tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post2949251559696488866..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Reviewer Reviews: City of DoorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-31945458536357146412017-02-15T17:22:02.145-06:002017-02-15T17:22:02.145-06:00But apart from some misguided choices in the comic...But apart from some misguided choices in the comics, Sombra and Tirek are full-on bad guys. Even with the color scheme, Tempest Shadow's appearance and marketing presentation aren't strongly indicating that.Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-1156399853481351652017-02-15T12:35:35.155-06:002017-02-15T12:35:35.155-06:00Griffin's short reviews always seem to hit tha...Griffin's short reviews always seem to hit that sweet spot for me. Not enough to get me to read a fic, but enough to investigate it further to see if I should add it. <br /><br />And yeah, the BMRL is a treasure!iisawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454386148259666080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-1404583658561043792017-02-15T02:04:08.405-06:002017-02-15T02:04:08.405-06:00Oh crap! I forgot all about Tirek. I don't t...Oh crap! I forgot all about Tirek. I don't think he was as bad as Sombra. It almost suited himHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-2703528734506560412017-02-15T02:00:10.073-06:002017-02-15T02:00:10.073-06:00Pretty sure it predates our fandom. It was defini...Pretty sure it predates our fandom. It was definitely around in 2011, at least. The show introduced Sombra in November 2012 (he even had those disgusting gradients!), so it didn't take them long at allHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-23680442596485291642017-02-14T19:31:25.942-06:002017-02-14T19:31:25.942-06:00When you're right, you're right. :DWhen you're right, you're right. :DIcy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-57918600815178508062017-02-14T18:22:23.895-06:002017-02-14T18:22:23.895-06:00The rest just don't matter. :VThe rest just don't matter. :VPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-33539340827086296432017-02-14T18:19:17.439-06:002017-02-14T18:19:17.439-06:00And besides S6, there's something similar goin...And besides S6, there's something similar going on in the EQG movies (to a greater or lesser extent depending on which movie and which character--I'm looking at you, L of E Rarity D:< ), just with weaker versions of the Mane Six. But there we got Sunset and Sci-Twi.Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-37064896740144639502017-02-14T07:12:34.480-06:002017-02-14T07:12:34.480-06:00DannyJ, reporting from the future!
No, but seriou...DannyJ, reporting from the future!<br /><br />No, but seriously, "bad OC takes place of main characters" has already happened, and people fucking loved it. <.<Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-51195824419573360352017-02-13T19:56:20.270-06:002017-02-13T19:56:20.270-06:00I'm not too thrilled by the look of Tempest Sh...I'm not too thrilled by the look of Tempest Shadow myself. I still hold out a little hope that she'll actually be a good character with a reason to look like that, and not just the bad OC we're fearing; I still remember back when everyone was freaking out about the first images of King Sombra for the exact same reasons.<br /><br />But, at the same time... the new character being essentially a bad OC who steals the limelight away from the actual main cast? If you ask me, I think that's a reasonable thing to fear ever since the season 7 event episodes became the Starlight Glimmer Show.<br />DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-34136844561345513632017-02-13T19:32:09.076-06:002017-02-13T19:32:09.076-06:00That's what I want to know!!!!! This is the on...That's what I want to know!!!!! This is the only and ONLY place that is acting like that these characters are going to shunt the mane six aside and that we will be following them instead of the mane six. <br /><br />Chris, you are smarter than this. You are a great reviewer and one of the best, why do you think that the mane six are being shunted to the side? <br /><br />Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17763120362607389821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-31405882012268039612017-02-13T18:50:14.749-06:002017-02-13T18:50:14.749-06:00A recent post on EQD suggests this won't be th...A recent post on EQD suggests this won't be the case at all.Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-55002174120172590302017-02-13T18:33:18.236-06:002017-02-13T18:33:18.236-06:00On the bright side, just because the actors are re...On the bright side, just because the actors are relatively big-name doesn't mean the characters will actually be important. Where's this idea that the mane six will be "shunted aside" coming from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-31295279432174158712017-02-13T14:10:34.739-06:002017-02-13T14:10:34.739-06:00Damn, I just looked at the voice actors list. The ...Damn, I just looked at the voice actors list. The movie is really gonna follow around a bunch of OCs instead of the mane six? Who's shitty idea was that? How is the fandom not eating itself out of rage from this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-45634577630592159422017-02-13T10:38:17.433-06:002017-02-13T10:38:17.433-06:00With you on the different movie bit. I guess there...With you on the different movie bit. I guess there's already been that kind of anthro in the show, between young dragons and the diamond dogs (though even there I'd argue the implementation better fit the aesthetic), but otherwise, has there been anything close but minotaurs? And they came modified from Greek mythology that had already been used with griffins, Pegasus, (were Cerberus/Tartarus later?), later the chimera, plus the general Greco-Roman look of Cloudsdale. But they still looked more similar in style, generally a bit rounder, big blunted limbs (except for Iron Will's legs, which were a joke), that sort of thing.