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[Smiles the Death Bringer]

Found this while surfing the webs. Felt I should share.

I have two questions
1. What the f**k did I just watch?
2. Was that the best fake movie trailer ever or by far the dumbest?

[Fabbrizio]

2. Was that the best fake movie trailer ever or by far the dumbest?

If THIS isn't the best, then f*** it all.

[Smiles the Death Bringer]

If THIS isn't the best, then f*** it all.

No it's not as good as this:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=HBCzkz3gHb8

Also Tara Strong trolled us...

Edited by Ovasity, 09 March 2012 - 09:35 AM.

[Geoffrey]

[Fabbrizio]

'dat episode.

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I like the part where Twilight goes crazy...AGAIN...

Not at all what I expected but epic and amazing all the same.

[Beefster]

Holy Crap! I totally forgot about the new episode because I had a social dance competition today. Will watch later.

Also, Buck to the Future is pretty good.

[ShadowTiger]

Haven't seen the episode, but I got side-tracked into seeing this: Comparisons between G4 and previous generations.



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But yeah, pretty awesome episode. Very enjoyable. I love time trips like that.

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I was actually expecting there to be some major disaster or something. Really glad there wasn't.

[Banjo7J]

Spoiler

Pretty good episode. To be honest, I was expecting that this, like just about everything else, would completely fail at understanding how time travel works, but I'm glad to see that it didn't. This episode certainly wasn't what I expected, even though I did manage to predict the ending a short while after she got the paper cut.

One thing I didn't really like about it was Spike. I don't mean his presence, but how he seemed to be acting like a bit of a jerk - moreso than usual. I'll be honest, I don't really like Spike that much, and his actions in this episode didn't make me like him any more. I mean, sure, it was just the little things, but still, everything counts.

However, to end this post on a high note: Ohmygod, Fluttershy petting Cerberus was so cute.

[Beefster]

This episode was a wonderfully executed unpredictable episode as far as details go, although I figured out the overall plot halfway through.

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I'm surprised Twilight let Spike continue to eat ice cream.

Doctor Whooves appeared in the scene where Twilight warns the people about the future. I thought that was interesting.

There are (at least) three models for time travel and, given their theoretical nature, none of them are any more "correct" than others.
The first is the Back to the Future / Chrono Trigger model. It incorporates the ripple effect and other things that make it really convenient for fiction.
The second is the Harry Potter model, as seen in this episode. In this model, anything that already happened happens again as you go back in time (meaning nothing actually changes).
Then there's the split timeline model where simply going back in time splits the timeline making it impossible to return to your original timeline and making the changes only occur in the new universe and all branches from it. There are no stable time loops in this model.
No matter how you look at it, time travel will still hurt your brain.

Also, you gotta love how Google automatically expands "mlp" to "my little pony" in searches. I doubt you could really do that before 2011.

Edited by Beefster, 10 March 2012 - 03:44 PM.

[Banjo7J]

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There are (at least) three models for time travel and, given their theoretical nature, none of them are any more "correct" than others.
The first is the Back to the Future / Chrono Trigger model. It incorporates the ripple effect and other things that make it really convenient for fiction.
The second is the Harry Potter model, as seen in this episode. In this model, anything that already happened happens again as you go back in time (meaning nothing actually changes).
Then there's the split timeline model where simply going back in time splits the timeline making it impossible to return to your original timeline and making the changes only occur in the new universe and all branches from it. There are no stable time loops in this model.
No matter how you look at it, time travel will still hurt your brain.

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IMO, only the second one truly makes sense. The third one kind of makes sense, but at the same time...doesn't. Frankly, and I know this probably sounds lazy, but I can't really be bothered trying to wrap my head around exactly how the third theory would work. The first one is basically comprised entirely of paradoxes. If you go back in time to change something in the past to change the future, then in the future you won't need to go back in time, because the future will be as planned. However, because you don't do whatever you need to do to make the future like that (which may even include inventing time travel in the first place), then the future is not like that, meaning you make the future like that, meaning you don't, etc etc etc. It's just an infinite loop. At least, I assume that's what you meant by Theory 1, as I've said before, I've never seen BttF. Nor have I played Chrono Trigger. I understand what you mean about how none of them are correct, as time travel will never be accomplished, but if it WERE achievable, then the second theory is almost definitely the one that would be correct, as all other theories are completely illogical.

Dear god, I am SUCH a nerd.

[Geoffrey]

Thoughts throughout the episode:

Twilight Sparkle is spending more time trying to allot time to make a schedule than it would take to make a schedule.

Fluttershy has short term memory loss; she's still terrible at sticking up for herself.

Pinkie Pie is being Pinkie Pie; I love it.

Applejack has cement in her hair; this cannot be good.

The gates of Tartarus...



"My lectures?"

Zecora has been training Pinkie Pie, I see.

Pinkie Pie is more sane than Twilight Sparkle, what is this?

"Uh, I don't think we need to sneak around, Twilight; it's not illegal to walk around Canterlot."

Okay, we're definitely inside the White Gold Tower now; there is no denying that those are, in fact, Imperial Guards. Seriously, it's like they're breaking in to steal the Elder Scroll; it's like the Thieves' Guild questline all over again.

Heh; it all repeats; it's a infinite loop.

[ShadowTiger]

Yeah now I want to replay that quest line just to see what you're talking about.


Anyway, something in this episode I noticed.

This came before the episode. They call her a gypsy.

Then she's in a fortune teller tent, acting as a gypsy.

fo'srsly



EDIT:


Yes. This is how it works.

[Bayta]

... Anyone else think Twilight looked a bit like Solid Snake?

Anyway, yeah, good episode. I saw the end coming a mile away though. The bit where Twilight was studying everything was pretty funny. Yeah. That's about it.

[Moosh]

This is probably my favorite episode of Season 2 so far.

[Geoffrey]