M02: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks

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Re: M02: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks

Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:36 am

Yeah in addition to all her Lelouch vi Britannia faces were great but so was her "Oh.......balls" look when she's about to lose.

This movie did a lot more for character animations, both in poses and faces and I liked that
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:49 am

Yeah. The Dazzlings are fun characters I also liked the type of villians they were. Like Discord they played the Chessmaster & manipulator. But like Sombra they also had that lingering/looming threat feel to em.

And as a trio they just had great comedic chemistry together. Given most the laughs came from Sonata, but they all had fun moments/ dialouge playing off each other. It would really be a shame if they don't pop up again in EQG/EQA at Some point IMO.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:58 am

Eh, it was better than the first but I did not need to watch another EQG movie :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:06 am

Highbrow Dash wrote:Eh, it was better than the first but I did not need to watch another EQG movie :pinkieshrug:

But you chose to anyway? :pinkieshrug:
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:17 am

I hope this goes through :allears:

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BTW what they're talking about is getting possible prints of the stills from the credits.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:18 am

It was pretty good, better than 1 for super sure.

I liked this, if this is what EQA is gonna be like I'm in.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:19 am

Aramek wrote:But you chose to anyway? :pinkieshrug:


Yep :amazing:

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't amazed but it was entertaining and a better movie than the first. I'm just sore cause we aren't getting a proper FIM movie yet :v:

shotgunbadger wrote:It was pretty good, better than 1.


You might say it was better than ever :-I
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Postby Big Boss (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:55 am

A reminder that I expect of everybody in these conversations is to be respectful of others. There's a lot of subjective opinions here and while you may not agree with others, please remember that you speak only for yourself.

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Things like this are not helpful. But also,

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Again, people should speak only for themselves. People will enjoy and like things for different reasons, as long as people are able to articulate why they do or do not like a thing, they can hold that opinion.

The point to everyone is stuff like this is not productive for good discourse. Please post better.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:19 am

I just wanna say seeing things like Photo Finish and her crew involving her with no instrument, a girl on a triangle, and the anime, and the little glimpse we got of Scootaloo throwing horns and shit, I wish they'd have done shorts of the other bands rather than 'how the group got their instruments'.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:24 am

DerFurShur wrote:I hope this goes through :allears:

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BTW what they're talking about is getting possible prints of the stills from the credits.



If MKToon can convience Hasbro to release or get someone else ( IDW, Welovefine, etc) to sell those prints I will love him forever!!! :awesomedash: :allears:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:41 am

Rotten Tomato movie rating is in already. Looks like they like it so far... :geno:

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Postby DaBatGuy (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:46 am

Soo... what the fuck happened to Rainbow Rocks? Another movie with horse people, even more songs, more she-demon(s) from Equestria hypnotizing the school, more Flash, more shoe-horned cameos, and more teasers for future EQG adventures...





...and I liked it :v: , a lot more than the first movie at least.

I'm actually really interested in seeing where they go with this spinoff series in the future. There was a lot less fluff, Sunset got some good characterization, the villains were basically Ozai's angels, the songs were memorable more often, and it ended by making the human world far more magical and interesting. I wish the Dazzlings got a chance for redemption like Sunset did but I guess that's only for ponies, other magical creatures need at least one season of punishment before they get reformed it seems.
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Postby Rainbow Brite (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:56 am

Just watched the movie and enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for fanservice stuff, so seeing Maud was a pleasure. The post-credits bit was also fun, but I just assumed it was a joke and not any kind of foreshadowing. You guys read into this stuff way more than I do.

Also, I was kind of disappointed that there was no metajoke about Twilight Sparkle sounding like Sunset Shimmer when she sings.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:00 am

@Sobana: That's good. The first one only got a 73% so nice to see people are seeing this one is better.

@DatBatGuy: Yeah. I think part of it is ponies have a greater desire to be reddemed then other creatures for some reason. Even Discord was still abit naughty after he was first reformed. I think ponies are just much more codependent creatures, they value friendship more then some others. Even the "bad" ones. I mean even DT has silver spoon around to help her harrass the crusaders.

