#sth1993

This post is a continuation of my Epilogue entry for Sonic the Hedgehog (1993). Ben's Vision was a great watch. As expected, the documentary was amazing. I had no idea there was this much behind-the-scenes history to this series. I've only heard small things here and there, but to learn the full timeline and concepts was what I needed to fully appreciate the series. The visualizations were great, too. Ben Hurst sounds like he was an amazing writer and person all around, based on this video. He would've been proud of the Sea3on Animated fan effort. I thought it was super interesting that he wasn't interested in the Sonic games at all and was so passionate about the original canon he had a part in creating. It's definitely not the way I would've gone about creating a Sonic show, but that's why that's so interesting to me. It sounds like he had a lot of fun writing for the show, and the way he talks about Sonic Underground, along with many others, really makes me want to watch it eventually and see if it's as bad as everyone says. I'd probably watch it as a "background noise" show, though. Behind-the-scenes drama for productions is really intriguing to hear about. I've watched so many videos and have heard about Ken Penders a lot, but I have never read any of his writing. I really wonder what he said to that Sega executive for them to tear into Hurst like that. Once again, Hurst was so passionate to try to finish his story, even if it wasn't in the original series format, but instead as a film or even a comic. Adding Knuckles to SatAM would've been a dream come true for me. I wonder how they would've explained him being there, assuming those red eyes at the end were him. I'll keep this short, but I remember watching a bunch of AoStH when I was really young and having a dream about a promo for it. It was pretty much a trailer for a special episode that'd introduce Knuckles. But the way my mind fabricated him being introduced always stuck out to me. Knuckles would be a life-like badnik created by Dr. Robotnik, similar to Breezie and Robotnik Jr.. Maybe Knuckles in SatAM would've been just like that, potentially? Anyway, I miss when I could dream like that. Nicole and Sonic's relationship in the series stood out to me so much for some reason. I liked it a lot, and knowing that they were planning to expand on it for the cancelled film makes me so happy. The idea of Robotnik being the reason why Nicole is the way she is was so good, and so was the moment Sonic started wondering about who exactly created Nicole. I like the idea of Naugus taking center-stage as antagonist for post-Season 2, with Robotnik taking the "Snively" role as his abused sidekick. The sorcerer was such an interesting character to me, and I'm glad to hear that they were going to expand on him in the future if plans went through. The back story for the world of SatAM is definitely a fascinating one. Especially the idea of certain splinter-groups of mutated humans still being out there. I'm just thinking now about how dark this series truly is, especially if they ended up executing these ideas. A space colony in any Sonic media or canon will naturally make me think of the Space Colony ARK from Sonic Adventure 2. They could've potentially done a Sonic Adventure 2 adaptation down the road if they wanted to, provided the series stayed on the air for that long, of course. It makes me disappointed to learn that Tails' story arc for Season 2 was cut short. I think they still did well with what they ended up keeping. I also appreciate Hurst's concepts, for if they had to include musical segments in SatAM in order to continue the show. Apparently, people really didn't like the two "half-episodes" of Season 2, since they were Anotine-focused and halted the main story. As I said before, I liked them since they were nice breaks from the story-heavy episodes that'd usually come right before them, but I definitely could've lived without them if it meant that the arc of Season 2 could've been expanded on.

