A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up, and we get treated to another CMC episode. Ever since the Crusader received their cutie marks in Season 5, the girls have been on a role helping others. The CMC even helped a griffon named Gabby try to get her cutie mark despite that her kind can't. I'll be honest about these fillies, I was never a fan of them and these kids have never stuck out with me once. However, I'm not saying they are not good characters as they have provided unique and fun moments. I can understand why they have such a following among Bronies and it's their charm of kids growing up. Fans have watched these girls grow from patiently waiting for their cutie marks to now going through the struggles of using their talents. I may never be a fan of these girls but the appeal of watching them grow is very understandable.
The episode is a first for the Crusaders as up until now they have always helped ponies (aside Gabby) find their talents. Now, the Cutie Map has summoned the Crusaders to a friendship problem much to their delight. Not only is this the first time the map has called them but it's leading outside the boarders of Equestria. The map called them to Mount Aris in Seaquestria and a Hippogriff/Seapony named Terramar needs help solving an issue. It turns out that he has become divided between staying with his mother in the ocean and wanting to live on Mount Aris along his father. The Crusaders must help convince Terramar over a family problem on where he should live. These episodes involving other characters with the map has helped put them in different situations. It also takes them out of their comfort zone when solving problems and grows them as characters. Surf and/or Turf Review
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A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up, and we take a look at a Rainbow episode with the Apple Family Elderly. The Cyan mare known for her enjoyment for going fast hears about a ride at Las Pegasus. Inside the Wonder Bolt Academy's locker room, Rainbow was getting ready when she over hears Soarin and two other bolt members talk about a roller coaster. Unfortunately, the ride will soon be closing down and would only make Rainbow anticipate wanting to visit the cloud city. The problem is she had duties at Twilight's school with teaching gym classes. She goes to Applejack to ask for a favor to teach her classes while she visits the city. However, Applejack would only do it unless her friend of loyalty takes Granny Smith and the Gold Horseshoe Gals with her. Every year the GHS of Granny, Goldie Delicious, Applesauce, and Apple Rose attend the city for a short holiday. Much to Rainbow's reluctance, she agrees to take them to Las Pegasus and chaperon the Oldies. When I first heard the title, I knew it was going to involve Granny Smith in some crazy form. However, I never thought the writers would take it this far with the apple Elderly. Usually when I think of "Gone Wild" and it involves old people is never a good sign. I better stop and it's because I don't want to imagine Granny doing anything too exciting. Another surprise is the pairing of Rainbow and Granny in one episode. The one where Pinkie accompanied the Apple Family was a new pairing that created a few interesting moments. With this filler, you don't know what to expect when you have Rainbow and Granny together. One can wonder what hi-jinks the Grannies could get into with Rainbow by their side especially at Las Pegasus. My Little Pony: Grannies Gone Wild Review A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up as I will review a Fluttershy centered episode. To be honest, she is my least favorite Mane Six or HuMane Seven as her shy attitude never felt interesting. Even M.A. Larson made that point about Fluttershy never really evolving that much in "Fame and Misfortune" from Season 7. Most of the time she would just hang around in the background as the others got the attention. Of course, she did have some funny moments with a few interesting ones sprinkled in between. When she was able to act like a "vampire" that scared the Mane Six enough then I would consider that a defining moment. Fluttershy feels like a main character that is apart of an important group for the sake of it in most cases. It's like Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter series and he's probably the only one out of Herminie and Harry that contributes less to them.
Honestly, I don't know what else they could do for Fluttershy as we already went passed most of her flaws. She certainly has come far since the first season when Flutters was a simple shy character. That's basically some of the reasons I never found her all that interesting when Gen 4 started. It wasn't until the later seasons when the writers started exploring other areas they could take her. As for the theme of the episode, its about Rarity trying desperately to find someone to watch the store. It's because she has to attend a fashion show in Canterlot but no matter who she asked no one wanted to help. Rarity eventually comes to Fluttershy who agrees to help watch Saddle Row while she is away. However, Fluttershy feels a bit nervous and wonders if she could take care of the store by herself. Listening to Rarity's advice before leaving, Flutters takes her acting skills and tries to sell cloths for her friend's customers. My Little Pony: Fake It Til You Make It Review A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up as we look at the third episode of Season 8 titled the Maud Couple. Pinkie has always been the hyperactive party planner that oddly enough came from a conservative type family. Yeah, I could see why Pinkie would obviously be the odd ball of the family. Of course, I noticed some things lately about the Pie Sisters and they are different in more ways than one. Starting with Marble (who I believe is the youngest) is the shy Pie or should I say she's Marbleshy. I'll stop now... Then there's the aggressor of Limestone and I'll assume she is the text-book middle child. Although, under normal circumstances I would say Pinkie falls into that category but usually the angry child fits that better.
