S05E24: The Mane Attraction

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Re: S05E24: The Mane Attraction

Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:09 pm

Wow, that really was great. Coloratura's song in the animatic sounded great, but after seeing the full episode, it's amazing how much more meaning it has.

I can deal with Svengallop being a typical overbearing manager like that. I've heard enough horror stories of the way rich people act for him to be believable, at least. To try to do something more complicated with him (as we got with Sassy Saddles) in an episode where we're already getting one new character and also burning a lot of time on four songs would've just hurt the story overall.


Also, since this episode leaked a few hours early, here's a DailyMotion link: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ewf4a
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:11 pm

One more edition of "Amy tweeting up a storm", or, she actually coined a term of her own:

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:11 pm

We had three songs in this episode, with a reprise.

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Postby Master_Twig (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:12 pm

It was a good episode. I felt like the story was a bit rushed though. Like the episode needed more time to develop the new characters. Still, it was enjoyable.

There was a preview for next weeks episode during a commercial break. Now that's an episode I'm looking forward to.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:13 pm

I wonder how many of the lines in the final lyrics were from AKR and how many were from Daniel Ingram. Given the circumstances, I doubt he'd want to do too much editing of her songs.
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Postby fenster (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:14 pm

Liked this one a lot, the manager was maybe laying it on a little thick but the concept didn't feel totally out of left field. At first I was a little worried it might retread on Amending Fences with the setup of getting back with an old friend, but thankfully it wasn't like that at all. The Horns lighting up was a pretty great gag too.

Its sad this will be AKRs last episode, but it certainly was a great one IMO.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:15 pm

I loved absolutely everything about this. I'm all :ponydrugs:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:17 pm

Lena Hall watched the episode with her baby niece on Periscope.

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1yNGajegVpEJj
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:18 pm

Rushed, but the songs saved it.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:20 pm

Given the show's tendency to incorporate songs into the narrative flow (adding dance and choreography for effect) without anypony apparently noticing, it was refreshing to see an episode where songs were.. songs, and performances were clearly that.

I enjoyed the episode much more than I have been enjoying the past few episodes, and while ‘Rara’ has been lost to the Rarity fans, we will always have ‘Rares’.

Voice-wise, the manager reminded me quite a bit of the agent in Bolt, which considering they are cut from the same unpleasant fabric (more or less), is probably not too surprising.

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Postby Daring Do (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:42 pm

Any of y'all notice that they *mentioned the events of the Pinkie Pie chapter book* in the cold open?
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:53 pm

I did. With GM Berrow on staff now, this is the second time this season book-related things have come up, yes? Or am I confusing that with the latest comic...
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:54 pm

Wayoshi wrote:I did. With GM Berrow on staff now, this is the second time this season book-related things have come up, yes? Or am I confusing that with the latest comic...


No, the Griffon King was mentioned before in the Celestia book before the Griffonstone episode. Even more than that, both the Celestia book and the Griffonstone had an ancient device from King Grover that was symbolic and did nothing.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:15 pm

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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:23 pm

Mr. Big wrote:That face Pinkie made when she said "SHE'S HEEEERE" is...terrifying :starity:

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"Countess Coloratura? Is that some of that there rap music?"
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:29 pm

This leaked version is a bit blurry when up close, I'm going to use a HD TV rip shortly.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:44 pm

According to Daniel Ingram they're submitting the song for the Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:00 pm

The Doctor wrote:According to Daniel Ingram they're submitting the song for the Daytime Emmy Awards.

But which one...?

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:01 pm

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I'm not impressed by pop music either, Fluts.

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Stand strong AJ against the pop music lovers.

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Why are the credits over this amazing AJ pose

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One pony is more excited than the other. :-I

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Postby LunarRainbow92 (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:36 pm

This was a very good episode! (We'll miss you Amy!) and that manager Sven Gallop got what he deserved, what a jerk! (I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of him as with every minor character LOL!)
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 8:22 pm

Design-wise, I wonder how much the artists must regret having used so many duplicate cutie marks back in S1. They've become such an important signifier of identity and individuality (judging by how Applejack used a description of Coloratura's mark to identify her, for example) that for two ponies to have the exact same cutie marks just seems like it would not jive at all with that concept.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 8:46 pm

I had a bluescreen doing this, so redoing quickly...

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Hoovsies!

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This brings so many good memories of that episode. :allears:

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Much laser

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Keep on picking those carrots super teeth pony

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:12 pm

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The true ingredients of Pinkie apple pie finally present themselves.

