cultures compendium of reviews

HELLOOO and welcome to Cultures Compendium of Reviews! As always, I am Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond. Today we look at an episode about facing what we fear most. Before we continue let me lay out the ground rules. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of its author. It does not nor should it ever reflect the overall opinion of the fandom. Lastly, if any of you notice any mistakes, be it typos or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. With that said lets begin, shall we? Season 1 episode 7. Aptly titled "Dragonshy". Just reading the title makes you wanna dragon shout. Lets hope I don't take an arrow to the flank for this. As the title implies this episodes moral is played out by that pink haired angel, Fluttershy. As the element of kindness Fluttershy's biggest feature is her soft and gentle nature. If there's an animal in need she's there to lend a caring hoof. However, its also her biggest w...

HELLOOO and welcome to Cultures Compendium of Reviews! As always I am Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond. Today we review two comic issues based around the classic high school drama story. Before we continue let me lay out the ground rules. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of its author. It does not nor should it ever reflect the overall opinion of the fandom. Lastly, if any of you notice any mistakes, be it typos or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. With that said let's move on, shall we? My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issues 11 & 12. Or as I prefer to call it " Revenge of the Bronies part 1 & 2 ". The story of how Princess Cadence met Captain of the Royal Guard Shining Armor. The classic tale of mismatched love in a high school setting. First off let me say I loved the sense of nostalgia in these issues. Writer Katie Cook and artist Andy Price blend their unique talents into an amaz...

HELLOOO and welcome to Cultures Compendium of Reviews! As always, I am Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond. Today we'll be reviewing an episode about my least favorite personality trait. Before we continue let me lay out the ground rules. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of its author. It does not nor should it ever reflect the overall opinion of the fandom. Lastly, if any of you notice any mistakes, be it typos or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. With that said let's move on, shall we? MLP s1e06: Boast Busters. Honestly, when I read this title I immediately thought of Ghostbusters. Just goes to show that Hasbro will sneak a reference anywhere. Who you gonna call? This biggest issue here is the episodes main focus. Boasting is a result of ones own lack of self - confidence. Sometimes we make up stories to avoid looking weak helpless. In Trixie's case it was to sell her show as a showmare. While storyt...

HELLOOO and welcome to Cultures Compendium of Reviews! As always, I am Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond. Today we'll be reviewing a slice of life adventure starring that big red playcolt, Big Macintosh. Before we continue let me lay out the ground rules. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of its author. It does not nor should it ever reflect the overall opinion of the fandom. Lastly, if any of you notice any mistakes, be it typos or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. With that said let's move on, shall we? My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issues 9 & 10. Also known as " Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair. A two part comedic / slice - of - life about the daily life of Aj's older brother, Big Mac. It follows Mac in his quest to get new nails for the old Apple family gazebo. Along his journey he encounters quite a few hilarious roadblocks as he manuevers through the towns lively Summer Wrap-up Fe...

HELLOOO and welcome to Cultures Compendium of Reviews! As always I am Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond. Today we have another adventurous review of MLP. Before we continue let me lay out the ground rules. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of its author. It does not nor should it ever reflect the overall opinion of the fandom. Lastly, if any of notice any mistakes, be it typos or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. With that said let's move on, shall we? Season 1 episode 5 entitled Griffon the Brush Off. An episode dedicated to know your true friends from the fake ones. A major life lesson for anyone suffering with social anxiety. I myself suffer from antisocial behavior. While I may be very sociable online its not exactly a healthy lifestyle. This episode focuses mainly on the budding friendship between Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. And que the shipping sign. Things start to pick up nicely as the two find a c...

HELLOOO and welcome to Culture's Compendium of Reviews! As always I am Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond. Today we continue our look into the MLP comic universe. Before we continue let me lay out the ground rules. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of it's author. It does not nor should it ever reflect the overall opinion of the fandom. Lastly, if you notice any mistakes, be it a typo or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. With that said let's move on, shall we? My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic issues 5 - 7. Also known as the Nightmare Rarity Arc. This also marks the first comic appearence of best pony and princess, Luna. It also helps answer a lot about her past dueing her banishment. I loved how Heather Kuhfer and Amy Mebberson came together for such a dramatic tale. However, I personally felt some of the dialogue was either forced or short. Though it didn't really hurt the story all too much. I...

Hello everypony... My apologies for the low mood but I felt it neccessary to post this. First off let me say as of right now and until further notice I will not be posting up any MLP series or comic reviews for some time. This is mainly due in part to both kisscartoon and readcomiconline being down. This does not mean I am closing shop. In fact I am still open for any and all special requests. You can either post suggestions  below or contact me on my facebook at Daniel Ray Douglas or my twitter @ Azraeldarxcross . As for my scheduling I usually will have mlp reviews every monday and wednesday so I will try to have unrelated reviews done every other day. Anyways guys just wanted to let my readers know what's going on so I'm not getting dogged with any "Where is..." questions. Don't forget to subscribe for future updates. And as always this is Culture Shock, your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond, saying KEEP CALM AND BRONY ON! PEACE! ...

