Talk:The Saddle Row Review/@comment-25559529-20170529205309/@comment-27578467-20170531025551

@Herculine

What I'm ranting about is more allusions to existing, trending memes, whereas those catch phrases you mention were just picked up as a matter of not only getting wide public exposure but being at least somewhat applicable in everyday parlance, like how the terminator's "I'll be back" is sort of an absurd substitute for either "you win this time" or literally "I'll be back soon". Saying "sweep" over and over more resembles a youtube trend that I can only describe as trying to be slapstick but "cool" at the same time in much the same vein as PewDiePie's material, which tends to result in awkwardly beating around the same one-note joke. I personally don't see any comedic value in it - it has no relation to any experience I have, nor is there any inherent humorous contrast that I can find. Another example is in All Bottled Up when the Mane 6 go to an "escape room" thing, something that wouldn't have made any sense a few years ago. Not that I don't think they should borrow anything from modern culture, but if they do it should make some deeper connection than just "this is what people are into now", otherwise it just sticks out like a sore thumb in the middle of the medieval-style land of Equestria (yes I know it showed them working together, but that's not a hard plot point to hit within the existing universe). I'm not even 30 but I still enjoy things like Groucho Marx and Bugs Bunny, entertainment that - sure - wears the vestments of its time but nonetheless communicates the same sort of comedic absurdity that has been appreciated since the earliest writings. The same goes for all classics that have survived through the ages; authors of old that we know now didn't just talk about clothing trends or popular vacation spots, they talked about strained family bonds, food security, annoying neighbors, forbidden love, death, deceit, power grabbing, etc. in ways we all intrinsically understand. And yes, I do think MLP:FiM made connections on this level, at least for me, albeit not in such an intense manner as what I've been referring to.

well anyway… I've been trying not to be too disparaging in my rants. I'm not saying people shouldn't enjoy the recent episodes, I'm just explaining why I think I haven't been getting anything out of them.