Why Rainbow Rocks is a Disasterpiece | A Brief Retrospective
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- We all know that My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks is a MASSIVE step up from the first movie. But WHY is it better? IS IT better? Let's find out!
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I was excited to watch this but mf kept nagging abt things no one cares abt bro just talk abt what you say ur gonna talk abt this was actually so annoying to sit thru
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that’s just what he does in his videos, he points out everything. if you don’t like it don’t watch it
I like it. I like hearing someone yap.
LOL
We can't wait for the 5 hour long friendship games Retrospective
and the 10 hour Legend of Everfree one
@@EffMinus Super hyped :3
@@EffMinus not to mention all the specials
@@EffMinus...this made me a MGL. I bought Friendship With Benefits. Fluershy is best girl. Her demon side is hot as F. Still working for Battle Gem Ponies.
@@Justin-0427I bought some on DVD
Back when I saw this movie for the first time, and the dazzlings saw the GIANT RAINBOW TORNADO from the end of the first movie and no one else seemed to react to it, for some reason I got it into my head that no one else could see the rainbow tornado but the dazzlings could cause they had some equestrian magic. I also thought that the negative energy green gas could only be seen by people with equestrian magic as well. Honestly, I have no idea why I thought this and I don’t know if there is anything in the movies that debunk my theory, but maybe it could explain why no one else reacts to the obvious magical occurrences that are happing around them. This still wouldn’t explain how Canterlot High hid all the insane damage caused by Sunsets Shimmers little “boo-boo” ( as said by Rarity )
This video is awesome and I can’t even imagine the amount of work it took to make it. This is the first time I’ve seen your channel but I’m definitely gonna check out your other videos.
( also it’s so great to finally see someone else talk about how great Sunset Shimmer is lol. )
that’s a neat interpretation! there are some bits and crumbs that may be taken to imply that, but honestly let’s just blame the movie for not making it clear enough lol.
R.I.P. all that hard work gone. At least it's back.
What happened with CZcams? Back then we could watch and react to MLP content without any copyright problems! There's someome on CZcams who have ALL 9 seasons of MLP: FIM on their CZcams channel back in 2019!💀
All seasons of mlp and all of the movies are still up on youtube
yeah! someone also has the 1st and 2nd movie on their channel
Ok guys how about we keep quiet so CZcams doesn’t realize it
@@sergiosandoval8951 i doubt they give a f*ck i have plenty of fruity comments and even a bunch of swearing....they never noticed me
hasbro definitely claims those too, but they’re not taken down because it gives them more money that way. money is the only thing that matters to them
47:10
I’ve always thought that Rarity made them those pjs, since she likes making her friends custom outfits.
38:34
In Starlight the Hypnotist, its revealed that Twilight Sparkle is afraid of Ladybugs! Coccinelledaephobia.
She's been pretty ok around them in the past, but Fluttershy seemed to trigger the fear again because of a School of Friendship project.
Twilight says that Shining Armor said that the spots are "Extra eyes, that watch you wherever you go."
This actually seems highly relevant, suggesting that ladybugs have, or have ties to an entity with, the ability to see between dimensions in FiM canon.
Perhaps its Discord? He jas those beady red eyes...
Or perhaps its something else?
38:17 czcams.com/video/PGkrH9CwoE8/video.htmlfeature=shared
1:00:27 If you play the clip for legit 5 more seconds, you'll see that it was actually Vinyl who opened the door, Spike just pushed it. Dogs CAN push doors open as long as they are not shut tightly
Calling human guys Diamond Dogs sounds like a masculine form of Gold Diggers.
Here’s a theory: The novelization says the people at the café were listening to an album by the Sonic Rainbooms, but Rainbow Dash hadn’t formed her band yet in the chronology. Well, the band in Rainbow Rocks isn’t called the Sonic Rainbooms, rather it’s just called the Rainbooms. Perhaps the Sonic Rainbooms are a professional band that Rainbow Dash likes so much that she named her band after them and called it the Rainbooms.
