Finally, another audio commentary. I really wish they did more of these. This will be the same as last time where I just list a bunch of things I found interesting.
- They talk about how in EG1, the Elements were brought into the Equestria Girls world and would have long-lasting effects unknown until Rainbow Rocks. I believe that it's more meant that the magic or essence of the Elements were brought into the world as opposed to a literal manifestation since there's no physical Elements and the girls themselves would have to be the Elements.
- Intro was made without any notes by one guy for the most part and the storyboard was so good, it pretty much was the final cut.
- They bring up how they don't exactly know how much longer after the first movie this one takes place and it's seemingly joked that it's six moons later which would make the movie take place in April and would mess up my timeframe theory unless time is asynchronous with pony world.
- Orange Sunset Shimmer grabbed the orange paint in the scene with everyone painting.
- First draft of the story didn't have Sunset's arc of trying to redeem herself.
- They tried to animate instrument playing to be accurate to how the notes would actually be played.
- Sunset is too cool to be full-on dancing.
- They talk about how Canterlot High has barely any registration process.
- They made sure to make the Dazzlings have different body poses to further differentiate them.
- The cafeteria song is seductive and isn't really a bad message at first and sort of lures you into it.
- There were a bunch of ways thought up of how the portal's time requirement would be bypassed.
- They wanted to make the portal function in a believable way.
- Portal may have radiation.
- Twilight came out of a locker in an earlier draft when returning to the Equestria Girls world.
- Sunset has jealousy over Twilight being a princess.
- They talk about Vinyl in the background at the cafe possibly syncing up with the prequel short but realize it doesn't.
- They are rude to the Diamond Dogs. Man, they're just trying to get by; leave them alone.
- Cowbells may be derogatory in Equestria.
- It's hard for Daniel Ingram to write bad songs.
- Luna was originally very aggressive with her mic grab.
- The Dazzlings had to turn the whole school against the Rainbooms since they couldn't get them under their spell.
- Trixie probably is faking playing guitar.
- They tried to use light science in the shot of the alicorn thing blasting the Dazzlings with how the rainbow feeds the alicorn's horn like a prism that turns it into white light.
Written 2025-1-6 Published 2025-2-1