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[The Sum of Zero]

Oh, if anyone wondered if a certain song was in this movie...

Spoiler

Yes

 

[Panajev2001a]

"While the first film felt like it was a kids film, this third film feels like it’s aimed at young adults with its story and tone"

Disappointing. My 6 year old nephew loves Sonic, but I'm not sure about taking him to a film that is aimed at young adults. I guess as long as there is no full blown adult content then it should be fine, but that tweet has filled me with some doubts. I'm not expecting hard-core sex and blood, but making it aimed at young adults might make it boring for young children.

Why have they done this? This is Sonic, FFS. It should be aimed at young children only. Who the fuck makes a Sonic film aimed at young adults?

Would it be sensible to wait for him to watch it in 3-4 years or so when it is more appropriate? I think they were tying to follow the audience growing up with the movies. Same as the Deathly Hallows not meant for the 9-10 years old the Philosopher’s Stone was meant for.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

EDIT: Posted twice, fuck my drunk ass lol

 

[The Sum of Zero]

This is a spoiler, but fuck, this scene made it movie of the year for me.

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[IDKFA]

Would it be sensible to wait for him to watch it in 3-4 years or so when it is more appropriate? I think they were tying to follow the audience growing up with the movies. Same as the Deathly Hallows not meant for the 9-10 years old the Philosopher’s Stone was meant for.

If that's true then that's absolutely dumb for a franchise like Sonic.

How far does this go? Will Sonic 6 have Sonic slicing people open and feature hard-core sex scenes? Will it show Knuckles giving Tails a hand job after caving in someone's face?

Completely nonsensical for a franchise like Sonic, which should always be suitable for the youngest members of society.

 

[Tams]

If that's true then that's absolutely dumb for a franchise like Sonic.

How far does this go? Will Sonic 6 have Sonic slicing people open and feature hard-core sex scenes? Will it show Knuckles giving Tails a hand job after caving in someone's face?

Completely nonsensical for a franchise like Sonic, which should always be suitable for the youngest members of society.

Eh, Sonic has always been a young adult/adolescent IP. It's the whole late 90s/00s skater culture sort of thing.

I doubt they're going to go beyond that, and I think it was quite clever to build it up to that.

 

[Ammogeddon]

Just got back from watching it with my kid. Good silly fun. Love to see a new generation having Sonic be a part of their childhood too.

If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that there would be a live action Sonic movie with Jim Carrey and the voice of Keanu Reeves I would’ve lost my mind.

 

[Doom85]

If that's true then that's absolutely dumb for a franchise like Sonic.

How far does this go? Will Sonic 6 have Sonic slicing people open and feature hard-core sex scenes? Will it show Knuckles giving Tails a hand job after caving in someone's face?

Completely nonsensical for a franchise like Sonic, which should always be suitable for the youngest members of society.

You’re jumping to conclusions a bit there. Nobody is saying Sonic should go that hard, but the games and comics do take on darker stories as they continued but still within a PG level. The movies should obviously be true to that.

You can do dark storytelling without doing what you’re suggesting, which is really more edgy than dark.