This is the definition of "Babe wake up a CZcamsr I have never heard of just dropped an hours long video essay on something I haven't thought of in years"
All of the Equestria Girls movies were honestly pretty decent in my opinion! I can imagine they did well, and Hasbro probably knows this... which scares me. Imagine they made some sort of an Equestria Girls spinoff for G5. (though I don't want to give them any ideas lol)
It would be so evil to give EG a g5 when it didn't even have a proper ending like the main show did lol
i mean, considering EG existed purely because of the sucess of fashion dolls in the 2010s (as much as i love EG i have to admit that), the spiritual sucessor to that wouldn't be also another line of fashion dolls, but whatever is doing well in the toy market at the moment and hasbro wants to shoehorn into the mlp franchise. (mlp slime.. no)
that one trendy thing might still be fashion dolls, just different ones, so idk!
The Ladybug theory Ive seen is that they represent change or transformation, and to viewers story progression as they usually pop up during important moments or character reveals. Sorta a branch off of the butterfly effect
I was so confused, but then I saw why and I was like wtf Hasbro, people literally have full ass playlists of the series and such on YT 😭
someone quite literally uploaded the ENTIRETY of an equestria girls movie on youtube. its been up for 3 months
@@ploppledoodledoo17 the whole show, the movies, and the specials are ALL on youtube and it has been for years, im fully convinced they did this for no reason (love ur kyle icon btw)
@@ploppledoodledoo17and this has be reuploaded for years. I watched it for free on yt like 6 years ago 😭
Oh man! A reuplaod. CZcams got em
This didn’t pop up in my feed the first time, so when I saw this wad reupload I was surprised but glad I saw it and watched
yep same
“Did Starlight get a sick redemption song?”
Yes, she did.
🎶 Friends are always there for you! 🎶
i thought yt was fucking me over giving me a notification for a vid i watched a day ago xD
time to watch it again!!!!
@@EffMinusalready on it
@@lrkeribergaard6110 me too
@@EffMinusand again, and again. the mlp craze never dies.
I never knew about that post credit scene thingy at the end, i thought the other twilight sparkle was created outta nowhere for an excuse for the sequel
Roughly 5:00. The reason why she knows that is a equestrian magic is, what else could it be? The Dazzlings have been in this world long enough to know that it doesn’t have magic normally. So if they see magic, it’s likely equestrian magic because how else does this world have magic? it would be more of a stretch to say it came from a different source.
I believe the reason why the clarification necessary is because she was just trying to emphasize it. This is it just magic. This is magic from their home world. I know that’s apparent, but it means so much power and possibly a way back home. she’s spelling it out.
1:03:59 Because in most cases, if a high school event is being held in a public place (as this one is), it is open to the public to attend the event
Rarity's pronunciation of advertisement is the british pronunciation of it actually! :D
The reason they’re only resurfacing now could be that they didn’t feel any strong equestrian magic until the start of the movie, that would’ve been fine ig.
Due to the unpredictable nature of this situation, I can't guarantee this won't see another reupload in the future. Thanks for remaining patient in this new Eff Minus vs. Hasbro arc.
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Hasbro simply couldn't handle your superior intellect 😌 Love that I get to watch this twice.
Well I'm gonna watch every single time bc you deserve the view and it's fucked they're doing you like this
"hey can I give you free propaganda?"
hasbro: F* you and your family!
NOOOO, I can’t believe hasbro would do this. No I can but cmon what is wrong with them
God damn those capitalist assholes abusing CZcams’s copyright system. This is absolutely Fair Use!!!
It's a good thing I haven't watched the original video yet, I'm watching the reupload version to show some support.
thank you
The fluttersht slander will NOT be tolerated
I always used to think that the Sirens were somehow inspired by the Kanker Sisters from the early 2000s cartoon Ed, Edd and Eddy. They just have to many similarities in terms of behaviour, mindset and even outward physical traits to possibly be a meere coincidence.
