http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WYZVmdw9gw#t=577
Last review of 2013? Last review of 2013.
Tuesday 31 December 2013
Saturday 28 December 2013
Late December wrap-up, part 2
You know how it is. I'm lazy, and it's the holidays, so here's short reviews of this week's pony videos.
Saturday 21 December 2013
Late December wrap-up, part 1
There's only two weeks left of the year, so, for the holidays, I'm gonna be lazy and group together a bunch of short reviews for simpler videos. Besides, I forgot to do any reviews this week, so here's doing them all at once.
Episode review: Power Ponies
So this is the episode everyone's been dreading. I suppose they had a point.
Saturday 14 December 2013
Overtime [PMV Collab] review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pjbqwOW5A0
This was a collaboration? Did they just gather the best PMV makers to ever live or something?
This was a collaboration? Did they just gather the best PMV makers to ever live or something?
Episode review: Flight to the Finish
It's the weekend, which means a new pony episode, which means it's time for a new pony review!
Saturday 7 December 2013
PONIES The Anthology III review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPW9ki-IfZ8#t=4121
Well, it's here, and it's exactly as good as we'd hoped. Catch the full review below the break.
Well, it's here, and it's exactly as good as we'd hoped. Catch the full review below the break.
Don't Mine at Night (Pony Parody) review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_TMtgjQuZI
New video from JanAnimations! He's one of the best animators in this fandom. This has got to be good!
New video from JanAnimations! He's one of the best animators in this fandom. This has got to be good!
Sunday 1 December 2013
Episode review: Castle Mane-ia
Okay, who wrote that title? That's horrible!
So all of the Mane 6 get trapped in the castle, and weird things happen. There's a pseudo-mystery about who's causing these weird things, though the answer is pretty obvious. Hilarity ensues. No, really, it's hilarious. Just looking at the jokes, it's already one of the show's funniest episodes. There's a new writer on board here, and he's really good at comedic writing.
In addition, he's incredibly good at writing the characters. They're put in groups of two, and they have strong chemistry with each other. In fact, the character writing here is arguably better than anything in the past season. They're all at their most entertaining, perfectly playing off of each other and the environment to comedic effect.
And of course it's well-animated, has good background music, etc. But, with that being a constant in this series, it's to be expected.
Overall, it's a hilarious episode. Not much more to be said there. The characters are great, the setting is great, and the writing is great. Just an all-around great episode.
Monday 25 November 2013
Saturday 23 November 2013
Episode Review: Princess Twilight Sparkle
It's finally here.
Season 4 is upon us. It kicks off nice and simple-Twilight is learning how to fly. I like this being in the cold open, because devoting a whole episode to this might be awkward. After the theme song rolls, the episode sets a course for slowly building into possibly the most immense episode of the series yet.
"Princess Twilight Sparkle" is an episode with no shortage of ideas. Right when you think you understand it, it hits you with a brand new idea that's even better than the last one. Be it lore, friendship, or whatever, the episode has a scale like no other so far. A lot of it isn't fully explained, and that's the way I like it. It's a sign that the episode has grown larger than its run-time can carry, which is a sure sign of greatness. And oh boy, is it great.
As a way to kick off the fourth season, it could not have been better. Well, maybe it could have, were it not for the S3 finale, but we'll get to that. The show seems to be shifting to a greater narrative, one that will perhaps take a couple episodes to get used to. That said, the new style is fantastic, and is mostly like the old style with an epic scale and a season-wide narrative. Sure, I could go over how the animation was great, the background music was fantastic, and the animation was as good as always, but the thing that really caught my attention for the episode was the scale of it all. Bronies on Twitter are calling it "epic", and I think that label actually fits. Epic is the word I'd use to describe the episode. In fact, I'm excited for the season.
But it's not absolutely perfect. The episode is called "Princess Twilight", and the issues I had with Twilight's new status in season 3 are not at all fixed here. Season 3's finale had a fixation on Twilight's "destiny". It seemed the only reason that she became a princess was because of said destiny. And in this episode, it's pretty clear that this is the direction the writers think the series should go. I do not appreciate this very much. This puts Twilight on a pedestal as being "superior" to the other ponies, something that I strongly do not agree with. Most of that is an issue with the previous episode, but this episode makes absolutely no effort to justify Twilight's new status aside from "destiny", something that they quite clearly want to go with. I am excited to see what they do with it, but I am also disappointed that they're going this route.
It's not a bad episode. Quite the contrary, in fact. It's an amazing episode that could be one of my favourites and is only held back by the whole "destiny" angle. The scope of it is unmatched in the series, and it shows us several things that were merely hinted at before. It's also an episode of a lot of changes, so the upcoming season promises to be interesting. Shame that we have to wait a whole week for it, though.
Second opinion: http://equestriareviews.blogspot.ca/2013/11/my-thoughts-on-2-part-season-4-premiere.html
Season 4 is upon us. It kicks off nice and simple-Twilight is learning how to fly. I like this being in the cold open, because devoting a whole episode to this might be awkward. After the theme song rolls, the episode sets a course for slowly building into possibly the most immense episode of the series yet.
