#anyways those are my thoughts on the sonic movie trailer

[thatsalotoftoons]

me hearing news abt a possible sonic 3 trailer being posted tmrw even though we have a little over 7 months before the films actual release

[serene-sabo]

some thoughts on sonic 3 (no spoilers, i promise!!) I NEED TO GET THIS OUT BEFORE I EXPLODE 😳😫

- so i saw it on christmas eve!! i REALLY really loved it, it was SUBLIME. STUNNING. PEAK CINEMA. I NEED TO REWATCH IT SO BAD. IT WAS LITERALLY SO GOOD

- but it felt a bit rushed 🙈 imo it needed more steady pacing and natural build up 🤭

- i feel like they focused too much on the robotniks when that screentime could have benefitted shadow, or even our other main cast

- SHADOW WAS INCREDIBLE. idk what else to say besides he was amazing, super badass, angry yet super cute >:3 i expected nothing less tbh - they handled his character with A LOT of love and care!!

- MARIA WAS AMAZING TOO!! i feel like she's spoiler territory so i'll just say i absolutely LOVED finally getting more maria content!! before dark begginings and shadow generations, she was just "shadow's friend" and we didn't know much about her... the movie further gives her more individual character outside of that, which makes her more sympathetic and shows how much she really means to shadow ;w;

- all the character interactions WERE SO GOOD. team sonic, shadow & sonic, shadow & maria, the robotniks, tom & sonic (i wish they had more screentime together, they're such a cute duo 🥺)

- AND ESPECIALLY THEY DID SHADOW & MARIA SO DAMN GOOD. THEY HANDLED THEIR HEARTWRENCHING STORY AND THEIR INTERACTIONS SO WELL

- the entire final act of the movie was INSANELY good, i still cant believe what i watched 😫💦

- there were several gasp worthy moments that made me LOSE MY MIND and shook me to the core, and days later im STILL thinking abt it. this movie did a great job at evoking emotions omfg

- i feel like the movie was a tad TOO humorous this time around, maybeee even more so than the first two films, which stole from a couple few serious/heavy moments. but when it REALLY mattered, they did a great job at keeping a serious tone and breaking my heart 🥲🥲

- i liked gerald and he's def very different from his game counterpart (as expected from the trailers) but in a good way! but also, i feel like he could have benefitted from being less goofy and more serious 😅 overall he's an interesting character

- i loved the drama and angst throughout the movie sooo so much PERIOD

anyway that's all for now!! i do have some more pros and cons about the movie about specific spoilerly moments, but i'll wait to scream abt those later! i'd say this is like a 8/10 for me, maybe 8.5/10 😼 ALL HAIL SHADOW

[piko-rose]

idk what to post so here's me getting excited over an animated hedgehog lol

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 so far is VISUALLY STUNNING. The lighting, the animation and SFX, just, BEAUTIFUL ON SO MANY LEVELS.

Everything about the trailer blew my mind, but I will do a post about my thoughts and theories on it later on. For now I wanna talk about the Blueberry Muffin himself.

Sonic in the movie looked GREAT. He got a small upgrade compared to how he looked in both Movie 1 and 2. (Especially Movie 1)

But he's still the goofy, heroic dork he is, and I'm SUPER EXCITED to see my boy again!! 💕

I don't know what else to post, so I'm just gonna gush over some of my favorite (which I'll admit, are almost every shot of Sonic in the trailer. Just wanna admit that, right now XD) shots of the Blue Devil.

I will do another version of this but with Shadow, but that'll be in the future. Shadow looks INSANE in the movie, so of COURSE I will lose my mind over his design once the post comes out lol

But right out of the gate, we got a really cool shot of Sonic running through a log, I think? Absolutely love the blue glow emitting the entire dark interior. And it gave Sonic a nice glow, too.

I love how determined he looks here, too. There were some scenes in the trailer where it looked like Sonic, Tails and Knuckles were racing each other. I think it's really adorable that the Wachowski Bros. spend time together by just racing through the woods outside of their own house.

This shot looks like Sonic might be in the lead.

Tom: "It hasn't always been easy, but it can't change who you are *points to Sonic's heart* in here."

Sonic: "Yeah. In my lungs."

The pure innocence from this hedgehog is killing me 😭

This is probably after the race? Idk when this is taking place, after all, all we got is a trailer. But I'm just spitballing here, but this is definitely another scene in the series where Tom gives Sonic some profound words for him to remember by.

But anyways, I love this shot of Sonic. You can already tell there is some slight differences with how he looked in the first film and the second film, which I kind of already freaked out over on this post here lol.

His expression complete with his line is just the perfect mixture for this shot. It describes Sonic to me. He's got a heart of gold, but at times he can be just a little confuse but still got the spirit.

He's just a child 😭

Here we got Sonic casually breaking the laws of physics just to grind on a tree branch, because he's just that cool.

Now this shot here? PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

Sonic is up in the air, twirling around with a huge smile on his face 🥺

He is having the TIME of his life. He is just so happy AAAAAAAAA-

Also, I love that Sonic's body, mainly his chest, has become a bit more puffy (since the Knuckles show anyway), but he still has that bean shape in certain shots lmao (Got a bit of Classic Sonic in there since day one XDDD)

I mean, come on. Look at his cheeks and tell me he don't have any baby fat anymore? He's still small! He's still squishy!! 🥺

Anyways badass Blueberry. EPIC callback to the beginning of SA2, only this time Tails and Knuckles are along for the ride. (also love Tails' expression as he jumps off the helicopter.)

