The new episode was fun, but...

This. This makes me very happy. The Shining is one of my favorite films.

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[Muggonny]

Stanley Kubrick is probably the greatest director of all time. I agree with you on The Shining being awsome.

Have you seen A Clockwork Orange?

[More Dakka]

So many Easter eggs. Discord had the Warhammer 40k mark of chaos on his gala walking cane.

[BronyWriter]

3073932 Yup. And own it.

[BronyWriter]

3073933 Not to mention him hiding like Snake in Sugarcube Corner.

Which Pinkie didn't fall for for a moment.

[Neko Majin C]

I love how Celestia just busted out laughing at Discord's joke about how Twilight cannot fly.

[SCP049]

I liked The Shining Miniseries better, it had charm. I hated the 1980's one though.

[More Dakka]

3073938 And lets not forget that it seems Discord can travel into other dimension at will.... which pretty much justifies the reference in verse.

[Bandana The Reaper]

I knew that colt was a reference to something, I just couldn't remember what. (also love the Solid Snake box trick and Warhammer Chaos mark)

[SubrosianDimitri]

I would wonder why I didn't notice this, but I haven't seen The Shining.

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[Bluecho]

The comics made a Shining reference before. It was the one in Chrysalis' castle, and they were opening all those doors.

[RoboRed]

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You're not the only one, dude.

[PresentPerfect]

Someone pointed the similarity out to me later, but while watching the episode, I could only think of IMMATOONLINK.

[PhysicsInvers342]

Oh god. I didn't realize this.

[Hoopy McGee]

I started laughing so hard during that scene that I had to stop the video for a minute, because I missed everything that came after. I don't know why it struck me as so hilarious that I could barely breathe for a while, but it did

Also, Discord is wearing the tux from Dumb and Dumber. I had a good chuckle at that, too.

[BronyWriter]

3076136 I cheered and clapped. Both times I watched the episode. SO awesome.

[Rhonie8k]

3073966 I loved Celestia in this episode more than ever her being the only one to laugh at any of discords jokes and the one in particular was just fantastic

[Midnight Sonare]

I laughed so hard during this episode that I think I broke something.
Too bad it took me so long to find the time to watch it, (That's why the late reply to this blog)

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I don't deny the possibility of a Warhammer 40k reference, but that's the Symbol of Chaos, is not only used for W40k.

[Xepher]

I knew that had to be a reference to something, but I missed it. I've been trying to think of "Rocket Science" related cutie marks for my own running story, and seeing a pony with what was clearly a rocket (if you're not dirty minded) on it made me think "oh no, canon fodder again!"

I did get (and enjoy) "The Game" box (and the metal gear/snake reference) and several of the others. Discord is great for visual humor!