Guest Post -James M's review of Sonic Travels To Jurassic Park

Welcome back, Sonic fans, and today, we're taking a look at another fan project. This one is great and fun to watch, we're talking about SONIC TRAVELS TO JURASSIC PARK by Great White Studios on the YouTube channel.

Sonic Travels To Jurassic Park is a Sonic/Jurassic Park crossover fan film that is an hour and thirty minutes long while the director's cut clocks in at an hour and fifty something minutes long. It tells the story of Vector the Crocodile inviting Sonic to an island where he is working to realize his dream of a dinosaur theme park and, just like in the Jurassic Park film, things go very south.

With remarkable voice acting, polished Garry's Mod animation and a good script, Sonic Goes to Jurassic Park captures the spirit of the Jurassic Park movie while working the Sonic characters into it. Great White Studios did a fantastic job making this and a sequel is in the works for an eventual release as of this time. 

In regards to characters, Sonic is Sonic and Eggman is the main bad guy of the movie who sends out a dangerous dinosaur of his own. Vector fills the role of John Hammond from the first two Jurassic Park films while Big the Cat takes up the role of Dennis Nedry and Metal Sonic plays Dodgson, the movie is very creative with how it tells the story without completely retelling the original JP with just Sonic characters. 

Fun fact, Balena Productions tried to work on a Sonic/Jurassic Park fan film years ago, but ended up scrapping it due to complications. However, Great White Studios kindly took it upon himself to do it and worked very hard on this fan film. It even apparently shares some continuity with Balena's Sonic In Jaws fan film due to the appearance of The Mayor from that fan film and Conker the Squirrel, who appears in the movie as well, recalling that he was washed ashore here after the events of Sonic in Jaws.

I salute Great White Studios for his efforts and wish him the best of luck on the sequel to this masterpiece of a Sonic fan film, may he succeed in delivering another good project. I give this fan film a 9/10, Sonic fans know what they are doing and they never miss the mark.

Guest Post -James M's review of the Archie Sonic Underground Epilogue

 

Salutations Sonic fans. Well, its finally happened. The crew of Archie Sonic Online has released Archie Sonic Underground Online #50 featuring the long-awaited, the awesome SONIC UNDERGROUND EPILOGUE!

Remember that 40-episode Sonic cartoon from back in 1999, made by DIC, and was about Sonic with siblings and had musicals. Guess what? After years of waiting, we finally have just gotten a proper conclusion to the show in comic form, made by fans anyway.

Having just read the whole thing, what do I think of it?

That story WAS AWESOME! The crew did a great job, they wrapped up the story without an issue.

Sonic and his family were characterized sweetly and the story was a treat to read, it had some action moments and a heartwarming reunion with the queen. At one point, after I read the story, I almost teared up before I posted this review. But either way, we got what we wanted, even if it wasn't delivered by the generous people at SEGA.

Robotnik's defeat was very well written, I was nearly hoping he'd be killed off, but they roboticized him and turned him into a good guy instead. Now that the story of Sonic Underground is done, where do we go from here? Its likely we might get more Underground stories in the future, if ASO wants to revisit that world anyway.

If that wasn't enough, guess what, ASO actually interviewed Ian Flynn. Y'know how Ian Flynn wants to stay away from fan stuff, looks like he made an exception to talk with the ASO folks. Holy sh*t, this is f***ing crazy! I LOVE SONIC!

Did I have a favorite moment from it?

Robotnik's defeat, thats all I have to say.

Fanboy craze out of the way, my score for this is a solid 9.5 out of 10. If you want, go ahead and rewatch the Sonic Underground show in its entirety and then read/reread the epilogue online. The Sonic franchise and its fandom is the best, may Sonic keep going and may the fans keep the spirits of forgotten characters alive until the day they eventually return at long last.

In the meantime, lets go enjoy some Modern Sonic content from SEGA.

-James M

Guest Post -James M's review of A Very Merry Christmas With Sonic

 

Howdy doody, folks! Its been ages since I reviewed the Christmas with Sonic series in its entirety and now its finally time to review the latest episode after a good long while of waiting. The wait is over, we shall be reviewing A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH SONIC, the finale to the famous and beloved Christmas with Sonic series thats been going on since the far off year of 2011.

And boy, what a finale it is/was. Santa Claus finally showed up, time travel shenanigans happened and a whole lot more happened. The plot's simple: After Sonic and Robotnik aka Eggman accidently injure Santa Claus himself at a mall during one of their battles, they and Sonic's friends and family have to take Santa's place as the one(s) delivering presents to people around the world on Christmas Eve.

Over the course of twenty three minutes, which makes this episode just as long as the other Christmas with Sonic episodes, Balena Productions' Steve Page once again does his best to deliver the most awesome Sonic goodness any Sonic fan can ever desire, he puts all his heart and soul into such incredible fan storytelling and this shows with the animation and the voice acting.

As someone who saw all the episodes, this one was worth the wait. I was fine with the delay and the fact it was gonna initially come out in 2019, but things happen. Either way, this episode was a solid finale to an awesome series and wrapped everything up nicely. That last after-credits scene with Sorass the dummy Echidna was very funny, despite the fact that I did not laugh. Eh, whaddaya gonna do?

My score for this cool show is a twenty over ten, this was amazing, full of awesomeness and something all Sonic fans should see if they want to, even on Christmas. Well, this is where I take my leave for now and I proudly salute Balena aka Steve for being an amazing Sonic fan who does not disappoint. 

-James. M