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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024 film) synopsis reportedly revealed
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What does he need to offer?
Big the Cat goes where Big the Cat wants!
That's fair.
Can you imagine Sonic getting a two part movie arc akin to the likes of the Avengers? That'd just be too good, simply because no one could see it coming years ago.
> Metal finally gets into the movie verse
Hell yeah
> Shares screen time and the villain role with Shadow
What the fuck no
Hell yeah
> Shares screen time and the villain role with Shadow
What the fuck no
Lol at people wanting Rouge the Titmouse in CGI. A whole new generation of furries would proliferate.
There's some really dumb mistakes in the synopsis that I don't quite see how an official release could have made. Like, calling the master emerald the chaos emerald and then making up the term "mini emeralds" when the 2nd film already established the proper terms for those doesn't make sense.
As far as adaptations of the games go, which is still what these are, Metal sonic isn't even a character. He literally doesn't have motivations beyond "I wanna beat sonic :'(" which as you'll note, is not enough to make a film script out of. His biggest claim to fame, being the villain in sonic heroes, he has literally 4 lines in the entire game and 2 of them are variations of "Person x's data successfully copied". One is essentially "I'm gonna kill everything!" and the 4th one being "I wanna beat sonic :'(".
Metal sonic stans are lucky he even gets to be the dirt on shadows boot, when he puts it straight on Metals face if this synopsis is accurate, frankly.
Kinda reminds me of when the synopsis for the second film leaked, actually.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie synopsis leaked
After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is ready for more freedom, and Tom and Maddie agree to leave him home while they go on vacation. But, no sooner are they gone, when Dr. Robotnik comes back, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to both build and...
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Just called it an "emerald" when in the final movie, it was obviously the Master Emerald.
All of this could change for the movie canon (which has already changed a lot already).
Which is what confuses me. If you have to invent a completely original character: which they have no choice but to do for metal sonic, what are people even asking to be adapted?
Yes, the films are broad strokes adaptations, but you still have the general beats there like Knuckles thinking protecting the master emerald is his lifes purpose, tails being more mechanically minded and less confident foil to sonic and such.
For Shadow I don't expect them to have the exact same storyline from Adventure 2 or Shadow the hedgehog, but they'll still have the same general background, with Shadow designed by Gerald who is out for revenge, and probably something about losing Maria, even if it's not the exact same. There's nothing like that to do with metal sonic. His entire "character" is "There's a robot that looks like a bit like sonic".
You made the mistake of assuming that my dislike was for Metal losing screen time/importance. I care about how Shadow is handled faaaar more than Metal, because he's an iconic villain with a story that deserves to be adapted.
That said, you've quoted my Metal Sonic posts here before, so I don't really feel like reiterating why he'd be good for a movie in your eyes. If nothing else, entire dragon ball movies are built around just as simple premises for their villains, and Metal can skyrocket to the same iconic status of Shadow with his Heroes story and a little grease to his Neo form. Don't go out of your way to kick one of the few badass villains the series has just because you can't think of a way he can work lol
Also before the "Metal Sonic is not a character" slander gets out of hand, reminder that he had entire monologs in lyrical form throughout his Heroes theme:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLIMwVYwIw
Not that it matters if he is introduced and discarded as a minor badnik appearance lol
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLIMwVYwIw
Not that it matters if he is introduced and discarded as a minor badnik appearance lol
I'm not sure I'd consider Sonic Heroes his "biggest claim to fame". Who even remembers he's in it? Who even thinks about Sonic Heroes today?
He's the Sonic CD villain first and foremost.
And he was an alright antagonist in the Sonic OVA.
You are correct that he doesn't have much in the way of clear motivations in the few games he appeared in. This does give the writers something to play with and built upon for their adaption, hopefully without rewriting or undoing what we already know and love.
They'll split it into two movies. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Shadow. When you use Lock-On, they combine and become Sonic 3 & Shadow.
CD is definitely the most remembered, but he also gets defeated fairly quickly as a badnik boss in the game, which a lot of people complain about his portrayal to begin with. It's where the "he's just a robot" mentality comes from and works against him.
