I hate to triple post, but as I mentioned, I probably won't be able to watch "Made in Manehattan" and "Friendship Games" tomorrow, and I'd prefer not to be in this thread during discussion of the former tomorrow, so I'll have to say this now.
It's nice to finally go into an Equestria Girls movie without in-depth knowledge. I've never been all that impressed by the movies, but that may have been because I watched both of them knowing what the funny scenes are, how well a character is handled, what the good songs are, how little Flash appears, etc. and thus being underwhelmed by them. With this, I'll know for sure how much of that was due to being spoiled.
That said, I can't imagine the story will deviate much from this:
* Much of the movie is random sports events.
* Dougworld Twilight is investigating magic, her experiments cause magic stuff to happen during the sports events.
* Crystal Prep people get angry about Canterlot High apparently using magic to cheat (since that's the main issue and not the general existence of magic, I guess) and start using magic themselves, possibly via Twilight.
* Twilight gets upset, evil magic flows into her, she turns into that Midnight Sparkle thing from that toy fair.
* Everyone works together, which frees Twilight from the evil magic. Friendship ensues.
Open questions are:
* Will pony Twilight appear this time?
* Will there be a point where Dougworld characters go into Equestria?
* There have been hints in tweets and such about Chrysalis and Discord appearing in Equestria Girls, yet there doesn't appear to be a role for them to fill from what we've seen, with even the principal of Crystal Prep being a new character. Will they just be cameos, or more?
* Will characters besides Sunset and Twilight receive focus? And I mean beyond just a rivalry with a Crystal Prep character.
* Will Twilight remain at a friendshiped Crystal Prep, or transfer to Canterlot High?
* Any acknowledgment of the fact that there should be a Dougworld Sunset?
* Will they try to romantically link Dougworld Twilight and Brad? Or will he try to be loyal to his horse waifu?
As for "Made in Manehattan", I'll go wild and say it's going to be about gentrification. Odd subject for a kids show, but that's what I'm going with.
Oh, and a
Steamquestria update, though it isn't a story update. It does tie into a recent episode, though.
