S04E22: Testing Testing 1, 2, 3

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Re: S04E22: Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3

Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:10 pm

Thanks TV Guide, way to spoil Pinkies rap!

The show runners must really hate all these previews at times XD

Anywho, rap itself works well enough, cheesy but not bad, nice to see DJPON3 get a cameo. Also.. That was totally 80s man! XD
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:12 pm

... That was a thing. :-I I have to say, Pinkie looked a bit too human-like towards the end.

(Also, Polsky has 2 duds and 2 strong ones, so yeah, nope.)
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:15 pm

I need more information in order to work! :twonk:

But, I can see Rainbow Dash is definetly stressed. (Richy, I never would have guessed.) She is also doing the good thing and complaining about it... Defense mechanism wise, I can see rationalization (I am the best flyer in Equestria!), Displacement (yelling a Twilight; this can be seen as taking anger out on a less threatening target), and projection (Dash is a closet egg head and she may be taking this out in Twilight). She is acting pretty normally! So yay for Hasbro! :party:

I had to love AJ's "good luck" and Rarity's "you didn't just say that" faces too. :-P
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:16 pm

Wayoshi wrote:... That was a thing. :-I

(Also, Polsky has 2 duds and 2 strong ones, so yeah, nope.)




*Looks at episode list*. I see only 4 enjoyable Polsky eps. But hey, that's just me
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:16 pm

Vinyl Scratch cameo with eyes exposed.

This episode has me. :v:
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Postby drunkill (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:19 pm

No words,

They should have sent a poet.


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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:28 pm

Good grief, if they're going to spoil that much, I guess it's time to bail on this thread until tomorrow.
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:28 pm

A note about Pinkie Pie's song...That actually works! Dual Process Theory! The more ways you can encode information, the better. It is why you can usually remembers pictures, as they carry both visual and vocal meanings. Pinkie Pie's rap, though...obnoxious, would actually work as a study aid for a similar reason. Vocal and musical means, encode twice. Once for the words, once for the rhythm and song.

Now excuse me as I wait for Wayoshi to beat me with a brick. :-I
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:30 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:Good grief, if they're going to spoil that much, I guess it's time to bail on this thread until tomorrow.

It's only because the rap is a spectacle. This is otherwise the usual load.

Anyways, I guess the whole point of the rap is it's intentionally bad and that's the whole joke. I personally was born in 1992, so I really can only say :-I to it. It visually looks like they nailed it though.
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:47 pm

Wow. Pinkie's rap is bad, just bad. Not in so bad it's good and not in the HAR HAR it's bad on purpose way. It's just outright BAD.

Twilight and Rainbow arguing is fun. The other clip is eh.
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:48 pm

Tailspin wrote:Wow. Pinkie's rap is bad, just bad. Not in so bad it's good and not in the HAR HAR it's bad on purpose. It's just BAD.

Twilight and Rainbow arguing is fun. The other clip is eh.


I can't think of many "good" raps except the bridge for "Roll the Bones." :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ixnay (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:49 pm

Hahaha I'm definitely getting a Cool as Ice vibe from that one background pony

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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:52 pm

i couldnt stop giggling at the rap, i didnt hear much more than "Wonderbolts YEAH Wonderbolts HUH!" ill save the rewatch for when my husband gets home or when the episode airs :hilarious:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:02 pm

Like the other clips but the rap seems really out of place and a pop culture joke the show usually does a better job with as far as keeping a timeless feel to the show and not dating it.
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:03 pm

Ok, Ok, so I watched the rap clip. I know I've already stated my opinion on spoilers, but I couldn't resist this one (especially with all of the mumbles and grumbles regarding it).

It wasn't laugh-out-loud, gut-bustingly hilarious. But it was very silly, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. The animation was excellent, and it gave off the most wonderful cheesy 80's/90's vibe! :-P

And honestly, I'm glad the team is willing to give things like this a shot. True, not everything they try is going to be a smashing success. But the fact that they're willing to go out of their way to simply - dare I say it - have some fun with this program, is always welcome.

As for whether or not the rap worked or didn't work? What I think is more important is the fact that this show is still willing to occasionally throw our expectations out the window for something goofy, silly, and totally unprecedented. And for that, I'm grateful.
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Postby Perpetual Lurker (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:04 pm

The 90's. It burns. :-I

Also, a fun little detail: According to that rap, the founder of the Wonderbolts was Firefly. :allears:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:05 pm

The Doctor wrote:Like the other clips but the rap seems really out of place and a pop culture joke the show usually does a better job with as far as keeping a timeless feel to the show and not dating it.


Well it's referencing an already dated(?) style of rap so it still works. :pinkieshrug: :-P
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Postby Wylie (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:10 pm

After just a quick listen, it sounds like Pinkie's rap actually does have all the history facts in it that Rainbow needs. It flew by kinda quick, but it was there. (The YouTube CC version of this should be a treat.)

That whole thing was just so 80's, man. I'm having flashbacks over here.

Yes, I actually in ironically owned a pair of parachute pants. It was a different time, you kids just don't understand. (Which in itself is ironic, because as the Fresh Prince told us at the time, "parents just don't understand.")

Perhaps none truly understand. :amazing:
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:13 pm

I agree that the show usually handles the pop culture stuff in a more subtle and nuanced manner. They're usually really good about that. Thus, I have no problem with them occasionally going for something as blatant and in-your-face as this.

It keeps things silly and lighthearted. Give 'em a break, guys. They wanna have fun with this show just as much as we do. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:16 pm

The Doctor wrote:Like the other clips but the rap seems really out of place and a pop culture joke the show usually does a better job with as far as keeping a timeless feel to the show and not dating it.

