The Knuckles Show is a Shameful Disgrace
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- Опубликовано: 28 апр 2024
- I thought the Knuckles Show was not good. In fact, I thought it was quite bad! Here's why.
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Honestly they should’ve just straight up called it *” Wade & Knuckles”* the “& Knuckles” part granting the writers meme points and not false advertising it as Knuckles’ show where people say he cameos in it.
This is honestly a really good idea, it’s just less people would go in to it knowing there’s less knuckles
They didn't false advertise at all. Of course Knuckles was going to be the face of it, but the trailers made it pretty clear this was an adventure between him and Wade.
Thank you @DanGamingFan2846 and, frankly, it was a fun show.
Marketing-wise, it definitely would sound weird, but it's way more accurate to the show and would've been a really good reference.
@@crcoghillfun but still very dumb. 5/10
Can't wait for next year,, Why Knuckles the show is actually genius ".
The J Reviews Formula
"I don't care what anyone says. I thought this show was fun. Sure it's not great but it's fun." 🤓
@@brandonspain12345 More power to you! don't let other people determine your opinion
@@brandonspain12345 same here bro. This show was a 10/10 for me
@@brandonspain12345welp we don't care what you say either then
I was excited for the show but it just makes no sense at all. The main villain doesn't even have anything against Knuckles, he just somehow has his quills and wants him dead when he very clearly described Sonic as the reason for his failures
And most importantly what’s wrong with this picture why does that tech in the final fight look so familiar?
Tbh, I think Agent Stone should be the Main Villain of the Knuckles Series, not "The Buyer".
They clearly say these animals shed their quills and get power from it lol. And he doesn't want him dead yet, he wants his power to continue what eggman started.
@@Jadinite-2006 exactly
@@RangerNationDubs he says but doesn't really give much insight on how he was collecting them. He just has them. And again he described Sonic being the reason he got fired yet wants Knuckles for some reason
I don't know what "Knuckles Show" you're talking about. This is CLEARLY the Wade Show
Yeah man I think You Mean the Wade & Wanda show
Oh come on, Wade didn't get THAT much more screen time. And they're both still great in this. Honestly, Wade's scenes are are better than most of the human scenes in the movies.
There is no "Knuckels Show" in Bao Sing Se or anywhere else
@@DanGamingFan2846 very true. While some of the hate is justified, the people who complain about this show can get a little annoying, theyre complaining about how wade was in it to much but heres the thing you gotta remember: the show is about Knuckles teaching wade the ways of the echidna! And Wade also teaches knuckles about the humans.
*Knuckles
Wanda: You gonna go rescue him?
Knuckles: No, this show is too expensive.
I’ve never stared so blank-face at a tv for over an hour
So like any TV series?
@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 I don’t know what shows you’re watching, pal. But good art elicit some kind of emotion (besides boredom)
@@Substantial-hf1rm I haven't even watched this show.
I don't know, it's funny. And it gives the original commenter something to think about.
I only really liked the parts where Knuckles was on screen really and fighting the villain guy. But as for Wade, i would've liked his story if it was interesting. That's the problem. And he's also a comic relief character and comic relief characters tend to not do well when they are given the spotlight
Reminds me of how bored I was with Book of Boba fett
"Knuckles is wearing the OVA hat! The fans will love this!"
I think it's funny how the hat changed size, depending on who wore it. Simply off~
i did! i literally went "omg the hat!" when he wore it. good stuff.
I swear broo 😂😂
Knuckles's OVA hat is iconic, but it's such a surface-level piece of lore for the show (which I admit I haven't seen yet and honestly don't ever want to see as a Knuckles fan). Where's the obscure lore? Nowhere.
@@Rishi123456789 "but look! They're name dropping references to levels from old games! It's giving the fans exactly what they want!"
I feel like that was a similar issue for Frontiers as well, with it kinda being one great big Family Guy call back skit, as it repeatedly bludgeons you over the head with references.
Paramount CEO: "Sorry, Knuckles. “I'm afraid to say it's not 1994 anymore. These days Sonic fans don't care about unique settings and childish animal characters. They want relatable Earth problems and bumbling human OCs and F**k You, you want a chicken nugget!?”
Gwimbly all over again
"Ew, that's disgusting!"
"I hate this Guy!"
-Alan
Nice Smiling Friends reference. Also this show would've been a lot better if it focus more on Knuckles(such as his relationship with Sonic, his backstory with the echidna tribe, etc) instead of Wade, who from POV is pretty much the live action equivalent of Chris from Sonic X. I mean, this franchise is home to some of the most iconic characters in gaming, yet this miniseries doesn't focus that much on him.
3 of my kids are 10 and under and they kept asking me “Where is Knuckles?” And they didn’t even stay around for the season finale. This was a missed opportunity.
I read your comment and immediately thought of that meme with an orangutan, in this case saying "where Knuckles" 😄The memes write themselves.
I thought of how when Poochie isn't on the screen, all the other characters are asking "Where's Poochie?"
Yikes. I guess even they didn't like it.
Every company is like "How can we make a movie franchise and streaming show" not "Should we make a movie franchise and streaming show?"
This is to Sonic what She-Hulk: Attorney at Law was to Marvel.
Also the book of boba fett to star wars.
