M02: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks

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M02: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:43 am

Canterlot High is hosting a musical showcase and Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy are going to be performing with their new band, The Rainbooms. But when a new girl group, The Dazzlings, arrives at CHS, they convince everyone to turn the friendly showcase into a Battle of the Bands.

As tensions mount between the competing musical acts, a reformed Sunset Shimmer realizes that the Dazzlings may not be ordinary girls and are after something far more sinister than just being named Best Band at Canterlot High. The Rainbooms call on Princess Twilight to return to their world to help them perform a musical counter-spell so that they can win a battle that now determines the fate of the entire school.


This thread is for discussion of this movie. The movie has limited screening for awhile starting Saturday, September 27 (see listings). It will at 3:30 PM Eastern / 12:30 PM Pacific on Friday, October 17 on Hub Discovery Family.

For this review thread, it's open season - any info is allowed right away. So if you don't want to be spoiled, wait until you've managed to see the movie.

Writer: Meghan McCarthy (writer of EqG1)
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:49 am

Aww yeah get hyped. I'm honestly looking forward to this unironically. It basically looks like it'll be Pony K-On! meets Magical girls and I'm excited to see it Sunday.... especially after seeing the leaks.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:43 am

While not the writer I think it's important to list Ishi Rudell is the Director of the film and his involvement seems to have been just as heavily an influence on the film as Meghan's.

Anywho 5 hours and 15 minutes till I go see the movie! Whooo!! :awesomedash: :allears: :-D :pinkietoot:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:19 am

I'm looking forward to it. I'm bringing my sister as a cover while wearing all of my pony merch. I might even bring my Chrysalis plushie! :party:

Three hours and forty minutes until it starts in my theater! :awesomedash:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:41 pm

I'm in the movie theater right now and all the seats are lazy boy recliners with power reclining. It feels like I'm laying in bed watching this. So cool! :awesomedash:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 4:27 pm

That movie was way more streamline then the first. The only problem I had was that half the movie kept skipping and freezing. It was so bad they gave us all free tickets. There was so many bronies it sold out and some of them didn't make it. :saddershy:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 4:29 pm

That kinda sucks that your local player got a bad copy or something... at least they refunded.

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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 4:54 pm

This movie was easily 20x better then the first! The acting, the animation, the story, & the general entertainment rewatch value all higher!

The pacing was still wonky at times.

But overall 20/10 stars from me!

Also liked the anime style stills in the credits at the end!

Also. Anyone know who Octavia's VA was for the few lines she had?
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:05 pm

This was seriously great. I still plan on doing a rambling review like last time, but way better than the first one, and WAAAAY better camera work/animation. Like, better than the show.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:06 pm

Wayoshi wrote:That kinda sucks that your local player got a bad copy or something... at least they refunded.

What was the extent of Dougworld!Twi?

Post credits stinger.

How much do you want me to tell you? There's not much, but, still, figured I should ask.
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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:13 pm

Well, I'm back from this, and I got to say, it was a lot better than I expected. I really got the impression with EQG McCarthy was kind of phoning it in, perhaps in the hopes that it would flop. She seemed to actually give a shit this time around though. There are still some plot contrivances, Twilight ultimately isn't necessary to the story and Spike is even more of a hanger-on, and in fact seems to be the new Flash Sentry, existing only to be a macguffin to bail the heroes out. He's not as bad as Flash (who actually manages to serve some narrative purpose this time around) in the first one, but his companion is. There are two things dragging Rainbow Rocks down, the weak showing of the first film that we must recap and accept with all its terrible plot, and secondly the fact that it takes precious time from shoring up the plot contrivances to show off cameos for the fans. Maud served no purpose, Maud didn't add anything to the scene she was in. Maud is a good character, but I really could've used that 20-30 seconds elsewhere, thanks.

Whenever I'm in the middle of these scenes I'm reminded of a moment in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, where Rainn Wilson (usually recognized by his character Dwight Shrute from The Office), shows up as a professor. He serves no purpose in the narrative, he does nothing of note, he is literally there to make the audience go, 'oh hey! that's Dwight Shrute' and distract them long enough for us to get to the next big distraction. This is a shitty way to make a movie and an even shittier way to watch a movie.

