MLP:FiM 3x01/2 "The Crystal Empire" Parts 1 and 2 Grading

[TrekAlliance92]

Yes, although in retrospect the protection Shining Armor was wearing looked more like what the Augmemts wore in Star Trek II. But I definetely saw it as a sci-fi reference even though I couldn't quite place it at first.

Aha! That didn't occur to me, but now that I think about it, you've got a great point!

Khan goggles in an Empire Strikes back homage to get to a city that's part Atlantis with it's shield up, part Emerald City, based off of a Lord of the Rings city. Shout outs, shout outs everywhere.

Love it!

 

[Gepard]

Egophiliac answers the question of what that black book was for:

 

[Count Zero]

 

[Kemaiku]

Then they went to play with Gak

 

[Redfern]

Good g*d! Did they "blow" a clown?!

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Kemaiku]

Good g*d! Did they "blow" a clown?!

Sincerely,

Bill

There was an advert that for some reason, on some streams, ran 5 times in succession and annoyed everyone, for a silly putty like stuff called "gak". Needless to say it became a meme before the episode ended.

 

[Redfern]

Yeah, I read about the successive "Gak" ads, and knew that's what the art referenced.

I was just trying to be lewdly funny as the art reminded me of a demotivational poster. I depicts a very attractive young woman with various colored paint droplets splashed across her face as she smiles. The caption reads, "WTF?! Did somebody 'blow' a clown??!!!" Basically, I repeated the punchline here.

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Kemaiku]

Wee bit too obscure, and the blog above is a NSFW one so yeah...

 

[Amaris]

I'm an avid reader of that blog.

 

[Kemaiku]

I just read it for gamer Luna

 

[Gepard]

C'mon. You know you're into Molly's fine, fine plot.

 

[Kemaiku]

I will be when she loses a little more of the weight she put on "resting" after the Chrysalis thing. Resting for 7 months? sure Molly.

 

[Gepard]

 

[Kemaiku]

Given how old the castle is it probably predates him by a good margin even when he was in power. Blame the original crystal ponies.

Oh and odd thought but, maybe the crystal ponies never escaped the effects of the Windigoes? and over the two thousand years changed into something more arctic and adapted magic of their own?

 

[Amaris]

Ooh! I like where that could go!

 

[Kemaiku]

Ponies with polar bear fur