Adagio represents Lee, as she is the leader of the trio as well the most cunning, arrogant, prideful and has a large, curly, ginger-blond hair. Aria is Marie as she is a counter balance to Adagio and the least explored character thereby making her arguably the most mysterious of the group; she has an eccentric hair style and her fashion choices appear to be orientated towards gothic taste. Thus lastely we have Sonata, who is the most naive yet most innocent of the triad, she is inspired from May as she does not have any harmful thoughts and basically goes with the flow of her other sisters. Her fashion choices are of a more casual style and she seems in certain aspects to an opposite to her siblings, lik when she is distracted by ordinary events instead of faithfully abiding by the plan.
I wish the Dazzlings would have gotten more screentime rather than just appear just once more after Rainbow Rocks as side characters, and your typical former villain cliché sequence when you see how they moved on yet are still bitter about what happened.
I think one of the things that I like about this movie is probably the music, especially Welcome To The Show. It's my second favourite MLP song that just ties in with One Small Thing from the 2017 movie.
I randomly found the original the other day and watched it, had a great time, watched another the next day and then was confused when i went to your channel and saw this had been uploaded 2 hours ago and thought my laptop was just acting up again, I didn't realize it was a reupload! Sorry your vid got taken down, it's amazing!
5:00 it's been established that they feed off magic, and more specifically Equestrian magic, in addition to telling/sensing how the energy of the human world differs from it. So they likely know what it 'feels' like (for lack of a better word) and can sense it - especially considering the spell to defeat Sunset Shimmer was extremely powerful so could probably be felt from far away.
Got this randomly recommended, brought me back to childhood, found the video really entertaining and fun. You received a new subscriber! Hopefully it wont get taken down again as I'm reading in comments~
CAW CAW CAW ALGORITHM DO YOUR THING!!
bad news crow type comment
I love Rainbow Rocks, i just wish EQG got a series
Technically, it did! It got a series of specials and shorts.
@digijem01 Yeah, but I meant a full length series. I think EQG could work rly well with a villian of the week format.
i clicked this video thinking it was twenty minutes long while diamond dotting... i just finished the video and figured out it was 2 hours
Damn what’s the issue with copyright? People can literally upload the equestria girls movies and even make an hour reaction to them but this video is enough to request a claim?
I really liked the original video, is really full of content besides the movie and that dedication is amazing
1:23:19 I like the implication that Eff Minus wilts like a Tamagotchi being denied nutrition when there's a plot hole in MLP books
The bit about the videos being wrongly claimed feels like forshadowing now.
All of their phones have the school logo on them. Are they school issued devices because if so, isn’t it illegal for the school to control all of their students personal phones with district spyware?
Welcome To The Show, once again!
Merely a few things i would be fond of mentioning:
• Hasbro copyrighting this specific video in particular is rather preposterous, considering that not only did you labour so much on it, they also seem to ignore other creatures purloing content that is not under thier authority, without permission. HEY HASBRO, IF YOU'RE PERUSING THIS: PROVIDE AN ENDING TO EQUESTRIA GIRLS.
• The "We Will Be Adored" sequence, clocking in at like 13 seconds is the most pro-eminent thing ever.
• Where did you obtain the animation of the person typing something on his computer at *12:41* ?
• Why on Earth are students and teachers having crushed on each other exhibited to this extent in the movies?
• Now i desire i whole movie about the Dazzlings setting up the party.
I literally don’t remember when I found it lol. but finding it seemed like fate because of how perfect it is to use xd.
@@EffMinus Well, i concur with that. Anyways, have a magnificent day! ❤️💜
Is it because of CZcams’s silly alliance with CZcams Kids? I noticed all the MLP is comment section blocked due to being on the Kids’ platform instead 😓
video is so good, i love long form content, but you keep going too deep on little irrelevant details😭it’s a cartoon based around a cross between species. it’s of course gonna be weird with specifics. what i’m trying to say is that the micro hating took away from the impact of the point of the retrospective, and made it much harder to follow. the explanation you have and how you convey it are amazing. and the passion i can see you have for the topic and show is enthusiastic. but the mock criticism could’ve been left for the end of each short, or a section dedicated to your dislike of the inconsistency of some details. other than that i really like the way you explain and lay out the plot for viewers it’s easy to go back even since i haven’t watched this movie for a long time
Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep that in mind, since flow and impact are some of the most important aspects of writing good videos.