It's not as if the show hasn't done jokes like this before, though. See '80s Cheerilee.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:18 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:It's not as if the show hasn't done jokes like this before, though. See '80s Cheerilee.



Yep, and the retro arcade Consle in the hearts & hooves song.
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:21 pm

I can't even enjoy this ironically.

But hey maybe the rest of the episode is alright.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:29 pm

Tailspin wrote:Maybe one day I'll understand why cartoon writers seem convinced referancing rap is so cool, hip and funny. I can't even enjoy this ironically.



There there TS. I'm sure someday you'll find the answer...or not... After all what fun is there in doing things that have logical reasonings or make sense. :excellent:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:33 pm

Pinkie's studying song reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsIiQJZk3xE
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:33 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:

There there TS. I'm sure someday you'll find the answer...or not... After all what fun is there in doing things that have logical reasonings or make sense. :excellent:


Oh, I know why they did it. In the 80s and 90s it was because they thought it was hip and cool and they were speaking the langauge of the youth.

Today, they probably do it cause no one told them it's 2014, not 1994.

I'm mostly dissapointed that it ended up being regular bad and not the kind of bad you can enjoy ironically.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:35 pm

Or maybe they did it as a joke making fun of how horrible some of the early 90s rap could be and an intentionally dated media joke like Regular Show. I think you're getting pessimistic about it.
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:36 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Or maybe they did it as a joke making fun of how horrible some of the early 90s rap could be and an intentionally dated media joke like Regular Show. I think you're getting pessimistic about it.


REgular show does it right and is self aware enought to do it. That's the difference.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:42 pm

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REgular show does it right and is self aware enought to do it. That's the difference.

And you really think this show isn't? FiM has made fun of itself forever. Hell, in that clip with Applejack, she made a joke about how ridiculous the fashion stuff they were doing was. If Pinkie's rap isn't ridiculous enough to be a joke on its own (I thought it was), I'm sure Rainbow Dash or someone else will call it out in the actual episode.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:43 pm

PonyHag714 wrote: :speakest: My sister, why are you wearing bell bottoms? This is 2014, not 1974!

:gotcha: I thought they went well with my Nehru jacket.


:gotcha: C'mon! I heard they're making a comeback!

:speakest: The "I heard they're making a comeback" fad came and went ten years ago.

:speakest: For heavens sake! What other fashion oddments have you collected over the millennia?

:gotcha: ............. tee-hee
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:44 pm

Yeah, this is the show that did the "Rarity, we don't normally wear clothes" joke. You honestly think that this wasn't done as a silly joke at the show's expense?
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Postby LardLad3545 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:51 pm

I usually don't watch preview clips, but I couldn't resist watching the rap clip...

Soooo... oh... mah... gawd. My face during that. :hilarious: Just... wow. It was so bad I... That was so entertaining. Headless Horse nailed it so hard with that Flintstones clip. It was intentionally 90's lame. They even went so far as to make the entire music video in the old 4:3 screen ratio to boot. Now granted, in order for it to work perfectly, the very next shot back in normal ponyland has to be RD just staring like :amazed: then awkward silence, then a :facehoof: and back to the story.

*fake edit* Oh jumping Jesus, upon rewatch, I noticed that one of the backup dancer ponies even had a stupid bandaid on his nose. GAWD :awesomedash:
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:59 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:And you really think this show isn't?


Yes.

It's pulling some pretty cliche stuff that's usually made fun of in other shows. Whenever there's a competition, the main characters always win. Whether it's the CMC in Flight to the Finish, Rainbow's team in Rainbow Falls or Applebloom and Granny Smith's swimming competition in Leap of Faith. And it's always 10/10 best thing ever.

You remember how at the end of Fall Weather Friends Twilight came in fifth place or how in Sisterhooves Social Rarity and Sweetie didn't win? Well, such a thing has yet to happen in this season, or the previous one.

Or hell, Daring Don't, that's an entire episode completly devoid of self awareness.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:05 pm

One of you artist folks needs to draw Celestia and Luna in Members Only jackets. :gotcha:

Fizzbuzz wrote:It's not as if the show hasn't done jokes like this before, though. See '80s Cheerilee.


That joke flowed naturally and was a set up for Diamond Tiara's "look at her hair". This seems to have no real set up beyond LOL Pinkie.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:08 pm

To be fair, Rainbow's team BARELY qualified. Clearly shown they weren't 1st or anything.
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:09 pm

Wayoshi wrote:To be fair, Rainbow's team BARELY qualified. Clearly shown they weren't 1st or anything.


Yeah, you got me on that.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:11 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Yeah, this is the show that did the "Rarity, we don't normally wear clothes" joke. You honestly think that this wasn't done as a silly joke at the show's expense?


And that, too, was AKR. She's been grinning ear-to-ear about this rap scene in a way that suggests she has been dying to take the piss out of the trope forever, and certainly she wasn't trying to play it straight. If you put a rap scene in a script and you're trying to make it "good" and contemporary, you don't go giggling on Twitter about it.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:19 pm

Yeah, I highly doubt she would have been joking about it so much if it was meant as a serious thing. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:24 pm

When MLP does it, I see it as more "Well, I made a joke about rap becuase Pinkie is random and she raps, for some reason, so that's funny".
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:25 pm

And it is from Pinkie Pie...Someone we could clearly see doing this sort of goofy thing... She has proven to be quite random and we could clearly write it off as some goofy thing she did.
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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:28 pm

All three clips were great and this episode looks like it's going to rule. :awesomedash:
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