Why The Knuckles Show Was Disappointing

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  • čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
  • 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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Komentáře • 417

  • @thepjshow
    @thepjshow  Před 28 dny +70

    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 Před 28 dny +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 Před 28 dny +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 Před 28 dny +2

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

    • @_NormalEditor
      @_NormalEditor Před 28 dny +3

      Hard disagree imo

    • @user-mq5fx9tu5r
      @user-mq5fx9tu5r Před 28 dny +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.

  • @bluemofo4920
    @bluemofo4920 Před 28 dny +143

    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  Před 28 dny +69

      That thought terrifies me too

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Před 28 dny +25

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

    • @LegendaryExistence04
      @LegendaryExistence04 Před 27 dny +4

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

    • @Rediscool9
      @Rediscool9 Před 25 dny +10

      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 Před 25 dny

      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.

  • @manuelinacio4038
    @manuelinacio4038 Před 28 dny +257

    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 Před 28 dny +1

      What?

    • @manuelinacio4038
      @manuelinacio4038 Před 28 dny +23

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

    • @CaptainCretaceous91
      @CaptainCretaceous91 Před 27 dny +12

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

    • @manuelinacio4038
      @manuelinacio4038 Před 27 dny +9

      @@CaptainCretaceous91 Glad you had a good time.

    • @CaptainCretaceous91
      @CaptainCretaceous91 Před 27 dny +4

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

  • @HarmonyBunny
    @HarmonyBunny Před 25 dny +27

    Missed opportunity to call it Wade & Knuckles.

  • @malikpierre-louis3343
    @malikpierre-louis3343 Před 28 dny +71

    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 Před 28 dny +24

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

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve Před 27 dny +4

      Agreed

    • @dakadadrew8017
      @dakadadrew8017 Před 27 dny +8

      No wonder episode 1 was the best episode 🤣

    • @galten7361
      @galten7361 Před 23 hodinami

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

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve Před 23 hodinami

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

  • @thelastcrow5660
    @thelastcrow5660 Před 28 dny +226

    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 Před 28 dny +17

      Spoiler alert
      They will fuck it up

    • @thelastcrow5660
      @thelastcrow5660 Před 28 dny +17

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

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Před 28 dny +38

      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 Před 28 dny +23

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

    • @hihi-nm3uy
      @hihi-nm3uy Před 28 dny +11

      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.

  • @Perolin.
    @Perolin. Před 28 dny +68

    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.

  • @ItzCisco101
    @ItzCisco101 Před 28 dny +49

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

  • @lilstrawberry_lady
    @lilstrawberry_lady Před 28 dny +82

    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 Před 27 dny +6

      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

  • @user-bz3yt8pi3n
    @user-bz3yt8pi3n Před 26 dny +13

    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.

  • @liamphibia
    @liamphibia Před 28 dny +101

    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 Před 28 dny +6

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

    • @batman369able
      @batman369able Před 5 dny

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

  • @nman551
    @nman551 Před 28 dny +298

    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 Před 28 dny +55

      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 Před 28 dny +30

      @@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 Před 28 dny +13

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

    • @nman551
      @nman551 Před 28 dny

      @@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 Před 28 dny

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

  • @genreproductions2706
    @genreproductions2706 Před 28 dny +82

    *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 Před 28 dny +24

      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 Před 28 dny +20

      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 Před 24 dny +2

      You want a bad omen, look at Uncharted.

    • @lestatcanada
      @lestatcanada Před 24 dny

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

  • @shoebillstan8144
    @shoebillstan8144 Před 28 dny +30

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

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia Před 28 dny +14

      He has really strange tastes.

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve Před 27 dny +5

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

    • @bartvshomer
      @bartvshomer Před 27 dny +15

      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 Před 25 dny +3

      Contrarian’s gonna contrarian

    • @cherricake1796
      @cherricake1796 Před 25 dny

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

  • @GumRobber
    @GumRobber Před 28 dny +36

    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  Před 28 dny +18

      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.

