Rating: 
Summary: An interesting show
Review: At frist when I watched this DVD, I hated it, it just looked like a satam reject, and the songs were really annoying.
But when one of my die-hard Sonic friends, wished to see the show. I decieded to watch it one more time with her.
This time I liked it a lot better, the only thing that is bad about this DVD are all the episodes are out of order, and sometimes you can't tell what is happening, due to that.
Other wise this is a great show, that can be enjoyed by many Sonic fans.
Rating: 
Summary: Underated and Overated
Review: Firstly, some of the comments about Sonic Underground DO have valid reasoning behind them1. It IS inferior to the second Sonic cartoon, Sonic SATAM 2. It features two "Mary Sue" characters posing as Sonic's siblings, effecitivly making the hardcore fans of Sonic completly oblivious to thier roles in the series 3. It completly re-invents Sonic, he is now a musician in a band, a cover for his role as a freedom figter, and he is royalty, on the search for his mother (yes, his mother, covieniantly the former ruler of Mobius, give me a bloody break) 4. It makes no effort to be original, the above premise is only a SMALL tweaking of the entire plot of Sonic SATAM, Robotnik rules Mobius and the Freedom Fighters are in conflict with him 5. The theme song is TERRIBLE But "Sonic Underground" has good points to it, throughout it's run, the series had some moments of true greatness 1. The first five episodes are very well written, give some insight into the characters of Manic and Sonia to associate them better with the audience, and has some emotional scenes. 2. Later episodes, such as "The Crisis of the Chaos Emerald" three-parter, features the first apperance of Knuckles and the Floating Island in an american Sonic cartoon 3. Sleet and Dingo are two bungling bounty hunters who are hilarious to watch 4. Sonic's humour has not been forgotten 5. The animation is brathtaking, and the sereis comes off as a genuine effort to make a good Sonic cartoon despite the apathy it recieved. I'm more of a Sonic SATAM fan, but I highly recommend this DVD to anyone who is a hardcore Sonic fan, judge for yourselves if this is a work of art or a piece of crap, it is niether the former or the latter in my opinion.
Rating:
Summary: Barren disk, but nice show.
Review: I loved Sonic Underground since I first saw it. The show may not be Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog or the held-in-much-higer-regard Sonic the Hedgehog, but I find it to be a great show in it's own right. But we're reviewing the DVD here, aren't we? Well, let's see... There are 3 episodes: Beginnings, A Hedgehog's Home is her Castle, and Mobodoon. Of course, most TV show DVDs like this only have 3 or 4 episodes. The thing that bugs me is that there's a bonus episode, but instead of Sonic Underground, it's an episode of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Why not include a bonus SU episode on this DVD instead of on the Mario Bros. DVD? You can also watch all 4 episodes in Spanish. So that's it. 3 SU episodes, 1 Mario Bros. episode, and optional Spanish audio track. I suggest picking it up only if you're a major fan of the show. You can just as easily catch SU currently on your local UPN station (check your local listings).
Rating: 
Summary: Not SatAM, but...
Review: Okay. I have to admit that I was an AoStH fan first, SATAM second. Please don't stone me. I became familiar with SU only recently, and while I miss the old gang, this new series is definately rewarding for any die-hard Sonic Fan. The characters are true to the feel and emotion of the SATAM, and even add elements to the action all on their own. Manic and Sonia are like Sonic: brash, quick-witted, and even-quicker tongued. It's worth every penny.
Rating:
Summary: Not SatAM, but...
Review: Okay. I have to admit that I was an AoStH fan first, SATAM second. Please don't stone me. I became familiar with SU only recently, and while I miss the old gang, this new series is definately rewarding for any die-hard Sonic Fan. The characters are true to the feel and emotion of the SATAM, and even add elements to the action all on their own. Manic and Sonia are like Sonic: brash, quick-witted, and even-quicker tongued. It's worth every penny.
Rating: 
Summary: THIS SERIES FAILED
Review: Sonic has always been great both as a toon and a videogame character.
However,this sonic show failed miserably because it sucks,the story,the characters,the animation,everything.
If you like sonic try watching the first and second series instead
Rating:
Summary: It was all right...