HELLOOO and welcome to Culture's Compendium of Reviews! As always I am Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond. Today I'll be reviewing a film dedicated to a favorite MMORPG of mine. Before we continue let me lay out the ground rules. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of its author. It does not nor should it ever reflect the overall opinion of the fandom. Lastly, if any of you notice any mistakes, be it typo or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. With that said lets move on shall we? Warcraft the movie. The film based on the wildly popular World of Warcraft. Not a lot to really say about the film to be honest. This mostly due to the hype it was given during production. Firstly the films cast of characters were limited in the way of memorable names. Sure there a few but the majority were easily forgetable throughout the film. I myself had a hard time trying to recall any of them. The landscape in each scene is ...

HELLOOO and welcome to Culture's Compendium of Reviews! As always I am Culture Shock! Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond! We got yet another riveting review for you but first the ground rules. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of its writer and no one else. It does not and should not reflect the views of the fandom in its entirety. Lastly, if any of you happen to notice any mistakes in the following review, whether it may be typoes or missing words, please do not hesitate to let me know in the comments below. With that said let's move on to the review. Today we're reviewing season 1 episode 4 entitled Apple Buck Season. Whoo dawgies pardner! That's right fans. This is going to be first review featuring that southern sweetheart of Ponyville, Applejack. The funny part about this is that I myself am actually southern born and raised. Why is this important? Well in a nutshell it means I can relate personally to this farm pony i...

HELLOOOO ALL MY GROWING READERS! Welcome to Culture's Compendium of Reviews! As always I am Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestri and beyond. I have yet another riveting review for you today but first lets go over da rulez. Firstly, all content in this blog is the express opinion of its writer and no one else. It does not and should not reflect the views of the fandom in its entirety. Lastly, if any of you happen to notice any mistakes in the following review, whether it may be typoes or missing words, please do not hesitate to let me know in the comments below. With that said lets move on to the review. My Little Pony: Friendship Issues #1-4. Unlike the wildly popular series the comics take place a while after the controversy of the Royal Canterlot Wedding. We first open up with everyone's favorite filly chapter of the main cast, the Cutie Mark Crusaders. First thing to note here is that these issues predate the big cutie mark episode so our trio have y...

HELLOOOO! Welcome to Culture's Compendium of Reviews! As always I'm Culture Shock. Your guide to everything cultural in Equestria and beyond. Today I'm firing another first at you but first let me go over the usual rules and formalities. First and foremost any and all opinions within this are strictly my own. They do not nor should not effect the majority opinions on the specific content it is about. If I happen to mispell anything or make any mistakes please feel free to leave a comment down below. With that out of the way lets move on to the review. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Annual 2013. The first sentence and its already a mouthful. Anyways this is the iconic precursor to what we know as the Equestria Girls anthology of films. To some it gave us an interesting chapter in the fourth generation of MLP. To others.... not so much. Personally since its the first comic I've read that wasn't fanmade I'm actually happy with it. While I can't speak for ...

" HellOOOOOO! Welcome to Cultures Compendium of Reviews! I'm Culture Shock. Your guide to all things cultural in Equestria and beyond. In today's review we move outside the territory of pastel colored ponies to the often dark and gritty world of live action anime films. Now before we get started let me cover a couple of rules. Any opinions expressed in this review are my own personal interpretation. They are not meant to alter the personal opinion of others nor the majority opinion altogether. If any of you are interested in watching the film I recommend that you do not watch it around younger audiences as it does contain certain content not suitable for children. With that out of the way let's get started. Shall we? Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1. The first thing is that considering past anime and game live adaptations its no given that the film would stray from the original story. That being said a small part of me doubted the legitimacy of thr film. Boy was I w...

" HELLOOOOO all you ponyfolk! And welcome again to Cultures Compendium of Reviews. I am of course Culture Shock. Your guide to everything cultural in Equestria and beyond. For those of you who are new to this place let me break things down real quick. On this blog we take popular media and break it down into bits to analyze key elements that stand out. As like last time these reviews are NOT based on fact but rather on my own personal opinion or opinions of others. If you disagree with some things said here please feel free to leave a comment below on what I left out or made a mistake on. Last but not least be sure to sub to this blog if you want to see more content and be sure to leave suggestions of what you would like me to review. Anyways enough slacking. ONTO THE REVIEW!XD Today we review season 1 episode 3 entitled The Ticket Master. And no they did not mean the annoying audio recording you get when you want to buy a ticket over the phone or from the lifeless vendor at a th...

,, Ah the nostalgia.Hello folks and welcome to CULTURES COMPENDIUM OF REVIEWS! My name is Culture Shock and I am your dragopony guide through everything pop cultural and beyond.Toonkritic eat your heart out. First up on our journey through Equestrian adventure is the source of it all.Yes it's the premier two parter that spawned a social movement and a social nation.I'm talking of course about season 1 episodes 1-2:Friendship is Magic.I probably got the title wrong and I apologize but lets not take up time being tv nazi's shall we? Right off the bat we're greeted with a history lesson into Equestria's illustrious history.The best part of this was the artwork depicting Princess Celestia,Princess Luna,Nightmare Moon,and early Equestria.A big cultural shoutout to early forms of artwork from places such as Greece,Italy,Egypt,and many others.A beautiful way to tell a story of such a tragic yet empowering event. Fast forward and we're introduced to our first protaga...