Talk:My Little Pony The Movie/@comment-4531340-20171010223915

Saw it yesterday, absolutely loved it. I'm not sure what I liked most - the songs or the animation, but both were really great. As far as the new characters go, I really liked Tempest (and her backstory), as well as Capper (I thought he absolutely oozed personality - also, saw that he gets some backstory in the comic prequel, so that sort of negates my minor complaint about no backstory for him, I guess - also, maybe I just really tend to like anthropomorphic mammal con artists that want to, and eventually, become good over the course of the story *looks at profile pic*). I thought the other new characters were fine, as well (except for maybe Grubber - he got on my nerves occasionally, but it was nothing too serious or bad).

Missed some of the Hanazuki short (because we got to the theater late) but that's okay because I plan to go and see it again a week from today (at a different theater, a little closer to home). Speaking of the theater, I was so glad that it was for that particular theater that we got the discounted tickets, because the theater rooms there are really nice (the seats are actually literally leather recliners that have working foot rest and recline functions) - it's also where we saw Star Wars Episode VII and Wonder Woman.

And also, can confirm that my mom (who has never even seen the series and is only vaguely aware of the Mane Six's personalities) genuinely enjoyed the movie (as she put it, a lot more than she was expecting to). I would occasionally miss stuff whenever I would lean over to her to make a quiet comment (although there were only, like, 7 or 8 other people in the theater besides us), such as the comment I made about not expecting that kind of a joke in MLP at the whole "parts will fall off" thing during Capper's explanation of his made up disease, or when she would lean over and ask "who's that?", invariably about a new-for-the-movie character (which, of course, would be my answer). She still doesn't want to watch the series, haha - though when I asked her about it, it sounded less like she didn't think she'd like it, and more like she just has so many TV series that she's already following and feels are better than FiM.