Interlude: The Reviews Are In
The following is a recording from the late night 'Horse S--T!' radio show. The show is hosted by Loud Mouth and his co-host 'Wise Crack'. Every Thursday at 11:00 pm, the two sit down with a special guest as they discuss local events and funny stories that have happened in the week prior in a crude manner. The stories often involve tangents and long segway's, many of which lead to the hosts forgetting the original topic. The following is a transcript from the episode entitled 'Latex and Leather', recorded September 20th, 2012.
Loud Mouth: Shh! Everypony, be very quite. We just snuck got out of the premier of Stallion of Steel.
Wise Crack: The premier that we kind of weren't invited to.
L.M: So yeah, we snuck into the premier through the staff entrance.
W.C: And unlike those real critics, we don't have an embargo on our review for the movie.
L.M: So, we thought we would be the first to bring Equestria the first spoiler-filled review of Stallion of Steel.
W.C: And what better way to keep it a secret then by bringing in two of the ponies that worked on it.
Vinyl Scratch: Knowing you two idiots, you probably invited the director before me.
L.M: In case you couldn't tell by the extra manly voice, Vinyl Scratch has joined us again.
W.C: Welcome back Vinyl.
V.S: Aren't you forgetting something?
L.M: That's right! Ponies, we normally have one special guest. This time, we have two!
W.C: We established that already.
L.M: Buck you. So anyway, we-
W.C: Well forgive me, for correcting your dumb ass.
L.M: Weren't you the one who didn't know what 'topic dejour' meant?
V.S: Weren't you both acting like idiots last time I was on?
W.C: Yeah, we were the idiots, you were talking about drugging and having your way with Octavia.
L.M: Speaking of which..
Octavia Philharmonica: I haven't even spoken into the microphone and I'm already regretting this.
[Laughter]
L.M: Don't worry. Based on Vinyl's stories, you probably won't remember any of this.
V.S: Oh I plan to make sure she remembers this. Don't I babe?
O.P: Have as much fun as you can Vinyl. You won't be grinning much longer.
L.M: Oh, it's on!
W.C: We should probably explain the reason you're here.
O.P: First bright idea of the night. A couple months ago, Vinyl said some less than flattering things about me.
L.M: And you're here to clear them up?
O.P: No. I'm here to get even.
W.C: Nice!
V.S: You know we were just bucking around, right?
O.P: Of course. I'd like to join in.
L.M: All of you at home can't tell, but Octy has her super-villain grin turned on.
W.C: Her Mistress Mayhem grin.
L.M: That reminds me, ponies, here's how we'll do things tonight. We're gonna start off with a quick spoiler-free review, catch up with our guests and then we'll do the big spoiler-filled review.
W.C: So you can't yell at us for spoiling the thing on pTunes.
L.M: Or you know, tell the producers.
V.S: Relax guys, I won't squeal. Octy on the other hoof-"
O.P: Your secrets are safe with me, gentlecolts. Although, I do have to wonder, are you sure that Vinyl and I can deliver fair reviews?
V.S: Yeah. We both helped make the thing.
O.P: Ha!
V.S: Something funny?
O.P: Yes. Your definition of help.
W.C: Guys-
L.M: Wait. This is hilarious.
O.P: If 'helped' equates to your contribution, I may as well have directed, stared and ran the projector.
W.C/L.M: DAMN!
V.S: You're just jealous that they wouldn't let you on camera. They only had room the best lookin' ponies in Equestria so they picked me to join the high life.
O.P: And what better representation of the high life then playing a pimp with one line.
L.M: Ah $&*@! Ah $&*@!
V.S: Swag this perfect cannot be denied! And what better way to show swag than pimp?
O.P: An actually respected member of society?
W.C: SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!
[Laughter]
V.S: You two are enjoying this way too much.
L.M: You can't enjoy a cat fight like this enough.
W.C: I'll get the kiddie pool, you go get the baby oil.
[Laughter]
O.P: Truly, radio has become the pinochle of culture.
V.S: Guys, seriously?
L.M: What's wrong?
V.S: You forgot the bikini's.
W.C: Of course! How could we forget?
