Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-07-19 (Saturday)

Verily, in article <UBI20250719@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net
deliver unto us this message:

 
DOCTOR WHO:
"State of Decay". Still trapped in E-Space, the Doctor's TARDIS materialises
on a medieval-style planet. The townsfolk live in fear of the Three Who Rule,
who govern from their mighty castle. Investigating, the Fourth Doctor

I love this one.

I have finished G4 My Little Pony.

S09:E24+E25 - The Beginning of the End + The End of the End

This was good, and it went in some unexpected directions. The alliance
of villains has been seeding distrust among ponies, and now they
abruptly betray Grogar. They steal Grogar's power, revealing that he was
Discord in disguise all along. Discord flees and warns the good guys.
Epic battles follow. The villains defeat the Pillars and the Two Sisters
and the Elements of Harmony, with Twilight alone escaping.

The young ponies (kid sisters and students and their friends) rally
Equestria. The assembled might of several kingdoms holds off the
terrible trio long enough for Twilight to free the
Pillars/Sisters/Elements. The mightier forces rejoin the battle, this
time backed by the others, and the villains are defeated. They are
turned to stone until the day when they can finally learn to let the
warmth of friendship into their cold hearts.

Everyone rejoices, then goes back to preparing for Twilight's coronation
as the new ruler.

10/10. Great job. Nice wrapup, epic battle, great vibes all around.


S09:E26 - The Last Problem

This was an epilogue, set years after Twilight's coronation. I thought
it might be a clip show, but no, they put in the effort to give us a
whole story told by flashbacks. Current Twilight is now drawn in the
more elegant style of Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and that one blue unicorn
who's never explained.

In the frame story, a current student of Twilight's, Luster Dawn, is
baffled as to why she might want friends (a common problem in this
universe). Friendships end, after all, and so what's the point? Twilight
tells the story of her journey to her coronation, beset by hilarious
problems. The rest of the Mane Six arrive to show that all of them are
still friends despite Twilight's exalted position, and Luster Dawn gets
it.

This was really nice. It used a lot of my own ideas for an ending, so it
felt highly fitting and appropriate to me.

I'm glad I finished the show.
 


I also watched "When Did Ice Age Animals Really Go Extinct?" from North
02.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzGa4QKdSL0

It explores some megafauna from the last glacial period which survived
longer than most people think. Some believe that they were adapting okay
to the climate, but increased human predation gave them a nudge toward
the grave. If that's so, I guess we got started early on our
extinguishing ways.

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