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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#2: Feb 5th 2011 at 7:38:36 AM

This has been news for a while.

I've just been waiting.

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MrW from some place Since: Sep, 2010
#3: Feb 5th 2011 at 9:24:16 AM

Well, I didn't know about it until recently.

Torquey Dreamworks Since: Oct, 2010
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#4: Feb 5th 2011 at 11:22:25 AM

They got Jaleel White to join?

Awesome.

MrW from some place Since: Sep, 2010
#5: Feb 5th 2011 at 3:56:17 PM

[up]And according to the trailer at Magfest, he sounds almost identical to the way he sounded in Sat AM, just much older.

MrW from some place Since: Sep, 2010
#6: Feb 6th 2011 at 7:47:45 AM

Here's the trailer and an interview concerning the film. The trailer is off-screen, but still reveals a bit about it.

edited 6th Feb '11 7:48:42 AM by MrW

GREGTHECAT Greg 'The Cat' Longcrier from The Corner of the Paper Since: Dec, 2009
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#7: Jan 10th 2013 at 5:35:42 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JtCtQpclpY8

So... uh... it came out.

I feel so sorry for everyone involved.

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emeriin Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Jan 11th 2013 at 8:48:49 AM

Why? The CGI is awful, but I see a fair few really good performances.

ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#9: Jan 11th 2013 at 11:09:34 AM

This film adaptation is relying too heavily on Sat AM for my tastes. Only the comics use "Mobius" anymore. Eggman's name is "Ivo Robotnik", not "Julian Kintobor". Jaleel White's Sonic voice is far too grating for me to take seriously these days.

I haven't watched the film, admittedly, but it sounds like he's trying to shoehorn elements from that dated material in with material cribbed from the Japanese game manuals, like South Island, and the Adventure games, like Station Square or G.U.N., and it doesn't jive well with me.

EDIT: Er, I should elaborate: this is assuming the write-up on WebVideo.Sonic is accurate. (Also, we have Film.Sonic for the exact same film; somebody should do a merge.)

edited 11th Jan '13 11:39:12 AM by ShadowHog

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#10: Jan 11th 2013 at 4:57:18 PM

Copying and pasting my post from the General Sonic the Hedgehog Thread in the Video Games subforum:

The intention of making this film was for it to be a spec film, with the primary purpose being to show how a Sonic the Hedgehog film, in a live action environment, can be executed.
...and I'd say it's pretty good proof that it can't be done, at least, not with the models and style they went for. That Sonic model looked like the official render with its fur all messed up and several shades darker, and it did not fit at all. And if they were going for a more "realistic" looking Sonic...no. It just looked ugly.

It was just okay, in all honesty. Nothing horrible, but not exactly...good. (Also, what was up with the one racist G.U.N. soldier? That seemed totally out of nowhere and pointless.)

EDIT: Brain Scratch Commentaries made their own commentary on the film. I agree with much of what they said.

edited 11th Jan '13 5:25:50 PM by 0dd1

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DingoWalley Your friendly neighborhood Cartoonist Since: May, 2012
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#11: Jan 11th 2013 at 5:51:50 PM

After watching the movie, there are 4 things I like to say:

1) Holly Cow, it has the Nostalgia Critic as a no-line, random soldier!

2) Holly Crap, it has Egoraptor as a Robot!

3) Jaleel White can still do the Sonic voice pretty well, although there clearly is sign of his being older.

4) Sonic is freakin' Scary looking!

All in all, it was actually a pretty good film, but I feel like it didn't have enough Sonic in it. If only Captain Lou Albano was still alive, then this guy could make a good Mario Movie... Meh, I guess he can settle with Charles Boon (Or whoever did Mario 3/Mario World cartoon).

edited 11th Jan '13 5:52:15 PM by DingoWalley

Komodin TV Tropes' Sonic Wiki Curator from Windy Hill Zone Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#12: Jan 11th 2013 at 7:41:51 PM

To be honest, I hate it. I thought it was pretty boring.

