i haven't been able to stop thinking about someone on twitter saying that shadow's movement at 10:49 is like a king cobra snake; body swaying quickly while the head is completely still and locked in on it's prey
19:24 Apparently, what Eggman says here is not "papa" but "pop-pop" or something like that, it is an expression that means "grandpa". In Spanish and other languages Eggman calls him grandpa too, so this truly is his grandpa Gerald
I am in utter awe of how much they NAILED shadow in that trailer. He looks so menacing and all of his movements are extremely smooth and precise. It’s like watching a killing machine
Jeff Fowler is a legend. The FACT that some of his first work in the film industry is the Shadow 05 CG cutscenes and then getting to work with the character again but on the big screen with a big budget nearly 20 years later is INSANE and I know Jeff will do our boy justice.
Just as James Gunn made the Guardians of the Galaxy movies because Rocket Raccoon was his favorite character, Jeff Fowler is now all set to give Shadow his moment to shine with an amazing origin story. Just like how James Gunn did justice to Rocket's story, Jeff Fowler is sure to pour his heart and dedication into bringing Shadow's origin tale to life. Get ready for an epic cinematic adventure!
What i love about Shadow viewing his reflection in the shattered glass mirror is that it really beautifully captures the devastation and anger he has over the loss of Maria. They genuinely did such an amazing job with portraying his character in this trailer!
13:40 Actually, we HAVE seen him use Eggman use a quill on a contraption. His ship from the end of Movie 1 has the quill as a backup power source that let him keep up with Sonic's speed to attack him.
Not just Shadow but everyone’s designs in the movie look a lot more polished up. It’s clear they had a huge increase in budget since you can see it in just the characters themselves that they look much nicer overall. It’s cool to see this level of money and attention be given to Sonic
🔵”What did you do?” ⚫️”What I had to.” Literal GOOSEBUMPS. All we need is Shadow gens to bring it home with a Frontiers Titan Boss level rival fight with Sonic and we are golden 😭 👌 The lightings and effects of this movie is really good, imagine the ARK or a fight in space 😭🙏🏾
Imagine shadow fights the titan without going super to show how strong he is compared to sonic cuz like with chaos control and the doom powers sonic doesn’t stand a chance
I’ve literally been watching the trailer on repeat and watching reactions since yesterday… and earlier this morning I was watching a reaction and an ad came on AND IT WAS THE SONIC MOVIE 3 TRAILER!!! 😹🙌 just fekin put it STRAIGHT in my blood NOW! 🙌🦔🖤
Bro… they are nailing this. From shadow being the rawest thing ever, to the more serious tone, to just the way the movie looks. This is the most hype I’ve been for a movie in a long time. It was amazing experiencing the hype for all this with everyone. Thanks for keeping the hype during the frustration of waiting!
Shadow does say "when we're done" so I do think Gerald will be a villain in some form. It might lead eggman to sacrificing himself as a potential way for Jim leave the movies
Maybe Metal Sonic is built to take out Shadow but goes too far and then Sonic and Shadow have to team up to stop it. Metal Sonic being an experiment that goes haywire and has no emotion or humanity would be a great foil to Shadow.
Since there’s no way the movie doesn’t end with a Super Sonic and Super Shadow fight of some kind, maybe Metal Sonic could also go Super in the form of something like Metal Overlord
Scene in London where Knuckles jumps off the Big Ben, Tails flying and Sonic running and jumping off London Bridge is probably when they're boarding the ARK when it emerges from the London river to go into space. Knuckles probably uses Flames of Disaster to punch a hole in the ARK so they can break in.
Yes I think so too. There’s a shot late in the trailer of Tails dashing through the air away from the floating object, and it looks like he may be in outer space. Also there’s a shot in the trailer of Shadow boosting along the wall in a large circular room. I’m guessing that’s the interior of the round floating object, which appears to be the Ark in this film.
Theory here if Amy is not in this movie: The end of the movie Shadow does plummet to the earth and "dies". After-credits scene is at the crash site where Shadow landed and he starts opening his eyes and his vision is blurry, only to see a very blurry pov from his perspective where Amy finds him.
13:39 Actually, we did see him use it on a contraption in Movie 1 bc it powered his main ship, which allowed him to keep up with Sonic. So, including Movie 3, he's had it in like every movie. BUT I do agree with you bc it would be VERY weird if they only brought back the quill for the quick recurring joke lol. I def think Metal Sonic is the endgame here - Eggman's probably gonna work with Gerald (or even by himself) and use the quill to create a robot that can contest with both Sonic and Shadow in order to betray everyone by the end of the movie. Maybe the clash between Sonic, Shadow, and Metal could cause the Ark to start falling towards earth, recreating the actual SA2 ending.
The difference in his lines “When we’re done there won’t be anything left.” I feel like there’s a tone of wistfulness in his voice when he says this, almost like he isn’t really sure of what he’s doing it’s just beautiful “What I had to.” There was a surprising amount of anger you could just feel his disgust for I assume humanity. He’s such a good character complex yet human bro I love shadow
With Sonic calling Shadow an "Alien" I’m thinking that while GUN and Sonic are on the same side, they aren’t exactly buddy buddy with each other until the Mr. Olive Garden spills the beans in the Chao Garden. Hell, I don’t think they even know Shadow's name in the Tokyo fight.
I can see GUN just telling Sonic there's an escaped alien on the loose and conveniently omitting their involvement in the whole thing. There's probably going to be a mystery element where Sonic and Robotnik pierce together the real story behind Project Shadow.
I love Jim Carrey coming back, but if there's one thing I'm disappointed about him is that he doesn't have those circular sunglasses he's known for. Did Agent Stone forgot about calling Optical Illusions?!
I get what you're saying, but part of Jim Carrey's appeal is his expressive face and physical comedy. If his eyes are covered for most of the movie, it would kind of get in the way of his performance.
