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2011-05-02 07:00:44 am

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This is pretty good.

Not using bits from from A Dog and Pony Show for the "I'm gonna get free" part seems like a huge missed opportunity though.

Poision Envy

2011-05-02 05:50:56 pm

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These two videos have quickly become my two favorite PMVs. I think there's now 4 or 5 Reel Big Fish PMV videos out there.

Oh and I posted that second video on my facebook, and I think I accidentally got someone else into MLP with it. He's this total skater anarchy guy, and he loves Reel big fish, and it seems he's enjoying MLP now because of it. Oh well, it happens.

Poision Envy

2011-05-02 05:56:21 pm

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oh yeah tbob, I thought you might like this if you haven't seen it already:

tomatobob

2011-05-02 07:05:37 pm

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Hahaha that rules.

The other two are pretty good also, funny how much effort people put into these things.

Poision Envy

2011-05-02 07:46:39 pm

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ohhh speaking of putting a lot of effort into things, I should send you the video I've been working on for awhile now. It's very very work-in-progress, but I've been showing some of my brony friends to get some good feedback and I think I've improved it a lot because of it, and I'd be interested to see what you think :3. I started working on it like 3 months ago, but I keep getting new ideas and other things in life keep taking priority, but it's really close to being done and I could easily finish it this week if I can concentrate.

I'll send you it in a PM later today when I have a chance to render + upload what I have done so far.

In the meantime, have some more epic Johnjoseco stuff:

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tomatobob

2011-05-02 08:31:52 pm

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Bloomberg's totally gonna win that fight.

Poision Envy

2011-05-02 10:45:25 pm

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"Friends for the friendship god, Ponies for the pony throne!"
"In the fun future, there is only joy!"

For once, Youtube comments are actually funny.

tomatobob

2011-05-05 06:42:03 pm

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Poision Envy

2011-05-06 03:10:49 am

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My body isn't ready for tomorrow. It will be both amazing and sad, but I have a feeling we're going to be seeing a lot more news and fan-made things over the next few weeks.

Oh and I've been tasked with a job of getting some portraits done of certain background ponies, and while re-watching winter wrap up I noticed derpy seems to get a few hair color changes. I like to imagine that these other colored ponies are just her sisters, maybe coming to ponyville to help clean up winter or something, who knows. Someone commented on the forum that it's similar to how the links have different colors in that four swords adventure game. Four swords with derpy ponies would be pretty much awesome.

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tomatobob

2011-05-06 04:00:59 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Hope none of them work for moving companies, Twilight really doesn't need any more cranial trauma.

tomatobob

2011-05-06 04:09:28 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Ah yeah, tomorrow's the season finale, isn't it.

Well at least Community's got one more week, then I'm out of tv until September. Sad

Poision Envy

2011-05-06 02:09:36 pm

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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

dat last episode ;_;

I can't believe it went over like that. spoilers ahoy:

W T F kind of last episode was that. I mean, I know it's a kids show, but that wasn't nearly as awesome as it could have been. It just felt like it ended as soon as it started going somewhere. What they SHOULD have done was made it a two part episode like the first two episodes, since they had to focus on each pony specifically. And wtf kind of morale was that? "Parties are more fun with friends"? hurrrrr.

Now for some non-spoilery stuff. Holy shit awesome song, holy shit soooo many good screenshot moments + possible wallpapers, and pissed-off fluttershy is BEST fluttershy.

I can't believe it's over now though. I... think I'll need to spend some time alone for awhile.

Poision Envy

2011-05-06 02:29:11 pm

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Oh yeah, this morning I had set THREE alarms on my phone. One to go off at 10:00, 10:05, and 10:10. NONE of them went off, and the episode started at 10:30. Hoowever, I somehow was able to wake up at 10:27, even though I went to bed less than 5 hours before that. I'm certainly glad I was able to watch the last episode with a chat though, that's certainly something I'll need to make sure to do next season as long as the fan base is still around.

