SPOILERS FOR SONIC 2
Just wanted to write something about my favorite scene in the movie that’s not the climax
We fans tend to make fun of Knuckles for trusting Eggman over Sonic. How can you look at Eggman and his evil machines and think he’s the good guy?
The movie, of course, paints a much more understandable scenario. Knuckles hates Sonic personally because he associates him with the death of his entire clan. He’s been just as alone as him, but with a mission: restore his clan’s honor by killing Sonic. And Robotnik? We see him actually helping Knuckles and doing small things to earn his trust. (also, of course, the Death Egg isn’t a thing in the movieverse so Knuckles had no reason to go “wait a minute”)
So it’s no wonder that Knuckles sees Sonic and Tails bond, and associates the same relationship with what he and Robotnik have.
And this is why his betrayal hurts even more. Knuckles wasn’t just duped and treated like an idiot: he saw Robotnik as a friend. Maybe his first friend even. And he was left to drown for his trust.
Then we have Sonic. You know how big it is, that Sonic dived underwater to save someone from drowning? The only other example I can think of is him saving Amy in Sonic X. (i think it happens in Boom too? I don’t remember)
And it was so good, to see them cooperating to push the boulder away... and okay, I genuinely thought “what the fuck Knuckles” when he swam away and I was sure that Sonic would have been saved by Tails. I underestimated Knuckles lol
But then we have their heart to heart. Man, the movie painted their parallels so well. Both lost their families at a young age, and both were crippled with loneliness since then. They can understand each other. The difference is that Sonic found a family before Knuckles did, and he’s in the position to welcome him with open arms even after everything Knuckles did.
Sonic puts it by saying that being a hero is about taking responsibility for others, quoting Tom and impressing the honorable Knuckles, but I like to see the first seeds of his canonical “I do whatever I want and what I want is helping others” personality. Or rather, “do I need a reason to help out a friend?” :) I just love how easily Sonic helps and bonds with others okay? And he empathized with Knuckles already and while he was angry at him he just forgave him like that, and Knuckles found another family after being alone for so long, and it’s all a circle and poetic cinema and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
love that scene. love it love it. Sonic and Knuckles don’t interact nearly as much as I’d like in the games (fighting notwithstanding), and seeing them sitting together in the sand just filled my heart with wholesomeness. We do some fine character development here <3
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Man, as if we didn't have Vtuber Sonic around, Movie Sonic is a double-whammy of a middle finger towards IDW Sonic and what Flynn says about him.
This is the same roughly-more-naive depiction who showed NO mercy towards Jimbotnik in both movies. Flynn should be absolutely embarrassed to try to excuse his portrayal when it's hardly the only one around.
Friendly reminder that Movie Sonic, who was depicted as younger and more scared than game Sonic, trapped Robotnik in a planet full of nothing but mushrooms and fully expected him to stay there for the rest of his life.
He also walked away without a care in the world after he apparently killed him under his own Death Egg Robot.
Movie Sonic is hardcore <3
And the movieverse makes no effort in pretending that it's "spelling out Sonic as envisioned by SEGA". Movie Sonic is his own Sonic, understandably different than the real deal but still with enough traits in common to be both recognizeable and likeable :)
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“Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has earned $71M in the film’s domestic box office opening weekend. It is the biggest domestic opening ever for a video game adaption.”
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