<br /><br />This guy... maybe he'll look better in context. The main cast does look like their designs or implementations might have been subtly altered in that poster, which could help.Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-78741099971123840092017-02-13T10:27:31.456-06:002017-02-13T10:27:31.456-06:00On this one it's looking like 7-8... it was al...On this one it's looking like 7-8... it was already a joke by late 2012, right?Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-3256757563123868932017-02-13T09:06:52.594-06:002017-02-13T09:06:52.594-06:00Seconded re the BMRL. I doubt anyone much outside ...Seconded re the BMRL. I doubt anyone much outside the fanfic world even knows it exists, but it's a superb resource.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-84308379099054086682017-02-13T09:03:00.673-06:002017-02-13T09:03:00.673-06:00I'm hoping that Tempest has been designed in t...I'm hoping that Tempest has been designed in that "edgy" way deliberately, rather in the way that Tirek was coloured red and black. But I'm prepared to be disappointed. I'll go to see the film in the cinema anyway, since it's not as if we're overrun with MLP movies. But... yeah.<br /><br />Mind you, when you consider that the very first MLP cartoon contained "Shoo-be-doo", should we really be surprised by anything?<br /><br />Captain Celaeno is the character who interests me most, given that her name is that of a harpy. I want some Greek mythology in MLP again, dammit.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-39086648997619494402017-02-13T08:34:44.458-06:002017-02-13T08:34:44.458-06:00Also, she's technically neon pink and an incre...Also, she's technically neon pink and an incredibly dark shade of purple.<br /><br />Not even the DHX animators could bring it upon themselves to go full red and black. :PMajin Syeekohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284811791424154061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-8731014247647028572017-02-13T07:50:21.399-06:002017-02-13T07:50:21.399-06:00C'mon, Chris, where's your sense of wonder...C'mon, Chris, where's your sense of wonder and adventure? :V Just add the red and black OC to the list of "things the show does two years after the fandom", alongside Flutterbat and Flutterhulk!Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-91231082412351724442017-02-13T03:46:31.444-06:002017-02-13T03:46:31.444-06:00Singularity Dream's list is amazing. I keep co...Singularity Dream's list is amazing. I keep coming back to it because it's an impressive and comprehensive database, and it's good someone's taking the time to organize the reviews. Ah me, why can't more people see the delights of detailed statistics?<br /><br />As for the movie: don't particularly care. The only design that vaguely interested me was the one that looked like Grogar, what's-his-face, Stormrunner. The rest look a little too overdesigned to be sharing screentime with the simpler TV-suitable specifications of our main characters. At least one thing that might attract my attention would be if they actually make it about the main characters we enjoy, rather than make it a showcase for overdesigned OCs on parade.<br /><br />Heck, add "certain episodes" to that list of things that can be safely ignored. Fanon Discontinuity is a wonderful, <i>wonderful</i> thing (just ask Quibble Pants). It's like historical revisionism, but without the guilt or intellectual dishonesty and with a lot more distilled satisfaction. >:D<br /><br />'but if they're going to shunt the main six aside in order to follow the adventures of the worst OCs this side of Coldsteel the Hedgehog... but now I'm just hoping that it'll fall into the EqG/comics category of "can be safely ignored, if you'd prefer."'<br /><br />I get the impression there are one too many "buts" here.<br /><br />No one make a joke about that. -_-Impossible Numbershttp://www.fimfiction.net/user/Impossible%20Numbersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-87164597318661108722017-02-13T00:55:00.086-06:002017-02-13T00:55:00.086-06:00I dunno, I kinda like Queen Novo, and Princess Sky...I dunno, I kinda like Queen Novo, and Princess Skystar's kinda cute. Capper's not bad, but he looks like he belongs in a different movie. Tempest Shadow's definitely the worst<br /><br />"Actually the CMC in a clever disguise?"<br /><br />I immediately thought of <a href="http://68.media.tumblr.com/bedc3b6645abd3d7fc687ec1338af1c8/tumblr_mr8yqh138Z1scx7aoo1_1280.png" rel="nofollow">this</a> (last panel) when I read thatHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.com