O.P: Ignoring the stupidity of this conversation for a brief moment... why? We're naked the rest of the time.
L.M: Don't ruin this for us.
W.C: Besides, you were that bow everywhere and Vinyl always has her glasses on.
L.M: Take it off!
O.P: What have I walked into?
V.S: The deepest levels of hell!
O.P: That sounds about right.
L.M: What's the chance of you two making out angrily on the floor.
O.P: Absoltuetly-
V.S: Guaranteed to happen!
W.C: You heard it here folks! We've got some filly-fooler action right up in the studio!
O.P: Celestia, kill me.
V.S: If you're so uncomfortable, why are you blushing?
O.P: I am not blushing!
L.M: Bitch, you look like a mahogany table.
W.C: Bend over and we can use you to record on the go.
V.S: I didn't hear anything after 'bend over'.
[Laughter]
L.M: Octy's giggling, folks!
O.P: I'm enjoying being the smartest pony in the room.
V.S: She does that everywhere, but now it's actually true.
W.C: Bitch, you gonna take that?
O.P: Please don't call me that.
W.C: Sorry.
L.M: Well, these two ladies need to get oiled up-
O.P: I'll do no such thing.
L.M: So we'll give our quick, spoiler free reviews of Stallion of Steel. The reboot of the Super-Stallion film franchise. And I've got to tell you... I didn't love it. But I liked it a lot.
W.C: I'm right there with you man. The good out ways the bad in it. The acting was good. The action was great.
L.M: They got Super-Stallion himself right.
W.C: A great villain.
L.M: Oh, I can't wait to talk to you about her.
W.C: So yeah, if you're listening, please, go see Stallion of Steel. It's not perfect, but a hell of a lot of fun.
L.M: Girls, I know you're kind of biased in this, as Octy mentioned, but tell us as best you can, what you think about this.
V.S: Forgetting I was in the movie for about 10 seconds, I really enjoyed it. I knew nothing about Super-Stallion going into this so this kind of popped my cherry. It was cool and the action was great.
W.C: Sounds like the kind of movie you wouldn't enjoy, Octy.
O.P: On the contrary. I found it quite thrilling.
W.C: Thrilling?
O.P: Well, I don't find myself in these types of films often, so, like Vinyl, this was quite a learning experience for me.
L.M: That's good. I didn't know if you would even consider liking this kind of movie.
O.P: To be fair, I was already a fan of Final Cut. I absolutely loved the Sisterhooves Social Network and was quite flattered when he offered me the job to score the film. I didn't know if I could do it, but I fell in love with the process and I found myself loving Stallion of Steel.
L.M: You loved it?
O.P: I suppose I did. I know it doesn't mean much coming from somepony who worked on it, but yes, I loved it.
W.C: I don't know if the rest of us can go that far, but it's definitely enjoyable.
L.M: Let's save the rest of the movie discussion for a later. We have some catching up to do.
W.C: Last we talked to you Vinyl, you were heading to Manehatten Musical Culture Garden Party. Weren't you two going to preform a set?
O.P: Well, that's one word to call it.
L.M: What?
O.P: Let's just say it didn't turn out the way we had planned.
V.S: It was the greatest show of all times!
L.M: You've got to tell us now!
O.P: Something tells me I don't have a choice.
V.S: OK, so we head out to stage and, of course, the crowd goes nuts as soon as they saw me.
O.P: You were my warm up.
W.C: I'm loving this already.
V.S: The way the sets work is that one of us steps out, and does a sample of their music. I come out and I'm laying the bass down! The crowds minds exploded!
O.P: That was because they were shooting themselves.
V.S: Love you honey!
O.P: Love you, too.
L.M: Can you make out now?
O.P: Let's wait till Vinyl finishes butchering this story.
V.S: Butchering? I'm creating an energetic retelling of our concert.
O.P: No wonder this show is called 'Horse S--T'.
V.S: So, after I'm done, it's Octavia's turn on the stage. She brings out the over-sized ukulele-
O.P: It's a cello, you twit.
V.S: And sure enough, the crowd falls asleep.
O.P: They did no such thing! They were embracing classical music.They lent back in their chairs and let the music woft over them.
