The Friendship Games · 11:30pm Aug 29th, 2015
I've been trying not to talk about The Friendship Games, mostly to avoid bursting from excitement, but I just watched that 10 minute sneak peek, and I gotta say a few things.
I'm getting a very heavy Goblet of Fire vibe here. Inter-school contest, intense rivalry, limits on magical intervention, and our main character seemingly barred from the contest. You have to admit, the similarities are there. Something else that got my attention is that girl with the baton during RD's song. She seemed pretty important, considering how close the two were on-screen. I'm just gonna call it now: she's a traitor of some sort.
Holy mother of Moses, Rainbow Dash was singing! And it was amazing! Rainbow sings so little that it feels like a treat when we finally get to hear it. That song was so good, I'm worried about what that means for the rest of the movie. I hope they didn't blow the best song in the entire thing on a teaser.
Little things: Pinkie was hilarious (of course she was). I love Aj's subtle reference to the whole "None taken" joke in RR. I absolutely, positively adore Human Twilight's hair! I liked the tension of the games, and how Sunny doesn't really care as much as the others. Oh, and the fact that they are actually rolling with the whole "Dear Princess Twilight" thing makes me really happy. There's a lot of room for growth following that plotline. I even hazard to say that an entire spin-off series could come from Sunset Shimmer's HuMane 6 escapades.
What do you guys think of The Friendship Games so far?
loved the teaser! it was great to see luna ask for sunsets help, that was out standing! i sure hope you are right about a spin off with sunset and the rest,it would be fabulous!
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It was pretty interesting how they're portraying Sunset's role at the school. It's kind of weird that she's still there at all, since she should've graduated about two years ago. Still, she's doing some good, it would seem, so I suppose Luna and Celestia have a good enough reason to keep her around. Where else are they going to get an expert opinion on Equestrian magic?
yes i aM BRAND NEW TO YOUR BLOGS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WELCOME! in all honesty ithink sunset makes a great ambassador for both worlds with her knowledge. of both worlds and magic.
3356688 It makes sense, of course. I was afraid that they'd start downplaying Sunset, to the point where she fades into Trixie-levels of irrelevancy.
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I saw the teaser in another blog, and had to come back to this one now that I'm better informed. I totally loved it.
Again, the subtle nod to the "no offense" thing was good, and I am totally glad to hear the school and authority figures (or at least Luna right now) acknowledging the magic stuff. A lot of fanfics try to do coverups or ignorance via some form of mass hallucination/amnesia.
And the song was great too. I was ready to give up on Dash at the first part of that speech, but then BAM! Awesome song!
I do hope that they do finally get an answer regarding the magic stuff though. I don't want to like, explain it all and take the magic out of magic, but I don't want a hand-wavy "magic is just magic, and exists everywhere" spiel if Sunset/Twilight fail to understand the pony-ears thing.
Also, funny thought. SciTwi had a meter that apparently detects magic and leads her to the statue. Is it a...thaumometer?
3358240 I doubt that we'll be getting anything to the effect of a logical explanation, because there isn't really one. I suppose they could be trying to say that the magic from Twilight's crown was so powerful that it left enough residual magic behind to latch onto the HuMane Six, and that magic is able to grow and evolve somehow. Problem with that is that it's kind of a flaccid explanation, at least in my eyes.
3358537 I can get magic being like interdimensional gunk, and between Shimmer stealing and using the Element of Magic, as well as Twilight visiting with Spike, I can see there being magical residue left over. And now they can "Pony up" by pure emotional response that triggers said residue. Or even just say "the statue poked a hole between worlds that allowed magic to crossover, and the theft and eventually usage of the Elements of Harmony activated the latent magic that spilled over"
Hell this could go back as far as the Dazzlings first arrival, but then that would acknowledge some form of origin story. Which they seem to suck at doing.
I feel there is a way to explain Magic being present in that world, without trying to scientifically analyze what Magic IS in and of itself.
All I can say is I`m very happy they are not where just skirts. Also co you link the trailer? Or will Hasbro find and kill you?
3359222 I'm hella late, and you've probably found it already, but here you go anyway
3360451 Thanks. Also, the batton girl is definitely a spy.