Okay, hear me out. My idea of how Sonic 4 should go down.

It picks up with GUN announcing a major shift after the debacle with Shadow, Eggman and the Eclipse Cannon and using a more advanced form of weapons made AI with drones similar to the GUN drones from the SA 2 game. As they do so, a new form of AI is being propagated to be sold to a growing number of customers (with Wade being the most opposed as he won't shut up about the Terminator and Matrix movies).

Sonic and Amy try to know each other but Sonic is too shy around her while Amy trains and shops with Maddie. Tom, Tails and Knuckles tries to encourage him to approach her to ask her out in different ways but they mostly fail (like the advice given to Tails to approach Zooey in Sonic Boom).

However, things go incredibly bad as GUN'S AI begins assimilating it's weapons programs while admitting it was plugging itself into other AI programs. When they ask what it is, Metal Sonic's eyes appear and it coldly says, "I am Sonic."

Soon the military officials are dragged to a new machine that roboticizes them in a rather cold and painful manner. Soon it spreads to the other humans turning them into bionic slaves including Tom and Maddie. This leaves only Team Sonic, Amy and (unfortunately) Wade as their only hope.

The AI Soon constructs a giant Metal Sonic dragon as it announces, "All Remaining Living Things, KNEEL BEFORE YOUR NEW MASTER!!!" Amy admits she's from a dimension where her Sonic turned into a robot to become more powerful to protect other people and animals but slowly went insane with power.

Team Sonic and Amy go Super to take him down which they do eventually only for Sonic to be attacked by Metal Sonic bodies that he battles even one going Super. Finally there is only one as they battle over a volcano like the Sonic OVA. Metal gets knocked down and slowly burning in the lava. Sonic tries to save him only for Metal to slap him away and giving a cold look as it willingly let's itself die.

Slowly everyone gets returned back to normal and Sonic and Amy agree to go on one date as they both admit having crushes on each other.

The after credits then cuts to one lone Metal Sonic happening upon an old temple depicting scenes of destruction and chaos. In the center pulsating with dark mist and flames is none other than the Scepter of Darkness from Sonic 06 as a familiar evil laugh emits from it.

The trailer finally arrives and it's epic as Hell!!!

The animation is flawless. The voice acting for Shadow. The many callbacks to SA 2, Shadow the Hedgehog game, and other moments of the franchise!

This is going to be GREAT!!!!

And it's official: John Wick himself is voicing Shadow the Hedgehog. X3

As we all know, famed Manga artist Akira Tokiyama has passed away. We all recognize for creating a little franchise known throughout the world as DragonBall Z. I was not really a fan (as I found it mostly people screaming and explosions going off every five minutes) but it still inspired legions of fans as well as inspire other great manga like Bleach, Naruto, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia, and One Piece. He was also the creator of the video game Chrono Trigger, one of my favorite games from my childhood.

DragonBall's themes of always training to meet future perils and the power of friendship and teamwork especially with former enemies still resonate within to this day. And with a franchise that's still growing strong, we all owe this man for his great work. So thank you, Akira, for being part of our childhood and giving us something to love and enjoy.

Akira Tokiyama
April 5, 1955 - March 1st, 2024

I saw the first couple of episodes and honestly... it's pretty good.

By no means better than the original, you could feel effort put in this production. The actors do their best to nail their respectful characters especially Ian Ousley as Sokka (Katara, Azula, and Iroh needed a bit more work).

There are a few negatives. The story does indeed feel rushed with the plots of several episodes cramped into the first episode. The bending effects also lacked a certain oomph that we remembered from the cartoon as they moved a bit too slow.

The one benefit is that the series is not afraid to go dark. Oh yeah, we see actual deaths in these episodes especially the brutal Air Nomad Genocide (gives some Order 66 vibes).

Overall, a decent adaptation for an already epic show but needed a little more polishing.

8/10

So happy knowing we're definitely getting Maria in Sonic 3 played by the young Alyla Browne. She seems to take the comments about how she's going to be more famous being shot and killed completely in stride. I just hope they include what made her so loveable in the first place. Her upbeat attitude despite being gravely ill, her desire to see Earth with Shadow, and how she wanted the Shadow to do his best for everyone on that planet.

Looked at the recent trailers for Deadpool and X Men 97. While I'm eager for some more Deadpool, I really hope Disney doesn't mess it up like they always do. Also hope he really goes after Disney for the lame acts they've been pulling. X3

X Men 97 though looks freaking awesome. A great callback to the X Men: the Animated Series and bringing back the original cast. Just try and not let nostalgia cloud our judgement and hope they give us thought provoking story arcs like they once did.

Not only does the Sonic 3 logo get released which looks just like the Sonic Adventure 2 one but Jim Carrey is apparently returning as Eggman. All we need now is Rouge, Amy, a giant battle station, a pyramid holding a space shuttle and a giant lizard.

I want to reupload my works onto FA and Pixiv but I've hit a snag. Since I got banned from DA, all my best works (if you can call them that) got deleted and I didn't make many backups. So if anyone from DA made any stashes, I'd really appreciate giving me links to them. Thanks ^^;

If not, I'm eager to do new ones.

DeviantArt just banned me indefinitely for some of the tickle fetish works I did. So if anyone is wondering what happened to me that's what happened. I may do another account but for now, I'll stay on my furaffinity, Inkbunny and Pixiv accounts. Sorry, guys, guess I wasn't being careful.

Congratulations on the film's win

May be the first film popular among us furries to win the award X3