Topic: Here there be ponies

[Kytim89]

Star Trek and Pony fans rejoice. Here is a great video I found blending the two togehter.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckOhYWf9_Wc&feature=related

[BeautifulShy]

Nice find. I think that is the first time I watched that.

I found a few more mash ups for some different video games and MLP songs that I will post. 

[FZeroBoyo]

It's funny. For a guy who doesn't care for this show, I'm probably one of the most frequent posters.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/look-out-mario-kart-pony-kart-coming

That's... special.

[Lithium]

damn that game looks pretty good. The graphics i mean, they did a good job at translating the 2-d art onto a 3-d engine.

[BeautifulShy]

FZeroBoyo you don't have to be a fan of the show to get into the fan content.

Yeah Pony Kart does look pretty nice and I can't wait to see any other progress that they make with the game in future updates.

[BeautifulShy]

Well something is true on this day of April Foal's Day. For those with Netflix the whole first season is on there for Instant streaming. I'm not even kidding with this.

[FZeroBoyo]

Indeed it is... I was thinking I might just check that out sometime, if just to see what the fuss is about.


Then again, when I thought about watching it several months ago, some of my friends got angry and said I was just caving into the pressure. It reached a point where another person stopped talking to me all together. (And looking at their page, they've pretty much become obsessed with it.)

They also keep spraying the memes and jokes around me because it's just how they roll. Either I need to keep ignoring it or I need new friends.

[BeautifulShy]

Well I am kinda biased but I would just give the show a shot and if you like it well that's great and if not then you can at least tried it out and challenged yourself to try it out. Also I am pretty sure some Bronies would tell you to get new friends since you find out who your actual friends are when you are into something like this.

Also I have found that Season 2 may be a better then season 1. Season 1 is very solid but I am finding Season 2 to be better then it.

[BeautifulShy]

I am considering putting up a post about all the April Foals Day stuff that is going around the community right now but at the same time I want to keep the topic about actual things going on in the community and the show. Conflicted...

Okay I think I decided on what I am going to do with April Foals Day. I will put up a post later tonight with all the fan content that came out today and until then I will just post real stuff.   So for starters here is the episode follow up from EQD for the latest episode.

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/episode-followup-ponyville-confidential.html#more

Also it seems that another new writer was hired for the show.
 https://twitter.com/#!/natashalevinger/status/184517170703769600

[BeautifulShy]

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/03/equestria-daily-now-accepting-all-pony.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP8QtXUhpqo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsJ1aU6U09Q

http://www.manestreamgames.com/2012/04/01/mane-stream-games-gives-you-more-of-what-you-crave/

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/new-welovefine-product-hoof-hands.html

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q1FQxLyvR-MF1p48OqRbAHS0tfS5g-I2-Nuixnq6IMk/edit

Upcoming Season 3 episodes They are spoilerific.
https://docs.google.com/document/m?id=1qAQfvnSbQO1xo1623ndznxDnbbXEggfyIj6kzU0DerM

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/custom-compilation-classic-edition.html

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/music-remix-jamboree-of-ladybugs-where.html

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18237/Minty%27s-Sock-Explosion

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/april-foals-day-compilation.html

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/here-comes-tom.html

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18026/1/A-Very-Special-Sunshine-Princess/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-t0H4exacf2R7FRH9c0ae0-vFBzfnRPSZTJbCKOkhP8/edit

[FZeroBoyo]

Quite a committed fanbase, Maxi. See, sane fans like that are the kinds that I can admire. The others... Not so much.

[King of Twitch]

who's the genius that changed the thread to 'April Foals'

[BeautifulShy]

I did for today and it is only for today. Besides it isn't like I can change the title permantly in the OP post. Just for single posts.

[FZeroBoyo]

Best part is the music.

[BeautifulShy]

Ah SuperMarioGalaxy13 I love what he does with the episodes.He basically takes clips from the show and makes some references to the part of the episode with his videos or just makes them even more funny. I personally like the Baby Cakes videos and the Putting your Hoof down videos.

Also

I personally like SimGretina's Find a Pet remix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmX2cWfUkPk&feature=relmfu


If you want to get more into the community you can watch these videos



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=dVnuJ0UxJUI

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0vmaQWMtZA&feature=watch_response

[BeautifulShy]

You know how back on April 1st there was the 1st season of MLP:FIM on Netflix well after the season finale airs all of Season 2 will also be on Netflix as well as well as other shows. This is just 5 days after being announced.

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/ponies-takes-top-place-on-netflix.html#idc-cover

[BeautifulShy]

Well this new episode was pretty sweet. Pun intended. It also reminds me of Paper Mario:The Thousand Year Door for the GameCube in one of the Chapters. The one where they are on the Train.

Anyway here is the episode.

