Why The Knuckles Show Was Disappointing

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  • So, the Knuckles show released about a month ago and the reception has been very mixed. Some swear by it and state it is one of the best Sonic Shows and others are either mostly indifferent to it, or just hate it. As for me, well, I lean more negatively but I do want to give the show a proper critical eye and explain exactly why it didn't click for me. But, as always, I'm getting ahead of myself. Hopefully you all enjoy the video!
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    Timestamps:
    00:00 Introduction
    01:33 Episode 1
    08:34 Episode 2
    10:36 Episode 3
    14:19 Episode 4
    19:27 Episode 5
    22:16 Episode 6
    24:43 Final Thoughts (Focus, Budget, Music etc...)
    30:26 Outro
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  • @thepjshow
    @thepjshow  2 місяці тому +79

    So, what are your thoughts on the Knuckles Show? Do you agree with me? Disagree? let me know in the comments below as I always try to read every comment!

    • @marcusyates3044
      @marcusyates3044 2 місяці тому +4

      This Knuckles is my favorite movie portrayal, and I felt more for Wade now. So, I wanna see more of the SCU (Sonic Cinematic Universe), and still waiting for Shadow and/or Amy Rose

    • @BrendynRobertson
      @BrendynRobertson 2 місяці тому +4

      I thought it was a pretty good show.I just don't understand why it's hated because Knuckles has lest screentime, dispite being his show. It's about both Knuckles AND Wade. People don't understand that the miniseries balanced the two characters. Knuckles help Wade becomes a warrior in his own way while Wade help Knuckles in saying that Earth is his home.
      Anyway, I enjoyed all 8 episodes of the show. The characters are well-done, the story is brilliant and the action are cool. I give it a 10/10.

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia 2 місяці тому +2

      You're late to the party, but we're *glad* you're here.

    • @_NormalEditor
      @_NormalEditor 2 місяці тому +3

      Hard disagree imo

    • @user-mq5fx9tu5r
      @user-mq5fx9tu5r 2 місяці тому +2

      I honestly really liked the show. Knuckles character is kept consistent with the second movie and the jokes are actually pretty good here. Personally the first three were the best, they just had more action sequences and good cgi( not saying the rest is awful but in my opinion they had the best. I like Wade and to hear his backstory was relatable but they made it funny to some degree. Episode 4 in my opinion is the worst. Wade gets mannapped by his old friend who is a bounty hunter. Good start obviously Knuckles is going to come get him and take down Jack and Knuckles gets his hat in a cool way. Right? But no Wade is literally unconscious for 29 minutes and Pachacamac reappears. So I thought if they were going to train Wade into becoming a warrior and Knuckles would join him in this ancestral plane but No we get to listen to a cheap budget musical which is all right. Then Wade punches out of his cage and cuts Jacks hair off and drives his motorbike back to Wendy’s house and Knuckles says “ He’s ready”. Knuckles in the episode for a minute or less! Then episode five is decent. Then episode six is fine but the ending was cool but rushed and knuckles got beat up like a redheads stepchild. Then post credits and I thought they were gonna show a sneak peek for Sonic Movie 3 to get us all hyped but Nooo! I’d rate it a 7/10 pretty good but if Jeff Fowler directed the whole thing I would guarantee it would’ve been a 9.9/10.

  • @manuelinacio4038
    @manuelinacio4038 2 місяці тому +304

    Wade Wipple right now has more screen time in the cinematic universe than Eggman and Tails COMBINED.
    Let that sink in.

    • @JosiahtheMessiah-11809
      @JosiahtheMessiah-11809 2 місяці тому +1

      What?

    • @manuelinacio4038
      @manuelinacio4038 2 місяці тому +29

      @@JosiahtheMessiah-11809 I'm not kidding. He is only behind Sonic and Knuckles.

    • @CaptainCretaceous91
      @CaptainCretaceous91 2 місяці тому +13

      I'm not complaining. He actually made me laugh.

    • @manuelinacio4038
      @manuelinacio4038 2 місяці тому +10

      @@CaptainCretaceous91 Glad you had a good time.

    • @CaptainCretaceous91
      @CaptainCretaceous91 2 місяці тому +5

      @@manuelinacio4038 That being said, watching Maddie ground Knuckles was pretty cringe. Then again, groundings are always cringe.

  • @bluemofo4920
    @bluemofo4920 2 місяці тому +191

    The most worrying thing about this show is that it did better than both sonic movies, which makes me concerned that they're going to do more stuff like this

    • @thepjshow
      @thepjshow  2 місяці тому +86

      That thought terrifies me too

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia 2 місяці тому +32

      They *cannot* repeat the same formula again. It'll be so tiring and irritating.

    • @LegendaryExistence04
      @LegendaryExistence04 2 місяці тому +6

      If u mean better ratings, then it's because less people rated the show compared to the movies

    • @Rediscool9
      @Rediscool9 2 місяці тому +14

      Considering how critics ate it up too and how there are Sonic fans who are willing to defend it, yeah expect Paramount to do shit like this again because people aren’t willing to actually call them out when they do something wrong.

    • @sboinkthelegday3892
      @sboinkthelegday3892 2 місяці тому

      It was always going to be like this. If you want a "sonic movie" less hollywood than this pure distillation of hollywood, get Naughty Dog to do it and sell it on video game consoles for $80 like their other moveis posing as video games.
      Is it too late to ask Paramount feature Crash and Ratchet & Clank in Sonic movies, and make this series the Smash Bros of film?
      Western production on video game has had this irreverent attitude from the beginning, because games like Donkey Kong Country amd Crash bandicoot WERE jsut poorly understood fundamentals of gaming lampooning on Mario.

  • @malikpierre-louis3343
    @malikpierre-louis3343 2 місяці тому +102

    Honestly despite this series being THIS, I am not worried for sonic movie 3, because the director for the movies wasn't involved much with this show outside of episode 1.

