Reactions on the new "Smile HD" video

[StabbedByANarwhal 75]

I was like what da fudge????

Actually it was more like this.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

Hated it, will never watch it again. 

[Scootalove 10,689]

It was pretty disturbing, but the reaction videos to it were priceless.

[Sig Hoovestrong 838]

I loved animation of it and high speed of it. It was so exhilarating. But at the same time a was wired out of fact Pinkie murders everyone. And then i ask myself, why? I think the best thing is not to think. To much abut was going on in the video. And just enjoy the flashy and bloody show we call. Smile HD. 

 

I think my exprssion after watching it was something like this.

 

 

[PsychedelicPony 440]

It was one of the first pony videos I watched, it was recommended and I had no idea what was going to happen. I watched it and I was shocked, but I thought it was funny like Happy Tree friends is "funny." I lost my mind when Fluttershy came in with that flurry of punches

[Flash Fire 386]

I thought it was hilarious. The expressions and background items were great. A lot of my guy friends like it too. Much better than Cupcakes was. I'm surprised to find people so effected by gore in this day and age.

[ClandestineWubs 12]

I loved everything about it. It was one of the best animations I've ever seen, and I hope to see a few more like that.

 

My general reaction. 

Edited March 19, 2014 by ClandestineWubs

[Judgement 445]

I saw pictures of it and it doesn't look like something I would want to watch...

[Sugar Cube 4,843]

@@PopTartz101,

 

Hiya! I just wanted to inform you that we already had a reaction thread for Smile HD, so I merged your thread with this one. Thanks!

 

As for me, I have never seen it and I don't ever intend to. Why grimdark exists is beyond me.

[Felix 1,363]

Someone told me to watch it. I did. I turned it off as soon as I saw the blood come in. I despise gore with a passion. When it reaches that level of blood, it kills me inside. I can't even bare it.

 

Hated it.

[Espurr 449]

I saw the video. It was.... horrifying especially since pinkie pie is my favorite pony.

[mars 4,862]

This was pretty much my reaction:

 

 

I was sort of horrified, but at the same time it was funny. I've watched it twice, and that was enough for me!

[Judgement 445]

As soon as I saw pinkie tear twilight's head off, I was about to close the video. For some reason though, I kept watching it. I laughed when applejack was happy at rarity's death, but then pinkie sqeezed all of rainbow dash's guts and organs out of her mouth.

[PinkieAlliPie 421]

Meh, I just laugh at it, specially at the ultra speedy Smile song.

[Chivalry Knight 161]

mmy reaction to smile HD

[Oblivion 20,266]

I just wanted to give Pinkie Pie a hug the whole time I was watching it!

[DiscordAnarchy 770]

I love gore. I love movie violence. SAW, CUBE, Dead Snow - some of my favorite movies ever and omg do they get me excited when the blood starts pumping.

 

However, I despise Violence for the sake of Violence. Shock-Value without any substance is not talent. It is just slinging blood around for no reason. Want a good example of this? Human Centipede 1 was amazing. Seriously. It was sick, shocking, twisted; and it had a purpose and a storyline. The 2nd one though was just nothing more than "Let's be f*cked up for the sake of being f*cked up." It didn't upset me or make me sick. It BORED me.

 

Now. Smile HD. Where do I stand?

 

Animation is beautiful. And there is a deeper meaning to it as if you look closer; Pinkie's smile is forced. You notice she seems to be crying when everyone is dead. This hints at a much deeper psychological insanity within her. However, without any other context; we get nothing but shock for the sake of being shocking.

 

That is not to say how this being made was not well done. It kept in sync with the music, the beats matched Flutter's punches, and it had some great animation. However the purpose of this existing is pretty much "Let's be violent and shock bronies!"

 

It is balancing on the "Useless idiotic violence" and "Maybe there is something here violence.

 

As such, I rate it a 5 out of 10. Good music, good sync. However I feel that this serves zero purpose other than to shock and for that, I have to just yawn.

[XxConfusedUnicornxX 834]

I was shocked about Pinkie killing her friends! (especially Rarity. Oh how I wanted to rip her head off) But I actually enjoyed the video. It was hilarious (minus all the gross scenes) and the song was great!

[Photon Jet 5,491]

All I can imagine in that video is that Pinkie Pie is not the real one. That pseudo Pinkie could've been a spy or a robot designed for world domination.

Edited March 21, 2014 by Photon Jet

[Ohnhai 69]

I've mulled over this for a while and I'm still a bit lost. Can you (or anyone really) explain to me what artistic merit is? I've read some basic definitions but they're quite vague and broad. Is there a set criteria you're using to decide whether something has artistic merit or not and if you are, can you share it with me?

Artistic merit is usually trotted out when you find some piece of art objectionable but you can't attack it on the skill level of the practitioner.

 

"I'm not a fan of the works of Jackson Pollock. After all his works mainly consist of spilling paint, but one can't deny that his works have artistic merit"

 

In other words... Don't like , but I can't call it crap because it clearly isn't....

 

 

I like Smile HD. OK it's deeply disturbing and out of character but set against the 'happy' of the smile remix it creates a delicious juxtaposition that jars the senses, and that dislocation between what you expect and what you receive is the point. Oh and the music and animation are really well done.

[CosmicHooves 2,705]

As gory, bloody, violent, and messed up Smile HD is I remember what Pinkie Pie says and I smile and I laugh. I mean the video isn't that bad (although stomping on RD and spilling her guts everywhere was a tad bit offensive).

Edited March 29, 2014 by Sugar Dash

[Lisa 5,553]

The part where she stomped RD was actually the funniest part of all to me. ;p

 

(I don't know why I find guts so funny)

[Gourgeist 262]

I love MisterDavie's videos. I was watching Happy Tree Friends since Kindergarten so this doesn't bother me in any possible way. I'm so used to it's pretty funny.

[CosmicHooves 2,705]

I love MisterDavie's videos. I was watching Happy Tree Friends since Kindergarten so this doesn't bother me in any possible way. I'm so used to it's pretty funny.

I'm listening to "Smile Remix" by the Living Tombstone right now.

 

http://youtu.be/2okSis_wtls

[The Gasper 48]

I found this hilarious, and I can't even understand why.

 

 

...I need to find a psychiatrist.

 

 

It's a very good video, though. MrDavie seems to put a lot of effort into his uploads.

Edited March 29, 2014 by Wheezer