Thoughts on the Crocodile

[Argumedies 1,748]

Or Rockodile as I've also heard it called.

 

So what did you all think of it?

 

I loved it myself

 

I believe that this is the first monster/animal that hasn't been portrayed in some sort of cartoonish way and actually gave me the sense that Twilight and the others were in real danger.

 

But that said I also feel the animation was kinda out of place for the show overall

 

 

But I still loved it

Edited November 23, 2013 by Argumedies

[Skullbuster 1,906]

it looked super bad ass XD, i wish to see more of them

 

Crocodile for best pony

[Winona the Dog 1,984]

I thought it was awesome. Something that hostile living in the Everfree makes it understandable that it's a dangerous place and it proves its very dangerous.

 

Like the timberwolves though it had awkward  3d animation. kind of like how Avatar: The last Airbender when they mix 2d with 3d animation.

[Fluttershyfan94 5,744]

It was badass the rockodile/crocodile. I think it should just be called a rockodile judging by how awesome it was I can only imagine what more monsters/creatures/animals we'll see in the future. Just shows us how little we know about the everfree forest, there are probably plenty of monsters/creatures that have yet to be introduced.

[Hive King 2,001]

The Cragodile/Rockodile's animation was vastly better than that of the Timberwolves and I loved it's dinosaurian design. I did not like how easily it was defeated.

[Scootalove 10,689]

The Rockodile's animation was pretty impressive from the last time we saw CGI animation in the show in Spike At Your Service. The way it was defeated, left a lot to be desired. On the bright side, there are many monsters and creatures in the Everfree Forest that we don't know about and will see them very soon.

[silverreverb 129]

I liked it. I think it was taken care of too easily. then again crocodiles aren't good on dry land

all in all, its good in the everfree though that means the everfree is part swamp now =P or was it already part swamp? can't remember /=|

 

anyway, yay for new everfree creatures. always a plus :3

[ShadOBabe 19,014]

I agree!! I liked it too!!

Very intimidating.

 

I also liked those poison gas, venus fly trap things.

[Argumedies 1,748]

I agree, went way too quickly.

 

Personally I think the spots of the Rocodile and the Venus vines scenes should have been reversed. Both were good but the danger level was higher with the Rockodile.

[Dashabel 381]

I thought Applejack said "Crocodilly"...

From the promo, I thought he was going to be a significant villain, but... Obviously not. Just another Everfree Forest beast.

And, also from the promo, I didn't believe it was MLP for a second! Alike the Timberwolves, the 3D, jointed sort if animation made it look like a different cartoon.

[Skullbuster 1,906]

we need to find us an artist to make a crocodile banner, it can also have the face hugger plants too

[Static 27]

I just re-watched the crockodile/rockodile/whatever scene.

 

It dwelt in green goopy water and looked really menacing. Stuff just got real.

 

Epic fail by Twilight trying to fly away.

 

I found myself scratching my head after it was taken down in like 1.5 seconds though. One rope, two ropes, then eight.

[Discount_Flunky 75]

I liked the design of the crocodile and the scene itself, but I'm getting seriously pissed with all the random CGI things being thrown into every 2d animation these days.  I got a news flash for animators.  It looks TERRIBLE!  It has nothing to do with the quality of the animation, it looks stupid by virtue of being a random 3d animation in a 2d film.  There is no possible way to make it look good, because it looks so out of place.  There pretty much just pulling a "Look what we can do!" type thing.  It's just not necessary or cool.  Just draw a crocodile and be done with it.  You aren't going to get special points just because you hired a 3d animator to make one puppet for you and then slapped it over a 2d animation.

[FNGRpony 658]

I thought Applejack said "Crocodilly"...

From the promo, I thought he was going to be a significant villain, but... Obviously not. Just another Everfree Forest beast.

And, also from the promo, I didn't believe it was MLP for a second! Alike the Timberwolves, the 3D, jointed sort if animation made it look like a different cartoon.

 

 

I made that same mistake to.

 

I mean of all the places for that to come up.

[Forlong 1,726]

"Dang it, Twilight!  Just throw a pokeball at it.  Do you know how useful Sandile is?"

[Grumpy Enchantress 587]

I liked the design of the crocodile and the scene itself, but I'm getting seriously pissed with all the random CGI things being thrown into every 2d animation these days. I got a news flash for animators. It looks TERRIBLE! It has nothing to do with the quality of the animation, it looks stupid by virtue of being a random 3d animation in a 2d film. There is no possible way to make it look good, because it looks so out of place. There pretty much just pulling a "Look what we can do!" type thing. It's just not necessary or cool. Just draw a crocodile and be done with it. You aren't going to get special points just because you hired a 3d animator to make one puppet for you and then slapped it over a 2d animation.

I don't think using CG automatically looks awful but, it needs to be able to blend into the show and not feel awkward or look weird. So far MLP has not once made it work and it looks weird every time. With the crocodile it was completely useless but, with the old elements I at least got it since they were spinning but, it still looked bad and out of place. I think I even saw Luna CG for like half a second during the fight scene and it just looks awkward and bad. I'd only use it for like a really quick shot of an object that moves a lot or something but, I'd try way harder to make it less obvious.

 

With the things like Timberwolves and the crocodile there was no point at all, though. It seems like they just want it to look more impressive but, it doesn't look impressive at all. It looks kind of lame. I remember Spongebob episodes from Season 2 that had CG elements and I thought it was less out of place than MLP's and with Spongebob it was back when CG was still kind of impressive. (Although, I think it comes down to them using them smartly.)

[Jammo 986]

I heard "Crackodile"

But Rockodile is better.

Crackodile is the mayor of Toronto's twitter name.

[Away 2,077]

I thought it was a cool new creature to add to the show. I like how it kinda had that 3D animation that the timberwolves had. I like how Applejack called it a "crackadilly" lol.

[Demirari 454]

Them Rockadiles, cool things. It was, however, underwhelming when it was handled by mere ponies... Seriously, a giant rock crocodile was handled by ponies.

[Malinter 3,064]

Just dawned on me. How come Fluttershy wasn't able to talk to it?

 

 

Personally, I like the Rockodile too, very Monster Hunter. XD

 

Also, tying up the beast is more or less how folks in real life capture them (short of just using a big gun). If they weren't squeezing so much stuff into the ep it would have been nice if that since were a little longer.

Edited November 24, 2013 by Malinter

[Ianpiersonjdavis 513]

Cragodile was awesome.

 

I was actually really worried about the animation after the terrible CGI Timberwolves last season, but fortunately I was not disappointed.

 

Hope to see more of him/them in the future .

[A Talking Dragon 257]

Rarity and Applejack call the monster two different names, fans call it another. Figures.

 

And NO, Crocodile is the better name.

[Argumedies 1,748]

Crocodile is the proper way of saying it.

 

Rockodile seem to be what the fans are calling it.(which is what I like)

 

Crocodilly I feel was more Applejacks southern twang coming out.

 

But in all realities its personal preferences and like most monsters, its probably the last we'll see of it.

 

Too bad its not an alligator cause I have this little gag running threw my head seeing Croc telling Mr Gummy that he's his father all Star wars scene style

[Broseph 215]

It looked more like an alligator to me, but I still thought it was pretty awesome.
It's just a shame that it came and went in the space of 2 minutes.

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

I thought it was pretty amazing. It does look like something that could potentially scare the intended demographic. A little note, the mane six just left it tied up there, so they pretty much left it to die.