Well, ED are saying that "Statement..." is a bit too short to give its own post, so they say they're gonna save it for the next shortstory compilation.

But they apparently do lkie Ever Watching, and they agreed to put it up!

Any other fans of Doctor Who out there? Any parts, the old series, the new series, the spinoffs, the expanded universe stories...

But anywho, just finished watchin the newest episode. Not badly done, I did like that guy Craig; he was a fun character, though I'm glad he didn't become the new companion.

But the preview... hoo boy, the next episode is gonna be spectacular!! Starting to look like this may be the end for out intrepid Doctor!

Well, I just finished watching the episode, so here is my general review of the entire "Return of Harmony" saga (WARNING: SEROUS SPOILERS ABOUND!!)

Needless to say, after the first part ended, I have very little idea of where they would go with it next. But they went with it pretty well.

Seeing the opposite personalities of the ponies was pretty entertaining to say the least, especially Cruel Fluttershy and Greedy Rarity. Seeing the interaction, with their constant negativity eventually breaking Twilight, causing her to lose her faith in her friends, thus losing her colour herself, was cool.

The biggest surprise for me was probably the interesting move on Celestia's part, of making Twilight understand by ending her back all her friendship reports. A very interesting little touch, and pretty well done.

The various chaotic things going on in the back were heaps of fun to watch. When I heard that Discord as essentially a god of chaos, I was kind of expecting a more malicious sort of chaos, rather than simple surrealsm. But hey, it's still a kid's show, so I guess it's kinda justified.

Once again Discord himself was fun to watch, seeing him revel in his own madness, and not ven flinching when they tried to use the Elemens against him. But at the end, he kind of stopped being so creepy and insane, and became a little too silly. And when they use another attack from the Elements, epic and visually stunning as it was, he just sort of stood there and took it, like he knew he was screwed. Bit of a shame, but no big deal. And at least they did go with imprisoning him again, rather than turning him good or something (I've seen that done before several times, and it ever works)

But was the episode perfect? Sadly no. Once again, the pacing issues from the previous episode snuck in. Near the beginning it was fine, but the climax just seemed a bit rushed. I have to agree with what some other bronies are saying, that they could have made this story an hour-and-a-half film instead of a 40-minute 2-parter, so they could do more without the time constraints. But I guess being a bit rushed is better that dragging out alot.

And personally, I think the final scene in the palace made up for it by giving us what we last expected: A freaking Star Wars reference! I'm not kidding. You got the hall of the palace filled with ponies, the mane cast walking down the aisle to Celestia, who congratulates and thanks them, commemorating another window to them, with Spike standing on the side, to victorious orchestral music, before curtain-wiping to the credits, where the usual ending theme was replaced with another orchestral piece! It's clever, and certainly a unique sort of reference, and... well, unexpected!

All in all, the pacing was a bit jarring at times, but overall a great start to the new series. I would say that the rest of the series is gonna be great or epic, but I honestly have no idea what to expect with the rest of the season. But I'm living in hope, and eagerly awaiting the next new episode!

And I made MY thresad concerning my fanfics.

Well, yeah, but you're still advertising yours in my thread.

Quote from: Allicloud,Sep 20 2011 on  11:35 AM

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Possibly the cutest an funniest deskopapp I've seen in a long time. I got Blues, Pinkie, DJ-PON3, Hoity Toity and Derpy walking around on my desktop, and Rainbow Dash just did a sonic rainboow from one end of my screen to the other.

Perfect!

 

 LOL

BTW Justin, did you ever check out that other fic of mine? You said you read and liked Ever Watching, but what about The Statement of Twilight Sparkle? (peaking of which, I've entered the latter to be displayed on Equestria Daily, and Sethisto said he might put it in the next short-story compilation post!)

Quote from: pokeplayer984,Sep 18 2011 on  11:46 PM

And now for the one place where you can download ALL the episodes of Season 1 up to 1080p.

http://ponyarchive.org/seasons/s1.php

Enjoy!

Or just download a torrent.  Seriously, this show is so popular I was able to download all 26 episodes (700MB each at 1080p) at nearly 2Mbps.  Gotta love Demonoid.

I know, right?

I mean, I watched one of the livestreams of the season 2 premiere last saturday, and within about 3 hours, there were several high quality download links.


And that comic is an absolute tearjerker. It's kind of stunning how many seriously tearjerking FiM an comics there are out there that are genuinely saddening, and not just emo-ish. Makes me all the more glad that there are equally many heartwarming fancomics out there too to help ease the sadness.

Well, I just finished watching the episode, and the repeat straight after. (POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING)

Needless to say, it looks like Lauren's step down from power isn't gonna damage the show at all. Everypony was in character, the scenarios were pretty cool, and Discord was indeed awesome. The voice actor really put his all into it.

My only real complaint was that the first few scenes just seemed a little rushed. It just seemed like they were trying to get the exposition out of the way as quickly as possible. But once Discord himself showed up for the first time, it seemed to sort itself out.

And now, my list of moments and scenes that will no doubt mutate into memes:

Pinkie and Chocolate rain (So obviously a reference to the original Chocolate Rain meme)
Slenderbunnies
Discord X Pinkie shipping/rule34
Scary-ass party balloons
You handsome hunk of a diamond!
ALL of the ponies' evil forms (Nasty Pinkie, Bad Liar Applejack, Flutterbitch, etc)

OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSHOH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH *wingboner*

TGWTG Finally made a video on Ponies! True, it isn't NC, but it is still about ponies and from TGWTG.com!

WOOHOO

Actually, there is one reviewer named Tezzle, who does reviews for TGwTG.com (thouGh I don't think he's an official critic), who did review FiM:

Here it is You'll be glad to know, its a highly positive review, with even him being surprised at how good it is.

Just lookin' at those pictures makes me wanna howl long into the night!

Nicely caught. You don't get the moon very often here in London.

Well, I'm not one to toot my own horn, but I just finished my first FiM fic.

Crossing the charm and delight of Friendship is Magic, with the madness and forbidding nature of Lovecraftian horror short stories, I give you "The Statement of Twilight Sparkle"

On Fanfction.net

Google docs version (With original spacing, formatting, colour, title page, etc)

(Warning: Maybe distressing to Rainbow Dash fans)

Reviews would be muchly appreciated either here or on the host sites.