M03: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games

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M03: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Fri Sep 25, 2015 1:57 am

Canterlot High meets its rival school, Crystal Prep Academy, in a competition that's a long-standing tradition — the Friendship Games. Sunset Shimmer is tasked with keeping magic out of the games to avoid the appearance of impropriety while she and her friends compete against Crystal Prep's top students led by someone with an equal amount of interest in Equestrian magic — this world's TWILIGHT SPARKLE!


This thread is for discussion of this movie. The movie is premiering at 8:00 PM Eastern / 5:00 PM Pacific on Saturday, September 26 on Discovery Family.

Official preview clips and images are okay to post (there are several), as is speculation about the movie.

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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Fri Sep 25, 2015 1:53 pm

Bring it on, I've been waiting for this since it was announced.

After listening to the soundtrack, following every spoiler, and looking at a lot of the toys I'm expecting some variation of an evil Twilight in this one.

It'll be interesting to also see of the theory that this time we go from EQG-verse to Equestria plays out.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:00 am

I feel torn. Doctor Who starts at nine. Does that overlap with the movie? I might be forced to watch only part of the movie. Can't tell how sad I should feel about this.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:15 am

The movie will probably be until 9:30 including commercials.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:21 am

You can hope that after it airs in Canada at 3:30 that it gets uploaded quickly
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:50 am

Soft Snow wrote:I feel torn. Doctor Who starts at nine. Does that overlap with the movie? I might be forced to watch only part of the movie. Can't tell how sad I should feel about this.


Could always try and find a stream of the UK Doctor Who broadcast. I believe it starts at 12:45 EST. Barring a live stream, it will be available for download on torrent sites minutes after the UK broadcast.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Sep 26, 2015 6:19 am

DerFurShur wrote:You can hope that after it airs in Canada at 3:30 that it gets uploaded quickly

This could well happen, just takes one person that cares enough...
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:28 pm

:lol: Crystal Prep leader is just totally OK with magic existing.




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:gotcha: They totally just spoiled the season 5 finale.



Movie overall was a bit meh, but it does have a very entertaining, very anime, finale.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:42 pm

Now the Season finale will be very interesting after hearing that.
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Postby BeautifulShy (?) » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:51 pm

A few people are in the ponyday IRC and we are going to watch Friendship Games in 10 mins. Come on in.
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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:04 am

How does her guitar work? There's no amp! :twonk:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:38 am

Sour Sweet was the best side character.

Rest was meh, although certainly not bad. Why does Spike the talking dog HAVE to be a thing in these movies? :yikes:
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Postby Strangest Letter (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:40 am

I thought it was nice, easier for me to watch than the last two (which were also nice).

Wayoshi wrote:Why does Spike the talking dog HAVE to be a thing in these movies? :yikes:

Cause he's a main character whose been part of the show from the beginning? :pinkieshrug:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:43 am

If not for Twilight making an out of nowhere heel turn at the end to go all super-evil, this would have vastly been the best EQG movie for me. They made her way too sympathetic and sad to work as a villain at the end. She should have been as competitive as the others. The alternate upbringing changed her Brother, should have changed her more too.

That being said, it was still a fun ending, even if it didn't make much sense.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:47 am

I just saw maybe 70% of this, seemed pretty decent. Kinda bummed that the ending was so similar to the ending of the first movie, though I guess you could argue they were going for a deliberate symmetry kinda thing.

Based on snippets we've seen/heard, I guess Twi's line at the end implies she arrived soon after the events of the S5 finale?

The Doctor wrote:If not for Twilight making an out of nowhere heel turn at the end to go all super-evil, this would have vastly been the best EQG movie for me. They made her way too sympathetic and sad to work as a villain at the end. She should have been as competitive as the others. The alternate upbringing changed her Brother, should have changed her more too.

That being said, it was still a fun ending, even if it didn't make much sense.


I would've been happy if they'd just put a little more inner conflict into her transformed state; have her torn between lust for power/desire to not be an evil asshole. Instead we just got vanilla evil.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:49 am

Honestly that made it work for me. Twilight obviously was living a not-so happy existence, even beyond her being Twilight from ep 1. She goes to a school that is pretty hostile, where her principal outright blackmails her (Finally after three films we get an accurate portrayal of a school administrator). Then she gets kicked around the entire movie by the people who are supposed to have her back, so of course when someone in that position gets real power their first instinct is to lash out.

