MLP Forum Archive - Page 6700

#167476 condottiera Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:40:11 AM from Chicago

@ed: Love! Yay, finally at 6700! I think I wrote 7000 by mistake, but I meant this.Too lazy to go back to fix it. Double zero landmark!

edited 22nd Apr '12 12:41:47 AM by condottiera

How did they ever lock the trope page of Lolita?

#167477 Servbot Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:40:30 AM

Just finished the finale.

That. Was. AWESOME! Came in thinking that it'll be a standard wedding finale to sell the new toys, came out with something that could have passed as an epic Big Damn Movie (to sell the new toys).

Well played writers. Well played advertisers. Well played Hasbro.

edited 22nd Apr '12 12:41:36 AM by Servbot

#167478 Perpetual Lurker Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:40:31 AM

Speaking of that BBBFF song, a nice little touch during it that helped alleviate a good bit of Shining Armor's Remember the New Guy syndrome for me was the fact that they showed him seeing Twilight off when she first left for Ponyville. I love little touches like that.

#167479 edvedd Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:42:15 AM from Over there. Maybe?

Especially since we never saw if she said goodbye to anyone when she left. So it still works.

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#167480 condottiera Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:42:54 AM from Chicago

OK, well time to sleep for a few hours. See you later, probably.

How did they ever lock the trope page of Lolita?

#167481 Bluespade Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:44:12 AM from Texas

I think this episode sold me on the idea of a movie. One thing the really need to do though is learn to write some more climactic conflict resolution. We went from "Changeling Queen has won and no one can stop her" to "and then she gets blasted into the horizon with all of her minions" in like a minute. It wasn't quite as bad as with Discord, but still.

Element of Dullness.

#167482 Timur Amir Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:48:00 AM from Appleoosa

Has the thread finally slowed to a manageable pace?

That took a while...

#167483 Swasfews Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:52:10 AM from New York

I think the major problem with the conflict resolutions is that they're pretty tight on time a lot. If this finale had been a movie, then there probably would have been more setup for Armor and Cadence's magic instead of just popping up and winning. I think a similar problem exists for Return of Harmony.

#167484 Bluespade Sun, 22nd Apr '12 12:53:50 AM from Texas

It's at a pretty remarkable speed considering it's the middle of the night (in America).

While I'm posting random observations: A lot of people were dissapointed that we received no explanation for Cadance being an Alicorn, and no further elaboration on just what it means to be a Princess in Equestria. I actually feel the opposite. A lot of scifi/fantasy works rely heavily on exposition and info dumps to characterize their settings. This often leads to the focus being on the world, not the plot or characters, creating a sterile, dull story regardless of how fascinating the setting might be. MLP:FIM on the other hand, presents simple facts and allows the viewer to infer the rest of the information about the setting. I greatly prefer this style. It causes the viewer to become more personally involved with the setting, since they have to think about it a bit, and also does a good job of preventing accidental plot holes.

Fully agreed, I just wish they would use their sparing time better so the episodes can have a better ending. Endings are my little quirk, I put a LOT of stock in endings. A bad ending can change my opinion of an entire work.

So hey, who did John de Lancie voice in this episode?

edited 22nd Apr '12 12:58:39 AM by Bluespade

Element of Dullness.

#167485 Perpetual Lurker Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:03:23 AM

He apparently wasn't in this episode, as far as anyone can tell. He's said that the character he's playing is fairly important, so it's not like we missed him in a background cameo. I guess we can look forward to him in Season 3 then.

#167486 Red Savant Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:04:08 AM from Eastern US

Wonder if Discord really will be back... or at least have, maybe, a flashback.

We need a daily palace life episode. =|

edited 22nd Apr '12 1:04:22 AM by RedSavant

Can you think inside the chimney?

#167487 Bluespade Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:04:57 AM from Texas

Oh, I thought he was explicitly supposed to be voicing a character in the finale. I guess I misunderstood. Well, since the thread is dead and it's 3 a.m. I think I'll go to bed. I have church in the morning after all.

Element of Dullness.

#167488 Swasfews Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:11:03 AM from New York

Judging by his answers in that Q&A from Eq D today and the timing of his last recordings, it's something from season 3. I'm going to assume world backstory and Discord. I have a hard time thinking about any other role he could play, particularly if it's major.

#167489 Great God Pan Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:13:08 AM from The Woods. Where else?

A Sisters episode? :D

edited 22nd Apr '12 1:13:29 AM by GreatGodPan

Spooky.

#167490 Bluespade Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:15:27 AM from Texas

Well I love backstory/worldbuilding and I'd like to see more of the sisters, so that has my vote. Good night everyone.

Element of Dullness.

#167491 Death Cloud Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:22:24 AM from Horsehead Nebula

Only 25 pages only? Tread really slowed down.

@storyyeller Now it's past 10 in morning.

Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.

#167492 Ace Of Scarabs Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:26:22 AM from Singapore

Well, the main crowd has left for bed.

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#167493 Death Cloud Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:36:57 AM from Horsehead Nebula

I still admire marketing for this episode. They hyped it as bigger Best Night Ever and no trailer, clip, picture, summary spoiled real plot and real villains.

And people complained about that marketing hype.

Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.

#167494 Ace Of Scarabs Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:49:39 AM from Singapore

Well, it was an interesting wedding, only in a way that wasn't spoilered

At least they weren't as blatantly bluffing as the Urobutcher claiming he made a healing-type anime

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#167495 edvedd Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:50:16 AM from Over there. Maybe?

I was looking at the comments on the video for the 'This Day Aria' video (aka The Villain song) and I found this:

It's funny because the way the chords are used in this song it called a Deceptive Cadence. Ingram you smart bastard...

Can anyone who knows music explain what that means exactly? I get the pun.

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#167496 Death Cloud Sun, 22nd Apr '12 1:54:05 AM from Horsehead Nebula

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHIFi8mFIKw&feature=player_embedded

New Poninator animation, I almost missed it. Bad choice to release it in same day of finale airing.

Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.

#167497 Sydxelia Sun, 22nd Apr '12 2:06:32 AM

Crouching Pony, Hidden Badass.

Pronounced "Sid-zellia" Play my Drawception game.

#167498 Ace Of Scarabs Sun, 22nd Apr '12 2:16:01 AM from Singapore

Deceptive Cadence, eh?

How thematically appropriate.

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#167499 Death Cloud Sun, 22nd Apr '12 2:22:11 AM from Horsehead Nebula

http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/170875

Now I see it too.

Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.

#167500 Ace Of Scarabs Sun, 22nd Apr '12 2:32:02 AM from Singapore

Set phasers to d'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaw :3

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