M02: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks

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Re: M02: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks

Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:52 pm

Got another crazy conspiracy theory...with the Dazzles Monsterous siren forms destroyed along with thier gemstones by the giant sky Alicorn beam of doom, XD. Does this mean if they ever did return to Equestria, would they turn into ponies like on their toybox Art!?

Also their will be an encore presentation on Discovery Family on the 19th as well,for those that catch it on the 17th of 18th.
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Postby Chaos Sonic (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:14 pm

Saw it yesterday with the Chicago crew. Was definitely a lot better than the first one; and I liked the first one. From just the "cold open" part, I already knew I liked it better.

I kinda wonder now if Starswirl and the princesses banished other villains to that realm? Possible conflict source for a series?

And on the subject of Brad, the main problem I have with the romance is that Twilight is a pony, and then she comes to the human world and is suddenly attracted to a human? :v:
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:37 pm

Octavia wrote:Just saw Rainbow Rocks today in theaters with the Chicago Ponygoon crew. I think the songs are much improved over the first film.

From a musician's standpoint, which song would you say was the best? Obviously someone like me will forever associate the songs with emotional impact, so I'd probably pick Shine Like Rainbows (end credits song) as my favorite, but I'm curious if this is actually the most musically sound or not.
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Postby abrony-mouse (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:40 pm

I'm stuuuuck :( it's between Battle of the Bands which is just.. I could marry it :D but it's evil and would divorce me and steal my millions

and then there's RR which is just... pony :3:

and then there's Welcome to the Show, which is a nice mix of evil Dazzling + Pony triumph

I am utterly torn

the positive thing is that I love horse human and horse-human :3
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:05 pm

For me, Shine Like Rainbows is the best pure song, while Welcome to the Show has the most enjoyable individual pieces - Welcome's main problem is that it's written as a visual piece, and with the visuals it's phenomenal, but without those it has its noticeable shifts because that's where dialog is happening in-movie that isn't in-soundtrack.

Tricks Up My Sleeve is an unexpected enjoyable piece as well. Worth grabbing the soundtrack just to hear that.
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Postby abrony-mouse (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:17 pm

the verses in tricks up my sleeeve are great :-P

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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:21 pm

All the songs are addictive as buck. :v:


I've listened to the soundtrack so many times I've lost count! :-P
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Postby abrony-mouse (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:39 pm

me too! :v:

*takes a deep breath*

I LIKE HORSE :D
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Postby Octavia (?) » Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:37 pm

The Outlander wrote:From a musician's standpoint, which song would you say was the best? Obviously someone like me will forever associate the songs with emotional impact, so I'd probably pick Shine Like Rainbows (end credits song) as my favorite, but I'm curious if this is actually the most musically sound or not.

Pinkie's theremin song and Derpy's saw song were definitely the best. :twiright:

Seriously, though, I like the songs from the villain trio the best. There's a lot more flexibility for doing neat stuff when you're working in a minor key, and in children's media, the villains are pretty much the only ones that get minor songs.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:10 am

Octavia wrote:Pinkie's theremin song and Derpy's saw song were definitely the best. :twiright:

Seriously, though, I like the songs from the villain trio the best. There's a lot more flexibility for doing neat stuff when you're working in a minor key, and in children's media, the villains are pretty much the only ones that get minor songs.


I agree, I liked the villain's songs the best. I really liked that manipulative tone it had to it,
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:04 am

Yea the dazzling songs were great just for how it showed them so into their sleezy mind control shit.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:55 am

The TV airing will be cut down to 68 minutes, and odds are the "Better Then Ever" musical number was cut out along with Flash early movie appearance.

https://twitter.com/ishih3art/status/519354901055668224

And I'm guessing the credits have been cropped as well.

Meaning as per usual if You want the full experience best see it in theatre or buy the DVD/BD!
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Tue Oct 07, 2014 1:56 pm

Or you can watch the clip online featuring most of that (fairly redundant) scene, since it was a 5 min preview clip.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:39 pm

Considering it's the first scene in the movie that shows how they get their magic to activate by playing their music, as redundant as it may be it's still nesseccary. And the exclusion of both it & the end credits scene + teaser do effect/change the viewing experience. :unenthused:

It's sad content has to be cut just to make room for a couple more commercials. :fluttersmith:

Oh well I have the BD on pre-order anyway so what evs!! :v:
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:47 pm

Hopefully everything they cut was released as previews, so I'll be able to join them together and watch the whole movie in high quality. :anticipation:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:33 pm

I hope they officially announce that Bon Bon and Lyra are sisters so I can hear the sound of a thousand fanfics shattering all at once.

I have been holding that in for like a week. :v:

I think the problem with the first movie they tried to do to many things, to much world building and back story, and where told they had to edited it down. Resulting in many subplots either being cut or removed completely. Making the first movie feel messy and rushed.