It'll be hard waiting for the new season. I've never ever been into any kind of TV show or anything like that where I had to really wait to see the next season. I think the fan art will keep me mildly entertained enough, and I hope to celestia that the planned abridged series doesn't suck ass. Working on the new MMO and having that should also be enough to at least not make me want to put myself into a hibernation until October.

Thinking more about the episode, I'll add some more from what I said last time:

I think the reason I was disappoint was because it didn't ADD anything, other than an awesome song (I think I still like winter wrap up and art of the dress a lot more though). We already knew they were going to the Gala, we already knew WHY they were going to the Gala, and we could already pretty easily guess how it was going to end. No new characters like the Zecora episode or parasprite episode, no real character development (although at this point they seem to have covered everyone I guess), and NO CMC. It was just... all things we already knew. No twists, just normal stuff. It honestly should have gone sooner after the ticket master, and instead had some other episode as the last episode, like the cutie mark chronicles or something. I know it's a children's cartoon, but they've SHOWN with the first two episodes that they CAN make a neat story-driven episode while still having a silly morale to tie it all up with. Ah well, I'm sure we'll get a nice first episode with Season 2.

Oh yeah, this morning I had set THREE alarms on my phone. One to go off at 10:00, 10:05, and 10:10. NONE of them went off, and the episode started at 10:30. Hoowever, I somehow was able to wake up at 10:27, even though I went to bed less than 5 hours before that. I'm certainly glad I was able to watch the last episode with a chat though, that's certainly something I'll need to make sure to do next season as long as the fan base is still around.

It'll be hard waiting for the new season. I've never ever been into any kind of TV show or anything like that where I had to really wait to see the next season. I think the fan art will keep me mildly entertained enough, and I hope to celestia that the planned abridged series doesn't suck ass. Working on the new MMO and having that should also be enough to at least not make me want to put myself into a hibernation until October.

Thinking more about the episode, I'll add some more from what I said last time:
[hide] I think the reason I was disappoint was because it didn't ADD anything, other than an awesome song (I think I still like winter wrap up and art of the dress a lot more though). We already knew they were going to the Gala, we already knew WHY they were going to the Gala, and we could already pretty easily guess how it was going to end. No new characters like the Zecora episode or parasprite episode, no real character development (although at this point they seem to have covered everyone I guess), and NO CMC. It was just... all things we already knew. No twists, just normal stuff. It honestly should have gone sooner after the ticket master, and instead had some other episode as the last episode, like the cutie mark chronicles or something. I know it's a children's cartoon, but they've SHOWN with the first two episodes that they CAN make a neat story-driven episode while still having a silly morale to tie it all up with. Ah well, I'm sure we'll get a nice first episode with Season 2.[/hide]

tomatobob

2011-05-07 02:41:18 am

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I'm not really sure why you were expecting this to be some big plot episode, there wasn't some overarching plot for the season or anything. It's not the kinda of show (at least for now) that's going to have that sort of finale, it's just going to be like the rest of the episodes but on a somewhat grander scale.

Also didn't they only recently get news that they got a second season? No reason to spring new characters or potential plot threads if you don't know if you'll ever get to use them. It's best to just take the primary characters, put them in their dream situation and make it all go wrong to get some good laughs in while you know you can. And really the whole season was full of completely derpy morals, you know they just tack those things on as a conceit to the networks bosses no matter what anyone says to the contrary.

No Cutie Mark Crusaders can only be a good thing as far as I'm concerned, they aren't half as fun as the others and would only take potential screen time away from far superior characters.

I really can't see how anyone could be disappointed with an episode where Fluttershy owned all things ownable in all the best ways. And Rarity being used as a cake shield by a character named Prince Blueblood of all things while also generally losing her mind. Also Blueblood ruled, he's somehow a better foil for Rarity than Applejack while being basically male Rarity.

And Celestia giving zero fucks will never get old.

I liked it, it was good fun and that's all the show really tries to be and it excels at it. I'm just sad that there won't be more until fall. A summer with no ponies doesn't seem like much of summer at all now. Gonna miss those ponies (even Pinkie a little bit).