  • @eow4317
    @eow4317 Před 28 dny +67

    Knuckles? More like… uh… fingers!

  • @demonranger3097
    @demonranger3097 Před 28 dny +51

    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 Před 28 dny

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

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve Před 27 dny +7

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

    • @spinolover124
      @spinolover124 Před 15 dny +1

      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 Před 15 dny

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

    • @bigchungus2926
      @bigchungus2926 Před 9 dny

      @@Abner-gu3ve Just consoom more products goyim and never question there quality, that would be le evil NAZI thing to do.

  • @mcpics4448
    @mcpics4448 Před 28 dny +31

    Knuckle show?
    More like the Wade show

  • @kostelakkkk
    @kostelakkkk Před 27 dny +9

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

  • @gentikeri8236
    @gentikeri8236 Před 28 dny +12

    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

  • @sophiaho2341
    @sophiaho2341 Před 28 dny +12

    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

  • @Nagareboshee
    @Nagareboshee Před 28 dny +24

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

    • @nman551
      @nman551 Před 28 dny +5

      You do not know da wae

    • @AgentWuT
      @AgentWuT Před 28 dny +4

      the riters do not know da wae

    • @nman551
      @nman551 Před 28 dny +4

      @@AgentWuT they do not have Ebola

  • @s-gamer2705
    @s-gamer2705 Před 28 dny +27

    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 Před 27 dny +5

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

    • @Abner-gu3ve
      @Abner-gu3ve Před 25 dny +4

      Honestly that’s a very understandable complaint

  • @Valroirr
    @Valroirr Před 28 dny +14

    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

  • @aaronimp4966
    @aaronimp4966 Před 28 dny +22

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

    • @corruptedteka
      @corruptedteka Před 27 dny +1

      Did they really ? Why ?

    • @ToyBonnie.Productions
      @ToyBonnie.Productions Před 25 dny +8

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

  • @Bloobleeblu427
    @Bloobleeblu427 Před 28 dny +16

    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!

  • @jskywalker58
    @jskywalker58 Před 25 dny +3

    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.

  • @imperfectmyst
    @imperfectmyst Před 28 dny +14

    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  Před 28 dny +5

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

    • @imperfectmyst
      @imperfectmyst Před 27 dny +1

      @@thepjshow lol like imagine???!

  • @XLR8wuzhere
    @XLR8wuzhere Před 28 dny +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 Před 15 dny +1

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

  • @harrisonjohnson4454
    @harrisonjohnson4454 Před 27 dny +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

  • @Mario_Sonic_Pro
    @Mario_Sonic_Pro Před 28 dny +20

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

  • @HealSpirit014
    @HealSpirit014 Před 28 dny +7

    I will say the intro to each ep went hard

  • @freezasama5802
    @freezasama5802 Před 28 dny +4

    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

  • @djdrizzy9139
    @djdrizzy9139 Před 28 dny +5

    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 Před 5 dny

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

    • @djdrizzy9139
      @djdrizzy9139 Před 5 dny

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

    • @KidGenesis-gd8ek
      @KidGenesis-gd8ek Před 4 dny

      @@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 Před 4 dny +1

      @@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!

  • @gracecathrinelawrence1569

    Can i just defend the show, by saying the episodes were evenly split between knuckles and wade actually, knuckles got the majority of episodes 1 through three and wade got the majority of episodes four through six, both characters also appeared equally as frequent in the other episodes, i get that the show had more wade screentime than we expected BUT you have to remind yourself they had a lower budget than they did with the films and they had to pay idris elba allot of it to even voice act knuckles and the CGI mustve costed allot, i personally enjoyed the show very much, you dont have to focus on the bad things guys look at the good things too.