We’ve been waiting for months on the Sonic 3 movie trailer and honestly, seeing how we went from no marketing from Paramount and all of us coping and hoping for the trailer to arrive at events like GamesCom to seeing them go hard on the trailer actually made me cry. They fucking COOKED with the trailer. The visuals, immaculate. The voice acting, incredible. The action and just GENERAL HYPE, 11/10. I’m so genuinely proud of you and the Sonic community! We fucking won.❤
People will say that Keanu is just using his voice and praise Chris Pratts Mario in the same breath 😒(I like Pratt but Keanu fits Shadow way more than Pratt fits Mario)
Additional things I noticed: - Knuckles has Flames of Disaster mastered when he jumps off Big Ben -Green Hill Zone melody plays in the trailer - I think Tom is just undercover for GUN, but is found out and pinned down. Maybe Shadow could feel a similarity to the Maria situation and help him. - I think based on some scenes about the trailer, this movie is more about Team Sonic and Eggman getting the other emeralds before Shadow, considering Shadow would need at least one of them to teleport. And the scene where Eggman & Sonic go through a portal. And the scenes of Shadow running, or riding along Sonic. And the Korean McDonald's toys that show movie Super Shadow (not sure if those were real) - I think Eggman says "pop pop" at the end like "grandpop". Not sure why they would include his dad but not Gerald. It must be Gerald.
That sequence with Sonic grinding on the bridge in the beginning of the trailer is in London in the same place where the giant floating object comes out later in the trailer, from the river. I think this is the Ark, and Sonic Team are preparing to jump onto it as it’s potentially ascending into outer space. There’s also a 2 second shot near the end of the trailer with Tails dashing through the air or through a vacuum away from the “Ark” and it looks like they’re in space maybe. Further, there’s a shot of Shadow skating super fast and then boosting along the outer walls of what looks like a giant circular room. This is the interior of the Ark, I’m guessing. Shadow may be powering it up somehow.
@Starrmonster02 True. But in SA2 the Ark is also a secret research facility. Having a secret giant abandoned research facility just floating in Space that the public doesn't know about was always a little hard for me to believe. So the Ark may have been in space 50 years ago and landed after the project was shut down. Alternatively, it's possible the Ark never made it to space but was built in the past by Gerald on the surface or underground as a weapon for the military to launch into space. It's possible Gerald didn't do research from space, but rather underground or in some other secret research base on Earth, which would mean Shadow and Maria have not been to space before. That kind of lines up with the shot of Gerald and Maria crouching over a corpse that I assume is Maria. It looks like they're outside in that shot to me, not inside, which would mean they're on Earth. Or another alternative is this floating object isn't the Ark but is a ship that docks to or attaches to the Ark somehow, perhaps giving it an upgrade to configure it into a super weapon.
@@regulator062 that sounds very interesting and do you mean Gerald and shadow because yeah I think that is Maria’s death scene I think paramount is actually going Deep into shadows backstory
i love how this movie is taking a more stylised approach with its art direction compared to movie 1 and 2, some of the shots in this trailer feel straight out of an artbook I LOVE IT
4:40 One thing I don't see a lot of people talking about is that the helicopter is most likely made from parts of the death egg robot from the last film. It has the same green color we saw on the robot when Eggman has the master emerald so this helicopter might be powered BY the master emerald or a chaos emerald.
The beauty is now that the film series has built enough of a general audience they can really pull from the elements that make the sonic series so magical. The dynamic of opposing struggles between doing what’s right and fighting for what you know is true to yourself. THIS is the true chord of what Sonic means as a story, and they’ve illustrated that perfectly through a natural balance of genuine loss illuminated by the possibility of hope. If not for the things gone but for the promises that still have yet to reach fruition. These canon events and character traits feel truly earned and justified now giving them all the more intrinsic value they are worth.
19:44 “The execution. Might be one step too dark for the movies” AND SHOOTING OR BLOWING UP A CHILD ISNT. LMAOO WHATTTT FADEL. But I do see your point I’m just like wait what 😂
I'm sure everybody told you but he says "pop-pop" which means grandpa! And all the other language trailers just say 'grandfather'. And weird as it is for Gerald to be alive, this does let us see his decline into madness on screen this time. And I think he will be the lonely/dark future of Robotnik the same way Shadow was the lonely/dark future for Sonic.
Imagine Eggman creates metal sonic in the post credits from the power of sonics quill. That will get me hyped :) And a new poster for the movie could be the iconic pose of sonic and shadow from SA2
Absolutely love this trailer. Lost track of how many times I have watched this. Btw I helped The Breakroom podcast do a deep dive on Sonic lore yesterday. Cannot wait for this film Btw congratulations on getting some love from Ben & the Sonic fam 🤘
In the scene where Shadow and Gerald look to be mourning Maria, it looks like the soldiers are approaching Shadow and Gerald. It's possible that it was not a freak accident. I'm excited to see what Paramount has cooking.
if they ever decide to kill tom in any later possible movies it needs to tie up to a dark sonic reveal. otherwise it will feel impactful but not complete.
14:40 I was rewatching this part of shadow running along the walls of what seems to be the ARK? It got me thinking when Gerald was revealed. I have a feeling that Eggman and Shadow are going to be travelling to the past via Shadow generating enough Chaos energy by skating at high speeds and something goes terribly wrong in the process. I'm pretty sure this is Jim Carrey's last movie? I remember the movie team mentioned having a whole alternate script and universe for if Jim Carrey didn't want to return for the movies after the second one. I have a feeling Eggman is going to end up sacrificing himself in some way at the end (plus maybe Shadow in his Super form and they do a fake-out of him falling to Earth like in SA2 except sonic might catch him this time and say something inspiring like Maria, truly making this version of Sonic my second favourite one behind game Sonic).
Listen the big ben scene is not in the beginning cuz you can see the ark ascending in London near Tower bridge and sonic launching from tower bridge and trying to catch the ark And the shot when tom screams is i think when sonic is in the capsule
Probably worth pointing out that in the Japanese trailer they specifically mention that Prison Island (or whatever they call it here) is somewhere in Tokyo Bay, and the energy surge when Shadow breaks out was detected in Tokyo
He says Pop-pop, common childhood nickname for grandpas. I also think Gerald looks more like Jeff Bridges, as Obadiah Stain in Iron Man, then Jim Carrey with extra effects. Look at the jawline. I know that can be altered as well but I don't think they would since they didn't make Jim's face rounder to begin with since he's chubby now.