I'm not really sure why you were expecting this to be some big plot episode, there wasn't some overarching plot for the season or anything. It's not the kinda of show (at least for now) that's going to have that sort of finale, it's just going to be like the rest of the episodes but on a somewhat grander scale.

Also didn't they only recently get news that they got a second season? No reason to spring new characters or potential plot threads if you don't know if you'll ever get to use them. It's best to just take the primary characters, put them in their dream situation and make it all go wrong to get some good laughs in while you know you can. And really the whole season was full of completely derpy morals, you [i]know[/i] they just tack those things on as a conceit to the networks bosses no matter what anyone says to the contrary.

No Cutie Mark Crusaders can only be a good thing as far as I'm concerned, they aren't half as fun as the others and would only take potential screen time away from far superior characters.

I really can't see how anyone could be disappointed with an episode where Fluttershy owned all things ownable in all the best ways. And Rarity being used as a cake shield by a character named [i]Prince Blueblood[/i] of all things while also generally losing her mind. Also Blueblood ruled, he's somehow a better foil for Rarity than Applejack while being basically male Rarity.

And Celestia giving zero fucks will never get old.

I liked it, it was good fun and that's all the show really tries to be and it excels at it. I'm just sad that there won't be more until fall. A summer with no ponies doesn't seem like much of summer at all now. Gonna miss those ponies (even Pinkie a little bit).

tomatobob

2011-05-07 02:49:32 am

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I mean seriously, Blueblood is exactly how Rarity would be on a lesser show. It's great.

Poision Envy

2011-05-07 02:58:13 am

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yeah I guess it was mostly because I spent too much time on ponychan over the past week, and they were posting a loooot of things about what they could do for a final episode. rewatching it again yeah it was a totally awesome episode, and it was silly of me to expect some big thing.

Trollestia was hilarious though. "Run" was great. She knew the party was going to be terrible, and she just invited them to liven it up a bit for her own amusement.

For some reason though whenever I always feel bad when something bad is happening to the mane cast, I noticed it especially with RDash and the wonderbolts in this episode. Another good example was when the 5 girls ruined the fashion show for Rarity the first time they walked out with their silly dresses on. I'm like that with all movies and shows though for some reason, dunno.

I can't wait to hear a high quality version of the song though, the Dash solo was totally awesome.

tomatobob

2011-05-07 03:17:25 am

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lol yeah, always be careful when dealing with fansites in the run up to highly anticipated things, everyone will be expecting something they have no business expecting.

Quote from Poision Envy:

For some reason though whenever I always feel bad when something bad is happening to the mane cast, I noticed it especially with RDash and the wonderbolts in this episode. Another good example was when the 5 girls ruined the fashion show for Rarity the first time they walked out with their silly dresses on.

Because they're good characters mostly, it also helps that the animators do expressions really well. Makes the characters more sympathetic. Also way funnier. I'll probably be getting a few new avatars from this episode. And I'm really glad I didn't go with a Fluttersy avatar because I'd probably never stop screencapping.

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Trollestia was hilarious though. "Run" was great. She knew the party was going to be terrible, and she just invited them to liven it up a bit for her own amusement.

The best thing about Celestia is that everyone always expects horrible retribution from her, they have plenty of reasons to believe she really won't care, but they are sure they're getting banished and then thrown in prison in the place they are banished. Then it turns out she's too busy laughing about the whole thing to care that her castle just broke. Even her bird is a master troll.

lol yeah, always be careful when dealing with fansites in the run up to highly anticipated things, everyone will be expecting something they have no business expecting.

[quote="Poision Envy"]For some reason though whenever I always feel bad when something bad is happening to the mane cast, I noticed it especially with RDash and the wonderbolts in this episode. Another good example was when the 5 girls ruined the fashion show for Rarity the first time they walked out with their silly dresses on.[/quote]
Because they're good characters mostly, it also helps that the animators do expressions really well. Makes the characters more sympathetic. Also way funnier. I'll probably be getting a few new avatars from this episode. And I'm really glad I didn't go with a Fluttersy avatar because I'd probably never stop screencapping.

