SO. I HAVE SEEN IT. And I loved it! ;D
Things of awesome:
OMG WE HAVE A "PREVIOUSLY ON MY LITTLE PONY"!!! First time in MLP history! How cool is that???
Nightmare Moon's mane fueling her big evil magic light storm.
The Mayor of Ponyville actually acting like a leader instead of cowering somewhere as fictional mayors are wont to do in dangerous situations.
Pegasi soldiers attacking Nightmare Moon! Awesome! I mean, nothing came of it, but it's more conflict than we ever got in all of G3 put together!
Baby dragons need their sleep! D'awww! X3
"Are you a SPY??"
The Applejack/Rainbow Dash relationship. Something tells me Applejack's pulled on RD's tail so much over the years RD's spinal cord has become numb.
"Some mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony are the only things that can stop her. But I don't know what they are. Where to find them. I don't even know what they do!"
"
The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide!"
"HOW DID YOU FIND THAT?!?"
"It was under EEEEE!!!" *bounces*
OMG PINKIE PIE I LOVE YOU.
"No can do, sugarcube." I love AJ's southernness. XD
Twilight Sparkle flinches whenever someone calls her their friend. Haha!
Applejack saves someone from falling! Oh, the irony! XD
The way Twilight Sparkle screams for several seconds before the pegs catch her. XD
Fluttershy. "Sorry girls. I'm not used to holding anything more than a bunny or two!" XD
Applejack's cliff jumping. Go Earth Ponies!
Rainbow Dash's ego.
MANTICORE! I love how they say what it is!
"Take that you ruffian!"
Manticore's awesome lion noises.
Fluttershy: Wait. Wait! WAIT!!!
Battling the Manticore. Pretty awesome. Way better than battling Aagh. At least it took more than freaking tickling him to get past him...
PINKIE PIE'S SONG SEQUENCE. BEST MOMENT OF THIS EPISODE EVER.
TS: Pinkie, what are you doing? RUN!
PP: Oh, girls, don't you see?
*music starts up*
PP:
When I was a little filly and the sun was going dow-ow-ow-own!TS: Tell me she's not.
PP:
The darkness and the shadows, they would always make me frow-ow-ow-own!Rarity: She is.
The song itself is also pretty good. Nice and catchy. Not as good as Shoop-be-doop, of course, but still pretty awesome. And I love how she bounces all over the place, too. Even when they're charging bad guys! She just keeps BOUNCING!
Did anyone else half-expect some Sea Ponies to show up and help them across the river?
The fashion-conscious river serpent! XD
Rarity's so sweet. ^_^
TS: Oh, Rarity! Your beautiful tail!
R: Oh! It's fine, my dear! Short tails are in this season! Besides, it'll grow back.
RD: So would the mustache.
Music is still very nice, btw.
The showdown between Nightmare Moon and Twilight Sparkle! Nightmare Moon's skepticism at TS's charge was great. "You're kidding. You're kidding, right?" And then how TS winked--WINKED!--out from under her to get to the elements!
The look on Twilight Sparkle's face when Nightmare Moon breaks the elements. D8
Nightmare Moon's continuous use of the word "fool".
For a minute, when she said, "Now you will never see your princess...or your sun." I thought she said "son" and I was all like, "Wait, what? Since when is Twilight Sparkle a mom?"
The spark in Twilight Sparkle's eyes when she heard the others coming.
The whole matching elements to ponies scene. That was pretty cool.
ZOMG THE RAINBOW. Did you see how it was divided into the warm and cool colors? And then it combined!
Rarity just cares about her tail. Never mind the necklace. XD
Sounds like "cutie mark" is still a canonical term.
Princess Celestia! About time you showed up!
And they all bow down to her! Except TS...
D'awww, Princess Luna! You know, at first I was all like, "Oh, c'mon! Can't we just have an awesome recurring villain?" But, you know...I was actually really touched by Celestia and Luna's moment of sibling love, and Luna really did appear sad and sorry and pathetic. I actually felt bad for her. And she KEEPS looking remorseful, even at the end! So I'm okay with it, I guess.
Oh, yeah, and PINKIE PIE. First she falls over during the dramatic moment, then she starts sniffling, and THEN she throws--what else?--A PARTY!!! OMG she is SUCH a G3!
You can see members of the Apple Clan when Spike comes out, I think. Heck, there's so many ponies in Applejack's family, I bet the animators could just use all of them as background ponies and never have to come up with anyone else!
Baby pegasi giving Princess Luna a flower garland at the end! D'aww! And Luna looking at her sister like, "...man, these guys forgive fast." And Celestia's just like, "My hair's still flowy-er than yours. Don't forget that." I do hope that Princess Luna is a recurring character.
Twilight Sparkle doesn't wanna leave Ponyville! She's been brainwashed into the friend-obsessed masses! I kept picturing all the Ponyvillians chanting "ONE OF US. ONE OF US." XD
Pinkie Pie. At the end. Just...Pinkie Pie. XD
So yeah. That's it. And it is awesome.
Also, I've noticed that most--if not all--of the scenes from the promotional material have now been shown. Can't wait to see what new stuff pops up!