S04E18: Maud Pie

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Re: S04E18: Maud Pie

Postby Timmux (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:05 pm

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:23 pm

:offendash: I hate these neutrals. With enemies, you know where they stand but when it comes to neutrals, who knows?! It just sickens me...
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Postby Dr. Jamming (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:55 pm

I came into the episode completely blind, and Ingrid Nilson did a great job, but I kept feeling like the role was written for Aubrey Plaza. Maude was great, and now we finally have an answer to the question "What if April Ludgate was a pony?".
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:59 pm

fenster wrote:I haven't read the thread yet but I'm going to assume that it's 12 pages of nothing but Rock Puns


Nah, we nipped that in the pebble right away. :-I
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Postby Kiith Soban (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:31 pm

Just got around to watching this ep. Overall I liked it, and as Headless said, it's got a very different sense of humour compared to the other pony eps, plus it's slice of life, so I'm almost certainly going to rewatch it sooner or later. I liked the part where Maud said she doesn't express herself the same way as Pinkie Pie - sure, she's exaggerated in the same way Pinkie isn't, but acknowledging that she's not depressed nor emotionless was a nice little detail.

And sure, like Tears pointed out, they basically did the same interaction but with different characters, but honestly? As long as they don't do it all the time, I don't care. Even if all the jokes were thematically the same and didn't really add to the plot (and they could've been compressed into a montage or something to leave room for something else), I don't think that really detracts from the plot. It's 'easy watching', so to speak, so someone who takes ponies more seriously might take issue with that.

One thing I did take issue with was Pinkie's voice in general throughout the ep. Maybe it was just my headache, but it felt too high-pitched, too squeal-y. I guess that's a good thing, since she was supposed to be 100% determined to make sure everyone got along. It was also bothersome how she boils down her friends' interests to "apples" and "shiny things" without really understanding them, since I expect Pinkie to be more nuanced than that, but I'll chalk it up to her being increasingly desperate. It could've been worse (looking at you, Filli Vanilli).

I wouldn't even bother typing the complaints above if Maud had arrived in Ponyville riding a giant rock, Spongebob style. :-I
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:36 pm

Nah, Pinkie seems more like the type to drive a giant rock, just like the pioneer ponies did. :-P
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:38 pm

I really liked the dry-ish, awkward comedy in this one. It definitely felt "off" compared to the type of humor we usually see, but I appreciate the fact that this show can experiment with such different styles of delivery and still be so wonderfully entertaining and fun! Yay pony! :-P
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Postby Strangepony (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:27 pm

That was quick:

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Postby Wildfire (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:34 pm

Made it because it works:

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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:36 pm

Except she does have strong feelings, doesn't she? She just expresses them way differently from the rest, especially Pinkie.
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Postby Wildfire (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:43 pm

Headless Horse wrote:Except she does have strong feelings, doesn't she? She just expresses them way differently from the rest, especially Pinkie.


Used it for the expression. It's as neutral of a look as you can get.
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Postby Ragnar (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:57 pm

I unironically like Maud's poems. "Sediments make me sedimental" :allears:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:59 pm

Wildfire wrote:
Used it for the expression. It's as neutral of a look as you can get.


Eh. Moderately neutral.




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Postby Pocket (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:29 pm

Between Maud and Gummy, Pinkie Pie has shown she's quite adept at interpreting the emotions of those who others would swear have none. Maybe we've been misjudging Gummy all this time.

MochaBean wrote:I loved the huge thunderbolt rock-candy necklace that Dash made, which she could barely carry. :gotcha:

Because of course she would make something like that. :v:

Ironically, that probably took more skill than any of the others. She had to chisel the pieces just so so they'd fit together perfectly. She also probably had to glue them together, so it's probably for the better that Maud wasn't planning on eating it. :v:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:55 pm

PictishBeast wrote:Definitely hard to read though. Is "it can't talk, it's a dress" a put down or a literal statement of fact?

A statement of fact. Despite how unnatural an unexpressive pony seems to us, the episode is very careful not to paint anything Maud does as sarcastic or cruel. She recognizes that she and Pinkie's friends aren't connecting, but she can't/won't just put on an act in front of them to win their approval.

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Postby Dr. Jamming (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:27 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:A statement of fact. Despite how unnatural an unexpressive pony seems to us, the episode is very careful not to paint anything Maud does as sarcastic or cruel. She recognizes that she and Pinkie's friends aren't connecting, but she can't/won't just put on an act in front of them to win their approval.


