04-18-2017, 02:37 PM
S5E16 Made in Manehattan
I didn't see this one until now. Honestly I avoided it for some time because when it first was announced I was really annoyed it was yet another Rarijack episode. I just feel like the pairing is so overdone to death, when other character pairings are so much more interesting and dynamic compared to that. Seeing the episode, well, it hasn't changed my opinion on that. Was it better handled than other episodes that use it? Yes. Does that excuse using the same bit of "Hey everyone, remember how different Rarity and Applejack are?" Absolutely not. The episode itself wasn't bad. I did of course enjoy all of Rarity's bits, and I loved seeing her interact with Coco. The lesson was sweet, and I liked how it didn't have any sort of real major conflict. However, the fact that it was a map episode felt incredibly forced. I would have much preferred this to be a Rarity/Coco episode, or Rarity and any other M6 pony to make it anything but Applejack not knowing what to do there since she's different than Rarity. It honestly should have been Twilight to go with them, and instead of talking about it, show Twilight restoring it magically and have it not work. Give Rarity and Twilight some interaction.
And with that, I feel like the really positive episode streak sort of comes to a stop. Not that this was bad, I enjoyed it for the most part, but it feels like aside from Rari, not a lot really stands out as memorable. These map episodes really haven't been all that good.
I didn't see this one until now. Honestly I avoided it for some time because when it first was announced I was really annoyed it was yet another Rarijack episode. I just feel like the pairing is so overdone to death, when other character pairings are so much more interesting and dynamic compared to that. Seeing the episode, well, it hasn't changed my opinion on that. Was it better handled than other episodes that use it? Yes. Does that excuse using the same bit of "Hey everyone, remember how different Rarity and Applejack are?" Absolutely not. The episode itself wasn't bad. I did of course enjoy all of Rarity's bits, and I loved seeing her interact with Coco. The lesson was sweet, and I liked how it didn't have any sort of real major conflict. However, the fact that it was a map episode felt incredibly forced. I would have much preferred this to be a Rarity/Coco episode, or Rarity and any other M6 pony to make it anything but Applejack not knowing what to do there since she's different than Rarity. It honestly should have been Twilight to go with them, and instead of talking about it, show Twilight restoring it magically and have it not work. Give Rarity and Twilight some interaction.
And with that, I feel like the really positive episode streak sort of comes to a stop. Not that this was bad, I enjoyed it for the most part, but it feels like aside from Rari, not a lot really stands out as memorable. These map episodes really haven't been all that good.
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