Although I guess the Sirens are part pony... So I dunno. Maybe they're just too stubborn to allow themself to be reformed. Either way, as comedic villians plotting revenge or reluctantly reformed like Discord was at first, I hope we see more of them in the future!

And yeah Sunset was great this go around. Look forward to seeing where they go with both her & the human world Twilight.

Edit: Kazumi Evens also did the voice for Octavia in her brief speaking role!
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Postby DaBatGuy (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:08 am

Rainbow Brite wrote:Just watched the movie and enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for fanservice stuff, so seeing Maud was a pleasure. The post-credits bit was also fun, but I just assumed it was a joke and not any kind of foreshadowing. You guys read into this stuff way more than I do.

Also, I was kind of disappointed that there was no metajoke about Twilight Sparkle sounding like Sunset Shimmer when she sings.


Maybe so in the first movie but this is the second time the EQG movies have referenced the Human Twilight, with the Marvel style teaser implying that she's aware of the magical shenanigans at CHS and will be investigating it soon.

So it definitely feels like a plot thread for the next movie since it creates more questions after a very conclusive ending.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:09 am

DaBatGuy wrote:Soo... what the fuck happened to Rainbow Rocks? Another movie with horse people, even more songs, more she-demon(s) from Equestria hypnotizing the school, more Flash, more shoe-horned cameos, and more teasers for future EQG adventures...





...and I liked it :v: , a lot more than the first movie at least.

I'm actually really interested in seeing where they go with this spinoff series in the future. There was a lot less fluff, Sunset got some good characterization, the villains were basically Ozai's angels, the songs were memorable more often, and it ended by making the human world far more magical and interesting. I wish the Dazzlings got a chance for redemption like Sunset did but I guess that's only for ponies, other magical creatures need at least one season of punishment before they get reformed it seems.


I legit think it's a tone thing. EQG1 felt too...serious...there was FRIEND DRAMA and BOY DRAMA and everything felt like the writers were legit trying to make things...dire when it was a story about a magic horse who became a magic high school girl who fought a demon with a rainbow.

EQG2 doesn't take itself as seriously, there's lots of jokes that are more than 'hey hey, remember this pony from the show, here they are in the movie'. Like yea Derpy and Bulk and shit are in it but the joke is more that Derpy is playing in some kinda crazy experimental sound ass band and Bulk plays a tiny violin and all. There's a bigger goof than just 'eeeeh? eeeeeh? Remember this character?'

In this movie they take a movie about magic pony sirens trying to take the world over by hosting a battle of the bands, and who eventually get destroyed in a literal battle between their evil band and the hero's who includes a DJ's car that became a literal wub artillery piece exactly as seriously as it deserves to be taken.

And ya know, the crazy thing is they can do that and not make the movie just LOL SO RANDUM jokes, Sunset's arc was legitimately a decent storyarc that made perfect sense to have and ended well (though I did roll my eyes a bit at 'hey I kinda figured shit out super early but I didn't think it was my place to warn you'). I'm happy with her being EQA or whatever's Twilight because she had a satisfying change from the big bad to a protagonist.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:22 am

SoundMonkey44 wrote:Edit: Kazumi Evens also did the voice for Octavia in her brief speaking role!

Speaking of singers doing normal VA roles, hearing SS sing at the end was a bit confusing since that was pretty damn close to Twi... :v:
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:46 am

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I legit think it's a tone thing


Huh that's an interesting point. I mean I liked the first movie a lot but that was mostly because I took it as fun and silly and the girls playing off each was fun as usual.

But you can tell this movie doesn't really take itself seriously much and to take, what I feel is an appropriate, joke from Spinal Tap, they really cranked it up to 11 in terms of fun. I don't know even with juggling Trixie, the Dazzlings, Twilight's self-conscious ness, Sunset's whole arc, and Rainbow Dash learning to not be such an ass it still felt like a better-flowing, more easy going movie than the first one.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:52 am

You know. Trixie also had some fun jokes in this movie. We continue to change the food she's associated with. In First it was Pinecones from the fans then Peanut Butter crackers in EQG1 now Burnt Toast. The multiple failed ninja smoke bomb vanishes & she acts as the ship sinker/ cock block for both LyraBon & Flashlight.

