Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Warning ! SPOILERS forSonic the Hedgehog 2 .
transonic the Hedgehog 2rightly focuses on the spiky blue hero , but the plastic film is hampered by uncalled-for human play , somethingSonic the Hedgehog 3must avoid . The subsequence ’s chief plot line come thesuper - power Sonic the Hedgehogas he try on to incur the fabled Master Emerald , a source of immense office , before Dr. Robotnik can get hold of it . It also features the much - anticipate debuts of Tails and Knuckles , Sonic ’s best friends from the video secret plan series . Less expected fromSonic 2was the wedding subplot , which for the most part boast exclusively human characters .
The wedding focus on Rachel , Tom Wachowski ’s sister - in - law , and Randall , a fresh introduced character for the sequel . Rachel ’s abide function inSonic the Hedgehogwas to incessantly advance Maddie - Tom ’s married woman - to leave behind him . Her disapproval of Tom continues inSonic 2as she warns him not to ruin the nuptials . Inevitably , after 15 minutes of non - Sonic related banter , Tom ruin the Hawaiian beach wedding by using a annulus portal to teleport Sonic and Tails off from a Siberian lot , where they were being chased by Jim Carey ’s Robotnik andIdris Elba ’s Knuckles , causing an avalanche to hide the ceremony . Randall and his guests then expose themselves to be undercover agents for the Guardian Units of Nations ( G.U.N. ) , a military mathematical group from the video games , and that his relationship with Rachel was a faker so that he could get near to Sonic .
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The big military issue withSonic 2 ’s wedding is that audiences had no ground to care about it . Rachel is a largely one - dimensional character , whose main personality trait is her aggressive disfavor for Tom . Whilst Natasha Rothwell gives a good performance as Rachel , there was no reason to give the graphic symbol the amount of screen metre and focus she gets in the flick . Sonic 2was one of the most anticipated movies of April 2022 , and the reveal that Randall only married Rachel because he ’s a G.U.N. agent was not a big enough payoff to justify the subplot , which was so far remove fromSonic ’s pursuance for the Master Emerald . It has also put a question gull over the competence of G.U.N. if their main architectural plan to capture Sonic was to stage a marriage ceremony that he was n’t invited to .
The only welfare of lay all of the human side characters at the marriage ceremony was that it left Sonic to have interaction with solely Dr. Robotnik , Tails , and Knuckles , who many audiences were either already place in or excited to see for the first time in lively - legal action cinema . But that could have chance without the wedding make place . take away the somewhat unnecessary wedding ceremony plot - or at least elements of it - fromSonic the Hedgehog 2would have situate the film ’s pacing problems . The story cuts from tight - paced action sequences to jarringly slow wedding party scenes , and without the wedding , the film ’s dragged - out 122 - mo run time could have been reduced without any tangible detriment to the secret plan or characters .
Human character do not need to be disregard all inSonic 3 . Dr. Robotnik and Tom are both well - received characters , but that ’s because their actions have had consequence for Sonic himself . This in mind , the case seems to simply be thatSonic 3needs to forefend drawn - out scene which do not feature either transonic or other center fibre . Now that Tails and Knuckles have been established , they will be able-bodied to carry scenes and subplots when Sonic is off doing other things , rather than relying on underage human characters to bulge the moving-picture show out . transonic 2 ’s end credits scenesets up the unveiling of Shadow , another humanlike rooter favorite , which should also wait on to make trusted there are enough video recording game characters to fully impart the third film . The hoopla for theSonic the Hedgehog 3will be the exploits of the video game characters , so Paramount must ensure that there is n’t a purposeless human sideshow , likeSonic 2 ’s wedding .
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