"Make New Friends But Keep Discord" – Production Changes
Mike Cartoon Karma 31 December 2021 at 15:59 It's possible they'd already decided on having "CMC getting their marks" episode, but if so, it means it was decided even further in advance then we'd think. The first document for "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", the Premise, is dated May 15th, 2014, while this episode's outline (where the CMC were first brought in as being their sisters' +1's, is dated January 24th of the same year. Whether this was deliberate foreshadowing of that moment later this season I don't know, but it could have been. Bravo, Terry Klassen (the show's voice director, assuming it was his idea), bravo! Or whoever's idea it was. While not as severely as PP, I do find Maud works much better as a side dish reacting in ways only she can to others (it's one of the few saving graces of "The Gift of the Maud Pie", for starters). So good too, it's hilarious in Maud's deadpan.
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That line was scripted for a random heckling extra! I'm guessing they realised in the booth that Maud did nothing, and Ingrid Nelson was spending many minutes in silence as everybody else got through their scenes, so they decided it would be funnier to give that to her and subvert it.
It's in my Production Changes comments below, but I'll state it here it here given how both of you (and Logan in his initial review nearly seven years ago) foregrounded this line. PP: Whenever I think back to this episode, I always remember Maud's line foremost. Logan: Maud has a fun cameo with one brilliant line to deflate Discord's stand-up routine Nothing wrong with that, especially given how variable and inconsistent Season 5 starts becoming in just a few episodes. But your rating of a high ★★★ is about right. This is one of the few Discord episodes after "Twilight's Kingdom" that's actually satisfying in its arc and emotional space. And the balance between comedy and sincerity is handled solidly, even if Discord's building rage wears thin a bit before it subsides. Not hilariously so, I will concede, though many of the best gags were board additions (dishes dirtying themselves, vacuuming up Rarity's dress, etc.). But unlike "Party Pooped" or "Brotherhooves Social", the two other main casualties of this hesitation for fully sincere stories, what we got is still pretty good.Īfter "Three's A Crowd" turned out quite tepid and dull, even as regards Discord himself, it's nice to have an episode with him again that's actually funny. I still think that initial treatment could have worked, possibly even better than what we got. So I'm glad time and another viewing let me come back around to this. Around then, I could only focus on the changes made to episodes, and not necessarily why. I first started taking a cursory glance through the Season 5 scripts and similar documents about a year ago, and I had such a strong reaction to the initial Premise of this episode (it was one of several that ditched a sincere angle for wacky hijinks quickly), that I basically wrote off the actual episode pretty quickly thereafter. Mike Cartoon Karma 31 December 2021 at 15:58 I quite liked that one at the time, but looking back from 2021 it doesn't feel like an especially amazing or especially terrible episode. Next up is "The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone", which of course sees the return of Gilda. I think my four-star rating in 2015 was too high for what isn't an especially substantial episode – but it's still decent entertainment, so letting it keep three of those stars is a given.Ĭhoice quote: Discord: "I'm actually pretty lukewarm about cake." I really like her shaking the fourth-wall camera! The CMC are taking another step forward whether this was deliberate foreshadowing of that moment later this season I don't know, but it could have been. Maud has a fun cameo with one brilliant line to deflate Discord's stand-up routine, while Pinkie's energy suits a Gala setting well.
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Tree Hugger (voiced nicely by Nicole Oliver) is fairly amusing, though not that strong a character beyond one episode – plus a lot of the fandom stuff she inspired is stoner humour, which I generally find really boring. The ep's message about different friends in different settings is simple but well enough told. I also like how Twilight these days can stand up to Discord more than she did even a season ago. Discord's jealousy of Fluttershy is what holds the episode together, though, and both the characters play their parts nicely. The Smooze is a very different creature from his G1 incarnation, but he does a job. Thoughts: There was a fortnight's break between "Appleoosa's Most Wanted" and this, so anticipation was fairly high. S5E07: "Make New Friends But Keep Discord" Maud's sheer contempt for all this is plain to see
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