Let's now bring up Maud, she's definitely another strange case to Pinkie as it's hard to believe her and the Pink Wonder are related. One is super excited and the other is as reserved and quiet as her mother. Yet, she has the strength to pound even a boulder to pebbles in mere minutes and that's something Pinkie can't obviously perform. Like I keep telling people always watch out for the quiet ones and in this case Maud. Another thing about the rock loving mare is how the writers retconned her in Season 4 and in Rainbow Rocks. In Season 1 during Pinkie's flash back with how she got her cutie mark, it only shows Marble and Limestone. Of course, joking aside, this episode has something we didn't see coming and that's Maud actually dating some pony. It's funny how Pinkie never got it on with Cheese Sandwich as his last appearance was from the 2017 Movie. Yet, Maud manages to get a date before her happy and outgoing younger sister that plans parties. The Maud Couple Review A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up and it's that time again for a new season. The seasonal opening titled School Daze sees the return of the two-part episodes as Twilight opens a school of friendship. When she and her friends got back from Canterlot after the events of the Storm King, the cutie map has expanded. Twilight then thinks of a plan to open a school so she could teach other creatures from around the world the lessons of friendship. However, teaching and running a school could be harder than first perceived by her when she has to convince the EEA of providing lessons to non-ponies. The premiere also introduces six new characters called by the fandom as The Young Six. A guest voice actor named Maurice LaMarche best known for playing Brain from Pinky and the Brain plays a role as well. He voices the male unicorn called Neighsay, the Chancellor of the EEA. Walking into this I had my skepticism about these new characters considering the show always puts our favorite magic girl group first. Sure there were other characters like the CMC, Discord, Trixie, and Starlight who was giving solo episodes. However, to introduce six new characters like this does show the writers are confident to take the show in another direction. Even though it's failed with Starlight (who was a response to Sunset) but I'm confident the writers can pull it off this time. I mean they did it with Sunset to near to perfection so I will look forward to these six kids. What I would like to expect from the Young Six is for the writers to explore their flaws. I also would like to see what traits they could excel at as we seen from the Mane Six. I will be looking forward to each of them to see where the writer take these kids throughout the season. School Daze Part 1 and 2 Review A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up and this time let's go back to where it all began for us with the first season premiere. As I was watching the season 8 premiere I noticed a similarity to how the Mane Six were first introduced. Once the premiere was over, I went over to Netflix to go re-watch the first two episodes of season 1 since I was getting nostalgic. It's hard to believe that it has been eight years since Gen 4 started with FIM and when I stumbled upon MLP. The first thing I realized is how simple the theme and lore was in the first season. I mean, this was before the whole fiasco of Twilight getting her wings to humanized versions of ponies from EQG. There's something about the first three seasons as they always had that simple charm to them. Of course, its great for a series to get more complex then staying the same as Twilight and the others weren't had grown to cast they are today. The first season will go down as where it all began, a simple beginning to a series that definitely needed a new revival.