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:twiright:

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Fancy Pants the conductor?

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Yo, how did Sweetie learn their backstory? :ponder:


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One more batch of these to do in 2015, but it will be a big one.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:20 pm

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:lol: I liked Rarity trying to get the headdress on in this scene.
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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:25 pm

I like how the unicorns light their horns like lighters :allears:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:39 pm

Cthulhu Inc wrote:I like how the unicorns light their horns like lighters :allears:

:twonk: FREEBIRD!
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:49 pm

It was nice to see Photo Finish again, even if she was only there for a minute. Image
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:29 pm

Oh my gosh, what a great little episode. :allears:

I think my eyes were leaking during the last few minutes. :lol:
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Postby fenster (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:40 pm

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I'm a little sad that this cool outfit was only used for the that one scene. This show has gotten so many cool outfits that it feels weird that they could just come up with a throwaway one that looks really cool like this. It's just hard to feel sad about this one too long cause the outfit she had on stage was really nice too.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:40 pm

It was cute and sweet and fun. Though that manager was.. Well he couldn't have been more of a stereotype if he tried.

Rara was totally Lady Gaga in like every way except being legit crazy. Same mad level of talent ruined by the crappiness of the music industry though. But I love acoustic and non electronic music a ton even if my favorite album is Master of Puppets and my favorite soundtrack is the 1986 Transformers movie. ( And I worship the Commodore 64's SID chip which is the best 8 bit audio chip, owning the stuffing out of the Game Boy and even the Japanese Master System FM synth. The SID sequel is in the Apple IIGS. Which could have been a contender but Apple. :fluttersmith: )

A very nice episode overall. Though now bittersweet as another of the creative team moves on. All things change I guess. :cry:
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:47 pm

Rara's cutie mark glowing and shimmering while she was singing as herself reminded me of the EqG gals ponying up whenever they were happy making music etc.

Just something I found cute and interesting. :allears:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:53 pm

Things moved startlingly quickly, but it was a fun, sweet episode just the same. Lots of nice songs, too.

Good send-off for Amy Keating Rogers.
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Postby Discord (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:15 pm

Very sweet episode with great songs (well, outside of Gaga pop, but it was a good mimicry). The main plot conflict felt a little quick to me but I think it managed to carry itself really well at the end.
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Postby Durandal (?) » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:27 pm

This episode was some serious Idina Menzel stuff. Amazing :-D
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Postby BurningBright (?) » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:13 am

I loved pretty much everything about this episode. As someone who had a friend who later drifted apart then became so famous she actually talked on the Howard Stern show (I happened to be listening in, and it was the first time I heard her voice since school), it really hit close to home.

Also I liked the Not-Gaga pop song :-I It was devoid of feels but really catchy.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:24 am

fenster wrote:
I'm a little sad that this cool outfit was only used for the that one scene. This show has gotten so many cool outfits that it feels weird that they could just come up with a throwaway one that looks really cool like this. It's just hard to feel sad about this one too long cause the outfit she had on stage was really nice too.

Speaking of that outfit, I'd been thinking about how Rarity came up with it earlier today (turns out driving across the state to visit my grandfather in advance of Thanksgiving gives me lots of time to think :-I). My first impression when the episode aired had been that Rarity simply whipped it up from scratch, design and all, in a few hours.

Now that I've started drawing, though, something I've noticed myself doing is thinking of plenty of ideas for pictures that either never make it past my silly practice doodles or never even get drawn at all. If Rarity is anything like this then I am certain that she tends to think of outfits for various celebrities and public figures and such, even if they're nowhere near being clients of hers. As such, I wouldn't be surprised if this outfit is something that she'd imagined would be good for Coloratura but never expected that she'd actually get to make it. In saying this I'm not trying to diminish her quick creative abilities, but more just thinking of what this might've meant for her.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:27 am

Just because Rarity was helping her put it on doesn't mean she made it
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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:36 am

It also doesn't mean she didn't make it. :vogue:
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Postby DaBatGuy (?) » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:38 am

That's was a pretty solid episode even if it was very predictable. I'm a little disappointed that the manager horse was just a generic, selfish scumbag considering the show has done a similar trope with Sassy Saddles yet managed to make her relateble and likeable at the end.

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:41 am

Angel Beat wrote:It also doesn't mean she didn't make it. :vogue:

I kinda assumed it was one she has used before, as she changes into a much more simple look for the actual show
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