Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 13:22:31 GMT -5
"The Maud Couple"...gets a 7/10 from me.
Pros:
-Mudbriar...at first, I thought that he was too Sheldon Cooper-ish for my tastes but over the course of the episode, he started to grow on me. He genuinely cared about Maud, his imagination tower (or whatever it was called again) was really a WTF moment in a good way and him and Maud had some adorable scenes together. Yeah, him starting every sentence with "Technically..." got a bit redundant after a while but overall, he is a good addition to the Ponyville cast and I like him muchly.
-The scene at the rock farm with Limestone and Marble was also really good from Limestone nonchalantly putting her sister that just arrived overnight to work leading to a nice sister bonding moment where they show her what Maud sees in Mudbriar. A really good little sequence.
-Starlight also got some nice work done in her little screentime from the callback to her interest in kites to her friendship with Maud and how she took Mudbriar aside to talk to him about kites etc.. Just goes to show that after a rough start in Season 6, Starlight has organically grown into a genuine mane cast member.
-Liked all the little callbacks like Lyra & Bon Bon together at the Stand-Up Comedy Club from Maud's home in Ponyville Adjacent to the kite thing above. Continuity I definitely liked.
Cons:
-Despite a few nice scenes, this was unfortunately Pinkie in her annoying and dumb incarnation. I can understand that she has a hard time reading Mudbriar since it is probably like having to learn all over again with him what she can tell with Maud easily since they grew up together. But her search for Maud especially and her general unpleasentness up to her not grasping metaphors leads me to think that Mr. Confalone needs to take a refreshment course in how to write Pinkie Pie.
-The cold open at the comedy club was not very entertaining. Somehow in a fanfic a long time ago featuring Maud and a robot, they were able to come up with a better comedy routine than what was shown here. Also the sequence wth Pinkie searching for Maud was way too long. So sad, considering that last season was so good regarding pacing.
Maybe it is more of a 6.5 but rounded up, it equals 7/10 and that's where I stand.
Pros:
-Mudbriar...at first, I thought that he was too Sheldon Cooper-ish for my tastes but over the course of the episode, he started to grow on me. He genuinely cared about Maud, his imagination tower (or whatever it was called again) was really a WTF moment in a good way and him and Maud had some adorable scenes together. Yeah, him starting every sentence with "Technically..." got a bit redundant after a while but overall, he is a good addition to the Ponyville cast and I like him muchly.
-The scene at the rock farm with Limestone and Marble was also really good from Limestone nonchalantly putting her sister that just arrived overnight to work leading to a nice sister bonding moment where they show her what Maud sees in Mudbriar. A really good little sequence.
-Starlight also got some nice work done in her little screentime from the callback to her interest in kites to her friendship with Maud and how she took Mudbriar aside to talk to him about kites etc.. Just goes to show that after a rough start in Season 6, Starlight has organically grown into a genuine mane cast member.
-Liked all the little callbacks like Lyra & Bon Bon together at the Stand-Up Comedy Club from Maud's home in Ponyville Adjacent to the kite thing above. Continuity I definitely liked.
Cons:
-Despite a few nice scenes, this was unfortunately Pinkie in her annoying and dumb incarnation. I can understand that she has a hard time reading Mudbriar since it is probably like having to learn all over again with him what she can tell with Maud easily since they grew up together. But her search for Maud especially and her general unpleasentness up to her not grasping metaphors leads me to think that Mr. Confalone needs to take a refreshment course in how to write Pinkie Pie.
-The cold open at the comedy club was not very entertaining. Somehow in a fanfic a long time ago featuring Maud and a robot, they were able to come up with a better comedy routine than what was shown here. Also the sequence wth Pinkie searching for Maud was way too long. So sad, considering that last season was so good regarding pacing.
Maybe it is more of a 6.5 but rounded up, it equals 7/10 and that's where I stand.