I love this particular shot a lot for some reason XD

Knuckles really wants to fight Shadow despite Sonic not wanting to. He wanted to handle Shadow just by talking things out (clearly he has not met the dude) and Knuckles is over here ready to throw hands.

Sonic looks very annoyed here 🤣

I'm just so happy to see Sonic and Knuckles together on screen again after the Knuckles show. I fell in love with their dynamic ever since. Sonic and Tails' bond is truly special to me, but it's Sonic and Knuckles' bond that means SO MUCH to me, and I SERIOUSLY need to write more about these dorks.

This is the face of a hedgehog who was NOT prepared for the horrors that is Shadow the Hedgehog and maybe bisexuality. XD

Pissed off Blueberry.

Sonic is one of those characters where they rarely get upset or angry, but when they, it's badass and genuinely terrifying. I am NOT ready to see Sonic get so upset in this movie.

I know shit is about to go down in this movie, and I know Sonic is probably gonna go feral when it does. And it won't be pretty.

He is NOT happy at all. But at least here he looks kind of pouty.

It's kind of funny XD

"Here. Take my stupid strand of magic hair, just make sure you clean it when you're done. >:("

"What did you do?"

Yeah, no, he's furious. It's actually scary seeing Sonic like this. I have seen pictures of Sonic in rage mode in the comics and yeah, you can say that Sonic's about to reach his limit, if you know what I'm saying. (btw best moment in the Archie comics hands down)

Okay, one last image, I PROMISE-

THIS ONE, is my favorite out of all of them. Everything about this shot is just... I... don't even know how to explain how much I love this.

The lighting. The intensity of this whole scene. Sonic's anger. His powers going up to 100.

Yeah, this movie is gonna drive a little crazy. :)

Of course I'm just getting started on my Movie 3 hype rambles lol. Don't want this post to be too long or annoying-

I'm just so happy to see my comfort character back in action. I'm so happy that EVERYBODY'S back! I CAN'T WAIT DUDE!!!

[icekingofhope]

(Enjoy this meme here-)

so the Sonic 3 trailer is out and I decided to go on and make a silly post and a small announcement

I have decided after much debate I will start officially making sonic art NOW KNOW I am new at drawing the sonic artstyle so the characters may look like something out of the shining or something cause I’m getting used to drawing them I done the same with the lmk style until I perfected it

Anyways I decided to ramble my thoughts on the trailer and why I love Sonic

now I am a sonic veteran I have drawn sonic before but when I was way younger but Sonic has stuck by me I remember back in the 2000s I used to watch sonic underground a lot on Netflix that’s how long ago it was I always loved sonic I loved the video games even own some sonic games myself!

my first one was sonic unleashed one of my favorite games I always loved and still love to this day the time where he was a werehog and sometimes I even wish he can go back to werehog sonic and plus it introduced me one of my comfort songs endless possibilities

I got way more into Sonic thanks to the anime Sonic X I didn’t watch the whole series cause it started to get weird but it was how I was introduced to shadow one of my favorite characters

I remember I was so intrigued I tried to find other content and then I found YouTuber named animebromii (who unfortunately is a…well piece of shit to sum it up he was one of those found out to get to close to kids type of YouTubers category but that was found out right after I stopped watching him) I remember his Sonic videos always made me filled with joy and made me love the characters more

although I stop getting into Sonic as fans started to get a little to weird for my taste and such and Sega didn’t know what the fuck they were doing

what rekindle my love for Sonic was well the Sonic movies and as I watch I remembered the joy I had for it and started to slowly get into Sonic again and explore more of it due to being more mature and such I turned out to have well a lot of unpopular opinion that I know will have a mob of angry Sonic fans chasing me with pitchforks

Just Some headcanons and ships I don’t agree on and such even some dislike on how Sega is going about like trying to make sonamy now NOTE I don’t mind sonamy hell as a kid I was one of the people who ship it or more specifically the werehog sonic x Amy (i saw so many AMVs and one of those story shits….you have no idea how much of a huge werehog sonic fan I was) but the reason it makes me uncomfortable cause I found out Sega have gave the group canon ages at one point….

which where Amy is 12 and sonic is 15 NOW I don’t know if this is true I haven’t seen proof and out of all honestly I personally think the ages shouldn’t have been confirmed cause well it feels like to me it fucks up the lore and a lot of ships people love and you could have your own headcanons and such for their ages and to me Sonic doesn’t feel like he is 15 to me like hell when I was younger I thought he was ALEAST 18 or 16

There is only few ships I feel comfortable with that is Elise x sonic and sonia x knuckles

now admittedly yes I maybe not the biggest Sonic fan I haven’t read any of the comics i haven’t played all the games hell sometimes I don’t know half of the characters sometimes but still I love Sonic with all my heart and I hope you guys enjoy this little adventure of mine of Sonic the hedgehog

[bonnibelerm]

SPOILERS FOR SONIC 3

Long post!!!!

