Re: S05E01-02: The Cutie Map
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Headless Horse
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Headless Horse wrote:I spy with my little eye a running theme among Larson's ensemble episodes: having Fluttershy be the one who has to shoulder the burden and come through for the rest of them.
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The Doctor wrote:Well, having Spike would have presented a few problems. One he has no Cutie Mark, so he can't be affected by Starlight, and second, he could have just sent word to Celestia and Luna once the six had their Cutie Marks zapped away.
Headless Horse wrote:I spy with my little eye a running theme among Larson's ensemble episodes: having Fluttershy be the one who has to shoulder the burden and come through for the rest of them.
Return of Harmony, Magic Duel, this... possibly others?
Headless Horse wrote:I spy with my little eye a running theme among Larson's ensemble episodes: having Fluttershy be the one who has to shoulder the burden and come through for the rest of them.
Return of Harmony, Magic Duel, this... possibly others?
PictishBeast wrote:Fluttershy is really, really uncomfortable around arguments and confrontations, so it seems in-character to me that she'd respond well emotionally to this village as being a safe place (even if she knew intellectually that something was off).
Seven Seas wrote:I'm with you here, but I think our minds went to different places. Mine immediately flashed back to Hurricane Fluttershy. Ever since childhood, Fluttershy's had a little voice in the back of her head telling her that she's the misfit, the worse-than, the not-good-enough. For her to be "equal" back then would have been a dream. A town where everyone is equal, where everyone is as good at everything as everyone else? I can see why that would be seductive.
Dexanth wrote:Forgive me if nobody else pointed out this cue, but the one thing I loved :
When they lose their marks, their colors become desaturated. Everypony BUT Starlight is desaturated, so it's a big hint she's not given up her mark.
Highbrow Dash wrote:
They probably should have given her a muted color scheme, it was a dead giveaway
PictishBeast wrote:I mean, I can definitely see the appeal of that village. You're not constantly competing with other people for limited jobs, you actually have something to do every day, and if you have an off day you're not going to get replaced by someone hungrier and more talented. You can actually relax and not live in constant, gut-churning anxiety that certain disaster is coming for you tomorrow morning like an oncoming freight train.
I'd want to live there at least 50% of the time.
Highbrow Dash wrote:
They probably should have given her a muted color scheme, it was a dead giveaway
Ragnar wrote:I figured her mark was an equal sign to begin with.
SlateSlabrock wrote:Observations:
- AJ definitely has a weird deep-voiced moment early on: "Careful, Pinkie!"
Headless Horse wrote:I'll be mightily amused if after edging closer and closer to bringing Star Swirl into the show (culminating in S4 with us seeing a stylized version of his face on a Swirlcon flyer), suddenly this season they realize they're getting too close to doing a dumb Ascended Meme thing and WAVE OFF WAVE OFF OH GOD WAVE OFF
And then Derpy joins the cast
Mir wrote:I was actually kinda surprised they didn't do more with having the mane six "equalized". They spent the entire time locked up.
Maybe it's because they HAVE done this sort of theme before so they didn't feel the need to show them struggling with it, but I guess I was just expecting to see them trying to find a way to deal with the situation that didn't rely on their talents.![]()
I'm not complaining, mind you, I like the way it was played too.
Wayoshi wrote:Party Favor defies physics with his balloons, common among "silly" cutie marks. I bet he's met up with Cheese Sandwich before.
Dexanth wrote:Forgive me if nobody else pointed out this cue, but the one thing I loved :
When they lose their marks, their colors become desaturated. Everypony BUT Starlight is desaturated, so it's a big hint she's not given up her mark.
The Doctor wrote:Maybe we'll get that "Boys Night Out" episode this season. Spike, Big Mac, and Shining Armor.
CrystalBrony wrote:Ok, mods, I looked for a suitable place to post this... please move it to a better thread if you feel it is too off-topic.
I LOVE DANIEL INGRAM and for me, he nailed it again in this episode. One of the main takeaways for me from "Our Town" was the nod to WWII era propaganda music. The melody seemed to seamlessly drift from a major to minor keys and then back again, making the entire song feel sort of dark and forebodingly creepy. I would almost guess that certain parts of the song (or the whole thing) were in a different mode (i.e. mixolydian or something of the sort for anyone else out there who is musically inclined. If anybody can confirm this and wants to PM me I would love to discuss this further) Honestly, it's not really a song I would probably listen to all day every day to rock out to in my car like "Babs Seed" but for some reason in this episode it just... works. I think that, lyrics aside, even musically it really set the tone for what was to come. Just my two cents.
Headless Horse wrote:I spy with my little eye a running theme among Larson's ensemble episodes: having Fluttershy be the one who has to shoulder the burden and come through for the rest of them.
Return of Harmony, Magic Duel, this... possibly others?
CrystalBrony wrote:Ok, mods, I looked for a suitable place to post this... please move it to a better thread if you feel it is too off-topic.
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