_Tom's grandfather being the soldier that offs Maria theory _Tom wearing the GUN uniform and screaming for Sonic _"What did you do?" "What I had to" I don't know what Paramount is cooking with this but I'm 100% sure Donut Lord is getting cooked 😭😭
I think Eggman will do something weird, probably because of Gerald, and because of that Sonic will say "What did you do?" and then, towards the end of the movie, Eggman will say the phrase "If I can't rule the world I might as well save it", I don't remember him wanting to conquer the world in the previous movies, so, maybe that wish is going to start in this movie. Also, the quick shot of Tails shows him flying away from either The Ark or The Death Egg. Also, I think all the scenes where there's broken glass are not happening at the same time, I think we will have the scene where Shadow escapes, and then another scene where Shadow goes back to where things happened and starts reminiscing about the past (or maybe that's where he needs to carry on his plans).
The wait for this trailer was absolutely worth it, cannot wait to see this movie countless times!! I do hope that at least one of the future trailers (presumably the final trailer) is all about Shadow. We get more hints of his backstory and Maria. Not too much, but just enough to the point where we know that it's all about seeing more things from his side. I NEED THIS MOVIE SO BADLY BRO
As someone who’s a Sonic fan I am glad that we got to see shadow for the first time and hear him speak I am looking forward for this movie and see how it’s gonna go.
I'm actually so excited for this movie! Shadow truly being a threat, willing to do what he finds necessary to complete the mission is so great. There's a lot of the movie we aren't seeing, so I'm sure it'll get even better!
As a long time Shadow fan I’m so excited for this! I was worried they wouldn’t get Shadows character right but it looks like they nailed it! Keanu is the perfect choice, visuals and action scenes look amazing! I like that they’ve put their own spin on it, Gerald is alive?! Can’t wait to see this ❤️🖤🔥
I still can’t believe it’s real 🥹 I got teary eyed watching it again this morning. It’s beautiful. I can’t wait for what comes next!! The marketing, merch, and everything else!! It’s so perfect!! I love Shadow so much 😭 They truly did him justice!
I could have sworn that the people working on the film said that one of the themes of the movie was knowing the pain of loss, so I think this movie will play off of what Tom says to Sonic in the beginning of the trailer where something is going to happen to Tom (injured or severely hurt; could even work at Prison Island since he was out of town during the Knuckles show and maybe it was then that he was getting recruited and trained to be part of G.U.N.), probably during or towards the end of the first encounter with Shadow but before Sonic really knows what Shadow’s full deal is, and it’s really going to affect Sonic. It’s going to impact his initial thinking of how to handle the situation and he may think based off of raw emotions he’s feeling in the moment but only for a brief period of time once they learn what Shadow’s deal is from the general. I think the meeting with the general will happen first and then the missiles are launched at them thanks to Agent Stone and they find their way to get to Eggman. I think Shadow will be seen as the villain in the beginning, but as you learn more about Shadow along with the gang as the movie progresses (I think Sonic will really learn more about Shadow’s past (and maybe even learn about how Chaos Control works through notes) while they’re on the Ark), I think we’ll all learn together that Shadow is a broken individual who is just an antihero doing what he thinks is right. I think the main villain in the end will turn out to be Gerald (he could have been the one who caused the security breach instead of Agent Stone; Agent Stone could have just overheard the conversation about the document and was starting to look into it and then the breach happens) and is mainly using Eggman to try and finish what he started. I feel like Amy’s role in SA2 could be given to either Tom or Maddie (Tom recovers in time and heads to the Ark if he were injured initially) kind of like how it was Chris who gets through to Shadow in Sonic X. I think they will eventually get through to Shadow in the end and we’ll see them fight together in the end to stop the planet from being destroyed. As for the post-credit scene, I don’t think it will be Silver. I think it’s possible that Eggman keeps to his word about helping Sonic throughout the movie in order to keep the quill and then in the end after everyone is saved, he uses the quill to build Metal Sonic. Then the fourth movie will play off of the plot of Sonic Heroes and that will be when we get introduced to more of the cast of characters we know. Sorry for this being long and at points me just thinking out loud, but those are some of my thoughts about the movie and what I think could possibly happen. I’m so excited for this movie and congrats on the success of your reaction to the movie trailer!🎉All I will say is Mufasa has sone competition this holiday season.😏
13:41 he used it on his eggmobile in the first movie and that allowed him to keep up with sonic so yeah I feel like this could lead to metal sonic because of that
13:30 I think Eggman and agent stone are actually teamed up with Shadow, as you said it was probably agent stone who woke shadow up, maybe Eggman is just toying with sonic but he’s actually working with Shadow just like how SA2 were played out, even Shadow in the teaser said “when we’re done there won’t be anything left” he used the term “we” meaning that he’s not alone and has allies
I think there’s almost certainly gonna be some kind of heart to heart between Sonic and Shadow, just based on Sonic asking, “what have you done?!”, “what I had to!”. I got that feeling man, somewhere around the 2/3 mark of the film! 👀
Something people have noticed is that in the scene where that crab looking robot is rising out of the water, it looks like someone on the right was removed as it looks empty
Can’t stop watching it, it’s just that good bruh, shadow’s design is perfect, sonic is finally being serious, the action looks stellar, genuinely cannot wait
I just absolutely love how the man who is not the biggest fan of sequels and was in the middle of his retirement, comes and do TWO sequels (possible 3rd) and plays two characters in the 3rd. i live Jim Carrey man. such perfect casting for the eggy boi.
I am worried about 2-3 things (mainly the fact we haven’t seen the ark yet but it is hinted it’s there , just now 100%) asides that, I don’t know how much more excited I can get. This movie looks incredible, can tell lots of effort went into this film, always had faith they would go as far as they can with the project. Also Keanu as Shadow is perfect to me. ❤🖤
I’m thinking 10:34 is the movie version of the Ark. It’s a lot smaller that the game version, but it being hidden underwater would be a good explanation for how it wasn’t brought up yet. At 15:25, you can see Tails flying away from what appears to be the same ship. As it zooms out, there appears to be 3 pieces sticking to the right, thinking that’s part of the front to make it look like Eggman’s/Gerald’s mustache/face just like the Ark in the game, how it looks like their face.