Yesterday I saw Sonic 3 and GOSH IT WAS SO GOOD ESPECIALLY the post credit scene where Amy saved Sonic OUGHHH but the 4th movie is gonna come out in 2027 and I really can’t wait for that 💔 (also 2026 is kinda closer now so yay batman 2?) I hope in the 5th movie they’ll release Rouge and Omega since they seem to release 2 characters in one movie. I’m so excited 4 Metal Sonic & Amy ESPECIALLY Amy!!! (Ilyt Metal Sonic but I wanted to see Amy for so long) AND in the post-post credit scene we saw that Shadow is Alive so maybe Eggman is also alive?? Oh and on an unrelated note I saw Superman 2025 movie trailer in the theaters which also made me extra excited. The more I watch the trailer the more cool it is I can’t wait for July 11. Anyways I’m VERY excited for Amy.

Also it was very sad especially the flashback w Maria and Shadow oughh they were just kids 💔😭 I lwk wanted for Amy to come in this movie cuz in the games she was the one who redempted (did I spell that right??) Shadow. But the timeline in the movie universe is a lot more different and it wouldn’t make sense for Amy to redempt him in the same movie that she meets Sonic.

My favorite scene in the entire movie was when Knuckles said pika-pika. That was actually very funny and the entire time while I was watching the movie I couldn’t WAIT for him to say it.

also the part where Shadow attacked Tom and Sonic finding out was SO SAD especially Shadow’s expression while watching Sonic’s anger and sadness. He looked like he regretted that a lot, and that whole scene itself was just oughdhdhhd. The way Sonic was begging for Tom the wake up and Shadow having flashbacks of Maria’s death and sympathizing Sonic at that moment was very sad.

And when he saw Sonic beating him up in anger, trying to destroy him, the part where he said to him “I thought you cared for him, you’re just like me” (or something something along those lines) that was so sad because most of his sympathy from earlier was gone because he thought that Sonic was ending up like him and he already hated himself for what he become and now that he thought he turned someone like him by killing their loved one and he couldn’t sympathize no more because he hated himself and he would hate Sonic if he was like him too.

He thought that Sonic cared for Tom the way that Shadow cared for Maria, and he thought that Sonic wouldn’t do the decisions he did when he lost someone he cared for, but he nearly did. That’s why Shadow said those things, he was disappointed. Not in Sonic, but in himself for what he did.

Gosh my brain hurts from trying to explain and I didn’t even explain it exactly correctly but that’s okay. Anyway I’m still thinking about Knuckles saying pika-pika.

[skittleswrapper]

sonic 3 spoilers below the thingy cos i HAVE to yap abt this movie

IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD MY BROTHER IN CHRIST SHADOW IS SO PERFECT though i feel like he didnt get as much screentime as he shouldve anywho im gonna yap abt some of my favorite scenes in the movie

the beginning - MARIA PLAYING LIVE AND LEARN ON THE GUITAR WAS SO COOL!!!!! it at least makes the song have some kind of sentimental value to shadow in-universe which im super happy abt. and also the way shadow was animated when he was beating up the g.u.n agents and whatnot IT WAS SO GOOD

team sonic first shadow encounter - it was great. the dialogue was a little cringe at the beginning but i believe that shadow's motorcycle chase was actually one of the best scenes in the movie it was so good and also sonic saying " wHO DOES YOUR HIGHLIGHTS??? " was great, it made me think of that one snapcube moment

idkk how to word my feelings on the general middle of the movie, things slow down a bit BUT WHEN THEY WERE AT THE OLD G.U.N BASE AND SHADOW PINNED SONIC TO THE GLASS??? OH MY GOD??? and also knuckles being scared of ghosts is adorable to me

anywho. the end - first of all, them referencing the snapcube thing by having sonic call shadow " hot topic " was GREAT and i dont care if it was intentional or not. i was cackling so hard AND i actually get most of my sonic merch from hot topic, AND I WAS WEARING MOST OF IT WHEN I SAW THE MOVIE SO... and also that convo that sonic and shadow had on the moon was so adorable i leaned over to my sister and said " HES SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL " referring to shadow of course but he was rlly pretty in that scene idk how to explain it

when shadow powered the eclipse cannon i was trying my best not to fangirl and NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PART

THE SUPER SONIC SHADOW FIGHT/TEAMUP - GIRL.... WHEN THEY SHOWED SUPER SHADOW I SCREAMED SO HARD THEY ACTUALLY EDITED A SCENE IN THE TRAILER JUST TO HIDE THAT FROM US.... I WAS SHAKING MY SISTERS SHOULDER SO HARD I WAS LIKE " GIRL LOOK JQDJWOECEOCRWOEW " IT WAS SO COOL BTW SPOILER IMAGE INCOMING LOOK OUT

LOOK AT THIS MF. LOOK. AT. HIM. HIS FACE- THAT DAMN SMIRK, THE COLOR, THE FACT THAT THEY USED LIVE AND LEARN DURING THIS SCENE MADE THIS FUCKING PERFECT TO ME BRO not that he wasnt perfect already- OQWIOFUWO

and also robotniks death for real this time - .... poor stone :( that shi was basically a love confession bro " i dedicate my final livestream to the only person that ever cared abt me "

... i cried so hard

i have a theory btw so all those badniks or robots or whatever that sonic and shadow fought in space? they looked like omega so if one of them somehow survived and stone found him somehow fixed him and whatnot maybe they could get omega in the next movie that way

and also. amy. and metal sonic. god i thought this movie couldnt get more perfect. metal sonic actually scared me with how incredibly accurate he looks to the games and oh my god just look at amy.

she looks perfect no notes i love her bangs anyway

10/10 movie would 100% recommend, im gonna see it again today w my dad and im so excited!!!