V.S: As they slipped into death.
O.P: Just because I don't sound like Skrillex on PCP, the doesn't mean I bore ponies.
V.S: Do you even know who Skrillex is?
O.P: No, but the name already inspires distaste.
L.M: Are you sure two aren't married?
V.S: Wait till the story ends.
C.W: Does this end in a bedroom or a dungeon?
O.P: Neither thankfully.
V.S: Baby! You're starting to hurt me.
O.P: OK, I'm going to finish this story and I want you stop me when I lie or exagurate.
V.S: Sure.
O.P: So after-
V.S: Stop.
[Laughter]
O.P: As I was saying, it time for the two of us to play music together... apparently Vinyl took that phrase the wrong way.
V.S: You mean the right way.
O.P: I honestly don't see how I'm surprise at you anymore.
L.M: What happened?
O.P: We had to move our stations closer and- Vinyl, stop laughing.
[Laughter]
V.S: You're so cute, you know that.
W.C: We could just let these two take over the show, couldn't we?
O.P: So started playing and over the course of our number, I notice Vinyl etching closer and closer to my station.
V.S: I was making myself comfortable.
O.P: Oh, I believe that much. I brush it off as I didn't know if you had to move around a computer station-
V.S: Mixing board, fuddy duddy.
O.P: So I just brushed it off. The lights made it difficult for me to see most of the ponies in the audience, but I could see some of them in the front few rows laughing. Some of them were pointing at me. I was so focused on the music at the time that I didn't notice anything else, until the music finally slowed down. I started to feel something.
V.S: Yeah, she did.
O.P: I felt some sort of- I'm not quite sure what the words are.
V.S: A sensation?
O.P: That's the last thing I'll call it. Whatever it was, I looked down... and as it turns out, Vinyl had been rubbing her flank up against mine.
[Laughter]
V.S: Admit it, there was a spark!
O.P: That was static electricity!
L.M: Holy Celestia- HAHAHAHA!
O.P: I couldn't move from my position on the stage, so I couldn't move. I just stood there... and so did she... grinding me for ten straight minutes.
W.C: Why were we not there?!
V.S: You loved it!
O.P: It was humiliating! Ponies kept asking me to sign pictures of it.
L.M: That doesn't sound too-
O.P: They were all nerdy teenagers.
L.M: What if I ask for a picture of it?
V.S: Make it two.
O.P: I hate you all
[Laughter]
V.S: Look, I know we're screwing around a lot, but I think we should clear a few things up.
O.P: Second bright idea of the night. Did you two gentlecolts get a lot of fan mail regarding Vinyl's last appearance?
W.C: Sure did.
O.P: And what were they about exactly?
W.C: Well, a lot of them were ponies coming to your defense actually. They said that what Vinyl was doing was slander.
V.S: I got a couple of those, too. I don't know how ponies got e-mail.
O.P: One of the reasons I came onto the show tonight was to let everypony know that Vinyl and I have been friends since high school. Vinyl meant no disrespect.
V.S: The thing at the concert was just a joke. I wouldn't have done it if I knew it was going to weird her out.
L.M: So you just came onto the show to have a laugh about what happened?
O.P: Yeah. We've been close friends for a good chunk of our lives. We get on each others nerves every not and then, but so do the best of friends.
V.S: If the element wielders can have a Dragon Ball Z fight and still come out OK, we can buck around a little bit and be perfectly fine.
L.M: I had a feeling you'd be fine, but I'm glad to here it, you know?
V.S: It's like I said last time I was on; Once you make pony scream, they can only hate you so much.
O.P: The scream in question came from when I found out she'd be playing with at the concert.
V.S: Love you, Octy.
O.P: Love you too, Vinyl.
L.M: Aww, there's hugging now.
W.C: More tongue!
O.P: Honestly Vinyl, how did you find these idiots?
V.S: I have tendency to attract idiots. It's curse really.
L.M: I can't help but feel that includes you, Octy.
O.P: Of course I'm an idiot. I agreed to be on this show, didn't I?
[Laughter]
W.C: This has been a lot of fun.