Like you already pointed out, I really like the art direction of the movie, more colorful! And Shadow is just plain badass and for a first impression that's pretty good! Lookin' forward to it!
I’m so fuckin hype!! This movie is gonna be so good. One thing I haven’t seen a lot of people talk about is that the background music is a mix of Green Hill Zone (somber) & Live and Learn which i think is such a cool touch
I genuinely wonder if Keanu inputed in his own stylistic choreography choices when it comes to Shadow. I'm aware some of the shots are a reference to the StH game but shots like Shadow high on the air, on the motorcycle, getting ready to jump towards Sonic is just 🔥🔥🔥💥😩💯!! If he did, it would make Shadow, the action choreography so stylish and peak!
6:40 damn…imagine if this scene is really an experiment gone wrong, imagine if GUN escorted all of them to earth in order to do an experiment on project Shadow, and then after this incident happens, Maria gets killed and then GUN shows up and puts all the blame on Shadow, Gerald is charged with death sentence and they put Shadow into a slumber.
So far, Movie 3 is looking to be a "streamlined" adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2's story that covers the broadstrokes of the plot by narrowing the focus on the stuff important to Shadow's story specifically (him, his backstory of how he was created by Gerald on The ARK, his relationship with Maria, etc...), while trimming out the "fat" (Sonic being arrested by GUN, Rouge the Bat in general, etc...) or reworking some of those main elements to make the story more easily disgestable for general audiences. The biggest case of this is Gerald Robotnik still being alive, which while very shocking to see for longtime fans, may actually be a huge blessing in disguise the way I look at it, because now it presents the opportunity to rework/fix some of the "plotholes" in SA2's original story, i.e. Gerald somehow having time after being taken prisoner by GUN to "warp Shadow's memories" to help his revenge agenda AND reprogramming the ARK to crash into Earth. Now that we know Gerald is (somehow) still alive, they can rewrite it to him merely "gaslighting" a memory-deprived Shadow into believing he should help him destroy the Earth "for Maria", and since he's not imprisoned under GUN's eyes, it also would explain how he can set up The ARK to crash for the film's climax. Speaking of The ARK, them showing that it seemed to be hidden in the river under London Bridge would ALSO explain why (in context of the Movie Universe) a potentially dangerous superstation like it would just be left to orbit the Earth (because it WON'T be); I also think this might be another key point for the movie's plot (if my theory about Gerald manipulating Shadow to help him destroy the Earth is true) that GUN might have actually been the ones to hide The ARK under London Bridge, and Gerald gets Shadow to help him find it. I also think that "black hole" shot (in which Team Sonic is also trapped) MIGHT be Shadow using a new variant of Chaos Control to take The ARK into space for the climax, potentially.
15:13 Oh yeah, they said early on in development that Shadow was going to be purely the antagonist and won't turn to help Sonic since they already did that with Knuckles
i haven't been able to stop thinking about someone on twitter saying that shadow's movement at 10:49 is like a king cobra snake; body swaying quickly while the head is completely still and locked in on it's prey
NEED
I saw someone say it looks like a chicken when they keep their head still while someone moves their body😭 different perspectives
19:24 Apparently, what Eggman says here is not "papa" but "pop-pop" or something like that, it is an expression that means "grandpa". In Spanish and other languages Eggman calls him grandpa too, so this truly is his grandpa Gerald
still could be his grandpa
pap-pap, according to Charriii5, but yeah pretty much.
I heard ba-ba lmao
He says "pap-pap" aka grandfather
have ya'all really never heard pop-pop? its your pops pop (grandfather)
I am in utter awe of how much they NAILED shadow in that trailer. He looks so menacing and all of his movements are extremely smooth and precise. It’s like watching a killing machine
That is the greatest sit up material of none time
Fr the Akira slide was perfect
He’s the Ultimate Lifeform for a reason
THEY COOKED
Jeff Fowler is a legend. The FACT that some of his first work in the film industry is the Shadow 05 CG cutscenes and then getting to work with the character again but on the big screen with a big budget nearly 20 years later is INSANE and I know Jeff will do our boy justice.
Just as James Gunn made the Guardians of the Galaxy movies because Rocket Raccoon was his favorite character, Jeff Fowler is now all set to give Shadow his moment to shine with an amazing origin story. Just like how James Gunn did justice to Rocket's story, Jeff Fowler is sure to pour his heart and dedication into bringing Shadow's origin tale to life. Get ready for an epic cinematic adventure!
What i love about Shadow viewing his reflection in the shattered glass mirror is that it really beautifully captures the devastation and anger he has over the loss of Maria. They genuinely did such an amazing job with portraying his character in this trailer!
SO GOOD😭😭😭
Is cinema 🚬🗿
Imagine if we didn't bully an entire studio to change Sonic's design. Where the hell would we be?
We would’ve been so cooked if they had not changed the design for Movie Sonic 😭
The trenches 💀
We wouldn't have gotten anything past Sonic 1 💀
In the gutter😂
Without the existence of good looking sonic the world would have collapsed on itself
13:40 Actually, we HAVE seen him use Eggman use a quill on a contraption. His ship from the end of Movie 1 has the quill as a backup power source that let him keep up with Sonic's speed to attack him.
THATS TRYE
Not just Shadow but everyone’s designs in the movie look a lot more polished up. It’s clear they had a huge increase in budget since you can see it in just the characters themselves that they look much nicer overall. It’s cool to see this level of money and attention be given to Sonic
AGREED
🔵”What did you do?” ⚫️”What I had to.”
Literal GOOSEBUMPS.
All we need is Shadow gens to bring it home with a Frontiers Titan Boss level rival fight with Sonic and we are golden 😭 👌
The lightings and effects of this movie is really good, imagine the ARK or a fight in space 😭🙏🏾
PEAK
Imagine shadow fights the titan without going super to show how strong he is compared to sonic cuz like with chaos control and the doom powers sonic doesn’t stand a chance
Bro I swear I’ve been sayigg this, like a frontiers level boss fight but with smaller characters. That shi would be sooooo good
Bro I swear I’ve been sayigg this, like a frontiers level boss fight but with smaller characters. That shi would be sooooo good
I love how they made shadow look so fluffy and so badass at the same time, it's just perfect
THE GOAT
We are very likely gonna see *Super Sonic* & *Super Shadow* in this third movie!
