06-04-2017, 04:01 PM
S7E9 Honest Apple.
Wow, was I waiting to write about this one. This one is horrible, I'd say one of the worst in the series. Not offensively bad, no, but I think this one is a prime example of a writer not only not caring about what they've written, but also it being painfully evident that the writer never even watched the show. Rarity having close connections with Photo Finish? Rarity having no idea what her Manehattan shop manager is up to? Apparently this is also the first episode this writer has written for the show, and is also the first animated thing they've done, and I think it shows. Like take that bit where that random Rarity guitar solo shows up. What was that? That was just such a case of "lol random" humor, like a bad Family Guy cutaway. In fact I had to do a double take to make sure it was legit, it just seemed so out there. The 3 contestants are all incredibly unlikable and one dimensional, and can be summed up in one word each. OHMAHGOSH, future, and goth. They lack any sort of traits. And honestly, they come off more as hacks if anything, not there because of the passion of their work, just there for the contest. Compare any of them to someone like Coco. And the ending, how they all win? That was such a bad cop out, and I feel like it's just so insulting that they leave their crap in Rarity's boutique but don't even take the work to show it off themselves. What they do, especially the way they rage quit the contest, it feels like they act in the exact opposite of how Rarity has her "Rules of Rarity". And Applejack. If anyone was hurt by this episode, it's her. I've usually made it really clear I hate Rarijack stuff because of how painfully over done it is. I've also made the case that it's really the crutch of a poor writer, relying too heavily on "Lol look how opposite they are!" And again, as it's basically 22 minutes of Applejack not understanding fashion, it again really shows.
The scene with Strawberry Sunrise was great though. The one funny thing in the episode is that Rarity just happens to have a friend on standby to rant against Applejack. The only redeeming bit in the episode. Aside from that, definitely one of the worst.
Wow, was I waiting to write about this one. This one is horrible, I'd say one of the worst in the series. Not offensively bad, no, but I think this one is a prime example of a writer not only not caring about what they've written, but also it being painfully evident that the writer never even watched the show. Rarity having close connections with Photo Finish? Rarity having no idea what her Manehattan shop manager is up to? Apparently this is also the first episode this writer has written for the show, and is also the first animated thing they've done, and I think it shows. Like take that bit where that random Rarity guitar solo shows up. What was that? That was just such a case of "lol random" humor, like a bad Family Guy cutaway. In fact I had to do a double take to make sure it was legit, it just seemed so out there. The 3 contestants are all incredibly unlikable and one dimensional, and can be summed up in one word each. OHMAHGOSH, future, and goth. They lack any sort of traits. And honestly, they come off more as hacks if anything, not there because of the passion of their work, just there for the contest. Compare any of them to someone like Coco. And the ending, how they all win? That was such a bad cop out, and I feel like it's just so insulting that they leave their crap in Rarity's boutique but don't even take the work to show it off themselves. What they do, especially the way they rage quit the contest, it feels like they act in the exact opposite of how Rarity has her "Rules of Rarity". And Applejack. If anyone was hurt by this episode, it's her. I've usually made it really clear I hate Rarijack stuff because of how painfully over done it is. I've also made the case that it's really the crutch of a poor writer, relying too heavily on "Lol look how opposite they are!" And again, as it's basically 22 minutes of Applejack not understanding fashion, it again really shows.
The scene with Strawberry Sunrise was great though. The one funny thing in the episode is that Rarity just happens to have a friend on standby to rant against Applejack. The only redeeming bit in the episode. Aside from that, definitely one of the worst.
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