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This is probably more true than I realized, and there have been some really good shows that have raised the bar. Still, I think that how MLP has progressed has made things feel a little stale because it’s fallen into a rut of like…

Well, I mean Twilight’s now a princess herself and they’re trying to have their cake and eat it too by having her try to be a princess and also still trying to have her be old dorky Twilight that we used to know. It’s not something that meshes that well together and when she tries to dork out now it sticks out as much as that huge crystal tree castle in the middle of Ponyville. Having her teach Starlight just doesn’t seem to be going all that well.

I don’t know, I’m not qualified to actually analyze things beyond me going “I don’t like thing.” I don’t dislike how MLP is going, it’s just not the same. The fact that there are more creative and entertaining cartoons out there just sort of adds to it.

Just got done watching it and I… don’t know.

The more I watch pony, the more I feel like the show is out of the hands of the staff. So much of it just seems designed by committee, now. Like, yeah I get it, that’s the show, it’s a commercial meant to sell plastic stuff to little girls, but after watching stuff like Gravity Falls and Amazing World of Gumball, going back to watch Season 6 and Legend of Everfree just kind of feels like a certain spark is missing.

The trappings are all there, but it’s just seems a bit hollow I guess.

But okay, thoughts on the movie itself, presented in a meandering train of thought:

The camp field trip thing is a staple for teen stuff, so I can totally see that. It’s fine. It’s sort of disjointed, though, like the whole thing is a bunch of gags, situations and general banter cut together to make a movie, and somewhere around the 75% mark they just go “oh right, we have to wrap this up” and then conflict happens which then gets resolved by Twilight believing in herself and everyone getting new gaudy toy designs in stores now.

What was the point of Filthy Rich? He just shows up to be a dick and after dropping the motivation for the conflict on everyone, he just leaves the movie entirely. Why didn’t Gloriosa tell anyone? I’d understand her not wanting to ruin the fun for all the kids, but Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna were right there. They’re the adults and they handle field trips and used to go to the camp themselves. Once the conflict is over, Gloriosa even mentions what’s going on and then they IMMEDIATELY figure out a solution that works. Filthy Rich isn’t even around to fight it.

Seriously the costume designs were bad and impractical.

The powers were neat and I liked the little bits with them a lot. The only thing that got on my nerves was how Sunset reacted to Twilight levitating things. Isn’t this the same Sunset that came from Equestria? Isn’t she actually a Unicorn? Shouldn’t she have at least mentioned that? You’d think she would at least go “wow, I haven’t seen levitation like that in forever.” I guess they can’t do that because then she’d be homesick and she’s not allowed to miss Equestria seeing as they cut that whole thing out from the last movie. Are we just supposed to forget that she’s a horse?

Like it’s not even a matter of homesickness, really, it just feels like nobody has any personality. Or rather any REAL personality. They all have emotions, but it feels like they’re robotic versions of emotions. Like everyone involved just phoned it in. Even the whole “romance” subplot is phoned in. Twilight meets Timber and instantly gets a crush because he’s… a guy I guess? He knew about rocks. He’s the new perfect guy, kind of like how Flash was, and now Flash is sort of reduced to a punching bag. I almost feel sorry for the guy. Okay I don’t feel all that sorry for Flash, he’s not anything at all. He’s just YESTERDAY’s perfect guy.

The villain was whatever. She just made vines and shit grow and she could float, but like I said before, they just kind of added her in so they could have conflict and gaudy costumes for the last quarter of the movie like with the others.

In the end, it just feels like nothing happened. The stinger of the crack in the mirror portal with shit flying out of it was okay I guess, but by this point, everything feels lifeless. There WERE some adorable moments. Sunset was super cute and on point and everything, but that was basically it.

I think I’ll just stick with drawing Sunset and some other random pony tidbits here and there, because I’m not sure if the show has changed or if I’m changing, but something’s not there anymore.

I never planned on it but I guess if people like her.

Thanks a bunch, man.