I think someone at DHX has been following the Inconvienant Trixie *or whatever it's called* blog XD
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Postby Pseudo (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:16 am

If you asked me this morning if this movie was going to be good, I would have said it would be passable, same as the first. It was so good that I PMed Kefka to change my username to Sunset Shimmer. This is now one of my favorite movies, and I'm hoping they make an Equestria Girls TV show in addition to FiM.
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Postby LardLad3545 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:26 am

Yeeeesh, I'm not posting here enough. Pony droughts absolutely destroy my conversation participation. Anyway, just watched the bad handcam version of the movie as the drought made me unable to resist more content. Anyway, while I liked the first movie just fine and all, I definitely saw the flaws. Rainbow Rocks? Dayum. I got a helluva lot of entertainment and enjoyment out of it. I'm still not 100% sold on the EqG thing, but hell, at the very least it's a fun bit of content between seasons.

Let's get the meh bits out of the way real quick as I feel they're effectively overshadowed by the buttery goodness. Main problem, that stupid FlashXTwilight thing reared it's ugly head again and once again had no purpose (not that I'd want it to). For me, the show and characters manage wonderfully without romance bullshit screwing the dynamic up. These female characters are strong BECAUSE they don't fall into the romance cliche. BAH HUMBUG. The stage trapdoor felt kinda silly and convenient. That's a hella nitpick though... The last thing... it wasn't long enough. I'd have liked a full hour and a half at least. Not sure why they make the movies so short.

Moving on to the better stuff now. I actually found it to be a genuinely good movie. Despite the short runtime, it had great pacing. Nothing ever felt rushed or draggy. Awesome voice acting, especially by miss Rebecca Shoichet and Kazumi Evans. I'm so very happy with the Sunset Shimmer character. There's a lot of things going on with her and it made her (at least to me) an incredibly endearing character. In fact, I'd almost go as far as saying she made this movie. Twilight also shined quite nicely as well with a (again, at least from what I've been watching) pretty refreshing dilemma of feeling like her position requires her to have all the answers to everything. The jokes and gags and stuff were also pretty spot on for the most part. Loved Spike's photobomb.

On to what I actually wanted to talk about. HOLY SHIT GUYS THE MUSIC I LOVED IT Seriously though, there is some really good stuff here. Particularly Under Our Spell which is absolutely something worthy of going into my music playlist, on my iPod, and in my car. It's a great mix of wonderful vocals, fun lyrics, and a chorus that is the best I've heard in any pony show yet. It's too bad it wasn't long enough but I've downloaded and lengthened it a bit to feel more natural to my ears. (By the way, if anyone else felt the same way and wants my version with the minor modifications, I could put it up for download. Not that anyone would... just offering.) Moving on. Tricks Up My Sleeve was also great and a satisfyingly unique style of... huh, not sure what they'd be. Anybody got any ideas? Welcome to the Show is another goodie though I will say the second half doesn't have the same swagger as the first. I think it's the sinister sireny undertone to the Dazzle's songs that I'm digging so much.

Anyway, I'm gushing too much at this point and I know that's really not a lot of fun to read but I'm just so happy that the movie was good. It was satisfying. It left me eager to finally get the high quality version whenever that comes out next month. It was just fun to watch and apart from my pet peeve with the BULLSHIT... ahem, the main issue I mentioned earlier, I have no real complaints. I had fun and wholly enjoyed myself. What else could I ask for?
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Arbitrary number time! I give it a solid 8.275/10.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:44 am

I must of missed Octavia's speaking lines. I think that was one of the part that skipped for me. Now I feel super sad... :fluttersmith:

As for why it is so short, I can only imagine it was made for TV. Seeing how most TV movies are edited down to that length...
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:11 am

I'm in love, watched it three times back-to-back. :allears:
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Postby RainbowDoubleDash (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:20 am

Saw it. Loved it.