The entire scene between Sunset and Twilight in the light was awesome. 10/10, give me more of that.

Unleash the magic was as good as I thought it'd be

All in all, it's about as good as Rainbow Rocks.
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Postby Bremen (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:51 am

So, if Sunset Shimmer went back to Equestria, would she be an alicorn? The finale almost looked like that was supposed to be an ascension to me.

Edit: Oh wait, I remember she had fire wings in her music video, so maybe not. It was still definitely a "good" version of her EoM transformation from the first movie, though, so maybe.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:00 am

Well in the first movie, we see Evil Susnet corrupting the element with that evil.

In this film the elements flat out turn Twilight evil. I think it would have worked better if they had amplified her curiosity and lust for knowledge. Not in an intentionally evil sense, but in a "I can see EVERYTHING" sort of way. Especially since there wasn't really a fight between Sunset and Twilight. You'd still have her and Spike talking Twilight down.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:04 am

As far as I can tell the only cut in the US airing was the long credits (only 2 minutes long), although I'll compare the two to be sure later.

This image in the long credits though...

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EDIT: Oh, here's one scene where Cinch talks to Twi after she first finds her in CHS that didn't air here.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:06 am

The Doctor wrote:Well in the first movie, we see Evil Susnet corrupting the element with that evil.

In this film the elements flat out turn Twilight evil. I think it would have worked better if they had amplified her curiosity and lust for knowledge. Not in an intentionally evil sense, but in a "I can see EVERYTHING" sort of way. Especially since there wasn't really a fight between Sunset and Twilight. You'd still have her and Spike talking Twilight down.


Exactly, something like that would've been great. The best villains are the ones who think they're the good guys; I'd have loved Twilight to have gone down the whole "But imagine the good I could do with all this knowledge! I could use this power to make things better! It's worth the risk!" angle.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:08 am

But Twilight did get her curiosity amplified, she said she wanted to learn and obtain more magic, Sunset tells her she's doing it at the cost of that world, and Twilight just shrugs it off.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:12 am

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Postby Bremen (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:14 am

I can definitely see where people are coming from saying Twilight going villain came out of nowhere, but I didn't mind. There was stuff there, it was just subtle; the principle coercing her over her application, the whole school trying to get her to be competitive, Sunset's outburst making her run off in tears, and finally the principle pointing out how what was in the amulet was bigger than anything, even the transfer she wanted. It was enough for me.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:15 am

DerFurShur wrote:But Twilight did get her curiosity amplified, she said she wanted to learn and obtain more magic, Sunset tells her she's doing it at the cost of that world, and Twilight just shrugs it off.


It just came across a bit one-note I guess. There wasn't much there to distinguish her from any other cackling, power-hungry villain. I feel like it would've been more interesting to have a little more of the real her mixed in with that.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:17 am

I mean the real her is there though it's corrupted, because as we've seen being an emotional wreck when you mess with Equestrian magic it tends to corrupt you pretty hard.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:21 am

DerFurShur wrote:I mean the real her is there though it's corrupted, because as we've seen being a emotional when you mess with Equestrian magic it tends to corrupt you pretty hard.


Oh sure, I don't take issue with it from an in-universe POV. For the sake of the viewer though, I wish it had been something less typical.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:36 am

I'm thoroughly amused at just how incredibly Anime the climax was. Like, it was MLP : FIM : EQG : The Anime : The Movie : Akira edition

It's not Rainbow Rocks awesome, but it's fun
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:42 am

Dexanth wrote:I'm thoroughly amused at just how incredibly Anime the climax was. Like, it was MLP : FIM : EQG : The Anime : The Movie : Akira edition

It's not Rainbow Rocks awesome, but it's fun


Ending was pretty much the finale to Sailor Stars.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:06 am

I loved it but...the ending was weird. They say she'd look nuts saying what happened but...people took videos of them transforming and singing and junk.

Also, you did cheat super hard, and she was a creepy jerk but it's kinda not nutty to want to study kids growing wings and shooting lasers.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:44 am

Better than the first EG, worse than the second. Ending fight bit kind of crap, music mostly for the sake of having songs. Character beats and the like were great. Film needed another 15 minutes and maybe a better climax. Like Twi opens it, things go crazy, Shimmer needs T Sparks to work with her to stop it, encourages both schools to get together and work as a team. Maybe even have a version of Nightmare Moon show up or something but maybe not.