Though I'm also tryna be hyperbolic and really ham up this character of being someone who's chronically obsessed with every little irrelevant detail in a kids' show like this. When I'm stepping out of this "character", it's pretty clear, since what I'm saying is tonally different and not sarcastic. I'm sure you've picked up that when I was discussing thematic stuff and meta information, I tried to leave those snarky comments to a minimum.
Leaving all that "micro hating", as you put it, in a separate section sounds like it'd actually hinder the structure of the video, since I'd have to go back and re-explain the context to everything for it to make sense.
But I do hear what you're saying, and I will keep this in mind for my future videos, thanks for watching!
38:18 sawtooth waves / the brony notion made a throey on this and came to the conclusion its about transformation like the portal transfirms ponies to humans and the mane six went from breezies to ponies.
apologies for the typos, im not fixing them.
also, the video on this is deleted after sawtooth got predator allegations and deleted his channel.
also, one of the women who drew / worked on the comics gve me a custom drawing and two paintings because my dads friend knows her
I LOVE YOUR SUNSET PONY PLUSH IN THE BACKGROUNDDD AAHHHHHH
I think it's only dogs of near-pony-level sentience/intelligence that turn into humans when they go through the portal. That probably applies to other creatures as well.
Can’t wait to see your reaction to the ending Friendship Games after seeing you question if they did anything after Sunset or not. 😂
39:04 🗣️This is the one officer the one whos gone down bad.
Hoping for the best this time around, really enjoyed this vid (even on 2nd rewatch lol)
the thing you said at the end about fictional universes outgrowing the creator's/their vision and becoming their own continuum is both very accurate to fandom culture and also just a really interesting thing to think about in regards to creativity, intellectual property, and community building. great video, i loved it, particularly because i also believe sunset can do no wrong haha.
thanks for watching it to the end!! that means a lot!
I need the retrospective video of all the Equestria girls movies and specials on my scream right now !!!
As I have said in your community post I am rewatching this. Every second of it.
much appreciated
A Brief Retrospective? Oh yeah it's only 2 hours
dw, my next one will be longer :)
@@EffMinus thank god
1:30:20
I think he’s writing it in his journal utilized in Uncommon Bond and Shadow Play.
I've been planning to animate my own shorts or movies of my characters, so I guess I'll call you to find out what's wrong with it if I want everything to be accurate?
Sounds good!! I’d be glad to look over it!
I was mainly joking, I'm talking about possible far future events :')
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holy shit you got me thinking of something i shouldnt be thinking of 💀
(23:45 don't know if im being dumb but didnt celestia (or luna) say to cinch that no one was going to believe her if she was going to tell the board or whatever that her students had magical powers ''with wings'' so yeah you do have a point)
Did you know that in the seen where the mane 7 are catching up, you can see dj pon in the background which shows that the shorts are taking place in the same time as the movie. Just saying because you didn’t mention it (:
I didn't mention it because it's not the same scene. Twilight and Sunset aren't in the short, which is something they mention in the director's commentary, but I should've probably at least mentioned that lol.
I watched the original but I’m having a hard time sleeping thank you for some background noise for my brain to digest
Oww that sucks man. Sorry u had to re upload it.
I'll watch it again for ya. ;)
39:29 The lore of the comics isn’t always the same as the lore of the movies and TV series. Like how in the comics, it’s stated that The Dazzlings are siblings, but that’s never really specified in the two movies they appear in
wouldn’t the human equivalent of DJ-Pon3 be DJ-Hum4n
i really like your content please dont randomly become missing
i won't, but i do take a while to finish vids lol
need videos on the homosexuality between applejack and rarity in multiple shots and movies
If I involve myself with those girls in a video/videos, they'd fall for me instead, so I don't think that's technically possible for this channel. Sorry about that.
you kind of sound like Lin Manuel Miranda
Ah yes, I'd like to watch a retrospective that is longer then the movie...
31:07 at my school we have flex time right before lunch just so if someone doesnt have study hall, they can still do work!
