Whoa, you got this up fast!

I am excited to see them try to explore Equestria, but I hope that there will still be time for slice of life episodes since those are my favourites.

Whoa, you got this up fast!

 

I am excited to see them try to explore Equestria, but I hope that there will still be time for slice of life episodes since those are my favourites.

I know I must be getting good at the whole editing thing cuz I finished 2 hours sooner than I expected

I agree, I want them to have a good amount of local slice of life with a little adventure mixed in. Next week is going to be slice of life, starring everyone's favorite purple unicorn TWILIGHT SPARKLE! OMG I can hear Hypnosparkle fan-boying across the pond right now

Great video lizard wizard! I too found similar things in the episode refreshing. I also apreciated that more male characters were featured this time around. Poor Spike had to miss out on another adventure though. >.>

Great video lizard wizard! I too found similar things in the episode refreshing. I also apreciated that more male characters were featured this time around. Poor Spike had to miss out on another adventure though. >.>

Look at it this way: if Spike had been there, he probably would have been the one eating all of those awful muffins

Warning, long post coming up!

I agree it was an amazing 2-parter. It presented "the town" as a mini-dictatorship with cult-like elements--which, as you point out, isn't really working. I get the feeling the place has only existed for 2-5 years, so it had limited resources to work with. But the town is poor, rundown, and uncomfortable. No one is prospering or having a good time, not even Starlight. Her ideology is her life. That makes her a more dangerous villain in the long term than Tirek, Discord, and Nightmare Moon, because she's not an obvious threat and she bends (or breaks) other ponies to serve her purposes.

I think it would've been worth mentioning that although keeping her cutie mark (and thus her magic) was hypocritical and the society is a flawed model built on deceit, I think it's reasonable to conclude that Starlight did need her magic to remove other ponies' cutie marks. If she could have been honest about it instead of using the staff as a prop, that would have helped her in the end. Imagine if, at the climactic scene where Fluttershy exposes Starlight's mark, she acts totally unconcerned and all the villagers just smile their eerie smiles and say, "IT'S OKAY. WE ALREADY KNOW." 0_O

To her credit, Starlight doesn't accumulate riches and live apart from the rest of the town. She doesn't delegate all her responsibilities to middlemen who act with impunity. And she doesn't allow things to get out of control. Saying that she could be worse only goes so far though, as she is still a "sociopath" with "no respect for others' rights or feelings" who I wouldn't want anything to do with in real life. So I'm not really sure why I like her so much. It's certainly not her world view or her methods. =_=  I guess it's because she's well designed, committed, and a perfectly realized character with tons of future potential whether she reforms or not. 

Finally, on to the video itself: what allows your message to get across is that you understand how to make a good commentary on Youtube. I've seen a lot of people who don't. They record themselves on a moldy potato, they throw in distracting elements, they freak out and rant just for kicks, or they have a totally unsuitable voice that I can't bear to listen to. Your recording quality is great, you keep things simple and easy to follow, your comments are reasonable and focused on the show, and your voice is more than adequate for effective narration. It's really refreshing to see a video review as well done as yours. I will check out more of them in the future!

Warning, long post coming up!

 

 

I agree it was an amazing 2-parter. It presented "the town" as a mini-dictatorship with cult-like elements--which, as you point out, isn't really working. I get the feeling the place has only existed for 2-5 years, so it had limited resources to work with. But the town is poor, rundown, and uncomfortable. No one is prospering or having a good time, not even Starlight. Her ideology is her life. That makes her a more dangerous villain in the long term than Tirek, Discord, and Nightmare Moon, because she's not an obvious threat and she bends (or breaks) other ponies to serve her purposes.

 

I think it would've been worth mentioning that although keeping her cutie mark (and thus her magic) was hypocritical and the society is a flawed model built on deceit, I think it's reasonable to conclude that Starlight did need her magic to remove other ponies' cutie marks. If she could have been honest about it instead of using the staff as a prop, that would have helped her in the end. Imagine if, at the climactic scene where Fluttershy exposes Starlight's mark, she acts totally unconcerned and all the villagers just smile their eerie smiles and say, "IT'S OKAY. WE ALREADY KNOW." 0_O

 

To her credit, Starlight doesn't accumulate riches and live apart from the rest of the town. She doesn't delegate all her responsibilities to middlemen who act with impunity. And she doesn't allow things to get out of control. Saying that she could be worse only goes so far though, as she is still a "sociopath" with "no respect for others' rights or feelings" who I wouldn't want anything to do with in real life. So I'm not really sure why I like her so much. It's certainly not her world view or her methods. =_=  I guess it's because she's well designed, committed, and a perfectly realized character with tons of future potential whether she reforms or not. 

 

Finally, on to the video itself: what allows your message to get across is that you understand how to make a good commentary on Youtube. I've seen a lot of people who don't. They record themselves on a moldy potato, they throw in distracting elements, they freak out and rant just for kicks, or they have a totally unsuitable voice that I can't bear to listen to. Your recording quality is great, you keep things simple and easy to follow, your comments are reasonable and focused on the show, and your voice is more than adequate for effective narration. It's really refreshing to see a video review as well done as yours. I will check out more of them in the future!

Wow, I'm flattered. Thank you so much

I really do think Starlight is the best villain so far. She's so well realized already and she could be even better in a second appearance. It'd be awesome if she comes back this season. She was a pleasure to watch!