Oh my God, my heart can't TAKE IT!
YESSSIR
They better put it in
I’ve literally been watching the trailer on repeat and watching reactions since yesterday… and earlier this morning I was watching a reaction and an ad came on AND IT WAS THE SONIC MOVIE 3 TRAILER!!! 😹🙌 just fekin put it STRAIGHT in my blood NOW! 🙌🦔🖤
NON. STOP
13:10
I think so...Metal Sonic needs a power source, maybe even two, one is Sonic's quill, and the other is the chaos emerald.
Bro… they are nailing this. From shadow being the rawest thing ever, to the more serious tone, to just the way the movie looks. This is the most hype I’ve been for a movie in a long time. It was amazing experiencing the hype for all this with everyone. Thanks for keeping the hype during the frustration of waiting!
I’ve lost track the amount of times I’ve watched this trailer 😭
AAAAAAHBB
Shadow does say "when we're done" so I do think Gerald will be a villain in some form. It might lead eggman to sacrificing himself as a potential way for Jim leave the movies
He said "Pop-Pop" which can be a nickname for a grandfather.
Maybe Metal Sonic is built to take out Shadow but goes too far and then Sonic and Shadow have to team up to stop it. Metal Sonic being an experiment that goes haywire and has no emotion or humanity would be a great foil to Shadow.
Oooo I really like this interpretation
Since there’s no way the movie doesn’t end with a Super Sonic and Super Shadow fight of some kind, maybe Metal Sonic could also go Super in the form of something like Metal Overlord
Scene in London where Knuckles jumps off the Big Ben, Tails flying and Sonic running and jumping off London Bridge is probably when they're boarding the ARK when it emerges from the London river to go into space. Knuckles probably uses Flames of Disaster to punch a hole in the ARK so they can break in.
Yes I think so too. There’s a shot late in the trailer of Tails dashing through the air away from the floating object, and it looks like he may be in outer space. Also there’s a shot in the trailer of Shadow boosting along the wall in a large circular room. I’m guessing that’s the interior of the round floating object, which appears to be the Ark in this film.
Shadow took most of the budget, I love it.
He is the ultimate budget!
@@IlluminatoWarriorYES!
All Hail Shadow BABY!!! 🙌🙌
Just by looking at him you can tell he got some special treatment
We went from the worst thing the internet has ever seen to Keanu Reeves voicing Shadow!
Theory here if Amy is not in this movie: The end of the movie Shadow does plummet to the earth and "dies". After-credits scene is at the crash site where Shadow landed and he starts opening his eyes and his vision is blurry, only to see a very blurry pov from his perspective where Amy finds him.
Oh that’d be beautiful dude
Oh that's awesome
13:39 Actually, we did see him use it on a contraption in Movie 1 bc it powered his main ship, which allowed him to keep up with Sonic. So, including Movie 3, he's had it in like every movie.
BUT I do agree with you bc it would be VERY weird if they only brought back the quill for the quick recurring joke lol. I def think Metal Sonic is the endgame here - Eggman's probably gonna work with Gerald (or even by himself) and use the quill to create a robot that can contest with both Sonic and Shadow in order to betray everyone by the end of the movie. Maybe the clash between Sonic, Shadow, and Metal could cause the Ark to start falling towards earth, recreating the actual SA2 ending.
Keanu Reeves is a national treasure! Shadow doing the akira power slide is too awesome!❤ Mufasa doesn’t stand a chance.
0:01 what do you mean by that 🤨
All these intros all whack😂.
Unironically happened though. Bro was up doing a late night stream waiting for this trailer LOL
@@CrossOutBryce blud was fiending for a trailer 😭😭💀 tbh i was too ngl
The difference in his lines
“When we’re done there won’t be anything left.” I feel like there’s a tone of wistfulness in his voice when he says this, almost like he isn’t really sure of what he’s doing it’s just beautiful
“What I had to.” There was a surprising amount of anger you could just feel his disgust for I assume humanity. He’s such a good character complex yet human bro I love shadow
"You're a colorful bunch" they made him goofy I like it :D
Sonic:What did you do???
Shadow:What I had TO!!!
Guys....I think I have a really bad feeling about this.....😢😢😢
😭😭😭
OH SHIT OZZY IS GONNA DIE
22:47 Am I crazy or does the lighting here make it look like Tails is in space? Is that the ARK behind him then?
YEP….
@ALloydRH Love your profil picture lol
With Sonic calling Shadow an "Alien" I’m thinking that while GUN and Sonic are on the same side, they aren’t exactly buddy buddy with each other until the Mr. Olive Garden spills the beans in the Chao Garden.
Hell, I don’t think they even know Shadow's name in the Tokyo fight.
I can see GUN just telling Sonic there's an escaped alien on the loose and conveniently omitting their involvement in the whole thing. There's probably going to be a mystery element where Sonic and Robotnik pierce together the real story behind Project Shadow.
MMMMMMMM
I love Jim Carrey coming back, but if there's one thing I'm disappointed about him is that he doesn't have those circular sunglasses he's known for.
Did Agent Stone forgot about calling Optical Illusions?!
I get what you're saying, but part of Jim Carrey's appeal is his expressive face and physical comedy. If his eyes are covered for most of the movie, it would kind of get in the way of his performance.
We’ve been waiting for months on the Sonic 3 movie trailer and honestly, seeing how we went from no marketing from Paramount and all of us coping and hoping for the trailer to arrive at events like GamesCom to seeing them go hard on the trailer actually made me cry.
They fucking COOKED with the trailer. The visuals, immaculate. The voice acting, incredible. The action and just GENERAL HYPE, 11/10.
