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Right off the bat I feel this movie had very bad pacing. It feels very much like entire scenes are missing leaving it with a very strange flow. It's funny because the show itself very rarely suffers from this issue. I get it's a movie made for kids but this is something I expected the series to abandon after 7 seasons with its higher quality of writing since season 1!
It doesn't even feel like it fits within the actual canon of the show as a lot of major characters are either glorified cameos like Discord or not even mentioned like Starlight Glimmer. Y'know Starlight should've gotten a mention if this is after season 7! Also why isn't Twilight using her magic more effiently like Teleport spamming or Energy blasts? I know you can do this! She didn't hesitate to use magic against Tirek or Starlight, why not against Tempest? Also where were characters like the Changelings and Princess Ember? Fuck, not even the CMC got to appear much!
With that said the movie characters are pretty fun. Tempest is more or less what Starlight should've been from the beginning and I hope she appears in the show proper. A badass cripple with a legitimately tragic past and real reasoning for her actions. The Storm King was pretty funny sometimes even if he was basically just Discord fused with Tirek. Capper? He was fucking sweet and gets the best song in the movie, essentially Friend Like Me if it was sung by Jafar. And I have to admit the animation is pretty spectacular but that's like saying a shower feels nice.
So basically: great animation, decent movie characters and environments, but a severe lack of real action, forced plot convenience, no other characters from the show we've come to really know, lack of explanation of where the villains came from, the Storm King wasnt even really dangerous unlike Tirek when he got Alicorn Magic... and the action, while nice still didn't use the characters to their full potential. It's nowhere near as big a joke as the original MLP Movie from 1987 but the Equestria Girls films do this stuff much better.
So yeah I'm not surprised this is Bombing like the Hindenburg. When you release on the same day as the Blade Runner sequel what do you think is gonna happen? It's exactly what happened with the last 2D Disney films but more justified since those had better quality.
It doesn't even feel like it fits within the actual canon of the show as a lot of major characters are either glorified cameos like Discord or not even mentioned like Starlight Glimmer. Y'know Starlight should've gotten a mention if this is after season 7! Also why isn't Twilight using her magic more effiently like Teleport spamming or Energy blasts? I know you can do this! She didn't hesitate to use magic against Tirek or Starlight, why not against Tempest? Also where were characters like the Changelings and Princess Ember? Fuck, not even the CMC got to appear much!
With that said the movie characters are pretty fun. Tempest is more or less what Starlight should've been from the beginning and I hope she appears in the show proper. A badass cripple with a legitimately tragic past and real reasoning for her actions. The Storm King was pretty funny sometimes even if he was basically just Discord fused with Tirek. Capper? He was fucking sweet and gets the best song in the movie, essentially Friend Like Me if it was sung by Jafar. And I have to admit the animation is pretty spectacular but that's like saying a shower feels nice.
So basically: great animation, decent movie characters and environments, but a severe lack of real action, forced plot convenience, no other characters from the show we've come to really know, lack of explanation of where the villains came from, the Storm King wasnt even really dangerous unlike Tirek when he got Alicorn Magic... and the action, while nice still didn't use the characters to their full potential. It's nowhere near as big a joke as the original MLP Movie from 1987 but the Equestria Girls films do this stuff much better.
So yeah I'm not surprised this is Bombing like the Hindenburg. When you release on the same day as the Blade Runner sequel what do you think is gonna happen? It's exactly what happened with the last 2D Disney films but more justified since those had better quality.
What happened with me and Discord
Ok I’m going to clarify what happened with my discord account so hopefully, I can get it back: A user claimed I was phishing them and got them hacked and they reported me. they said it ended up being an impostor so they made an error after they and their friends mass reported me. They gave me this name of someone in support who said they’d help me. They seemed official so I went along with it. Changed my email so they could better fix the issue. That should’ve been my first clue this was a scam. When I changed my accounts email. Then I told them my name and a few other tidbits so they could “log me into their database.” But then they wanted me to buy something to pay for a ticket to Undo the report… This looked fishy to me. I told them upfront I didn’t have a credit card, PayPal. Anything before I was stupid enough to actually buy… a STEAM CARD and actually enter my real info into the thing fully. My mom was informed by me and she called them out on the scam. But by then they had
What If: Lilith? Does a Witch Lose a True Way?
Had the Owl House been given more time like it deserved? Been allowed the tone Dana Terrance actually wanted? I would have handled Lilith far differently from what we got. I never got the feeling any of her remorse was genuine. Even by the end I just feel like they replaced her with an entirely different character. And I still don’t. Considering how fast she was willing to worship an actual child, it’s clear to me Lilith has deep mental scars from working under a literal racist. And I would not have that. Had I been in charge of Lilith’s character? She would be of the sympathetic villain archetype emphasis on VILLAIN. While she wouldn’t LACK redeeming qualities much like her canon counterpart? My Lilith would be far too gone to ever get a second chance. Made all the clearer where she states it was never about mending her sisters relationship or the curse, she just wanted her back in her life… by any means necessary. And she never said Eda needed a pulse… The rare times Eda and
My favorite Fleischer Popeye Cartoons
Saw this and I figured, what the hell? There are so many good choices from this era of Popeye it’s very difficult for me to pick just 5. So I’ll list the ones that I like the best in order of their release. Can You Take It? and Shiver Me Timbers (1934): Out of all the Fleischer Popeye cartoons these two best replicate the earliest era of when Fleischer was at its most surreal and eerie. Whether watching Popeye deal with Bluto’s death traps a la Bimbo’s Initiation or the supernatural hi-Jinks these always captivated me. This is something I wish Popeye got to do more of. Choose Your Weppins (1935): It’s very rare in these cartoons we see Popeye tangle with opponents outside of Bluto but it’s always welcome. A more domestic short with a fun premise. I joke calling it Pawn Stars in the Great Depression. It’s always fun seeing Olive kick a little ass as well. King of the Mardi Gras (1935): Jack Mercer’s first stint as the sailor which he held for nearly 50 years. What else is there to
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"Also where were characters like the Changelings and Princess Ember? Fuck, not even the CMC got to appear much!"
In the defense of that, the movie started production around the start of season 5 before the Changeling redemption and Ember's introduction and the CMC gaining their cutie marks and being before the show properly mapped out seasons 6-7 so that could by why they don't show up, may also account for Starlight and Trixie being reduced to cameos instead of major roles.
Plus keep in mind they were having to accommodate for casual movie audiences who may not have seen the latest episodes of Friendship is Magic so that does explain things.