Thursday 18 August 2016

Text Review Roundup: "28 Pranks Later"

Rainbow Dash clings to Cheerilee's blackboard
Rainbow has clearly been taking dimension-hopping lessons from Pinkie
Time for another summary of what non-video reviewers thought of the latest episode. As ever, I don't claim this to be a comprehensive survey of such people, but hopefully there are at least enough to be of interest. As always, click on the reviewer's name to read their review for yourself. There's a newcomer to TRR this week in the shape of Michaelsety. Do let me know if there are any other text-based reviewers you'd like me to feature here!

There was quite a mixed reception to this episode, with Rainbow's characterisation coming in for particular criticism. Here we go:

ArthurCrane – generally positive ("I (mostly) actually like this")

Articles of Destroyer – mixed (rated 6/10)

BatBrony Reviews – mildly positive ("just an OK episode")

Derpy News – mildly positive (graded B)

Michaelsety – very positive (graded A)

Louder Yay – mixed (rated 3/5; "it isn't really a S6 episode")

Super Recaps – negative ("had the potential to be something much more")

The Super Mario Brony Blog – extremely negative (rated 0/5; "how not to write an episode")

Thrond Media Pony Corner – mixed ("by no means terrible, although it'd possibly be less frustrating if it were")
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6 comments:

  1. Moody Magpie18 August 2016 at 11:38

    As much as I love old Dashie. I really hate it when they portray her as a jerk, especially of she's making poor Fluttershy cry. A very average episode in my opinion.

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    1. Logan18 August 2016 at 21:01

      Rainbow's portrayal is my biggest beef with this one. It's just too much like she was five years ago, not the more developed Dash we (usually) get now.

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  2. xjuggernaughtx19 August 2016 at 16:47

    This episode contains Cheerilee. For that alone, it gets a least three of five stars. In fact, last two episodes have had some delightful Cheeri-love. I'm happy about it.

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    1. Chris19 August 2016 at 19:51

      Disappointingly, that Cheeri-love seems to have come at poor Carrot Top's expense. Two weeks ago, we got two brief glimpses of her watching the race from the sidelines; this episode, nada!

      It's tough getting overly attached to background ponies, I tells ya.

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    2. Oilyvalves19 August 2016 at 20:59

      'The Cart before the Pony' certainly gave us a bit dose of well-overdue Cheeri-love.

      Yeah, Carrot Top is one of the few characters left that has NEVER been given the limelight. People like us Colgate fans have been rather spoiled. ;)

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    3. Logan19 August 2016 at 23:37

      Clearly we need a two-hander episode concentrating on Cheerilee and Carrot Top.

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