[blazehedgehog]

Do you think there might be some problems that could develop with SAGE showcasing indie games? SAGE was created as an event for the Sonic fandom to make fan games, but now indie games have become part of it. Nothing against it on principle, but what about the legal area? SAGE is still tied to Sonic's image, would it count as using Sonic to sell other products? Or would it be a Chip 'n Dale's Movie Sonic case?

Top comment on the showcase trailer video:

If there were problems, Sega would be the ones causing them, and that's the official Sonic brand account giving their sign of approval.

SAGE was created, speaking as the creator of SAGE here, to demystify fangaming and show the world it had a positive effect on the world. Fangames were seen as illegal bootlegs when I started the event, and I sought to change that perception.

Now, yes, generally speaking, I think if you're trying to stay on the up and up, disconnecting your fangame from commercial promotion as much as humanly possible is the best way to keep your nose clean. Don't run ads on your website, don't run ads on gameplay footage, DEFINITELY do not in any way even LOOK at crowdfunding or paying employees. Stay away from any and all money I/O. Which is very difficult if not impossible because even hosting a website means you are exchanging money with someone in order to distribute your game.

So you have to decide an acceptable level to compromise your morals if you hope to put your game out there, and how much risk that creates for you depends on the company in question, I guess.

Hosting your game on Itch.io? Well, as long as you create a standalone account separate from any real monetized game creation you plan on doing, that might be okay. They don't run ads on Itch.io that I know about.

Hosting your game on Game Jolt? Slightly more risky, because Game Jolt serves ads on their download page.

Mediafire? More risky, because I feel like Mediafire shows extra invasive ads, including, last I heard, those ads that have fake download buttons on them. So not only is Mediafire making money, they are engaging in active deception.

Hosting it on a Patreon? Way more risky. Even if you have the post set to $0, you are bringing people to a page where they can give you money for your services.

I technically do this with some of my very old game projects, but none of those are anywhere close to finished games, and they are all almost universally just fragments of unimportant side projects. For example, I do not have builds of TFH up there, or MarioWeen. It's mostly just software I started and did not finish, mixed in with a couple of like, early alpha engine tests if I remember right.

I've also thought about just straight up taking them down and hosting them somewhere else (the itch.io archive might be my best bet, or even archive.org). It does make me uncomfortable to have them up there, but it was a stable, clean place to host things like that when I first launched that Patreon, like, what, 8 years ago? Now they're buried at the very very very bottom of my post list and I'm probably the only person who remembers that they're there.

Anyway, if it was a problem, I think Sega would let us know. And I say "let us know" instead of, say, just stomping their boot all over SAGE and killing it without recourse. I think, given what a positive force it is not just in the community, but in the indie gaming space, if it was a problem, they could talk it out with whoever is running the show that year.

But this is a place to cultivate future game developers. It is good for the game industry. And I've said it here, or maybe other places, but I've often wondered if Steam's multiple demo events they host every year was inspired by something like SAGE. It's kind of become a big deal, and it keeps growing to be a bigger deal every year, and at least so far, nobody's abused or exploited it yet.

Not that they even could -- SAGE is curated. Not a lot, but enough that I know there were booths rejected for 2024. You can be, and people have been, kicked out of SAGE for being abusive. Participating in SAGE is a privilege, not a public service.

So I think everything will be fine.

[thorns-rose-garden]

So the Sonic 3 fan screening, initial thoughts! I'll write a more detailed post tomorrow, but it's been a long day and I want to take the time to properly write all my thoughts shit down. This one will just be the basic non spoilerly stuff.

First off, things unrelated to the actual movie. Regal has a set of two lenticular cups with Sonic and Shadow toppers and a metal popcorn bucket. The toppers are super cute and surprisingly well painted for what they are (like the only detail they didn't bother with was the bottom of Shadow's shoes).

They also had a popcorn bucket shaped like Sonic's head, a light up cup, and a "Sonic Rings" menu item. But I didn't get any of those, so nothing on any of that.

The fan screening was supposed to come with a poster and one of four character keychains. Heavy emphasis on "supposed to", because my theater didn't get any posters and ran out of key chains. They handed them out after the movie, which meant if you actually stuck around for the post credits scenes you were out of luck. So despite going with two other people we only got a Tails keychain. Maybe it was better handled at other theaters, but you'd think they'd have based stock on the number of tickets sold.

Anyway I went to a 4DX showing, and that was fun, I've never done one of those before. The chair was vibrating almost as much as I was (seriously, I could literally feel my legs shaking throughout the whole movie, I was that excited). The way it would move around to match Sonic's running and the sudden shake every time Shadow teleported were both very cool.

And as for the movie itself. It's so fucking good. I absolutely loved it. Keanu did a fantastic job portraying my precious angsty boy. Go watch it when you get the chance.

I would get more specific, but I don't really know how much I can gush without risking getting into spoiler territory, so I'm just going to say again that it's really fucking good. Seriously go watch this movie.

Part of why I feel the need to empathize how much I love the movie, is because tomorrow’s spoiler post will inevitability have a lengthy rant in it. But despite how much I'm going to yell about it, my complaint is minor in the grand scheme of things. I'm mainly just mad about how this will affect my fic plans. Ignoring me being a picky little shit, this movie is almost everything I wanted. I just like ranting.

