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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 4 |OT| Twilight Princess Returns

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PaulloDEC said:
To be fair, dog-Spike was great. He had some terrific lines as I recall, and being made a dog didn't make him any less of a character than he usually was.

In general, Spike strikes me as a low-priority feature from both a writing and a marketing perspective. He absolutely can be an interesting character, but the show is called "My Little Pony", and I can't imagine anyone at Hasbro or DHX are oblivious to that.
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To respond to the top part, I am related to some children who didn't really appreciate that.

To the bottom.

Way to miss a toy opportunity,

Hasbro guy : what thing in this show can we use to launch and entire other line of toys. Maybe something more middle of the road when it comes to the whole gender/toys debacle. Something that has an entire other section of this world un-explored, and we could use a character we alread have to easily enter this world and sell these toys... If only we had something like that. Something that children adored all around the world, and people in general

*Someone Feverishly points to spike and dragons *

Hasbro guy: Nope can't think of nothing , screw it. We going after the monster high market , making a movie.
 
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DrForester said:
So...Maud fed Boulder....
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Did... did Boulder eat that sandwich?

I don't even want to consider the implications of rocks being living creatures in an episode like this one.

Village said:
To respond to the top part, I am related to some children who didn't really appreciate that.

To the bottom.

Way to miss a toy opportunity.
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I'm not sure I'm following you on that first sentence.

As for the toys, you can bet Hasbro have run the numbers and picked the Monster High tween crowd as the safer bet. I feel like market research is probably one of their stronger suits.
 
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PaulloDEC said:
Did... did Boulder eat that sandwich?

I don't even want to consider the implications of rocks being living creatures in an episode like this one.
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I'm still waiting for the inevitable meeting between Boulder and Tom.
I wonder if they'd hit it off.
 
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PaulloDEC said:
Did... did Boulder eat that sandwich?

I don't even want to consider the implications of rocks being living creatures in an episode like this one.



I'm not sure I'm following you on that first sentence.

As for the toys, you can bet Hasbro have run the numbers and picked the Monster High tween crowd as the safer bet. I feel like market research is probably one of their stronger suits.
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How is it doing for them.

I dunno this version of MLP seems like it would lean towards a collectathon kinda crowd.

Call it release the dragons, give spike a special some comics here and there and a one more episode than usual done.
 
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I was hoping Maud would have done nothing, analyzing how the rocks fell and knowing they weren't falling in a path to hit pinkie pie, and pinkie trusting her sister enough to not worry, while the mane6 try to go help but not get there in time.

what really happened in the show is just as good though~
 
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PaulloDEC said:
That was pretty spectacular.
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Indeed it was.

Owlowiscious said:
I was hoping Maud would have done nothing, analyzing how the rocks fell and knowing they weren't falling in a path to hit pinkie pie, and pinkie trusting her sister enough to not worry, while the mane6 try to go help but not get there in time.

what really happened in the show is just as good though~
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That would've been cool...but come on, this is Maud Pie. She doesnt take things for granite...guess I should stop.

Now, 2(or more sisters) left to reveal.

Oh heck just one more
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Slamtastic said:
This character was very interesting though.

A perfect example of Faust's philosophy on different types of girls, and interesting due to her contrast with all the other exaggerated/happy go lucky characters of the show.
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Maud wasn't though. The look, mannerisms, interests in poetry are something I've seen mixed and match on occasion when a show doesn't want to have a cheery character.

Her mannerisms are offputting but she didn't have any distinct character flaws which is what makes Faust's representation on female characters refreshing.

Anyway I enjoyed this episode. Her super strength is bananas. He shot put causing a tidal wave was lulz worthy.
 
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Preview clips are now up for 'For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils' from series veteran writer Dave Polsky (Too Many Pinkie Pies, Rarity Takes Manehattan, Twilight Time)...

Clip #1 (something about the way Michelle Creber delivers Apple Bloom's "classy" line cracks me up)
Clip #2 (more like Sour Belle, am I right?)

Will be interesting to see what kind of sisterly advice Luna gives Sweetie Belle in this situation.
Probably something along the lines of, "Hey, you should appreciate your older sister. It could be worse. Mine banished me to the moon. This isn't nearly so bad."
 
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draetenth

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I quite enjoyed this episode. Luna certainly knows what it is like to be under the shadow of an older sibling. I'm an older sibling myself. I wonder if my sister ever felt like Sweetie Belle.
 
