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#352751 from the Deepwoods
That's why a few friends I've recently gotten to join the herd know nothing about Princess Twilight. Hopefully, they can at least get the surprise it should have been.
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kyun avatar
#352752
Know what the REALLY strange part is?! The producers of the show say that Magical Mystery Cure is the first of a three-parter!!! :O So why did they even compress so much into one episode?!

Apparently, the last episode AND the rest of the third season was bad enough for long-time brony, CR of Familiar Faces, to renounce his status as a fan and do a complete 180!! I disagree that the other 12 episodes of Season 3 were bad, though.

edited 1st Apr '13 1:09:57 PM by kyun

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#352753 from Middle of Effing Nowhere
@Purple Dalek: Exactly. That's what fails to reassure me — unless it's meaningless, which such a drastic change shouldn't be, then how the hell can you possibly hope to maintain the character dynamic of the series in statu quo? Either it does change everything, which will piss the fans off, or it's a stupid and pointless alteration, which will piss the fans off.
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#352754
Something to remember is that MMC was written when they weren't sure that the show would get renewed. It's set up such that it could easily be the end of the series. Whatever comes in Season 4 will continue the story, but it wasn't originally written that way.

[up]There is such a thing as a middle ground, you know.

edited 1st Apr '13 1:12:22 PM by PerpetualLurker

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#352755 from his own little world
Has anyone else ever thought about this before?
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kyun avatar
#352756
It's clear that they wrote the stories in the episode (yes, I said "stories, not "STORY") because they may have been written when they weren't sure how long Season 3 would be. Then, once they found out it could only be 13 episodes long, they said "screw it, squash both stories into one episode and have it be a musical to cover up all the story holes!!"

edited 1st Apr '13 1:17:44 PM by kyun

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#352757 from Appleloosa
>> With Twilight having ascended, I hope we get a little more Canonical info on
>> Alicorns. Are they immortal gods... || just long lived && powerful?


>> Well there's the Crystal Heart book.
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kyun avatar
#352758
Once Season 4 comes around, I just hope they don't end this 3-parter with Twilight becoming a regular unicorn again, because I think that would anger the fans more than if she stays a princess! All that bad writing FOR NOTHING!?!?
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#352759
@Kyun ...No. That's not how things work. The episodes are ordered before scripts are written. If Hasbro orders a 13 episode season, and gives them exactly 1 episode for Princess Twilight, then that's what they get.

And aside from being compressed, what was bad about it? What plot holes are there? What doesn't make sense?

edited 1st Apr '13 1:20:22 PM by PerpetualLurker

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#352760
Are there any canon couples other than the cakes and SA/Cadance?
kyun avatar
#352761
[up][up]As for WHAT made the pacing way off, that should best be explained in an entire essay. I'd read Japaneseteeth's review on it.

edited 1st Apr '13 1:21:52 PM by kyun

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#352762
@CDRW There's the background couples from H&HD, as well as all of the known parents. Big Mac and Cheerilee is implied, but not confirmed, same with Fancypants and Fleur.
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#352763
Celestia & Luna are immortal if you go by their Series 2 trading card, but that doesn't specify whether it's just them or also all the other Alicorns.

As for canon couples, there's Jet Set & Upper Crust as well.

edited 1st Apr '13 1:34:37 PM by Whatshisgame

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#352764 from Meinong's jungle
@Perpetual: I wouldn't call it bad writing, but the compression of the episode definitely meant that things weren't demonstrated with the show's regular level of detail.
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#352765 from A Marshy Pond
I thought MMC was wrapped up too quickly and neatly. I'd have preferred a bit more drama and deliberation.
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#352766 from A Marshy Pond
Humans do exist in Equestria... or at least something shaped like them?
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#352767 from Appleloosa
>> MMC could have made a good story for a movie, since it would let them go in d
>> epth into the effects of the CM switching stuff. Of course, they decided to u
>> se the movie for other things.
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#352768
And I've started reading Fallout: Equestria again, chapter 39. I should have a liveblog update sometime today or tomorrow.

Ah, what fun!
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#352769 from Meinong's jungle
@Turtle: There are plenty of bipeds hanging around; Spike, diamond dogs, minotaurs, Fluttershy probably has a monkey or two... heck, there are teddy bears in that picture that the drawing could be.
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#352770 from Betelgeuse
Bigfoot.

It was Bigfoot.
It's not like this whole situation is backed up by a wankload of logic!
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#352771 from the bottom of my heart
Wait, there was a movie?

(Also, is there some way to read the comic? I'd buy it but I doubt it's being sold in Germany.)
let's try and give it all we can!
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#352772 from A Marshy Pond
It could be a teddy bear yes.. I'll give you that.

Monkeys and Diamond Dogs? The arms would be much longer.

Minotaur? I'd expect it to have horns.

edited 1st Apr '13 2:30:10 PM by Turtlebutter

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#352773 from Hialeah,FL.
We'll never know.

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#352774 from Meinong's jungle
Given that it was apparently drawn by a baby, and babies suck at drawing, I would say it could be just about anything. tongue
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#352775 from Hialeah,FL.
It's a dinosaur.
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