As for me, I guess I can tell when I got into MLP and I remember as far back as 2010 when I was on GameTrailers (its gone now). I was surfing through the Wii forum when I was looking through the some of the posts. That's when I noticed several posters had Gen 4 pony avatars and banners. At the time, I was a little surprised that these gamers were all of sudden into MLP and in fact I had no idea Hasbro restarted a new gen that year. I think the first season was at least several episodes in when I decided to check it out. Needless to say I was actually stunned by the results and couldn't believe this reboot of MLP was great. Ever since then I have been a fan of MLP as awaited the next season of FIM and new episodes of EQG. Gen 4 might still have a few years left as Hasbro is developing concepts for Gen 5. However, the fact that it has been eight years since FIM debuted has me intrigued that it has lasted this long. It also show how dedicated Hasbro and the Brony community has been. My Little Pony Season 1 Premiere Review A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up as I tackle another episodic special called Forgotten Friendship. I honestly was not expecting one of the EQG books called "A Friendship to Remember" to get a TV episode adaptation. Sure I have heard of this novel about a year ago but I mostly never read official non-canon material. I'm pretty sure the books just like the IDW comics are not canon either as there are many instances that contradicts the canon source. I used to think that IDW comics and the books from the entire Gen 4 were all tied to the main shows in some form. However, this episode proved this to not be the case for EQG and I even found the same results for FIM. Unless DHX retcons or turns these comics and the novels into a movie/episodic specials is the only way it will become canon to the main shows.
The theme is about Sunset discovering that the HuMane Six have suddenly forgotten her and only remember the mare for the bad things she did in the past. In one day she was their best friend to all of a sudden they hate her once again. After looking through Applejacks' memories, Sunset realizes that any good things she did have gotten erased from their minds. Sunset immediately suspects that someone is using Equestrian magic so our favorite mare tries to find out who might be causing this against her. I'll admit that the premises of the novel was a lot better than I gave it credit for at the time as I dismissed this at first. After looking through the previews I became interested in it and this episode had a couple of surprises I wasn't expecting to happen at all. My Little Pony: Forgotten Friendship Review A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up as we take a look at the final episode of the three specials from last year. These specials definitely helped EQG as the movie format felt limited compared to its pony counterpart. Before these specials, the movie format never expanded on the world at a normal pace like it's seen in FIM. I always mentioned this in my earlier reviews and its the reason why so many characters are properly built up in FIM. I don't see them changing this format next year either since Hasbro sees no value in a 13 episode season but would rather use 2-3 minute shorts. My biggest gripe from this is how the Dazzlings get shafted so often which will be a recurring thing throughout 2018. It weren't surprise me if Hasbro would rather do FlashLight (Pony TwilightxFlash) once again then to ever focus on the best characters of Gen 4. Mirror Magic continues the arc with Juniper as she got reduced to a movie theater janitor for her actions. She attempted to steal the props to frame Chestnut but would only get caught by the HuMane Seven. She finds a mirror with one of the orbs going into it and now she's mesmerized by its magic. The special was the most anticipated one of the three from the Bronies because of Starlight Glimmer making her appearance in EQG. I remember how this came out of left field when it was announced as we assumed this was the human counterpart. Once it got revealed by the episode's preview that this was in fact the FIM Starlight, it immediately became an interesting and controversial topic. It's yet again another example that EQG (despite what the haters want to believe) is canon to FIM. Seriously, how many facts do they need to drop their stuck up notion that EQG is truly considered canon. I don't know what to tell you haters as by now we have four cases that only prove this. My Little Pony: Mirror Magic Review A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is up as I will check out the second 2017 special called Movie Magic. The world of EQG expands further as we're introduced to the human counterpart of Daring Do and the movie studio lot. Movie Magic is the classic Scooby Doo hi-jinks episode where the HuMane Seven try to solve a mystery about the relic props disappearances. Three new characters of Canter Zoom, Juniper Montage, and Chestnut Magnifico make their debut who apart of the movie studio lot. If anything thing these specials are actually helping EQG world build as for the last year there was a map that shows many places around this world.
My Little Pony: Movie Magic Review A new edition of Alicorn Reviews is available as I will tackle the Dance Magic episode from Equestria Girls. There was news of a new EQG episode airing next month and will be a cartoon adaptation of "A Friendship to Remember". The episode will actually be a 45-minute special and will air on Discovery Family on February 17th. Until its release, I wanted to do a three-part review on the 22-minute specials that aired last summer. What I always loved about these specials is the potential the series could've had if Hasbro made EQG a TV show. The theme of Dance Magic is about the HuMane Seven trying to raise money to help repair Camp Everfree. However, Rarity seeing as they are not making money fast enough before the dead line asks the girls to leave it to her. As she realizes how difficult the task is while at the Canterlot Mall, she hears of a dance contest and enters. Rarity while signing up also runs into the Shadow Bolts as they too are entering the contest.
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