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia 2 місяці тому +33

      And the writers from "Knuckles" aren't the same writers from the movies.
      We're still good.

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve 2 місяці тому +5

      Agreed

    • @dakadadrew8017
      @dakadadrew8017 2 місяці тому +13

      No wonder episode 1 was the best episode 🤣

    • @galten7361
      @galten7361 Місяць тому

      @malikpierre-louis3343 You're not going to get Adventure 2 The Movie.

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve Місяць тому

      @@galten7361 yes the hell we are. Sonic 3’s plot is confirmed to take inspiration from Adventure 2

  • @Perolin.
    @Perolin. 2 місяці тому +81

    9:16 I think the best example of this is Better Call Saul. Better Call Saul's protagonist is the comedy relief in Breaking Bad and the writers manage to make him one of the most complex characters in not only the Breaking Bad franchise but in media.
    I'm not saying I expect this cinematic universe to reach the level of BCS but if you want to make the comedy relief character one of protagonists you have to do a better job than this show.

  • @thelastcrow5660
    @thelastcrow5660 2 місяці тому +259

    The show highlights the biggest problem these movies have: the human OCs (except Agent Stone) are unfunny and annoying. I really hope they learn from their mistakes and don't give Rachel, Wade and the others too much screentime in Sonic 3. Shadow's story needs to be done right. Poor boy is in desperate need of some good writing.

    • @KgEclispe252
      @KgEclispe252 2 місяці тому +19

      Spoiler alert
      They will fuck it up

    • @thelastcrow5660
      @thelastcrow5660 2 місяці тому +21

      @@KgEclispe252 Don't be so sure. They did Knuckles and Robotnik justice.

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia 2 місяці тому +41

      True. Though I'd say Tom and Maddie are good. They're actually a very supportive couple and have a very happy and healthy marriage. Which showcases why Sonic looks up to them the most in Green Hills, even becoming his adoptive parents. And best of all, they act like normal people.

    • @thelastcrow5660
      @thelastcrow5660 2 місяці тому +28

      @@liamphibia They're fine. I was refering more to the comic relief characters.

    • @hihi-nm3uy
      @hihi-nm3uy 2 місяці тому +12

      I think this is reductive; bear in mind grand sweeping assessments are what created the 2010s era in the first place.
      I think there is an issue in the way the Knuckles Show handled the Human OCs, but removing them entirely is not the solution. A lot of the heart and soul of Sonic 2 came off of the back of the human chemistries that were built up. I get what you mean though.

  • @nman551
    @nman551 2 місяці тому +354

    It’s disgusting that people attacked anyone who criticized the show, it hurt Sam procrastinates to the point that he broke down. The show is not good, and I’m never gonna let them live past making Iblis a joke.

    • @malikpierre-louis3343
      @malikpierre-louis3343 2 місяці тому +61

      Uh I didn't know about that, that is fucked
      Honestly I feel like people should chill when defending something, at the end of the day you shouldn't be this violent towards someone just for criticizing it.

    • @nman551
      @nman551 2 місяці тому +38

      @@malikpierre-louis3343 I completely agree, I am not a fan of this show but I will not attack anyone who disagreed with me.

    • @DaveMan1K
      @DaveMan1K 2 місяці тому +13

      Sam kinda brought that on himself from how he acted. He wasn't innocent either.

    • @nman551
      @nman551 2 місяці тому

      @@DaveMan1K Excuse me? What so he deserves to get bullied cause you jerks can’t accept differing takes? What kind of monster says that?

    • @nman551
      @nman551 2 місяці тому

      @@DaveMan1K You sound like you enjoy hurting people. Get off the internet.

  • @HarmonyBunny
    @HarmonyBunny 2 місяці тому +36

    Missed opportunity to call it Wade & Knuckles.

  • @liamphibia
    @liamphibia 2 місяці тому +116

    Oh my God. Everything you said about seeing Knuckles passing out in a desert and having a flashback showcasing his younger years and seeing Pachacamac being a hardass on him by making strength and combat as a main priority, only for his father encouraging him that fighting is only half the warrior. Just *wow.*
    And your pitch for Wade's backstory where we actually *see* him abandoned by Pistol Pete at TJ Maxx only for an officer to help him find his family, which shows why he wants to become an officer himself so he could help others, and his love for 80's music being his escapism. *PJ!* These ideas you presented for the main characters would have been *fantastic.* You should have been one of the writers! I'm even more sad this was never done here.
    PS. The Buyer was *Snively* the whole time underneath that big ol' beard.

    • @MattSaysYes
      @MattSaysYes 2 місяці тому +6

      I would love is he was snively I need my girl Hope back

    • @batman369able
      @batman369able Місяць тому

      Lol, hes a pre reboot Archie Snively that made it out of prison and put work in.

  • @lilstrawberry_lady
    @lilstrawberry_lady 2 місяці тому +101

    I really wish the series could have been about knuckles learning more about the human world. That could’ve been way more interesting than this whole plot of knuckles trying to help wade fix his daddy issues💀
    Edit: Wanda can die in hell.

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve 2 місяці тому +8

      That’s honestly a good idea. That plot wouldn’t be too much for a six episode miniseries and would give Knuckles more screen time

  • @ItzCisco101
    @ItzCisco101 2 місяці тому +56

    Jeff Fowler is the best, that’s why episode 1 is the best out of the 6

  • @user-bz3yt8pi3n
    @user-bz3yt8pi3n 2 місяці тому +18

    I think Pachacamac should've been the villain because he was a villain in the games, and the Knuckles clan killed Longclaw, they wanted power. This could've been about Knuckles learning about his tribe not being what he thought they were, and the ghost of pachacamac wanted knuckles to spread the tribe's philosophy, to continue HIS legacy, and the reason why he could'nt hug Knuckles, but could bang into things could be because he's being punished for his sins in life, like Jacob Marley.