@@SerpentHashiraObanaiIgurookay let's not get carried away now, it's not *THAT* bad lmfao
@@ashuraomega1000 true but the sonic movies aren't nearly on the same scale as most MCU projects so in terms of scale it's relative.
It's not "as bad as she-hulk" but it is basically the sonic fanchise's she-hulk.
@@SerpentHashiraObanaiIguroExcept not at all lmao. At least She-Hulk was in her fucking show
At this point I wouldn't even consider whether the show or not is bad on it's own merits. It's moreso the principle of the people who greenlight these shows fundamentally misunderstanding what fans of this property they're adapting actually want from it. They've been doing it for decades!
The Transformers Movie; starring some human randos with special guest stars, the Transformers!
Alvin and the Chimpunks; staring Jason fucking Lee and his career troubles.
The Smurfs: What do you mean you don't care about Neil Patrick Harris' relationship issues?
There's changing certain aspects of an existing property to better fit a different medium than it's origins and then there's using said media property to try and uplift your shitty sitcom script no one wanted to buy.
That "Surf Dracula" tweet is evergreen; "back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you'd see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get to see him surf for 5 min in the finale"
I watched the Sonic movie to see SONIC. I watched Knuckles to see KNUCKLES. Why is this so hard to understand? But all those movies I listed still did gangbusters so maybe I'm just an idiot who doesn't know how the hollywood money machine works.
There were some neat moments, good action and some jokes that actually landed but as a piece of Sonic media? This fails miserably. Also no Knuck If You Buck or even Unknown from M.E. in the show proper was just shameful.
Knuckles deserves far better than buddy comedy schlock.
The biggest problem is the marketing was a lie. It made it look like the focus was on knuckles when it was on wade
its on both of them. theyre both there basically the entire time. i never got the idea that the show wasnt about the two of them together.
tbh the fandom was expecting too much when they were rumoring nonsense like the chaotix appearing (when they've aready told us for the 100th time they won't appear in the show and probably never in the movie universe in general) and Rouge (...did I really to explain the last one?)
@@criticalbuddy524Well when you’re bringing beloved characters to the big screen of course there’s gonna be high expectations. If you’re gonna make a show about some dumb comic relief character then don’t call the show “Knuckles” it’s media like this that make people have the mindset of “Sonic is for kids” when in reality Sonic is for all ages to enjoy
@@Izywik92 My theory is that they just did that to split up Sonic 3 & Knuckles Again😂😂 like how it was done back with the Sonic 3 game and Sonic and Knuckles. But hey that's just a theory, A SONIC THEORY THANKS FOR READING BUT IM NOT DONE!
i get what you mean though. No matter what there was gonna be high expectations. I personally actually really enjoyed the show. The villains was kinda meh but it was still quite entertaining seeing the agents and "The buyer" felt even more underwhelming. Also i personally would've wanted to see knuckles more in the show. it did seem like it was going to be like knuckles and wade training and i would've wanted a bit more of that aswell as them having Wade's character as he defeated his father. So it was a pretty decent and short show despite its flaws in my opinion.
@criticalbuddy524 dude its not the fandoms fault. This is 100% the company's fault for false advertising. Kinda like what Disney did with Kenobi
Paramount: "Our customers only care about human characters."
Knuckles fans: "Are we a joke to you!?"
They turned knuckles into a jew 😢
@@DubiousDepthsRadiolmao
@@DubiousDepthsRadioThinking about it, giving Eggman a certain mustache in the 3rd movie would go CRAZY.
@@DubiousDepthsRadio I'm uncomfortable with how vaguely anti-semitic this comment is. 🤨
@@premiumheadpats4150 I'm just mad that they had to bring religions to a knuckles show like wtf there are millions of pepole who are not Jewish AAAA
JUST WHY THE TOPIC OF RELIGIONS IN A KIDS SHOW AAAAAAA
OH NO!
OH YEAH!
@@adashi2407
I'm just imagining the Kool Aid Man responding to Knuckles now 😂
anyway
Kind of bummed that we’re skipping Chaos entirely. How cool would it be to see this Knuckles, who more than the original holds his clan in a high place of reverence as an honorable warrior clan, be shown the darker side of the Echidnas and set loose a monster bent on revenge for what the Echidnas did, now freed after the Master Emerald shattered in the second movie would be cool. But because Chaos and SA1 aren’t really popular compared to Shadow and SA2, we’re just going to skip that.
This would have been awesome. Expensive....but awesome.
Chaos could always be in SA2 instead of the Biolizard, if they really wanted to go that route.
Hell thue are probably skipping metal sonic too
"Kind of bummed that we’re skipping Chaos entirely."
You don't know that. For all we know, Sonic 3 could be mixing elements of Sonic Adventure 1 with Sonic Adventure 2.
@@TheAzulmagia: "Chaos could always be in SA2 instead of the Biolizard"
Yeah, I predicted two years ago that Sonic 3 would replace the Biolizard with Perfect Chaos.
Everyone's perception of this show entirely depends on how they feel about wade and him taking over as the main character. If you don't like wade, you're probably not going to like this series.
Well... I certainly didn't, so you're probably right
It's because Wade doesn't work as a protagonist. He doesn't have protagonist energy. He's a comic relief character.
