S05E01-02: The Cutie Map

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Re: S05E01-02: Cutie Markless

Postby DerFurShur (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:56 pm

The Doctor wrote:[quote="Bakertoons".


I'm curious how much of this was Meghan. It's no secret that I'm not her biggest fan, but I want to see her do great episodes again. She wasn't credited as a writer, and even the story editor credit was just for Larson. I wonder if her involvement ended at "Cutie Mark Map sends them on adventure. Have at it!"[/quote]


Just accept McCarthy played a part in the episode and get over it

Away episode was pretty fun, alright start. Hope they actually explain more Starlight Glimmer.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:01 pm

rudecyrus wrote:Great moments in this ep:

-- Pinkie Pie's suspicious face
-- Fluttershy bopping along to the song
-- All the equal sign symbolism
-- Pinkie forced to eat shitty muffins
-- Countryisms!
-- Pinkie slowly succumbing to her lack of a Cutie Mark
-- Tabitha St. Germain's voice acting
-- Rarity pawing at the door
-- Rainbow Dash can't go fast!
-- Interrupting Twilight
-- Balloon Pony
-- Ski Pony
-- The fact that ponies other than the Mane 6 were the heroes
-- BUTT MAGIC

Best two-parter since S2, imo.


-- Drapes
-- Fluttershy laboriously and stealthily getting outside through the chimney — just to discover that the action takes place INSIDE.
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Postby blasmeister (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:04 pm

Stuff wrote:

Guess we know what this season's main theme will be.



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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:07 pm

Factory Factory wrote:Fluts, though... She really dropped the ball on the whole "situational awareness" thing.

She did the best she could. :glare: :v:
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:13 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Huh...does that "Behind the Scenes" thing count as spoilers?


If so, it looks like they're going heavy on the fart jokes this season.


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Hey, crack a window in this castle why don't you. :bluh:
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:14 pm

It's pretty clear that Starlight Glimmer is going to appear again in a later episode. The question is when...
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:17 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Just accept McCarthy played a part in the episode and get over it

Away episode was pretty fun, alright start. Hope they actually explain more Starlight Glimmer.



Of course she played a part in it. My comment was more of a curiosity into the creation process.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:18 pm

Bakertoons wrote:It's pretty clear that Starlight Glimmer is going to appear again in a later episode. The question is when...

And what she wanted the cutie marks ultimately for. She could just be an extreme zealot, but...
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Postby Frith (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:19 pm

First impressions: That was really nice season opener.
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Postby acksed (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:20 pm

Stuff wrote:What's the general reaction at the other places?

In before "it sucked!!! The show is ruined. Again."

4chan: Positive, with some jeering at tumblr. Also one of the mods changed "Anonymous" to "=".
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:22 pm

I liked how the line about nine magical artefacts dropped by Starlight Glimmer was, essential, a red herring for the fans, since the staff was a mere prop.
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Postby acksed (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:26 pm

Niels Olof wrote:I liked how the line about nine magical artefacts dropped by Starlight Glimmer was, essentialy, a red herring for the fans, since the staff was a mere prop.
Maybe not, Twi did say there were eight and Starlight did know the legend. Plot hook? Plot hook.
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:29 pm

For the sake of Equestrian security, it might be worth Princess Twilight Sparkle’s time to locate and secure those artefacts.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:30 pm

Niels Olof wrote:For the sake of Equestrian security, it might be worth Princess Twilight Sparkle’s time to locate and secure those artefacts.


:gotcha: Welcome to Odin's Starswirl's Vault, Twilight.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:39 pm

Niels Olof wrote:For the sake of Equestrian security, it might be worth Princess Twilight Sparkle’s time to locate and secure those artefacts.


:twonk: They belong in a museum!
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Postby Factory Factory (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:44 pm

It was good animation that you could immediately see Twilight spot the hole in the "ninth artifact" story.
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Postby Throbulator (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:45 pm

Man, I'd forgotten what hype was like, and I didn't have the biggest hopes for S5 since I figured they would try to outdo S4 in explosions and laser beams. Oh boy I was wrong. This was a great season opening.
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:48 pm

To be viewed at full size:

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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:50 pm

That was fast :awesomedash:

I knew somebody was going to do a fanart from that scene. :smirk:

Also, what font is that?
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:51 pm

Wow...I think that's a record for quickest fanart of an episode yet. Pretty cute too. :allears:
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:54 pm

Bakertoons wrote:Also, what font is that?


http://www.dafont.com/ki-comic.font
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:55 pm


Thanks! It looks suitable for my comic, so I wanted to look into it.
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Postby Factory Factory (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:55 pm

Perrydotto wrote:To be viewed at full size:

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http://www.bronibooru.com/posts/89050

Cheap? Yes. Worth it? Totally.