By far my biggest joy from the movie was Sunset Shimmer. Seeing her struggle to recreate herself was just fun, especially seeing as she didn't stop trying. She paralleled Twilight in some respects, except that Twilight isolated herself basically unintentionally but didn't care, while Sunset had intentionally sabotaged her own chance at making friends prior to the first movie and was now struggling mightily against her own previous efforts.

The third-best thing about Sunset came when the Dazzlings tried to basically get her to either give into her own despair at the thought of ever getting friends, or else maybe even go back to her old ways. And...she didn't. Sure, what the Dazzlings said to her when he was alone with them hurt her, we could see that, but as much as it hurt her it didn't get to her at any point. She just went right on trying to make her new friendships work, save the school, etc. This actually meshes pretty well with her actions in the first movie, in that the first movie established Sunset as a long-term thinker and planner (contrasting with Twilight, who lives pretty much in the moment, for all that she makes checklists for her days). Same thing happened here; her eyes never left the prize.

The second-best thing about Sunset was her revealing that journal, and more particularly, deciding to use it to write friendship reports to Twilight. This pretty much is all the setup we could ever ask for for Equestria Academy, with Sunset Shimmer presumably being our protagonist. Just like how Twilight sent friendship reports to Celestia in seasons 1 and 2, Sunset has her own reports now to send to Twilight. It ties the two series together nicely, even if they're unlikely to ever truly cross over.

But by far the best thing about Sunset were her reactions to everything around her. Her facial expressions were a joy to watch - particularly to Maud, of course, but I was also laughing at the expression on her face as she and the other characters were lifted into the air at the end there. While the rest of the have a kind of "angelic serene" look on their face, she just looks utterly weirded out by what was going on. Reminded me a bit of Clyde from South Park.

So basically in sum - Rainbow Rocks lived up to its name, and Sunset Shimmer is Best Human.

Now I'd just like to know where she's been living all this time...

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And I think Lauren Faust not only would fully agree, but absolutely agrees, although I doubt she is too aware of EqG2. I'm sure EqG1 sickened her, though.


If Faust wanted any input in the matter, then she shouldn't have left. At this point, while I certainly will weigh what Faust thinks of FiM more heavily than what most people think of it, I won't hold her up as having the One True Vision.

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Ooh, I want me the Sunset Shimmer one.

Sobana wrote:Rotten Tomato movie rating is in already. Looks like they like it so far...


Hmm...expect this to drop a bit. The movie was good but somehow I don't think it was that good.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:47 am

Hopefully it gets a better rating then the last movie...
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:56 am

Another thing I think that really helped make the movie work better then the first, it wasn't only set at the high school, it acknowledged this world was bigger then that, even if it was just small things like a slumber party at Pinkie's or band Practice at Sweet Apple Acres. Not to mention having the final battle at some big outdoor stage as opposed to that Dinkie auditorium at the school the prelims were in.

So yeah even just something as small as adding afew more locals can help a show/movie it seems.

I hope we see more parts of the human city of Canterlot as the spin-off expands. And maybe even a creepy Everfree Forest if there's ever a Halloween episde of EQA. :gotcha:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:09 am

What it appears is that most of the setting will happen in the school... not an entirely bad choice in my option...
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:25 am

Sobana wrote:What it appears is that most of the setting will happen in the school... not an entirely bad choice in my option...


Oh don't get me wrong, obviously the school is the center point for EQG/EQA just like ponyville is the centerpoint in FIM. I Just think it's good they can actually use locals other then just the school now. I imagine the bulk of EQA will happen at one school or another, be it CHS, or wherever human Twilight goes. *a fancy smancy academy perhaps?*. But I do think we will see, like in this movie, other non school based locals from time to time. Hopefully.