  • @shoebillstan8144
    @shoebillstan8144 2 місяці тому +40

    Isn’t it weird how if LS Mark likes something everyone else despises it and vice versa

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia 2 місяці тому +18

      He has really strange tastes.

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve 2 місяці тому +6

      @@liamphibiayeah but imma have to agree with him on this show. I liked it 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @bartvshomer
      @bartvshomer 2 місяці тому +21

      More weird to me how he complains about the very few human moments in Sonic 2, yet praises the Knuckles show despite Wade and his family being the focus over Knuckles himself?

    • @Rediscool9
      @Rediscool9 2 місяці тому +3

      Contrarian’s gonna contrarian

    • @cherricake1796
      @cherricake1796 2 місяці тому

      My god people like you live in an echo chamber ​@@Rediscool9

  • @kostelakkkk
    @kostelakkkk 2 місяці тому +14

    If only they’ve named this show Wade & Knuckles…

  • @demonranger3097
    @demonranger3097 2 місяці тому +61

    The Fucking Disrespect they threw at knuckles's backstory through its portrayal ALONE during the musical episode... was the nail on the coffin for me. Literally the ONLY character to have a Sadder, more Traumatic and Fucked up backstory than Shadow gets treated like a terrible and cringeful attempt at humor 🙃, that whole section STARKLY resembled the meta era, by having ZERO Mind, commen sense Brain-Que's, And ANY SEMBLANCE OF SOCIAL AWARENESS, for when and where to turn the 'cheeseball jokes' T H E Fuck O F F !
    And still managing to not only fail at knowing when to be comedic, or serious for that manner... But 95% of both their heartfelt moments AND their comedic moments fall completely flat on their OWN. Not helped by their Stupid, and just Purely Un-Earned nature of things...
    I just pray 🙏 this dunce was due to the writer's strike and that Knuckles's will get HIS DESERVED show in all it's glory AND NOT with a season 2 just because of what that would entail, but With a NEW SHOW ENTIRELY just simply called (while truly EMPHASIZING our man)... Knuckles THE Echidna

    • @chadgorosaurus4898
      @chadgorosaurus4898 2 місяці тому

      And yet, people defended this abomination like it was their first born child

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve 2 місяці тому +8

      Ima have to disagree. I loved the musical episode. That shit was fun 😂

    • @spinolover124
      @spinolover124 Місяць тому +2

      Geez, it's a show about a red anthropomorphic echidna and a deputy from a small town in Montana, chill out.

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve Місяць тому +1

      @@spinolover124 ikr. Some of these Sonic fans are so dramatic. Good lord 😂

  • @genreproductions2706
    @genreproductions2706 2 місяці тому +92

    *When people start hating the Mario Movie*
    Me: It’s a great movie!
    *When people start hating the Five Nights at Freddy’s Movie*
    Me: It has its flaws but I had a good and scary time with it.
    *When people start hating the Knuckles series **_before_** I watched it*
    Me: I’m sure that they’re wrong about this series.
    *_After I watched the movie_*
    Me: This is a bad omen for video game adaptations.

    • @lestatcanada
      @lestatcanada 2 місяці тому +27

      Just because one video game adaption wasn’t on as great as other doesn’t mean all Vidoe game adaptions will fail
      I’m still excited for sonic 3

    • @gamercentral2417
      @gamercentral2417 2 місяці тому +24

      1. It was only critics who hated the Mario movie. Almost no one else hated it
      2. People only called it mediocre. No hate on it
      3. That’s not an omen for all video games

    • @DaveMan1K
      @DaveMan1K Місяць тому +4

      You want a bad omen, look at Uncharted.

    • @lestatcanada
      @lestatcanada Місяць тому

      @@DaveMan1K still don’t think one or 2 bad VG based movies is an omen of anything

  • @eow4317
    @eow4317 2 місяці тому +72

    Knuckles? More like… uh… fingers!

  • @gentikeri8236
    @gentikeri8236 2 місяці тому +14

    U know what i noticed,this is kinda like the sonic 4 of the movies let me explain:
    People say that sonic 4 wouldnt be so hated it its name was change
    And here we have this show wich evryone agrees that it should have been called Wade and Knuckels
    Who knew the sonic cycle still existed

  • @amarthestar2092
    @amarthestar2092 Місяць тому +4

    Bro what really disturbed me was that Maddie, Sonic and tails didn’t at least try to check on knuckles and go look for him. Instead they’re just stood around

  • @mcpics4448
    @mcpics4448 2 місяці тому +34

    Knuckle show?
    More like the Wade show

  • @Valroirr
    @Valroirr 2 місяці тому +16

    Wake up babe, the pjshow dropped a new vid!
    Jokes aside it's great to see you back with some very logical and solid arguments.
    It's a real shame because I initially heard great things about this sadly, I'm hoping they somewhat work on the rest of these episodes going forward but one can only hope

  • @GumRobber
    @GumRobber 2 місяці тому +44

    I liked the show for what it was. I’ll admit it’s not perfect like I feel like knuckles could have had a little more screen time and I don’t hate Wade I just feel like some scenes could have been shortened a little and I personally don’t mind the bowling matches cause I like bowling but I think the thing that stings me the most is the ending cause it feels rushed it should have the final battle with knuckles go on a bit more and have the post credits be knuckles and wade arrive back in Green hills with Sonic, Tails, and Maddie greeting them.
    My rating for this show is a 6.5 or 7 out of 10.

    • @thepjshow
      @thepjshow  2 місяці тому +21

      That is a pretty fair and reasoned take. I don't hate wade either, but it's more the characters and story surrounding his character that is the biggest issue. If they wanted to include Wade, they should have focused on his interactions with Knuckles and build them up as a unique duo. And, yeah, the ending is so anticlimactic. Even the post credits scene was nothing but wasted time.