[quote="Poision Envy"]Trollestia was hilarious though. "Run" was great. She knew the party was going to be terrible, and she just invited them to liven it up a bit for her own amusement.[/quote]
The best thing about Celestia is that everyone always expects horrible retribution from her, they have plenty of reasons to believe she really won't care, but they are sure they're getting banished and then thrown in prison in the place they are banished. Then it turns out she's too busy laughing about the whole thing to care that her castle just broke. Even her [i]bird[/i] is a master troll.

Poision Envy

2011-05-07 03:40:53 am

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Quote from tomatobob:

Because they're good characters mostly, it also helps that the animators do expressions really well. Makes the characters more sympathetic. Also way funnier. I'll probably be getting a few new avatars from this episode. And I'm really glad I didn't go with a Fluttersy avatar because I'd probably never stop screencapping.

Once I finish making portraits from screencaps I'll need to update my rainbow dash avatar gallery. I'm around 329 right now, and there are at least 80 screencaps I have that I just haven't had time to fix up. That also isn't counting the 4 or 5 most recent episodes, and the few older episodes that got re-released in 1080p recently.

I really want to go back through again and make an avatar set of either Derpy, Lyra, or fluttershy. Gangster Dash will make do for the next few weeks though.

Oh yeah, not sure if you've seen this, but here's a picture of the studio that makes the show, lol. It'd be totally awesome to visit that place and watch the process of how they make an episode.

BUT MAYBE that'll be on the bluray right???

[quote="tomatobob"]Because they're good characters mostly, it also helps that the animators do expressions really well. Makes the characters more sympathetic. Also way funnier. I'll probably be getting a few new avatars from this episode. And I'm really glad I didn't go with a Fluttersy avatar because I'd probably never stop screencapping.[/quote]

Once I finish making portraits from screencaps I'll need to update my rainbow dash avatar gallery. I'm around 329 right now, and there are at least 80 screencaps I have that I just haven't had time to fix up. That also isn't counting the 4 or 5 most recent episodes, and the few older episodes that got re-released in 1080p recently.

I really want to go back through again and make an avatar set of either Derpy, Lyra, or fluttershy. Gangster Dash will make do for the next few weeks though.

Oh yeah, not sure if you've seen this, but here's a picture of the studio that makes the show, lol. It'd be totally awesome to visit that place and watch the process of how they make an episode.

BUT MAYBE that'll be on the bluray right???

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Poision Envy

2011-05-07 03:42:35 am

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oh yeah this is worthy of posting as well. It at least gives SOME hope of a DVD/Bluray release.

tomatobob

2011-05-07 04:43:16 am

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That looks like a bitchin place to work. I won't hold my breath for dvds or anything but it's a nice thought.

Here's something

Poision Envy

2011-05-07 06:31:09 pm

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now we just need some episodes where the CMC loose their cool, and Celestia + Luna as well.

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Poision Envy

2011-05-07 06:36:59 pm

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oh yeah, this needs to be posted too, because it's totally awesome.

Poision Envy

2011-05-08 01:30:51 am

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Turns out the Gala song was a parody of another musical song. I posted the original in the 'what are you listening to now' topic. P. awesome.

tomatobob

2011-05-08 02:37:10 am

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Yeah, I think basing it on another song might not have been the best idea, some of the lyrics ened up sounding a bit clunky. Like they were just trying to get something that was kind of close to the original, at the very least they could have stood a break a way from it a bit more to avoid weirdness.

I know they did a similar thing with Art of the Dress, but the execution seemed better on that one than with the Gala. I think they took a few more liberties with it, I don't really remember, but that one was also probably a bit easier to work with anyway.

Poision Envy

2011-05-08 05:48:07 am

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well, I just finished spending two and a half hours trying to make a decent hat for Applejack. Finally in the end I got something to work, but it looks pretty lame. It's better than nothing though.

Next time I go by toys r us I'll just steal a cowboy hat from another toy or something, but this will be fine as a temporary fix. I cut up an old pokemon card to use as the frame.

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