Note that I consider this a failure of direction rather than a failure of writing, since I'm certain scenes existed to shore up the plotline, I suspect there was a whole B plot with Spike dealing with his doggy nature that hit the cutting room floor. It probably was cut for time, but I would've preferred a scene or two of that to Maud and Pon3.

So that's enough complaints for now, on to the good stuff:

The intro is very visually striking. Unlike the first one though it's not the only good part of the movie, thank god. None-the-less it bears mentioning because it was good and it was a clever way to quickly recap the first movie. The music is solid and takes center stage, and you can tell there was more produced than was actually shown. A lot was clearly truncated for time, and while it is a pity, it shows some restraint on the part of the director.

Most of all, Sunset Shimmer, rather than Twilight Sparkle is the main character of this story. Twilight isn't really necessary to the plot (other than to make Sunset jealous), and while its nice to have an answer to Twilight Sparkle Is A Mary Sue in the fact that she totally screws the pooch this time around, she is essentially an extended cameo. In many ways this is also a flaw: like the other cameos she could easily be cut from the story and it would not suffer much. That said, the fact that she is clearly shown to be the secondary character and in some respects the false messiah of this world, helps divorce the two properties. Something good for my continued sanity. Twilight Sparkle is the main character of the Friendship is Magic Franchise, showing up to help out Sunset Shimmer, the main character of the Equestria Girls franchise. The dougworld Twilight will likely fill Princess Twilight's shoes in whatever future form Equestria Girls takes, but the FIM franchise will allow itself to be self contained from now on, except for the rare cameo from Princess Twilight.

Sunset is in many was a better main character than Twilight. She is significantly less explored and has a lot more room to grow and learn. I'd say her conversion to good being accepted is not a plot contrivance ( Unlike: The Magic Boook, Twilight Sparkles Return, Spike's Rescue), because it soon become clear that not even the benevolent main six have really forgiven her or trust her. She is still an outsider until she proves herself in a trial by fire. The story even gives us strong hints at what ultimately lead her down the path to evil: pure, simple jealousy. It makes her character a lot more understandable.

Unfortunately Equestria Girls fails to go from acceptable quality to good in my book for one simple reason. Sunset never gets a denouement on why she changed despite he ostracism she received. The closest we get is her conversation with the Dazzlings, and even then that hints more to her reason for going down the dark path than her change of heart. Perhaps the sequel will ultimately touch on this, but I'm not holding my breath.

That said I never rewatched Equestria Girls the first. I will rewatch Rainbow Rocks. I think that's about as good a comment on its quality that I can make.

Equestria Girls = 4/10
Rainbow Rocks = 6/10
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Postby Ransom (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:24 pm

Any chance Dougworld Twi becomes the villain of EQG in the future? I'm totally down for mad scientist Twilight trying to steal Equestrian Magic.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:25 pm

I think they learned there lesson from late time and didn't try to stuff to much subplot into the movie. From what I was able to make out it seemed like a pretty solid and straight forward story. It tied nicely into the previous one as far as explains go. They really got a budget increase...

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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:33 pm

In Dougworld, NOBODY skips leg day.

Except Snails. *beatboxes*
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Postby mimitchi33 (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:52 pm

I got back from this movie about an hour ago, and it was better than the original film! The colors were bright, the music was good, and best of all, the plot was engaging! It also felt like the movie was shorter than it really was. I also sat next to some nice bronies my age and dressed as Fluttershy's human form who liked me. Every little kid at the theater even pointed out my costume and a mom liked me so much that she asked me to take a picture of her and her little girl! And unlike last screening, nobody was doing distracting things on their iPhone for their toddler, although the little girl from the last movie showed up and only asked questions twice during the movie. Also, many people sang along with the songs. I would like to see it again on Wednesday and maybe tomorrow!
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Postby RainbowDoubleDash (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 8:17 pm

Ransom wrote:Any chance Dougworld Twi becomes the villain of EQG in the future? I'm totally down for mad scientist Twilight trying to steal Equestrian Magic.


