Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24578309-20150824161501/@comment-24658561-20170107133712

Bobbyrockergirl3427 wrote:

Rainbowser wrote: Sonic Boom should:

1. Take more advantage of being Sonic. The TV show takes little to no advantage of having Sonic characters in it. (I don't count their powers because they're nothing Sonic exclusive.) There's a few jokes about it, but that's pretty much it.

2. Go somewhere with the "Alternate Dimension" concept. Don't use it as a cheap excuse to throw whatever sh*t the writers come up with at us. What exactly is different in this dimension? Why are the character's personalities different? How did Sonic and Tails meet? How did they become a team? What's up with Shadow? Explain, Sonic Boom, explain!

3. Pay more attention to the characters. The characters should take on the plot, not the other way around. Think over the character's personalities so they are more relatable. Make Sonic more caring and less selfish. Give Knuckles actual qualities to balance out his stupidity and him being a jerk, qualities, not jokes. Make Tails more interesting, have him make progress in his inventions. And, by god, give Amy a consistant personality. Chose what kind of character she's supposed to be, mature or immature, because she can't be both. You should also make clear why the characters like each other. Knuckles doesn't trust Sonic, then why does he stay with him though? Sticks is weird, but everybody likes her anyway. Why? In the current Sonic Boom TV, the good guys also turn on each other way to easily. Give them conflicts that need actual emotion. Develop them, so they'll become something unique.

4. Be more original. Don't try to be hip, try to be timeless. The selfie jokes and Justin Bieber will be outdated in a few years. Don't use every clichéd plotline in the book, whether it should be part of Sonic or not. Think of something new. Create new and interesting characters and villains. Have the main cast save the world once or twice in a special. Down with the Status Quo! It's the worst god ever! You don't need a story arc, but the stuff happening shouldn't be pointless either. You can combine it with character development, have the characters take something from their adventures, have them learn from their mistakes.

5. HAVE MORE ACTION! Sonic Boom TV calls itself an action show and has little to no action in it. Don't have every enemy go down in an anti-climax! Have actual fight scenes! You could combine it with 4. and have action based plots. And please, less slow-motion. This is a show about the fastest thing alive, slow-motion is a little counter-productive there, isn't it?

6. Not make a joke out of everything. Amy being a girl is not a joke. Sonic being fast is not a joke. Knuckles being stupid is not a joke. I don't think Sonic Boom should be 100% serious, but I think it should have some serious moments to give us a break from the constant jokes and weirdness. Sonic Boom needs to be more sudden with it's jokes. If one character always makes the same type of jokes, it's not funny anymore after a while. I can't laugh at Sonic Boom because I always expect it to make a joke. And the humor is pretty much all there is, that's why I don't like it.

7. Have the show and the games REALLY be related. Just saying: "The TV show takes place after the games." isn't enough. Don't have the games be one thing and the TV show be another thing. Where is Shadow, where is Metal Sonic? Don't make it like you HAVE to play the games to get the show, but have at least some continuity, if you're even saying the TV show and the games are related.

These are the complaints I can think of right now. I haven't seen that much of the show because some episodes made me really angry and got me a writer's block in terms of comedy. And 8: Make the show more of a musical. I wanna hear more of Sonic's lovely singing voice. God, no. If Sonic Boom had more songs, it would probably be even more like Teen Titans Go! Musical numbers usually work against action because they pull down the tension. Unless the songs are part of a videogame's soundtrack like in Sonic Adventure or all of the songs were something like "Stronger than you" from Steven Universe which was specifically created to enhance an action scene, the Sonic characters shouldn't go around singing. Then we have the problem with the timing. In an 11-minute cartoon you can't have characters sing just for the hell of it if you still want a solid episode. Sonic Boom episodes are usually very rushed already, songs would only make them even more rushed. And finally, what are the characters supposed to sing about? Steven Universe has an overarching plot it gets enough material from, but Sonic Boom? Heck, Sonic Underground was a 22-minute cartoon and they still had the problem that the characters often didn't know what to sing about, but they had to shoehorn a song into every episode, so they just had them sing about random bullsh*t and they didnt even sound especially good while doing it.