I’m so genuinely proud of you and the Sonic community! We fucking won.❤
Even my friends who aren’t the biggest sonic fans are hyped for the movie
SHADOW WAS THE BEST PART OF THIS TRAILER GRAAAAAAAHHHHGGHHH I WON AS A LIFETIME SHADOW FAN
9:04 I didn’t even notice him facing away from knuckles 😳
Neither did i
😄😄
We are beating the hell out of this mid Disney movie on December 20
Sonic movie 3 on top
It’s gonna be a *SONIC MOVIE*
TEAAAAAHHH
People will say that Keanu is just using his voice and praise Chris Pratts Mario in the same breath 😒(I like Pratt but Keanu fits Shadow way more than Pratt fits Mario)
19:09 eggman says pop pop here which means grandpa so it is Gerrald
Either that or Pap-Pap which is still grandpa
GOT IT
Additional things I noticed:
- Knuckles has Flames of Disaster mastered when he jumps off Big Ben
-Green Hill Zone melody plays in the trailer
- I think Tom is just undercover for GUN, but is found out and pinned down. Maybe Shadow could feel a similarity to the Maria situation and help him.
- I think based on some scenes about the trailer, this movie is more about Team Sonic and Eggman getting the other emeralds before Shadow, considering Shadow would need at least one of them to teleport. And the scene where Eggman & Sonic go through a portal. And the scenes of Shadow running, or riding along Sonic. And the Korean McDonald's toys that show movie Super Shadow (not sure if those were real)
- I think Eggman says "pop pop" at the end like "grandpop". Not sure why they would include his dad but not Gerald. It must be Gerald.
YESSSSSIIIIIRRRRR
5:30 I hope the movie starts with the backstory it would set the tone right away
MHMM
The Shots in Tokyo of the Shadow fight looked so Awesome and I can’t wait to see the Full Scene!😆
That sequence with Sonic grinding on the bridge in the beginning of the trailer is in London in the same place where the giant floating object comes out later in the trailer, from the river. I think this is the Ark, and Sonic Team are preparing to jump onto it as it’s potentially ascending into outer space.
There’s also a 2 second shot near the end of the trailer with Tails dashing through the air or through a vacuum away from the “Ark” and it looks like they’re in space maybe. Further, there’s a shot of Shadow skating super fast and then boosting along the outer walls of what looks like a giant circular room. This is the interior of the Ark, I’m guessing. Shadow may be powering it up somehow.
Oh my god that would be cool if that’s the ark but my biggest question is Why the heck is under water it’s supposed to be in space not underwater
@Starrmonster02 True. But in SA2 the Ark is also a secret research facility. Having a secret giant abandoned research facility just floating in Space that the public doesn't know about was always a little hard for me to believe.
So the Ark may have been in space 50 years ago and landed after the project was shut down. Alternatively, it's possible the Ark never made it to space but was built in the past by Gerald on the surface or underground as a weapon for the military to launch into space.
It's possible Gerald didn't do research from space, but rather underground or in some other secret research base on Earth, which would mean Shadow and Maria have not been to space before. That kind of lines up with the shot of Gerald and Maria crouching over a corpse that I assume is Maria. It looks like they're outside in that shot to me, not inside, which would mean they're on Earth.
Or another alternative is this floating object isn't the Ark but is a ship that docks to or attaches to the Ark somehow, perhaps giving it an upgrade to configure it into a super weapon.
@@regulator062 that sounds very interesting and do you mean Gerald and shadow because yeah I think that is Maria’s death scene I think paramount is actually going Deep into shadows backstory
i love how this movie is taking a more stylised approach with its art direction compared to movie 1 and 2, some of the shots in this trailer feel straight out of an artbook I LOVE IT
NEED
3:22 "so it SEEMS that"
LMAO
4:40 One thing I don't see a lot of people talking about is that the helicopter is most likely made from parts of the death egg robot from the last film. It has the same green color we saw on the robot when Eggman has the master emerald so this helicopter might be powered BY the master emerald or a chaos emerald.
OHHHHH
A lot of helicopters actually have light on them like that
So i think it's just normal helicopter
The beauty is now that the film series has built enough of a general audience they can really pull from the elements that make the sonic series so magical. The dynamic of opposing struggles between doing what’s right and fighting for what you know is true to yourself. THIS is the true chord of what Sonic means as a story, and they’ve illustrated that perfectly through a natural balance of genuine loss illuminated by the possibility of hope. If not for the things gone but for the promises that still have yet to reach fruition. These canon events and character traits feel truly earned and justified now giving them all the more intrinsic value they are worth.
19:44 “The execution. Might be one step too dark for the movies”
AND SHOOTING OR BLOWING UP A CHILD ISNT. LMAOO WHATTTT FADEL.
But I do see your point I’m just like wait what 😂
I'm sure everybody told you but he says "pop-pop" which means grandpa! And all the other language trailers just say 'grandfather'.
And weird as it is for Gerald to be alive, this does let us see his decline into madness on screen this time. And I think he will be the lonely/dark future of Robotnik the same way Shadow was the lonely/dark future for Sonic.
Should be worth noting that he's saying "Pop-pop," not "Papa." Pop-pop is a nickname some kids give their grandfather. This is, in fact, Gerald.
AAAAAAAAAA
Imagine Eggman creates metal sonic in the post credits from the power of sonics quill. That will get me hyped :)
And a new poster for the movie could be the iconic pose of sonic and shadow from SA2
Might be random but I believe the lightning strike over the city is Sonic and Shadow clashing in the sky at the end of the trailer
MMMMMMMM
regarding amy... i don't expect her? but trailers have been known to completely remove an element from key scenes just to keep it a secret
When “we’re” done there won’t be anything left. Shadow and the Black Amrs
MMMMMMM
Absolutely love this trailer. Lost track of how many times I have watched this. Btw I helped The Breakroom podcast do a deep dive on Sonic lore yesterday.
Cannot wait for this film
Btw congratulations on getting some love from Ben & the Sonic fam 🤘
In the scene where Shadow and Gerald look to be mourning Maria, it looks like the soldiers are approaching Shadow and Gerald. It's possible that it was not a freak accident. I'm excited to see what Paramount has cooking.
I WONDER.:.
10:34 thats not prison island thats the big ship they get on that's probably the movie version of the ark
if they ever decide to kill tom in any later possible movies it needs to tie up to a dark sonic reveal. otherwise it will feel impactful but not complete.
