Doctor Perseus Reviews: MLP S6E22 "PPOV (Pony Point of View)" · 10:44pm Apr 19th, 2017
So...yeah. This has been a long time coming. It's probably more than obvious that I REALLY feel behind on my reviews. Anyway, I'm finally going to go ahead and get these reviews out of the way. So I'll apologize in advance as there's going to be a barrage of blogs from me today. Most of these reviews will be rather short summations of my thoughts on these episodes. I don't really need to give a spoiler tag since these episodes aired months ago. Anyway, let's go ahead and get today started off with my thoughts on PPOV (Pony Point of View).
In all honesty, I wasn't all that impressed by this episode when it first aired. There was nothing terrible about it but nothing to really praise either. I will say that I did really enjoy Twilight and Spike in this episode. The Twilight/Spike relationship is easily one of my favorites on the show and their moments together are always great.
The premise of the episode is an interesting one in how it shows how different perspectives can warp the truth. The scenarios created by Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie are all fitting of what each of them would remember experiencing. Certainly one of the entertaining aspects of the episode is seeing how each of the other characters act within each flashback.
The resolution was nice and simple. Nothing too complex. Here's a brand new creature who was behind all this and we'll probably never see it again. Or maybe we will. Continuity references are a recurring theme in the recent seasons of MLP so we may get a reference to this creature again at some point.
But, overall, the episode was pretty meh to me overall. I'd say it entertained me about as much as Applejack's Day Off. While certainly more happens in this episode than that one, there wasn't a whole lot that really drew me in. I don't regret watching it but it's not an episode I'd go out of my way to rewatch again.
What did the rest of you think of PPOV (Pony Point of View)?
I agree that this episode was definitely more entertaining than Applejack's "Day" Off. Ironically, both of these episodes were written by the Fox Brothers with the story credited by either one or two other writers (Neal Dusedau in Applejack's "Day" Off and Kevin Burke & Chris Wyatt here).
Honestly, I wasn't a fan of this episode. It was a waste of a good story idea. Particularly, I did not like the ending because I don't feel it was set up properly. I go all into it in my review blog if you haven't had a chance to look at that yet.