    • @ElliottWilbur
      @ElliottWilbur Місяць тому +3

      i agree with all of this except i have a even more positive opinion. I love this show, i really liked it i gave it an 8/10.
      I loved wade and i like bowling but i still agree with the criticisms, i think knuckles needed more screen time, the ending was rushed a bit and wades sister sucks plus the villains were boring although they had their moments but other than that i really loved this show. i had fun with it i agree with your version of the post credits scene that would have been better

  • @Nagareboshee
    @Nagareboshee 2 місяці тому +32

    I hate the part when Knuckles went “Do u know da wae?”. Wasted potential.

    • @nman551
      @nman551 2 місяці тому +7

      You do not know da wae

    • @AgentWuT
      @AgentWuT 2 місяці тому +6

      the riters do not know da wae

    • @nman551
      @nman551 2 місяці тому +6

      @@AgentWuT they do not have Ebola

  • @Mario_Sonic_Pro
    @Mario_Sonic_Pro 2 місяці тому +25

    What sibling stabs their other sibling with a fork????
    Watch the whole scene and look at Knuckles’s reaction, even HE was horrified.

  • @StudioBionic1
    @StudioBionic1 2 місяці тому +8

    I feel like they should've just made a Knuckles Movie. That way they wouldn't have to stretch their budget so thin to account for a TV show, and actually make something we'd want to see. Maybe if Jeff Fowler directed the whole thing, not only would it feel more consistent, but he clearly understands the series better than anyone else at Paramount

  • @aaronimp4966
    @aaronimp4966 2 місяці тому +24

    So we learned a lesson; don't fire the director.

    • @corruptedteka
      @corruptedteka 2 місяці тому +1

      Did they really ? Why ?

    • @ToyBonnie.Productions
      @ToyBonnie.Productions 2 місяці тому +10

      ​@@corruptedtekaI don't think they fired him. He probably stopped directing the show so he can focus more on the third movie

  • @s-gamer2705
    @s-gamer2705 2 місяці тому +33

    I legit was left dissapointed cause Knux is my favorite. And i wouldn't mind having show like this...existing. BUT its literally promoted itself as KNUCKLES series. Where he's actually main hero of its story, but all i saw is...Knuckles is basically just...a guest character. I don't hate Wade, i don't care about him...But FFS, its literally clickbait for fans like me. If you liked the show, thats good. I'm glad you did. As for me....i just gonna pretend i never watched it.

    • @KgEclispe252
      @KgEclispe252 2 місяці тому +7

      That's literally my issue too the show is fine but advertising as a Knuckles adventure was a freaking lie.

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve 2 місяці тому +5

      Honestly that’s a very understandable complaint

  • @Bloobleeblu427
    @Bloobleeblu427 2 місяці тому +17

    It broke my heart when I sat down expecting to see further progression between knuckles and the characters, and instead was treated to this.
    That first episode was an unfair tease, btw.
    While I don’t mind Wade as a character, I do feel that they made a crucial mistake of giving him too much screen time and ignoring all the other characters.
    They could’ve made it to where we learn about his backstory in snippets, while giving enough screen time to the other underdeveloped characters so that we can grow to understand them better and not feel so overwhelmed.
    Great vid btw!

  • @harrisonjohnson4454
    @harrisonjohnson4454 2 місяці тому +6

    I was worried I was going to miss out on the knuckles show since it was on paramount + but after I saw the reactions to it online I was suddenly OK with missing out

  • @dodinhphu4547
    @dodinhphu4547 Місяць тому +4

    So basically the knuckles show is bad because it’s not about knuckles

  • @HealSpirit014
    @HealSpirit014 2 місяці тому +7

    I will say the intro to each ep went hard

  • @jskywalker58
    @jskywalker58 2 місяці тому +5

    i still really shocks me that people are defending this show...but i-i just fundamentally can't see the appeal people like dimiss criticism as "oh your expecting too much" or "sonic fans are never pleased".
    first of all yeah sure how dare i want the show to focus on who its named after, and second of all what am i as a sonic fan supposed to get out of this show, it contains none of the stuff that made fans love the franchises.
    just like you i don't even really hate wade i thought he was entertaining for the most part, if this show wasn't connected to the sonic franchise and was just its own thing, i think i would had a solid time with it, however it is a sonic product so i'm gonna judge it like that and as a sonic product, i personally think its kinda disgraceful.
    look i enjoyed the sonic movies but i feel like this show put the flaws of those movies up in the fore front, huge focus on human characters and the lack of elements from the games(though the sequel did improve on that), and good lord why are these sonic movies projects so against using music from the games they have access to some of the best music in gaming history and there just not interested in using it for some reason at this point i be shock if we hear music from the games.

  • @XLR8wuzhere
    @XLR8wuzhere 2 місяці тому +8

    9:09-9:16 I wouldn't say it's extraordinarily difficult making a comic relief character a mc, there has been and still are plenty of shows, games (video games), even in mangas, manhwas, and comics that has done that, if either of three has more than one mc ofc. But, I wouldn't say it is easy either 🤔. If done right, the comic relief character can actually be a good mc, and it has been done before in many shows, video games, comics, mangas, and manwhas that has the comic relief character being a mc as either the deuteragonist or the tritagonist.

    • @ablosch2452
      @ablosch2452 Місяць тому +1

      Well it certainly didn’t end up good with stuff like Planet Sheen, Cars 2, or the Minions.

  • @imperfectmyst
    @imperfectmyst 2 місяці тому +15

    It was nice to see sonic and Tails but part of me wished we had more of them like sonic helping knuckles how to adapt life on earth and something happens to the emerald were they go on this side quest discover this world's version's of angel island

    • @thepjshow
      @thepjshow  2 місяці тому +5

      That already sounded more interesting than the main story of the show before I even finished your sentence

    • @imperfectmyst
      @imperfectmyst 2 місяці тому +1

      @@thepjshow lol like imagine???!