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I'd have to disagree a bit. The whole "He was hiding in my pocket..." bit was clearly the kind of thing that an older sister would do to let a hyperactive and oblivious Pinky burn off a bit of energy and wear herself out. Doing it with the others was having a bit of fun at their expense. It's the same with smashing apples to paste with a rock. Either she has no idea what the hell she's doing(unlikely), or she's trolling a bit(yep). It goes the same with Rarity's dishtowel. She's fundamentally good, and quite pony, but she's definitely amusing herself by screwing with people.

I love her. Luddgatest pony.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:31 am

Yea 'hiding in my pocket' and apple smashing were really clearly 'well my sister's hyper and her friends are kinda trying too hard, I'll have a little fun with them', but I think the 'it doesn't talk' was more her just kinda being weird/obtuse. I think this episode was so good because it was a blend of 'wait does she just not know how people interact with eachother' and 'oh she's just fucking with her, ha'.
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Postby fenster (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:34 am

Headless Horse wrote:
Eh. Moderately neutral.




:gotcha:


:bluh:

Dr. Jamming wrote: Either she has no idea what the hell she's doing(unlikely)


Well, let's be real here, this is a sibling of Pinkie Pie. :horse:
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Postby BartonFink (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:40 am

fenster wrote:Well, let's be real here, this is a sibling of Pinkie Pie. :horse:

Yeah, I kinda like the read that she has some Pinkie-esque quirks, but is just an opposite in terms of how she expresses them.

I mean really, I could see Applejack asking Pinkie to peel an apple and getting some kind of fucked up result that works in Pinkielogic. :cheese:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:48 am

MochaBean wrote:I loved the huge thunderbolt rock-candy necklace that Dash made, which she could barely carry. :gotcha:

Because of course she would make something like that. :v:


I thought the strangest one was Twilight's, which looked like it was threaded while blind.
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Postby Big Boss (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:24 am

So I started watching Parks and Rec this weekend and holy crap Aubrey Plaza IS Maud. :starity:
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:26 am

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I thought the strangest one was Twilight's, which looked like it was threaded while blind.


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Postby MochaBean (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:32 am

The Doctor wrote:I thought the strangest one was Twilight's, which looked like it was threaded while blind.

Her's made me laugh too, because it was the clumsiest one. :gotcha: She may be a princess now, but she's still a nerd when it comes to fashion.

Preview edit: Outlander hit the nail on the head. :v:

kefkafloyd wrote:So I started watching Parks and Rec this weekend and holy crap Aubrey Plaza IS Maud. :starity:


Maud is basically Aubrey sans the simmering malicious rage.
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Postby Veradox (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:36 am

I loved this episode. 10/10.

Also, Maud is best pony.
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Postby Juniper Phoenix (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:31 am

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Postby Ragnar (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:36 am

So that's one sister. How about the other? I propose Joanna Newsom (guest star) as Sugar Pie. :crack:

e: Peach Plum Pie.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:02 am

I keep harping on this, it seems, but the little touches of animation in this show, especially this season, are just delightful. Maud feeding her pet rock a sandwich, playing with him on the train, literally everything Pinkie does in the background during this episode- it all adds up.

It would be easy to not add stuff like that. In fact, it's so easy that practically every other cartoon doesn't do it. It's not expected, because it's hard, which means expensive. But one of the happy results of being mostly-computer-generated is that you can add stuff like that without having to redraw everything, by hand, from scratch- and you can plan out much more stuff like that throughout the process.

I guess what I'm saying is that the folks directing and animating Pony deserve a trophy for what they're putting out there. Again.
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Postby ComradeCosmobot (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:45 am



:maudsay:

You know, we could do with a Image clone with that off-model Pinkie face that appears in one frame just before she starts chugging cider:

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(For non-Goons, that's a badly distorted picture of Jonathan Frakes (Riker), which was the avatar for a Goon named "what the christ". The image is just used generally whenever someone expresses the normal feeling of what the christ. It has nothing to do with the poster at all, really.)
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:57 am

In full context:

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This is a transition frame, Pinkie comes down from the stove and the vibration upon hitting the floor jiggles her body.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:03 am

Season 4 has brought us Cheese Sandwich and Maud Pie, thus proving earth ponies are best ponies. :snobtavia:
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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:09 am

I just realized that any geologist pony couldn't not be an earth pony.