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I thought today's episode was...not the best. Sweetie Belle acts like spoiled brat toward older sister? We've seen this before.

Luna was a nice touch, but honestly they could have replaced Luna with any other character and the resolution would have been the same. This is not to say the episode wasn't enjoyable or even bad, I just think it could have been executed better. Nothing really interesting happened outside of the dream sequence and Sweetie's race to fix her mistake.

This is why Apple Bloom is clearly the best CMC. She should get her own spin off series.
 
HUELEN10

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Thought the episode was solid with above average transitions. It makes me more confident in Sonic Boom knowing that Dave is doing a solid job with pony.
 
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DrForester

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Princess Cadance said:
I thought today's episode was...not the best. Sweetie Belle acts like spoiled brat toward older sister? We've seen this before.

Luna was a nice touch, but honestly they could have replaced Luna with any other character and the resolution would have been the same. This is not to say the episode wasn't enjoyable or even bad, I just think it could have been executed better. Nothing really interesting happened outside of the dream sequence and Sweetie's race to fix her mistake.

This is why Apple Bloom is clearly the best CMC. She should get her own spin off series.
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This was the same with "Sleepless in Ponyville". It really seemed to be building towards AJ talking to Scootaloo. She seemed to know what was going on.
 
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Dennis

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Good episode but it seemed like it would be a bit scary for the younger audience.

Also, Luna is the Equestrian one-pony NSA. Spying on people without their permission.
 
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DrForester

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All good things come to those who wait.
You even got a Celestia musical number last season.
It will happen. Eventually.
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Given that she hasn't even appeared this season other than the premier, and her appearing in the credits for this episode suggests that she had something that was cut, I thing it's pretty clear that Meghan doesn't care about the character and all we'll get is stories about her in the comic. She'll continue to pander to the Luna and Trixie fans though...
 
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Considering how much I love Luna, I have to comment on this episode.

-Sweetie Belle asking Rarity to help with the dresses for her play while Rarity is stressed as is is a reminder that I don't ask things of people when they're really busy. It might make them mad.
-I do love the dream sequence here, both with the surreal aesthetics, and Luna acting as the Ghost of Pony Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
-Luna's voice does sound kind of like Celestia's here. It doesn't help that she doesn't have many speaking roles (about once per season), and thus hasn't had a real consistent voice.
-It's good that Rarity is excelling at her business, with her being Sapphire Shores' best designer.

Overall, I thought it was a pretty good episode. Next, Luna needs to teach Apple Bloom a lesson somewhere.
 
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SparksterMeta0

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The episode was nice and all, but I liked the fact that Ms. Pony of Pop Sexy Mare of Sass, Sapphire Shores, returned with a speaking role during the second half.
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Ba-BAM!
 
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PaulloDEC

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Interesting episode. I always enjoy Sweetie Belle's character, and episodes featuring Rarity are rarely disappointments. Luna had an interesting role to play, and the central conflict was a nice one.

Not a top-tier episode, but it was definitely something different and intriguing for me.
 
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I really liked this episode. It showed a different side to Sweetie Belle, one that I am sure we can all relate to at one point in our lives. Luna was rad, as always and remains best pony. What more can be said? Good episode.
 
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Maud has probably dethroned my precious Lyra Heartstrings for favourite non Mane-6 pony. LOVE THIS PONY.

At first I thought they got the actress who voiced Daria, lol.

Rock. You are a rock. Grey. You are grey. Like a rock. Which you are. Rock.
 
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HUELEN10 said:
New Footage of Rainbow Rocks just came out, featuring 2 minutes of just Vinyl Scratch.

http://youtu.be/qh7j1qUaGOc

Fuck the haters, I thought it was cool.
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Tenumi said:
Same here. Fits what we know of the character, plus the fandom interpretation of the character. Heck, I honestly could believe that was fan made if I didn't know it was official.

I can't wait.
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Yup, that was pretty damn neat. I wonder how it fits in with the rest of the movie? I'm now picturing a musical version of "22 Short Films About Springfield".
 
HUELEN10

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draetenth said:
*Shrugs* I thought it was meh myself. I'm not really a fan of this type of music Was that really original music though? I could have sworn I've heard one of the Brony Musicians play that tune...
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That was definitely original. Only fan-music was Mando playing an instrument to "True True Friend".
 
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