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S9E01: "The Beginning of the End, part 1"
6 April 2019My original rating: ★★★★ (for both parts)
IMDb score: 8.6
The one with Protectors of Equestria!Thoughts: And we're back! As, indeed are the Lady Writers, in a very welcome reprise. Celestia and Luna spring their retirement on the Manes. Rainbow rather bluntly reminds Twilight that the Princesses "almost never help". The Legion of Doom takes shape, though knowing now that Grogar is, well, not Grogar can't help but be disappointing. (His eyebrows may be the giveaway...) Sombra conquering the Crystal Empire is dark stuff, though. I loved seeing the Elements of Harmony again, and glad they got to have one last Rainbow of Light before being destroyed. I can't help but bump this down to a high three now I know Grogar was a fake-out, but it was still a solid start to the show's final season.
Choice quote: Twilight: "Twilighting? You... you made me a verb?"
New rating: ★★★
Next up, shockingly enough, will be "The Beginning of the End, part 2". I hope that news doesn't disappoint you too much. :P
Have to admit this one seemed really rough when I watched it way back. King Sombra being ridiculously overpowered, for one thing. Even ignoring the glaring continuity issues, it just seems a bit cheap to make your villain OP just to make the story work. I guess it's supposed to second-hand sell Grogar's power level, but it also operates in conjunction with the weird nerfing of the Main Six's power, when so far the specials managed to make them earn it too. It's just more satisfying that way than to have a game of "I'm stronger than you", "no, I'M stronger than YOU".
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, as much as I really strongly dislike the Grogar reveal later on, I will always remember: "Grogar is just Discord spelled backwards... with all the wrong letters." :D
(I think you missed the "My Little Repeats" label too.)
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Very much agreed. This had the trappings of a clever setup but just never did much with it. Like you and Logan, I can't help but factor in things I know now but didn't then. Here, it was twofold: I had virtually no knowledge of prior gens, so I knew nothing about Grogar, and then even prior to the reveal, he never did much, just appeared from time to time and gave his underlings menacing things to do. I never bought into him as much of a threat in the first place, and then the reveal was just dumb. Unlike earlier seasons, I have not rewatched much of the last 2 or 3, so I probably only saw this episode once. Thus I remember zero detail from it and am only vaguely reminded of the Twilight quote highlighted here.
Deleteboooo, Grogar being fake! D: would be the worst decision the show ever made if not for all the other worst decisions the show made!
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