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My Little Pony FiM Season 2 |OT| - Quality Has No Demographic
- Thread starter DrForester
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Um, in case you haven't caught on...
Spike is part pony. I think Merriweather Williams likes to create much deeper implications that seem to explain what's going on, but then she lampshades and dismisses them, because nah, that kind of thing doesn't happen in a kid's show. Or does it?
Three accidents would have been more prominent that usual.
RD saved a kid. Everypony called her a hero. She was humble.
RD saved a baby and everypony called her a hero. She accepted their praise and made an inappropriate joke about it. Her friends care more about her joke than the fact that she saved a baby's life.
Negligent ponies on a structure that should be condemned. RD: I guess it's time for me to be a hero again. RD's friends: She must be stopped!
Fourth disaster: RD is getting tired of this. MDW appears. War is on.
Now the whole town falls to shit in exactly the right way for MDW to win and humiliate RD.
Just watched the Finale and I have to say it was pretty great. The fight scene was awesome, like something right out of the PPG's. The first episode had a really nice lead-in but the ending to the second one was pretty cheesy. I'm also of the mind that this would have been better if it were about 30 min longer.
Spike was awesome as usual.
Luna must be a pretty heavy sleeper to be able to snooze through all the shrieks of terror and explosions happening in the city. I was really hoping to see some action from her too.
I really need to re-watch Return of Harmony. All this love has me craving some Discord.
Spike was awesome as usual.
Luna must be a pretty heavy sleeper to be able to snooze through all the shrieks of terror and explosions happening in the city. I was really hoping to see some action from her too.
I really need to re-watch Return of Harmony. All this love has me craving some Discord.
Considering he was born from pony magic, that makes sense.
wildthing2022000
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Forgetting something? Didn't RD set-up a book deal after what 2 rescues with Spike as the ghost writer since RD was so busy and tried to open a jar of jam along with mowing the lawn all while looking for praise for doing so after MDW one-ups her. Very humble and tired of it indeed.
Himynameischris
Member
That and all of the ponies could have been following RD the whole time so as soon as something went down there were already there with RD waiting.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Fucking amazing.
It so sad the reprise was only like 15 seconds. It would have made an amazing 1 minute song.
DrForester
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nice
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I wonder what this means.
That we can expect the 3rd season not to be the last?
Since this is Hasbro, I'll be live action directed by Michael Bay. Woot!
honestly, I'd still pay to see that
Choppasmith
Member
At the very least, another full season. I mean sure it's likely already happening, but the only thing we've heard is that Season 3 would be only 13 Episodes. I'm sure this latest report now dispels that.
That's how many viewers were gained since Canterlot Wedding Part 1's same day/same time timeslot one year ago. Canterlot Wedding Part 2 showed less drastic improvement over the same point last year, and last year MLP didn't have a two-part special to send off the season. One of these episodes was competing against something that wasn't a new episode of MLP. Edit: Oh wait, those were episode 2's numbers.
Also, the percentage growth shows an even more male-slanted picture. 36k women gained = 80% growth over whatever was on last year, means that last year had 45,000 women, and this year had 81,000 women viewers total.
Last year there would've been 226,000 men, and this year there were 330,000. So The Hub had four times as many men watching the show as women.
Although I think that speaks to the fact that more men watch the channel than women. If Hasbro wants to do something about that, they need to get a top-quality Jem reboot off the ground ASAP and provide MLP with some synergy before it's too late (pun not intended, synergy is the "teamwork" effect that once put Transformers and GI Joe on top of the world).
And thinking about The Hub as a possibly inefficient delivery system that bleeds money and might be doomed, A Canterlot Wedding has convinced me that MLP:FIM can live on quite nicely in a movie format should Hasbro foolishly decide to cancel the series after season 3 (which I really doubt they would). If only Shout would sell the box sets.
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Theonik
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This link made me re-read that thread. This made me laugh so much.
I Am Now
Banned
(03-13-2011, 10:24 PM)
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Rewatching some old eps...
This show promotes voodoo over medical science when taking care of pets and/or relatives!
This show promotes voodoo over medical science when taking care of pets and/or relatives!
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
So we're doing season 2 episode rankings/tiers, heh? Excellent. 
Here are mine:
Tier S
Luna Eclipsed
It's About Time
Sweet and Elite
The Last Roundup
The Return of Harmony, part 1
A Canterlot Wedding, part 2
Hearts and Hooves Day
Tier A
The Return of Harmony, part 2
The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
Hurricane Fluttershy
Sisterhooves Social
A Friend in Deed
The Cutie Pox
Ponyville Confidential
MMMystery on the Friendship Express
Tier B
Family Appreciation Day
Putting Your Hoof Down
Baby Cakes
Read It and Weep
A Canterlot Wedding, part 1
May the Best Pet Win!
Secret of My Excess
Tier C
Lesson Zero
Dragon Quest
Hearth's Warming Eve
The Mysterious Mare Do Well
You just can't account for taste, can you?
Here are mine:
Tier S
Luna Eclipsed
It's About Time
Sweet and Elite
The Last Roundup
The Return of Harmony, part 1
A Canterlot Wedding, part 2
Hearts and Hooves Day
Tier A
The Return of Harmony, part 2
The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
Hurricane Fluttershy
Sisterhooves Social
A Friend in Deed
The Cutie Pox
Ponyville Confidential
MMMystery on the Friendship Express
Tier B
Family Appreciation Day
Putting Your Hoof Down
Baby Cakes
Read It and Weep
A Canterlot Wedding, part 1
May the Best Pet Win!
