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Re: Almost Offseason General Show Chat

Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 5:51 pm

Venusy wrote:I've been avoiding preview clips for most of the season, which is good when it seems like a lot of the S4 ones have been from later on in an episode. I've watched some of the finale clips, but not the song.

Simple Ways was the last one that really pulled a bunch of stuff from towards the end of an episode, I think. Hasbro and the Hub seemed to wise up after that.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 5:52 pm

I'd like to see a musical tribute to the fans in the 100th episode, smashing the fourth wall to pieces.

:excite: We've had such a long, long journey...

:twasnothin: Y'all have been there through thick and thin...

:vogue: There's just one thing to say as we reach this milestone...

:awkward: The next 100 shows will now begin!
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 5:55 pm

Eeh....it sounds good on paper but they'd have to be extremely careful not to screw that up. One false move and it could come off as being too artificial.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 6:23 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Simple Ways was the last one that really pulled a bunch of stuff from towards the end of an episode, I think. Hasbro and the Hub seemed to wise up after that.

Really? I heard Leap of Faith used part of the scene at the pool. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 6:49 pm

Venusy wrote:Really? I heard Leap of Faith used part of the scene at the pool. :pinkieshrug:

That one of Apple Bloom and Granny Smith? Oh yeah, I guess it did. Still, that wasn't particularly relevant to the main story of the episode, versus Simple Ways and how the climactic scene between Rarity and Applejack got revealed early.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 6:52 pm

Did they show the diving scene? If so, I think the focus was more on Applejack in that scene but it still seems like a big spoiler.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 7:35 pm

PonyHag714 wrote:I'd like to see a musical tribute to the fans in the 100th episode, smashing the fourth wall to pieces.

:excite: We've had such a long, long journey...

:twasnothin: Y'all have been there through thick and thin...

:vogue: There's just one thing to say as we reach this milestone...

:awkward: The next 100 shows will now begin!


I have to say, breaking the fourth wall in ponies feels a little bit odd to me, except when Pinkie were to do it at the end of the episode, at some points.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 7:41 pm

PonyHag714 wrote:I'd like to see a musical tribute to the fans in the 100th episode, smashing the fourth wall to pieces.


South Park did this for its 100th, so I'd be OK as long as pony ended the same way.

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Postby fenster (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 7:54 pm

I heard that the S3 finale had a ton of preview footage/spoiler footage that seemed to have ticked off MA Larson. I can't help but feel bad for the writers since it's all on The Hub's fault.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:00 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:
South Park did this for its 100th, so I'd be OK as long as pony ended the same way.

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Trivia: The 97th episode, "Cancelled", was supposed to be the 100th episode, and it had allusions to it throughout, but they were short of ideas, so they ended up releasing that as the season 7 premiere.
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Postby Discord (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:00 pm

fenster wrote:I heard that the S3 finale had a ton of preview footage/spoiler footage that seemed to have ticked off MA Larson. I can't help but feel bad for the writers since it's all on The Hub's fault.


It did. It was virtually impossible to not know that Twilight was becoming an alicorn in the lead-up to that episode; I think only a couple of people managed it.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:04 pm

Well, it certainly didn't help that even before the announcement (Twilight becoming a princess was announced about two weeks before the finale), rumors of what would happen had been swirling for months due to Hasbro pasting wings on her in a bunch of promo art in toy fair stuff and such. At least the real twist to ACW was the whole business with Chrysalis, leaving the horsie wedding to the side and letting Hasbro's marketing department go to town with that. MMC had no such twist and also had a bunch of publicity crap about Twilight.


Now that I think about it, the finale this year has received almost no such marketing. No extra crap on the Hub like there was with Tori Spelling in S2 and whoever it was last year.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:06 pm

Lots of ways to do a 100th episode.

The Stargate Way: Do something totally off the wall and silly.

The Star Trek Voygaer Way: Do one of the best episodes of the series with an episode that focuses on some underutilized characters. :pcstare: <- HINT HINT HINT.

The South Park Way:
A musical

The Simpsons Way: Screw 100 episodes, wait till 138th episode.

The Colbert Report Way: Nothing changes, except everyone is in a tuxedo
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:10 pm

The Doctor wrote:The Simpsons Way: Screw 100 episodes, wait till 138th episode.

Nuh uh. The 100th Pony episode has to feature Apple Bloom accidentally getting Cheerilee fired due to her bringing Winona to school.
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Postby Space Ghost (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:13 pm

the 100th episode is a episode about Twist. :gotcha:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:21 pm

Mr. Big wrote:Nuh uh. The 100th Pony episode has to feature Apple Bloom accidentally getting Cheerilee fired due to her bringing Winona to school.