Review: Sonic Underground has never really been my favorite. The voice acting isn't really that good, and some of the songs in the episodes are really bad. But the fact that they bothered to make a song for every episode really impresses me, though not all of them were good songs... But if you're stuck between Sonic the Hedgehog/SatAM/ The only one with Sally in it and this one, think of what you really are looking for. If the comic continuity is the most wonderful thing to you, get SatAM/Sonic the Hedgehog. if you're looking for something different and you've already seen the comic and game continuity, get this one. The reason I say this is because if you watch this one first, you might get confused as to what the game and comic continuity is all about. If you're a true Sonic fan, and you've got some time and money, buy this DVD ^^
Rating:
Summary: about sonic underground dr.robotniks revenge
Review: this is a marbilus show when the music is defenatly great exallant dvd exallant dvd but the problem is why is sonic's voice is not his and very awsome & cool but i saw in sonic underground site with episode guide and screenshot i saw a picture sonic,sonya,manic & knuckle are talking and the dvd there are no
and why no knuckles why robotnik's voice is defenantly not this cartoon is very diffrent than adventures of sonic the hedgehog & SaTaM Thats the meaning of my sonic fan brain so i saw a super mario bros cartoon when king koopa is going to marry princess toadstoll in this episode and thanks for bringing the dvd i am enjoying myself and the history of sonic the hedgehog : sonic1-sonic2-sonic3-sonic&knuckles-sonic blast 3d -dr.robotniks mean bean mechine -sonic crackers thats all and speaking of sonic underground super mario bros king koopa kastophe a 6 episode dvd and the same channel dic with ohter dic dvds i could buy sonic underground the ohter episodes like which one of the episode have knuckles so just buy sonic underground dr.robotniks and super mario bros and i can't wait this site is gonna have more sonic underground and super mario bros dvds
Rating:
Summary: about sonic underground dr.robotniks revenge
Review: this is a marbilus show when the music is defenatly great exallant dvd exallant dvd but the problem is why is sonic's voice is not his
and why no knuckles why robotnik's voice is defenantly not this cartoon is very diffrent than adventures of sonic the hedgehog & SaTaM Thats the meaning of my sonic fan brain so i saw a super mario bros cartoon when king koopa is going to marry princess toadstoll in this episode and thanks for bringing the dvd i am enjoying myself and the history of sonic the hedgehog : sonic1-sonic2-sonic3-sonic&knuckles-sonic blast 3d -dr.robotniks mean bean mechine -sonic crackers thats all and speaking of sonic underground super mario bros king koopa kastophe a 6 episode dvd and the same channel dic with ohter dic dvds i could buy sonic underground the ohter episodes like which one of the episode have knuckles so just buy sonic underground dr.robotniks and super mario bros and i can't wait this site is gonna have more sonic underground and super mario bros dvds
Rating:
Summary: Ingore The Critics...
Review: This is probably the most neglected show of the series, and gets a lot of critisism from across the board... but it really doesn't deserve it.
You can see right from first watching the show that an incredible amount of effort went into the creation of this series. The artwork of the series is quite clearly top notch quality, definately SatAM quality, in fact I suspect it may be by the same people (like the storyline). An incredible amount of detail went into both the characters and backgrounds, and all I can critisise if the fact that it sometimes 'moves' along *too* smooth... probably because it uses CG as opposed to the cells that cartoons used to use. Another example of effort in this series comes from the fact that each and every episode has it's own 'song' which they sing... while many people critisise them for this, as it's kinda cheesy, it does show pure dedication, managing to write and record songs for all 40 episodes, and I can really respect this amount of work.
The place where this show falls down however is the fact that it is not very accurate to the games. It deviates very far, and the storyline only bares a vague resemblence to the games. However, it's still a very well written show and the new characters are excellent. Manic in particular is a hillarious character, definately beating Sega's own other hedgehogs (like the Sonic rip-off that is Mighty... or Shadow, who is the biggest cliche since Cloud Strife), and is really the star of the show. That said, Sonia isn't bad at all, although her voice leaves something to be desired.
Overall, I highly recommend this show. If your expecting accuracy to the video game, forget this and go for Sonic The Hedgehog - Super Sonic. However, if your after a top notch show, and want a bit of SatAM flavour with a twist, you just can't go wrong with Sonic Underground. Give it a go, you just might like it!
|