    • @megawarrior_101
      @megawarrior_101 Před 18 dny +2

      I feel like we’ve gotten way too critical and pessimistic about stuff like this in general. I do think it would’ve been better had Jeff Fowler handled production of the show, but it’s not like the show itself was absolutely terrible. I think they did their best with the budget they had and made it overall pretty fun

  • @hopegalaxy
    @hopegalaxy Před 19 dny +4

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

  • @theedgyduo7091
    @theedgyduo7091 Před 27 dny +2

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

  • @fanofyoshi2238
    @fanofyoshi2238 Před 28 dny +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.

  • @dreamkiller1387
    @dreamkiller1387 Před 28 dny +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

  • @AsAs-tu6vj
    @AsAs-tu6vj Před 15 dny

    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

  • @matthewisguy7336
    @matthewisguy7336 Před 21 dnem +1

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

  • @kaxcommentssomethingREAL
    @kaxcommentssomethingREAL Před 28 dny +11

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

  • @whatkingdom8244
    @whatkingdom8244 Před 22 dny +1

    Silver: you got to be kidding me

  • @Dragzilla66
    @Dragzilla66 Před 19 dny +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! 👀

  • @matthewisguy7336
    @matthewisguy7336 Před 21 dnem +1

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

  • @StudioBionic1
    @StudioBionic1 Před 27 dny +7

    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

  • @KrangtheMultion
    @KrangtheMultion Před 27 dny +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

  • @featherguardian6023
    @featherguardian6023 Před 27 dny +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.

  • @logankennedy4525
    @logankennedy4525 Před 28 dny +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.

  • @YungDoesThings
    @YungDoesThings Před 26 dny +2

    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.

  • @AgentWuT
    @AgentWuT Před 28 dny +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

  • @DanielKariuki-er5gi
    @DanielKariuki-er5gi Před 27 dny +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!

  • @Bendytube72
    @Bendytube72 Před 27 dny +3

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

    • @benluka1811
      @benluka1811 Před 27 dny +1

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

  • @BrenninEthan903
    @BrenninEthan903 Před 28 dny +5

    (warning. big rant coming up.)
    somehow, they set up so much things for success. The trailers showing Knuckles being cool, Knuckles coaching Wade while Wade teaches Knuckles about human life, Knuckles and Wade bonding over their missing fathers (they tried this in episode 2 and gave up immediately afterwards for some reason). What was supposed to be a series of Knuckles going through a journey of self discovery and his new purpose in the world, was passed over to... Wade, instead of you know, the actual main character? it was impossible to fail, but they somehow did it. kinda sad how the only memorable and best parts of the show were when Knuckles was on screen. Wade was just "I'm stupid and incapable!" jokes over and over. same with his sister, "I'm ignorant, petty, annoying, and repeat the same FBI lines!" again and again. atleast with Knuckles not knowing about human life jokes, they did something new everytime and didn't make it annoying and overused.

    • @thepjshow
      @thepjshow  Před 28 dny +2

      Yeah, agreed. The dynamic between Wade and Knuckles should have been the focus and interestingly, there are those few moments in the show where it does work. But they are just so few and far between.

    • @gamercentral2417
      @gamercentral2417 Před 28 dny

      Holy yappington

    • @BrenninEthan903
      @BrenninEthan903 Před 28 dny

      @@gamercentral2417 well... I warned ya, and you pressed Read More anyway, so...

    • @gamercentral2417
      @gamercentral2417 Před 28 dny

      @@BrenninEthan903 too many word

    • @BrenninEthan903
      @BrenninEthan903 Před 28 dny

      @@gamercentral2417 you just watched a video of a guy talking about a show for 30 minutes, then had the option to ignore my comment, but instead you click on it and make a complaint. makes sense.