  • @freezasama5802
    @freezasama5802 2 місяці тому +5

    You have the best takes on the Sonic franchise I have ever seen love watching your videos was waiting a long time for this one but it's well worth the wait

  • @BlueJGilbert
    @BlueJGilbert Місяць тому +2

    Episode 3 made my youngest son have a total breakdown over how awful Wade's sister was to him. That was too much for me. The rest of the episodes made sense from Wade's perspective. But it was Wade and Knuckles

  • @kaxcommentssomethingREAL
    @kaxcommentssomethingREAL 2 місяці тому +11

    29:20 - 29:31 this. this is exactly how i feel after finally gathering my thoughts on this show

  • @matthewisguy7336
    @matthewisguy7336 Місяць тому +2

    10:22 what?! Knuckles looks so cute there 😂

  • @logankennedy4525
    @logankennedy4525 2 місяці тому +10

    There’s also the scene in episode 6 where Wanda tries to unlock the handcuffs with her thumb nail, and then her thumb gets dislocated. Fuck that scene.

  • @CreativeGeoff
    @CreativeGeoff Місяць тому +1

    My biggest worry is Shadow being a "bowling fan" like they hinted at the end. If they nerfed Knuckles and his tribe, I could only imagine what they'll do to Shadow.

  • @dreamkiller1387
    @dreamkiller1387 2 місяці тому +3

    Man this show had a lot of potential and i was hoping that it was better than it is now , also a great viedo

  • @sophiaho2341
    @sophiaho2341 2 місяці тому +14

    i feel like i'm the only one neutral about the Knuckles series cuz i enjoyed watching it expect for the musical numbers and i'm fine with Wade getting some more characterization and his uncle-nephew relationship with Knuckles, i also liked Wade's mom she's a badass lady, the fight scene with her and Knuckles are spot on
    i know a few majority of the fanbase complain about the human characters in the scu(expect for like Agent Stone, Eggman or Maria) but i'm okay with humans being apart of the story thats my overall opinion

  • @justapotato1176
    @justapotato1176 2 місяці тому +2

    didnt have high expectations but having most of the plot of a show about knuckles (literally the last echidna and guardian to the bloody master emerald) being about *bowling* is wild to me

  • @Razorstolemycar
    @Razorstolemycar 25 днів тому

    Here's what I would do if I was in charge of the show while still remaining low budget. If they absolutely needed to have Wade in it, then fine but I would try to mostly have him in the background as a more grounded comic relief character.
    The first episode would be slightly tweaked, by instead of Knuckles getting grounded, and all that, the episode would be about Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, discussing on where they should place the master emerald. Knuckles would then say "no need to worry my friends i have the perfect place" then it would pan to a shot of angel island. And have Knuckles explain that he must reach the emerald alter on his own.
    Wade would tag along.
    (I can't think of reason so just go with it)
    And the rest of the show would be about them exploring angel island. WITH THE MUSIC FROM THE GAMES IN IT! And they could have Knuckles just breezing through angel island, going through all the zones like hydrocity, ice cap, and mushroom hill zone. And if you want to cut down on the budget, than you can have 4 minutes per episode of Wade just struggling to get through the first part of angel island zone. And since it's just a forest, than it won't cost that much. Plus you can have him as the straight man commenting on all the wacky things he sees, like springs, spikes, and loop de loops.
    The villain would still be the buyer, but he would be sending some of eggmans robots to stop Knuckles. That would gradually get tougher and tougher, until he sends metal Knuckles to fight knuckles, in the series finale!

  • @djdrizzy9139
    @djdrizzy9139 2 місяці тому +6

    I just want a faithful animated adaptation of the Sonic universe, akin to the Mario movie. Why is that so difficult? Even just animating the comics would suffice! I think an anime episodic series would work best. (I really want to see my girl Blaze get animated)

    • @KidGenesis-gd8ek
      @KidGenesis-gd8ek Місяць тому +1

      Sonic needs a new anime. It'll be more rounded and diverse.

    • @djdrizzy9139
      @djdrizzy9139 Місяць тому +1

      @@KidGenesis-gd8ek A new Sonic anime with characters like Blaze would be a dream come true.

    • @KidGenesis-gd8ek
      @KidGenesis-gd8ek Місяць тому +1

      @@djdrizzy9139 Hell yeah! Just imagine a Sonic anime that adapts Sonic Rush like an arc. Can you imagine seeing Blaze and Sonic together?

    • @djdrizzy9139
      @djdrizzy9139 Місяць тому +2

      @@KidGenesis-gd8ek Yeah, a modern Sonic anime would go so hard. Instead, we get shows like Sonic Prime and Boom lol. Literally just animate the comics, and boom, there's a successful anime!

    • @rainpooper7088
      @rainpooper7088 16 днів тому +2

      Sonic getting an Anime that's actually good would require someone in the Japanese animation industry actually taking a character as cartoonishly stylized as him seriously. There's a reason Sonic X added a human main character and (when it wasn't being forced to adapt the games) was mostly self-aware dicking around, even more so in the Japanese version than the 4Kids dub. Pretty much all of the official Sonic mangas that do exist are extremely goofy too, like Super Mario-kun levels of goofy. And though I really wish the OVA got greenlit for more episodes because it looked great and was really charming, you can tell it's still very clearly made for little kids. Not that it looks down on its target audience by any means, but it's clearly not the kind of badass teenage Shonen Anime à la Dragonball that people who ask for a Sonic Anime are imagining. Sonic just isn't a popular juggernaut in Japan the way he is in the west.
      I think you'd probably get a better result asking a competent western studio to do a Sonic "Anime" than the real deal. Think something like My Adventures with Superman, the Ducktales reboot, any of the Ninja Turtles shows that came out since the 2000s.

