Talk:The Mysterious Mare Do Well/@comment-1037137-20130612211400

This episode had way too much going on in it, and was way too reliant on tired superhero cliches in trying to get its message across. MLP is normally much more inventive in its humor, but this seemed to really fall back on jokes that simply don't deliver anymore. Not to mention the botched up lesson at the end, why didn't the ponies first try talking sense into Dash before resorting to such a bizarre plan as a last resort? Plus, real great job hiding Mare Do-Well's identity, I only figured out who it was like nine minutes into the episode. They could've done something a lot better, heck making Derpy the Mysterious Mare Do-Well would've been hilarious if nothing else! That would've been funny XD I don't know how it makes sense right now, but the revelation as it is really falls flat. But the worst crime of all is probably the fact that the episode isn't at all that funny. Again, too heavy on the cliches and not enough on MLP's usual inventiveness and logical development.

Why am I suddenly showing up critiquing this episode? Well, a close friend of mine finally got to see the episode today and sadly he absolutely hated it. Easy to see why though, the story really falls flat most of the time.

I know Ms. Williams was a newcomer when she wrote this, but she missed some important points in the writing that easily could've at the very least preserved the moral of the episode. And even if she wasn't a newcomer, there are far better jokes that could've been told. Frankly, I'm tired of the fascination with the superhero genre in its traditional form.