"It's About Time" had/has a lot going for it. Was really intrigued in seeing Twilight have her, screen-time-wise, her meatiest material in a while and having an episode centered around her. The idea was great and one of the second season's most creative (perhaps even the most creative along with "Read it and Weep"). If done right, it could have been very imaginative. If done disappointingly, it could potentially have been convoluted.
For me, "It's About Time" had elements of both extremes. It is not a perfect episode by all means, and the concept is not fully realised. It is still quite good though, and while not one of Season 2's best episodes it is also far from being one of its worst. Put it somewhere around high middle, which is a quite solid position to be in. It is a delight for fans of Twilight and people will also like Spike here, but other episodes have done a much better job for example with Rarity.
The animation is typically great, with some very imaginative moments in the futuristic scenes. The music has energy and lushness. On the most part, the voice acting is very good. Superb in the case of Tara Strong in some of her best and most dynamic voice work with some of Twilight Sparkle's meatiest material of Season 2. The writing is both entertaining and heartfelt. Twilight speaking out loud what she is thinking stands out. "It's About Time" has some nice subtle messaging, that is also surprisingly deep.
"It's About Time" starts off on a cute, without trying too hard to or being too cutesy, note. Cute is also a great way to sum up Spike's role. Really loved what was done with Twilight, who has not been this relatable in a while and is a quite riveting character. The little details/things are striking and the episode does really well with the character relationships. Especially Applejack and Rarity's friendship/working together. The story is generally intriguing.
Albeit not perfect in execution by any stretch. Actually think that "It's About Time" could have done more with the concept that it had. It's an imaginative one but for my tastes it was executed a little too ordinarily. Surprises are few with stakes being not very high at all, for a MA Larson-penned episode this was a bit safe.
Rarity's treatment of Twilight was a bit too cruel for reasons inexplicable, which has been the case for some of Season 2's epospdes. Some of the time travel is a bit convoluted. On a more nit-picky note, Rainbow Dash sounded a bit off.
On the whole, quite good but could have been more. 7/10
For me, "It's About Time" had elements of both extremes. It is not a perfect episode by all means, and the concept is not fully realised. It is still quite good though, and while not one of Season 2's best episodes it is also far from being one of its worst. Put it somewhere around high middle, which is a quite solid position to be in. It is a delight for fans of Twilight and people will also like Spike here, but other episodes have done a much better job for example with Rarity.
The animation is typically great, with some very imaginative moments in the futuristic scenes. The music has energy and lushness. On the most part, the voice acting is very good. Superb in the case of Tara Strong in some of her best and most dynamic voice work with some of Twilight Sparkle's meatiest material of Season 2. The writing is both entertaining and heartfelt. Twilight speaking out loud what she is thinking stands out. "It's About Time" has some nice subtle messaging, that is also surprisingly deep.
"It's About Time" starts off on a cute, without trying too hard to or being too cutesy, note. Cute is also a great way to sum up Spike's role. Really loved what was done with Twilight, who has not been this relatable in a while and is a quite riveting character. The little details/things are striking and the episode does really well with the character relationships. Especially Applejack and Rarity's friendship/working together. The story is generally intriguing.
Albeit not perfect in execution by any stretch. Actually think that "It's About Time" could have done more with the concept that it had. It's an imaginative one but for my tastes it was executed a little too ordinarily. Surprises are few with stakes being not very high at all, for a MA Larson-penned episode this was a bit safe.
Rarity's treatment of Twilight was a bit too cruel for reasons inexplicable, which has been the case for some of Season 2's epospdes. Some of the time travel is a bit convoluted. On a more nit-picky note, Rainbow Dash sounded a bit off.
On the whole, quite good but could have been more. 7/10
