It's ultimately a meaningless detail, but I swear the way these movies fully embrace the source material, only to suddenly stop doing it at the same time.
This unpleasant feeling has always bugged me when I watched both films, especially the second one. It's like there are two opposing forces conducting these projects: One is delightful, while the other is aggravating.
It's like, imagine an alternate version of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, where everything is the same, except sometimes there are Big bang theory-tier jokes shoehorned in the middle of the story, killing all the good vibes instantly.
I don't know if I'm making any sense, or anyone feels similarly, but that one detail made want to lay it out for once.
Oh I totally get what you mean. Granted SPTO had the benefit of being written by
the original writer and someone who was a fan, so it had that wild effect of being "not what was expected, but exactly what it should be." The Sonic movies are built by some fans, but with
huge studio oversight (seriously the story of how faithful the original script was before the studios whittled all the Sonicness out of it
bugs), and then on top of that they have to deal with the expectations in ways SPTO sorta refused to.
I don't
like it, but I try to be flexible enough to appreciate that those involved are trying to do what they can for the fans and the characters within the confines of the big studio expectations. So I take the little nuggets of faithfulness that are there and enjoy, even if it means sitting through a wedding. Because hey! They sorta found a way to have the wedding lead to Tails flying a red biplane! Which makes me so happy!! Plus the beachyness of it I think was supposed to be something of a reference to Emerald Coast.
It definitely does have the "two opposing forces" issue that you're talking about, but I think I just give it a pass because of
why it has that. The guy who's directing is a fan, worked on Sonic games before, and he wanted the more faithful version from the beginning that the studio shaved down
but at least he's still directing, rather than the studio just kicking him off and getting someone more their speed, and he is sneaking little details in where he can. Even the original cut of the first Sonic movie didn't have nuggets like the echidnas or the OG Green Hill or anything, and they put them in after the outcry alongside the Sonic model redesign.
So yeah, I don't disagree with you at all, and what you're saying makes perfect sense, I guess all I'm trying to say is: