Hello every-peeps!
Welcome to another review
about another thing and place...
This is one about the acclaimed and really cool looking,
Children of the Night
First released in 2013,
this is a short animation that focuses on Luna's attempts
to make Equestria stronger
after the reign of Discord
by forming a separate colony of Equestria
because it... ran out of resources I guess.
Damn it earth ponies
Because of how straight forward
the peace presents itself,
there's not really much to say about it
Which isn't a bad thing,
it's more of a complement
for leaving most questions presented answered.
You know in class,
how teachers explain something and
you actually get it?
It's kinda like that.
Unless you don't have any
good questions to begin with...
Teacher: Kimi.. Were you paying attention?
Young Kimpossible: Uhh... Potato?
Teacher: Potato?
Young KP: Yes. Potato is found in Equestria, right?
Yay! Potatoes!
For one, the animation-
holy crap.
This stuff is not only top-notch
but its super show accurate.
And for good measure I'd hate to see such
fluid stuff be used for mediocre subject matter.
Again, like the Lullaby for a Princess project,
I enjoyed the silence breaks for the storytelling,
and I think that adds a nice touch.
Stitch: Touching me, she's touching me!
But just for instance, the use of so many shades of blue
in the night scenes to match Luna
really do give a feeling of not only night time,
but she's really in her element.
Clever.
Also do you see this little pacing in the moon
in all the shots that the children are from?
Clever again.
As for the song itself,
do you guys remember where children of the night came from?
I think it was a good call to use
a different version.
The original song from hocus pocus sounds
a little off.
Plus that way where you can change the lyrics
a little bit.
Pony-ify all the things.
I will admit, though, that the performance
was good, but Luna's singing voice
was a little bit too high...
But I think that was done on purpose,
so I'll shut up...
Something you say when you only have to nitpick.
As far as the actual story goes,
basically Luna, in order to help
the citizens of Equestria,
goes behind her sister's back
and takes some orphan children.
It's later implied that she helped start the new colony.
Luna: Yeah guys, have fun fending for yourself.
Filly: How are we supposed to do that?
Luna: Here, read this. It will help.
Luna: Have fun!
Luna: And don't eat each other.
Filly: How is a book about mice
Filly: supposed to help?
I think my only real complaint with the story
is that I wish the ending was more solidified..
But if the rumors are true and the
and the project has continued,
then again, I'll shut up.
It's just a shame if the second project
doesn't get finished,
and we are left to wonder.
Also there's a bit of either admiration for Luna
or some doubt that she
went behind her sister's back.
Though the story itself isn't something amazingly epic,
it's a good enough struggle between the characters
and leads to some interesting interpretations of
Luna, Celestia, and you know
how Equestria recovers after a horrible time.
Now execution!
Not that kind.
For one, to have Luna roaming around the city
in flight really gives us some cinematography.
And in case you didn't know,
this makes the animation a little bit more complicated
than you know.
Two characters with a non-moving background
and they're just, you know
chillin'
Animation! Woo!
We can use MS Paint.
All in all, this is still a really enjoyable short
and I think it has beautiful art and
plays with those different character invitations
that we talked about earlier.
There's no epic fights or anything like that,
just the subtlety of getting lost in a lullaby
is what the true charm of this short is.
Just don't get too lost...
Celestia: To the MooOOonn
Luna: To the coloniiiies!
Celestia: Really?
What? I'm awake? What?