The Coffee Pony

Yeah. The episodes are starting to really starting to flow better. I do have to ask the though, why are the writers hellbent on making Bubbles scary?! It's like the MLP fandom's fanon characterization of Pinkie Pie on crack!

Well I need a reminder. Was there an episode in the classic series where 2/3 of the girls got new powers and the other one felt left out or vice versa? Because the new episode had that.

Pretty much have to agree with ManGuy here. I pretty much like the show myself. Yeah it had a bad episode, but to be fair MLP had quite a few bad episodes in Season 1 (Boast Busters, Bridle Gossip, Feeling Pinkie Keen and Over A Barrel, anyone?) and it's had episodes throughout it's entire run that are probably just as, if not more offensive than Horn, Sweet Horn. So, yeah, I find it pretty unfair to write the entire show off as bad for that one episode alone considering some of the bad episodes we've seen from MLP.

On the plus side, at least they have TMNT.

Okay, so I saw the second episode and you know something? It was pretty fun. I liked it and it gives me a good feeling about how the show is going to turn out. However there is one major issue I had with this episode, It's something that should have been aired later. Now you're probably wondering "Coffee, if you liked the episode so much, why do you think it should have been aired later?" Well to be honest, the fatal flaw of this episode is that it already treats Princess Morbucks as an established character. Now, before you say "but we already know who she is!" yes, I'm aware of that. However it's only us, the old fans, who know who she is and how she operates. And this is something I applaud the episode on, they got Princess Morbucks spot on, this is totally something she would do, it's completely in character. But do keep in mind that this is a reboot, this is a show that's meant to introduce a new generation to the Powerpuff Girls, so while we, the people who grew up watching the original know who these villains are, the new generation of kids don't. I know some of you don't like hearing this but the new generation is the primary audience, we aren't, and while I do think it's a good idea to keep the older generation invested (Walt Disney's "If you only aim for kids, you've failed" quote and all that) you do have to keep the generation in mind. So while I liked the episode, I think they should have saved this one for later and that they should spend the time to reintroduce these villains for the new generation of fans. While I do appreciate that they're aiming to get the old fans attention, it felt like this episode was trying to get our attention only. New audiences who haven't seen the old show are probably going to think "Who are these characters?" and are probably going to be left confused as they don't know them. So tl;dr, good episode but they've to think about the new audience and spend the time to introduce the classic villains to them. I think this is my problem with the show so far: It's acting more like a new season than a new show.

It could have been better but the first episode was alright and the show still has my attention. The good news is, it isn't terrible. I have seen plenty of awful shows (Teen Titans Go, Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, Johnny Test, etc.) and this doesn't even make the cut. The problem is right now is that it's...okay. Just okay. However like I said, this is just the first episode and maybe it's just going through the "First few episode/first season rough patch". A lot of the shows I like had those so I'm going to need to see a few more episodes. I definitely see potential in it. HOWEVER THAT OPENING, GOOD GOD, THAT WAS ASSAULT ON THE EARS!!!