Could have been very good of a movie was merely pretty decent. End bit was pretty funny though. I still want regular horsie women show instead of yearly movies. Outside of bigger music budgets they don't seem any more special in production values than a regular episode.

Oh well. Im a good 30 years too old for all of these horsie bits anyhow so maybe I just want a bit more out of my cartoons. Still smarter than most horror movies. Or Prometheus. Not that I am bitter over that film and it's real failure to outdo the previous 4 Xenomorph films though. :-/ (I'll always have Alien, Aliens, and the original Dark Horse Comics sequel trilogy.)
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Postby Jyu (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:41 am

Just popping in to leave my two cents. :-P

I liked it. I would say it's about equal to Rainbow Rocks. It was great that Flash was kept to a minor role and there were no cringe worthy romantic moments (SciTwi showing no interest in Flash was great). Also glad that there were no outright cringe worthy moments (aside from Pinkie's fast explanation, but that was minor. Still, I'm really tired of those) The film felt pretty low key until the climax compared to Rainbow Rocks but I think it worked well as a story about SciTwi and Sunset. I felt the pacing and the beats of the story were great. Honestly, I found this film much better structured plot wise than the previous two.

However, like I said it's pretty low key and a little plain in some moments, so I still find Rainbow Rocks to be a more fun and exciting watch. But this was still great and I enjoyed it a lot. I felt the final battle between Sunset and SciTwi could've gone for longer. Maybe seeing Crystal Prep and Canterlot High working alongside each other. Honestly, add 10-15 more minutes to the final act and it would make this film even better.
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Postby SpaceHowitzer (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:44 pm

I liked it, agree that it could have used a few more minutes to explain things but a close second to rainbow rocks.

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Canterlot high is just used to magic by this point

Dean Cadence, alumni Shiny, brings up some questions

Does any school have shop and home economics any more? Those died by budget cut decades ago around here.

Flash just wants to hit on a twilights, doesn't seem to mind which.

So pony-up has become an at will power. Presumably as the amount of free magic has increased.

I hope someone freeze frames that geometry proof. I want to check math.

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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:39 pm

Instead of motocross, they should have had an equestrianism event :gotcha:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:38 pm

Cthulhu Inc wrote:Instead of motocross, they should have had an equestrianism event :gotcha:

Gotta wonder if that was somehow a toy mandate.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:39 pm

Cthulhu Inc wrote:Instead of motocross, they should have had an equestrianism event :gotcha:


If for no other reason than for the face Sunset would make when she sees it... :smirk:
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Postby Cthulhu Inc (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:15 pm

SS was one of the students in the motocross event...maybe she would have had to ride a horse :v:
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:27 pm

What kind of high school has dirt bike racing? That one still boggles my mind. Course with principals being EHH WE HAVE MAGIC BUT LETS TRY TO KEEP IT ON THE DOWN LOW I am probably thinking too hard.

Canterlot high is quickly approaching Hogwarts or Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters in :-P levels. With less casualties at the moment but a fair bit of property damage. And not just because :v: goes there.
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Postby Bremen (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:08 pm

Captain Rufus wrote:What kind of high school has dirt bike racing? That one still boggles my mind. Course with principals being EHH WE HAVE MAGIC BUT LETS TRY TO KEEP IT ON THE DOWN LOW I am probably thinking too hard.

Canterlot high is quickly approaching Hogwarts or Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters in :-P levels. With less casualties at the moment but a fair bit of property damage. And not just because :v: goes there.


The kind of high school that's always magically cooler than the one you go to, that appeals to actual middle and high school students :p

It's long been my opinion that the world of EqG is supposed to be similar to but not identical to our world. Beyond the crayon colored people and names like Pinkie Pie, I mean. How quickly everyone accepts magic is just more evidence for my case, I think.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:21 pm

The entire high school seems to be pretty much 'Magic, cool, whatever' and apparently the wider world still has no idea so I think the main difference is in EQGworld, people actually keep secrets? :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:06 pm

Movie wasn't bad
Midnight Sparkle's outfit was neat... better than how she looks in the eqg game...

I wonder if how Sunset snapped had to do with the magic being sucked out? Cuz she acted alot like pre "magic of friendship" sunset..
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