  • @gentikeri8236
    @gentikeri8236 2 місяці тому +3

    Thank u for reviewing episode 4,now my life can move on

  • @AgentWuT
    @AgentWuT 2 місяці тому +2

    I think why the main focus on wade is he's gonna be important in a sonic movie/show someday
    but i highly doubt that

  • @theedgyduo7091
    @theedgyduo7091 2 місяці тому +2

    I sincerely hope the Sonic 3 movie isn’t as disappointing as this series

  • @YungDoesThings
    @YungDoesThings 2 місяці тому +3

    i'd like to think that Pachakamek was still power hungry and more like his game counterpart when he was alive. But once he died, he got all the negativity tooken out of him and he was much more relaxed. Still doesnt excuse this silly version of him but I think this is the only way to explain it.

  • @Sean-qg3gg
    @Sean-qg3gg 2 місяці тому +3

    I hope Wade gets one small contribution to the action in Sonic 3, with his training from episode 4. In the other movies, the only thing he actually did was distract Eggman from killing Sonic too soon. He took Stone hostage, but that didn’t actually do anything. Since Tom seems to be reaching obscurity in plot relevance, maybe he can properly be accompanied by Wade as a competent partner for the human interventions.

  • @hopegalaxy
    @hopegalaxy Місяць тому +4

    We wanted da Wae. But instead we got the Wade.

  • @raymondchapa2039
    @raymondchapa2039 8 днів тому +2

    I like see Knuckles parts and fighting too

  • @imba9105
    @imba9105 2 місяці тому +2

    I still agree with what Fadel said, watch episodes 1,2, and 6, but for some reason I’d also watch episode 3 but only the parts Knuckles is in

  • @KrangtheMultion
    @KrangtheMultion 2 місяці тому +2

    I rather the show be its own side story instead of introducing new characters like rogue and Amy that’ll be important in the movie if they were. The main problem with current mcu is how much shows you have to watch to know where the plot is right now or who are these characters

  • @AsAs-tu6vj
    @AsAs-tu6vj Місяць тому

    You're like a goat I'm ngl
    You remind me of scrubz not like how you're like him but the way he made kid me feel
    Idk if anyones told you this but you're great at what you do and i hope you keep making content you enjoy and that we love

  • @whatkingdom8244
    @whatkingdom8244 Місяць тому +1

    Silver: you got to be kidding me

  • @Bendytube72
    @Bendytube72 2 місяці тому +3

    Man I don't know what people are talking about, I fucking love this series!!

    • @benluka1811
      @benluka1811 2 місяці тому +2

      I thought it was fine but could've been a lot better

  • @Dark_KK
    @Dark_KK Місяць тому +2

    Hey you - totally- don't get it! The reason why knuckles is kicked out of his series, is because it's a reference to the Ken penders knuckles comic, where it focuses on EVERY THING ELSE! WHY WHY KNUCKLES IS KICKED OUT OF HIS SERIES! WHYYYY! 😭😭😭😭

  • @matthewisguy7336
    @matthewisguy7336 Місяць тому +1

    13:23 That's a sentence that you -dont- hear everyday

  • @DarkRingKnux
    @DarkRingKnux Місяць тому +1

    my personal thoughts on the knuckles show after watching it as soon as it came out: I quite literally loved that knuckles was snatching people from left and right, but I liked that they made sonic adventure references, yet there was so much potential with the show like make it so knuckles goes out and protects the master emerald like said, but even so I still think knuckles should've tried to find more secrets of his tribe, overall I hated what they did making wade literally protagonist cause paramount knew that if it was named wade, nobody would watch it.

  • @An-Idiotlol
    @An-Idiotlol 2 місяці тому +2

    36 seconds ago goes crazy

  • @raymondchapa2039
    @raymondchapa2039 8 днів тому +3

    Knuckles deserve better

  • @raymondchapa2039
    @raymondchapa2039 8 днів тому +3

    Knuckles is best he deserves better

  • @raymondchapa2039
    @raymondchapa2039 8 днів тому +2

    They should pay attention to Knuckles more the wade

  • @DaveMan1K
    @DaveMan1K 2 місяці тому +10

    From the sheer unbridled vitriol I saw from Sam, Johnny and Nick, I expected FAR worse.
    But after being burned by Marvel and Star Wars countless times, I don't look the gift horse in the mouth when something less egregious is released.
    Having just come off of the utter nothing burger that was Sonic Prime, this was a breath of fresh air. On the count that all my time and investment wasn't for naught.
    Unlike the shows from Disney+ that are named after the titular character but sideline him for someone new and better (normally a self-insert) as well as insult and demean him, here at least I can look at Knuckles and know he's still cool.
    And I'm sorry but if people are gonna apologise for Sonic X sidelining the main cast, then they're gonna have to do the same thing here.
    And at least with Knuckles it's one Sonic character vs several human characters, not one human character against several Sonic characters.
    Could this have been better, absolutely. Could it have been worse; don't count your blessings.
    They could've given Knuckles the same treatment as Loki, or Boba Fett, or Obi-Wan, or Moon Knight, or Picard, or Mando. But they didn't. Yet people still bark and clap like seals for those shit shows.

  • @francespacheco8129
    @francespacheco8129 Місяць тому +2

    I don't wanna be rude but... "The Shabbat Dinner" is my fave episode... Now the episode that wants to make me shoot myself is the "Flames of Disaster"... I still hate wanda with every fiber of my body tho.
    Also I would love a scene when knuckles gets back home and Maddie is pissed, that would actually bring some funny comedy... Or is that just me?

  • @rafagamer5915
    @rafagamer5915 22 дні тому +2

    hi PJ. when you'll make videos about Super forms, Gamma, Rouge, Infinite, Sonic in Prime, writing of Sonic and Sega's Mandates?

  • @fanofyoshi2238
    @fanofyoshi2238 2 місяці тому +10

    I think my favorite part is the irony in how the thumbnail's headline says "Just Plain Awful", while the video mentions redeeming qualities.
    I feel like a lot of your criticisms come from letting your personal biases cloud your judgement rather than an actual problem with the show (i.e. Episode 4), then again, i myself am one to let my personal biases cloud my judgement (i was also going to ask the issues with Chris's writing, but i haven't even watched Sonic X)
    But i think your video does have SOME good points.

