TheBrianJ Reviews - Rarity Investigates! · 12:58am Sep 25th, 2015
THE WONDERBOLTS ARE ASSHOLES.
THE WONDERBOLTS ARE ASSHOLES.
I’ll just go ahead and say it, this has been my favorite season of MLP yet.
There was a great over-arching story from start to finish (the cutie map being important in the premiere, finale, and several episodes throughout), as well as just an overall theme of cutie marks as a whole.
Happy Holidays, everyone! Or something. I don’t get the timing in Equestria.
We really don’t know much about any family aside from the Apples, and even then they constantly skirt around the whole “Her parents are dead” thing. Meaning that this, the Christmas episode for MLP (in October because again scheduling in Equestria makes no sense), was the best look at a character’s family in the entire series. And I quite enjoyed it! Head on down below for the usual review.
Well that was a hell of a thing.
Well. That was quite an episode, wasn’t it?
Crusaders of the Lost Mark will go down as one of the most important episodes in MLP history, up there with Magical Mystery Cure, Slice of Life, and that episode from 1986 where the two babies get bored and imagine where a red ball could be (And no of course I didn’t just google “List of Original My Little Pony episodes” and pick the one with the most absurd synopsis.)
NO TIME TO TALK! The last few weeks have been intensely busy, as I have officially gotten my first freelance client, and put in my notice at work, I leave in December. Not only that but I’ve been working hard on the outline for Of The Night and the actual body of the comedy story that will be a fun side project. And I’ve been streaming more to try to build a fanbase (my current record for viewers is upwards of four at one time! None of whom were logged in or chatting, but still!) The point is,
In January of 2012, my older brother came to visit me in Seattle. WHile he was here, he told me about a movie he had seen that he wanted to watch: a documentary called Exit Through The Gift Shop about street art, more specifically Banksy. I had no interest in the world of street art, but I decided to give it a try.
The next hour and a half would go on to change my life.
Cripes this has been an emotionally heavy season. We’ve dealt with some pretty intense and surprisingly deep themes, things like grief, isolation from friends, and achieving that which you’ve worked for so hard. Characters have been redeemed, others have been given incredible insight, it’s been an absolutely amazing season, and one that will go down as a truly thought-provoking period of episodes, not just for My Little Pony but for kids shows in general.
I liked doing the double review last time, so let’s do it again! The finale will get it’s own review, and there will be one final season-ending mega-review where I rank the episodes, but for now let’s do two quick reviews! Head below the sighting of the most important pony to get a quick look at the last two episodes of the season before the finale!
I’d recognize that cello anywhere, Tavi.