I liked Wade, so I found his and Knuckles' scenes together pretty fun and charming. They have a shocking good dynamic with each other.
i couldnt care about wade either way, but he was fine, and knuckles was great as always, and he was in the show heavily despite me hearing so much saying otherwise...
I liked Wade in the movies. I thought he was a good little comedic relief character but this show made me actively dislike him, he just couldn’t work as a protagonist. Keeping him as an occasional gag is what he was designed for and when you take him out of that he just didn’t work very well
“Six episode event” is corporate talk for “2 hour movie extended to six episodes.”
Oh, ok, expert on business language
Sonic movie 3 will hopefully be better
Knuckles deserve better, especially since this is his 30th Anniversary! 😑
I mean you always have the Sonic Frontiers Knuckles Prologue and Movie 2
@@LashesElf true, but that came out before 2024, Knuckles' 30th Anniversary
Dam lol I forgot it was his 30th , and bro got this as his legacy for 30 years 🤣😭😭😭
I feel sorry for knuckles 😞
@@Uesr2004DI strongly suggest you look up the Sonic Archie Comics. They do the entire Sonic franchise justice! Knuckles was portrayed well and treated with more respect.
Between Knuckles Chaotix being clearly unfinished and on the 32X, the Penders-helmed Archie comic series and now this, I'm starting to think any Knuckles-focused media is just cursed
i am just disappointed they didn't include greg the second (wade's WACKY cousin). really shows how little this show cares about the fans...
Tsk tsk.
who is greg
did you catch all the knuckles cameos in the wade show guys
huh? what'd you say? i was looking away from the screen because Wanda started talking again
knuckles is in most of the episodes most of the time. cut this out. after episode 1 i saw comments like this and was worried but knuckles was there all the time. constantly. far more than he wasnt.
@@saphcalTake a break bro, I like replying as much as the next guy but not every negative comment needs you trying to debate them on an opinion.
@@Substantial-hf1rm my comments were 5 hours ago. ive been "taking a break". but if people reply to my comments, i get notifications, and im gonna come reply back (in most cases).
@@saphcalshould've been the other way around, "wade was in most of the episodes most of the time"
I find wade endearing despite the shows flaws. The show could use more knuckles but its not like he is nowhere in the show at all. If anyone went in expecting a suprise chaotix reveal or like next to no humans I think you should temper your expectations. It advertised a buddy comedy between wade and knuckles and thats what it delivered. As a show in that regard I think its fine enough.
Good news is that since this is a paramount show with a lower budget and next to no effect on characterization. It more than likely wont affect anything about sonic 3.
I still say this show shouldve been 2d animated because then there wouldnt have to be as much focus on wade and knuckles would be less expensive to animate, allowing him more screentime.
Personally i really liked it but i get peoples complaints. Wanda absolutely sucks though
yeah shes my only complaint. she was really obnoxious.
Yeah, she sucks
Wanda is the seemingly unanimous negative thing people have about the show hehe.
What a shame, especially considering how well the movies worked
Well thanks to that show fans are worried about sonic movie 3
@@TheGilbz12I kinda am too.
@@TheGilbz12
We will have to see.
@@garr_inc well we should fine because Toby said sonic movie 3 will be a fun movie abs take allot from sa2 I don’t man I’m still worried at the same time
The movies we're never good
“Take aim at your pins and… *knuckles shatters the glass in the pin area with the bowling ball*”
I'm sure this is already one of those were people go "HEEYYYY! I liked this show! It was fun!" But was this the show you really wanted to see though? Was an entire show about a man-child's wacky family issues with a bowling competition you really wanted to see for a Knuckles show or did you just like it because it had Sonic's brand on it? And I went into this with an open mind, I didn't go into this with the expectations of what hardcore fans imagined the show being like, but it has all the tropes of a bad 2000s live action movie based on a cartoon with too much pop culture references, celebrate references, characters talking the same and a severe lack of focus on the title character.
yes. i wanted to see a wacky comedy with knuckles as the straight man. its a side show about knuckles not a movie so yeah something like this is literally what i wanted.
@@saphcalI think what he meant to say is, would you have watched this if it didn’t have the Sonic brand at all? Like, no Knuckles.
@@Fractorification No I wouldn't. but it does so thats a dumb question so i assumed it couldnt be what was asked. because "would i watch a comedy with wade and no sonic characters" says nothing to "would i watch a comedy with wade and sonic characters".
Like... the Sonic movies?
@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259
YES!!!!!!
I forced myself to sit through Sonic Prime for some reason. I don’t think I’ll be doing that for this one
The difference is that this show is absolutely amazing and Sonic Prime is absolute trash.
I feel sorry for you then, Sonic Prime started out good, then went to garbage
Same, the first episode was the longest 30 minutes of my life, dropped it as soon as the credits hit
I never got the hate for Sonic Prime, really the ending of the show is the only thing I’d consider outright bad. And while that’s a big problem people were crapping on prime well before that.
Prime was good until it wasn't, shame
When you think of knuckles you dont see him bowling with wade
This show is just like the franchise.
Potential to be great, but somehow ruined because the people behind it don't know what made things work. Only reason I had to sit through it all was because I had to do a review on it
4:53 YES. THANK YOU!!
