OK so I really need to defend this two parter, people give it unnesscary hate. I was a huge mlp skeptic but as soon as I saw the pilot I was hooked on the show. Part 1 was such a big breath of fresh air a generic cartoon would've gotten the main charachters all together within five minutes with no actual relationship building which is what mlp used to be guilty of. However that does'nt happen here each main charachter is given a good chunk of the episode to be properly introduced and show the audience who they are. They all meet Twilight but NOT each other which is also improtant, i was amazed that they were taking their time and by the end of the first part i was geniunely excited to see how it would resolve. This did come at the cost of making Nightmare moon an easy villian but i've always been ok with that. She's like the first boss of a video game, your likely going to curbstomp her but you won't forget her either.
This is not the best two parter this show ever had but it is pretty good and did exactly what it needed too to hook the stubborn people like me into giving the show a shot. That's not to say all my doubts were washed away but I was invested enough to keep watching and thank god for that. This ended up being one of the best cartoons I've seen and really gave me new perspective on storytelling in general.
OK so I really need to defend this two parter, people give it unnesscary hate. I was a huge mlp skeptic but as soon as I saw the pilot I was hooked on the show. Part 1 was such a big breath of fresh air a generic cartoon would've gotten the main charachters all together within five minutes with no actual relationship building which is what mlp used to be guilty of. However that does'nt happen here each main charachter is given a good chunk of the episode to be properly introduced and show the audience who they are. They all meet Twilight but NOT each other which is also improtant, i was amazed that they were taking their time and by the end of the first part i was geniunely excited to see how it would resolve. This did come at the cost of making Nightmare moon an easy villian but i've always been ok with that. She's like the first boss of a video game, your likely going to curbstomp her but you won't forget her either. This is not the best two parter this show ever had but it is pretty good and did exactly what it needed too to hook the stubborn people like me into giving the show a shot. That's not to say all my doubts were washed away but I was invested enough to keep watching and thank god for that. This ended up being one of the best cartoons I've seen and really gave me new perspective on storytelling in general.