#Sege rambles

[sege-h]

Sonic Movie 3 trailer thoughts, don't read beyond this point if you haven't seen it or otherwise don't want to be spoiled

Pros:

-I'm excited for the fights in this movie but that's not a surprise

-VERY curious as to how they'll handle Shadow and his backstory since Gerald is still in the picture

-I do like Keanu as Shadow although I feel like I need to hear more of the voice to decide if I'm really sold on it

-THE MOTORBIKE i was hoping it'd get used. I Was wondering if the one that's been on tour irl is a prop from the movie but it doesn't look like it? Plus they used it as a movie 3 ad at gamescom even though the backdrop for it used Movie 2 assets just with the 3 logo because like. We had gotten NOTHING yet. No trailer, no posters, just the logo for it.

Cons:

-H a t e that Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are being called on by the government now. I know this is the most copaganda Sonic of them all just by having Tom be a cop, and Wade being a protagonist too since he got his own show and all (lol. Lmao)

But I didnt expect them to go full in given that in the first 2 movies the military is the secondary bad guy. The story this movie is based on (SA2, obv) is the most anti-military thing ever and it could've easily still been the case for the movie too. Shadow gets out, overconfident military idiots think they can get him back on their own AND get Sonic too in one fell swoop by framing him for Shadow's bad deeds. It's even easier here than in the games because they could just go 'Well we only know one too fast for the naked eye hedgehog alien so its clearly you doing this'

-I've been against Jim Carrey putting on a fat suit from the start. Because I knew that if movie Eggman didn't start out fat (which he didn't) and gets fat later then they'd go for the fatphobic angle of 'ewww hes fat now ewww hes a slob because being fat and a slob go hand in hand guys right am I funny yet huh guys haha do you get my joke yet' and that's EXACTLY what happened in this first trailer alone

Extra notes: I dont know why they think Eggman getting zapped by the quill is so funny that they had to do it 3 times, however I was watching a Sam stream just today where he was like 'if he licks that quill again im gonna fight someone' so I do think it's funny from the aspect of 'oh man theyre gonna get him in the trailer alone' HSDHSHDS

[riftclaw]

i haven't been able to draw much for the last few months for various reasons, which is why i've been writing instead. this is something that @sege-h drew and i coloured

sege has been helping me out by listening to my disjointed ramblings about my 15+ year old pokemon au, which had entirely too much lore developed before pokemon had much lore to go with and is based on the earlier canon to begin with. sege then got very into gurren lagann again, and went "what if i put my blorbo in your pokemon au and he was kind of lance's adoptive brother"

"if you do, i'll make it canon" i said, knowing this could only possibly improve things

i was correct

(sege drew this also)

[sege-h]

Oh my god this years IDW Sonic annual

Spoilers ahead obv

My one nitpick is that I find it a bit weird that they released the Surge story referencing a future issue-- the Knuckles story did too but that was more of a 'Find out what happened in this future issue!' instead of an editors note referencing an issue that isnt out yet in the same way that they do for past issues

But I assume that's more to do with the release delays and them wanting to actually have the annual out this year

I loved all the stories in this one--I love the dynamic between Surge and Kit SORT OF changing--with Surge not knowing about it, and Kit planning to kind of go behind her back and cause trouble, thinking it's for her benefit

I think it goes without saying that I loved the Knuckles story, Im always up for more Knuckles and the banter between him and Sonic. But I also loved seeing his views on his duty to the Master Emerald. Because one does have to wonder, DOES he hate being stuck on that island? Especially now that he has friends beyond it?

So getting to see his views on that was nice

But ngl the Knuckles story and the Mimic story are fighting for first place for me

I loved seeing his backstory- I wonder if it was decided that he was a former actor because of that one concept of his that has him with a Phantom of the Opera styled mask, or if it was a coincidence and him being a former actor was an easy connection to make due to his powers and the fact that he has to act like whoever he's mimicking if he wants to do a good job of it

Him having concluded that he's empty inside, and the friendship with the og Diamond Cutters proving him wrong-- and that frustrating him to the point that he wants to get rid of them instead of spurring him on to change his views on himself and the world just adds a new layer of 'wow, buddy, you're fucked up' that I love

And GOD getting to see more of how the og Diamond Cutters were as a team and as friends, and getting to see a bright eyed Whisper that looked on in awe at Mimic and was closer to Tangle in personality was both nice AND devastating, knowing what happens. And now that we have even more of that backstory, you gotta think it absolutely eats her up inside that she introduced Mimic to the team, even though she could've never known what'd happen.

Seeing Mimic slink around the shadows and almost managing to GET Whisper made me feel dread, even though I knew nothing would happen to her

Also there's something about Whisper being able to slowly but surely move on, while Mimic is stuck, unable to do the same....-cheffs kiss-

[sege-h]

How many fighting games do fans have to make for SAGE before Sega realize we want another Sonic fighting game, PLEASE

[sege-h]

Are people still on about Movie Sonic flossing?

