Board Thread:Sonic Boom/@comment-679780-20170430075753/@comment-679780-20170501122033

Ultrasonic9000 wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: PecolaFromScratch wrote: I actually think this episode was one of the best if not the best, It seems the writers seem to be making the character's personalities more concrete, also although there weren't any really funny jokes, the whole episode kinda feels kinda like the original premise, hang out with sonic & co, and I found it quite enjoyable for that. To me, I found it a rather average episode. Not "Season 1 average" as in it was just an episode I don't like, as in a good episode but not one I'd hark about.

If anything it shows a bit more on Sonic's mean side which his canon game counterpart does not have. I mean sure the shook-soda prank can be regarded as a prank to most but I still found it somewhat mean to a degree. (As someone who always has a can of coca-cola in the fridge I would seriously freak the hell out to anyone who would do that to my drinks just for some cheap laughs.) Another example of Sonic's mean side can be in Rise of Lyric when Sonic coldly says "See you in a thousand years" after condemning Lyric to his punishment. While Sonic opposed Lyric for wanting to take over the world, it's Sonic's own fault for being the prime target of his Lyric's absolute hatred towards him because of this. The Sonic I know would never let it get this far.

Anyway todays episode was rather average for me. And they could of at least picked a better insult than "donut hole". Why not just call each other "butts" like actual arguing 7 year olds? I think it was kinda clever. It highlighted the differences between Sonic and Tails and made a note of what was obvious: that their personalities are different and would naturally clash, namely regarding Sonic's laid-back attitude and Tails' orderly procedures. The fact that they can emphasize the issues in their friendship only makes it more genuine, and shows how strong it is by showing how they agree that they were both at fault and still accept each other as brothers.

Sonic Boon has been known to over-emphasize the characters' traits for its story telling: Sonic's attitude, Tails' inventor zeal, Knuckles' stupidity, and Amy's feminine side and temper. And that's the point of it; they are supposed to be different and they are supposed to go in directions different from the games - that is the essence of Sonic Boom. Yeah, I get why most would enjoy this episode and I don't at all think it's a bad episode at all. The story was well paced and while montages can be a bit clichéish these days it was a good use of montage. And the episode concentrated mostly on the story than derailing to irrelevent gags.

I don't at all hate episode, just not top tier for me.