Heroes is Metal's biggest claim to fame because it's the Mainline Game equivalent to the OVA, where he breaks away as his own villain as "something more" than a badnik. The OVA had him work as an antagonist by using him as a perfect foil to Sonic, until the end where he breaks his programming and determines there is only one real Sonic, before dying in a pool of lava. Heroes is the opposite in that he goes mad from the paradox of thinking he is Sonic but can't beat him, rebels against his creator, and grasps for any means necessary to beat him, in a bundle of illogical paradoxes and ego. He barely shows up in the game, and the saturday morning cartoon writing is working against it, but the moments that are there define the internal madness still referenced to this day.
Both Heroes Metal and Shadow serve similar story beats that you can build an entire movie around, with the "subserviant Eggman lackey has a twist reveal and becomes the final villain" set up; you'd just have to focus on Metal's gradual madness and desperation as opposed to Shadow's gradual progression from revenge to heroism
I hope we get a Shadow the Hedgehog movie/tv show based on the game of the same name.
Also hope we get a Team Chaotix post credit scene.
Also hope we get a Team Chaotix post credit scene.
This is pretty much exactly in line with my prediction except I never expected them to bring in Big this early. I thought it would be Shadow, Metal, and Amy.
I wonder if this is so they can build towards Amy's spin off cast sooner, since they said they want to build up to a cinematic universe with multiple side stories. Beyond, ya know, just Big being obvious comic relief and for the memes.
I wonder if this is so they can build towards Amy's spin off cast sooner, since they said they want to build up to a cinematic universe with multiple side stories. Beyond, ya know, just Big being obvious comic relief and for the memes.
I'm guessing that the ending will be akin to Generations/Worlds Collide plot line where
main villain tries to change the past with the help of the Chaos Emeralds but screws it up. Would be a good way for Jim Carrey to retire as Robotnik and introduce a new actor for future Robotnik
We know they exist in the movieverse due to the comic. It's just a matter of time before they show up and probably get their own spin-off.
What an insane synopsis. I genuinely never expected them to have Metal and Shadow in the same movie. Obviously Sonic and Shadow need a more evil character to team up against by the end, but I thought they'd use Chaos or Biolizard.
Amy is expected but lol at Big of all characters getting in. Between this, Frontiers, and Sonic Prime, I like how they're treating him as an important part of the cast again instead of the unwanted joke character relegated to spin-offs he became post-Heroes. No Rouge is a bummer but it sounds like she wouldn't have much room to breathe with all the other additions. Maybe they want to save her for the inevitable Shadow spin-off.
Amy is expected but lol at Big of all characters getting in. Between this, Frontiers, and Sonic Prime, I like how they're treating him as an important part of the cast again instead of the unwanted joke character relegated to spin-offs he became post-Heroes. No Rouge is a bummer but it sounds like she wouldn't have much room to breathe with all the other additions. Maybe they want to save her for the inevitable Shadow spin-off.
Damn, that sucks. I want Metal to have his own focus in a future film and for Rouge to be in the film
In his place. Bummer that we won't be getting an adapted SA2 movie. :-(
In his place. Bummer that we won't be getting an adapted SA2 movie. :-(
introducing big instead of rouge, when shadow and knuckle are in the picture is weird, we'll see
Hope they'll manage to get shadow enough tim despite metal sonic being there
Hope they'll manage to get shadow enough tim despite metal sonic being there
Mini Emeralds and Big the Cat don't make sense until you realize that those "Mini Emeralds" are actually the Time Stones. Maria gets shot like usual but Big will go back in time to save her life by heroically taking the bullet instead which makes Shadow become a good guy. Oh yeah... it's all coming together.
Gotta love how even the movies have now embraced the "More Sonic buddies! More Sonic buddies! We've got Big the Cat now!" approach to storytelling. I mean, if people keep going to see the movies, God Bless. I look forward to seeing the cinematic versions of Charmy Bee and Cream the Rabbit in Sonic 4.
Damn. A joke turned into a legit great pick.
That sounds pretty hype. Hope its true and good. My biggest issue with rhe 2nd one was when they took away focus from sonic and friends for their original characters who took up way too much screentime in the sequel.
But Era, will the Wachowskis be able to handle having three more troublemakers added to their family?
It's kinda wild that I'm looking forward to the Sonic movie for an exciting action-packed story and not the games, but the first two movies were fantastic. I'm fully on board with this.