L.M: We're not done yet. We've still got a movie to talk about.
W.C: Boy, do we.
L.M: If you girls don't want to stick around-
V.S: We've stayed this long, right?
O.P: I suppose there's no point in leaving yet.
L.M: Sweet. Now, everypony, we're about to go into full spoiler territory here, so if you don't want to be spoiled, tune out now. You gone? OK. Wise?
W.C: Yeah?
L.M: What did you think of Stallion of Steel. In detail this time.
W.C: Like I said before, I liked it, didn't love it. But I will say this; Soarin' really pulled it off.
L.M: I know right!
W.C: For some pony who couldn't act, I was shocked by how convincing he was.
V.S: I never thought I would dig the nerdy, goody too shoes type, but I liked him a lot.
O.P: I thought he was very charming.
V.S: You should have seen her. Every time Mild Mannered was on screen, she blushed and started giggling like school filly.
L.M: Why does that not shock me?
W.C: Did you take the opportunity and go for the reach around, Vinyl?
O.P: She did... for my popcorn.
[Laughter]
V.S: She had it buttered.
W.C: I bet she did.
[Laughter]
O.P: Well forgive me for preferring the sweeter gentlecolts.
L.M: The same 'sweeter gentlecolt' that spent the whole third act of the movie hitting another mare?
V.S: Maybe that's what she into. Right babe?
O.P: I'm surprised you didn't go for the leather fetish joke.
W.C: Oh we'll get to that.
L.M: Twilight and Rainbow were pretty good too.
W.C: I thought Rainbow was OK. Twilight was actually decent.
V.S: I was just shocked he ended up with Meekly at the end.
L.M: Well, in the comics, he did. I think Final Cut was just trolling the fan boys.
W.C: Wouldn't be funny if the troll face popped up at the end?
L.M: Problem, nerds?
V.S: Speaking of which, wasn't there supposed to be a sex scene in the movie?
L.M: I guess they must have cut it.
W.C: Good thing. Octy would have exploded.
O.P: Only if it was with Meekly.
L.M: You used to be Meekly in high school didn't you?
V.S: You have no idea. She even had the same glasses.
W.C: The Buddy Holly, catch-me-buck-me glasses?
O.P: They were quite fashionable at the time.
L.M: That makes me wonder. Octy, what was Vinyl like in high school.
O.P: The same essentially.
V.S: I wasn't as hot back then.
O.P: She had so many pimples, the called her moon face.
[Chuckling]
V.S: Not true!
O.P: They thought Nightmare Moon was going to come bursting out of your pours with the rest of the goop.
[Laughter]
L.M: So you were the cool one back in high school?
V.S: By proxy only!
W.C: Did she play any instruments back then? The mixing board couldn't have been available to her back then.
O.P: Hmmm... does the skin flute count?
[Laughter]
V.S: You bitch!
L.M: Did the school supply that or did your parents have to pay for it?
W.C: Did you have a saddle bag compartment for it?
V.S: Buck you.
L.M: I keep having this image of you skipping down the hallways like the pied-piper.
W.C: With that gay-ass hat.
[Laughter]
L.M: Epic burn, girl!
O.P: I had actually been saving that one for a public forum.
V.S: You back stabbing-
O.P: Love you, Vinyl.
V.S: Bit me.
L.M: Let's wait till after we cut the mics off for that. What did you guys think of the effects?
W.C: Can you call them effects when a good chunk of them were actual super powers?
L.M: The point is, they looked pretty.
V.S: I would love to drop some acid and watch it again.
O.P: You say that about everything.
V.S: And I always mean it.
L.M: Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a trip it is.
[Laughter]
V.S: Imagine watching that red and blue blur go across the screen while you're high as a kite.
L.M: Is it too late to go back and see it?
W.C: Knowing our luck, it would be great, right up until Mistress Mayhem shows up and then it would turn south. We'd think he had descended into Tartarus or something.
L.M: Speaking of which...
W.C: Oh! Dear! Celestia!
L.M: Rarity as Mistress Mayhem stole the show. And I can't decide if it's in a good way or a bad way. I'm not even sure how to describe it.
O.P: One description came to mind as I was watching her.