Man, the films quite literally REVIVED the franchise. Frontiers even took inspiration from them. The Knuckles series is only hated by the usual Sonic hatemob who pan everything.
@@RJTMTVThe movies were terrible. Sonic elements were barely in them, the characters didn't act like the game counterparts and it was kinda written... bad.
@KumatorasLittleCutie-Pie That's the thing, they don't need to have anything to do with the games' stories. These characters work everywhere. Tell original stories while paying tribute to the source material and it's fine.
Man, the group I watched this with made me feel like I was on psych meds. They loved it, and I was bored and frustrated with the constant 80s music, Wade being a manchild, and Knuckles being pushed to the side.
your group was right. and the music was the best part lol
Man, you've got to abandon that gang of dummy 20-somethings.
Seems like you had higher expectations, good, good.
@@KingGoji-m1r3 what's the problem with expecting something to be good?
This isn't even a bad Sonic show, its just a bad show
Why are you gay
My mother theorizes that some writer or producer or someone used Knuckles as a vessel to express their own issues. Why yet another bowling tournament story with daddy issues and 80s hits she remembers from her 20s?
Even she would have been more interested in the red cartoon animal.
Bro what kind of mother do you have???
@@YeomasBros.2008 What do you mean???
Based mom lol
Haaaahahahahaa
@@naitsabes6222 The most.
This was Sonic Forces all over again with false advertising to the max. it wasn’t the Knuckles show, it was the Wade & Knuckles show.
At least Sonic Forces advertised itself as a Sonic Game, with the focus being on actual Sonic characters.
Episode 4 was literally a music that was competing with the nba young boys 😂😂😂😂
It was exactly as they advertised it
@@JCSA79V Except they advertised clearly as Knuckles being the most important character when that clearly didn’t end up being the case.
i never saw it adverised as anything else? maybe people dont research things before seeing them enough...i knew exactly what it was gonna be a goofy buddy comedy/roadtrip with knuckles and wade, and thats what i got, and i enjoyed it immensely.
To me personally, the Knuckles show should've actually focused on the Echidna himself instead of having Wade join along.
i hate, hate, HATE it when shows/movies do this. since transformers (maybe earlier) they keep putting the titular character as background. as spoony once said; "how hard is it to make the main character, the main character?!" I knew the moment i heard that wade was going to be in it tha it was automaticaly going to be painfully bad. i didn't like any of his scenes in the movies and thought he ruined a pretty nice scene with his 'joke'.
One major thing that caught me off guard when watching this show was the Inclusion of Iblis and the Flames Of Disaster.
That was the first time In official Sonic media we ever heard of Iblis In over 18 years.
That was really the only thing that stuck with me after watching this.
Bruh, the Wade scenes was basically the wedding scene from Sonic 2, but worse. This is the problem. We don't need to waste time on the human characters as they don't really add anything to the story we are actually interested in seeing... y'know, the Sonic Adventures where it's him and his friends in their world. The studios need to learn that we only came to see those type of adventures rather than a cringe comedy fest.
I…
Liked it…
Okay
Okay
Okay
"That's no good!"
Cool
It's still trash
You can like trash
Still better than Sonic Prime.
And that's saying a lot cause I'd rather watch Underground over Prime.
Wow! You must really LOVE boring, human sitcom dramas, mundane sports like bowling & must really hate the Sonic characters, stories lore. 😂 Yeah totally, who needs a Silver The Hedgehog Show, let's make a Crazy Carl Show [co-starring Silver!] Where Silver is Helping hobos get jobs, and learning about camping! 😊 Who needs world ending stakes and time-traveling to save the future? That's TOO boring! Audiences and Sonic fans don't wanna see that! MORE CRAZY CARL! 😂
underground?? u must hate prime
@@lazyasfdrawings I'm in the process of editing down all 3 seasons into 12 episodes, each episode lasting 22-25 minutes. With all the flashbacks and brain dead writing, I'm confident it can be done without losing any context. That show sucked. At least the Knuckles Show got to the point, had a bit of fun with the writing, and lasted 6 episodes(23-25 minute long episodes btw).
@@GUNS_jkAh yes. The point being...not being a show about the titular character
Your taste sucks dude
I thought it was pretty bad but whenever the camera was on Knuckles it was awesome.
my words exactly
Ls mark must be insane lmao
They did the Chaotix thing where they just slapped Knuckles's name on the front, despite not being the main character.
This show started out strong, but once I learned that this show wasn’t about Knuckles, it went all downhill from here. What a waste of peoples time while they’re waiting for Sonic 3.
This show was genuinely one of the most boring experiences I've had in a long time. The biggest issue I have is that I feel like this show has no idea who it's supposed to be for.
Who the hell let Wade hijack the whole damn show. This was pain and cringe, oh my god! I just wanted to shut off the TV as fast as possible!
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 is unironically one of my favorite movies of all time
What's scary is that this series is actualy making them money. Who knows what kind of negative effect this'll have on the series as whole long term.
Eh? The films revived the franchise. They brought a new audience.
What exactly do you fans want?
@@RJTMTV We want OUR faithful sonic universe. We want newer audiences to know the same series we know, for what it really is. We don't want it to be towned down and reshaped to appease a totaly different audience wile they leave the old fanbase for d*ad. Not some generic, corporate, focuse group, toddler slop. The REAL series that hooked me up as a kid and grew up with.