This one it felt more like they focused solely on the main story, had a few minutes to kill and decided to add in a Maud reference for a quick laugh.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 2:03 am

Sobana wrote:I hope they officially announce that Bon Bon and Lyra are sisters so I can hear the sound of a thousand fanfics shattering all at once.



Where did you hear this?
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 2:55 am

I think that was sarcasm.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 3:11 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:

Where did you hear this?

From the thoughts inside my head. :v:

That is why I started the sentence with "I hope"
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 3:12 am

The voices in my head usually tell me to burn things. :-I
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:24 am

The voices in my head are telling me to watch more pony. :gotcha:
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Postby abrony-mouse (?) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:18 am

Sobana wrote:I hope they officially announce that Bon Bon and Lyra are sisters so I can hear the sound of a thousand fanfics shattering all at once.

:starity:

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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:18 am

Thank you. I try to be funny at times. :-P
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Postby abrony-mouse (?) » Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:22 pm

An adorable pic of Twi's new friend and dimensional pen-pal :3

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Postby Sobana (?) » Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:20 am

I liked the redemption of Superior Sunbutt this time around.

With this and Discord, it feels like the writers are really bad with redemption stories the first time around... :smirk:
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Postby Ransom (?) » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:29 pm

Quick question, in "Welcome to the Show," do the Dazzlings sing "come and heed us" or "come and feed us?" I see a lot of people say the former but I in. The latter more sinister.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:32 pm

Ransom wrote:Quick question, in "Welcome to the Show," do the Dazzlings sing "come and heed us" or "come and feed us?" I see a lot of people say the former but I in. The latter more sinister.



Come & Heed Us.

They basically want to be worshiped. XD
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:26 am

Sobana wrote:I hope they officially announce that Bon Bon and Lyra are sisters so I can hear the sound of a thousand fanfics shattering all at once.


:rainbert: That's stupid.

:v: Make them cousins.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:38 am

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:rainbert: That's stupid.

:v: Make them cousins.



That didn't really work well for Sailor Moon. :v:

*ahh 90s anime dubs.....*
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:26 am

Ransom wrote:Quick question, in "Welcome to the Show," do the Dazzlings sing "come and heed us" or "come and feed us?" I see a lot of people say the former but I in. The latter more sinister.


I believe they said "heed", but I do prefer the sinister "feed".
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:07 pm

So. What do you think the ratings for Rainbow Rocks TV airings will be?

Personally I'm not worried that much about it premiring on a Friday cause I know some schools/colleges are out for Fall break.

Anywho I'm gonna guess between 300-600k viewers.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:24 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:So. What do you think the ratings for Rainbow Rocks TV airings will be?
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:45 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:Anywho I'm gonna guess between 300-600k viewers.

This is way too optimistic IMO
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:53 pm

Wayoshi wrote:This is way too optimistic IMO



Not really the first EQG movie got 600K and it didn't even have as much good press as this one. Although I do think the SATAM rerun might do abit better then the FriPM premire.


But a Again since there are some schools/college out on fall break this week, that could help abit.

Edit. Here's my prediction for all 3 days.

Friday: 200-300K
Saturday 400-600K
Sunday:,100-200K

If I right/close you all have to buy me a soda! :v:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:33 am

What would colleges having out have anything to do with it? I highly doubt there are enough people at a college, let alone colleges that will let out, that'll have time for this. And heck, chances are people can't watch it at college anyway, due to Discovery Family not being available. So that leaves schools, and I don't know too many that have a fall break. I don't think it'll do much better than the first, probably about the same as it.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:41 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:What would colleges having out have anything to do with it? I highly doubt there are enough people at a college, let alone colleges that will let out, that'll have time for this. And heck, chances are people can't watch it at college anyway, due to Discovery Family not being available. So that leaves schools, and I don't know too many that have a fall break. I don't think it'll do much better than the first, probably about the same as it.



Well there's people that go to college & kids that go to school that watch the show. :pinkieshrug:


Anywho I expect the premire to do fairly well... But hey I'm an optimist! :hiiiii:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:48 am

SoundMonkey44 wrote:

Well there's people that go to college & kids that go to school that watch the show. :pinkieshrug:


I know, but my point was "college student" would seem to be a complete minimum of the ratings. Because of the small group of students who would watch it, you have an even smaller group who would actually have access to Discovery Family, which would lead to most just watching the movie illegally online, which won't contribute to ratings. I'm just saying the number must be completely insignificant for that group.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:33 am

SoundMonkey44 wrote:

Not really the first EQG movie got 600K and it didn't even have as much good press as this one.

Friday at 3:30 is an awful slot
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:43 am

True, but considering even weekday reruns of MLP can break 100k. No reason a premire can't do even better. But again have to wait & see.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:12 pm

But aren't those week day slots later, like 5 or 6? 3:30 is still a pretty bad slot, especially considering that's immediately after school, and I'm sure many parents would be hesitant to immediately turn on the TV once the kids get him. On top of that, is there even good promotion for it on the channel itself?
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