Also, the only real problem I can see with an EQG TV series is parents, it's fine to ignore Magic talking pony parents, but for teenage girls, they might need to acknowledge these characters have parental figures abit more often then FIM does. *personall I would love if they made Daring Do Dash's mom in the Human world*

Also there's the inevitability of learning where Sunset Lives. This of course could go many ways, but the most likely is she lives by herself somewhere. Personslly I have this Headcannon she was an orphan even in Equestria who fought & scraped her way up to her position, thus the reason for her initial nasty attitude, although I'm probsbly wrong. Also, I don't think she has to worry about a duplicate like TWY cause while there are some humanized versions of chars, there's also original BG humans/ponies exclusive to their respective worlds , I don't think this world had a sunset, I think she was destined to go to that world and help bring magic to it, as cheesy as that sounds. *Although if human Celestia adopted Sunset In a heart tugging Mother's Day themed EP,I would be cool with that.

But Im rambling like a madman, I'll stop now. :v:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:28 am

I really liked it, actually.

For contrast, I'd say I liked the first one. So they've gone up by a "really" this time. Rock solid storytelling (with the exception of the PON3mobile, which just comes outta left field) much-improved animation and a really neat stable of songs. Tons of fan-service as expected (not usually my thing, but I didn't have any serious issues here) and some really neat callbacks and connections that I enjoyed a bunch (particularly the Dazzlings seeing the climax of the first film from the cafe, and human Twilight's appearance at the end).

They've really managed to make the best of this entire spin-off scenario. It won't be taking FiM's place in my heart, but its much better than it has any right to be.
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Postby Grue (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:48 pm

Ok, first of all, I really enjoyed watching this, but I see people trashing the first movie and I feel the need to defend it against this new challenger. I would argue that EqG 1 had better plot (it wasn't as straighforward and had more intrigue and character conflict) and it had better songs (The Cafeteria Song out-rocks everything in RR out of the water). Where RR wins is technical aspects, like animation; and the "fanservice", like character cameos - they are really in-your-face this time around. The animation is fluid and makes the movie really fun to watch. They went all out with facial expressions, and someone like Sonata Dusk, a typical bumbling villain sidekick, wouldn't be as memorable if she wasn't making ridiculous faces every minute or so. As was already mentioned, both the opening and the closing credits are fantastic.

The big focus was on Sunset Shimmer this time around. On one hand this was a good thing for Sunset Shimmer fan such as myself. On the other hand, all too often I was annoyed with her acting too meek compared to her previously estabilished character. I was really hoping at some point she would lose her shit, but nope. Even when the Dazzlings rightfully pointed out how mane 6 keep her out of the band, she was totally cool with it. Like come on, girl, get a backbone! It's not like moe-Shimmer wasn't cute and all, but we already have Fluttershy for that!

The villains were pretty interesting, but neither their origins were explained, nor did they get an adequate conclusion. It was even pointed out that Starswirl the Bearded (don't they have any other ancient wizards to use) must have banished them a long time ago, so does this mean they spent centuries in the goddamn high school? And after they got defeated, what, they just ran away? Also, they were arguing with each other all the time, I was thinking that this disunity will be their downfall, but nope, they just got defeated by the power of doubled Rebecca Shoichet.

My final gripe is with that sleepover at Pinkie's scene when Twilight and Sunset Shimmer are all alone, I wanted them to have a touching friendship moment and maybe a hug, but then Maud Pie happened and... nope, Sunset just walks away. I mean, you bronies can have your Maud, but I just wanted some fuwa fuwa.

Anyway, I can't wait to rewatch this in good quality and I hope they'll make a sequel. Holy shit, that human Twilight reveal in the end was unexpected and awesome.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:08 pm

@Grue: she's not meek without reason though, she's in an emotionally fragile place in this film, she's trying to redefine herself, prove she's reformed. She had the misfortune of realizing she lived two life's *as a unicorn and a human* as a power hungry monster, now she realized how wrong that was, and trying to discover who she really is/wants to be & how she fits in to her new group of friends.

I do expect as the spin-off continues though we will see her gain her confidence/ego back.


Edit: My Headcannon is Lyra & BonBons song was a ponified version of this. :gotcha:

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Postby Wildfire (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:50 pm

Caught a cam rip of it (sorry but the nearest theater showing it is 90 miles away).
This one was definitely better than the last one. The storyline wasn't as rushed, and honestly it did better than the 2 part episodes of FiM in that regard also.

