The Sonic Movies Are Gonna Get Shadowy
We’ve got the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 out today, and it’s a really dark and sinister affair! Shadow the Hedgehog was after my time with the franchise, which ended with Sonic & Knuckles, so I’m not at all connected to the new critter on the crew. But the movie sure does feed into a probably very healthy Shadow fandom.
I mean…it looks cool, eh? I’ve never been the biggest fan of these Sonic movies. But the geek in me can definitely appreciate how they’ve gone whole hog into the lore and the characters after the first film. I can dig that. But yeah, I don’t care about Shadow, so this movie isn’t poking at my personal fandom interest. So hopefully Shadow fans are happy.
And at least Knuckles, my favorite character, still seems fun. His TV show was…something else. But at least we got a real, live-ish action Knuckles the Echidna TV show in my lifetime. That was neat in and of itself!
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 comes to theaters on Dec. 20.
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Nifty New Video Game Show Coming
This trailer landed last week and I’m only posting it now because I kept forgetting about it — but I promise it looks fun! Secret Level is made by the people behind Love + Death + Robots, and looks to be a series of short cartoons based on some popular video games. That sounds good to me!
Some of the games include God of War and Mega Man, which should be awesome. I would love a God of War short cartoon! And Mega Man in this hyper realistic style could be neat. I’m also a fan of some of the Warhammer games, so woohoo there! I’m not entirely sure of what other games will get shorts, but they’re listed. This could be a fun show! I enjoyed all the Love/Death/Robots stuff. So this looks good!
Secret Level comes to Amazon Prime on Dec. 10!
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 8/24/24
Another week, another stack of interesting comics. Nothing too mind blowing came out this week, but I felt like reviewing some on my pile for funsies, like Nightwing and Ultimate Spider-Man.
Comic Book of the Week goes to the stand alone Power Rangers Infinity #1 because it’s just a fun, silly comic that I enjoyed.
Meanwhile, only a week until I’m on vacation and playing Star Wars: Outlaws! Can’t wait! I hope it’s good! Shame to hear we won’t be getting a second season of The Acolyte, but at least now I can watch the second season of The Rings of Power!
Comic Reviews: Nightwing #117, Power Rangers Infinity #1 and Ultimate Spider-Man #8.
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There’s a new Lord of the Rings movie coming out this year called The War of the Rohirrim. I don’t know much about LOTR lore, but I’m pretty sure the Rohirrim are those horseriders from Rohan. And I didn’t know much about this movie, only that it existed and was coming out.
Well, this first trailer sets everything up nicely: War of the Rohirrim looks to be a badass anime!
Looks awesome. I’m not the biggest fan of picking apart the original Lord of the Rings movie trilogy for any scraps that can be turned into a new story — even if I do enjoy The Rings of Power — but if they’re going to make good stuff, I’m down for that. I always like good stuff, and this looks pretty darn cool.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim comes to theaters in December.
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How I Would Write Incredibles 3
One of the movies announced at D23 this year was an Incredibles threequel, which I think is a fine idea. The original The Incredibles from 2004 is a masterpiece of both animation and superhero storytelling. It’s the best Fantastic Four movie ever made, and it’s one of the best superhero movies ever made. It’s great. The Incredibles 2 came out in 2018 and it’s good, but it’s not the original. The sequel felt like everybody got together 14 years later and decided to make another Incredibles movie, so they did. It’s really just another entry in the series.
So the threequel should be something of the same. I wouldn’t be trying to recreate the glory days of Pixar, I’d just be trying to make another Incredibles movie with a good story and solid, relatable themes.
Apologies in advance, I’m probably going to write this thing like a stream of consciousness and just ramble my ideas onto this post. Or maybe I’ll clean it up later and it’ll be nicely presented. But I’ll mostly just riff. I’ve got ideas and I want to get them down on digital paper!
So join me after the jump for how I would write and plot The Incredibles 3. And feel free to share your own ideas in the comments below.
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