As for fic ideas, I was already 100% planning to make a Gerald/Shadow fic set in the movie canon after just seeing the trailers, and I'm definitely still doing that. But because I have an obsessive need to quadruple check canon while writing, I'm not going to be able to start work on it until after the movie is out on streaming.

[dumpsterfirepropaganda]

So a while back, I decided to make a spreadsheet listing all of the franchises/series/properties/etc. that I have a special attachment to, along with specific elements/aspects that I particularly enjoy in the media I consume, in order to see if there was any one variable all of them had in common.

It ended up looking like this:

I added the year I got interested in each property as well, and it’s been funny to see the progression - you can see how it starts with the movies my parents showed me at the beginning, then the video games my friends introduced me to (or that I fortuitously found out about after skipping vacation bible school one day but the full version of that story is for another time), then my special interests growing out of a mix of those...then that little stretch in 2020-2021 where I started dipping my toes into things out of morbid curiosity and getting genuinely invested in them whoops

 Anyway, I wanted to share this in case anyone else is interested in creating something like this. I think it’d be so fun to see what other people consider to be the most appealing aspects of the things they’re into, as well as how their tastes evolved over time! 

(Zoomed in versions of the spreadsheet under the cut for easy reading, as well as abbreviated explanations of how I got into everything on this list, if you’re interested.)

Jurassic Park - I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid. My parents were like, “Hmm, she might like this - we’ll just make her cover her eyes for the scene where the T-rex eats that guy off of the toilet.”

Star Wars - Parents bought me Lego Star Wars for the Wii because THEY liked Star Wars but I had no clue what was going on, walked in on them watching Episode V and they let me stick around

Pokémon - All my closest friends were into it but I wasn’t allowed to play until finally my parents caved and let me get a DS and a copy of Platinum. Easily the franchise I am the most invested in ahaha

Sonic - Went to the phone store with my mom and they had a mobile version of Sonic 2 on one of the demo phones. Went home and got it on virtual console, literally defined how I play video games now

Mega Man - Picked up a copy of Nintendo Power (RIP) because it had Mewtwo on the cover. Featured character was Zero. His design activated all the neurons in my brain so I read everything I could about him and eventually got into the games, and now Mega Man characters own the deed to my house and my firstborn child

FNAF - Friend showed me a video of a playthrough at my parents’ 25th wedding anniversary. Scared the pants off of me. Couldn’t stop watching it.

Alien/Aliens - The Great Movie Ride at Disney, but specifically the waiting room where they play the trailers for the movies (I closed my eyes during the actual Alien section of the ride because it freaked me the heck out). That trailer stuck in my brain and one day I just decided I wanted to watch it. I’ve never mentioned them before but I need y’all to understand that these are my favorite movies of all time and I literally wrote a college essay about why they are so good

Metroid - Saw Samus in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and thought she was super cool. Got an SNES Classic for Christmas and tried out Super Metroid...instantly hooked. One of the most amazing games in the universe you guys

The Thing - Dad was like, “Oh yeah I watched that in theaters when I was 12 it’s great let’s watch it.” I couldn’t look my own dog in the eyes for three days.

Terminator - Wanted to check out more 80′s sci-fi. Plus Michael Biehn. Love Michael Biehn.

Twilight - Me and a close friend (neither of whom had grown up reading these) decided to watch the first one as a joke. Got invested. Ended up watching them all. Now I write Mega Man/Twilight fanfiction. Beware what you do ironically, folks.

Homestuck - Was vaguely aware of it for years but (like most people) had no clue what it was about until the Sarah Z video. Decided to give it a try.

It checks almost every single box on this spreadsheet, so...there’s my defense for that, I guess.

The Locked Tomb - Everybody kept posting weird things about this book series and it sounded too crazy NOT to read

Subnautica - I love the ocean. I love space. I love aliens. I couldn’t get a copy of Pokémon Violet at Wal-Mart and wanted something new to play and it happened to be on the shelf.

[macmonkeyhat]

March channel and video progress update

So in January I said I wanted to make monthly channel updates…. And then I immediately didn’t make one in February lol.

It was because I was just working on the same TDI video I said I was working on in January and it felt pointless giving an update when there wasn’t much to report.

But now it’s been TWO months and… I’m still working on the same video but I’ll give an update about it this time!

TDI 2024 review: I finished the script and am now in the process of editing all the audio I recorded! Which is taking a while because the raw recording was around 3 hours and it’s going to be edited down to less than an hour lol

(I have to retake a lot of line reads and pause the recording whenever there’s a lot of background noise)

Editing the audio is always the worst part for me because the audio always sounds bad and I’m so self conscious about it. Also I recorded alot of it during the day so you can hear bird tweets in the background alot. Hopefully people will just think that’s nice lol.

Anyway still not sure what the total length of the video will be but I’m suspecting around 55 minutes.

Also I structured the video similarly to the first video where I have dedicated chapters to all the characters of note. In the first video there were five characters who didn’t get a chapter because they left early and I didn’t have much to say about them. But this time round there are only 3 characters that don’t get a dedicated chapter but all three are ones that actually made it to the merge!

