Even the trailer probably wouldn't have been out when they were doing that.

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They have the decency not to fight in front of the little boy with those big fake smiles.
But that just makes it so much worse.


I thought they were going to steal the present and present it as their own. I'm glad they didn't do that.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:08 am

Doctor vs. Twilight: Feeling Pinkie Keen II would be an interesting premise for a S6 ep, given Twilight's experience in FPK I. :smirk:

So who actually took care of the bugbear - the Mane 6 or Bon Bond? :ponder:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:08 am

The Doctor wrote:I joked about it on Twitter to Jim and Larson, and Jim responded that it was designed before any of them had seen the movie. Even the trailer probably wouldn't have been out when they were doing that.


That's about what I thought. I love it anyway (or perhaps more so for that reason). :amazing:
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Postby acksed (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:09 am

The fuck was this.

The fuck wa...

I

I don't

I feel like I was fitted with Stimpy's happy helmet and forced to smile for twenty minutes straight.


The Vinyl/Octavia jam session was when I finally lost it... then whatever 'it' was just vanished into thin air with the roving Doof wagon as it collected the whole party. :whatsup:

Then Muffins literally slammed the door and locked it on the Mane 6. :hiiiii:

I'll likely never watch it again, but I'm glad. I'm also glad I did it completely cold; my mind wouldn't have been nearly as befuddled otherwise.

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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:10 am

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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:11 am

The Ghost Of Ember wrote:I never really saw the dude as the tailoring type


That came from way out of left field (even given the premise), but of course what I likened it to was Roger the Shrubber. :iamapony:

Oh isn't it convenient that you just happen to be exactly the right person to run into right about now!
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Postby Throbulator (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:13 am



"We can't steal this gift. It's for Moondancer."
"What do you mean 'for'?! This isn't Moondancer's wedding. Clearly it's FROM Moondancer!"




Is this a reference to that wetmane shit meme?
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:14 am

She's just ecstatic. :gotcha:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:15 am

Maybe this is implied, but they should have outright stated Bon Bon's varying voices are actually due to Bon Bond.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:15 am

Wayoshi wrote:So who actually took care of the bugbear - the Mane 6 or Bon Bond? :ponder:

When Agent Sweetie Drops does her job right, you'll never know she was there at all. :iiam:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:17 am

Man. I read that tweet from Big Jim and I just wanna give everybody on the staff a huge hug. :ponydrugs:

Hey Star Trek, this is how you do a "love letter to the fans". :glare: Fuck you Rick Berman
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:17 am

Headless Horse wrote:But even with that in mind, his Doctor schtick sounded fresh and plausible and it had some actual depth to it too (the whole "magic vs. science" thing).

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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:19 am

Throbulator wrote:
"We can't steal this gift. It's for Moondancer."
"What do you mean 'for'?! This isn't Moondancer's wedding. Clearly it's FROM Moondancer!"


:lol: Brilliant!
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:20 am

Throbulator wrote:
Is this a reference to that wetmane shit meme?


Seems unlikely. I mean, they already did that last year anyway.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:24 am

Headless Horse wrote:Hey Star Trek: Enterprise, this is how you do a "love letter to the fans". :glare: Fuck you Rick Berman


:glare: Fixed that for you. Star Trek as a franchise could do a love letter to the fans well.

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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:24 am

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote::shock: :"They started the ceremony without us? B-b-but we're the heros!"

:-/ Image :"And sometimes you're just a background pony in someone else's story."


BTW this is the best line that may as well have been from the episode.
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Postby PictishBeast (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:24 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:"Barrel is my plus one."
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What's with the barrel? Is it from something?

I liked the bit where the bugbear flies through the frame and Rainbow Dash is sort of randomly punching it. :v:
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:26 am

PictishBeast wrote:
What's with the barrel? Is it from something?

I liked the bit where the bugbear flies through the frame and Rainbow Dash is sort of randomly punching it. :v:


Is it supposed to be Berry's "keg"? She's holding onto it in that other shot where they're all flying.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:27 am

Oh god :lol:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:29 am

londonarbuckle wrote:
Is it supposed to be Berry's "keg"? She's holding onto it in that other shot where they're all flying.


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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:30 am

Yes it's her keg. She's hanging loose briefly on the Mad Max o mobile.

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She clearly has some rum fruit punch.
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Postby Durandal (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:37 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:Probably my favorite shot of the episode. Pinkie taking on the nefarious bugbear with a juggling act while Special Agent Sweetie Drops casually backs into the crowd with her totally-inconspicuous shades and wristwatch.
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As usual, the subtle facial expressions make this frame so much more interesting.
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:angry: "C'mon, let's lasso this dang thing already"
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:wingsright: "Well, if this doesn't work I guess we can punch it some more"
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:39 am

:-/ "No, Doctor, we are not renaming the show Friendship Is Science, stop asking."

londonarbuckle wrote:
Is it supposed to be Berry's "keg"? She's holding onto it in that other shot where they're all flying.


Well, Berry got invited to a weddin'
And she got to bring a plus one
So she called her good friend Apple Cider
And they had a lotta fun

And they drank alone
Yeah, with nobody else
Yeah, you know when Berry drinks alone
She prefers to be by herself
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Postby Corpy (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:41 am

Berry brought her +1 to the wedding.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:43 am

Mechanical Ape wrote::-/ "No, Doctor, we are not renaming the show Friendship Is Science, stop asking."



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Postby Lapis Infinitas (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:54 am

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What's with the look on Cadance and Shining Armor's faces?


He totally just farted.

My favorite part of this whole episode is the unexplained changeling.
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Mr. Cake isn't even bothered.

Bovvered*
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:00 am

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:Image
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That hair looks mighty familiar.

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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:01 am

That was the dumbest pony episode ever. I loved it :-I
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:30 am

In retrospect, is anyone else really, really surprised there wasn't a song in this episode?
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:33 am

The Doctor wrote:In retrospect, is anyone else really, really surprised there wasn't a song in this episode?


Damn right there wasn't, cause I was really surprised to see Octavia calling her musical pieces "songs" :snobtavia:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:39 am

I guess we can knock "Lower Decks Episode" and "22 Short Films About Ponyville" off the ol' Bingo cards. :-I
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Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:39 am

It wasn't a song, but I really liked how they built up to Octavia and Vinyl's duet. They really made it look like they were figuring out how to fuse the styes rather than just hitting play on the turntable :wubs:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:46 am

Rainbow Crash wrote:It wasn't a song, but I really liked how they built up to Octavia and Vinyl's duet. They really made it look like they were figuring out how to fuse the styes rather than just hitting play on the turntable :wubs:

I agree, that sequence made me actually appreciate it. I also thought it was genuinely interesting to try to combine two such disparate genres of music, much less produce something coherent out of it, so props to Daniel Ingram and/or William Anderson for making it work.
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Postby Musings (?) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:14 am

I really have nothing significant to say. I was out today, so I've only just had a chance to take in the madness... I'm still recovering from the episode. :v:

So much fun. :gotcha: And that ending speech brought it right back down to earth, just in time. :-D

I believed in M. A. Larson! :jingo: :twiright:
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