"Princess Twilight Sparkle" is an episode with no shortage of ideas. Right when you think you understand it, it hits you with a brand new idea that's even better than the last one. Be it lore, friendship, or whatever, the episode has a scale like no other so far. A lot of it isn't fully explained, and that's the way I like it. It's a sign that the episode has grown larger than its run-time can carry, which is a sure sign of greatness. And oh boy, is it great.
As a way to kick off the fourth season, it could not have been better. Well, maybe it could have, were it not for the S3 finale, but we'll get to that. The show seems to be shifting to a greater narrative, one that will perhaps take a couple episodes to get used to. That said, the new style is fantastic, and is mostly like the old style with an epic scale and a season-wide narrative. Sure, I could go over how the animation was great, the background music was fantastic, and the animation was as good as always, but the thing that really caught my attention for the episode was the scale of it all. Bronies on Twitter are calling it "epic", and I think that label actually fits. Epic is the word I'd use to describe the episode. In fact, I'm excited for the season.
But it's not absolutely perfect. The episode is called "Princess Twilight", and the issues I had with Twilight's new status in season 3 are not at all fixed here. Season 3's finale had a fixation on Twilight's "destiny". It seemed the only reason that she became a princess was because of said destiny. And in this episode, it's pretty clear that this is the direction the writers think the series should go. I do not appreciate this very much. This puts Twilight on a pedestal as being "superior" to the other ponies, something that I strongly do not agree with. Most of that is an issue with the previous episode, but this episode makes absolutely no effort to justify Twilight's new status aside from "destiny", something that they quite clearly want to go with. I am excited to see what they do with it, but I am also disappointed that they're going this route.
It's not a bad episode. Quite the contrary, in fact. It's an amazing episode that could be one of my favourites and is only held back by the whole "destiny" angle. The scope of it is unmatched in the series, and it shows us several things that were merely hinted at before. It's also an episode of a lot of changes, so the upcoming season promises to be interesting. Shame that we have to wait a whole week for it, though.
Second opinion: http://equestriareviews.blogspot.ca/2013/11/my-thoughts-on-2-part-season-4-premiere.html
Friday 22 November 2013
Crusader - Typography Animation review
A typography animation can succeed through creative ideas or a lot of personality. This video has neither.
Friday 8 November 2013
Nightmare Night [SFM] review
I forgot to review this one! So here's the gorgeous new SFM animation from Ferexes! But what's so great about it? Find out below!
Fluffle Puff Tales: "Nightmare Night" reveiw
So, the newest installment of my least favourite thing in the fandom is out. Maybe this time it'll be improved.
Tuesday 5 November 2013
Just Relax and Pony review
This isn't really something I can go in-depth about, so I'll try something different.
This may be a bit more of an editorial about the fandom than a review, so be aware of that.
Equestria Girls: Literal Video Version review
The newest in the long-running Literal Video series is here! Does it live up to the earlier videos? Find out below!
Saturday 26 October 2013
Friday 25 October 2013
Turnabout Storm Part 5/4 review
Again, can't find it to embed, so here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIwsXWPr8ew
It's here, it's here, it's finally here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIwsXWPr8ew
It's here, it's here, it's finally here!
Tuesday 22 October 2013
Brony video review dump
Hi, it's me, Alex. I'm the video reviewer here. Before I made this blog, I reviewed videos on Tumblr. You can find the said reviews here:
http://freedomandpeaceofmind.tumblr.com/tagged/review
That's all I wanted to say, so see you next review!
http://freedomandpeaceofmind.tumblr.com/tagged/review
That's all I wanted to say, so see you next review!
Monday 21 October 2013
Rainbow Dash Presents: Bittersweet review
Sunday 20 October 2013
Hot Minute: My Little Pony's Rarity review
Blogger's design makes embedding new videos frustrating.
As such, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLUcaWySKJotNaTwUXFIF-FqE9bLeLKBbx&v=-wRJN-uxQnc
So, the new My Little Pony Hot Minute is in! These are always great. Catch the review below the break!
As such, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLUcaWySKJotNaTwUXFIF-FqE9bLeLKBbx&v=-wRJN-uxQnc
So, the new My Little Pony Hot Minute is in! These are always great. Catch the review below the break!
Saturday 19 October 2013
Welcome!
Welcome to Equestria Reviews!
When it's fully established, this blog will feature reviews of brony videos, music, fanfiction, games, and comics. But we're still in the planning stages, and we need reviewers! So either comment here or on Twitter (@AlexanderThrond) or Tumblr (freedomandpeaceofmind.tumblr.com) if you would like to be a reviewer for this blog.
When it's fully established, this blog will feature reviews of brony videos, music, fanfiction, games, and comics. But we're still in the planning stages, and we need reviewers! So either comment here or on Twitter (@AlexanderThrond) or Tumblr (freedomandpeaceofmind.tumblr.com) if you would like to be a reviewer for this blog.
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