  • @levitation9717
    @levitation9717 Місяць тому +1

    I just hope the reason Rouge wasn’t introduced in the knuckles show is because she will be introduced in the upcoming 3rd Sonic movie as the second or sub plot between her and knuckles similar to SA2.

  • @Dynosaurus_rex
    @Dynosaurus_rex 2 місяці тому +2

    This is kinda off topic but speaking of music.. i feel like the movies should use some but not a lot of game music. The most consistent part of the sonic series is how good the music is. I feel like they should try and make the movie series a unique soundtrack like the games. Imagine if they got Tomoya Ohtani to make some music for the movies. A unique but still sonic soundtrack with some game music sprinkled in would be so cool and make sense for a series with music status as high as the sonic series. Instead of wasting their budget on licensed songs.

  • @Pan-cackes
    @Pan-cackes 2 місяці тому +3

    The series is mediocre because of the bad writing.
    If you look closely, the first episode is very entertaining and shows Sonic's characters (and Knux himself) more than the rest.
    The reason? Different writer for each episode.
    Yes, each writer seemed to have an idea of ​​how the show was supposed to take place, which led to this weird thing.
    The series should have been written by Fowler, he worked for Shadow the Hedghehog and knows enough about Sonic to have made the first 2 films with his team.
    Even though the first one wasn't perfect, it presented Sonic and Eggman well and the second one was simply a big improvement over the first one.
    This is the reason why I think that nothing is lost, the team that makes the films is aware of the criticism and tries to improve.

  • @aarushbhadwaj-gs7kd
    @aarushbhadwaj-gs7kd Місяць тому +2

    29:19 that cracked me up 😂😂

  • @featherguardian6023
    @featherguardian6023 2 місяці тому +3

    I just finished watching the Knuckles Series and honestly it would have been better as a Movie but I Enjoyed it for the Most Part, sure Wade was the Main Focus but I knew that it would have been expensive to make a CGI Character the Main Focus in a Series but I have Fun, I will admit that in the Future of this Cinematic Universe there how to limit the Human Cast and focus on the Real Stars but because this is a Start I give it a Pass for Now and who knows maybe putting humor is to balance out the Sonic 3 Movie to be Serious, I have to say that this show isn’t the worst thing to ever happen to the Sonic Franchise, that would be Forces, and I will admit that one thing I will admit with Everyone is Wanda(although that Finger Scene made me Laugh so Hard like in Episode 2 Knuckles imagining to do a MK2 Jax Fatality), I enjoy the Series that it’s a 7 out of 10, the only way this Knuckles Project would have worked was if it was a Movie or a Animated Series with Angel Island, Rouge, and the Chaotix but I had Fun and I loved the References from past Game like Tails Bed being Purple like the Tornado 2, the Beginning being a Homage to the Games, Shadow being hinted at a Event of 1974, The Buyer maybe being connected to either Ivo or Gerald, the Rogue Agents interesting Motivations to Neutralize the Morbians as Humanity Fears what they don’t understand, Knuckles getting his Hat and Love for Music, and that Musical being Fun to watch with 2 amazing references to 06 with Iblis and the Flames of Disaster, 7 out of 10.

  • @DanielKariuki-er5gi
    @DanielKariuki-er5gi Місяць тому +1

    3:10 It's good thing James Marsden didn't return for the show because of all the backlash from Quit On Set about him supporting Brian Peck and all of that happened 1 month before the show came out.

  • @sml2withhuggy230
    @sml2withhuggy230 2 місяці тому

    I’m gonna make like a stop motion of the knuckles series but it’s gonna be different but in one scene it will make that knuckles remembered his tribe and what they would have done , and that’s how he would end the villan, I’m gonna release it on June 8

  • @erikwillis2181
    @erikwillis2181 2 місяці тому +1

    I don't think those where bounty hunters in episode three I'm pretty sure they where the buyers henchmen. Also glad I like bowling so much.

  • @skuffy4930
    @skuffy4930 2 місяці тому +5

    I'm someone who has always preferred practical sets and effects to CGI, and how the opera scene is done honestly felt like Hollywood decided to rudely insult them and act like they're worse than making everything a computer generated blob.
    Way to go...

  • @Right_Bumper
    @Right_Bumper 2 місяці тому +4

    I really hope this doesn’t foreshadow the future of Knuckles as a marketing tool

  • @flyingtoasterstroodle2386
    @flyingtoasterstroodle2386 29 днів тому

    Thank god I’m not alone. I actually tried to convince myself that it was a good show, I was sitting there like “I’m being dramatic it’s not that bad”.

  • @Deathwaddles
    @Deathwaddles 2 місяці тому +2

    Good video but your forgetting that the knuckles TV show was created during the Hollywood writers strike soo that's why we got what we got, but it still would've been cool if we got a knuckles TV show that goes more into his past and deeper into his tribe. guess we can't always get good things

    • @KidGenesis-gd8ek
      @KidGenesis-gd8ek Місяць тому

      Might be because of Ken Penders, so they tried to avoid a lot of things.

  • @DanielKariuki-er5gi
    @DanielKariuki-er5gi 2 місяці тому +2

    3:47 Yeah I don't really like Christopher Lloyd's casting in this show especially when they made the ghost joke "I'm a ghost" we've heard that joke millions of times come up with something new!

  • @WispyKelp
    @WispyKelp 2 місяці тому

    I’m glad to hear that someone else is actually criticising it fairly. Me and my brothers were so excited for this show and when we watched it all together we were just disappointed. Yes there’s definitely things about the show I enjoyed, but honestly I didn’t like most of it, which sucks cause I wanted to love this show. After watching it, it made me nervous for Sonic 3 which is something I was super excited about

  • @julianhinck5455
    @julianhinck5455 2 місяці тому +3

    chris was fine in the first season of sonic X.

