Rewatch Discussion Post: Princess Prom

[mod_wolf]

Apologies for posting this one a day late!

 

Here's the post to discuss Princess Prom! As always, spoilers are fair game.

Comments

[erinptah]

The whole concept of "let's have a big neutral party with no weapons where enemy royals can mingle in a polite way" has so much story potential. I can't think of any parallel situations in Earth history.

Not impressed by the Perfuma-Bow-Glimmer "we're going to talk about this in terms of friendship, but play it exactly like a het teenage love triangle" situation. (Glimmer didn't feel at all threatened when Adora joined the dynamic, but now...) It's been done, guys.

Would've loved to see Scorpia also in a tux, but she was absolutely smashing in the dress. And of course Catra was amazing. I also wish we'd gotten to see Entrapta's idea of "dressing up," although Entrapta just doing her normal thing in her standard outfit was delightful.

Noticed Spinnerella and Netossa, holding hands while bowing to Frosta! And they keep cropping up next to each other in crowd scenes, too.

I love the recurring detail of Adora shoveling food into her mouth whenever she gets the opportunity. It's such an "experienced soldier who also grew up in a dystopian hellzone" touch. When there's food available, you Eat It Now, because you have no idea when the next meal is coming.

Frosta being an 11-year-old was a cool twist. (I know she's in the opening, but she goes by so fast I didn't catch that part.) I like that she's so cool and suave and has the formal etiquette nailed, but also insists that the food on her plate not be touching.

All the background extras are desaturated and blue-tinted, to great effect. They can crowd the room and move around, and the viewer's eye is still drawn right where it needs to be, to the main characters with their bright saturation and mostly-warm-toned outfits.

Pretty sure there's nothing I can say about the infamous Dance Sequence that hasn't already been said!