Villain? Unlikely. Antagonist, maybe, but probably more in the vein of Tommy Lee Jones' character from The Fugitive, or Javert's goals in Les Miserables in that her goals are opposed to that of our protagonist but she isn't herself in any way a villain or bad guy.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 10:25 pm

So um... why did Principal Celestia let the Rainbooms go to the finals even though Sunset Shimmer interrupted? Is this another unnecessary gigantic plot hole? :notthisshitagain:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 10:36 pm

Wayoshi wrote:So um... why did Principal Celestia let the Rainbooms go to the finals even though Sunset Shimmer interrupted? Is this another unnecessary gigantic plot hole? :notthisshitagain:


Not at all. The Dazzles put the principles under their spell and had them go through so they could trap them and absorb their magic.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 10:42 pm

OK, but w/o that, the Rainbooms were done. It was another "plot twist!!11" with very little development time that really should have been cut out.
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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 10:42 pm

Wayoshi wrote:So um... why did Principal Celestia let the Rainbooms go to the finals even though Sunset Shimmer interrupted? Is this another unnecessary gigantic plot hole? :notthisshitagain:


The Dazzlings could be seen approaching Celestia and Luna before the announcement was made. They mind controlled them to make them decide to let the Rainbooms win over Trixie. The Dazzlings wanted the Rainbooms to lose their shit in the final so that they could use the negative equestrian magic it to fuel their mass mind control while they had a huge audience. Presumably it wouldn't just be the teens of canterlot high in attendance, but also parents and bored spectators, and perhaps talent scouts who could be used to broadcast their message to the world.

In many ways both the Dazzlings and the Rainbooms plans were the same, just inverted in their goals. Sunset Shimmer was as much a wrench in the Dazzling's plan as it was in the Rainbooms.

Trixie getting them trapped under the stage to add to the stress was just a bonus to the Dazzlings, who probably had the initial plan of having the shit losing happen when the Rainbooms lost the competition.
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Postby TheNegaverser (?) » Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:11 pm

The Ghost Of Ember wrote:That said, the fact that she is clearly shown to be the secondary character and in some respects the false messiah of this world, helps divorce the two properties. Something good for my continued sanity. Twilight Sparkle is the main character of the Friendship is Magic Franchise, showing up to help out Sunset Shimmer, the main character of the Equestria Girls franchise. The dougworld Twilight will likely fill Princess Twilight's shoes in whatever future form Equestria Girls takes, but the FIM franchise will allow itself to be self contained from now on, except for the rare cameo from Princess Twilight.


I'd be lying if I said I wasn't glad to hear this. I'm pretty apathetic toward the whole concept of the Equestria Girls universe. Honestly, I couldn't care less how good or bad the movies themselves are - my biggest concern was always if/how it would affect the show. Hopefully this is a sign that the two can continue to be kept relatively isolated from each other.

Having said that, I'm glad to hear that Rainbow Rocks is an improvement. I'll probably get around to seeing it sooner or later.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 1:10 am

Wayoshi wrote:OK, but w/o that, the Rainbooms were done. It was another "plot twist!!11" with very little development time that really should have been cut out.



Not really it was the Dazzlings plans from the start to steal their magic. And they had The Principles under their spell from pretty early on. It's not really a plot twist when it's fairly evident what's going to happen.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:00 am

Alright, I kinda rushed to judgment looking for another obvious sign of "lack of effort" like that photoshop scene.

Thus, there's no glaring super bad things in this movie... but it's still a cliche, muted battle of the bands. I felt like the background music was quiet a lot of the time - nothing as grandiose and epic as I would want out of a pony movie. Sunset Shimmer was fairly good in this movie but now her character is just kinda lol. Like Ghost of Ember says, accepting all the shit of EqG1 does actively bring some of the attempts to fix those mistakes down.

Also, while it makes sense for EqG R.D. to be a jerk at this stage of the timeline, it's still quite a bit of rehashing to have this movie's Mane 5 conflict be based on them. I get it, it makes sense narratively etc., but it was not very interesting to watch and wow was "How Awesome I Wanna Be" or whatever a crappy song.

Is this the first time they used a character largely popular due to the fandom only (Vinyl Scratch) as a major plot point? That was kinda :unenthused:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:11 am

The Ghost Of Ember wrote:the fact that it takes precious time from shoring up the plot contrivances to show off cameos for the fans. Maud served no purpose, Maud didn't add anything to the scene she was in. Maud is a good character, but I really could've used that 20-30 seconds elsewhere, thanks.