HELP you pointed out so many things about this movie that I have noticed and questioned especially their pony-up transformations- I used to hate this movie cause it dials up rainbows flaws alot and shes my favorite but you did make me like it a little bit more
A brief Retrospective
2:10:27
14:27 I’m fairly sure the joke is, as you mentioned earlier, rainbow dash says she has a sense for it, despite it going over her head the whole short, thus the joke is largely the irony surrounding her words.
probably, but the ba dum tss was NOT earned haha
Glad to see it's back hope it works out
thank you
I know you might end up covering all the films but please can you cover the legend of Everfree since the cliffhanger at the end of it extremely annoyed me!
yep, but I can’t guarantee that’ll come out any time soon haha
Dude i NEED to know where the hatred of Fluttershy comes from, im dying to hear your in-depth opinion on her
This isn't hate towards you btw, I'm genuinely really curious
she owes me like $20
Rainbow Rocks was the most successful.
18:20 if you think about it, twilight is actually in her early 20s in the show. so she would probably have that knowledge to some extent through extensive research.
another thing, SHES A CREEP. SHES NOT ACTUALLY A HIGHSCHOOLER BUT FLIRTED WITH FLASH BORING😨🤯🤯
I have a answer to the question AJ gives to Twilight.
Why the sirens are in action now, thousand years later.
I always expected that there magic was strong enought to make people fight, but not much more.
And only the equestrian magic makes it possible to be a real threat.
yeah but my question was why they’re still high school aged
were they in limbo till Equestrian magic occurred or did they stay as that form for like 1000 years somehow
Im watching a 2 hour mlp rainbow rock review at 12am whils playing pony town and drawing my pony oc what could be better 😂❤
reminds me of when i was 12.
truly cherish those moments, you will look on them very fondly when you're older.
1:47:54 OMG A WINX CLUB reference this makes me so happy 😁 I’m the art style is giving Winx Club.....The Dazzlings wings in their humanoid siren form reminded me of the Sirenix wings the Winx had in their Sirenix forms it will be cool to see a crossover between these franchises. I excited for the Winx reboot next year ✨🧚🏾♀️🌟⭐️💎😀😃💫
LOL, you have no idea how much I appreciate timestamps that far into the vid. Thanks for watching!
1:12:14 Can you decide please?
First you blame the movie , that they located Canterlot High so easy just because they that the endfight magic once, and now you are angry that there were 6 months between the end fight, and the dazzlings ariving.
This could be the explanaton. They saw it, and searched for the place. Canterlot High might be just one of many schools. Thats why they were happy when they noticed the magic there. because they thought, we finally found it.
So you’re saying that they somehow knew it took place at a school but didn’t know exactly which one?
That hinges on gossip around the school being “a demon girl attacked a school”, rather than “a demon girl attacked CHS”. I’m not sure if that’s necessarily the best theory, as opposed to just throwing away the entire 6 months thing since it originated from a joke in the Director’s Commentary anyways.
Weren't the Dazzlings based off of the Sirens from a show named Samurai Jack?
Me:Why is this reuploaded?
Ms. Twinkie Sprinkle:I don't know
Recall: the Dazzlings are able to get everyone to adore them. What can qualify as adoration? Romantic feelings. And taking into account the romantic and seductive undertones of the Dazzlings, it is highly plausible that they sang a musical number to force Luna into being attracted to them, explaining the heart she drew. This does not equal with depositing a principal falling in love with a sea creature is alright, just that at least there is an in-universe answer.
Also, Rarity's odd pronouncement of "Advertisement" is due to it being the British pronunciation of the word. I suppose they desired to make it plain that she is posh and upper-classy.
