I've only ever seen the first episode of the G1 cartoon.
And honestly, there's only one thing I remember from it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TedkQP_hM

Wow has the original G1 6 pony got the FIM design in show

Now there's a weapon I'd love to see! :D

Hold on, Twilight has a brother?... and they're introducing him at the season 2 finale? Thought he would've been a bit more important than that.

HOLY FUCK THAT LINK. O_O

Eeyup!
They don't explain why he's never brought up, but...Eh. She never claimed she didn't have a brother, so I guess it's fair game.

He's also played by the guy who played Megaman.

Still kind of seems out of left field, but I'll make my judgement when I finish part 2.

And Jaller from Bionicle: Mask of Light.

Jaller and Shining Armor are both Captains of the Guard. Think about that.

I knew I recognized his voice from somewhere! Love that movie, not the best mind you, but not awful.

Okay, so A Canterlot Wedding. My verdict?... It's okay. Now it did get a little cheesy from time to time but all in all it wasn't a bad arc. It's no where near the level of awesome that was the Discord Arc but it stands on it's own as a good arc for twilight with a very interesting villain in the form of the changelings and think there's something to be said about an two part adventure arc that doesn't rely on the Elements of Harmony as a magic "FIX EVERYTHING!" button.

And now so that Sideswipe doesn't ask me about it later. I kind of felt that the writers were pulling a "HOW MANY SONGS CAN WE FIT INTO A SINGLE STORY?!?!?" kind of thing here. Kind of feel that BBBFF was a bit too upbeat for the tone they were going for. As for This Day Aria was a tad over the top and while interesting in execution, I didn't really care for it. Now for Love is Bloom, I liked it. It had a sense of closure to it and fit perfectly to the scene it was match up to.