Note that I consider this a failure of direction rather than a failure of writing, since I'm certain scenes existed to shore up the plotline, I suspect there was a whole B plot with Spike dealing with his doggy nature that hit the cutting room floor. It probably was cut for time, but I would've preferred a scene or two of that to Maud and Pon3.

Sunset is in many was a better main character than Twilight. She is significantly less explored and has a lot more room to grow and learn.

Well... the thing is it didn't really feel rushed, in fact it felt kinda short. So I'm not sure what kind of precious time your referring to. Adding a minute or so just for world building or even filler didn't really hurt and I think it might even helped it a bit.

I think they learned their lesson about having to many subplots that went nowhere and decided if they couldn't show it, cut it all off. Which made for a better movie.

Vinyl Scratch served a vital role in the story and oh my gosh I want t buy her car now. :awesomedash:

The only reason I think Sunset is less explored the Twilight is because Twilight had four season of us learning about her. I'm sure if Sunset had as much screen time as Twilight she wouldn't seem like she had much room to grow either.

But everything else you said I kinda agree with...
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:28 am

Going to see this on the first. Thank goodness I didn't go today, it was packed as I suspected.
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Postby The Ghost Of Ember (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:09 am

Sobana wrote:Well... the thing is it didn't really feel rushed, in fact it felt kinda short. So I'm not sure what kind of precious time your referring to. Adding a minute or so just for world building or even filler didn't really hurt and I think it might even helped it a bit.

I think they learned their lesson about having to many subplots that went nowhere and decided if they couldn't show it, cut it all off. Which made for a better movie.

Vinyl Scratch served a vital role in the story and oh my gosh I want t buy her car now. :awesomedash:

The only reason I think Sunset is less explored the Twilight is because Twilight had four season of us learning about her. I'm sure if Sunset had as much screen time as Twilight she wouldn't seem like she had much room to grow either.

But everything else you said I kinda agree with...


Yeah, that Sunset doesn't have four seasons exploring her is why she's a better main character for the Equestria Girls franchise. I'm not saying Twilight is a bad character or even unworthy of being a main character (I like her as the main character FIM), she's just already well explored and a fresh face sits better on a fresh franchise.

I really feel that 30 seconds could have been used better on those plot contrivances I mentioned, 30 seconds of Spike finding Vinyl Scratch, 30 seconds more in Equestria so Pinkie didn't have to be Exposition Dump, 30 more seconds on establishing the book and it's properties. Hell, give us 30 seconds for Sunset to say 'I value my new friends despite the fact that they don't trust or like me because _________'

Let me be clear, unlike its predecessor Rainbow Rocks is not a bad movie, I just feel like these things hold it back from being a very good movie.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:46 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:Going to see this on the first. Thank goodness I didn't go today, it was packed as I suspected.

Yeah, it was so packed a group of bronies couldn't even make it inside.

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Yeah, that Sunset doesn't have four seasons exploring her is why she's a better main character for the Equestria Girls franchise. I'm not saying Twilight is a bad character or even unworthy of being a main character (I like her as the main character FIM), she's just already well explored and a fresh face sits better on a fresh franchise.

I really feel that 30 seconds could have been used better on those plot contrivances I mentioned, 30 seconds of Spike finding Vinyl Scratch, 30 seconds more in Equestria so Pinkie didn't have to be Exposition Dump, 30 more seconds on establishing the book and it's properties. Hell, give us 30 seconds for Sunset to say 'I value my new friends despite the fact that they don't trust or like me because _________'

Let me be clear, unlike its predecessor Rainbow Rocks is not a bad movie, I just feel like these things hold it back from being a very good movie.

While I respect and value your option, but I must say my option varies slightly on that topic. I enjoyed Maud's appearance more so then if I had to hear another 30 seconds story explanation. Maud's cameo could be seen as a bridge that Twilight and Sunset have more in common in the small way they see the world then just the major over arching things that effect them. I feel in simple ways like that characters are better established and more relatable. I prefer to be shown a character rather then being told about them.

