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FullMetalFurbee


Bitter southerner with a laptop. I write Mountain Dew fueled train wrecks.

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When Princess Celestia begins research into the fascinating world of creatures known as humans, she discovers one of their favorite art forms - movies! After decreeing films worthy of attention, the Princess invites Twilight Sparkle and her friends over for Equestria's first official movie night. Unfortunately, their pool of available films doesn't quite meet expectations. They settle on a little gem known as A Scanner Darkly. What could happen?


(Contains movie spoilers.)

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Got a decent chuckle from me. bravo.

if your up to it you must find a way to do more of these then again i am biased I have an odd fascination with ponies watch or play X X being something from the human world.

Especially V for Vendetta Aside from that one part it's fairly tame even if it's on the violent side.

“Those all sound dumb!” whined Rainbow. “What are they even about? Maybe Celestia didn't realize how lame these actually are.”

Clearly, some lessons need to be relearned.

“How can it not be real? We're watching it right now!”

“She's right! That doesn't make sense!”

“It's like... Oh! It's like the Daring Do books! Even though the story is super awesome, it didn't really happen in real life. The story is just made up. Get it?”

It should already be quite clear to them that a movie basically amounts to a recorded stage play. I thought they were smarter than this.

I can see you tried the same premise as "The Mane Six Discover Human Music". Decent shot, but far less engaging and optimistic than Blissey1's fic.

Also, you may want to omit the word "all" when referring to Twilight's friends in the synopsis and story; it carries ugly implications, and the result of this mentality is that I feel the same way toward like fics as your mane six currently feel toward movies. Is there any justifiable reason Spike wasn't invited to enjoy Movie Night with his friends? Not only is there no reason for his absence, but he's earned it more than the ponies, having worked his tail off every day and been more loyal and dedicated to Twilight than any of her newer friends could ever be. Why just the ponies? More to the point, how come nobody asks Celestia why she didn't invite him? Both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash brought it up in "Just for Sidekicks."

If you write more, it'd be better if Spike's friends make sure he accompanies them, and that they have a slightly better pool of movies to choose from. Hot Fuzz, Kick-Ass, Scream, Noises Off!, A Weekend at Bernie's, and DragonHeart would all be interesting choices, imo.

3540703 Interesting. You brought up some good points. I've never read Blissey1's fic so I don't know how well this compares. As for the movies, I picked my favorites. This fic wasn't meant to be taken too seriously, so hopefully in the future you'll find something that better suits your fancy.

They should watch 'Saving Private Ryan' :pinkiecrazy:

“Hey, anypony wanna go snort some Poison Joke?”

god no. ruined the entire story.

Wait, there was a movie made out of "A Scanner Darkly"? Also, what's with all the cracks about Tool? I would think a more fitting band for the ponies to hate would be something like Cannibal Corpse or Lamb of God, or at the very least some type of emo band like MCR to bum them out.

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