Re: S05E07: Make New Friends But Keep Discord
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Mr. Big
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Wayoshi wrote:
Aramek wrote:Really great.She was no dummy.
The Doctor wrote:
We need :happylestia: emote.
Wayoshi wrote:I kinda saw Rarity traumatized by losing her dress and not "haha naked joke". Maybe the fact that it could be read as either was the joke?
How would Pinkie fare in Metal Gear Discord as an enemy? I bet Maud would also do well.
Wayoshi wrote:I kinda saw Rarity traumatized by losing her dress and not "haha naked joke". Maybe the fact that it could be read as either was the joke?
Perrydotto wrote:Shining reference? Must have missed that one.
Octavia wrote:I'm worried that this episode is going to be a clone of Keep Calm and Flutter On, where Discord is a jerk and Fluttershy keeps making excuses for him, until finally at the end of the episode she's done with putting up with his bullshit and tells him to his face. Then Discord realizes the error of his ways and everything is happy again until the next Discord episode where he does the exact same thing.
theGECK wrote:Celestia's face really didn't seem to work right when it was displaying something other than stoic-ness though, did anybody else notice that, or is it just me? Maybe her model isn't up to what they're trying to do with it now? And is this the first time we've actually seen both of her eyes? I can't remember it happening in the show before.
Wayoshi wrote:I kinda saw Rarity traumatized by losing her dress and not "haha naked joke". Maybe the fact that it could be read as either was the joke?
Marimo wrote:It was when the Smooze was about to burst out of the closet and flood the place. It paralleled the scene where the elevator opened and out came a flood of blood. A pony was even made to look like Danny.
Orange Fluffy Sheep wrote:i am not ready for the transhumanist revolution to begin with my butt
Fizzbuzz wrote:To me it felt like the latter since she made a similar joke back in The Best Night Ever (where the punchline was that ponies don't normally wear clothes). I don't think it was a specific callback, but I was reminded of that. The way she covered herself and shuffled offscreen (as Marimo pointed out) is a classic cartoon trope as well, though perhaps it doesn't work quite as well for ponies as it does for human characters in other shows.
Fizzbuzz wrote:Also, if Discord appears again in the future, I really hope Meghan and the gang can find something new to do with him. About all he's done in his various appearances is that he's been an asshole and subsequently been told to not be an asshole, with Twilight's Kingdom being perhaps the only exception. He doesn't have the same depth as any of the main characters, nor the mysteriousness of Celestia and Luna, yet he commands a huge amount of attention whenever he's in an episode. If the show keeps running him like this then I worry episodes featuring him will slip into predictability, in much the same way that episodes featuring Fluttershy were terribly predictable in most of seasons 1-3.
rudecyrus wrote:I'll be honest, I'll need to think on this episode a bit, because some of it didn't click with me. I loved Tree Hugger, I loved Maud, I loved the CMC and everyone's cute outfits (especially Rainbow Dash), it had some good gags and it was great that Celestia showed some emotion other than "stoic." I should enjoy it much more than I did...and yet I didn't. I'm not sure why.
Octavia wrote:I completely agree. They either need to come up with something completely new for Discord or cut down on his appearances. Maybe have him show up once every other season instead of 1-2 times per season.
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