After finishing SatAM, I immediately went to watch three videos: A documentary for the lost third season, 'Ben's Vision'. The trailer for the fan continuation of SatAM, 'Sea3on Animated'. And finally, the Nostalgia Critic's review of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog/SatAM. I'm going to talk about each media in the order of the amount I have to say about each, among other stuff. There's not much to say about that Nostalgia Critic video. It's just been something I've been dying to rewatch, and I wanted to wait until I finished watching SatAM before watching it again, and it was for sure worth it. Spazkid briefly mentioned it in an OneyPlays video too, but I don't remember which one. I just remember the mention and context being really funny. Sea3on Animated is another video I wanted to rewatch after I was done watching the series. The specific trailer I linked was how I first heard about it. I think I watched it back when it first released in 2022, and even before watching or being that interested in SatAM, I couldn't wait for it to be finished. It looks great so far. In the Ben's Vision documentary, they briefly mentioned it, saying how they wanted to pitch the finished pilot to Sega. I really hope they succeed with that goal, and it results in some sort of official conclusion for SatAM, whether that be in the form of a series or movie. Another project I want to mention is the Sonic Villains fan film. I also can not wait for that to be released. The idea of a Spider-Verse-esque Sonic movie is too exciting to ignore. It's honestly a big part of why I began experiencing all these official continuities of Sonic. Cause then, it'd make me appreciate the fan film that much more. Speaking of fan films, there was a fan film simply titled "Sonic", where they got Jaleel White to reprise his role of the titular character. Haven't watched it as of writing, though. I need to get around to doing so. One more person I wanted to mention is Masquayla the Splendid, and their SatAM videos on YouTube. While watching Ben's Vision, I knew that some of the visual art looked familiar and reading the credits in the description proved my presumption that they did contribute to the visuals of the documentary. Their SatAM videos were really cool, and I liked their concepts of sort of fusing the world of AoStH with SatAM. I especially like their mock-up of why Dr. Robotnik's eyes look the way they do. This video was really good and is how I discovered them, I believe. Fan works like that, which shows that people still care about this continuity and defunct continuities in general are what make me want to experience them. I also want to quickly mention that I do like the idea of AoStH and SatAM being connected, and I wish there was more room to headcanon that. I enjoyed the episode of the BumbleKast where they mentioned that. Here was where I was going to talk about the Ben's Vision documentary, but I wasn't aware that Tumblr had a 4096-character limit. As to not waste all that writing I did, I've made a separate post, exclusively covering Ben's Vision. As I said before, I can't wait for the fan-made Season 3 pilot to be completed. These entries are far from perfect and are meant to simply collect my thoughts on each media I experience, but I still definitely want to hear any sort of constructive criticism I can use to improve these writings. I want to hear if I tend to repeat myself too often or get any facts or information wrong, stuff like that. These writings were never meant to be super formal and are just one way I like to keep my writing sharp, but I still want to improve as much as I can while doing so. Once again, watching SatAM was a great experience, but for now, I'm going to be taking a break until I'm ready to talk about the next Sonic series I experience. In the meantime, I'm going to be playing Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds in between work.

Doomsday is finally here. I really liked the continuity already at the start, with other Freedom Fighter leaders and characters from previous episodes being present for the raid. I don't think I ever mentioned it, but I really like the running gag of Snively muttering, Robotnik demanding him to repeat what he just said, and Snively replying with something sounding like his insult. That's another trope I really like, and it reminds me of how hilarious it was whenever they did it in South Park with the bus driver character. I love how dastardly a villain Dr. Robotnik is. I've probably said that many times before already, but I feel like it still needs to be said. He's just an antagonist you love to hate. Him rising from the skylight to face Sonic really shows that this is supposed to be the final battle. It made me so happy to hear Uncle Chuck bring up the Deep Power Stones. Once again, I can't get enough of the sense of continuity Season 2 brings. Robotnik hasn't sounded as afraid and desperate ever since Naugus showed up when seeing the power stones with Sonic and Sally. The final sequence of Sonic and Sally destroying the facility while prisoners escaped and Robotnik screamed about "hating that hedgehog." was amazing. It's great how this continuity has its own version of Super Sonic. The purple glow Sonic and Sally had after using the stones reminded me of Shatter Sonic from Sonic Prime. I really liked Sonic running away from Sally's kiss after the battle. This is such a good interpretation of Sonic, definitely one of my favourites. Always full of himself, as egotistical as Robotnik, and proclaims that it's "too bad" that Robotnik's gone. Speaking of, Robotnik's retreat was a good scene as well, with Snively calling him "Jullian" as he leaves. I can't believe this show ended on a cliffhanger. What a great one it was. And what a great series this was, too. Although there is a sort of empty feeling at the end. You can tell that they really wanted to continue the series with this shakeup of the status quo. It's a shame they never did in this form.

As soon as Dr. Robotnik started presuming that there was a spy, I knew that this episode was going to end with a failed attempt to save Uncle Chuck, but I was surprised it didn't end like that. It's all because of in a previous episode, there was a Freedom Fighter who was kidnapped but not saved, and that set the precedent for why I truly thought that Chuck was done for, for now. At least until the finale. I was surprised but happy that Antoine saved Sally, but all that intrigue has gone away once Antoine nearly blew Uncle Chuck's cover. Another thing I was surprised about was Antoine finally getting a kiss from Sally. He's maybe the only character I don't think ever got a kiss from her. The masks Robotnik and Snively wore looked cool. I wish they had given some sort of exposition on what they did exactly. I just assume that it masks human voices to robots. I really liked that Sonic knew that things were getting to risky, and Uncle Chuck needed to come home. I also liked how insistent Charles is about staying in Robotropolis, even setting up a backup base with a new disguise. The torture scene with Antoine and Snively was really funny, and I'm of course glad that Uncle Chuck made it out fine, despite what I assumed before. It was nice to see Dr. Robotnik and Sir Charles meet and talk to each other in the present day. I really like Sonic and his Uncle's relationship, and it was truly sad to see Chuck tear up as the Freedom Fighters flew away. Actually, that makes me think of the relationship between Sonic and his father, cause we've never heard of him. I'm glad with how much they're building up Robotnik's Doomsday, with this episode ending on an ominous text, "Next Week Doomsday". I can't wait to see the finale.