Oh well pegasus supremacy anyway. :jingo:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:06 am

I suppose you could make the case for Rarity sort of being a geologist... She has that gem finding ability.
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Postby JaneCV (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:58 am

Rarity doesn't give a shit about rocks. She's just some kind of prospector. Remember her reaction when she thought her destiny was a rock? Maud was was probably all like "A rock?! That's my destiny? :-D" and that's why she's best pony.
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Postby Yarma (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:30 am

I laughed pretty hard most of the episode. It took me till Maud fed boulder and I was thinking "Oh holy shit she's not even joking about anything she says." I thought she was just being sarcastic or something. Maud is a pretty good horse after all.

Though my own brother has betrayed his gang tag for not even the best character. The best pone is secretly nice spider.

Speaking of, if Maud gets a tag main character cadence needs one still. :allright: I watched big money hustlas. Twice. What now brother?

Ninja edit: The apple jewel smiley is everything I hoped it would be and so much more! :flirt: My favorite episode of all time perfectly encapsulated.
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:05 am

Wylie wrote:I keep harping on this, it seems, but the little touches of animation in this show, especially this season, are just delightful. Maud feeding her pet rock a sandwich, playing with him on the train, literally everything Pinkie does in the background during this episode- it all adds up.

It would be easy to not add stuff like that. In fact, it's so easy that practically every other cartoon doesn't do it. It's not expected, because it's hard, which means expensive. But one of the happy results of being mostly-computer-generated is that you can add stuff like that without having to redraw everything, by hand, from scratch- and you can plan out much more stuff like that throughout the process.

I guess what I'm saying is that the folks directing and animating Pony deserve a trophy for what they're putting out there. Again.


It's not even the little touches- it's realizing that they take said little touches and often go that extra step. It's not just Maud feeding Boulder a sandwich- it's him devouring it when you're not looking. Or the frames you KNOW they slip in there because fans are going to freezeframe it and laugh/WAT their heads off, like Slenderpony. The animators aren't just making the show, they're having little shows inside the show, that 110% where the 10% is subtle but says "Hey, we <3 this stuff.".

It's part of what keeps me watching.
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Postby Tears (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:06 am

Ragnar wrote:So that's one sister. How about the other? I propose Joanna Newsom (guest star) as Sugar Pie. :crack:

e: Peach Plum Pie.


All constantly dropping language from 1920s children's books and thesaurus words, and dressing slightly ren-fayre. None of the Pie sisters turned out normal, something about life on a rock farm :cheese:

Anyways rewatched it and liked it even more :flutterunsmith:

I liked Maude the first time, but in watching there was a part of me thinking "so... where are you guys going with this?"

I thought it was funny, but how they ended up playing it would depend whether it ended up as a fun "...Aubrey Plaza's OC, everyone!" episode or something more resonant.

And man did they pull that off, so watching it back I was able to just enjoy the ride, and gosh everyone's written well :allears:

Even Rarity's hat: being fashion forward means taking risks, and I'm sure Karl Lagerfeld has worse in his wardrobe of shame.

And I loved how Pinkie matched her pace to Maude's walking away with her the first time, I think that's the first time Pinkie's ever walked instead of bouncing.

Also, when Maude finishes her first poem, Twilight sitting there struggling to react and Pinkie just slides past on the wheeled ladder. Just the silence then that noise, kills me. Also the sinister jump cuts when Maude's all "I have thousands. This one's about rocks. They're all about rocks."

Also, Dash's incredulous gape after Maude says "I'm not really into winning."

So basically it was a heartwarming emotional episode that also feels like a chill slice of life with a great new character where everyone gets written well and there are a tonne of great sight gags but also builds to an awesome feelsy closer because this episode was rad.

I don't rate awesome low-key eps differently to all-singing all-dancing episodes like Pinkie Pride and Filli Vanilli, but I love that we get a mix of both.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:58 am

Ragnar wrote:So that's one sister. How about the other? I propose Joanna Newsom (guest star) as Sugar Pie. :crack:

e: Peach Plum Pie.

Pinkie still has two other sisters besides Maud. The two who showed up in the flashback in The Cutie Mark Chronicles are, according to that one book, named Marble and Limestone Pie. All four of them only appear together in a photograph on Pinkie's wall in Pinkie Pride.
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Good episode :-D Pie Family confirmed for being made of badasses :twiright: Maud reminds me a bit of my little brother, who is not as much apparently emotionless as he is more of a big grump around his family, and is pretty much my opposite in competences (he likes math and any sports with a ball involved, but he has pretty much no tact with people and he's not fond of literature) and yet I really like him :flutterunsmith:
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Postby doodlesplat (?) » Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:04 pm

This episode is about Maud Pie. The title of this episode is Maud Pie. Image
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