My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Episode 1: Friendship is Magic, Part 1
I call bull****.
The dark pony was completely justified in wanting to be acknowledged for her job! But nope...clearly evil. Gotta lock her away. Maybe they can invent physics so that natural phenomena aren't dependent upon the whim of a pony.
I love how the storybook is open with no way for the as yet unnamed pony to turn pages. Having hooves must really suck sometimes...unless you are a beast of burden lugging goods/people around. Theme song time!
Eh...nothing magical. Appreciate them informing the viewers that this isn't your granny's MLP show. More of an introduction than we got for something like, say, Thundercats *tear*.
I hate spike. Infinitely better spike:
Though, as much as I hate spike, I have to admit, this Twilight pony has a number of awesome character traits that you don't often see much of in a non side character.
The checklist conveniently leading to meeting each other main pony was...alright I guess. My initial feelings of said ponies
Cowgirl pony: Meh
Rainbow Dash: Personality is meh, but actually being competent was appreciated.
Prissy purple hair pony: Surprisingly tolerable
Fluttersffmghf: Her shyness was kinda charming though the spike adoration...completely unreasonable. Spike sucks.
Pinkie Pie: Hate
The plot was pretty standard exposition stuff. A few things gnawed at me though. Like the ringing of the triangle on the farm using a SPECIFIC ANGLE THAT DOES NOT SHOW AN APPENDAGE RINGING IT. I guess that is the joke, but it is a damn annoying one.
The art was also...pretty decent. A bit heavy on the cheap style that has been all the rage for far too long, but the makers of the show did some nice things with it.
My pony hatred is now slightly below maximum. I still would delight in nothing greater than them all falling in a giant cauldron for a nice bit of pony stew, but maybe Twilight Sparkle can live. Maybe.
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