A Brony Tale review! · 12:30am Nov 7th, 2014
A short review, being a documentary.
Okay, lets start with the DVD cover. if Ashleigh Ball wasn’t the star, I’d be worried this would be a mockery rather than a celebration. Ashleigh looks as if she’s screaming in annoyance.
We open on Ashleigh in a recording booth, doing her lines for both her major characters. Then we get an interview with her. I’d admit, I’d never heard of her before this show (the only other work of hers I’d seen was Coconut Fred, but I didn’t see her episode) so this was new stuff for me.
There is an overarching story of Ashleigh going to BronyCon, but it’s a loose one. It’s mainly an excuse for several interviews. Most of these are from the fandom side of things, as is fitting by the title. Ashleigh introduces the concept a montage, and gets an invite to BronyCon, and hey, DustyKatt!
And then we get a long interview on Brony psychology. Actually, there’s a large psychological basis in this one, as it delves into why so many people love this show. I love this. This is something I wanted to see in the first documentary.
A look into Hey Ocean’s side of things, and that’s something we don’t really see: a non-brony having to deal with a brony on a non-negative level.
Really, that’s all I can comment on the main feature. It’s a string of interviews with a loose connecting thread. Go see it.
Bonus Features
* A slightly longer version of an earlier interview.
* An acoustic performance by Ashleigh Ball. Excellent
* An “abridged” audio commentary. Thank goodness, I don’t think I have the time to sit through an hour and a half of this. Especially since I’m doing Rainbow Rocks this weekend.
* A quick director shoot
All in all, a good way to spend an hour-and-a-half.
Next time: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #24
