Sonic the Hedgehog film series general

Yeah, I'm assuming that we might see the trailer for the third movie sometime in the summer.

Awww, that little annoyed Tails on the clapper is adorable.

WHERE TRAILER

TRAILER DONE LATER YOU WATCH KNUCKLES NEXT MONTH.

I think the first Tomb Raider wuth Angelina Jolie did quite well. And someone already mentioned Mortal Kombat.

I love Lara Croft TombRaider. It's so silly and over-the-top, it's amazing. Also, Jolie is perfect casting.

I think what makes both that film and the sonic films work for me is that they use the source material and don't stray too far and yet also play around with it and create new interpretations.

You've just made me realise something. The plot of the sonic films are basically about how Earth becomes more and more like the world of sonic. As the films progress, more furry critters (Sonic, then Tails, then Knuckles, then Shadow) make their way into the world, Robotnik starts to become more and more like Eggman and as a result his robots start to become more and more like the games.

Edited by king15 on Mar 28th 2024 at 1:28:24 PM

Definitely helps too that with said Sonic films, it doesn't take too long at all before even the Earth setting gets some unmistakably Sonic-y elements and vibes going on, with your Dr. Robotnik here, your G.U.N. there, your wacky shenanigans there, your Ultimate Lifeform there, and oh yes, Tyson Hesse absolutely cooking the entire time.

Honestly, I can't wait for who's going to play as Shadow.

I'm curious in seeing who will voice Shadow in the movie. I wonder if it will be a big name celebrity or one of the current voice actors for Shadow.

It's already indicated Kirk Thornton isn't returning as Shadow in the third movie so we can count him out for sure.

Honestly even though it's unlikely, it'd be funny if Ian Hanlin (Shadow's VA in Sonic Prime) was in the third movie in some way. Seeing how they've had Vancouver actors like Garry Chalk and Shannon Chan Kent in the first movie, location issues aren't a problem.

Weren't the first two movies filmed in Canada?

You mean the Pentagon is actually in Canada?

Cute cast video for Knuckles:

I hope sonic calls shadow "hot topic"

Found a paste magazine thing where one of the producers talks about how the Sonic movies will become “Avengers-level events” and there could be a lot more TV shows.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/animation/animated-series-news-april-2024-ark-the-animated-series-fright-krewe-kaiju-no-8-knuckles-sonic

What does that even mean?

they mean a Sonic Franchise,which is what they already have but bigger

As long as it continues to be a case of the TV shows enhancing, but not being in anyway necessary, to enjoy the films, then this is a good thing. Like if a character appears from a show in the films, as long as they're given a proper introduction within that film, that's fine as well.

Then again, that's basically how The Marvels was with its TV characters... but the casual audience just assumed there would be Continuity Lockout and refused to see it, despite the characters summing up their deal in a few quick sentences for anybody who didn't know them and then continuing on from there.

New Knuckles screenshots have surfaced on Twitter:

https://x.com/tailschannel/status/1776411275112644660?s=46&t=7YT7yMPCw2VMMwQUxWj5_A

My biggest concern in regards to the Sonic TV series is that I'm afraid that the TV shows might be too tied up into the movies and that it might require the audience to watch the shows before watching the movies to understand what is really going on and I really don't want that to happen since that's what hurt the MCU.

I'm aware this is slightly different because the show was inserted after the films were released, but maybe the way the Star Wars Prequels and The Clone Wars interact is the best way for the SCU (Sonic Cinematic Universe) to be done. If you go straight from Attack of the Clones to Revenge of the Sith, then it doesn't feel like you've missed much (granted because there wasn't originally anything between them) and the character arcs across both films are mostly seamless. However, if you've watched The Clone Wars, then there's even more context, a lot of the side characters are developed more and the character arcs are fleshed out even more. You don't need to watch the show to understand the films, and you don't even need to watch the films to understand the show, but watching both enhances the overall experience. So if the SCU could do that (just pre-panned when creating a show between the releases of movies), then it could work well.

Yeah, I'm aware Star Wars had the advantage in that regard. However, if the SCU did the same thing, just pre-planned instead of inserting the show in afterwards, then it could certainly work.

Edited by king15 on Apr 6th 2024 at 9:09:16 AM

Yeah, but The Clone Wars came years after Revenge of the Sith. That's not what the MCU did. It would've been fine had the MCU done that.

Tbh, I think the need to watch a bunch of stuff to understand the MCU is more perceived than genuine anyway.

People have a tendency these days to… overreact to cinematic universe stuff. Like in the MCU, most works in that project do what they’re supposed to do an fully introduce all the concepts and characters they’re using, so that you don’t only have to watch the plot to understand the plot.

Both people have a tendency to see that a character is in both a show and a film and assume they’re being forced to watch both to understand everything just from the mere principle that the character has multiple appearances, even when the actual stories are accounting for that and don’t require that to happen.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Apr 6th 2024 at 8:20:38 AM