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The disappointing thing about Catrina's becoming unassertive when she became "good" was . . . it kind of makes me think she should keep taking witchweed. It doesn't take over her personality completely because she's able to choose to blow up the witchweed machine at the very end, when she's all bulked up. Maybe she'd be assertive but not evil if she took a lower dose? We don't actually know that the potion is 'bad'. It could be like Captain America's super-soldier serum.The other thing that annoys me about her right at the end (besides her wavering voice) is that she needs reassurance from Rep that she's beautiful. Really? "Hmm, could be awkward going to a party where I tried to enslave everyone, but anyway the most important thing is: am I hot?" Catrina, I'm begging you, do the drugs. Do all the drugs. Don't get me wrong, though, I do like this special. It's my 2nd favorite (after RaMC). I do wish Firefly was in it, though. Her toy actually WAS sold this year (brought back from the previous year with new, curly hair) so I don't really get why she was excluded. (Moondancer, Glory, Applejack, Bow-Tie, and Medley were also sold this year.)Baby Moondancer was my favorite as a child so of course I'm happy to see her having a big role. (Sidenote, wasn't it nice when G1 babies talked normally instead of in baby talk? Enjoy it while you can . . .)Posey sounds British? Is it just me? Not that she has a lot of lines . . .Although I generally like the RaMC designs more than the EfC designs, I actually like the sea pony designs better in EfC. They look a little more . . . natural. I don't even mind the "parade of costumes" at the end, even though it was blatantly tacked on to show off the Pony Wear and did nothing to further the plot. At least it gave us that cute visual of the baby sea pony splashing Baby Surprise. (And yes, I noticed some ponies got 'repeated' in order to show off all the outfits, lol!)
The other thing that annoys me about her right at the end (besides her wavering voice) is that she needs reassurance from Rep that she's beautiful. Really? "Hmm, could be awkward going to a party where I tried to enslave everyone, but anyway the most important thing is: am I hot?" Catrina, I'm begging you, do the drugs. Do all the drugs.
Hahaha! Yeah that was eyeroll worthy. Just really stereotypical writing. The opposite of loud and dominant is soft-spoken and insecure. Nothing inbetween. She became a "proper lady" again.
Quote from: LadyMoondancer on March 22, 2018, 03:44:26 PMThe other thing that annoys me about her right at the end (besides her wavering voice) is that she needs reassurance from Rep that she's beautiful. Really? "Hmm, could be awkward going to a party where I tried to enslave everyone, but anyway the most important thing is: am I hot?" Catrina, I'm begging you, do the drugs. Do all the drugs. Hahaha! Yeah that was eyeroll worthy. Just really stereotypical writing. The opposite of loud and dominant is soft-spoken and insecure. Nothing inbetween. She became a "proper lady" again.My own take-away is that this has got to be the weirdest MLP special of all. Slave labor to produce drugs for the 1%. So weirdly topical even nowadays and they put that into MLP. Who still wants to pretend G1 was all about crying and tea parties?
I like to think that ponies only wear clothes for special occasions like the costume ball or a dance recital and the rest of the time they don’t mind not wearing clothes. Ponyfan
I like Dressed Like a Dream, even if it is a commercial for ponywear. After the Glitter and Gold Jem ep which is literally the most blatant clothing advertising in animation ever made, Catrina is really mild. But it is hard to advertise ponywear in a way because they don't normally wear them. And if they are wearing it, it asks questions about the times they aren;t.Reminds me of the infamous birthday suit advert for ponywear in the UK...where one of the Groom & Style Ponies forgot that someone's birthday party was a costume party...
Quote from: Taffeta on April 01, 2018, 03:14:46 PMI like Dressed Like a Dream, even if it is a commercial for ponywear. After the Glitter and Gold Jem ep which is literally the most blatant clothing advertising in animation ever made, Catrina is really mild. But it is hard to advertise ponywear in a way because they don't normally wear them. And if they are wearing it, it asks questions about the times they aren;t.Reminds me of the infamous birthday suit advert for ponywear in the UK...where one of the Groom & Style Ponies forgot that someone's birthday party was a costume party...That sounds really funny.