It was a good episode, but it was hardly something special. Lots of the episodes then were good. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby fenster (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:25 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Well, it certainly didn't help that even before the announcement (Twilight becoming a princess was announced about two weeks before the finale), rumors of what would happen had been swirling for months due to Hasbro pasting wings on her in a bunch of promo art in toy fair stuff and such. At least the real twist to ACW was the whole business with Chrysalis, leaving the horsie wedding to the side and letting Hasbro's marketing department go to town with that. MMC had no such twist and also had a bunch of publicity crap about Twilight.


Now that I think about it, the finale this year has received almost no such marketing. No extra crap on the Hub like there was with Tori Spelling in S2 and whoever it was last year.


Yeah, thinking about it, ACW pretty much had it done it the best.

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The Colbert Report Way: Nothing changes, except everyone is in a tuxedo


Combine these please Hasbro.
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Postby Homeswirl (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 8:41 pm

The Top Gear Way: We should do something really big for our 100th episode. When is that coming up? ... It was last season? That crap episode with the Renault? Cock.
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Postby Bremen (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 9:30 pm

The Doctor wrote:The Colbert Report Way: Nothing changes, except everyone is in a tuxedo


I never knew how much I wanted this until I saw Venusy's avatar.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 10:44 pm

Actual horse imitates Applejack:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 11:23 pm

That is hilarious and awesome. I hope someone shows it to AKR or the other early show developers; they'll probably be all :starity:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Thu May 08, 2014 11:38 pm

:bluh: Ah think we found a new farmhoof! :eeyup:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 12:44 am

That was a great video. :lol:
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 1:05 am

Oh god, if the horses learn to feed themselves, nothing will stop them :twonk:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 1:14 am

Quick run out and see if any of them are doing magic
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 1:45 am

If clouds begin to disappear from the sky in ten seconds flat, we'll know what's up.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 3:46 am

This needs to happen in season 5

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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 4:11 am

Speaking of Spike. New iOS exclusive game on the HUB App.

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It's like Fruit ninja, but with Spike. Cut up gems, just don't cut up Angel bunny, or do. :gotcha:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 4:34 am

I like that new (?) Twilight vector. :-I
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 4:35 am

That's the first new vector in how long? :-I
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 5:20 am

Mr. Big wrote:This needs to happen in season 5

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That would be so cool. :spike101:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 5:22 am

Headless Horse wrote:I like that new (?) Twilight vector. :-I

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 5:52 am

So...if that picture becomes true, does that mean Spike was some kind of dragon pony the entire time?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 11:51 am

I still want an episode where Spike is turned into a pony for whatever reason. Unfortunately I'm really not sure how to turn that into a meaningful episode. Like, if he were still really worried over how to fit into Equestrian society despite being a dragon, then I could see it happening as a way of showing him what it's like. Nowadays, though, it seems like he's okay with what he is and that he just doesn't want to turn into any of the monstrous adult dragons he's met so far.
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Postby acksed (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 12:01 pm

Homeswirl wrote:The Top Gear Way: We should do something really big for our 100th episode. When is that coming up? ... It was last season? That crap episode with the Renault? Cock.

The Buffy The Vampire Slayer Way: A musical filled with really uncomfortable revelations that advance the arc plot.

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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 12:59 pm

acksed wrote:The Buffy The Vampire Slayer Way: A musical filled with really uncomfortable revelations that advance the arc plot.

:party: Life's a show, and we all play our part | And when the music starts | We open up our hearts...
:excellent: All those secrets you've been concealing | Say that you're happy now | Once more with feeling!


I just checked, and episode 100 of Buffy was actually the season 5 finale, or "The show ends now. Sike, it doesn't".

So basically MMC :v:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 1:34 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:I still want an episode where Spike is turned into a pony for whatever reason. Unfortunately I'm really not sure how to turn that into a meaningful episode. Like, if he were still really worried over how to fit into Equestrian society despite being a dragon, then I could see it happening as a way of showing him what it's like. Nowadays, though, it seems like he's okay with what he is and that he just doesn't want to turn into any of the monstrous adult dragons he's met so far.


Maybe they could have the Mane Six turn into dragons as sort of a role swap sort of thing. It sounds like it could work.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 8:06 pm

Looks like Jeremy Whitley might be might be writing a Rarity story for the comics. https://twitter.com/jrome58/status/464508720571883522
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Postby Pocket (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 9:48 pm

I just realized, we had two Spike episodes in a row, and two episodes this season where he questioned his usefulness. If Spike were to have been revealed as the actual bearer of the sixth key, like some people suggested way back at the beginning, they wouldn't have had to change much to give him a key episode.

:whyme: But what would my Element have been?

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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Fri May 09, 2014 10:58 pm

I think having given Spike a key would have been an interesting change in plot, making him more of a... key player to the series. :shepspike:
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