It also adds more depth to the parallel world differences. In Equestria Maud went off to some famous rock college while alter Maud still lives at home with her sister. It makes it more believable that some of the other characters, like Twilight, would take slightly different paths and be in different places... :geno:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 10:21 am

I'll probably get some flack for this.... But Rainbow Rocks has made me genuinly more interested in the show runners future plans for the human world then Equestria. I mean I know FIM will always have fun fantasy stuff, but there's so many ways EQG could go. We have a reformed sunset as that worlds element of the magic of friendship. We have now magicless/powerless Dazzlings that are probably out licking their wounds & plotting their revenge for their defeat. A human world Twilight seemingly investigating the weird happenings going about in in her world/at CHS.

There's a lot that can be done with that. I eagerly look forward the Equrstria Academy reveal in November!!
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:52 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:I'll probably get some flack for this.... But Rainbow Rocks has made me genuinly more interested in the show runners future plans for the human world then Equestria. I mean I know FIM will always have fun fantasy stuff, but there's so many ways EQG could go. We have a reformed sunset as that worlds element of the magic of friendship. We have now magicless/powerless Dazzlings that are probably out licking their wounds & plotting their revenge for their defeat. A human world Twilight seemingly investigating the weird happenings going about in in her world/at CHS.

There's a lot that can be done with that. I eagerly look forward the Equrstria Academy reveal in November!!

I'm with you on this one (and you were right, the Dazzlings were actual Sirens, damnit! :v: ).

Besides what you mentioned, another interesting detail to consider for continuity is that the Portal was left opened in the end, which doesn't only imply Twilight could use it again in the future, but any character from FiM-Equestria could now step into EqG-Equestria, and vice versa!
I can't wait to find out what they have in store for this series. :allears:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 4:05 pm

ilcane87 wrote:I'm with you on this one (and you were right, the Dazzlings were actual Sirens, damnit! :v: ).

Besides what you mentioned, another interesting detail to consider for continuity is that the Portal was left opened in the end, which doesn't only imply Twilight could use it again in the future, but any character from FiM-Equestria could now step into EqG-Equestria, and vice versa!
I can't wait to find out what they have in store for this series. :allears:


An open portal to a whole new world, I know one pony, er Draconiques that might be interested in such a thing. :excellent:

And yes, I was right, wasn't I. :twiright: *ego inflated by 20% :gotcha: *

Also I really hope we see Sunset visit Twiiight in Equestria in season 5 now! :-D

* I mean there are 2 new sunset toys in the upcoming cutie mark magic line & she's on the series 11 blind bag cover.... Not saying that means anything mind you, but it would be nice if it did*
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 4:45 pm

Sorry for the double post but just thought of something that deserved its own post... That being..

Why Sunset Shimmer Works


Let's be honest in the first movie Sunset was just a genaric mix of Nightmare Moon, Trixie, Chrysalis & Diamond Tiara, a power hungry mean girl With mommy er mentor issues. But in a way that was nesseccary, becuse it led to what was needed for her character, a chance at redemption, rebirth.

Like Luna or Discord she is a character that started out as a Villian that has become genuinely reformed. However unlike them she is not a chaos diety or a moonbutt Demi God, she was just a bratty teenage unicorn that wanted more power. And that culminated into her demonic transformation and downfall.

Now here she is, also a reformed character, but unlike Luna or Discord not one that just bounces back. She's in an emotionally fragile place in this movie, just like many thought Luna would be when she originally returned. Anyway I think this works because that fragility isn't a weakness, it's a strength IMO, it shows she's willing to learn & grow as a person even if she isn't 100% sure how to do so, it also makes her feel more human to the viewer.

That said I do expect her confidence to grow as the spin-off continues, it'll be fun to watch her character grow IMO.
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:12 pm

^ One thing I was afraid of about Sunset is that, after redeeming herself in this movie, she'd be left as a blank slate character-wise: not evil anymore, not seeking redemption anymore, just *there*, while every other main character has very distinct personality traits and flaws.

But actually watching the movie reassured me a lot, she's obviously still got "mean" vibes about her, insecurities and conflict with her past self, and a lot to learn about friendship; I think she will make a great addition to the main cast.


Now that I think about it, I remember Lauren Faust mentioning her original plan to have Luna become almost a 7th Mane character after her redemption, so this is kinda how it could've played out, if they had gone for it.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:46 pm

Legitimate question I have to ask for opinions for here.

