Yay! Ponies with Triffids. Random thoughts on the start of season 4 · 12:56pm Nov 24th, 2013
Bits I liked: Twilight rising into the ceiling while stressing about her check list; crash landing into the library (copy RD but with her own trademark move); Discord singing in the shower, and using Gummy as a nail file (and Discord in general); Rarity's trials as a cat owner; Pinkie sense with giant plant. There was also some very slick action scenes with Celestia fighting Nightmare Moon, and the Mane 6 battling rabid rhododendrons.
In general it seems to be 'more of the same'. Which is fine with me. It made an effort to reintroduce all the characters and key past plot twists. I did wonder if, with the show and a generation of young fans maturing, if we would see something a little more teenage this season. But no, it seems that's what Equestria Girls is for, and MLP will stay pretty much as it is. Which suggest it will keep going for a while yet.
Interesting to note Discord is a competent biotechnologist. Plenty of story potential there. And with my astrophysicist hat on, I smiled at the tailored celestial mechanics which means having the moon and sun in the sky at the same time is such a scary portent. Or was the surprise just that you can have the sun above the horizon, and half the sky in darkness? Now that is weird. Almost as silly as being attacked by dark spiky clouds.
Now what happened to the crocodile?