The first is Axel who didn’t get one because I just say everything I need to about her in the Ripper chapter. The next is Raj because i say everything I need to about him in the Bowie and Wayne chapters. And the last one is, surprisingly, Julia. Not because I have nothing to say about her, but because I talk about her a lot in like 5 other chapters that there was no need to give her a dedicated chapter lol

Anyways as for the predicted release date: Maybe Late April but more likely some time in May

Sonic 3 movie bingo: I haven’t done any more work on this since I’ve just been focusing on the TDI video, but just thought I’d mention it’s still happening.

It’s funny, like a couple days after I made my January update about they released a bunch of news about the movie including the cast and a trailer for the Knuckles show. The cast doesn’t really affect my bingo predictions that much since I didn’t speculate on that (I guess now I could speculate on what roles they’ll have)

The show probably will because Wade is apparently going to be a prominent character and I actually did have a prediction about what they would do with him in the movie lol

As for the predicted release date: I guess either June or July

Other projects: I said last time that I had a bunch of other ideas for projects but didn’t want to say what they were since it would be months since it would be months until I would get to them.

And now I’m not feeling those projects as much and have ideas for a bunch of different projects I’d rather do! But I’m sure by the time I get round to be able to do them I’ll no longer feel like doing those projects and would have had ideas for different projects I could do.

So that’s basically why it’s not worth saying what they are until it’s time to do them 😂

Anyways see you for the April update where I’ll hopefully be close to finishing the TDI video! Maybe I’ll have finished already, that’s being hopeful lol

[crusherthedoctor]

"It's fine if you like it, you just have to accept you're a drooling baby who can't handle Real SA2".

I could say something about a common complaint among fans that G.U.N. was portrayed as squeaky clean compared to in SA2, when that's very clearly not the case even if it's less overt. I could say that maybe I can appreciate how deep into things Tails and Knuckles were throughout, something that a lot of media struggles with to this day. I could say that I thought Sonic and Shadow's heart to heart was pulled off well, in spite of the arguably unfortunate bonding over dead women context. But hey, what do I know.

I'm tired, man. I try to be respectful to SA2 diehards and other fans who aren't keen on the movie and its numerous differences. I fully understand the scope behind most of the critiques, including the domino effect the changes have in the overall narrative, and I even agree with some of them (yes, that includes some things pertaining to Maria and/or G.U.N... hell, even I'll admit it would have been nice if the moon laser remained as a display of Eggman's power rather than it being an accident). I was even apprehensive myself when I saw the trailers, and went in not knowing for sure if I would like it. Yet it still isn't enough. Because I enjoyed it - and the previous two for that matter - I'm a mindless consumer who doesn't deserve to be graced by the real SA2's holy light. Crusher isn't that big of a fan of SA2, so what purpose could his input possibly have in the discussion.

I go off a lot on IDW, Frontiers, Prime, etc, as well as those who downplay the flaws of the 2000s period, and I criticise the fandom for their frequent double standards in relation to them (ie: going crazy over Baldy McNosehair while defending Wildly Inconsistent and Thanks For Putting The Chili On My Dog), but at least I try to keep it focused on the admittedly large side of the fandom who are genuinely unreasonable. I have no beef with IDW fans and Frontiers fans who are respectful in turn and are just minding their own business. With the movie though, it's like it doesn't matter what I say or how I conduct it, I'm going to be seen as a traitor or a negative IQ anyway.

Maybe I just shouldn't say anything about the movie for the time being.

Wouldn't want to be branded as a braindead idiot who doesn't understand SA2's story, after all. Wouldn't want to suggest that some criticisms are justified while others might be less so, after all. Wouldn't want to feel like the enemy in the fandom yet again, after all. Wouldn't want to elaborate on my thoughts and points only for everyone to dismiss them anyway, after all.

[misteria247]

I'm gonna be honest here:

The Mario movie actually looks really nice. Despite Illumination being known for the somewhat cheap animation it's got (which isn't necessarily bad mind you) you can tell that the studio actually put a lot of effort into the movie just from the trailer alone. You can see the difference in their budget and the passion that the animators have in just the two minutes alone like I was shocked.

The VAing is surprisingly good! Jack Black as Bowser threw me for a loop because I didn't even recognize him! It was only after he'd did the little chuckle and said:

"I do not."

That I caught his voice and realized that it was him. He's done an incredible job with the character and I can't wait to see him in the movie!!!

Chris Pratt on the other hand......

Look I don't know the actor very well other than he's in the Marvel and Jurassic World trilogy but as soon as I heard him talk and say:

"What is this place?"

I couldn't help but feel like he just.....didn't care about his role. It felt like it wasn't Mario at all. Even my mom who's not a fan of video games and only knows the basics of them due to me and my siblings talking to her about, had said that he just wasn't Mario and the voice didn't fit the character. (She also said the same thing when the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer was released and she saw his first design before it was fixed. She literally took one look and said "That's not Sonic.")

Like that says a lot.

Personally I think if Chris Pratt wants to make this work he'd actually have to put a little bit of effort into his role. Or else it just won't really work. That or the studio and Nintendo get a new VA who's more excited to voice Mario.

But other than the voice for our favorite red Italian plumber I gotta say that everything else looks and sounds really good!!! The scenery is phenomenal and stunning and colorful just like the video games and the character's designs look so good and well done!! Honestly kinda excited to see what the movies like when it comes out next year!!! (They better not massacre my boys because like Sonic they deserve some respect as well).

Anyways those are my personal thoughts.

[000marie198]

"You forgot one; Unstoppable."

Alright, there's something about Sonic I need to get off my chest.