  • @supersonicstyle5177
    @supersonicstyle5177 Před 28 dny +5

    People really hate this show for some certain reasons, but i think that the entire sjow was nice and yeah, it wasted hell alot of potential to tell more about MOVIE knuckles and what he used to do in other planets, how did he manage to figure things out as a kid after he realised that his entire tribe is gone. But for me, i think that the show is FINE, it doesn't need to have all of that shit to be a good show, remember that this is sega and paramount not some bigger companies like sony or nintendo. There is specific budget and they have to work with it. I don't hate wade or anything about him (except his family) and i loved how he had this character development. And how he actually have some REAL battle experience not like what he used to be in the 2nd movie. The proplems with the show (atleast for me) is the wasted potential to introduce more characters or more places to the cinematic universe, the goofyness of chief pachamakamac (i can't spell his name) and the ending of the show. I felt they could've made a little teaser of the 3rd movie or show us how wade is actually being like a real professional cop and hang out with knuckles and shit like that.

  • @DaveMan1K
    @DaveMan1K Před 28 dny +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.

  • @carolineneh2791
    @carolineneh2791 Před 28 dny

    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  Před 28 dny

      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 Před 28 dny

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

  • @Deathwaddles
    @Deathwaddles Před 28 dny +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 Před 5 dny

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

  • @Sean-qg3gg
    @Sean-qg3gg Před 27 dny +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.

  • @imba9105
    @imba9105 Před 28 dny +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

  • @gentikeri8236
    @gentikeri8236 Před 28 dny +2

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

  • @sml2withhuggy230
    @sml2withhuggy230 Před 26 dny

    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

  • @hyperkl1219
    @hyperkl1219 Před 28 dny +1

    when can we get that sonic and the black knight review

  • @CreativeGeoff
    @CreativeGeoff Před 14 dny

    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.

  • @WispyKelp
    @WispyKelp Před 25 dny

    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

  • @Right_Bumper
    @Right_Bumper Před 26 dny +4

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

  • @omegaproductions6660
    @omegaproductions6660 Před 27 dny +2

    I may strongly disagree but I respect your opinion

  • @DarkRingKnux
    @DarkRingKnux Před 16 dny

    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.

  • @DanielKariuki-er5gi
    @DanielKariuki-er5gi Před 16 dny +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.

  • @NolanSmashing-zz5oq
    @NolanSmashing-zz5oq Před 25 dny

    When is that gamma character analysis coming out

  • @francespacheco8129
    @francespacheco8129 Před 17 dny +1

    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?

  • @toraregisfurry
    @toraregisfurry Před 27 dny +2

    you should do a team chaotix analysis lol

  • @theheroofreviews6630
    @theheroofreviews6630 Před 28 dny

    Hi The PJShow I did a review on the Knuckles show to, but yours is pretty good can your tell me what you think

  • @NymphieJP
    @NymphieJP Před 21 dnem

    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.

  • @erikwillis2181
    @erikwillis2181 Před 26 dny +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 Před 28 dny +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...

  • @An-Idiotlol
    @An-Idiotlol Před 28 dny +1

    36 seconds ago goes crazy

  • @julianhinck5455
    @julianhinck5455 Před 26 dny +2

    chris was fine in the first season of sonic X.

  • @Abner-gu3ve
    @Abner-gu3ve Před 27 dny +1

    Seeing all the fans hating on this show while I honestly enjoyed is something I find hilarious 😂

  • @donathan2933
    @donathan2933 Před 27 dny +1

    I liked the show ngl. I thought it was good silly fun and it didn’t seem like a series meant to be taken seriously.
    Yeah I wished Knuckles had more screen time but I still enjoyed what I saw

  • @bennygro8484
    @bennygro8484 Před 26 dny

    Could you do a Character Analysis on Tikal?

  • @bukkyfabunmi-oshinor3263

    i think you weren't paying attention to Agent Willoughby's reason for capturing knuckles she warned Walters on the possibilities of what sonic tails and knuckles power might cause on Earth and thinks gun is being soft on them and i agree that the buyer was underutilized and wished he got more screentime and character

  • @dodinhphu4547
    @dodinhphu4547 Před 10 dny +1

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

  • @walklytekel5713
    @walklytekel5713 Před 28 dny +2

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

    • @dragondelsur5156
      @dragondelsur5156 Před 19 dny

      I was expecting Amy so I understand the disappointment.