Pretty good episode. I really liked the split perspectives with this plot, with Sonic and Tails being one of them. Them having a sort of secret spot really shows how close they are. I thought it was funny how quick Snively folded when Sonic held him hostage, and I thought it was cute that Nicole still talks like Sonic when talking to him. Sonic being insistent that Tails join him is a good moment. I'm glad that I got to see what I wanted, which was Tails taking more initiative. Dr. Robotnik looked goofy and sounded desperate when Sonic threatened to throw the Deep Power Stone into the lava. Speaking of, the power stones are definitely no Chaos Emeralds, but it's nice to see a kind of equivalent for this canon, cause I would've loved to see the emeralds in this show. Even AoStH had Chaos Emeralds.

As expected for Season 2, this was a really good, story-driven episode that builds off the last one. Glad to see the payoff for the King's coordinates with the Wolf Pack. Dr. Robotnik has grown more impatient, Snively has grown more spineless, and Antoine has grown more insufferable. Okay, he's not that bad, but it does get annoying when he keeps talking about the curse for half the episode, even after it's established as being fake. The canyons and caves were a nice environment, and I enjoyed the fight with Snively and the robots accompanying him. The Robotnik and Snively moments throughout the episode were great, and I can't wait to see what this "Doomsday Project" they keep mentioning is building up to. Omnious projects are one of my favourite tropes, after all. Sonic and Sally's banter was also nice, and I thought it was funny when they both retorted to Snively to shut up, just as Robotnik always says.

Nice to see another episode consisting of two shorter ones. I liked the comedic pace that The Odd Couple was. I thought the whole plot was funny, and I liked seeing different weather for once instead of the perpetual Spring this series seems to have been in ever since the start. Ro-Becca was pretty funny as well. I'd love for her to appear in a more serious episode in the future, but I doubt that'll happen. Overall, I really enjoy watching these less serious, short stories after the more serious, plot-driven episodes.

I am so happy to finally get to see Naugus. I knew about him beforehand because of the Archie comics, with him maybe being one of my favourites there. So glad to finally see where he originates from. I remember Dr. Robotnik referencing Naugus when sending the King through the portal in Blast to the Past, Part 2. Robotnik looked genuinely concerned when Snively reported activity from the Void. I had to rewind when I heard Dr. Robotnik scream, "You're right!" to Snively. I really like Sonic and Nicole's whole dynamic, and Nicole attempting to speak like Sonic throughout the episode were really good moments. This is the most vulnerable and afraid Dr. Robotnik's ever shown to be. He doesn't even show this much vulnerability when coming face to face with the Freedom Fighters. Speaking of, the doctor looked horrified, coming to the conclusion that Sonic and Naugus are working together. Robotnik also believing that he's won and can just seal the void was a good moment too. Nice to see how he would've reacted if he truly did win. It was really weird to me that when Naugus was getting info from Sally, she said that Sonic was the leader of the Freedom Fighters. I can definitely see him being the leader of the scouting or fighting division or something, but there is no way that he's the leader of the entire organization. I don't even think Sonic was ever officially a part of the Resistance/Restoration in the games/comics. They've always portrayed Sally as the leader, which is why this surprised me so much. I really like the little things, like Naugus calling Sonic, "Sonic Hedgehog" instead of "Sonic the Hedgehog". Adds a lot of character for me. Naugus is also just a very interesting character in general. He seems to be on good terms with the King, yet still disguises himself as the monarch to make Sonic more inclined to save him, with the King and Ari reacting relatively calmly to Naugus' trick, showing that they're familiar enough to know he'd do that and that they know he won't do any harm to Sonic afterwards, which he surprisingly doesn't. Naugus seems genuine when he tells Sonic that he's in his debt, and as the wizard and hedgehog briefly talked more about their mutual dislike for Robotnik, Naugus even set Sonic free from his Crystalmancy and told him to save his friends. I really like how neutral of a character Naugus is, only wanting revenge on Robotnik. I really thought after Sonic entered the Void, Naugus was going to escape and try to leave the Freedom Fighters trapped, and I'm really glad he didn't and therefore isn't just a one-note antagonist. I really wonder how powerful Naugus truly is to have Robotnik this afraid. When confronting the wizard, Robotnik was on his knees, begging to Naugus. It was also really nice to see the King again. This time, in the present day. I wonder what info the King gave to Sally will culminate in. My prediction is that the next couple of episodes will consist of the Knothole Freedom Fighters rounding up the rest of the groups, building up to the final battle with Robotnik. I also hope to see Naugus and the King again. Really hoping they reappear. Especially before the finale.