@@NicheXCC Sonic had had numerous TV shows throughout the years. And, other than a nod here and there, none of them tied into the games. The films revived this franchise. The new fans they brought are the reason why Frontiers sold so well.
Let them be what they are. Stop gatekeeping and insisting that YOUR way is the best way when it clearly isn't.
@@RJTMTV They weren't tied, but that's not the point. There were rarely any shows that lasted long, until Sonic X came out. It's still being talked about to this day. Even if it wasn't perfect, atleast it got the characters and the world right. Tying together different games as their own arcs, and deliver some interesting and memorable story elements. It was so much fun watching a show that actualy took inspiration from the games and took the tragedies, sad backgrounds of the characters seriously. A show that does not treat you as if you were an idiot.
Most new comers don't know anything about any of the shows, games, nor any of the additional medium. They just want to see Jim Carrey and kil l some time with their kids. If they're making a Sonic movie and claim that its "for the fans", I want them to make a GOD DAMN MOVIE THAT'S ACTUALY MADE FOR THE FANS!!!! Not some cashgrab trash luring normies that'll abandon the series onece they had their fun with it. I want a show/movie that's ACTUALY targeted at me. As long as that doesn't happen, i'll be here and tell people the honest truth. THIS MOVIES ARE TRASH AND ARE NOT FAITHFUL.
@NicheXCC Again, the films saved this franchise. Sonic is cool and mainstream again. Frontiers was a major success because the new fans who got into the series through the films bought the game.
"Actually targeted at me." The issue is that Sonic Team HAVE been trying to please everyone, but fans like you are never happy. You throw tantrums, like you're doing now, when you aren't center of attention and not getting your way.
You want the edginess, "tragedies," and out of place stories that almost killed the franchise and turned it into a laughingstock for two decades.
this show is pure agony coming from a major sonic d rider. i will defend 06 with my life but this show makes me feel incredibly suicidal. i am a firm believer that punishment can never be taken too far depending on the crime, with a child molester there is no limit to punishment. i believe the death sentence is too lenient and think people are bullshitting when they say "i wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy" but i truly do not wish this show on my worst enemy. there is NO demographic for this.
First off, 06 almost killed the franchise. Secondly, the films revived it.
06 was unfitting. That wasn't the same Sonic that people grew up with. It was absurd and out of place. The films on the other hand were made for a new audience, and that audience is the reason why Frontiers sold as well as it did. New fans are important. Let things be what they are rather than throwing tantrums because it isn't what you want.
@@RJTMTV okay, i am very much aware of all of this. this was more of a joke comment than a real response. i have nothing against the movies, they were a bit goofier and i actually grew up on 06 - probably explaining some bias towards it. 06 was out of place, sure, but the problems people have with the game is mostly for the bugs and part of the story and gameplay. the story itself was fine, minus some of the weird parts. it was revolutionary as a game that actually showed sonic getting killed. 06's story was fine. i love frontiers and i like their newer stuff as well.
like i said i'm a major sonic d rider, i absolutely love everything they do. including sonic schoolhouse and aosth. i also like the newer stuff. i just don't like the knuckles series. new fans don't even like the show either, not sure why you'd bring that point up but alright.
@arkhamshit 06 almost destroyed the franchise. The tone was different. The characters were different. The franchise that people grew up with had changed to the point of absurdity. It was no longer about rescuing animals and beating Eggman, it was about primordial monsters, gods, death, and other high fantasy nonsense that the series was never about.
Matter of fact, the majority of toxicity in the Sonic fanbase comes from the mid-00s crowd who want the series to be dark and edgy. Completely oblivious to the fact that the dark and edgy stuff was panned and mocked and almost killed the franchise.
@arkhamshit And no, new fans love the show. The people complaining now are the same people who always complain.
@@RJTMTV you're not sega are you? the franchise has come a far way, and even with the transition it was pretty rough. if you want to talk about games that killed the point - talk about shadow's game in 05. his character was definitely not one that i would consider to be the same in sa2 to shadow 05. there has always been monsters in the franchise, i'm pretty sure iblis's design or idea was taken from chaos (sa2) or metal overlord (sonic heroes). death has always been a thing, the MAIN first death probably being maria. sonic adventure was dark and gritty as well. this is why there's titles for these eras.
the classic games are the classic era. the next would be the dreamcast era. we're in the modern era.
there is not a lot wrong with 06's story. it's mainly the timing, bugs, gameplay, loading screens, parts of the stories (mainly elise), and how rushed the game was and the unprepared team. project 06 is more beloved than the original and what people usually flock to, that being said, it doesn't take away from the story. only changing gameplay mechanics and a bit of tweaking.
The stuff with Wade's mum and Knuckles was honestly my favourite part of the show, their dynamic was just really sweet. It's a shame Wanda was there to ruin literally everything
Hey J, what's your thoughts on Keanu Reeves voicing Shadow in Sonic Movie 3?
I really hate that these Sonic adaptations just can't let the Sonic characters stand out on their own. They always need to bounce off of someone else or partner up with them, instead of just letting the Knuckles show or Sonic movies be, well... The KNUCKLES show or SONIC movies. Wade is such a nothing character and I didn't care for the cop either(don't remember his name).