Can we now consider LyraBon a cannon background couple *at least in the human world?*
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Postby Aramek (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:01 pm

I just sang a song from EqG. And thus brought great shame to the family.

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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:05 pm

Okay, that was way beyond what I'd expected. I'm super glad I avoided extra spoilers after the first few previews, because it was just super fun the whole way through.

Yes, there were definitely all sorts of callbacks to pony fan-favorite background characters, but to me that just made everything far more enjoyable because absolutely none of it REQUIRED you to know the source material to get. Like, Bulk Biceps was amusing even without knowing his pony role; ditto Derpy, and ditto Maud.

Knowing their pony role made things like Lyra & Bonbon way way funnier though, and seeing Maud show up completely unexpected was awesome.

And honestly like, I was watching it through trope-eyes, and even as the climax neared I wasn't sure how they were going to resolve everything. The thing was that while they play it straight, up to that point they've structured it where they have a number of possibilities they COULD do, but didn't, and that was enjoyable.

If the first EQG was a 5.5/10 for me, this was an 8.5, and I'm definitely far more positively inclined towards a potential series, if it ends up coming to that.

Plus I mean, that stinger at the end was another totally sweet moment and definitely reinforces how much better it is when you don't know it's coming. I really am excited for what they'll do with HumanTwi now :excite:
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Postby Juniper Phoenix (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:32 pm

Just came back from seeing it with friends. Definitely enjoyed this one a lot more than the first one. And I liked the first one enough.

The Sirens were neat, and I liked them as villains, but Sonata was my favorite one. Her clueless-ness was adorable to me. Can't remember the name of the pig-tailed one though, but I liked her design the best of the three.

Unfortunately I already had the alternate Twilight stinger spoiled for me last night, or rather the fact that she was going to make an appearance. I mean we all new she was in that dimension somewhere and she had to turn up sooner or later, but it still would have been a nice surprise.

There were a couple of things that I saw coming that weren't spoiled for me though. First, I think that most of us knew that they were totally going to use Fluttershy's song at the end. And second, I noticed Vinyl Scratch was too wrapped up in the music she was listening to to be put under the Sirens' spell, and figured that would come into play later somehow.

Other things I liked:

-RD messing up Rarity's nail polish.
-The book in Equestria buzzing like a phone on vibrate.
-Rarity doing Fluttershy's nails. D'aww.
-Pinkie playing the theremin.
-Maud's cameo.
-Derpy playing on stage. Don't know what she was playing though.
-DAFT PUNK RARITY. :-D
-Battle of the band montage (that part in particular gave me serious Scott Pilgrim vibes).
-Vinyl Scratch's car/emergency sound system/transformer thing.


Overall I give it a better-than-everything-else-Hasbro's-ever-had-in-theaters/10
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:47 pm

Anyone else kinda pissed off we get actual good-looking credit art... but none of it is of ponies?

EqG can really go die. :black101:
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:51 pm

Finally saw and I loved it!

Also honestly.....I kinda agree with Sound Monkey. Ponies is good and Season 4 is one of my favorite seasons but Rainbow Rocks is the most fun I've had with ponies in a while (and has the most feels of anything pony-related outside Hurricane Fluttershy and the Royal Wedding)

Also I'm really interested to see where they take this. If it's gonna be a full spinoff series with Twilight able to come and go as she pleases now and Sunset as her new 'student' (like I theorized when her toy was first leaked) then I'm curious how Twientist will mix in with all this.

Also I loved all the anime-inspired things in the movie. Like the credit stills and the Gainax Laser Alicorn during the final battle.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:53 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:Legitimate question I have to ask for opinions for here.

Can we now consider LyraBon a cannon background couple *at least in the human world?*
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Cause this seems just as much a legit tease at that as the Cheerilee fainting at Big Mac in Filli Vannilli was for those two.


I know these forums have some death sentence for shipping but I'm sorry....... that just cannot be anything else to me
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:55 pm

Wayoshi wrote:Anyone else kinda pissed off we get actual good-looking credit art... but none of it is of ponies?

EqG can really go die. :black101:


Because none of the major characters in this are ponies outside Twilight and she spends the majority of the film as a human

You're gonna have to let go of the fact that EqG is a thing and judging by the signs, isn't going anywhere
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