Let's be honest, did tweets ever make sense? :smug:
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:57 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Wow...I think that's a record for quickest fanart of an episode yet. Pretty cute too. :allears:


The vector crowd has also been busy:
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Postby blasmeister (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:58 pm

Perrydotto wrote:Cheep? Yes. Worth it? Totally.
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Postby Rainbow Crash (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:59 pm

Awesome episode :yay:

I'm really happy they didn't try to outdo themselves in epicness
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:00 pm

I didn't notice any changes in the opening aside from the Hall of Friendship, but I thought Discord might make a more prominent appearance.
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:07 pm

Rainbow Crash wrote:I'm really happy they didn't try to outdo themselves in epicness


This is literally exactly the kind of episode I was hoping for. Getting more serious about the friendship stuff while scaling back the action. This was an intense episode for me, I was actually sweating it for some of the arguments. I think that's worth all the Dragonball Z laser battles in the world.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:08 pm

Oh Bigdog. :-P
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Postby !saak (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:11 pm

Stuff wrote:What's the general reaction at the other places.

In before "it sucked!!! The show is ruined. Again."

Tumblr is instilling a "The villain is totally an an analogue for SJWs/anti-SJWs" (depending on which side is talking about it) kinda vibe on it :-I
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:15 pm

:gotcha: And then the kids Pony show recreated 1984 with the Lance of Longinus

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Postby Venusy (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:27 pm

Glad I still have this avatar for this. :v:

Was not particularly hyped for this season (it's me, I am the worst General Ponies mod), did not watch live but watched later on YouTube, would agree that it probably is the best two parter.
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Postby acksed (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:34 pm

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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:35 pm

There's a lack of good screenies here, let's change that.

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Postby Pocket (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:50 pm

!saak wrote:Tumblr is instilling a "The villain is totally an an analogue for SJWs/anti-SJWs" (depending on which side is talking about it) kinda vibe on it :-I

Did any of them notice that the "=" cutie mark is identical to that one symbol for that one movement... I forget which one it is; some celebrities have tattoos of it. That kind of surprised me, because it would have been easy to make it different while still keeping it an equals sign.
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Postby Discord (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:09 pm

That was an awesome premiere.

Definitely lower key than any two-parter the show's ever done. This is actually the first two parter without Celestia in it come to think of it, which I think is a big part of that and is a sign about how the mane cast is maturing.

But it's to the episode's benefit, as it's hard to trump last season's finale in scale.

Instead we just got a fun adventure with an interesting theme that introduces more fun adventures to come, and I'm down with that.

Communism town was legitimately creepy. The argument for it ultimately didn't have much nuance after the beginning, but that's understandable given audience.

There were a lot of fun character moments. Pinkie Pie in particularly had one of her best non-focus outings in a while.

Starlight Glimmer was a good villain. An interesting change of pace from previous ones. I'd like to know more about her, but it seems like they're saving that for perhaps some kind of council of evil at the end of the season (or during it)?

It was just a really solidly written adventure tackling an interesting idea. Though not my favourite two parter, it was a lot of fun and I'm glad ponies are back.
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Postby Stuff (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:12 pm

Huh? The Cutie Map?
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Postby Perrydotto (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:14 pm

Stuff wrote:Huh? The Cutie Map?


Apparently there were some title changes/confusions. The title got originally announced as "Cutie Markless", but the episode showed the title to be "The Cutie Map".
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:19 pm

PONY COMMIES :flail:

It's so refreshing to see a two-part episode without the fate of Equestria in danger or some ancient evil being unlocked. The episodes set up the entire season's premise, and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season. :crack:
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:23 pm

Though I must point out that if we are dealing with an Orwellian vision here, it is Animal Farm rather than Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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