YEA
14:40 I was rewatching this part of shadow running along the walls of what seems to be the ARK? It got me thinking when Gerald was revealed. I have a feeling that Eggman and Shadow are going to be travelling to the past via Shadow generating enough Chaos energy by skating at high speeds and something goes terribly wrong in the process. I'm pretty sure this is Jim Carrey's last movie? I remember the movie team mentioned having a whole alternate script and universe for if Jim Carrey didn't want to return for the movies after the second one. I have a feeling Eggman is going to end up sacrificing himself in some way at the end (plus maybe Shadow in his Super form and they do a fake-out of him falling to Earth like in SA2 except sonic might catch him this time and say something inspiring like Maria, truly making this version of Sonic my second favourite one behind game Sonic).
That be kinda fire actually, I could see it being the Ark LOL
Listen the big ben scene is not in the beginning cuz you can see the ark ascending in London near Tower bridge and sonic launching from tower bridge and trying to catch the ark
And the shot when tom screams is i think when sonic is in the capsule
MMMMMM
I cannot stress enough how much I LOVE the scene with Shadow skating on the water. It gives me CHILLS.
PEAK
Pop pop is a common nickname for Grandfather's tho
OOP
1:37 Erm actually it is Elizabeth Tower
Big Ben is the bell inside
aye
Probably worth pointing out that in the Japanese trailer they specifically mention that Prison Island (or whatever they call it here) is somewhere in Tokyo Bay, and the energy surge when Shadow breaks out was detected in Tokyo
He says Pop-pop, common childhood nickname for grandpas. I also think Gerald looks more like Jeff Bridges, as Obadiah Stain in Iron Man, then Jim Carrey with extra effects. Look at the jawline. I know that can be altered as well but I don't think they would since they didn't make Jim's face rounder to begin with since he's chubby now.
I watched this trailer about 20 or more times and I'm still in awe over Shadow and his design. They really cooked with that. WOW!!!!
_Tom's grandfather being the soldier that offs Maria theory
_Tom wearing the GUN uniform and screaming for Sonic
_"What did you do?" "What I had to"
I don't know what Paramount is cooking with this but I'm 100% sure Donut Lord is getting cooked 😭😭
Bro, imagine if they play “City Escape” during the Team Sonic Race at the beginning. It may not be in an actual city, but it could still be cool!!!!!
I think Eggman will do something weird, probably because of Gerald, and because of that Sonic will say "What did you do?" and then, towards the end of the movie, Eggman will say the phrase "If I can't rule the world I might as well save it", I don't remember him wanting to conquer the world in the previous movies, so, maybe that wish is going to start in this movie.
Also, the quick shot of Tails shows him flying away from either The Ark or The Death Egg.
Also, I think all the scenes where there's broken glass are not happening at the same time, I think we will have the scene where Shadow escapes, and then another scene where Shadow goes back to where things happened and starts reminiscing about the past (or maybe that's where he needs to carry on his plans).
The wait for this trailer was absolutely worth it, cannot wait to see this movie countless times!! I do hope that at least one of the future trailers (presumably the final trailer) is all about Shadow. We get more hints of his backstory and Maria. Not too much, but just enough to the point where we know that it's all about seeing more things from his side. I NEED THIS MOVIE SO BADLY BRO
I’m insanely hyped, I got my older brother to watch the first two and he’s super excited to see it with me!
As someone who’s a Sonic fan I am glad that we got to see shadow for the first time and hear him speak I am looking forward for this movie and see how it’s gonna go.
Around 13:43 He uses one of Sonic Quills to power up his machine in Sonic movie 1...
UR RIGHT
I'm actually so excited for this movie! Shadow truly being a threat, willing to do what he finds necessary to complete the mission is so great. There's a lot of the movie we aren't seeing, so I'm sure it'll get even better!
As a long time Shadow fan I’m so excited for this! I was worried they wouldn’t get Shadows character right but it looks like they nailed it! Keanu is the perfect choice, visuals and action scenes look amazing! I like that they’ve put their own spin on it, Gerald is alive?!
Can’t wait to see this ❤️🖤🔥
I still can’t believe it’s real 🥹 I got teary eyed watching it again this morning. It’s beautiful. I can’t wait for what comes next!! The marketing, merch, and everything else!! It’s so perfect!! I love Shadow so much 😭 They truly did him justice!
We won….
I could have sworn that the people working on the film said that one of the themes of the movie was knowing the pain of loss, so I think this movie will play off of what Tom says to Sonic in the beginning of the trailer where something is going to happen to Tom (injured or severely hurt; could even work at Prison Island since he was out of town during the Knuckles show and maybe it was then that he was getting recruited and trained to be part of G.U.N.), probably during or towards the end of the first encounter with Shadow but before Sonic really knows what Shadow’s full deal is, and it’s really going to affect Sonic. It’s going to impact his initial thinking of how to handle the situation and he may think based off of raw emotions he’s feeling in the moment but only for a brief period of time once they learn what Shadow’s deal is from the general.
I think the meeting with the general will happen first and then the missiles are launched at them thanks to Agent Stone and they find their way to get to Eggman.
I think Shadow will be seen as the villain in the beginning, but as you learn more about Shadow along with the gang as the movie progresses (I think Sonic will really learn more about Shadow’s past (and maybe even learn about how Chaos Control works through notes) while they’re on the Ark), I think we’ll all learn together that Shadow is a broken individual who is just an antihero doing what he thinks is right.
I think the main villain in the end will turn out to be Gerald (he could have been the one who caused the security breach instead of Agent Stone; Agent Stone could have just overheard the conversation about the document and was starting to look into it and then the breach happens) and is mainly using Eggman to try and finish what he started.
I feel like Amy’s role in SA2 could be given to either Tom or Maddie (Tom recovers in time and heads to the Ark if he were injured initially) kind of like how it was Chris who gets through to Shadow in Sonic X. I think they will eventually get through to Shadow in the end and we’ll see them fight together in the end to stop the planet from being destroyed.
As for the post-credit scene, I don’t think it will be Silver. I think it’s possible that Eggman keeps to his word about helping Sonic throughout the movie in order to keep the quill and then in the end after everyone is saved, he uses the quill to build Metal Sonic. Then the fourth movie will play off of the plot of Sonic Heroes and that will be when we get introduced to more of the cast of characters we know.
