Re: S04E12: Pinkie Pride



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Chaos Sonic wrote:
Nah, I think it's probably Twilight. After all, her parents could afford to hire a princess as a baby sitter even before Twilight was Celestia's private student. She just doesn't spend as wildly as RD does.
Venusy wrote:From the brief excerpt of Smile, I do want a Weird Al medley of other pony songs.
Venusy wrote:Yeah, I think the fact that most people like this one - along with the leak - have meant this thread hasn't been as long as it usually is. I posted my impressions in the leak thread, so go over there to check them out.![]()
Wayoshi wrote:I dunno, I kinda saw it as "hey, we pretty much just said the moral 2 minutes ago, and we have no time, so let's skip over the obvious this time."You're right it presumes viewers are keyed in with the prior two key eps, which is great. But I don't know about the lesson being unimportant, I think it was a time constraint move.
Headless Horse wrote:
Yeah, I was about to go back and edit it to say "the lesson itself is so unimportant or obvious that they don't bother telling us what it is", but then it would have one of those "Headless Horse was an indecisive trigger-happy so-and-so who likes to confuse people who have already read this post on Sat Feb 02, 2014 7:32 pm" things on it.
Headless Horse in the Friend In Deed discussion thread wrote:Stuff like this just makes me want to build a Jayson Thiessen shrine in the woods out back and god I don't even know.
Ho. ly. fuck![]()
Best Pinkie episode since Party of One? Best Pinkie episode since party of one![]()
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I was pretty much dreading this episode and I was so wrong. I was so wrong you guys. AHHHHHHHHHH![]()
I'd convinced myself that there wouldn't be any room for pathos in the episode what with the musical aspect and the guest spot, but some of the sad Pinkie stuff was really wrenching, which they managed to achieve without it feeling cheap or manipulative, and the goofiness was really fun as well. It was such a perfect balance that I didn't dare hope it would turn out as well as it did. Pinkie had a genuine identity crisis.
SlateSlabrock wrote:I was wondering who did the Lumiere-esque vendor pony, since I didn't see him in the credits. Turns out he's in the singers' section because of the couple of lines the Cakes got.
Orange Fluffy Sheep wrote:It reminds me of the paragon of western romantic literature, Grease.
Rainbow Brite wrote:...the Prince of Saiyans lives in Ponyville?
PictishBeast wrote:The rest of the numbers never really hit. "Pinkie's Lament" and "Cheese Confesses" raised zero feels, and songs like that are usually a sure bet when it comes to emotional punches. (Though admittedly "Find My Way" did a crappy job in this role too.)
This episode was light and funny and cute, but it was never sad. That would have made it feel like an episode that mattered.
For all my life, all I've wanted to do
Was make my friends want to smile true
But maybe I was wrong
And Pinkie Pie shouldn't plan parties at all
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There's gotta be more to me than planning a party or two
I put away my party cannon, I deflated all my balloons
The bubbles all burst, now what is next for you?
For you...
I made them laugh, had such a blast
A smile that's all their own
They loved seeing me, the real Pinkie
Show them the time of their life like they've never known
Like they've never known
SlateSlabrock wrote:And his daughter plays Babs.
Rainbow Brite wrote:Holy shit, this episode blew me the fuck away. Everything about it was pure perfection and I can't stop gushing. One aspect that I don't think got enough love was Diamond Tiara singing. She has a hell of a voice.
...the Prince of Saiyans lives in Ponyville?
Durandal wrote:How's that coming along, by the way?
Wayoshi wrote: For all my life, all I've wanted to do
Was make my friends want to smile true
But maybe I was wrong
And Pinkie Pie shouldn't plan parties at all
...
There's gotta be more to me than planning a party or two
I put away my party cannon, I deflated all my balloons
The bubbles all burst, now what is next for you?
For you...
I made them laugh, had such a blast
A smile that's all their own
They loved seeing me, the real Pinkie
Show them the time of their life like they've never known
Like they've never known
PictishBeast wrote:Arrgh, seeing this written out drives me even battier. What's the rhyme scheme they're going for here? "Wrong" paired with "all"? "Laugh" paired with "blast"? "Smile true" -- does that sound natural? The wrong emphasis on "Pinkie" again. "The time of their life like they've never known" is two ideas redundantly welded together, pick one and write around it.
Discord wrote:A musical number's job is to do any number of the following:
1. Entertain
2. Convey Emotion
3. Develop the narrative and/or plot and/or character(s)
PictishBeast wrote:Agreed, and I know you know where I'm coming from because I know you know Broadway. And I'll admit I've looked the other way in the past -- "True True Friend" is lyrically weak but it's great at piling on the emotions.
BackgroundPony wrote:
Totally agreed here. I love that song, but every time Rarity sings "We can try to do what we can now / For together we can be her guide" I just cringe. We can try to do what we can now? Yeeeesh! Talk about your meaningless filler lines.
But of course that is picking at one detail, and I'd be lying if I didn't say that song as a whole always makes me sort of emotional.
Headless Horse wrote:I do want to say "Glass of Water" last week really did feel like it was playing in the big leagues, lyrically. First and only time for this show, and it felt like it was getting there only because they pulled out every last one of their stops.
This time it's AKR-level lyrics, very much on par with, say, "At the Gala". And boy howdy do I love that song, but at the same time it drives me every bit as crazy with its awkward rhythm and meter as it does Pictish.
It's just the flavor of the pill we swallow with this show.
BackgroundPony wrote:Totally agreed here. I love that song, but every time Rarity sings "We can try to do what we can now / For together we can be her guide" I just cringe. We can try to do what we can now? Yeeeesh! Talk about your meaningless filler lines.
Kate wrote:there are as many female characters in the base game as there are Cole McGraths
Wylie wrote:I call this "Live and Let Die" syndrome:
"But if this ever-changing world in which we live in
SoundMonkey44 wrote:I don't think Pony has weak lyrics, but then again im by no means a master of music.![]()
At the very least a heck of a lot more enjoyable to listen to then most of the garbage that plays on the radio today!
The Outlander wrote:I'm surprised everyone isn't just resigned to the fact that Pony has weak lyrics already. I like to think of it as one of the show's quirks. Sometimes it hits, with simple but fun and heartfelt repetitions like in Winter Wrap Up and Smile, and other times the style misses with clunky songs like The Failure Song or Generosity.
Honestly, still better than most cartoon songs. Have you ever heard freaking Strawberry Shortcake?
Wylie wrote:I call this "Live and Let Die" syndrome:
"But if this ever-changing world in which we live in
Wylie wrote:I call this "Live and Let Die" syndrome:
"But if this ever-changing world in which we live in
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