My Opinions on the fan-made episode Double Rainboom. · 4:09am Mar 31st, 2013
For a while before hand, I was expecting good writing, voice acting, and pacing. But after the episode was finished, I was left disappointed.
Pros:
+The Story Idea was good. 10/10
+animation was pretty good. 9/10
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Cons:
-The Voice acting was horrible. 3/10
-The references were out of hand. 4/10
-It turned into a sub-par crossover fic about halfway in with the Power Puff Girls. 1/10
-The way they handled Pinkie Pie and basically jumping dimensions wasn't the best. 6/10
-Everyone was out of Character 4/10
The actual story Idea that they used was pretty good, but they went way over the top with the Cartoon Network portal and references. The voice acting was pretty bad, they didn't sound much like themselves, especially Rainbow Dash. Personally, Rainbow Dash sounded a little to much like Ash Ketchum for my comfort. I mean come on, they could've at least tried harder and found better voice actors. Then it seemed to have turned into a full on crossover fic. Oh great, somehow Rainbow Dash opened the portal to the World of the Power Puff Girls! Then of course, Pinkie pie came in and did some portal jumping after Twilight made another potion! I can see why Pinkie Pie would be the one to go after her and her having the power to do that at will, but it was just a little bit cliche. Not to mention how everyone was out of Character.
However, the actually idea that they had for the story was excellent, "Rainbow Dash drinks a potion that gives her physical enhancements and shit goes down after the side effects hit." Also, the animation was very good. The Animation and quality of the animation was very close to show style, but was just a little bit off. My favorite animations and animations was from when Rainbow Dash was in the PPG universe. I loved the art style they used there, and Rainbow Dash in that art style was very nice; I'd actually like to see more fanart of her drawn in this style.
Overall, I think I'd rate this at about 5.5/10. The hype that is accumulated so much hype, but just didn't live up to it. I'm pretty sure that after I sit down and watch it again, i'll probably like it alot more and most of my criticism will go away, Just like it did with Magical Mystery Cure.
Its a 6/10 at most o-o