Episodes like movies?

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

It seems like every episode of MLP is like a movie to me.

 

I see a movie like a roller coaster. Here's what I mean

 

It starts out normal. First the episode centers around a certain pony. Take Fluttershy for instance.

 

In Hurricane Fluttershy, we see that the pegasus must perform a feat that involves flying in circles, which causes a water spout that refills the rain factory.

 

We see that Fluttershy is a weak flyer. The coaster is still in the station. She is humiliated and teased. She then goes through training. The coaster leaves the station and starts the incline. Fluttershy gets stronger. At the peak of the incline, Fluttershy is at her strongest. Now comes what I like to call "the round turn". This is basically a lead-in to the vertical drop. This was the test to see if Fluttershy's wind power was strong enough. Unfortunately, it was still pretty weak. Discouraged and humiliated once again, Fluttershy runs off crying to where her animals live. The "vertical drop" has just occoured. This is the most depressing part of the episode, as we see Fluttershy, crying to no end. Her animals continually try to cheer her up. Then, her badger reminds her of the story. This is the "resolution ride". This is where all of the crazy stuff occurs. A "final incline" or a "final drop" can end it all. Fluttershy decides to try the feat. She struggles. As she continues, she hears the humiliating voices of the other pegasus continually echoing in her mind. But, somthing snaps in her! She deflects all of this and gets a huge burst of energy and manages to add the last bit of wind power needed to send the water into the rain factory! The episode ended on the biggest incline for Fluttershy, as she was crowned Rainbow-Dash's best flyer.

 

So what do you think? From reading this, are MLP episodes like movies.

 

I say yes.

 

Other cartoons use this technique but they do it a more subtly.

[Guru Dj Pon-3 2]

this is very true they do often make the episodes seem like mini little movies. i for one like this because of how it develops the plotline better

[Lifehax 81]

Most of the episodes do feel like Mini-Movies..

Especially Canterlot Wedding.. Those were just no doubt really good episodes.

Seemed like a movie put together to me

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

Most of the episodes do feel like Mini-Movies..

Especially Canterlot Wedding.. Those were just no doubt really good episodes.

Seemed like a movie put together to me

 

Yes, seems like just about every episode has a depressing moment, or at least a mentally insane moment. Honestly, what I dislike the most is to see a pony cry. It makes me have this weird feeling in my chest, but it's probably my compassion kicking in.

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

I agree it seems that each episode has such an amazing plot, and uses what it has very well, it almost makes it a mini-movie. The 2 episode specials, I view as movies, because that's how long tv movies usually run for a children's show.

[Motion Spark 7,807]

I disagree, to me, the normal episodes feels so refreshing that it reminds me of old HQ cartoons that used to enjoy, nothing like the crap we have these days in cartoons. That's the magic of MLP, but still an episode is an episode.

 

BUUUUUUUUUUUUT, all the 2 episodes specials do feel like a movie, and each one get better than the last one, being A canterlot wedding my favorite of them all, I mean, I was hooked the whole time, the roller coaster you describe was much more visible in the 2 episodes special because it's affecting the storyline and the characters at the same time.

[ErBoi 501]

I think that a lot of the episodes feel like movies visually because they use a lot of camera moves and 'Z-depth' things that you almost never see in TV animation.

I was watching Sweet and Elite earlier today and several shots in that episode have very detailed layering with a lot going on in the background. Combine that with good cinematography (which the show typically has) and you have something that at least looks like it could be from a movie.