I disagree with you on the "Wade is such a nothing character" part.
They legit committed the sin of making a comic relief the main character and give him the daddy issues trope it's so bad
@@antidisestablishmentarianism3 exactlyyy
@@antidisestablishmentarianism3 Right and plus that's the problem with Cars 2, Minions, and the Patrick Star Show. They take the dumb and annoying characters and give them the main focus which ends up not working, and not to mention his arc is a little similar to Po's arc from Kung Fu Panda 1 of a guy who's looked at as a joke wanting to become respected by everyone, but here's the thing...Po's story was ACTUALLY interesting.
@@Du-yw1pz right, and as far as I remember, finding Dory did a similar thing too, but actually made it pretty interesting compared to those other movies & knuckles
4:28
Well Echidnas in the old Sonic Comic are well versed in A holocaust sooo it's not completly out of nowhere...
While there were a few elements that I liked, it was very obvious while watching that this was done by a different writing team than the movies
I’ve seen people compare this to the wedding scene from the second movie, but at least that sequence heavily involved the movies’ take on G.U.N (plus it was honestly funnier than the human shenanigans in this show, and it was mainly to break up the main action between the snowboard sequence and the Labyrinth Zone fight just a little bit for pacing reasons)
The final battle of this show was just a alternate version of the final battle in the first movie.
Show: The show has Knuckles knocked out while Wade gives an emotional speech about how Knuckles is his friend and that gives him the power to wake up, take back his power and just full on demolish the Buyer.
Sonic Movie 1: Robotnik had wounded Sonic badly and Tom fights Robotnik and then goes on to deliver a speech about how Sonic's home was Green Hills and that gives Sonic the power to wake up, take back his power and just full on demolish Robotnik before exiling him to the Mushroom Planet.
I swear if this show is anything to go by, they better not have such a focus on human characters in Sonic 3 unless it's about Maria and Gerald Robotnik. I dont want another repeat of that whole wedding segement from Sonic 2 either.
So, it’s essentially that scorned bride scene in Sonic 2 where it briefly derails from the main characters and feels like a different movie. Except that it's elongated from a few minutes to over an hour (if not more). And not as funny (at least the scene I mentioned was amusing on its own).
I just hope that Sonic 3 won't share the same quality as this product...
dang. just hope sonic 3 is good. also, completely unrelated topic, but, what's gonna happen to mmx7 n's edition?
Can’t imagine if the show called Knuckles didn’t have knuckles as the main character of the knuckles show that’s literally advertised as being about knuckles with knuckles in the knuckles show that’s intention was to go over the character of knuckles
*Just to be clear, you're talkin' about Knuckles right? Lol!*
If they gave you 100 dollars for each time you said Knuckles you would be rich
Legit the first 2 episodes went strong because Jeff made those 3rd was literally about wades shitty ass family 4th was competing with the nba young boys and 5th I have no idea and 6th over a bowling tournament 😑and having that mech that was literally the rhino from tasm2 ending and don’t get me started on the post credits oh my girl Rouge about come in…….. never mind 🤦🏾♂️
@@MilesReset that’s actually pretty funny because dudes thought they make the whole world love and last I checked the score was 88% and went down to 6 something percent bro now thanks to that show people are worried about sonic movie 3
It felt like borderline false advertisement. Sure, we knew Wade was gonna be in it, but we didn’t know that Knuckles was gonna be treated as a side character. Heck, in most of the advertisements I saw of it, Wade and his family was nowhere to be found, while Knuckles was portrayed to be the character that is front and center.
Nearly everything you said was how I thought LS Mark was gonna say about "Knuckles," especially knowing how much of a certified Sonic fan he is... But *no.*
Thanks, J.👍🏻
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I was also disappointed with the show, for a show called “knuckles” you expect it to be abt him but it’s not and you can clearly tell in episode 4 they were running low on budget, I don’t hate wade but I wanna see knuckles not a tv show abt some idiot. At least Sonic 3 isn’t gonna be like this cause in the end this is just filler but not good filler so
RUclips "video essayists" when something cool comes out:
Ive been waiting for you to discuss the OVA since you mentioned it in the Riders video 😞
First episode was the only good episode
It could’ve had more knuckles but the last two episodes were definitely the worst…well at least there’s shadow in the third movie.
it could have had more but he was there for most of most of the episodes which is more than i was worried about with how people were talking about it. idk what the problem with the last two episodes was, i thought they were great.
@@saphcal yeah the bowling tournament arc was great but I’ll have to rewatch them later.
How'd this show have been like with only 4 episodes? And only focused on Knuckles and Agent Stone? While introducing Fang and the Chaotix(replacing most humans)?
The first two episodes were good and my fav but the rest was crap. There are two reasons that makes this series suck a bit more, one is the title, they know that wade is basically the main character so why would they name it knuckles? At least name it Knuckles & Wade series or something but just knuckles is so false. Second reason is wade's family, i wouldn't have mind if he just stop by to say "hi' or something and left but after episode 3 they are suddenly apart of the rest of the series and that throws me off, it would've been so much better if the father , mother and b*tch sister was not an add on to the rest of the story, cause now its not even the Knuckles & Wade series its Knuckles & Family series. I just really hate how they also focused more on the family than knuckles. Tho i am glad that knuckles looks a lot happier cause he has been though tough sh*t for decades and he needs a hug. I am only simping for knuckles the rest of the cast i could care less about. Bye.