First, there's the movie sequel, which we've been waiting for since the post credit scene of Tails in first film. And this movie was absolutely incredible! I still haven't gotten out of the hype, the Wachowski boys live in my head rent free, I am unable to stop imagining scenario after funny or fluffy scenario and shenanigans. And there are so many retro easter eggs from every media of this franchise (so many in the climax alone, Knuckles jumping back off the Tornado, that light tap from '06, catching the giant robot's punch from Sonic X, Enerjak vibes from Archie comics during Master Emerald's origin story, the air bubble from underwater levels of Sonic Rush, that water slide in the last temple, the drowning scene paralleling first episode of Sonic X, all the classic traps, the same expression and flailing in "I can't swim!" as first episode of Sonic Boom, Fleetway vibes when they had us worried in the first half of that one scene, the snowboarding, Tails' Zeti Zappers from IDW, and so much more!) And don't even get me started on how well the mobian characters were done and finally, that mid credit scene. It wasn't exaggerated that those who weren't STH fans also know this beloved character. My best friend isn't a fan, she didn't even care much about this franchise before the second movie and doesn't know any lore but she also knows Shadow.

Then, while still in the hype of the sequel, there was already a teaser trailer of Sonic Prime released recently along with Sonic Origins trailer and the hype increased ten-fold, again. And I suspect that Issue #50 of IDW will be coming out on his 31st Anniversary so there's that too.

Anyways, all that Sonic content aside, but now even Disney has placed his 2019 trailer version in their movie.

Hear me out for a second.

First, I got upset at learning that version was featured in the film and trending, but then I gave it a little thought and went, "Oh. Oooohhhh! So that's what happened. Are they really that angry at our beloved blue hedgehog now? Oh, boy. XD" Now I'm laughing at the implications of why they placed him in one of their live action films, and in that particular form too. This afternoon, I told my Mom about it in these exact words, "Mom, guess what. Disney added the 2019 trailer version of Sonic in their recent-most live action movie and that one scene with 'Ugly Sonic' is now trending the most." She chuckled so hard at the irony, saying something along the lines of, 'Never thought this time would fall on them.'

Now, no offense to Disney or Chip n Dale fans ofcourse since this is purely from the point of view of a Sonic fan who saw her favorite character portrayed like that after his own movie was a block buster hit, it doesn't take a genius to connect the dots.

Remember those memes and posts Sonic fans were posting before Sonic 2 movie was released? The ones which said something like how we don't even care at this point if the movie is silly or childish or whatever, we want this hedgehog to break records. To make Disney and Marvel and Nintendo nervous, to make the other companies trip over their own feet trying to catch up to a speedy hedgehog fighting Jim Carry. And many other similar memes. Well, that's exactly what's happening and 2019 Sonic appearing in a freaking Disney movie like that just confirms it.

The hedgehog truly is unstoppable this year and I love it!

[lilydrangea]

My thoughts on Sonic 2

YOOOOOOOOOO I just got out of my first viewing of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (cuz we got it early in Germany) and I wanted to share my thoughts fresh of the press and piping hot.

(Don’t worry, I put all the spoilers below the thingie.)

One thing I can say without spoiling anything: I laughed when I saw the three posters in the theater. (translation as follows)

Knuckles: 2 times as strong

Sonic: 2 times as fast

Tails: 2 times as fluffy

Also, there is no second post credit scene. But the movie was such a blast that you’ll probably sit through them anyway just in sheer awe of what you have just witnessed.

- Nice how they made a new Paramount ring logo rather than just reusing the one from the first film

- Clever way of showing Eggman’s ingenuity with his Rube Goldberg utilities and traps.

- Applause for that Shiitake joke.

- How much you wanna bet that those obvious humans in silly suits, who are apparently pals of Knuckles, will receive zero context or explanation? *TWO HOURS LATER* Yep, just as I thought.

- They actually referenced Da Wae, Jeff Fowler you madlad

- More scenes of Sonic’s room are always a good thing

- More Sanic and fart jokes *insert George Takei Oh my here*

- Times they could have used the drowning music but didn’t #1

- So Longclaw really did die... that’s sad.

- Nice reworking of an innocuous detail from the first film into a plot point

- UPTOWN FUNK LET’S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!11111111

- Sonic made the dance scene good, great and awesome, and then Tails made it outstanding and amazing.

- One of the very few criticisms I have with this movie is the beginning feeling a tad rushed. Like, it would have been nice to see a flashback to Tails being bullied and feeling like a lonely freak rather than just having him tell us this. I suppose the comic tie in is supposed to fill in the gaps, but it’s most likely not going to be released here.

- Also, Tails canonically watches Sonic as he bathes.

- I’ll say it now, the cabin scene is my favourite in the entire movie.

- “Kids, there’s nothing more cool then being hugged by someone you like. But if someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that’s no good.”

- With just one word, heck not even really a word, Knuckles manages to make Jim Carrey Eggman look like a bore by comparison.

- Knuckles’ father here was a better dad in one scene than Locke was throughout Penders’ entire run.

- Sonic has the most Gen Z energy I’ve ever seen.

- GUN are total shits.

- Tails wins by doing absolutely nothing.

- Didn’t this film have a hedgehog in it? I could have sworn- oh there he is.

- Sonic is Jesus now.

- Times they could have used the tunes of concentrated anxiety but didn’t #2

- For a movie called Sonic Vs Knuckles in Japan there wasn’t as much bad blood between them as I thought.

