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[ShiraNoMai]

Knuckles feels prime to fit in with his "CAN U SHOW ME DA WEI?" meme personality but acts like real Knuckles, it's very strange to me right now. Waiting to see full performance to make a full judgement but I'm really looking forward to seeing this

[Moonface]

Instant watch from me unless it somehow gets annihilated in reviews. I had to keep reminding myself while watching the trailer that any of the humour that feels corny or awkward will be infinitely better in the context of the full movie, since the trailer for the first movie felt really cringe with the humour but none of it felt that way when I watched the full movie.

I expect the third movie will be when Shadow turns up, but I know he also turns on Eggman so it might run the risk of feeling like a duplicate of this movie (with something working under Eggman and then defecting).

[Moonface]

So the second movie isn't even out yet and Sega are already working on the third one:

I wouldn't be surprised if this one introduces Shadow, but I also say that because I don't really know any other prominent villains in the Sonic franchise that would fit into a movie.

[Mr EliteL]

Just please no cinematic universe with Sonic, a trilogy will be ideal but if they're already looking at the third it seems like they'll go with more. Hope they're not getting ahead of themselves just because of the success but these days, whatever's successful gets milked to no end. Yes people are excited for the second film, and there's Frontiers coming but just ease off jumping the gun. Having the good partnership with Paramount I can feel the fourth coming too in the future though. *sigh*

[Moonface]

I don't think it'll be bad to have more than three movies so long as they don't become repetitive like a lot of movies do after their third or fourth. I think I'd get worried if the director changes because I'd see it as a sign he didn't have any more ideas for a good plot but Sega want to keep making more so just toss whoever onto it.

[Moonface]

New trailer and a new poster for the sequel dropped! I love that the new poster is a recreation of the Sonic 2 game box art.

[ShiraNoMai]

That poster is sick. I really like the marketing they're doing for these films. They know their audiences' taste pretty well and it shows.

[Mr EliteL]

I don't want to watch the second trailer, I saw enough in the first one so don't want to see any potential scene spoilers so when I get watch this 2nd movie, I can avoid just going "oh it's that part of the trailer...yay". The poster though is sweet, yes. Also took a little while to notice where Knuckles is, nice and subtle.

[Moonface]

So I saw this last night and it was so good! Jim Carrey nails Robotnik so well in this one with having turned maniacal, and Tails and Knuckles are both done justice by their VA's. I think there's one scene in the middle that screws with the momentum a bit, and I question if it would have even made sense for what sets up that scene if Sonic just never needed to turn up there. The ending scene after the credits was super hype though.

Spoiler

For those wondering, the scene is the wedding part before the temple showdown. The entire wedding is a setup to capture Sonic because he's dangerous, but if Sonic didn't need to escape there what was the plan? To just have the groom go through with it all and then be some secret agent to infiltrate the family and get Sonic? They already know where he lives so what was all this for? Just felt like a scene for the sake of forcing the human characters to have some action because heaven forbid we ever have a movie with non-human characters and don't let their human sidekicks get a moment to look useful.

[ShiraNoMai]

I think even further than that, they felt really compelled to close up any loose ends they had with any of the human characters, to the point it felt like a completely different movie if taken out of context.

Context for the Above Criticism

Particularly the resolution of Rachel, the sister of Sonic's stepmom, who needed to get revenge and full clarity from her alleged spy fiancé. I...really think we could've just footnoted that plot bit at a later point if you really wanted to clear up what could've happened there. It got very into itself to the point I was thinking to myself "is this relevant to anything?"

Other than that, it was a solid movie indeed. Jim Carrey really sells this movie well in every scene he's in, and I just loved all the hints and nods to the games at any possible subcontext they could possibly utilize. Mean Bean cafe had me giggle

[Moonface]

I think even further than that, they felt really compelled to close up any loose ends they had with any of the human characters, to the point it felt like a completely different movie if taken out of context.

Context for the Above Criticism

Particularly the resolution of Rachel, the sister of Sonic's stepmom, who needed to get revenge and full clarity from her alleged spy fiancé. I...really think we could've just footnoted that plot bit at a later point if you really wanted to clear up what could've happened there. It got very into itself to the point I was thinking to myself "is this relevant to anything?"

Response to your spoiler

Yeah, I think it didn't help for me that I don't remember her from the first movie or anything, so her getting a ton of attention felt odd but even if I did remember her, it just felt like a random subplot that really didn't need exploring. No emphasis was even put on the wedding before Sonic arrives, with it just being a footnote reason for where all the notable humans are and then being used to randomly declare an operation was being done to capture Sonic. It served nothing but convenience for the plot and yet they tried to make the viewers give a shit about it when it was nothing more than a device to get people and things to their spots. They could've just been on a regular vacation as couples (Rachel already married) and there are just agents staking the place out to keep tabs on things, maybe in light of Sonic having gone off around the world and so they hang there to see if he turns up there or at home. Then have the whole fake marriage thing come out as a way they had someone always close without drawing suspicion and it would've at least made more sense than having all these agents just setting up a wedding when Sonic may not have ever appeared.

[Moonface]

Sonic 3 will officially be a Christmas movie I guess?

[Mr EliteL]

For all the time I first came across the news, I thought it was for this Christmas, which dang that'd be insane. But geez, announcing it so early? S'pose it's good to know, I need to get to watching the other two properly before then.

[Moonface]

For all the time I first came across the news, I thought it was for this Christmas, which dang that'd be insane. But geez, announcing it so early?  S'pose it's good to know, I need to get to watching the other two properly before then.

The announcement of the movie itself doesn't surprise me, since I think it had already been shared that a third movie was happening and the second ends on a note that clearly sets up a third movie, so this announcement was mostly just for the date.

I kinda hope this will be the last one just so it doesn't end up with interest in the movies falling off or the quality starting to suffer. Too many good franchises can't tell when to call it quits and bow out at the right time.

[Mr EliteL]

Yeah I'm hoping for the third to be the last, but I got a feeling it won't be, as much as I'd like to see a series not milking the success to a point of being tiresome, especially in current/recent times. A 3rd movie could wrap up nicely as a trilogy, hopefully not be basically what the 2nd film is, may have not watched it yet but can easily guess what happens with Knuckles so don't want to see the exact same happen with Shadow.