Sonic Fans Might Want To Go See The New Transformers Movie On Day One

Sonic Fans Might Want To Go See The New Transformers Movie On Day One

Transformers One wasn’t even on my radar before this morning. I’ve seen a few of the Michael Bay films but the Transformers craze mostly passed me by as a child. Even when Overwatch 2 had its collaboration with the series I was unmoved despite over a thousand hours in that game. But Paramount has found a way to target me, specifically, as it rolls out its new animated origin story in theaters by crossing over with another big franchise film it has coming out this year: Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

On September 20, the film’s opening day, the first 300 ticket holders at participating theaters will get an exclusive, apparently secret print from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 featuring Keanu Reeves’ Shadow the Hedgehog. I have no particular interest in the plight of Optimus Prime and Megatron. I don’t know why those giant robots in disguise are fighting and am not terribly interested in finding out, unless I hear they’re going to kiss at some point in the film’s runtime. But what I do care about is a tragic, angsty, black-and-red hedgehog ready to destroy the world as revenge for the loss of his best friend. Sure, this print could be super lame, and it might even just be a printed screenshot from the trailer Paramount released earlier this month. But what if it’s actually sick art that will become a collector’s item that I want on my wall? I would be foolish to deny myself such an opportunity. The robot movie is apparently pretty alright, according to the reviews, so it will probably be a decent time at the theater. Plus, I don’t even have to go see Transformers One. I just gotta buy a ticket and show up.

If you’re similarly Shadow-pilled and want to get whatever this print is, there’s a page on the Transformers movie website that lays out which theaters are participating. 300 tickets sounds like a lot of people, but you still might want to go to one of the earlier showings just to be safe.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is coming to theaters on December 20, and there’s a lot to unpack in the first trailer. Naturally, fans have been picking it apart and theory crafting already.

 

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