I believe that it was partly for gag's sake as there are too many hedgehogs in the comics and Ian wanted to somewhat poke at it, but still make something worthwhile in story telling.
Essentially. It's called Hedgehog Havoc, after all.
Anyway...
I even entertained the hope that maybe, just maybe, Sonic would
escape from Rosy long enough to find out what really happened to
Scourge's father.
I thought Scourge made it pretty clear his dad is dead. Do we really need to find out what happened to an already-dead alternate universe version of a minor support character when the original doesn't get all that much page time to begin with?
At the end of the day, or the 5-pager, does the
reader care about what Snively is going through? Probably not as
much as they care about the identity of "RF," about whom I have no clue
...so... a lot? I've seen a good bit of speculation as to that identity, actually. Not to mention Snively fans seem entertained. I really have to wonder how the perspective of these reviews would be affected by him actually interacting with the fandom. I doubt he got the significance of "Never Lake" - heck, he points out Mari-An's name as though no one got its meaning when she was introduced several years ago.
The thing that grates me is he seems to think that a comic can only be action or character development, and that the latter is always superior to the former. There's a little thing called "plot" that some of us like in the stories we read, too.
His review for #195:
http://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/S195.txt
#196:
http://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/S196.txt
I love how he didn't pick up that Sonic is going to the Parallel Zone, he thinks that Sonic is staying on Moebius until #200. He also seems to think that Alicia's comment to Miles indicating that he's in charge was directed at Scourge's dad. Also, apparently he doesn't like any cliff hangers or plots that can be developed later. Honestly, he acts like he has never read this comic book or any other. You're bound to be left with some cliff-hangers sometimes, you're not always going to get your answers immediately. At the end, he's surprised that Marine and Blaze are on the same cover (SU #1), and comments on them as a pair. His ignorance of the games, and what has been going on with the Sonic games since Sonic Heroes really shows sometimes.
He also seems to think that Alicia's comment to Miles indicating that he's in charge was directed at Scourge's dad.
What is this fixation with the dead alternate-universe version of a minor supporting character?
He also seems to think that Alicia's comment to Miles indicating that he's in charge was directed at Scourge's dad.
What is this fixation with the dead alternate-universe version of a minor supporting character?
I don't know, but he seems obsessed with all the dead characters as of recently.
It's because, clearly, Ian has no integrity as a writer and is planning to bring back every dead character from Sir Connery to Kragok to Arthur Mongoose in #200. And then they will all fight. For the entire issue.
Okay, that's it. He's so out of touch with Sonic that it's amazing. I can no longer read this man's reviews, it's depressing.
M'kay, I get that you don't like Dan's reviews, but do people have to keep saying it?
So what if he's out of touch with Sonic? I'm out of touch with Sonic. Were it not for the review and spoiler threads here and in South Island, I wouldn't have a clue what's going on with the Sonicverse. If you don't like his reviews, don't read them. If you do read them, you don't have to keep saying over and over that you don't like them.
The guy's not even here to defend himself, so is it necessary to keep beating this dead horse?
If we have a thread about his reviews, why shouldn't we discuss them?
The guy's not even here to defend himself, so is it necessary to keep beating this dead horse?
Actually, that's untrue. He has an account here, and he even posted in the thread for #194 (a fairly recent issue). He's aware that this board (and I'm sure this thread) exists.
As Matt said, this is a thread about his reviews, why shouldn't we discuss them? We can have opinions about how we dislike the reviews, disagree with the reviews or an opinion of his, and we can comment on whether he is wrong or has misinterpreted something. We can even talk about how out of touch he is with the Sonic games. This thread is about discussing his reviews, and that's all we're doing, whether we agree with him or not.
Then discuss the reviews, not bash the guy who wrote them.
Then discuss the reviews, not bash the guy who wrote them.
We aren't bashing him, just discussing the reviewer and his reviews.
All right, I think I've seen enough to sort of gather what's going on here.
I was asked to look over this thread, and I've gotta say, there seems to be less actual discussion and some posts seem close to borderline bashing. If you're going to disagree with him, then say you disagree and move on. I do understand that everyone is entitled to their opinions, but don't say things like he's "out of touch with Sonic" and stuff like that. You know who you are.
I'll be keeping an eye on this for a while. Any bashing, and I mean *any* or stuff close to it, and warnings will be given out.
Dan's 197 review, he liked Sally's part of the story,which I did too.
http://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/S197.txt
Also Sonic X 40
http://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/SX40.txt
Oops, spoiled meself.
Warning to everyone: If you haven't played (or watched, as Dan did) Sonic and the Black Knight to the end, don't read the second half of his analysis of #197. Huge spoilers, there.
I appreciate the fact that he actually did a bit of research this time around. I think he might be a tad biased for the Sally story, but that's just what I think. It kind of felt like he only glazed over the last bit of #197 with Snively though, either that or he just didn't really comment on it/left things out.
I don't necessarily agree with all of his opinions on the SX comic, but he's free to them.
Only heart I saw in this issue (Other than the Knux and Julie scene) was the huge cloud of hearts buzzing around Amy's head.
Nobody seemed to notice these reviewshttp://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/SU3.tx t">
http://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/SU4.txt
http://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/SU3.txt
That seems rather selfish.
How So?
Well, for one... Ian and the artists would be out of work.
Also... some people prefer a constant state of conflict to the proverbial 'happy ending' and would like the book to continue indefinitely. You could say that our thirst for more Sonic "Adventures" necessitates the need for more battles, which of course leads to more in-book suffering. A vicious 'Sonic comic cycle', if you will.
That seems rather selfish.
Maybe so, one could also say that the other side is selfish too though, wanting things to continue for their own needs. Also, it seems wrong and cold-hearted, taking pleasure in wanting to see the heroes continuely suffer and not wanting them to end up happy. I don't think my point of view is totally selfish, there is an element of unselfishness, because it comes from caring about the characters and it would cost me something I do enjoy, although the way things are makes it difficult to enjoy the comic at times.
Who says the ending will be a happy one? Assuming the chord isn't pulled immediately, and Ian or whoever can actually plan the ending, the ending might not be that happy or exactly what you want. More than likely, if the comic ended you wouldn't see an ending you liked, or really an ending at all.
And just because people enjoy the comic doesn't mean that they "take pleasure" in watching characters "continually suffer", that's just silly. If the comic goes on, you can learn more about and enjoy the characters more, while watching them grow from their experiences.
Since no one has posted it yet, here is Dan's reivew of #202.
http://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/S202.txt
Playing catch up here, Dan's Review of #205.
http://www.andrews.edu/~drazen/S205.txt