Personally i loved this show
I hope at least they use this show as set up an adventure where knuckles relizes the truth behind Pachacamac's lies and Pachacamac is reveal to be the cold hearted, power hungry warlord we know him as.
Okay that would be *great.* We fans all know how much of a ruthless, heartless, power-hungry sonuvabitch he really is.
different versions
@@loiiysailor1177 Explain please?
When's the Mega Man 4 review coming out?
Im really glad i rewatched Avengers:endgame instead of that on the same day because it was turning five and i dont have paramount+.
I liked it🫤
Glad you liked it! don't let anybody elses opinion dictate your own
same. a lot. i was worried after episode 1 when i heard people shitting on it, but it was great.
Ew
@@antidisestablishmentarianism3 I know right. Your pfp threw me off
This easily had by far the worst human characters in series.
Makes me believe that Arlo was probably right. Sonic is better off with very little humans.
And this is coming from someone who likes the Adventure games, unleashed and Sonic X.
The humans in the sonic lvoes are easily worse than the ones in the games lol , but the humans really haven’t bad only in games like Shadow and 06 , sa1 and unleashed they were very charming and goofy
This definitely felt like the "Wade Show Featuring Knuckles." And all that promotion and advertising made us assume it would focus more on "Knuckles."
Personally I loved the show. I can look at its faults, like knuckles not even being fully in its own show, or how the plot is generic. But I feel like Wade and knuckles’ dynamic was entertaining and how the show was an entertaining fever dream. Also knuckles looks as good as movies.
Its probably because I had 0 expectations, but I honestly didn't think it was that bad. Mainly two because I already have the pieces of Sonic media I like and can go back to so I don't need this Knuckles show to be the greatest piece of fiction of all time.
What I have personally learned about Sonic media is really just don't go in expecting the greatest thing ever. The old memories and enjoyment of enjoying the older media will never come back with the new stuff. Not even trying to be cynical or anything but I think its just kind of the truth. I mean I will admit I was hoping for a lot of stuff in the Knuckles show but also at the same time its the Sonic Movie universe, its for the casuals and not the fans. Not sayin the fans can't enjoy them but like its not going to be what we all want it to be, and thats personally something I'm content with.
Idk bro I thought it was cute
I thought it was pretty fun (could've had a better ending) but either way I feel like videos like this kinda' sour your channel. 20-30 min or more long retrospectives going into great detail and then this which seems more like a Twitter thread than a actual video.
Why bowling?
Like they could have at least had the character be a BOXER. You know, because it’s Knuckles
This isn't even bad, let alone shameful.
right?
Right, I think sonic fans need to lower their expectations more.
@@gh0st.ic3 LOL! Homie as a long time sonic fan, trust me this base has been nothing but lowered expectations for decades now.
At some point you gotta have some sort of standards and this for a lot of people was too far.
Nah, it really is that bad.
@@Substantial-hf1rm this thing is nowhere near the worst stuff the fandom has seen. i was there for all of it so i know. its easily middle of the pack at worst.
I liked the show
ironic or unironically
I enjoyed to. Not amazing but fun enough.
@@youngsterjones unironically
They could've have Knuckles fight against Rouge for possession of the Master Emerald.
They could've have Knuckles take on rogue GUN agents with help from the Chaotix.
They could've have Knuckles come face to face with the dark side of his tribe with Chaos.
But no. They had Knuckles help some schmuck win a bowling tourament.
EDIT: I believe we owe Ken Penders an apology.
The best part of the show was when they had the balls to reference Iblis from Sonic 0 fucking 6 and made him a joke. That part was admittedly hilarious and really cool
I knew they should've made it about Coldsteel The Hedgehog! 😤
Gonna have to disagree. I love this series. I kind like that they focused on Wade, he's one of my favorite side characters and I like that they fleshed him out. The animation's as good as the movies, idris Elba's Knuckles is always a win, and his and Wade's dynamic is hilarious. People just need to stop judging stuff based on what they were expecting rather than what they got, because what we got, is a pretty good time.
Yeah but Wanda and the two goons for G.U.N SUCKED
Glad you licked it lol but I wanna ask Who genuinely wanted to know about wades family?
You're a worthless human paid shill.
I watched 3 episodes of it last night, and I thought it was good.
@@naitsabes6222me.
My only two problems were Wade is already the loser character who has a great arc but since they had to make his sister more unlikeable than him they went the extra two miles for her. Also the flames of disaster are not knuckles powers or source. So weird for them to pick that
This is the first time i have heard about a Knuckles show…
imagine calling it the knuckles show when knuckles isn't even the main focus for like most of the episodes
Knuckles is the focus for the first three episodes, Wade rescues Knuckle in the second but they're only able to escape because of Knuckles and his abilities. Knuckles straight up saves Wade and his entire family from mercenaries in the third episode. I'd argue the last 3 episodes pivot to having Wade as a central focus. It's very much a buddy cop movie with both getting a great amount of focus.