Sorry for this being long and at points me just thinking out loud, but those are some of my thoughts about the movie and what I think could possibly happen. I’m so excited for this movie and congrats on the success of your reaction to the movie trailer!🎉All I will say is Mufasa has sone competition this holiday season.😏
NONONO IM GLAD U WROTE ALOT LOL
13:41 he used it on his eggmobile in the first movie and that allowed him to keep up with sonic so yeah I feel like this could lead to metal sonic because of that
13:30 I think Eggman and agent stone are actually teamed up with Shadow, as you said it was probably agent stone who woke shadow up, maybe Eggman is just toying with sonic but he’s actually working with Shadow just like how SA2 were played out, even Shadow in the teaser said “when we’re done there won’t be anything left” he used the term “we” meaning that he’s not alone and has allies
I think there’s almost certainly gonna be some kind of heart to heart between Sonic and Shadow, just based on Sonic asking, “what have you done?!”, “what I had to!”. I got that feeling man, somewhere around the 2/3 mark of the film! 👀
19:15 Papa can also mean Grand(PA), which the trailer in other languages say Grandpa.
Something people have noticed is that in the scene where that crab looking robot is rising out of the water, it looks like someone on the right was removed as it looks empty
even after seeing this trailer multiple times I'm still impressed. this looks like an actual professional movie
Hear me out.. what if when shadow said we he means black doom.
Maybe they will save that for a Shadow series
I'm so hyped for this movie!!! The trailer showed Shadow so well and I'm in love with his design. LES GO 🔥🔥🔥
The black hole scene might actually be a nod to that scene from Sonic 06 where Eggman sends Team Sonic to Crisis city in the future
Can’t stop watching it, it’s just that good bruh, shadow’s design is perfect, sonic is finally being serious, the action looks stellar, genuinely cannot wait
I just absolutely love how the man who is not the biggest fan of sequels and was in the middle of his retirement, comes and do TWO sequels (possible 3rd) and plays two characters in the 3rd.
i live Jim Carrey man. such perfect casting for the eggy boi.
I am worried about 2-3 things (mainly the fact we haven’t seen the ark yet but it is hinted it’s there , just now 100%) asides that, I don’t know how much more excited I can get. This movie looks incredible, can tell lots of effort went into this film, always had faith they would go as far as they can with the project. Also Keanu as Shadow is perfect to me. ❤🖤
I’m thinking 10:34 is the movie version of the Ark. It’s a lot smaller that the game version, but it being hidden underwater would be a good explanation for how it wasn’t brought up yet. At 15:25, you can see Tails flying away from what appears to be the same ship. As it zooms out, there appears to be 3 pieces sticking to the right, thinking that’s part of the front to make it look like Eggman’s/Gerald’s mustache/face just like the Ark in the game, how it looks like their face.
UR RIGHT
"with how much marketing we're getting" the switch up is crazy
Like you already pointed out, I really like the art direction of the movie, more colorful! And Shadow is just plain badass and for a first impression that's pretty good! Lookin' forward to it!
SO GOOOOOOD
I’m so fuckin hype!! This movie is gonna be so good. One thing I haven’t seen a lot of people talk about is that the background music is a mix of Green Hill Zone (somber) & Live and Learn which i think is such a cool touch
Remember in Sonic Movie 1,Eggman used Sonic's quill to power his egg vehicle, to keep up with him for act 3 of the film, hyped for this movie! 💯🤯😃
I genuinely wonder if Keanu inputed in his own stylistic choreography choices when it comes to Shadow. I'm aware some of the shots are a reference to the StH game but shots like Shadow high on the air, on the motorcycle, getting ready to jump towards Sonic is just 🔥🔥🔥💥😩💯!! If he did, it would make Shadow, the action choreography so stylish and peak!
Actually, if i recall, Robotnik used Sonic's quill in the first movie to allow his aircraft to keep up with Sonic's speed.
6:40 damn…imagine if this scene is really an experiment gone wrong, imagine if GUN escorted all of them to earth in order to do an experiment on project Shadow, and then after this incident happens, Maria gets killed and then GUN shows up and puts all the blame on Shadow, Gerald is charged with death sentence and they put Shadow into a slumber.
So far, Movie 3 is looking to be a "streamlined" adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2's story that covers the broadstrokes of the plot by narrowing the focus on the stuff important to Shadow's story specifically (him, his backstory of how he was created by Gerald on The ARK, his relationship with Maria, etc...), while trimming out the "fat" (Sonic being arrested by GUN, Rouge the Bat in general, etc...) or reworking some of those main elements to make the story more easily disgestable for general audiences.
The biggest case of this is Gerald Robotnik still being alive, which while very shocking to see for longtime fans, may actually be a huge blessing in disguise the way I look at it, because now it presents the opportunity to rework/fix some of the "plotholes" in SA2's original story, i.e. Gerald somehow having time after being taken prisoner by GUN to "warp Shadow's memories" to help his revenge agenda AND reprogramming the ARK to crash into Earth. Now that we know Gerald is (somehow) still alive, they can rewrite it to him merely "gaslighting" a memory-deprived Shadow into believing he should help him destroy the Earth "for Maria", and since he's not imprisoned under GUN's eyes, it also would explain how he can set up The ARK to crash for the film's climax.
Speaking of The ARK, them showing that it seemed to be hidden in the river under London Bridge would ALSO explain why (in context of the Movie Universe) a potentially dangerous superstation like it would just be left to orbit the Earth (because it WON'T be); I also think this might be another key point for the movie's plot (if my theory about Gerald manipulating Shadow to help him destroy the Earth is true) that GUN might have actually been the ones to hide The ARK under London Bridge, and Gerald gets Shadow to help him find it. I also think that "black hole" shot (in which Team Sonic is also trapped) MIGHT be Shadow using a new variant of Chaos Control to take The ARK into space for the climax, potentially.
THAT BE RAW IF THEY DID THAT
When shadow said “what i had to do.” at the end the cgi looked SO FUCKING GOOD
15:13 Oh yeah, they said early on in development that Shadow was going to be purely the antagonist and won't turn to help Sonic since they already did that with Knuckles