The Rambler's rambles

I'd first like to apologize for taking so long to post another post. I've been pretty busy over the weekend with the tournaments. Anyways, I've just decided to revisit a show that I loved in middle school. At that point, "The Powerpuff Girls" was already done with its six seasons. So my sisters bought the DVD set for Christmas so they could watch it again but I eventually watched the show again. And I loved it. The writing, the animation, and the characters were spot on. So let's go right in. But I'd like to have a bit of background. This show has had such an impact that almost everyone heard of it as a kid. So this started off from a concept from the great Craig McKracken who made three cartoon girls as a gift to his brother. His brother encouraged McKracken to pursue making a television show and eventually "Whoopass Stew" was created. At first, this show was gritty and dark with disgusting imagery. The test audience didn't like this...

After eagerly anticipating this release, I finally went to this puny theater to go watch this movie. Does the inclusion of humans make this a bad movie? Was it worthy of being part of the Friendship is Magic Universe? Was it show quality? Well, you know the answer is yes for the last one, it was made by the same creators. Well let's start with the premise. Twilight has recently become a princess and her friends are staying with her at the Crystal Kingdom. But while Twilight is sleeping, Celestia's previous student, Sunset Shimmer, steals the crown and brings it with her to a parallel universe with humans. My god, humans in my pony show? Twilight darts after Sunset with Spike and they must go to Canterlot High School and reclaim the crown at the ball. Right of the bat, this seems like a lackluster idea. I mean, come on, we've had millions of high school dramas. A parallel universe?  A formal ball? Sunset is totalitarian? Kinda typical. But you never notice how thin this pl...