Listen

Listen to me

That lonely af hedgehog kid had to watch other, regular kids from a distance, playing games like baseball that he couldn't join in on. And he got to watch them have victories and celebrate together and do their silly little floss dances.

There's no way he wasn't hoping he'd get to have his own little victory to celebrate with someone and do silly dances with or at

[sege-h]

Thoughts on the State of Play reveal

Under a readmore just in case

1- I know I said I'd keep the Son*dow tag blocked for a bit after Prime ended but I think I'll keep it blocked till the end of the year now lmao

2- I know the rumor has been going around since yesterday but I took it with a grain of salt since it's. Yknow. A rumor. But even when I let myself think 'what if its real tho' this is SO FAR FROM WHAT I EXPECTED. A!!! I thought at most we'd get is a remaster that'd also make Shadow playable! As soon as I saw the new level I was like WAIT WHAT. WAIT WHAT!!?!? and it just kept going from there!!!

I'm so happy we'll be getting a HD biolizard fight! He'll no longer be contained to the 3DS! Also from what little we saw Shadow will get to have some dynamic posing in the boss fights, like Super Sonic did in Frontiers. Good! I loved those!

3- Ian Flynn has #KnowingSmile'd the announcement and I'm hoping this means he got to write for whatever new content there is.

And speaking of Frontiers! I'm hoping that this ends up being Shadow's 'Frontiers' moment. In that his writing and character get what Amy's, Tails', and Knuckles' did in Frontiers.

4-I had the stream off to the side in another tab since I wasn't interested in most of what was shown. And then I heard the first few notes of the Generations music and i immediately switched tabs and I just!!! Feel like I did in 2011 except my computer/internet is way better, and you tube is shittier!

5- I'm excited for this for such Me reasons. For those new here- I live in a country that had no Sonic stuff for...well, never, really. Not until about 2022. The second movie did what I'd hoped the first movie would do (but then the pandemic happened) and brought over Sonic stuff here. For the first time in my life I went to a toy store here and it had Sonic stuff. I got to buy physical Sonic comics for the first time. For the first time in my life I can go to a video game store and actually see Sonic games there. It's been wild

That being said, 2011 had Nothing. Sonic Generations came out. And I didn't want to pirate it because a friend of mine had worked on it. I was determined to find it. And I only saw it irl one time- for the Playstation. A console I've never had. It was pretty upsetting! I remember posting about it here even....I've been on tumblr too long SHDGSHDHS

Later I'd find that there was a 3DS version. I have that! So I looked for that version of it alongside the PC one

So, for almost a decade, I looked, to no avail. And for this whole time I refused to look at any playthroughs! Any knowledge I had on whats in the game came from the trailers we saw

And then in 2019 my best friend helped me buy the 3DS version. I had 9 dollars on my 3DS and whenever the game went on sale it'd be on for 10 dollars. So he gave me a dollar and helped me get it SHDGSHDH

So I finally experienced Generations! It was surprise after surprise in that one, because I knew it was different but I didn't know how. I didn't expect a Rush level in it, or for the Biolizard to be in there!

And then in late 2020 when I got my new computer and could finally get steam, another close friend got me Generations for the PC! I'd somehow managed to dodge spoilers on it all those years so all I knew about it was: Theres Green Hill, Chemical Plant, City Escape, and a Silver boss fight.

I got to play modern City Escape for myself- which is the level that inspired the current iteration of my main OC, Storm. It was a joy

All this rambling to say...it's wild to think that once this remaster comes out, I'll be able to get it day 1, at least I hope I will. Still-it won't take me almost a decade to get to it

And if there's a physical release? I'll be able to go to a store here- HERE, not in one of our neighboring countries, not from somewhere else, but in a store here. Right across the street. And I'll finally have a physical copy of Generations. That was my final goal with the game-- I love it, I have two versions of it! And the plan was always that even though I'd gotten to play them now, if I ever ran into a physical copy of the game, I'd buy it. And now I'll really get to do it

6- Bonus thought of me being silly: Wowow my OC was shown at the State of Play--

[sege-h]

I already made a long post on why even tho id never read trimax, Tristamp sucked, debunking the whole 'Tristamp haters only hate it because its different from the manga' claim

But now that i have read it i gotta say

I hate Tristamp even more

And once again it isnt because its different, but we already covered that

[sege-h]

These movies, predictably, bring me so much joy

But I’m not just overjoyed because it’s Sonic

I love love LOVE that these movies are using practical effects and ACTUAL SETS!!

Real tanks, real helicopters, real pyrotechnics, cars getting flipped, Jim Carey being hoisted up above buildings by ropes and cranes. There are sets of the mushroom planet and the temple/Labyrinth zone, where green screen is being used where it’s needed instead of absolutely everywhere including houses.

Even though 3/4 of the main characters are cgi and they could’ve easily decided they could just have Jim Carey stand around in a green room for the Labyrinth Zone scene

I’ve just missed practical effects/sets in movies so much, and these movies bring those back and I’m SO HAPPY!

And that it beat a movie by Marvel ‘green screen everything’ Studios not once but TWICE? Is icing on the delicious Sonic cake

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