Secret of My Excess
Tier C
Lesson Zero
Dragon Quest
Hearth's Warming Eve
The Mysterious Mare Do Well
You just can't account for taste, can you?
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
Refer to the last line on my previous post.
Anyway, if you really want my rationale, I think that Twilight was mischaracterized in Lesson Zero, where she delved into paranoid hysteria without any real logical reason to it. This had a big impact on my opinion about the episode, because Twilight is on top of my pony rankings. In It's About Time, she had a legitimate concern to freak about (it was the missing information that proved her wrong), and didn't go about spreading chaos and manipulating other ponies in order to solve the perceived threat.
Besides, I love time travel as a plot device.
DrForester
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Twilight freaking out about her studies doesn't seem that out of character.
ah, this makes sense, alright. I was just a bit curious, is all =)
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
No problem, I'm sorry if I seemed a little abrupt in my answer.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Rewatching Luna Eclipsed made me wonder... wasn't she paraded in Ponyville at the end of ep 2? If so they should know she's normal.
I'd think it be different interacting directly with the moon goddess rather than watching ceremony. Also Pinkie didn't help by scaring the shit out of everyone.
Slamtastic
Member
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah because they weren't intentionally doing that to harp her/bait her. Sometimes the best way to teach humility is to give some tough love.
And no she wasn't fine. While I like RD now back then her ego was so big I don't think it'd fit Applejack's barn door.
Then again people also think Fluttershy can do no wrong.
Ugh, stop making me hate the fanbase more.
Slamtastic
Member
Whether or not RD needed the lesson, they could have just told her upfront instead of tricking and messing with her.
It wasn't "tough love", it was "being straight up assholes and bad friends".
It wasn't "tough love", it was "being straight up assholes and bad friends".
DrForester
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Not to mention that Rainbow Dash was out of character in that episode, as we've see before that while arrogant, she has never really shown jealousy. Just look how quick she was to praise AJ in apple buck season.
wildthing2022000
Member
That's because she wasn't competing with AJ in Apple Buck so it didn't matter. In this one she's clearly in competition mode once she gets shown up by the new contender for everyone's affection. This wasn't even the first time she let her competitive side go out of control. She exhibits the same behavior in Fall Weather Friends where her superiority is challenged and she does whatever it takes to win since she hates to lose. Circumstances are different but the behavior is there and established. She also shows it in May the Best Pet Win when after the rock slide she states that she's suppose to win. Competition breeds jealousy.
and by new contender you mean a team of specialists competing against her handpicked for each task that they choose to compete in.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Because clearly their main goal is to be fair.
Considering how RD behaves, talking to her won't really work.
Not really. It's pretty much normal for her, as someone said.
Really, my problem is that "whenever RD needs a lesson" lots of people always bring up that "others should also learn some lesson too!"
Ugh, starting to hate the fans again.
Considering how RD behaves, talking to her won't really work.
Not really. It's pretty much normal for her, as someone said.
Really, my problem is that "whenever RD needs a lesson" lots of people always bring up that "others should also learn some lesson too!"
Ugh, starting to hate the fans again.
Shadow Hog
Member
Really? People say that?
I kind of figured if Rainbow needed to learn a lesson, then, well, Rainbow should be the one to learn the lesson. I mean, she can be undeniably arrogant - funnily enough, more than the fashion-obsessed character, who's usually the go-to character for arrogant traits in other shows. Certainly more than the other main characters, so there's a fairly blatant Rainbow-only lesson to be learned right there. Which "Mare-Do-Well" tackled. There's no reason at all she should drag other characters into lessons that apply to her, and her alone.
And I'm pretty sure they did try just talking to her, during the whole scene with the ghostwriting, didn't they? It didn't work. Maybe the whole vigilante thing was a bit over the top, but hell, I don't care, it was good fun to watch. About the only thing from that episode I didn't like was watching Rainbow go off the deep end in the third act - the whole sequence was awkward as hell (protecting grass? Really? She'd stoop that low?) and was uncomfortable to watch.
I kind of figured if Rainbow needed to learn a lesson, then, well, Rainbow should be the one to learn the lesson. I mean, she can be undeniably arrogant - funnily enough, more than the fashion-obsessed character, who's usually the go-to character for arrogant traits in other shows. Certainly more than the other main characters, so there's a fairly blatant Rainbow-only lesson to be learned right there. Which "Mare-Do-Well" tackled. There's no reason at all she should drag other characters into lessons that apply to her, and her alone.
And I'm pretty sure they did try just talking to her, during the whole scene with the ghostwriting, didn't they? It didn't work. Maybe the whole vigilante thing was a bit over the top, but hell, I don't care, it was good fun to watch. About the only thing from that episode I didn't like was watching Rainbow go off the deep end in the third act - the whole sequence was awkward as hell (protecting grass? Really? She'd stoop that low?) and was uncomfortable to watch.
no way, that was by far the best scene in an otherwise unremarkable episode
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Apparently because pegasi are like some sort of master race or something. See also: Fluttershy is perfect fanboys.