  • @Dynosaurus_rex
    @Dynosaurus_rex Před 27 dny

    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.

  • @Peasham
    @Peasham Před 9 dny

    On the one hand, I'm loving people criticizing the movies by criticizing this show.
    On the other, I'm sad that no one's figured out how every complaint one might have about this show is something also present in the movies.

  • @DanielKariuki-er5gi
    @DanielKariuki-er5gi Před 16 dny +1

    6:14 KID CUDI!!! 😮😆

  • @Pan-cackes
    @Pan-cackes Před 28 dny +1

    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.

  • @Kywriter475
    @Kywriter475 Před 21 dnem +1

    Another question, why is it a show?I feel like with some tweaking, it could’ve been a two hour film. Now if each episode was an hour long, that would make sense, but nope.

  • @justapotato1176
    @justapotato1176 Před 28 dny

    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

  • @dragondelsur5156
    @dragondelsur5156 Před 19 dny

    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.

  • @DarkHeroesForever
    @DarkHeroesForever Před 28 dny +2

    12:54 So you were okay with Rachel in the first movie? I mean you are entitled to your own opinion, but I always considered her the worst for pretty much the same reason why we all hate the Wanda. I know the second movie had that infamous wedding scene that in some ways redeem, but it comes at the cost of wishing it had it's own movie rather than feeling integral to the movie 2's plot, especially when she and the Randall character don't even interact with any of the Sonic characters.

    • @thepjshow
      @thepjshow  Před 28 dny +3

      I think Rachel is a pretty meh character. I will admit she overstayed her welcome in the 2nd film, but at least, in some cases, her existence could lead to decent comedic moments. Like how in the first film, she was annoying, but it lead to funny interactions between Tom and Maddie. I cannot think of a single positive to Wanda no matter how hard I try.

    • @DarkHeroesForever
      @DarkHeroesForever Před 28 dny +1

      ​​@@thepjshowFair enough I guess, but I feel like the biggest problem I had with Rachel which I feel the sequel amplifies is that she feels like a character that belongs in an entirely different genre of film. It's like when someone was writing the script for the first movie, they take a scene from a script of some random romcom and have it be copied and pasted to the first movie's script.

  • @levitation9717
    @levitation9717 Před 24 dny

    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.

  • @F0re5tMan
    @F0re5tMan Před 28 dny

    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 Před 28 dny

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

  • @DanielKariuki-er5gi
    @DanielKariuki-er5gi Před 16 dny

    Imagine if they made a show about the movie versions of Tails or Shadow and it was 2d instead of live-action so the budget wouldn't be a problem because I don't think 2d cartoons are that expensive.

  • @antonissa8345
    @antonissa8345 Před 28 dny

    Will you ever do a video about movie eggman?

  • @marcusyates3044
    @marcusyates3044 Před 28 dny +8

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

  • @aha2384
    @aha2384 Před 17 dny

    god the sheer and utter disappointment i felt knowing that such a bad show about knuckles, my all time favorite sonic character. turned out to be, like this, just some bowling featured comedy that should've focused on knuckles' grim past and his serious character arc, but no.
    everything in this show was horrible ASIDE, from knuckles himself. and we barely get to see him, it breaks my heart. my beloved echidna warrior deserves better than this, knuckles has been treated as a joke for over 15 years and the time when he's actually portrayed well, he ends up being featured in a show that's nothing but comedy filled with trash jokes and horrible writing, ugh.

  • @silveramyknux241
    @silveramyknux241 Před 27 dny +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.

  • @haiderraad468
    @haiderraad468 Před 28 dny

    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