L.M: And that was...?
O.P: To speak rather candidly; the bitch was crazy.
[Laughter]
W.C: It was like watching a Shakespearean actor read lines from 50 Shades of Grey while dragging kids to her dungeon.
[Laughter]
L.M: I don't think I can top that.
V.S: Same here.
O.P:Mmhmm.
L.M: For those of you who don't know, Rarity plays the villain of the movie, 'Mistress Mayhem'. She spends the whole movie in a dominatrix outfit, talking about saving Equestria through violence.
W.C: I loved that! "I'm going to make Equestria peacefully, by killing everypony horribly."
L.M: She was every single Final Fantasy villain wrapped up into one.
V.S: Nerd.
O.P: She was quite entertaining.
L.M: I kept expecting her to look into the mirror and go 'Would you buck me? I'd buck me'.
W.C: I would.
L.M: Even if those dragons were involved?
W.C: Especially. Speaking of which, how cool did that look?
V.S: It looked like a Rhapsody album cover.
W.C: Which is awesome!
L.M: The scene was awesome... until you realize it makes no damn sense.
W.C: How so?
O.P: I believe I know what Loud is referring to. Mistress Mayhem using a signal to attract dragons to Equestria. Somehow, the dragons were able to fly all the way to Canterlot in a matter of seconds.
L.M: Exactly!
O.P: It was physically impossible.
V.S: Yeah... you know what else is impossible?
O.P: What?
V.S: A stallion that can fly at the speed of sound and punch missile with his bare hooves.
O.P: You don't have to be so mean about it.
V.S: We're not even close to being even for the skin flute crack.
W.C: I think what Vinyl is trying to say is that you've got to suspend your disbelief for a lot of things.
L.M: Especially the high school stuff.
W.C: Yeah... that stuff was pretty weak.
L.M: A lot of the dialogue was lame too.
O.P: I just took that as things Super-Stallion would say. Wise, you're the... connoisseur of all things Super-Stallion. Isn't that true?
W.C: Well, yeah. It's just, they laid it on so thick. They could have been a bit subtler with it. Maybe give a bit more of a dark edge.
O.P: I don't think that would worked. He was fine the way he was.
V.S: Define 'fine'.
O.P: Every definition.
[Laughter]
L.M: That's what I'm talking about!
O.P: I may have had a few glasses of Cabernet Sauvignon before I came on.
W.C: I can't pronounce that, so you know it's good stuff.
O.P: I have a few cases in my carriage.
V.S: Drink on Octy tonight!
[Cheering]
W.C: We should probably wrap this up.
L.M: Yeah. OK, to summerize, I loved the action. The characters were good. Soarin' was great. Rarity was bucking hilarious and I'd go see it again. It's really good. Not great.
W.C: Same here.
V.S: Well, we really can't add much to that considering we worked on it.
L.M: Thanks for reminding me! We need to talk about your cameo.
W.C: Super pimp!
L.M: You were on screen for 10 seconds and you had the best line of the movie.
V.S: Like I said; Swag.
L.M: As for you Octy. The score was great, but that ending piece... holy Celestia! That was brilliant!
O.P: They said they wanted something heroic, so that's what I did.
L.M: It was beautiful. We're not just kissing your flank, you did an amazing job.
W.C: Although, It a little disappointing that they didn't use the old theme. It had horrible, silver-age style lyrics.
L.M: It wouldn't have fit.
W.C: You can tell a lot of fan boys are gonna be pissed.
L.M: Like you?
W.C: Well hell yeah!
L.M: Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm feeling thirsty. Octy, do you wanna stick around for a while and share some of that fancy wine with the rest of us?
O.P: Sure, why not?
Next: Chapter 20: Obscurity - Finale!
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Okay I can't hold it back any longer. That was hilarious. I can't say whether or not the first gig with Wise Crack and Loud Mouth was better than this one, they're great!
It puts the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again. HA!
Ah, I love references.
Oh yeah and first.
Second is the BEST!
Anyway I loooooove Vinyl and Octavia in this it's just so funny!
For some reason I immediately had a mental image of Alan Rickman...and threw up in my mouth a little.