- Times they could have made Honest Trailers’ prediction come true but didn’t #3

- Sonknux shippers are going to meem this scene to heck I just know it.

- Knuckles yeets himself into oblivion.

- Stone continues to be a simp.

- Nice trick with the missile Sonic.

- ♫ Sonic Heroes! Sonic Heroes! ♫

- The return of the dance off! YAAASSSSSS!!!!

- If I had a euro for every time Robotnik has turned himself into a god and Knuckles was the one who took that power away from him I’d have three euro. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened thrice.

- OMG, the Chaos Emeralds are so TINY!

- Wait are they actually... Yo, Super Sonic looks incredible!

- As a huge Sonic the Comic fangirl, that bait and switch they pulled was one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever seen.

- “You finally had all seven Chaos Emeralds together, and you threw them away?!” “Exactly!” “Eh, that’s fair.”

- I take back what I said before, I'm having a hard time if I like this scene or the cabin scene more.

- SONIC CALLED TOM DAD I CANT EVEN

- Nice callback to the baseball scene from the first movie. Great to see how much this boy has grown.

- Idris Elba wasn’t lying when he said the Knuckles ice cream scene was great.

- This movie in general has some of the funniest lines I’ve ever seen.

- I love the updated classic sonic sprite with the blue arms. It looks so good.

- Shadow being the one to be featured in the post credit scene didn’t surprise me. I’d already been spoiled on the fact that another Sonic charecter was featured in it, and he, Amy and Metal Sonic were the only candidates I could think of.

- Doesn’t this raise some plot holes with the events of the first movie? Because Commander Walters says he knows about Project Shadow, yet he had no clue what was going on when Sonic caused that EMP with his chaos energy.

- Shadow looks really cool though.

- I’m wondering how the 16 bit credits in the third movie are going to work, because unlike Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, he doesn’t have a classic form and his design is a bit too complex for that.

- Wondering how they’ll adapt his mess of a backstory.

- Also, it’s so obvious that he wasn’t given any lines so that could leave it a surprise as to who will voice him.

So in summary: I’ve found my new favourite movie.

[candyheartedchy]

You can totally pass this ask if you're not in the right headspace for it, but what are your thoughts on the Rescue Rangers Movie, anyways?

I KNOW your sona is from the original RR, but I was just curious

Rant warning I guess? And spoilers??

Well, for starters, I didn’t watch the movie, or do I plan to in the future, so my opinions might be a bit well, opinionated. They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but every trailer or clips I seen of the movie, it just makes me nauseous. Like when I first saw the trailer, it felt all over the place. Like it didn’t have an identity. I know some folks say it’s a Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel, but I don’t see it. Sure Roger makes an appearance, and it’s nice to see him animated again, but as someone who adores the Who Framed Roger Rabbit movie, and it being my favorite movie of all time, it’s kinda irritating to see the Rescue Rangers movie being called a sequel as it’s not even in the same ballpark as WFRR. Sure it’s a cartoon/live action hybrid where toon’s and humans live together, and heck, I love those types of stories! But this looks and felt more like here’s copyright characters you recognize that’s being thrown at you constantly to only pleased your nostalgic. And while having nostalgia for something is good and fun, and Roger Rabbit did this too, but seeing Flounder from the little mermaid kidnapped and strapped to a table as meta humor is kinda sick to watch. Or maybe I’m just sensitive, who knows. And of course the Bobby Driscoll/ Peter Pan situation. Out of all the characters to make a villain, why him? Why make his backstory DISTASTEFULLY similar to the voice actor? Why pick a character that is WELL KNOWN to not grown up only to grow up in the movie as a throw away child actor joke? No other toon ages. Even one of the lost boys makes an appearance and he’s still young?? It makes no sense. Before the movie was released there was a rumor that Pluto the dog was going to be the villain and Peter Pan was a fake Peter, which would’ve made more sense, but no. And why choose Chip and Dale when they clearly could’ve made a Roger Rabbit sequel, or maybe making it about Bonkers the Bobcat since it had a similar premise? Overall Chip and Dale the characters just look and feel out of place. And when a ugly version of Sonic the Hedgehog is more popular then your two main characters of the movie, well, that’s saying a lot.

[butterscotch-brigade]

other assorted thoughts on the mario movie trailer:

as for mario himself.....eh. idc abt crisp rats voice for him its so generic. i like his character model tho.

i like how the penguins r the ones from mario 64. i love those guys :)

kameks voice is great!!! rly fits him :)

the toad voice is surprisingly rly good??? i was unsure if they were gonna give him an obnoxiously high voice or just make him sound like a normal dude, but this is actually a rly good compromise!!

the animation and settings are absolutely gorgeous!!!

i already talked abt how much i LOVE bowser but can we SERIOUSLY appreciate bowser???? like???? i love how the bowser voice isnt just jack black being himself, hes actually doing a more intimidating voice for him goddddd i love bowser so much!!!!

overall i was pleasantly surprised for the most part. again the biggest downside was ofc crisp rat as mario but like come on we all knew it was gonna be underwhelming. anyway i was just talking to my gf abt how i hoped the movie would be bad but now i have a slightly more positive but still VERY cautious opinion. obvs im still wary bc its illumination BUT this trailer is admittedly a LOT better than i thought it was gonna be. but it still wont clear the sonic movies bc those are epic