As for Flash and Twi: To me it didn't look like they were trying to kiss at the end. They were just holding each other. Nonetheless there was enough interaction to make Flashlight canon. :)

Lyra and Bon Bon playing the piano. Talk about a beetus moment.

It's official. Sonata is best Dazzling. Now that she's normal I can see her becoming friends with Derpy.

Speaking of Derpy (IDK if this has been done yet or not):

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I still think Tavi would be better off with a British sounding voice.

And then there's Maud.

I guess we can take Sunset off the villain list like Discord now. I was kind of hoping she was going to return to Equestria somehow to get Twilight. Oh well.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:06 pm

One thing I'm worried about in regards to RainbowRocks TV airing is what time itll be on, I imagine if it is still set for October 17th which is a Friday they will want to air it on Primetime, but since Hasbro no longer has those spots would Duscovery charge them extra to do it? Or if it was set before the change does it not really matter?


also hope they don't cut anything out like they did with the first one, cause there's nothing that's really disposable here, everything is there for some reason even if it's just a laugh! I hope they keep it intact and air it at a decent time! *knock on wood*

Also why can't the DVD/BD come out this week instead of the 28th..., Ah want it now!! :gonkity:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:20 pm

Grue wrote:On the other hand, all too often I was annoyed with her acting too meek compared to her previously estabilished character. I was really hoping at some point she would lose her shit, but nope. Even when the Dazzlings rightfully pointed out how mane 6 keep her out of the band, she was totally cool with it. Like come on, girl, get a backbone! It's not like moe-Shimmer wasn't cute and all, but we already have Fluttershy for that!

She was also blasted by The Friendship Rainbow, so perhaps EqG1 wasn't her real personality. She also feels guilty the whole movie. There's plenty of ways to explain it.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:39 pm

I don't know if Sunset's old personality from the first movie was so much gone as it was suppressed intentionally by her. She tells them that the reason she waited so long to bring attention to their fighting was because she was afraid she didn't have a position to criticize them. When the everyone keeps calling back to how awful she was she gradually gets more annoyed but does her best to hide this annoyance, and when the Dazzlings try to get her to revert you can hear the anger in her voice as she tries to argue against their claims.

To me Sunset is so desperate to hold on to what lever ground she's gained that going out of her way to be not like she was in the first film made sense.
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Postby ilcane87 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:04 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:
Oh don't get me wrong, obviously the school is the center point for EQG/EQA just like ponyville is the centerpoint in FIM. I Just think it's good they can actually use locals other then just the school now. I imagine the bulk of EQA will happen at one school or another, be it CHS, or wherever human Twilight goes. *a fancy smancy academy perhaps?*. But I do think we will see, like in this movie, other non school based locals from time to time. Hopefully.

But Im rambling like a madman, I'll stop now. :v:


I may be in the minority, but I'd like them to use the actual school setting More.

We've had two movies taking place there, and we haven't even seen a class yet; since they did go all out in re-imagining Equestria as a high-school centric place, I hope they'll show how they can take advantage of it and which story possibilities are opened because of it, not tiptoe around it all the time.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:43 pm

Oh I agree the school setting if done right could be interesting. Would be nice to see more of the teachers. So far all we know are Cheerilee, Cranky Doodle (from the shorts) and Harshwhinny (from the comic). It would be nice to see what other characters are teachers/staff at CHS.

But we'd also need some none school based eps every now and then to keep it from getting stale.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:42 pm

What did people think of Sonata? I thought she was cute, but it was a cheap-ish version of Pinkie lolrandom.

Also cheap was repeating the SS "none taken" offense gag 3 times.
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Postby Grue (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:54 pm

The cheapest repeated gag was Trixie disappearing. It's exactly the same gag, with the exact same lines and the exact same punchline. Just, why?
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:09 pm

Forgot about that, you're certainly right. Hell, Pinkie's "she's GONE!" felt like the exact same recorded line the second time.

Was Trixie that lame in BB and MD? I want to say no...
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