I did have a comment on the original version of this video about the fact sci twi made no sense but I guess Hasbro never learns
I feel like most of these could be explained for example the magic thing in the sky at the start could mean there’s different types of magic and she knew it was equestrian magic because she was in equestria and equestrian magic banished her
When will the 10 hour breakdown of the entire 9 seasons of mlp be made
y’know, I’ve been writing the script for the Season 1 Retrospective, and that itself might be like 5 hours long 😭😭😭
the random pings in this video were so annoying i was gonna use this video to fall asleep too but they were so off putting
well that's what you get for trying to sleep through my videos!!
ladybugs symbolize luck charms, carriers of love and protection, and symbols of transformation. They are associated with good fortune, prosperity, positivity, change, spiritual guidance, abundance, fertility and rebirth. They also represent a charming personality, inner peace, happiness, and harmony. Ladybugs are a sign that a positive transformation is about to come, and your hard work is going to pay off. almost everything this theme of their shows and movies show maybe their powerful beings or one of the creators have a sort of connection to them something??? it would make more scene if i was a butterfly because of the butterfly effect. I would look more into it but nahhh :) and maybe time goes slower in the human world so she turns into the age she would be.
I actually remember watching the live show as a kid. Can't say anything that wasn't said in the video, but I saw it in Mexico, and I remember leaving and 100% agreeing that the story is a million times better than the og movie.
interesting.. I have been seeing rounds of a Spanish version of the musical online, but apparently it doesn’t have the same story as the one I talked about in the vid
how was your experience tho if you can remember lol
That stack of mlp merch is one I want
He îs usually on a friday în Another iteration born November 10th 1921st which Yes this version îs more like adagio but the thursday version îs more like aria Blaze
We've never even seen a new Equestria Girls movie since Legend of Everfree, the FOURTH installment
So either Hasbro still needs some more time to cook, or they're just stupidly lazy
I think they had planned a final one where you find out what happened to human sunset, but it got scrapped
They did plan a fifth movie, however, that was scrapped in favor of the Equestria Girls series.
Dear,this is movie for kids.It doesn't need logic,only good times.And I remember to watch all movies and loved it and still I do.I got message of movie,got good times and love pretty designs and that's all matter❤Fantasy is for free yourself from reality and logic.So is kinda ironic make some sense or logic of it,right?
If the book goes through the portal, would it turn into a cell phone
Even when i was young, i was rooting for the dazzlings cus their songs just slap! Now i listen to vocaloid to get that uncanny harmony
time to watch again 🤠
1:02:47 honestly same
‘Brief’ 2 hour long video
The Reupload happened, nooo 😩
1:45:45
Him: Are we ignoring the 97 year old mlp fans?
Me: Are we ignoring the 1 year old fans? I demand justice.
15:30 20:21 22:09 39:04 39:37 46:51 53:03 1:00:54 1:00:06 1:40:13 1:54:28 1:58:03
About the live show, there's actually a whole full video with the recording of it, but it is a different show entirely
czcams.com/video/Cf0_SUxMtcg/video.htmlfeature=shared
This show's plot is treated more as a sequel to the main Rainbow Rocks movie and instead of your typical show with actors performing, it is actors performing but just doing movements and playback via an audio track recorded by the VAs of the LA Spanish Dub.
Some things that I find relevant are included but not limited to
-The Dazzlings aparently got their power back and are seeking to take revenge on Sunset
-Flash is not a douche (he's still cringey like the first movie but he's trying to get along better with Sunset and is not too much of a simp)
-Sunset is veeeery out of character, acting all scared and nervous because she thinks "she won't be a good Fall Formal Queen weh".
-There's a soundtrack for the show (which is obviously what they used for the singing moments) and it corrects some of the mistakes from the spanish dub of the official movie's songs.
czcams.com/play/PL_Zm1iQrNu_ulmvXVs2Xp1uGZaxAQedTr.html&si=ZjPw37i5a6TyWtiK
-There's a part in which Rainbow Dash and Rarity fall for the Dazzlings' spell.
woah! thanks for this, i shall hold on to this for future reference!
My own theory is that the dazzling didn't make it to the human world when they first got banished
Since it cuts for ancient equestria to modern day human world. (Unless you say the human world didn't evolve more which make no sense)
Theory 1:
My theory is that they got stuck between the worlds. In an eternal slumber.
But the moment sunset went through the mirror it allowed them to finish going through the process and ending up in modern day canterlot high. It makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE! AND THERE IS NOTHING TO BACK UP THIS THEORY BUT I'M GOING WITH IT CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO!!!
Im leaving a comment before this gets taken down