I completely agree with ya Kyro. I actually quit before it was over because it became painful to watch.....

Thank God. I agree with this 100%.

Yes, and though this may seem unfair because I didn't watch it, I can already tell I won't like it. From your description and from others', I can see that it's only purely for comedy purposes and has no emotion or feeling to it like in any episode from the actual show. Crossovers won't have the same feeling to it whether or not the art is show accurate. 

It seemed just like any other canon episode in Season 3 to me.

I disagree. While it is obviously not up to show standards, I think it was very well done for a fan project. The animation was solid, save for a few sketchy parts, the voice acting was pretty good and the art was fantastic. 

While the story was lacking I think you aren't giving it much credit. It is written by one guy, a fan at that, while regular episodes are written by professionals with editors and all that. 

There were a few scenes that felt unnecessary, plus the crossover was a little out there, bu I was entertained regardless.

Solid effort in my books. 

Id say it was better then almost all the spike episodes. :l And so what if it didnt have a plot? I liked it for what it was, a fan production. You have your right to an opinion, I know and respect that. But perhaps you are being too hard on it.

It was an amusing watch, but I agree with everything you said one hundred percent.

Yeah, I pretty much enjoyed it. But I guess it was missing a plot.

I watched it without having any expectations because I had honestly forgotten about this project as I haven't been keeping up with current events of late. Besides that though, other then giving me a few laughs because of the pure absurdness of it all, it is exactly what it is, a fan made project. They might have had a number of people working on the animation, which is why that was the only distinguishing feature.
 
I agree with your point Kyrona completely about the plot because without that, it was just a short lived bit of entrainment that in no way is memorable to me, except for it's absurdness, which is not something I would not see as positive for the creators for a project such as this.
 
In a brief comparison to Snowdrop though which was also recently released, while that had a plot I personally felt it was a bit hard to follow and I completely missed several crucial plot points on my first view and had no clue what the story was until it ended and I started piecing it all together. I was rather sleep deprived at that time though so that probably contributed in some way.
 

Yes, and though this may seem unfair because I didn't watch it, I can already tell I won't like it. From your description and from others', I can see that it's only purely for comedy purposes and has no emotion or feeling to it like in any episode from the actual show. Crossovers won't have the same feeling to it whether or not the art is show accurate.

I find this to be rather sad though because again this along with everything else that people are constantly creating all represents the fandom as a whole wherever we like it or not, and at some point the question will eventually be raised, (if it hasn't already) "Is that the best they can do?" In my mind the fandom is capable of far greater things but, maybe I'm just being too hopeful.

I disagree. While it is obviously not up to show standards, I think it was very well done for a fan project. The animation was solid, save for a few sketchy parts, the voice acting was pretty good and the art was fantastic. 

 

While the story was lacking I think you aren't giving it much credit. It is written by one guy, a fan at that, while regular episodes are written by professionals with editors and all that. 

 

There were a few scenes that felt unnecessary, plus the crossover was a little out there, bu I was entertained regardless.

 

Solid effort in my books. 

It's hard for me to give more credit to a story that isn't even there. The credits sequence had more story than the actual animation did.

Yes, it was written by one person. One person who clearly isn't a writer. That's not an excuse, especially not when there are plenty of works online by single individuals that do a far better job of both integrating their animation with a story, and actually writing a story.

If it seems like I'm constantly attacking this point, it's that I'm a writer myself. I consider good writing crucial to the success of something like a fan episode. Good writing is one of the reasons I enjoy FIM so much, and the lack of it is why I was so disappointed with season three as a whole.

And yet, even the single worst episode of the show is better than Double Rainboom, because at least the single worst episode of the show actually has a story it's telling, rather than being thirty minutes of nothing.

I could go on and on about the problems with characterization in Double Rainboom--strangely enough, the Powerpuff Girls were more in character than the ponies, which is one of a number of reasons that make me suspect Zachary Rich wanted to make a PPG fan episode and only latched onto FIM for the sake of hype and backing--but I think simply pointing to how Twilight was apparently making a potion her entire life without having any idea what might happen is enough.

Id say it was better then almost all the spike episodes. :l And so what if it didnt have a plot? I liked it for what it was, a fan production. You have your right to an opinion, I know and respect that. But perhaps you are being too hard on it.

No, I don't think I am being too hard on it. Let's not forget that this was built up by the creator and by the fandom with an enormous amount of hype, and was billed as something that wasn't delivered. And as I've been saying, the animation is beautiful. It's ridiculously good and this guy deserves an animating job in just about any studio across the world that he wants. He did a hell of a job in that regard and I give him my kudos for that.

What I'm attacking is the writing, because as I said: I'm a writer. It's what I look at. And the writing simply isn't there.

The saddest thing about this is that, as a huge fan of the Powerpuff Girls and FIM, I can see plenty of potential in a crossover. If that concept had been approached by a writer with actual skill, we could have had something genuinely entertaining. If I sound a little angry in some of my responses, a large part of it is me looking at this and seeing so much wasted potential.

did anypony else think that it made Twilight sound like some kind of nerdy Diva? I think it did.