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#345451 Calnos Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:10:54 PM from Nowhere

The whole Shout Outs galore the comics have had are a bit of a double-edged sword. On one hand, its funny to see all the little nods to nerdy movies, tv shows, etc. On the other hand, it could be argued its a sign of a lack of originality.

The second Story Arc will have a different artist & writer, so it'll be interesting to see what the differences will be.

edited 4th Mar '13 7:11:23 PM by Calnos

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#345452 edvedd Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:13:18 PM from Over there. Maybe?

The story is still good, from the looks of it, so these are just bonuses.

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#345453 Crowfall Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:16:33 PM

There is a very fine line when doing shout outs, and from the first two issues I don't think the comics have crossed it. Heck, the show managed a Big Lebowski reference, so the comic having a page of horror movie references isn't that out there.

Actually, you've got it backwards.

edited 4th Mar '13 7:17:18 PM by Crowfall

#345454 edvedd Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:18:22 PM from Over there. Maybe?

Man, don't do that in a pony thread.

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#345455 Pykrete Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:19:19 PM from Viridian Forest

This is a cartoon that referenced Trainspotting. Like, the movie about heroin addicts. And started off the comic's changeling arc with a pony Donald Sutherland

◊ from Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

I'm not remotely surprised to see them giving one-off jabs to random horror movies.

edited 4th Mar '13 7:23:07 PM by Pykrete

#345456 Swasfews Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:24:02 PM from New York

The story is still good, from the looks of it, so these are just bonuses.

Yeah, I'm still planning on getting it*, but that page is still going to bother me. I'm going to assume it's probably the changelings messing with them.
And it isn't the shoutouts specifically that I have a problem with, it's the sheer number of them at the same time.

#345457 edvedd Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:24:24 PM from Over there. Maybe?

I'm still not sure whether that face is horrifying or just really funny.

Fair enough. If they start hurting the story, then I'll take real issue with them as well.

edited 4th Mar '13 7:25:53 PM by edvedd

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#345458 Japanese Teeth Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:24:56 PM from Meinong's jungle

Yeah, given how solid the comic has been outside of the shout outs, I'm not at all worried about the quality of the issue. I'm curious if the next issues will keep it up, though.

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#345459 Eagal Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:33:10 PM

Cadance is sending mixed signals.

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#345460 Ace Of Scarabs Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:37:25 PM from Singapore

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#345461 Sydxelia Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:38:35 PM

Man, I hope I packed enough socks.

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#345462 Eagal Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:41:23 PM

Still awesome

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#345463 edvedd Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:43:27 PM from Over there. Maybe?

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#345464 Crowfall Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:43:47 PM

If there's a better use for time travel than that, I haven't heard of it.

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#345465 Seraphem Mon, 4th Mar '13 7:55:03 PM from Delamare

Just the feel of it, I really can't explain the particulars, it wasn't any acts, as much as just the overall way they felt just felt, wrong. None of the ponies felt of sounded like themselves. I wish I could explain it better but, like I said it simply did not feel like the Mane 6, it felt like caricatures of them.

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#345466 Enlong Mon, 4th Mar '13 8:00:57 PM from The Underground Facility

Chrysalis co-opted Sombra's Scary Door technology

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#345467 Crowfall Mon, 4th Mar '13 8:18:57 PM

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#345468 Japanese Teeth Mon, 4th Mar '13 8:19:35 PM from Meinong's jungle

Wonder what Chrysalis would see in the scary door...

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