Even in the fourth episode which is Wade focused, when Wade is kidnapped there's an entire spiritual sequence in which he has to find his true warrior by reenacting Knuckles origins and essentially becoming Knuckles in this warrior forged play.
So even in the episode without Knuckles...you're still getting Knuckles.
Is Wade the narrative focus, yes, but it's not like they withheld these details. When the show got announced they said Wade was gonna be a protégé of Knuckles and a major focus from the get go.
Knuckles learning about Judaism wasn't something I ever expected to see. Certainly subverted my expectations
just rewatch the Frontiers Knuckles animation short instead of this.. lol
Why do you think it’s all bad? Plus in my opinion I think it’s good
It look like a little bit of good but actually it's not
They are not having a good movie
The whole teaching knuckles about Jewish culture and comparing fate of echidnas to holocaust was straight out of Ken Penders.
...more like the average TV series?
@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 so average TV is Ken Penders tier...
Grim.
Alright I didn't like this show but that's maybe a bit much.
C'mon, man... Sonic 3 is going to further establish Shadow as a Biff from Back to the Future style moronic bully type character. You know how this works by now...
I just finished watching the Knuckles Series and honestly it would have been better as a Movie but I Enjoyed it for the Most Part, sure Wade was the Main Focus but I knew that it would have been expensive to make a CGI Character the Main Focus in a Series but I have Fun, I will admit that in the Future of this Cinematic Universe there how to limit the Human Cast and focus on the Real Stars but because this is a Start I give it a Pass for Now and who knows maybe putting humor is to balance out the Sonic 3 Movie to be Serious, I have to say that this show isn’t the worst thing to ever happen to the Sonic Franchise, that would be Forces, and I will admit that one thing I will admit with Everyone is Wanda(although that Finger Scene made me Laugh so Hard like in Episode 2 Knuckles imagining to do a MK2 Jax Fatality), I enjoy the Series that it’s a 7 out of 10, the only way this Knuckles Project would have worked was if it was a Movie or a Animated Series with Angel Island, Rouge, and the Chaotix but I had Fun and I loved the References from past Game like Tails Bed being Purple like the Tornado 2, the Beginning being a Homage to the Games, Shadow being hinted at a Event of 1974, The Buyer maybe being connected to either Ivo or Gerald, the Rogue Agents interesting Motivations to Neutralize the Morbians as Humanity Fears what they don’t understand, Knuckles getting his Hat and Love for Music, and that Musical being Fun to watch with 2 amazing references to 06 with Iblis and the Flames of Disaster, 7 out of 10.
Here's what I would do if I was in charge of the show while still remaining low budget. If they absolutely needed to have Wade in it, then fine but I would try to mostly have him in the background as a more grounded comic relief character.
The first episode would be slightly tweaked, but instead of Knuckles getting grounded, and all that, the episode would be about Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, discussing on where they should place the master emerald. Knuckles would then say "no need to worry my friends i have the perfect place" then it would pan to a shot of angel island. And have Knuckles explain that he must reach the emerald altar on his own.
Wade would tag along.
(I can't think of a reason so just go with it)
And the rest of the show would be about them exploring angel island. WITH THE MUSIC FROM THE GAMES IN IT! And they could have Knuckles just breezing through angel island, going through all the zones like hydrocity, ice cap, and mushroom hill zone. And if you want to cut down on the budget, then you can show Wade just struggling to get through the first part of angel island zone, and since it's just a forest, than it won't cost that much. Plus you can have him as the straight man commenting on all the wacky things he sees, like springs, spikes, and loop de loops.
The villain would still be the buyer, but he would be sending some of eggmans robots to stop Knuckles. That would gradually get tougher and tougher, until he sends metal Knuckles to fight knuckles, in the series finale!
Reply here to come up with a casting for a random Sonic character for the movies,I'll start:
Rob Paulsen As Fang The Sniper.
Never thought about it before, but it makes perfect sense
This is is truly one of the shows of all time
Either you're a bot or you need to go back to school.
@@alexthomas311hes not a bot
@@gggsh7 Then he needs to edit his comment so it can make sense lol.
@@alexthomas311 you're missing the joke, thats a meme, its for when a show is really bad you say stuff like "this is one of the most shows of all time"
for example if a game is bad you would say
"this is the most game of all time"
or
"this is one of the games of all time"
@@gggsh7 Ah. Well I ain't as young as I thought I was. Starting to not understand jokes only young people would get lol.
Glad I'm not the only one
Everyone seems to be loving this absolute slop
Genuinely one of the worst things to come out of the franchise imo
I mean people are allowed to have their own opinions but ok 🤷♂️
@@LashesElfthats why he said "imo" at the end
Esp Ls mark
After reading a whole bunch of comments, it seems to me that people primarily dislike Knuckles for the same reason I dislike the "Hawkeye" show. Going into it with the wrong expectations.
In my case, I was expecting some kind of super spy show with Clint carrying out one last mission while preparing an apprentice to take his place. Not the sitcom we got with a retiree facing the mess left behind by his vigilante phase while a very determined superfan follows him around.
That said, while I will be forever disappointed with Hawkeye, I recognize that it's really not a bad show when you don't go into it expecting something completely different. Which I believe is the same case here.
I just didn't like how the human characters keep being the center and Wade's family is like wth