Oh also there will not be an episode next week but the season finale will be the week after that and that is a two parter. Both episodes will air that day.

You know the gaming media could learn a thing or two from this episode.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Maxi....



is that you?

[BeautifulShy]

That was the Emerald City Comicon 2012 and that was up in Seattle so no it wasn't me. I haven't really been to any of the meetups yet. There was one near me one time but I was too tired to go. They usually have the meetups announced  in the nightly round ups on EQD a few days a head of time. Tara is a really nice person and she is having fun with the fan base and and it is a back and forth type of thing.

[BeautifulShy]

Anyway here is the episode follow up of Saturday's episode. http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/episode-followup-mmmystery-on.html

Also here is some art from the episode from the fan artists as well as other art. 
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/this-needs-to-be-screensaver.html

[FZeroBoyo]

I swallowed my pride and watched the latest episode, and my response is... Eh.


Sure, the production values are good, the plot was well-done (if a bit predictable), and there's a (expectantly contrived) moral for the kids ("If somebody tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's no good!") but I failed to see what others see in it. Maybe watching more will change that, but I'll get back to you.


I was hoping the train would get attacked by a giant black cloud monster.

[BeautifulShy]

Well since you are open to watching some episodes here are some from Season 2 that I recommend.

The Return of Harmony part 1 and 2. John De Lancie does a great job with Discord and basically being Q.

Lesson Zero is a really good episode and it basically the episode escalates and escalates. 

The Sisterhooves Social. This one has the two Sister pairings of the show Apple Jack and Apple Bloom and Rarity and Sweetiebelle. Basically there is a conflict between one of the sister pairings and one of the sisters goes with the other side. There is a nice abridged episode of this episode.

The Cutie Pox. This is one of the best episodes for references in the entire series.I think it has the most.  It also features the most famous one and unexpected one that you wouldn't think to find in this show. It is quite funny too.

Sweet and Elite.In this one Rarity is conflicted with something and needs to choose. There is also a great song in it.

Hearths Warming Eve. This was written by Merriwether Williams who I recently learned did some of the story for some of the episodes for Adventure Time. She also has 3 other episodes in season 2 for MLP. This is her second episode. This basically goes into the history of Equestria and how it was founded.

Family Appreciation Day is a good one as well and it was show at this years Bronycon and it was a pretty good response from what I heard. It also has some backstory to Ponyville.

The Last Roundup. This episode is contraversal for a few reasons. First there is 2 versions of it. There is one on iTunes. I think there is the edited one still up there and then there is the original version. Why is there 2 versions you may ask? Well something was edited in the iTunes version or rather a character and a few lines of dialog. Aside from that this is a excellent episode which stars Applejack and this episode started her trend to get her up to the number 3 fave when she was number 6 before. It also has a few great references and a great dessert to make. Chimicherrychonga!

Read it and Weep. I personally think that this is the episode that started digging her out of the ditch she was in and started giving her character development again. She was kinda rude before this episode. It also introduces a new character which is pretty cool.

A Friend in Deed. This episode stars Pinkie and well she is doing her best to make friends with someone but it just ain't happening. There is also 4 songs in it.

Putting your Hoof Down. What happens when you someone has been given assertive lessons and is timid and everyone takes advantage of her. This is also done by Merriwether.

Its about Time. Solid Snake Twi. Need I say more?

Dragon Quest. This is the best Merriwether episode and it is more guy centric.

Finally I think this is the Best Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash episode. Hurricane Fluttershy. It gives Rainbow Dash a lot of development and as well Fluttershy and the animation is great and montages are great and the background music is great William Anderson and his crew did a great job.

I need to post something up somewhere else but if you want some recommendations from season 1 I will be glad to let you know my thoughts.

[BeautifulShy]

Well the top Ten videos of March are out They are pretty solid. They were pretty much dominated by Discord and Twilight. 7 of the 10 featured one of the 2 in some fashion.

[BeautifulShy]

So these are simi old. Well the first one is but here they are.

http://geekaweek.net/2012/02/legends-of-videogames-gabe-newell/

and

http://geekaweek.net/2012/04/legends-of-videogames-markus-notch-persson/

You just have to scroll down to the bottom of the page for the interview.

It also as some pretty good info about the developers as well.


Also MAD did another MLP skit tonight it isn't as long as the 2 others that they did before. It is okay. I think I like the second one that they did the best so far.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1P8HJKxdmg

[BeautifulShy]

Well I have been neglecting this thread on purpose to give you guys a break on the MLP stuff but tomorrow the new episode airs and if you have some time tonight and have nothing better to do and and want to catch up on all the episodes there is Mare-a-thons going on.

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/mare-thons-tonight.html

These happen every week but I figured this week would be a great week for those to catch up for those that have time to kill. I am usually in the Brony TV stream