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#13: Jan 11th 2013 at 8:56:20 PM

I hope the higher ups on Derpibooru will want to show this at Ponibooru Movie Night

edited 11th Jan '13 8:56:58 PM by ROTHY

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BrotherMycroft Dapper Gentleman Since: Jul, 2012
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#14: Jan 18th 2013 at 2:31:20 PM

Featuring Doug Walker and Brental Floss but giving actual lines to neither seems like it was a grave error, seeing as how the two of them are far, far better actors than anyone with a speaking part in the film.

Speaking as a relative outsider to the Sonic franchise, I thought the film was a decent idea executed fairly well, but the Blue Blur himself needs a lot of work if he's to properly integrate with the rest of the world, both visually and in terms of tone.

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#15: Jan 18th 2013 at 3:13:13 PM

I feel like a live-action Sonic movie couldn't work unless it was parody, otherwise it'd be like The Smurfs/Chipmunks/Yogi Bear movie all over again.

On the other hand, my idea includes a guy in a bad Sonic costume who thinks he IS Sonic. Kinda like a longer version of that one Mega64 video:

edited 18th Jan '13 3:13:47 PM by 0dd1

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FigmentJedi Since: Jan, 2001
#16: Jan 19th 2013 at 7:46:10 PM

The fanfilm is pretty much why I can't take Sonic seriously. The direction of the franchise since Sat AM has been like watching what would happen if we actually saw Poochie go on serious business adventures to save that home planet that needed him. A Totally Radical character just doesn't work in a serious setting, it's better to keep a goofy tone with him instead. That's why Sonic Colors and the old Adventures of Sonic cartoon were good.

maxwellelvis Mad Scientist Wannabe from undisclosed location Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: In my bunk
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#17: Jan 19th 2013 at 8:49:05 PM

[up]Amen. I always thought Adventures was actually the BEST adaptation of Sonic, because it knew that Sonic's premise should not be taken seriously.

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ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#18: Jan 19th 2013 at 9:08:41 PM

More like because Long John Baldry (RIP) is an amazingly Large Ham, and the show is all the better for it.

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#19: Jan 20th 2013 at 3:09:31 AM

[up][up][up] Eh, while I can agree with the notion that games like Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) took it way too far (and executed it horribly, at that), I'm certainly not one to dismiss the idea of a Sonic work having a serious tone to it.

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Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#20: Jan 20th 2013 at 7:27:27 AM

Every time this film said "The Blue Blur" I groaned, mainly because it reminds me too much of "The Red-Blue Blur" from Smallville. Between those two and "The Hood" from Arrow, and I can't help but notice a trend towards "Comic Book Movies Only Use The Stupid Codenames We Make Up Ourselves."

The special effects actually look pretty decent, with the exception of Sonic himself, who looks absolutely horrifying, even when compared to the robots (and Knuckles at the end). The problem is that for some ungodly reason they decided to try to animate as many individual quills on Sonic's body as possible, which alone kicks him straight into the Uncanny Valley. Just replace it with "blocks" of "hair" like in the games and it would fix it (or at least make it easier on the eyes).

I also agree with Mycroft: keeping Brental Floss and Doug Walker to non-speaking cameos should be a cardinal sin. Waste of talent that could've definitely helped notch the quality up a bit.

Overall the film is nothing spectacular. The actor who played Eggman was great (and kinda reminded me of Don La Fointaine), and it's amazing that Jaleel White's still got it after all these years, but other than the other performances range from forgettable to cringe-inducing. It also takes itself way too seriously, which could possibly be from their attempt to use Sat AM as their main basis (speaking of which, Julian Kintobor? Really?).

On that point, I want to also say that I agree with Komodin as well. The biggest problem that both Colors and Generations had was that they didn't take themselves seriously at all, and as a result they had little to no substance to them. I always liked the Adventure games because it felt like they hit a decent balance: they were serious stories, but they weren't grimdark or wallowing in angst.

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