Wow, this is long. Oops. ;

I know Equestria Girls gets a lot of flak for being…well…Equestria Girls, but I really don’t think it’s as bad as people say it is. I really like the movie and my friend and I are planning on seeing the movie next weekend. Now, I know and respect that not everyone will like it, but I just don’t think it deserves all the hate that it gets. I remember one commenter on EQD had said he’d wished one of the theaters showing Rainbow Rocks would have a shooting like what happened in the one showing that Batman movie. Do people really hate this harmless movie that much that they’re willing to wish DEATH on people who go to see it? We’re not the only ones who’re going to see this movie, kids and families will be watching it, too. I swear some people act like it killed their grandmother or something. Kinda reminds me of anti-bronies and how they judge the show and its fans, only looking at the negative and ignoring the positive.

I also kinda wonder if Hasbro had given us an actual pony movie first and then EqGs after would people still so hateful towards it? Cuz every time there’s new info about it, like on EQD, there’s always someone going “I still wanna pony movie”. Every. Single. Time. I believe the writers said something about it at this years’ ComicCon, and that they would like to make one if they could think of a good enough story and got the go-ahead from Hasbro. But, constantly whining about it ain’t gonna make it come. And Hasbro doesn’t owe us nothin’.

Anyway, a lot of people keep saying Equestria Girls is just a boring high school flick with nothing but clichés. Really? I don’t think it’s boring, and I don’t think it’s as clichéd as people say it is. Besides, it’s not like FiM doesn’t have clichés. The clichés I see complained about most are the fact that it takes place in high school, the school dance, the battle of the bands, and, of course, Flash, or “Brad” as people call him. So, does that mean that anything that has one or more of these things is automatically considered cliché?

But, how the hell is a movie taking place in high school considered cliché, it’s a setting. Are we not allowed to make high school shows/movies anymore? And just having these things alone doesn’t make it cliché; it’s what they DO with it that determines whether or not it’s cliché. If it was cliché, the first movie would’ve just had Twilight go to the high school, deal with the Mean Girl, get voted Princess with the help of her friends’ counterparts, retrieve the crown, and leave. The End.

But that’s not what happened. This was Twilight’s first mission as a Princess. She didn’t just get the crown and leave, she saw that this school needed her help. She helped her human friends get back together, and then they helped her rally the school to vote for her, which resulted in all the cliques coming together and helping the girls fix up the gym. Twilight, as a leader – a Princess – brought people together, even though she didn’t know them and didn’t have to.

And then there was the Fall Formal dance. Twilight could’ve just stolen the crown and left, but that wouldn’t have been very smart, especially if she got caught. So she decided to run for Princess to get her crown back, and to keep Sunset Shimmer from getting her hands on it. And yes there was a scene of the girls getting ready for the dance; I know people complained about that, how it was girly and whatnot. But, what’s wrong with that? It may be a bit girly, but so what? Why is being girly still such a bad thing? You’d think people wouldn’t dislike it so much since, you know, we watch a show that’s still pretty girly. And then of course they arrive at the dance, but it kinda gets interrupted by Sunset Shimmer turning into a she-demon, destroying part of the school and turning everyone into zombies. And she was going to take them to Equestria, where they would turn from a teenager army to a pony army, probably to get revenge at Celestia. And then Twilight and the gang defeated her with a rainbow blast, like in the pilot, and Twilight is given her crown. Last time I checked, I’ve never seen a school dance end quite like that before.

I do admit that I wish they had done a little more with Flash, or they could’ve had one of the girls defend Twilight from Luna, like Rainbow Dash since she was on the soccer field with her. But, that’s just a small part and doesn’t really matter to me. I still enjoyed the rest of the movie and it tided me over until Season 4.

And now in the sequel, we have a battle of the bands, which is, apparently, also cliché. Except, from the video shorts and the trailers, it looks like it’s literally gonna be a BATTLE of the bands, with the girls having to defeat The Dazzlings. I’ve never seen that before, so it’s definitely new to me.

And I’ve listened to the soundtrack and the songs really aren’t that bad. I’m happy that Rainbow Dash got a solo, Awesome as I Want to Be, which is my favorite song on the album. I also love Rainbow Rocks, Let’s Have a Battle (of the Bands), Under Our Spell, Welcome to the Show, and Shine Like Rainbows. I just can’t stop listening to them, they’re really catchy. I love the Dazzlings’ songs, they could release their own album and I would totally listen to it. ;P Anyway, I know people are complaining that it’s “not rock music” and it shouldn’t be called Rainbow “Rocks”. Um, it sounds like rock music to me, it’s just pop rock. Were people expecting metal or punk or something? o.0 Just because it isn’t the kinda music you’d listen to doesn’t mean it isn’t rock.

And according to the recent trailer that just came out, there’s gonna be a little slumber party scene, and it looks like some people were complaining about that, thinking it’s just another girly slumber party. One, no one has seen it yet, so we don’t know what’s gonna happen in that scene. Two, there was slumber party in Look Before You Sleep, and there were pillow fights, makeovers, and everything. And girls just love slumber parties cuz their fun. I enjoyed them cuz how often does one get to sleepover with their friends?

And then there’s the whole Sunset Shimmer having a book that can send messages to Celestia, kinda like Spike. Maybe Celestia gives books like that to all her students so they can stay in touch, and Twilight already had Spike, so she didn’t need one. And maybe Shimmer brought it with her so she could use it to get information about what’s going on in Equestria. But we won’t know for sure until we see the movie.

Y’know, I have faith that DHX can do good things with Equestria Girls, just like it has for FiM. They were able to take a typical girls cartoon and turn into a girls’ cartoon that’s actually good. So why can’t they do the same for a high school movie/series? I believe they can if given the chance. Think about it, with how we have demons and sirens, maybe this will allow DHX to use more human-like mythological creatures in their stories. Sounds pretty cool, if that’s the case.

I was pretty much on board with Equestria Girls from the beginning, back when it was just a rumor and some concept art was floating around the web. I’m a fan of humanized ponies and always kinda wondered what it’d be like if there was a series with them, and to my surprise, it actually happened! So, while almost everyone else was moaning and groaning about it, I was all excited just waiting for more info about it. And now we might have a whole series coming up called Equestria Academy. I don’t know if it’ll be a TV series or a web series, but it sounds exciting either way.

Anyway, I just felt like venting my feelings on all this. I know Equestria Girls isn’t perfect and has flaws, but I tend to look past the negative and see the positive. I try to defend the things I like when they’re getting lots of hate. Kinda like Rainbow Dash, who, I’ve noticed, has been getting quite a bit of hate lately, but that’s for another blog.

tl;dr - Equestria Girls really isn’t as bad as fans say it is and I don’t think it deserves all the hate it gets.