  • @toraregisfurry
    @toraregisfurry 2 місяці тому +3

    you should do a team chaotix analysis lol

  • @somedudewhodraws9377
    @somedudewhodraws9377 2 місяці тому +1

    I didnt hate it but Knuckles himself felt like an after thought and they obviously blew the CGI budget on the 1st 2 episodes as Knux takes a back seat and Wade takes over in the last few episodes then Jeff fowler is like oh this is about Knux and puts him back in. In the last 2 episodes.This to me felt like a test run for more future series as Jeff Fowler said he wants this to be like the MCU with more spinoff focused on other characters like say Tails or Shadow but if this is what we look forward to in the future then I guess the Sonic Cinematic Universe might be entering an early grave soon and it does not help that Sony is gonna dissolve Paramount soon

  • @omegaproductions6660
    @omegaproductions6660 2 місяці тому +2

    I may strongly disagree but I respect your opinion

  • @Dragzilla66
    @Dragzilla66 Місяць тому +1

    We really don’t need Wade in the Sonic Universe at all. We only needed Knuckles to be the focus, this show was torture! 👀

  • @KoreeluStromboli
    @KoreeluStromboli Місяць тому

    21:35 - 21:45 That would've added so much to Wade.

  • @walklytekel5713
    @walklytekel5713 2 місяці тому +2

    Here we were thinking we were gonna get rouge & got a fucking tv sitcom by episode 3

    • @dragondelsur5156
      @dragondelsur5156 Місяць тому

      I was expecting Amy so I understand the disappointment.

  • @carolineneh2791
    @carolineneh2791 2 місяці тому

    Love your content man just subscribed
    Quick question Back in your video where you rate all the mainline Sonic games you said you'll do a special 50k subs video on how Sonic Heroes is your favourite game of all time
    And back in your Amy character analysis video you said you'll a character analysis video of E-102 Gamma
    Where are those videos and by the way I think Sega should hire you as a writer for the mainline Sonic games , Spinoff Games , And Comics

    • @thepjshow
      @thepjshow  2 місяці тому

      Thank you so much for the kind words. I have been taking notes and trying to put together a script for my Sonic Heroes Video For a while now but I just want that video to be my best one. So I keep going over my thoughts, deleting stuff constantly and just going around in circles. But rest assured, it will be here as soon as possible. As for the E-102 Gamma video, I have yet to start planning out a script but I can't imagine that the video would be too long. I've got a lot of university work on my plate up until early august so unfortunately, I think content is going to still be a little slow. But I am definitely going to be working on them (sorry if that wasn't the answer you expected).

    • @carolineneh2791
      @carolineneh2791 2 місяці тому

      @@thepjshow it's fine it was a bit scared maybe you cancelled them

  • @F0re5tMan
    @F0re5tMan 2 місяці тому

    Fun fact: Toby Ascher actually had an interview where he revealed each succeeding entry in the Sonic Cinematic universe deals with the consequences of the previous entry (i.e. in Sonic 1, Sonic and Eggman had a big fight which destroyed most of San Francisco, so GUN was formed in response to that in Sonic 2; and in Sonic 2, Sonic and Knuckles have this worldwide battle, leaving quills and rings everywhere, leading to the Buyer, Mason and Willoughby using them in the Knuckles series). So in a way, Knuckles WILL have an impact on the future of the universe. What kind of impact, though? Who knows.

    • @volvoman5262
      @volvoman5262 2 місяці тому +1

      It will propebly be like ninjago shorts, explenations for some stuff in the future, like Knuckles and Wade having A great friendship

  • @NymphieJP
    @NymphieJP Місяць тому

    I think the music scene had some Julian Barret influence. Check out the mighty boosh if you want to see more of that style of music/story telling lol I'd be really interested in seeing if it was his choice. It just feels like him.

  • @hyperkl1219
    @hyperkl1219 2 місяці тому +1

    when can we get that sonic and the black knight review

  • @haiderraad468
    @haiderraad468 2 місяці тому

    Imagine in the ending Knuckles went back to the wachowski house and find it empty because sonic got arrested by gun and then went inside and find Rouge holding the master emerald and then say something like "hello , treasure hunter" and then the credit shows up and the post credit scene be a new look at Shodow in the bridge to tease us for the third movie instead of that dumb post credit scene we got in the actual show

  • @clairehislop5873
    @clairehislop5873 29 днів тому

    That part with the actor running through a zone with a Knuckles costume looked so cringey. I honestly felt sorry for the actor

  • @dragondelsur5156
    @dragondelsur5156 Місяць тому +1

    The very state of this show convinced me that this was only greenlit after Paramount saw how popular this version of Knuckles was, if anyone had a story they wanted to tell with this character, it was botched by this, the budget limits and fucking bowling.
    To me, the most infuriating part of it all is that it destroyed any chance at making Tikal the spirit guide. Thank you Pachacamac, you ruined your daughter yet again.

  • @marcusyates3044
    @marcusyates3044 2 місяці тому +8

    Who would making a video about the variants of Amy Rose feel you feel better, and lift you from the disappointment.

  • @Idunnopal
    @Idunnopal 2 місяці тому

    Knuckles show taking notes from Scott Pilgrim Takes Off with how little both the characters in the name of the shows are there.

  • @silveramyknux241
    @silveramyknux241 2 місяці тому +3

    11:03
    I like this idea.
    As an Archie fan, I love the idea of exploring the life of other characters in their own main role. No matter how intense or mundane it is, as long as the writing is well done.

  • @_NormalEditor
    @_NormalEditor 2 місяці тому +4

    I actually really liked the show

    • @thepjshow
      @thepjshow  2 місяці тому +3

      Fair enough. I'm glad you managed to enjoy it!